Carian Phalanx

Type

Sorcery

FP cost

24

Memory slots

1

Stamina cost

16

Damage types

magic

Requires

34Int

Spell school

Carian sorceries

One of the sorceries of the Carian royal family.

Creates a defensive arch of numerous magic glintblades overhead, which automatically attack nearby foes.

This sorcery can be used cast while in motion.

An enhanced version of the glintblade sorcery used by enchanted knights.

Seluvis's Rise

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Ranni's Rise

Before you go

• Have 12,000 runes.
• Join Ranni's service and finish Seluvis's potion request to use his living shop, or offer his bell bearing to the Twin Maiden Husks if he has died.

1. Reach the western Liurnia road and follow it north through Kingsrealm Ruins. Strike the illusory wall blocking the road at the northern end, then continue past Iji at Road to the Manor.
2. Ride toward the large manor while avoiding the magical strikes falling along the approach. Activate Main Caria Manor Gate grace at the entrance.
3. Inside, follow the courtyard path northwest toward the building in the far corner. Fingercreepers hide among the plants and beneath the ground; do not stop on a buried hand.
4. Enter the building with the seated spirit and climb its stairs to Manor Lower Level grace.
5. Take the elevated walkways east and continue straight along the main route at the first junction. Spectral soldiers appear along the bridges. Reach the far building and take its lift up to Manor Upper Level.
6. Leave the upper grace, pass the wolves in the garden and climb the main stone stairway toward the Troll Knight and sorcerers.
7. Continue up the stairs beyond the troll and Pages to the large circular courtyard. Defeat Royal Knight Loretta, then activate Royal Moongazing Grounds grace.
8. Leave through the rear exit into Three Sisters. Ranni's Rise is the western tower; climb to Ranni and agree to serve her.
9. Speak to the servant projections downstairs, including Seluvis, then return to finish Ranni's conversation. Go to Seluvis's Rise, the tower southwest of hers.
10. Speak to Seluvis and take his potion request. If choosing the nonviolent disposal route, go to Gideon at Roundtable Hold and ask him to dispose of the potion.
11. Return to Seluvis and report that the request is finished, then buy Carian Phalanx for 12,000 runes.
12. If Seluvis is already dead, loot his bearing at the same tower and offer it to the Twin Maiden Husks at Roundtable Hold. His sorcery stock is sold separately from his puppets.

Notes

• Creates nine floating blades for 24 FP. Requires 34 Intelligence and one memory slot, and can be cast while moving or riding Torrent.
• Each blade has Magic attack power equal to 48% of Sorcery Scaling. All nine total 432% before defenses; that is nine separately defended hits rather than one hit with that full value.
• It offers more total attack power than Glintblade Phalanx when every blade connects, at a higher FP cost and Intelligence requirement. Greatblade Phalanx instead emphasizes stance damage with fewer, larger blades.
• Seluvis sells it for 12,000 runes after his initial potion request is settled. Amber Starlight and his later scheme are not required for this purchase.
• The floating blades follow you and launch when an enemy is in front of you and close enough. Face away to delay their launch while preparing your next move.
• This is a staff-cast sorcery, separate from the Glintblade Phalanx Ash of War. It does not add a follow-up thrust to your weapon.
• Another phalanx replaces the active arch, including the other phalanx sorceries and the weapon skills Glintblade Phalanx and Tremendous Phalanx. Recasting does not let you stack several arches.
• Blades can collide with walls and doorframes before reaching an enemy. Prepare them after passing through a narrow doorway or boss mist if the scenery would destroy them.
• Carian Glintblade Staff gives this spell a 15% damage bonus while held in an active hand. Carian Glintstone Staff's different sword-sorcery bonus does not apply.
• Damage uses the casting staff's Sorcery Scaling. Intelligence supplies that scaling on an ordinary Intelligence staff; hybrid staffs use their own supported attributes.
• It cannot be charged. Godfrey Icon does not improve it, and Shard of Alexander does not apply to a spell.
• The blades attack rather than block. Having them overhead does not protect you from an incoming hit or guarantee that an enemy will be interrupted.
• The potion choice can affect other characters. Giving it to Gideon disposes of it without sacrificing Nepheli; talk to Gideon about Nepheli if the disposal option has not appeared.
• If Seluvis has died, collect his bell bearing at his tower and give it to the Twin Maiden Husks to buy the sorcery. The puppet shop is separate.
• Giving Ranni the Fingerslayer Blade ends Seluvis's living quest. Obtain his optional Magic Scorpion Charm beforehand if you want that reward as well.