Sword Dance

Type

Ashes of War

Default affinity

Keen

FP cost

6 FP

Heavy follow-up

6 FP

Skill

Sword Dance

About this Ash of War

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

"Sword Dance: Quickly close in to perform a series of spinning upward slashes. Follow up with an additional input to finish with a downward slash."

Usable on swords, axes, and polearms capable of slashing (colossal weapons and great spears excepted).

Descending path to Road's End Catacombs

Liurnia of the Lakes

Starting Site of Grace: Converted Tower

1. Reach Converted Tower in western Liurnia and follow the hillside toward the nearby Minor Erdtree.
2. Look for the descending path toward Road's End Catacombs, beside the cliffs below the tree's area.
3. Find the scarab along this path and kill it for Sword Dance. You do not need to defeat the Erdtree Avatar or enter the catacombs.

Notes

• Costs six FP for the advancing pair of upward slashes. An additional skill input adds the downward finisher for another six FP, for 12 total.
• You can stop after the first pair to avoid committing to the finisher. The final blow is a separate contact and needs its own opening.
• Its attacks use the weapon's attack power and existing status. Keen is the default affinity, but changing affinity can redirect the attributes and damage types that strengthen the sequence.
• Light weapons execute the opening more quickly, great weapons more slowly, and polearms have their own version. Weapon reach and the forward step determine whether both opening hits connect.
• Dancer's clothing increases eligible dance damage by 2.5% per piece. Shard of Alexander adds its separate 15% skill-damage bonus.
• The repeated contacts can build consecutive-hit effects. It is not a held stance for Rellana's Cameo and has no charged version for Godfrey Icon.
• The scarab is on the descending approach below the western Liurnia Minor Erdtree. Neither the Erdtree Avatar nor the Road's End Catacombs bosses are required.
• Compatible weapon classes: Dagger, Straight Sword, Greatsword, Curved Sword, Curved Greatsword, Katana, Twinblade, Axe, Greataxe, Spear, Halberd, Reaper, Throwing Blade, Backhand Blade, Light Greatsword, Great Katana. A weapon with a fixed skill cannot use this Ash of War.
• Its default affinity is Keen. 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.