{"id":1677943,"date":"2026-08-29T22:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wdDsefeBjeCCJonCtJYoDb"},"modified":"2026-08-29T22:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:13:48","slug":"elden-ring-players-are-hard-at-work-putting-the-new-tarnished-edition-dlcs-gear-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/elden-ring-players-are-hard-at-work-putting-the-new-tarnished-edition-dlcs-gear-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Elden Ring players are hard at work putting the new Tarnished Edition DLC’s gear to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hand Elden Ring players a handful of new armor sets and weapons<\/a> and they’ll spend the next week or more experimenting and crunching the numbers to find out how they stack up against everything else in the legendary action RPG.<\/p>\n

That is all that’s been happening in the last few days since FromSoftware dropped the Tarnished Edition, a $5 DLC pack with new starting classes, armor sets, and horse armor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It took a little while for people to figure out where to find everything added in the DLC. FromSoft did what FromSoft does and snuck them into places you wouldn’t expect. But now that everyone feels like they’ve found it all, including some minor additions that weren’t announced, the testing has begun.<\/p>\n

By far the most popular new weapon is a greatsword you can steal from a new NPC who can show up for a duel. Leontiel’s Greatsword is a direct reference to a character from Dark Souls 2 and comes with a powerful new move that mimics real life bullfighters, or matadors. When you use it, your character holds out a red cloth before stepping around your target and thrusting the sword into their back. It’s easily one of the slickest animations in the game and, unsurprisingly, has players eager to see how it fairs against bosses.<\/p>\n

Reddit user SaxSlaveGael<\/a> put it to work on the one bull-like boss in the game, titling their post, “There’s Only One Boss that truly deserves the Matador Treatment”. When used on old Gaius in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, the sword’s Muleta skill works just like the real taunt that matadors do with the instrument it’s named after. Gaius’ boar was not ready for the feint and follow-up backstab. Is it the most efficient way to defeat the boss? Nope. Is it the sickest way to defeat the boss? Absolutely.<\/p>\n

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This weapon was made for this purpose specially<\/a>

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