Carian Combo Warriors - Enhanced (DLC) 1.16 (2024)

New Features and EnhancementsI focused on four primary goals to elevate the CCW experience:

• More balanced gameplay
• Enhanced role-playing elements
• Refined and expanded movesets
• New gameplay mechanics and improvements
  

Gameplay Balance Improvements
CREATE A NEW CHARACTER WHEN PLAYING WITH THIS MOD

• Normal: 300% Enemy Health / 35% Atk/Def on Enemies
• Medium: 900%Enemy Health / 55% atk/Def on Enemies
• Hard: 1600% Enemy Health / 75% ATk/Def on Enemies
• UPGRADE YOUR WEAPONS TO MAX AS FAST AS POSSIBLE (Check Requirements for a more appealing Experience)
• - All Characters will start at level 100 with ALL stats at 75 right from the Start (mind on 2 to give you more Freedom)
  

• Stone-Sheathed Sword
• Velvet Sword of St. Trina
• Sword of Light
• Greatsword of Radahn (Lord)
• Moonrithyll's Knight Sword
• Greatsword
• Troll's Golden Sword
• Grafted Blade Greatsword
• Godslayer's Greatsword
• Maliketh's Black Blade
• Ancient Meteoric Ore Greatsword
• Putrescence Cleaver
• iron ball
• star fist
• short Spear
• Bolt of Gransax
• Elenoras Poleblade
• Rotten Crystal Sword
• Milady
• Curved Greatsword
• Greatsword of Damnation
• Greatsword of Solitude
• Lordsworn's Greatsword
• Grafted Blade Greatsword
• Royal Greatsword
• Troll Knight's Sword
• Fire Knight's Greatsword
• Morgott's Cursed Sword
• Hand of Malenia (not included fully due to other things)
• Dragonscale Blade
• Rivers of Blood
• Moonveil
• Sword of Night
• Gargoyle's Black Blades
• Gargoyle's Twinblade
• Godskin Peeler
• Twinned Knight Swords
• Twinblade
• Cross-Naginata
• Great Katana
• Dragon-Hunter's Great Katana
• Rakshasa's Great Katana
  


Carian Filigreed Crest (MUST EQUIP):

• enables ultimate attacks, reduces fall damage to 0
  

Ash of Wars for Weapon Category

• Stamp (Upward Cut) [colossal greatsword]
• Spinning Strikes [spear]
• Prelates Charge [Greatsword]
• Unsheath [Katana]
• Square Off [Curved Greatsword]
• Kick [Fist]
• Quickstep [straight sword]
• Bloodhound Step [Twinblade]
  

PvP Weapons

• caestus [AoW = Kick]
• spiked caestus [AoW = Kick]
• Monk's Flameblade [AoW = Square-Off]
• Sword of night [AoW = Unseath]
• Godskin peeler (uses Twinblade Icon & Appearance) RED VFX [AoW = Bloodhound Step]
• Cross-naginata [AoW = Spinning Strikes]
• Blasphemous Blade [AoW = Prelate's Charge]
• Starscourge Greatsword [AoW = Stamp Upwards]
  

Weapon Names will be shown in Inventory as PvP in the end for Example:

• Monk's Flameblade PVP
• Rotten Crystal Sword PVP
• Sword of night PVP
  

All AoW's has been Corrected &' made sure you can enjoy the fight Against your FriendsEnemies
Every enemy’s stats have been adjusted individually with DLC Enemies. I tweaked health, damage output, posture, and status effect buildup. My aim was to make annoying or monotonous battles smoother while adding more challenge to enjoyable encounters. I also ensured the adjustments stayed in line with the lore—so while some dragon fights might be tedious, they still offer a reasonable challenge to keep the immersion intact.

Invasions:
All invading characters have had their stats and combat styles revised. Most invaders now wield one of the mod’s highlighted weapons, providing more opportunities for CCW-on-CCW battles. Their stats also scale based on the difficulty you're playing at. (Note: DLC invaders haven't been modified yet.)

