Elden Ring: The Main Changes in the New Update (Patch 1.13)

General Adjustments and Rebalancing

Here, the big highlight is the buff on NPC summons in some areas and summoned spirits, except for Mimic Tear. With this new update, several summons will now become stronger and can become as good as the Mimic itself, which was the most used summon in the game.

Armaments, Skills, Spells and Incantations

Several weapons and skills have been buffed, greatly improving some equipment, which now should be better explored in new builds. One example is Euporia, a very interesting twinblade for Faith Builds, with an eye-catching ability, which was previously considered weak.

Spirit Summons

A huge list of Spirit Summons has been buffed, with several of them receiving a buff against stagger, something that should further contribute to the exploration of other summons besides Mimic. Before the patch, summons in the DLC were easily eliminated by bosses, since their posture was broken easily. Now these summons will have greater resistance and will be more useful in DLC combats. It’s also worth noting that not only were the DLC's Spirit Summons buffed, but those from the base game also were, which should help the experience of new players, as well as reducing the use of Mimic Tear.

Summons are another controversial topic in the Elden Ring fanbase, especially when we discuss the Mimic, which is undoubtedly the strongest in the game. Mimic Tear basically allows you to conjure a perfect copy of yourself, who will fight alongside you against a boss. This makes the game easier, especially if you use a long-distance build as a mage, for example, as the Mimic will draw all the Boss's attention to itself, allowing you to bombard it with your spells with greater safety.

At the beginning of the game, Spirit Summons like Spirit Jellyfish are very useful for beginner players, especially in fights against Margit, the Fell Omen and Godrick the Grafted, the main bosses in the first area of ​​the game and might be troublesome to defeat.

As we progress, once we get the Mimic Tear, the other summons are practically abandoned by most players. With the new patch, we can expect the Metagame to feature a wider variety of summons being used.

Last but not least, we have a huge list of fixed bugs, something that is always positive for the game. Among them, we can highlight the adjustment of summon signals in some boss fights, which makes it easier to summon an NPC to help you during the fight.

As for gameplay, the Patch Notes mention several fixes for consoles and PC and here we can discuss a little the issue of the game's performance on PC, which even after the update will continue to present several problems. It’s not new that FromSoftware games have problems in their PC versions and it was expected that this would be resolved by now, but users should continue to face the usual problems in Elden Ring, regardless of hardware configurations.

This new patch brought many important updates, rebalancing several items and game mechanics, which opens up space for the creation of new builds and more exploration of combat in the game. On the other hand, gameplay on PC continues to be pushed to the side and performance problems will continue to be faced by players on this platform. The most considerable change in this update is undoubtedly the Summon Ashes, which opens up space to explore this essential mechanic within the game.

You can check the Patch Notes published by Bandai Namco here.

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