Stars of Ruin

Stars of Ruin is a sorcery spell in ELDEN RING ⁽²⁰²²⁾. It is one of the primeval current sorceries.

Description

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Legendary sorcery devised by Lusat, primeval sorcerers.

Fires twelve dark shooting stars that pursue the target. This sorcery can be cast while in motion. Charging increases potency.

When Lusat glimpsed into the primeval current, he beheld the final moments of a great star cluster, and upon seeing it, he too was broken.

Acquisition

Quest Item: Caelid

• Acquired from Primeval Sorcerer Lusat in Sellia Hideaway. Requires the Sellian Sealbreaker from Sellen in order to access him.

Effect

The caster fires a volley of 12 high-speed magic projectiles that wait a brief moment before traveling outward, homing in enemies. Each of the projectiles fire in quick succession. Each projectile also slightly decrease in attack power, but they do have good tracking.

Notes

• Costs 32 FP per cast
• Costs 29 Stamina per cast.
  • When charged, costs 36 Stamina per cast.
• Requires 3 Memory Slots to equip.
• Despite firing off 12 projectiles, this spell has at least 8 instances of Magic Damage, dealing 52%, 52%, 49%, 49%, 45%, 45%, 43%, and 43% of Sorcery Scaling respectively.
  • When charged, these instances of Magic Damage are increased to 65%, 65%, 60%, 60%, 57%, 57%, 54%, and 54% of Sorcery Scaling respectively.
• Stars of Ruin can be cast repeatedly.
• Stars of Ruin can be cast while walking.
• Stars of Ruin has good tracking.
• Can be cast while riding Torrent.
  • Torrent will slow down when casting Stars of Ruin.

Boosting

• Lusat's Glintstone Crown boosts attack power and FP cost by 15%.
• Lusat's Glintstone Staff the strongest pure Intelligence staff, but increases FP costs by 50%.
• Cerulean Hidden Tear removes FP costs for 15 seconds.
• Glintstone Scarab reduces FP cost by 15%.
• The Graven-School Talisman and Graven-Mass Talisman boost attack power by 4% and 8% respectively, stacking for a total of 12%.
• Godfrey Icon boosts charge attack power by 15%.
• Magic Scorpion Charm boosts attack power by 12% (8% in PvP).
• Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear boosts attack power by 20% (15% in PvP).
• Primal Glintstone Blade reduces FP cost by 25%.
• Radagon Icon increases cast speed by 30 virtual dexterity.
• Terra Magica boosts attack power by 22.5% (15% in PvP).

Strategies

• Even after its tracking was nerfed in Patch 1.06, it's still potent at hitting targets that run or dodge such as PvP opponents or nimble enemies that dodge frequently
• Casting time is reduced by Dexterity, up to a maximum of 70 Dexterity.
• Most bosses and enemies will dodge when the spell is initially cast, not when the beam is released.

Trivia

• Despite the academy's ban on primeval sorceries, Stars of Ruin is used by Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm when invading him alongside Vargram the Raging Wolf.

See also

• Elden Stars
• Founding Rain of Stars
• Light of Miquella
• Comet Azur
• Thops's Barrier