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This guide will show you where to find the Flamberge. I’ll also give a breakdown of its stats and my favorite Ashes of War to use with it.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
-You will NOT be able to get the Flamberge if Redmane Castle is in Radahn Festival mode. You will have to kill Radahn and then talk to Jerren to go back to regular mode. Learn how to beat him here: youtube.com/watch?v=7mRMaFCkRAo The castle enters Festival mode if you reach a certain point in Ranni’s questline, or if you go to the Altus Plateau.
-On split damage and defense: Weapons that have split damage, i.e. they do 2 or more damage types (such as physical and lightning), suffer from split damage calculation. There are 2 different types of damage resistance: Damage Negation (which you get from armor and buffs), and Defense (which you get from leveling up your stats). All players and enemies in the game have varying Negation and Defense stats.
Negation just reduces incoming damage by a specific percentage. So if you have 20 Lightning Negation, then all Lightning damage you take is reduced by 20%. For example, if my sword does 100 Lightning damage, then when I hit you it will only do 80 Lightning damage. If my sword does 200 instead, then you will only take 160 Lightning damage, because your Negation reduces any damage you take by the same percentage no matter what.
Defense reduces incoming damage based on how close the Defense stat is to the incoming damage. So it's based on the ratio of Defense:Damage. The closer that ratio is, the more Defense reduces incoming damage. The rule of thumb is: if that ratio (Defense:Damage) is 8:1 or higher (so the Defense is 8 times higher than the damage), then the attack is reduced by 90%. If that ratio is 1:8 or lower (so the damage is 8 times higher than the Defense), then the attack is only reduced by 10%. (Yes, that means no matter what, the Defense stat will only allow you to do at most 90% of the damage you see on the Attack Power stat.) If that ratio is more than 1:8, but less than 8:1, then the damage gets reduced based on a really complicated formula that you don't need to worry about (but you can read more about it here: reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4f8yy8/how_defense_and_absorption_really_work ).
So for example, if the enemy has 100 Lightning Defense, and your sword does 800 Lightning damage (so the ratio is 100:800, or 1:8), then you will do 720 damage to the enemy. Like I said before, it only lets you do 90% of the weapon's listed damage value. If the enemy has 100 Lightning Defense, and your sword does 100 damage (so the ratio is 100:100, or 1:1), then the enemy should take about 40 damage from the attack (because the formula is weird). The point is, Defense doesn't matter all that much once you start getting weapons that do 300-400+ damage, because even the strongest enemies only have like 130 Defense. The lower the ratio of Defense:Damage is, the more damage you will do...
BUT, that is only for ONE damage type. If you have a sword that does 500 physical damage, and the enemy has 100 physical Defense, then you'll outclass them with a 1:5 ratio. You'll do something like 400 damage (just a ballpark estimate). However, when you put an elemental infusion on that sword, which will be Lightning in our case, then your weapon's total damage will be split up into a physical portion and a Lightning portion. So with the Lightning infusion, your sword might get a TOTAL of 600 damage, but it'll probably be split up into 300 physical and 300 Lightning damage.
So if that same enemy has 100 physical Defense, and 100 Lightning Defense, then you won't get a ratio of 100 Defense : 600 damage (1:6); instead you'll get TWO ratios of 100 Defense : *300* Damage (1:3). That means each portion of your attack will be reduced by significantly more than if you were just doing one big hit with a single damage type, and so you will do *less* damage overall.
TL:DR Elemental infusions typically do less damage unless you have high stats, high weapon upgrades, or you're against weak enemies (or enemies that take bonus damage from elements, like how Erdtree Avatars take double damage from Fire). If you're using an elemental infusion, make sure you use additional buffs (such as Shrouding Crystal Tears, etc.) to compensate for the reduced damage you do.
Intro
Where to Find the Flamberge/Setup for Redmane Castle enemies
Lordsworn's Greatsword, Whetstone Knife
Strength-knot Crystal Tear
Warmaster's Shack: Golden Runes and Impaling Thrust
Heading to Third Church of Marika
Heading to Fort Gael
Fort Gael: Teleporter Shortcut to Redmane Castle
How to get in Redmane Castle
Flamberge Location
Flamberge Overview
Flamberge Best Infusions
Flamberge Best Ash of War
Outro
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youtu.be/KIFH53VbJrc
This guide will show you where to find the Flamberge. I’ll also give a breakdown of its stats and my favorite Ashes of War to use with it.
