Many Elden Ring players gravitate towards the largest sword they can find or duel-wielding weapons, while others focus on the various sorcerer spells and incantations a player can learn throughout their adventure.

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Many of these spells are powerful and can kill an enemy flawlessly, but some of them can be difficult to pull off. This is because many of these spells need time to be cast before they can deal a lot of damage, which leaves the player open to attacks that can then block the spell outright.

8 Ranni's Dark Moon

Long Cast Time That Is Better To Use When Hidden

While Ranni's Dark Moon is a great spell for intelligence builds in Elden Ring, the spell does have some difficulty in being used during battles. Players must first sit through a casting animation that sees their character become a moon before it is then blasted toward the enemy.

During this animation, the player is susceptible to attacks from an enemy, which means, without any sort of distraction, the player is likely to get attacked, causing the spell to never be cast. Therefore, for players that want to make the most of this spell, it is best to use it as soon as battle starts to give them the most time to pull it off.

7 Unseen Blade

Surprise Weapon That Needs To Trick Players

Unseen Blade is a brilliant option for any spellcaster that wields weapons within PvP of Elden Ring. Casting this spell on a player's weapon will make it entirely disappear from the opponent's eye.

Therefore, a player can get the jump on their opponent by hitting them by surprise with an incredibly deadly weapon that first appeared as if the player was simply fighting with their bare-hands. It's difficult to pull this off as, naturally, many invaders are going to be suspicious of why a person doesn't have a weapon equipped, though in the right hands it can be incredibly deadly.

6 Aspects Of The Crucible: Tail

Stun-lock Enemies But Deal No Damage

Players may find difficulty using the incantation aspects of the Crucible: Tail, due to the fact that the spell does little damage to the player's opponent. However, this is because this isn't how the spell is supposed to be used.

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The Tail is perfect for stun-locking enemies and, therefore, breaking their poise. This opens up the opponent to critical attacks. While one hit may put them in this state, a player should carefully dance around their enemy, making the most of the stun-locked effect to deal damage with a weapon.

5 Thop's Barrier

Great Against Magic But Terrible Versus Melee

Thop's Barrier is a difficult spell for players to make the most of, mainly because it is only useful when taking on other opponents that are using magic too. This barrier allows players to simply have opposing spells slide right off their barrier.

If the player has the dedication to learning how to use it, the barrier can then be used to hit foes behind them, as aiming it in the right direction will deflect the spell backwards to hit a flanking enemy. This can be incredibly difficult to do, which will require a lot of practice from the player, otherwise it's simply a barrier.

4 Loretta's Greatbow

Takes A While To Charge

As the name of the spell suggests, when the player casts Loretta's Greatbow, they summon a large bow that fires a powerful magic missile. However, it takes a while to properly charge this spell if players want to strike an enemy with as much magical power as possible.

Like many other spells mentioned, a lot of the difficulty with Loretta's Greatbow comes from needing to wait for the spell to channel. This therefore leaves the player open to various attacks. Thankfully, there are talismans that can reduce the amount of time spells, take to charge, but it can still be difficult to pull it off.

3 Aspects Of The Crucible: Horns

Difficult To Aim At Foes

The tail isn't the only Aspects of the Crucible players can obtain. Another is the Horn, which also has the potential to stun or knock back smaller enemies. No matter how powerful this incantation is, players are sure to need to take some time to learn how to use it effectively.

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This is because it suffers from the same fate as many spells of having a large cast time. Besides this, some players may find it difficult to aim the horn that is produced by the incantation in the right direction, which can then leave the player open to attack as it wouldn't stun the opponent.

2 Meteorite

Long Charge And Need To Be Close

Meteorite is an incredibly powerful spell that players enjoy because of the physical damage it does that can stun-lock enemies, leaving them open to critical attacks. However, to get to this point, a spellcaster must be in the middle of the action so they can summon meteorites to the surrounding ground.

This can be rather difficult as the spell takes some time to be cast, then the player must continue to be uninterrupted if they wish to continue to summon more meteorites to hit the group of enemies or at least one large boss. Being so close can also be quite dangerous as any area effects will stop the spell.

1 Comet Azure

Hard To Aim At Quicker Enemies

Comet Azure is by far one of the most powerful spells in Elden Ring, but it could also be considered to be one of the most difficult to use too. This first starts with how long it takes to use the spell, which is only made worse if the player fails to aim it properly.

As the Comet Azure casts a beam of magic, it can't be moved once the spell has started, meaning it can be quite a challenge to use against bosses or smaller enemies that move quickly. In these situations, a different spell is more useful, though even against large foes, players may struggle with Comet Azure.

Elden Ring

Platform(s)

PS5 , Xbox One , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , PC

Released

February 25, 2022

Developer(s)

From Software

Genre(s)

RPG , Action