Piercing status really hard to activate on enemies.

[Izaleth Demi]

I've been playing with a weapon that deals the piercing status effect for a while, and I swear it like never activates on enemies. Am I using it wrong somehow, or are a lot of enemies just really resistant to it?

[Player Zer01]

unlike normal enemies our piercing build up is.... well ass to be frank. there is also no way to make it build up faster. best version to use is the spell you get to pierce yourself as the weapon ones will take ages for it to proc.

[Raziel123]

I remember only robot did not get this effect. My dual Sword activate it a lot.

[watcherofanime935]

Well. Yes. To be fair it's the best status in the game. It inflicts % damage on their health bar. So it takes a sec for it to build up. Honestly one of the most balanced "bleed" bars i've seen.

[Garrington]

what weapon are you using?

[Izaleth Demi]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Raziel123:

I remember only robot did not get this effect. My dual Sword activate it a lot.

I actually popped it on one of the shield church guards, so it definitely works on them. Dual blades was a good call though.

[Izaleth Demi]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Garrington:

what weapon are you using?

I was using the corrupted Blader longsword, I'm using Reapers now though.

[Akameka]

corrupted blades + follow up attacks from the arm power ( the one that damage you first ).
There is a upgrade you can add to your gear to lower the damage of cristalisation, which render it more friendly to use.

Of course you want to be very agressive with it. Base monsters will probably die before it proc, making it more usefull on bosses and mini-bosses.
I suspect that the biggest problem is that their cristalize build up bar lower quite fast if you don't ttack them.

[FunkyBacon]

If you have the longword schyte thing using the special attack seems to build it up faster than normal strikes, and it is pretty fun going all berserk on their butts and pummel them into the ground, then follow up with a charged heavy attack for good measure. That combo can down almost anything that isn't a boss, it also doesn't move you around too much so it is safe-ish to use near ledges and other hazzards.