Elite Bosses:
While reviewing boss encounters, I noticed many felt repetitive. To address this, I created enhanced versions of the 10 most engaging enemy types. These elite bosses come with additional projectiles, unique effects, and a significantly higher difficulty level. However, they can be easily recognized by their glowing golden eyes and offer five times the normal rune reward.

Merged Challenge Boss Modpack:
To spice up certain major boss battles, I integrated my mod with the MiquellaTheUnaIloyed Challenge Bosses Modpack. (Note: Some bosses, like Malenia and Radahn, as well as the Stakes of Marika, are currently buggy due to map file updates required by the DLC. An update from MiquellaTheUnaIloyed is needed to fix these issues. However, all other bosses work without issues.)
Visual and Combat Upgrades

Weapon Effects Overhaul:
I’ve given all weapon effects a facelift, making them flashier and more consistent in style. Instead of traditional fire or blood effects, weapons now feature Carian, glintstone, and ice lightning magic. For those who prefer the old-school look, I’ve started creating red-magic variants for some weapons. Currently, the Star Fist and Twinned Knight Swords come with this option. Additionally, actions like dodging, jumping, and interacting with objects now produce effects that match the type of magic used by your equipped weapon.

Idle Animations:
Admired the idle animations exclusive to the twinblade? Now, they’re not limited to that weapon! I’ve added these animations, along with 10 others, to every weapon type. Eight of these animations are gender-specific, offering four exclusive animations per gender, along with four shared ones.

Gender-Based Movement:
If you run Scriptextender.dll, you can now alter walking animations based on your character’s gender by resting at a grace. The default animations are male, but if you’re playing as a female character and rest at a grace, the walking animations will automatically update to female ones. (Note: Fists and colossal greatswords retain their distinct walking styles to avoid issues.)
Game Integration and Extra Features

Stat and Speed Adjustments for Other Mechanics:
I’ve also made tweaks to several gameplay mechanics outside of the core movesets, enhancing their synergy with this mod. Other Ashes of War, weapon arts, spells, bows, item use, and stagger recovery have all been sped up by 160% with no FP cost, but come with a slight damage reduction. Spirit ashes also last longer in battle but deal less damage overall.

Ultimate Attack System Important:

Drinking a Cerulain Flask (BLUE FP FLASK) Powers special abilities tied to Ashes of War for specific weapon types, with the correct Ashes of War equipped by default. Activating these powerful attacks varies by weapon:

• FP BAR NEEDS TO BE FULLY DRAINED
• For Greatswords/Colossal Swords: Press the AOW button.
• For Katanas/Curved Greatswords: Press AOW + light or heavy attack.
• For Spears/Straight Swords/Twinblades/Fists: Press AOW + right while locked onto an enemy.
  

To enable the ultimate attack system, you need to equip the Carian Filigreed Crest. Note that the ultimate attack bar resets for the aerial abilities of certain weapons to avoid overuse.

Horse Combat and Speed:
All featured weapons now have unique attacks when mounted on Torrent, who also moves faster for more dynamic horseback combat.

Magic Shield:
When you press the guard button without a left-hand weapon, your character summons a magic shield that blocks and reflects incoming spells and projectiles, which can be particularly helpful in challenging boss fights.

Unlimited Jumps and Air Dashes:
Thanks to modifications from sdfwersdf, you can now perform unlimited jumps and air dashes. By pressing the dodge button in midair, you can dash repeatedly without restriction.
Overhauled Weapon Movesets

Spear:
The spear moveset has been completely reimagined, blending swift spear attacks with unarmed lightning strikes, making you an agile master of ice and lightning.

Straight Sword:
The straight sword’s moveset has been fully revamped with elegant, fluid motions inspired by Malenia, offering a wider range of attacks compared to the original.

Greatsword and Colossal Sword:
I’ve added new moves to previously unused animation slots while making minor adjustments to existing animations for a more polished combat experience.

Katana, Twinblade, Curved Greatsword, Fist:
Though their special effects have been enhanced, these weapons' core movesets remain mostly unchanged, with just minor combo tweaks and some animation replacements.

