Loretta's Slash

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Magic

FP cost

14 FP

Skill

Loretta's Slash

About this Ash of War

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

"Loretta's Slash: Skill of Loretta the Royal Knight. Leap forward, imbuing the blade with glintstone, then descend, accelerating into a sweeping slash."

Usable on polearms and twinblades.

Royal Knight Loretta in Caria Manor

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Manor Upper Level

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. The victory awards Loretta's Slash and Loretta's Greatbow directly. This is Royal Knight Loretta in Caria Manor, before the separate Haligtree encounter.

Notes

• Costs 14 FP for the rising slash and descending sweep. They are one sequence rather than two separately purchased skill inputs.
• The weapon contacts use the equipped weapon's attack power and its normal status. A separate Magic contribution improves through Intelligence and upgrades.
• Strength, Dexterity or another affinity attribute can therefore help the weapon portion without strengthening the independent Magic portion in the same way. The glintstone effect is not proof that the entire attack scales only with Intelligence.
• Stay close enough for both attacks to connect. A hit from only the outer or later sweep gives less damage and status than the full sequence.
• Loretta's War Sickle has a stronger fixed version, with larger weapon-contact multipliers and a larger added Magic component. The transferable Ash is not an exact duplicate of that weapon's version.
• Shard of Alexander and Spellblade armor improve its Magic skill damage. Magic damage bonuses also apply; a staff's Sorcery Scaling and Graven talismans do not improve a weapon skill.
• Neither Godfrey Icon nor Claw Talisman improves it. It is an uncharged skill with an airborne animation, rather than a charged skill or ordinary jump attack.
• The airborne part can avoid some low attacks, but the preparation and recovery remain vulnerable. It does not make the entire sequence an invulnerable dodge.
• The Magic coating lasts for this attack animation. It does not leave an ordinary weapon-enchantment buff on the blade afterward.
• Compatible weapon classes: Twinblade, Spear, Great Spear, Halberd, Reaper. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Magic. The supported choices are Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Magic and Cold; the appropriate whetblade is needed for additional options.