Spinning Strikes

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Quality

FP cost

2 FP

Light follow-up

10 FP

Heavy follow-up

15 FP

Skill

Spinning Strikes

About this Ash of War

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

"Spinning Strikes: Polearm skill that performs continuous spinning attacks. Hold to continue the attack. Can be followed up with a normal or strong attack. Nullifies projectiles such as arrows while spinning."

Usable on polearms (great spears excepted).

Edgar's Banished Knight's Halberd at Revenger's Shack

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Revenger's Shack

Before you go

• Complete Edgar's revenge sequence for the invasion route.

1. Meet Irina just south of Bridge of Sacrifice and agree to deliver her letter. Continue down the peninsula's main road to Castle Morne.
2. Take the castle entrance lift, pass the courtyard enemies and climb its ladder to the ramparts. Follow the walls toward the northern tower where Edgar sits, and deliver the letter.
3. Defeat Leonine Misbegotten on the beach behind the castle, then return to Edgar and finish his dialogue. Return north to Irina's body and speak to Edgar there before following the revenge route.
4. Find Revenger's Shack in western Liurnia, north of the western Minor Erdtree. Approach the shack and its grace after Edgar has left Irina's body.
5. Edgar the Revenger invades here. Defeat him to receive Banished Knight's Halberd +8. This is a guaranteed reward from the invasion.
6. The rewarded halberd carries Spinning Strikes. Open the Ashes of War menu at a grace or with Hewg to remove or transfer that Ash to another compatible weapon.

Notes

• Hold the skill to spin the polearm repeatedly. It spends FP in two-point charges while continuing, along with stamina; the full duration is limited by those supplies.
• A normal-attack finisher costs another 10 FP, while the strong-attack finisher costs another 15. They are separate finishing sequences rather than the same move with a longer hold.
• Damage follows the weapon's attack power and affinity. Existing bleed, poison or an allowed weapon coating can benefit from repeated actual contacts, but the skill adds no automatic bleed of its own.
• The spinning weapon can deflect ordinary incoming physical projectiles such as arrows. This does not block every spell, explosion or attack from outside the spinning weapon's coverage.
• Consecutive-hit effects and Shard of Alexander can improve the damage. Holding the loop is not a charged attack for Godfrey Icon.
• The old Bloodflame Blade interaction that applied bleed without the weapon hitting was fixed. Actual contacts are required; do not rely on an enemy building bleed just for standing near a missed spin.
• Edgar's guaranteed +8 Banished Knight's Halberd carries the removable Ash. Receiving that upgraded weapon affects the character's highest recorded upgrade level for multiplayer matching.
• Killing Edgar at Castle Morne ends his quest. Delivering Irina's letter and completing his revenge sequence instead gives the later invasion reward with the same transferable skill.
• Compatible weapon classes: Spear, Halberd, Reaper. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Quality. The supported choices are Standard, Heavy, Keen, Quality, Fire, Flame Art, Lightning, Sacred, Magic, Cold, Poison, Blood and Occult; the appropriate whetblade is needed for additional options.