Weapon-Specific Ashes of War

• The spear, straight sword, and fist have been given new, more intricate Ashes of War, similar in combo flow to the Bloodhoundstep from the twinblade.
• Colossal greatswords have received brand-new Ashes of War animations, though their combo system remains intact.
• The curved greatsword has gained new ultimate abilities: pressing AOW + heavy attack triggers a powerful strike, while AOW + light attack activates an "exceed" mode that boosts your damage and adds special effects to your attacks for one minute.
• The Ashes of War for twinblades, katanas, and greatswords remain unchanged from previous versions.
  

Intelligence Ultimate: Gravity Well Blackhole

• Uncharged cast sends out a cloud of stars that detonate after a short time.
• Charged cast generates a black hole that deals high posture damage, looms for 3 seconds, then detonates in a massive ball of star fire.
• Much higher INT requirement and FP cost.
  

Fundamentalist (Int/Faith) Ultimate: Elden Stars Beam of Judgement

• Locked on cast summons an Elden Judgement beam upon reaching the target and detonating.
• Now requires 55 INT and 55 FAITH to use and costs more FP.
  

Arcane Ultimate: Bloodboon Hedge of Briars

• Bloodflames erupt in a giant hedge of blood briars.
• Much higher arcane requirement and FP cost.
• HP cost added.
  

Faith Ultimate: Wrath of Gold Gates of Babylon

• Locked on charged cast summons portals all around the caster that send a hail of golden bolts towards the target.
• Much higher FAITH requirement and FP cost.
  

Dragon Lightning Ultimate: Ancient Dragon's Lightning Spear Bolt of Placidusax

• Now can be thrown and creates a giant explosion dealing a massive amount of lightning damage, and a moderate amount of fire damage.
  

Changelog on Runes

• Fixed a bug that caused The Flame of Frenzy to instantly kill nearby enemies when activating certain buffs
• Fixed a bug that caused many Great Runes to grant passive bonus damage of incorrect elements
• Fixed many typos
  

Changed the functionality of many Great Runes

Godrick's/Grafted Great Rune

• Removed Item Discovery buff
• Critically striking an enemy boosts all attributes by 5 for 20 seconds (stacks)
• Killing an enemy boosts all attributes by 5 for 20 seconds (stacks)
  

Morgott's/Royal Great Rune

• Removed Maximum Stamina buff
• Melee attack Stamina consumption reduced by 20%
• Landing a melee attack restores 10% of your maximum Stamina
• Reduced the Final Hit of an attack combo boost from 100% to 55%; you can stack this with the Twinblade talisman to deal 100% bonus damage on the Final Hit of an attack combo.
  

Rykard's/Blasphemous Great Rune

• Reduced the Heal on Kill effect from 20% to 3%
• Reduced the Increase Max HP on Kill effect from 2% to 1%
• Removed the Increase Attack Power on Kill effect
• Killing an enemy increases max FP by 1%
  

Mohg's/Nullified Great Rune

• Passively boosts Bleed damage by 10% when the weapon is not buffed with Blood Flame
  

Great Rune of The Unborn

• Grants 2% of Max FP per second after a summon dies
  

Sealed Great Rune

• Shattered Gold now reduces enemy's holy absorption by 20% for 20 seconds
  

Mending Rune of Perfect Order

• Boosts all absorptions except Fire by 50% for 1 second after drinking a Flask
  

Mending Rune of The Death Prince

• Heals 2% of Max HP per second of allies
  

Mending Rune of The Fell Curse

• Adds 100 Item Discovery
  

Celestial Great Rune

• Passively boosts Frost damage by 10%
  

Enhanced DLC Bosses:

• Promised Consort Radahn
• Scadutree Avatar
• Putrescent Knight
• Divine Beast
• Rellana
• Midra
• Gaius
• Bayle
  

Maliketh Changes:

• Phase 2 starts at 60% HP, restoring 15% HP at the start.
• Carries over some attacks from Margit.
• Expanded Black Blade phase moveset, with more aggressive combos.
• Blasphemous Claw doesn’t deal damage, and Maliketh’s stun animations are faster but deflectable.
• Added State of Marika before entering the arena.
  

