How to Parry in Elden Ring: A Complete Guide
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The Carian Sorcery Sword Nerf That Isn’t One
Upgrade the Carian Sorcery Sword to +10 after patch 1.17 and it hits softer than before. Take it to +25 with 60 Intelligence, 15 Strength and 20 Dexterity, and its physical attack rating climbs from 156 to 195. Both numbers are real. Here’s which one matters for your build.
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Elden Ring Never Really Left the Charts
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition opened at No. 5 in the UK boxed charts and was gone from the top 40 a week later. In that same week the plain old base game sat at No. 25, four and a half years after launch. That’s the more interesting story.
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Elden Ring Patch 1.17 by the Numbers
Patch 1.17 made Carian Retaliation stronger, according to the notes. They just don’t say how much. The counter’s base attack value went from 115 to 248, more than double. We pulled that number, and every other one the notes skip, straight from the game files.
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What Patch 1.17 Really Changed in the Realm of Shadow
Behind the Fort of Reprimand, up a ladder past the Lesser Omenkiller, sits a chest that once held four Smithing Stone [8]. Since patch 1.17, it holds an Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone instead. That swap is one of 111 loot changes, and the patch notes name none of them.
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Phantom Blade Zero Reviews: What the Critics Say
Phantom Blade Zero holds an 88 on Metacritic and a 91 on OpenCritic, and so far not a single critic has filed a negative review. For S-GAME’s first AAA game, that is a loud debut. Still, the scores hide a few real arguments. Let’s dig into them.
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Your Fire Great Épée Wins on Paper. Bosses Disagree.
At Strength 54, a Fire Great Épée outhits a Heavy one by 82 attack rating. Two-hand it, line it up against 56 boss phases, and Heavy comes out ahead in 33 of them. Let’s find out where that number lies to you.
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A Quick Look at Soulslike Games Coming in 2027
Soulslikes are piling up for 2027, and some of them only landed there because 2026 got too crowded. Publishers keep moving dates to dodge Grand Theft Auto VI and a packed autumn, with Lords of the Fallen II and Daba among the biggest shifts – time for our annual preview.
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Phantom Blade Zero Is Not a Soulslike. So What Is It?
Phantom Blade Zero‘s director insists it is neither a Soulslike nor a traditional action game, and hands-on previews mostly back him up. The level design borrows from Souls, the parrying from Sekiro, and the combat runs much faster than both. Release is October 29.
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