Elden Ring: Best Obtainable Early Incantations

The critically acclaimed Elden Ring is going to return with its new DLC Expansion in a few months. The Lands Between are known for throwing the players into many surprises and powerful adversaries. Default-equipped weapons are often paired with many other offensive tools, like the widely known overpowered Spells. Incantations tend to be overlooked as an average replacement sidearm.

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Players who are getting back into Elden Ring after going through the game as a mage or a spellsword user might be in for a few surprises to start again as Tarnished, who borrows the power of the Dragons, Gods, and other higher beings through Incantations.

7 Black Flame Blade

Early Obtainable Resistance Piercing Incantation

Enchants right-hand armament with black flame
Damage Type: Black Flame

The incantation coats the weapon with a black flame that scales high with faith and has a massive advantage as a type of damage that goes through any resistance an enemy might have. Although it has a short duration, it can be castable quickly and has a meager FP cost.

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As opposed to other damage types, the black flame damage has a unique trait that gradually reduces its target hp. Befitting its color as the hottest flame, it deals a whopping 2% of target max HP plus 20 and another 20 for every 1000 HP the enemy has.

6 Bloodflame Blade

Additional Fire Damage With Hemorrhage Properties

Enchants right-hand armament with Bloodflame
Damage Type: Fire
Adds Bleed build-up

This incantation coats the weapon with fire damage that also inflicts hemorrhage. With the right weapon, such as a katana, which has a built-in hemorrhage modifier and has a very short cooldown between swings, Bloodflame Blade earns its right to be one of the most powerful incantations, especially as it can be obtainable very early in the game.

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Although the hemorrhage build-up isn’t instant compared to the default hemorrhage properties of a weapon, the Bloodflame Blade fills up the hemorrhage meter rather quickly. Depending on the type of weapon and weapon skill, Bloodflame Blade build-up could raise the hemorrhage gauge even faster, as the usual instant hemorrhage build-up from weapons is usually wasted when it exceeds the hemorrhage gauge.

5 Frozen Lightning Spear

Early HP Percentage Damage

Image of Elden Ring: Frozen Lightning Spear

Stabs with ice lightning spear from above
Damage Type: Lightning
Frozen build-up

Frozen Lightning Spear is basically a hoarfrost stomp that can deal lightning damage. Although the incantation itself is guarded by a boss and has quite a high requirement, the boss resides near Liurnia and is accessible without going through any of the Shardbearers, while the high faith requirement is easily neglected by the faith-knot tear crystal and faith accessory that could be obtainable early.

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Frost build-up and lightning damage synergetically become the bane of most dragons. The multiple lightning hits of Frozen Lightning Spear can fill the Frost gauge, which inflicts a large amount of HP percentage damage, and ramps up the damage taken through the sky. Furthermore, as the dragons are weak to the lightning type of damage itself, it only took a few casts of Frozen Lightning Spear to take a chunk of most of their HP.

4 Swarm of Flies

Multiple Mini-hit Hemorrhage Build Up

Releases a swarm of bloodflies before the caster
Bleed builds-up

Swarm of Flies keep single enemies in a multiple mini-hit hemorrhage build up. While it may seem underwhelming at a first try, the continuous flurry of this spell is a powerful addition as it could be synergized with other Action. The incantation may draw aggro from other present allies towards the caster. Most bosses also become aggressive and charge towards the caster as long as the incantation lingers still.

Swarm of Flies has a quick cast and little FP costs to compensate for the slow build-up of the hemorrhage status. The swarm will keep persistently following the target until the end of its duration, however slow it takes for them, and can’t be dispelled by any means, except for hitting terrain.

3 Rotten Breath

Inflict Scarlet Rot Early In The Game

Channels dragon to spew scarlet rot breath
Scarlet rot builds-up

Rotten Breath is one of the fastest ways to inflict scarlet rot onto enemies from a distance that can cover an area. The lingering damage is also unarguably powerful against large enemies, to the extent that the most nimble ones can’t escape. The scarlet rot builds-up of Rotten Breath ticks at 65 each and deals 0.33% of max HP at every second. Rotten Breath deals direct physical damage, occasionally able to ricochet through many objects, and can be used on horseback.

The long initial two second wind-up should be looked out for in a boss fight, as every moment is pivotal for the Rotten Breath to be successfully cast. The full cast of five seconds could be timed during or after a stun from either riposte or stance damage. A few tries at the beginning to cast the incantation during a boss fight might be difficult, but the outcome will be fruitful.

2 Agheel’s Flame

One Of The Best Flame Breath

Spews flame breath of Agheel from above
Damage Type: Fire

Many enemies in the Lands Between are susceptible to fire, as the incantation is obtainable through defeating the very first dragon encountered, Agheel’s Flame is easily one of the best incantations that players can obtain early on. Agheel’s Flame has the same wind-up as Rotten Breath and needs the same exercise to be utilized fully during a boss fight.

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Agheel’s Flame has a slightly narrower spread with a longer range, unlike Rotten Breath, and it can be cast while jumping, which enables the caster to get an easier approach during the cast time, such as dodging a ground shockwave from certain bosses. The longer range makes the incantation safer and a slightly better setup than the aforementioned dragon breath.

1 Aspect of the Crucible: Horns

Early Faith Incantation For Stuns

Creates shoulder horn to gore foes from a low stance
Damage Type: Holy

This powerful and early, yet high-faith requirement Incantation can close your distance from an enemy in a flash with its high stun inducing charged attack, while the non-charged one can finish an enemy even faster than a melee weapon swing.

For its range and speed, Aspect of the Crucible: Horns has a considerably high stagger damage that makes even the most stoic enemies and bosses flinch. A well-timed cast of the incantation during a time frame when dangerous enemy bosses charge through the caster makes a difference by a large margin.