Radagon:

• Incorporates DrZerf's Preset with more aggressive behavior.
• Tankier with attack power reduced by 15%.
• Added Elden Beast Sigil (reduced size, longer trigger time).
  

Gideon:

• More aggressive behavior.
• Force field makes the fight easier.
• Key mechanic: "on a Yellow glimpse, seek cover."
  

Malenia Changes:

• Full immunity to rot.
• Stance raised from 80 to 380.
• Frostbite resistance increased to Hemo levels.
• Reduced Hemo/Frostbite damage by 30%.
• Hyper Armor status effect stagger removed.
• Heavy stagger resistance increased.
• Health recovery on hits increased.
• Refined unused attacks, second Waterfowl Dance added.
• Scarlet Eonia is more dangerous, 65% increased rot damage.
• Additional battle ending if Tarnished owns Unalloyed Gold Needle.
  

Starter Classes Reworked:

• Vagabond: Royal Remains Set, Eleonora's Poleblade.
• Warrior: Black Knight 2B Visuals Set, Greatsword & Ancient Meteoric Greatsword.
• Hero: Elden Lord Set, Poleblade & Greatsword.
• Bandit: Omen Set, Twinblade & Poleblade.
• Astrologer: Raging Wolf Set, Short Spear & Poleblade.
• Prophet: Black Knight 2B Visuals Set, Bloodhound & Poleblade & Twinblade.
• Confessor: War Surgeon Varre Set, Maliketh Blade & Poleblade.
• Samurai: White Reed Set, Rakasha, Nagakiba, Rivers of Blood & Poleblade.
• Prisoner: Bull-Goat Set, Iron Ball, Star Fist & Poleblade.
• Wretch: Zamor Set, Morgott’s Cursed Sword & Poleblade.
• All classes start with 99 Runes.
• All classes have Finger Seal at +25, able to cast all spells.
  

Detailed Spirit Summon Changes:

