Elden Ring Player discovers trick with spinning strikes Ash of War

Summary

The fire rings spinning strikes Ash of War can divert projectiles.
Although the game does not keep this feature secret, some players have not been aware of it until recently.

A The fire ring The player has recently discovered a new use for the spinning strikes Ash of War after they canceled Margit's daggers with it. While the game does no attempt to keep this feature secret, a decent piece of The fire ring The Community seemed to be unaware of it until recently.

Ash of War: Spinning Strikes

Is a self -explanatory box of war that can be obtained early in the game, shortly after reaching Castle Morne in the south of the Gråt Peninsula. Players who do not have a habit of killing NPCs who are not fient will not get it before they reach The fire ringLiurnia of the Lake's region. The ash of war allows itself to spin in place with a compatible weapon (Polearm) for a relatively low FP cost, which makes a resource-efficient source for melee-AOE damage.

Family

The fire ring gets new content

The beloved Open World Action-RPG fire ring will receive new content later in 2025.

As it turns out, it's not the only thing that spinning strikes are good for beating several enemies at once. Reddit User Fail1ure recently discovered that this war can also counteract Margit's dagger throws. The moment that developed completely by mistake, since the player was already in the middle of the animation when Margit began his attack. Much to their surprise lifted spinning strikes every single dagger. Player then successfully replicated this hidden The fire ring Interaction on video, which shares the resulting demonstration on the game's biggest subreddit.

Spinning strikes can cancel more than just Margit's daggers

Fail1ure's video gathered over 7,000 Upvotes within 24 hours after going live at the end of April 2025, suggesting a decent piece of The fire ring The player base was not aware of this trick until now. Sure, Margit's dagger hardly throws more counters, as they are already one of his least threatening attacks and deal with modest injuries while being super easy to avoid by just interfering in any direction. Whether it is, this demonstration acts as a reminder that spin strikes are worth trying against other thrown attacks from more difficult managers. They are also confirmed to work to divert thrown objects in PVP.

While some The fire ring Players have clearly been aware of spinning strikes the ability to divert flying items until recently, the game does not keep this feature a secret. The ash in the war's description clearly notes this trait and says that the skill “cancel projectiles as arrows while they spin.”

Some others The fire ring Ash of war and magic formulas can also abolish projectiles. For example. Zamor Ice Storm