Lightning Slash

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Lightning

FP cost

10 FP

Skill

Lightning Slash

About this Ash of War

This Ash of War grants an armament the Lightning affinity and the following skill:

"Lightning Slash: Call down a bolt of lightning into armament, then swing it down to create an explosive shock. The armament retains the lightning enchantment for a while."

Usable on swords, axes, and hammers.

Scarab in the soldier camp near Outer Wall Battleground

Capital Outskirts

Starting Site of Grace: Outer Wall Battleground

1. From Outer Wall Battleground, follow the road north and leave through the northern gate in the outer wall. Look for the small soldier encampment beyond that gate, rather than searching the central streets of Leyndell.
2. Approach carefully and locate the scarab among the soldiers. Clear the nearest enemies or use a ranged attack before rushing the camp.
3. Kill the scarab for Lightning Slash. Entering Leyndell proper is unnecessary.

Notes

• Costs 10 FP. The lightning strike and downward weapon swing are separate contacts, so getting close enough to connect with both gives a different result from catching an enemy only with the lightning.
• Leaves an additional 85 lightning attack power on the weapon for 40 seconds. That added amount is fixed: increasing Dexterity, Faith or weapon reinforcement does not increase the coating itself.
• The attack's separate lightning bolt improves with Dexterity and weapon reinforcement. The actual blade hit uses the weapon's ordinary damage and can apply its status buildup. Faith is not the bolt's scaling attribute.
• The skill can apply its coating even on Lightning or Sacred affinity. That does not make those affinities compatible with ordinary grease or weapon-enchantment spells. Another incompatible coating replaces the existing weapon buff.
• A wet target or one standing in water receives more lightning damage than a dry target. The added attack power is therefore not a promise of the same extra HP damage against every enemy.
• Shard of Alexander strengthens the attack, but does not increase the fixed 85 attack power retained afterward. Godfrey Icon gives no bonus because the skill cannot be charged. Gravel Stone Seal does not boost it as an incantation.
• Thunderbolt is the separate ranged bolt skill and does not leave this coating. This Ash comes from the camp outside the northern Capital Outskirts gate, before entering Leyndell proper.
• Compatible weapon classes: Dagger, Straight Sword, Greatsword, Colossal Sword, Curved Sword, Curved Greatsword, Katana, Twinblade, Thrusting Sword, Heavy Thrusting Sword, Axe, Greataxe, Hammer, Great Hammer, Flail, Colossal Weapon, Light Greatsword, Great Katana. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Lightning. The supported choices are Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Lightning and Sacred; the appropriate whetblade is needed for additional options.