Swarm of Flies

Swarm of Flies is an incantation spell in ELDEN RING ⁽²⁰²²⁾. It is one of the Blood Oath Incantations.

Description

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A Blood Oath incantation, shared from the Lord of Blood's power.

Releases a swarm of bloodflies before the caster to assault foes. The vile swarm deals damage and builds up onset of blood loss. This incantation can be cast while in motion.

The new palace of the Lord of Blood lies in a swamp of festering blood, and these flies are said to spawn from excrement in that land.

血の君主の分け与える力、血盟祈祷のひとつ

血蠅の群れを前方に放つ
蠅どもは敵を襲い、ダメージと共に出血を蓄積する
足を止めずに、またしゃがんだままでも使用できる

血の君主の新王朝は、血の沼にあり
蠅どもは、その地の糞から湧くという

Acquisition

Loot: Mohgwyn Palace

• Located on a corpse at the end of one of the caves found in the northeastern quarter of the lake of blood.

Effect

Sends out a swarm of tracking, slow-flying bloodflies that explodes on impact with Standard Attack Power equal to 52% of Incantation Scaling.

After the swarm impacts on someone or something, it expands into a stationary cloud of bloodflies that can hit up to 5 times and has Standard Attack Power equal to 15% of Incantation Scaling and also inflicts Blood Loss, both as a flat 70 build-up and as a bloodflame effect that inflicts 80 build-up over 2 seconds (150 build-up per hit in total).

Notes

• Costs 14 points of FP to cast.
• Costs 24 points of Stamina to cast.
• Requires 1 Memory Slot.
• Deals 1 Stance damage per hit of both the swarm and of the cloud (6 in total if all hits land).
• Can move slowly while casting.
• The bloodflame effect actually inflicts 4 Blood Loss build-up per 0.1 seconds for 2 seconds.
• Unlike the Swarm Pot and its variants, will not enrage Mad Pumpkin Heads when used against them.

Boosting

• Bloodboil Aromatic increases Physical Attack Power by 30% (20% in PvP) for 60 seconds as a Body Buff.
• Blue Dancer Charm increases Physical Attack Power by up to 15% at low carried Equip Load values.
• Exalted Flesh increases Physical Attack Power by 20% (15% in PvP) for 30 seconds as a Body Buff.
• Flame, Grant Me Strength increases Physical Attack Power by 20% (15% in PvP) for 30 seconds as a Body Buff.
• Uplifting Aromatic increases Physical Attack Power 10% (7.5% in PvP) for 40 seconds as an Aura Buff.

• Lord of Blood's Exultation: Boosts weapon and spell damage by 20% when blood loss occurs nearby.
• Sacred Bloody Flesh: Consumable; grants an 18% boost to weapon damage when blood loss occurs nearby.
• White Mask: Adds an additional 10% boost to weapon and spell damage when blood loss occurs nearby.
• The flat 70 Blood Loss build-up inflicted by the cloud part of the spell can scale with Arcane if cast using the Dragon Communion Seal, up to 102 build-up (182 build-up in total with the bloodflame effect) with a +10 Seal at 99 Arcane.
  • With a +10 Seal: at 45 Arcane the build-up will be 93 (173 build-up in total), and at 80 Arcane the build-up will be 100 (180 build-up in total).

Strategies

• Since the cloud form is stationary it is very easy for enemies to move out of it and not receive all hits. As such, it is best to try to cast the spell as an enemy is about to stand still or be more passive.
• If all hits land this spell can inflict between 750 and 905 Blood Loss build-up, depending on if the Dragon Communion Seal is used and on how much Arcane the caster has.
  • This is possible because the Blood Loss ticks from the bloodflame effect can stack if hitting the enemy multiple times.

Patch Notes

Patch	Official notes	Community Notes
1.07 (Upward adjustments)	Increased the flat Blood Loss build-up inflicted by the cloud.	This increased the flat Blood Loss build-up on cloud hits from 40 to 70. This increased the total Blood Loss build-up per hit from 120 to 150. This change was undocumented in the patch notes.
1.04 (Downward adjustments)	Decreased blood loss buildup on enemy.	This decreased the flat Blood Loss build-up on cloud hits from 75 to 40 but also increased the cloud's bloodflame Blood Loss build-up from 40/2 seconds to 80/2 seconds. This actually slightly increased the total Blood Loss build-up from 115 build-up per hit to 120 build-up per hit.

Trivia

• This spell is used by Esgar, Priest of Blood, White Mask Varré, Nameless White Masks, and a special Shadow Undead found in the Village of Flies.
• This is the only Blood Oath Incantation that doesn't inflict the entirety of its Blood Loss through a bloodflame effect.

See also

• Swarm Pot, a consumable with similar effect
• Roped Fly Pot, a consumable with similar effect that is dropped behind the user
• Hefty Fly Pot, a consumable with similar effect in a larger area