• Rotten Stray Ashes >>Giant Dog
• Warhawk Ashes +Stormhawk Deenh + Warhawk Flamethrower beak
• Lone Wolf Ashes >>x2 Alpha Wolf + Red Wolf of Radagon
• Fanged Imp Ashes +Imp (Long-Tongued), Imp (Cat), Imp Wolf+ Bigmouth Imp + Imp Lion (Hatchet) + Imp Lion (Great Sword)
• Albinauric Ashes >>x5 Sanguine 2nd Gen Albinauric
• Winged Misbegotten Ashes >>Leonine Misbegotten
• Latenna the Albinauric +Direwolf
• Man-Serpent Ashes +Man-Serpent (Magma Blade) + Zorayas The Scout (Man-Serpent Shell)
• Soldjars of Fortune Ashes +Iron Fist Alexander
• Demi-Human Ashes +Demi-Human Chief + Demi-Human Queen Margot
• Nomad Ashes >>x2 Starcaller + Onyx Alabaster Lord
• Azula Beastman Ashes +3 Azula Beastman (Curved Sword, Shield/Caster/ Throwing Knife)
• Ancestral Follower Ashes +White RuneBear
• Wandering Noble Ashes +1 Wandering Noble +2 Commoner +2 Noble Sorcerer
• Vulgar Militia Ashes >>x3 Vulgar Militia (Shotel /Saw /Chain-Sickle) + 3 Highwayman + Patches
• Kaiden Sellsword Ashes +1 Kaiden Sellsword + 2 Lone Wolf
• Noble Sorcerer Ashes >>Sorcerer Rogier + Sorcerer Thops
• Page Ashes +1 Page + High Page
• Mad Pumpkin Head Ashes >>x2 Grave Warden-Duelist (Hammer/Axe)
• Archer Ashes >>x3 Assassin theme Tarnished (Rot,Poison, Throwing Knife)
• Bloodhound Knight Floh +Ancient Hero of Zamor
• Black Knife Tiche +Alecto Black Knife Ring Leader
• Crystalian Ashes +2 Crystalian (Staff/Spear)
• Twinsage Sorcerer Ashes +Twinsage Sorcerer (Alternate) + Glintstone Sorcerer (Karolos) + 2 Glintstone Sorcerer (Lazuli)
• Finger Maiden Therolina Puppet +Melina + LightSeeker Hyetta> Equipments and Incantations changes
• Land Squirt Ashes >>Sanguine Noble + Esgar Priest of Blood + Lesser Sanguine Noble (Invader)
• Battlemage Hugues +Lusat & Azur Primeval Sorcerer Theme Tarnished
• Fire Monk Ashes +Fire Monk (Curved Sword) + Fire Sage Tarnished
• Blackflame Monk Ashes +Blackflame Monk (Curved Sword) + Blackflame Apostle Tarnished
• Dolores the Sleeping Arrow Puppet >>SnowWitch Tarnish (Moon, Cold Sorceries)
• Kindred of Rot Ashes >>Giant Skeleton Torso + Necromancer Commoner + 4 Catacomb Skeleton (Curved Sword, Shield/ FirePot/ Bow/ Curved Sword)
• Skeletal Militiaman Ashes +Skeletal Knight+ Skeletal Militiaman (Crossbow) + Skeleton Giant (Cleaver)
• Skeletal Bandit Ashes +1 Skeletal Bandit + Skeletal Grave Warden + Skeleton Giant (Glaive)
• Mausoleum Soldier Ashes +3 Mausoleum Soldier (Crossbow, Hammer/ Crossbow, Sword/ Spear Shield)
• Lhutel the Headless +2 Mausoleum Knight (Greatbow/ Greatsword)
• Stormhawk Deenh >>x2 Night Cavalrymen (Flail/Glaive) (NO MOUNT)
• Giant Rat Ashes >>Troll – Troll FlameSword (at +5) –Troll Knight ( at + 10)
• Dung Eater Puppet +2 Omen Accursed (Cleaver/ Axe)
• Marionette Soldier Ashes-1 + 3 Marionette Soldier (SpikedSpear/ Magic Pot/ Sword, Fire Pot) + 2 Avionette Soldier ( Curved Sword ,Fire Pot/ Scythe, Fire Pot)
• Greatshield Soldier Ashes +Archer Ashes +1 Fallen Hawnk Company ( Spear, GreatShield/ Sword, Shield)
• Avionette Soldier Ashes >>Large Exile Soldier (GreatAxe)+ 5 Exile Soldier (Torch Pole, Trumpet/ Spear, Shield/ Crossbow/ Sword, Shield)
• Nightmaiden & Swordstress Puppets +Nox Monk
• Perfumer Tricia +Omenkiller Rollo +Depraved Perfumer Carmaan
• Depraved Perfumer Carmaan >>Blaidd the Half-Wolf
• Omenkiller Rollo >>Elemer of The Briar
• Miranda Sprout Ashes >>Millicent + 4 Millicent’s Sisters (Polyanna – Blade of Calling/ Maureen – TreeSpear/ Amy – Flowing Curved
• Sword/ Mary – Halo Scythe)
• Cleanrot Knight Finlay +2 Cleanrot Knight (Sickle/ Spear)
• Clayman Ashes >>Demolition Specialists Tarnished (JarCannon, One-Eyed Shield, Explosive Stone/ Fire Pot Thrower,…)> Equipments and Incantations changes
• Glintstone Sorcerer Ashes >>5 Knights Theme Tarnished (2 Polearm/ Shield Sword/ Flail, GreatShield/ Claymore)
• Godrick Soldier Ashes +2 Godrick Foot Soldier (Crossbow /Spear)+ 2 Godrick Knight (Spear Shield/ Blood Obsessed Knight)
• Raya Lucaria Soldier Ashes +Raya Lucaria Soldier (Sword, Shield) + 2 Cuckoo Knight (Greatsword/ Magic Spear)
• Haligtree (Foot) Soldier Ashes-2 + 4 Haligtree Soldier (Sword,Torch/ Sword Shield/ Crossbow/ GreatSword) + 2 Haligtree Knight (Spear, Shield/ GreatSword)
• Leyndell Soldier Ashes >>4 Frenzied Leyndell Soldier (Hammer/ Greatsword/ Spear Shield) + 4 Frenzied Leyndell Foot Soldier(Spear/ Crossbow/ Dagger/ Torch Pole) + 1 Frenzied Leyndell Knight
• Redmane Knight Ogha +2 Redmane Knight (Flame GreatSword/Flame Spear)
• Radahn Soldier Ashes +Radahn Soldier Ashes+ 2 Radahn Foot Soldier (Torch Pole/ Dagger Fire Pot)
• Ancient Dragon Knight Kristoff +2 Leyndell Knight (GreatBow/GreatSword)
• Banished Knight Engvall >>x2 Crucible Knight (Sword/Spear)+ Crucible Knight Devonia (Hammer)
• Banished Knight Oleg >>x3 Spectral Banished Knight (SwordShield/ Halberd/ Dual Sword) + Alter Armor
• Putrid Corpse Ashes >>Flamespitter + Heavy Ballista + Explosive Ballista + 5 Exile Soldier(it’s very inconsistent for them to use the emplacements, u need to summon them with the enemies outside their view range and lure enemies towards them to make them use the emplacements)
• Mimic Tear Ashes +1 Mimic Tear Ashes
• Nepheli Loux Puppet >>x3 ErdTree Knights (HammerShield/ ErdTree Shield, Golden Halberd/ Golden Order Great Sword) + Holy/Golden Order/ ErdTree Incantations> Incantations changes
• Oracle Envoy Ashes >>Malenia Blade of Miquella
• Jarwight Puppet >>Let Me Solo Her
  