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
-You will NOT be able to get the Flamberge if Redmane Castle is in Radahn Festival mode. You will have to kill Radahn and then talk to Jerren to go back to regular mode. Learn how to beat him here: youtube.com/watch?v=7mRMaFCkRAo The castle enters Festival mode if you reach a certain point in Ranni’s questline, or if you go to the Altus Plateau.
-On split damage and defense: Weapons that have split damage, i.e. they do 2 or more damage types (such as physical and lightning), suffer from split damage calculation. There are 2 different types of damage resistance: Damage Negation (which you get from armor and buffs), and Defense (which you get from leveling up your stats). All players and enemies in the game have varying Negation and Defense stats.
Negation just reduces incoming damage by a specific percentage. So if you have 20 Lightning Negation, then all Lightning damage you take is reduced by 20%. For example, if my sword does 100 Lightning damage, then when I hit you it will only do 80 Lightning damage. If my sword does 200 instead, then you will only take 160 Lightning damage, because your Negation reduces any damage you take by the same percentage no matter what.
Defense reduces incoming damage based on how close the Defense stat is to the incoming damage. So it's based on the ratio of Defense:Damage. The closer that ratio is, the more Defense reduces incoming damage. The rule of thumb is: if that ratio (Defense:Damage) is 8:1 or higher (so the Defense is 8 times higher than the damage), then the attack is reduced by 90%. If that ratio is 1:8 or lower (so the damage is 8 times higher than the Defense), then the attack is only reduced by 10%. (Yes, that means no matter what, the Defense stat will only allow you to do at most 90% of the damage you see on the Attack Power stat.) If that ratio is more than 1:8, but less than 8:1, then the damage gets reduced based on a really complicated formula that you don't need to worry about (but you can read more about it here: reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4f8yy8/how_defense_and_absorption_really_work ).
So for example, if the enemy has 100 Lightning Defense, and your sword does 800 Lightning damage (so the ratio is 100:800, or 1:8), then you will do 720 damage to the enemy. Like I said before, it only lets you do 90% of the weapon's listed damage value. If the enemy has 100 Lightning Defense, and your sword does 100 damage (so the ratio is 100:100, or 1:1), then the enemy should take about 40 damage from the attack (because the formula is weird). The point is, Defense doesn't matter all that much once you start getting weapons that do 300-400+ damage, because even the strongest enemies only have like 130 Defense. The lower the ratio of Defense:Damage is, the more damage you will do...
BUT, that is only for ONE damage type. If you have a sword that does 500 physical damage, and the enemy has 100 physical Defense, then you'll outclass them with a 1:5 ratio. You'll do something like 400 damage (just a ballpark estimate). However, when you put an elemental infusion on that sword, which will be Lightning in our case, then your weapon's total damage will be split up into a physical portion and a Lightning portion. So with the Lightning infusion, your sword might get a TOTAL of 600 damage, but it'll probably be split up into 300 physical and 300 Lightning damage.
So if that same enemy has 100 physical Defense, and 100 Lightning Defense, then you won't get a ratio of 100 Defense : 600 damage (1:6); instead you'll get TWO ratios of 100 Defense : *300* Damage (1:3). That means each portion of your attack will be reduced by significantly more than if you were just doing one big hit with a single damage type, and so you will do *less* damage overall.
TL:DR Elemental infusions typically do less damage unless you have high stats, high weapon upgrades, or you're against weak enemies (or enemies that take bonus damage from elements, like how Erdtree Avatars take double damage from Fire). If you're using an elemental infusion, make sure you use additional buffs (such as Shrouding Crystal Tears, etc.) to compensate for the reduced damage you do.
Intro
Where to Find the Flamberge/Setup for Redmane Castle enemies
Lordsworn's Greatsword, Whetstone Knife
Strength-knot Crystal Tear
Warmaster's Shack: Golden Runes and Impaling Thrust
Heading to Third Church of Marika
Heading to Fort Gael
Fort Gael: Teleporter Shortcut to Redmane Castle
How to get in Redmane Castle
Flamberge Location
Flamberge Overview
Flamberge Best Infusions
Flamberge Best Ash of War
Outro
If I helped you out, consider returning the favor and leaving a like, a comment, and subscribing!
