What makes the moonveil good?

The Moonveil katana is particularly powerful for its Ash of War, which launches a projectile rapidly with light and heavy attacks.
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What attribute makes moonveil stronger?

To wield the Moonveil you'll need 12 Strength, 18 Dexterity, and 23 Intelligence. To get the most out of this weapon, you'll need to pour a few upgrade points into Intelligence and Dexterity.
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Is the Moonveil Katana still good?

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Been planning on making my build around this weapon when I start my new save file but read that it was nerfed, is it still a good weapon? Absolutely. It's damage is still the same, it just takes an extra weapon art attack or two to break enemy posture.
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What Intelligence is best for Moonveil?

Level your Intelligence to 23 and keep building it. Moonveil has better scaling with Intelligence than Dexterity, so pump that up first.
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Is Moonveil Katana good for PVE?

Moonveil, is good for PVE, one of the best, outside of the thrusting sword classes. In PVP, don't bother. entirely predictable.
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What is the best secondary weapon with Moonveil?

The best side weapon to use with Moonveil is another katana to unlock the Powerstancing moveset unique to the weapon class.
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What's better Moonveil Katana or rivers of blood?

both are good, moonveil is a little more unique. Rivers of blood is good but if you want it it's tad a pure bleed weapon there are better bleeding options. RoB is easily better post patch. Flip a coin, heads for river of blood, tails for moonveil.
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What is the best talisman for the moonveil katana?

Moonveil Katana: Main weapon, obtained in Caelid by defeating the Magma Worm. Meteorite Staff: Secondary weapon for spellcasting, also located in Caelid. Radagon Icon, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, and Carian Filigreed Crest: Essential talismans for this build.
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Why is the Moonveil Katana so good?

It's basically Unsheath (from the Uchigatana), but with added energy beams. The heavy version of this can stagger most enemies in one hit, and most bosses in as few as 3 hits. Throw in a relatively high Bleed stat (50 per hit) and you can destroy most of the game with this sword.
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What is the best Katana in Elden Ring?

You will find Rivers of Blood, Meteoric Ore Blade, and Moonveil ranking among the best Katana to use. The Best Katana to use in Elden Ring. Very Strong Katana, with select, builds just as good as S-Tier Choices.
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Is Moonveil Katana bad?

Some adore the Moonveil, saying it helped them kill multiple bosses and invaders back to back. Others call it broken because players spam Transient Moonlight too often. There are even folks that apparently hate the Moonveil so much, they named their Tarnished to convey this hatred to other players.
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What is the best way to use a Moonveil Katana?

The Moonveil Default Weapon Skill is Transient Moonlight: Sheathe blade, holding it at the hip in a composed stance. Follow up with either a normal or a strong attack to draw the blade at great speed for an instant slash attack. Both attacks fire off a wave of light.
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Can Moonveil Katana be upgraded?

I was able to buy smithing stones and upgrade the katana to +4.
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What stat increases moonveil damage?

while moonveil does have bleed buildup, it's primarily boosted by intelligence.
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Can you parry with moonveil?

You can parry both Moonveil and River of Blood.
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What level should I be to get Moonveil Katana?

To be able to wield the Moonveil Katana effectively, players will need to have 12 Strength, 18 Dexterity, and 23 Intelligence. Its passive is also capable of building up blood loss, to do additional bursts of damage.
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Can you two hand moonveil katana?

You can two hand, power stance with moonveil in your main hand, or have either nothing or an item without a skill in your off-hand, then L2 + R1/R2. If you try to L2 while you've got, say, a shield with the strike skill, you'll just end up shield bashing.
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Which boss has the moonveil Katana?

Once you have beaten the Magma Wyrm you get the Moonveil Katana (as well as a Dragon Heart) as a reward.
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Does arcane increase bleed?

Arcane just increases the amount of bleed buildup per hit. If you don't use Arcane, it means it takes more hits to proc bleed. Of course, instead of putting points into Arcane, you could use Blood Grease or Bloodflame Blade on the weapon.
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Can you enchant moonveil?

Moonveil Upgrades in Elden Ring

Requires regular reinforcement with Somber Smithing Stones. This upgrade can be enchanted with Magic or boosted with Consumables.
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What's the best staff in Elden Ring?

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  • 8 Crystal Staff. Stat. ...
  • 7 Prince Of Death's Staff. Stat. ...
  • 6 Azur's Glintstone Staff. Stat. ...
  • 5 Meteorite Staff. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 4 Carian Glintstone Staff. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 3 Staff Of Loss. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 2 Carian Regal Scepter. Stat. Requirement. ...
  • 1 Lusat's Glintstone Staff. Stat. Requirement.
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Does Moonveil Katana deal magic damage?

While Moonveil deals split physical (slashing) and magical damage, the beam released from this skill deals strictly magical damage.
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Can you dual wield rivers of Blood and moonveil?

Moonveil in DEX/INT and Rivers of Blood is DEX/ARC so you need 23 INT 20 ARC to use both, and then it basically comes down to which weapon art you want. Either is going to pair better with something that does more blood build per hit, like Bloody Uchi +25 or Hand of Melania +10 which do 83 blood buildup instead of 50.
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Is it better to dual wield rivers of Blood?

It is recommended that players dual wield the Rivers of Blood katana alongside either the Uchigatana or Nagakiba, with the second of these two options requiring some additional points be put into Strength.
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Is Rivers of Blood stronger than Moonveil?

If you're just doing PvE, then the two are fairly close, with one doing better stagger damage and leading to more Criticals and the other Applying bleed VERY rapidly, so both have solid damage + extra burst.
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