One of the Elden Ring DLC\u2019s new weapons is a Monster Hunter Easter egg FromSoftware\/CapcomOne of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree\u2019s new weapons is secretly an Easter egg that celebrates the Monster Hunter franchise. Elden Ring\u2019s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has gripped gamers everywhere but its punishing difficulty is grinding some gears. Filtering even Asmongold, the challenge on offer was strangely unexpected. If you\u2019re willing to rise to the occasion, Shadow of the Erdtree has a lot to offer fans of the base game. The eight new weapon types that have blown open build crafting to new heights are a particular stand-out. The best part is, one of these new weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree is a nod to another loveable but difficult franchise. The new Great Katana is a direct homage to Monster Hunter\u2019s iconic Longsword. Initially discovered by X user AsagiKurosagi, Shadow of the Erdtree\u2019s Great Katana\u2019s light combo mirrors a staple string of moves from Monster Hunter\u2019s Longsword. They posted a clip of the two side-by-side and it\u2019s a near-perfect recreation. If that wasn\u2019t enough to convince you, the Great Katana also has its own version of the Longsword\u2019s Fade Slash, a move used to attack and dodge at the same time. Using a Great Katana heavy attack while pressing the dodge input in Elden Ring will trigger the Fade Slash. This is the exact same input as the Fade Slash in Monster Hunter making the connection between the Great Katana and the Longsword that much stronger. Users are even joking about the perceived favoritism of the Longsword in Monster Hunter. \u201cLongsword players get everything,\u201d one player said in reference. \u201cThey even got their weapon in a whole different game.\u201d This sneaky Easter egg has us wondering whether any other Monster Hunter references may have crept into Shadow of the Erddtree. Time to take a second look at those Backhand Blades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the Elden Ring DLC\u2019s new weapons is a Monster Hunter Easter egg FromSoftware\/CapcomOne of Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree\u2019s new weapons is secretly an Easter egg that celebrates the Monster Hunter franchise. Elden Ring\u2019s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has gripped gamers everywhere but its punishing difficulty is grinding some gears. Filtering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}