-- DLC ASHES CHANGES --

• Curseblade Meera >Dancer of Ranah & Custom Dancer
• BloodFiend Hexer's Ashes >PureBlood Knight Ansbach & Rakshasa (More Skills)
• Gravebird Ashes +Gravebird (Sleep) + Gravebird (Spectal Light Rings)
• Fire Knight Hilde >Fire Knight (GreatSword) + Fire Knight Elite (Greatsword) + Fire Knight Caster + Fire Knight (ShortSword)
• Spider Scorpion Ashes >x3 Putrescent Sorcerer + x5 Dark Catacomb Skeleton (Sword, Shield/ Sword/ Long Sword/ FirePot/ Bow)
• Demi-human Swordman Yosh +Demi-human Swordman Onve
• Messmer Soldiers Ashes >x6Messmer Soldiers (Fire Spear/ Spear, FireCoil/ Axe/ Shield, axe/ Torch/ Bow) + x4Messmer Foot Soldiers (Sword/ Torchpole/ Dagger/ Spear)
• Black Knight Commander Andreas +Black Knight Commander Huw + Black Knight (Greatbow)
• Black Knight Commander Huw >2x Death Knight (Dual Axes/ Long Axe)
• Bigmouth Imp Ashes >x2 Large Bigmouth Imps + GIANT Bigmouth Imp
• Man-Fly Ashes >x2 Kungfu Monks Theme Tarnish
• Taylew The Golem Smith +2 Golem Smith (Lava bowl/ Club)(With Original Size)
• Horned Warrior Ashes +Horned Warrior Dual Swords
• Divine Bird Warrior Ornis +Divine Bird Warrior Greatsword
• Inquisitor Ashes >x3 Divine Lion Warrior (Storm/ Ice/ Lightning)
• Ancient Dragon Florissax +Ancient Dragon Man + Drake Warrior Igon
• Fingercreeper Ashes >Rellana Twin Moon Knight
• Fire Knight Queelign +x2 Custom Fire Knight Theme Tarnish
• Swordhand of Night Jolán +Swordhand of Night Anna + Night Knight Theme Tarnish(May break the Quest, not tested)
• Swordhand of Night Jolán and Anna >x3 Miquella Light Knights Theme Tarnish
  

Other Implementations:

• Added Target Dummies to Roundtable Hold. (Albarich Area)
• Boss Teleport: resurrect bosses and teleport to them at any time. (Accesable at Any grace in the Game - Teleports you near the Boss)
  

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