The Whirlwind's Edge: A Guide to Elden Ring's Relentless Onslaught Weapons
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There's a certain beauty in the single, perfectly timed strike of a greatsword. A clean, decisive end. But there is another kind of beauty on the battlefields of the Lands Between. It is not the beauty of the single note, but of the storm. It is the art of the whirlwind—a relentless, suffocating onslaught of steel that overwhelms, confuses, and ultimately annihilates.
This is a philosophy of combat for the warrior who believes in momentum. For the fighter who understands that the best defense is an offense so overwhelming that the opponent never gets a chance to breathe. Today, we're not looking at a single weapon class. We are studying a mindset, as told through three legendary weapons that have perfected the art of the relentless attack.
1. Gargoyle's Black Blades: The Sentinel's Vortex
The Philosophy: An eternal, unyielding wall of death.
Let us begin with the purest expression of the whirlwind: the twinblade. Wielded by the Valiant Gargoyles—stone sentinels of sacred places—this weapon is not designed for duels. It is designed for crowd control. It is a tool for holding a line against eternity.
Its very form, a blade on each end of a haft, is built for continuous, spinning attacks. It allows its wielder to become a vortex of steel, striking foes on all sides without pause. Its signature skill, Spinning Slash, is the ultimate expression of this—a spinning, multi-hit attack that blends offense and defense into a single, seamless motion. It embodies the relentless nature of its masters, guardians who will never tire and never yield. Wielding it is to adopt the mindset of an unstoppable sentinel.
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2. Rivers of Blood: The Assassin's Bloody Flurry
The Philosophy: Overwhelm with a beautiful, brutal, and inescapable plague of strikes.
Has any weapon ever defined an era of the Lands Between like Rivers of Blood? While technically a katana, its soul belongs to the philosophy of the whirlwind. This cursed blade does not seek a single, honorable cut; it seeks to overwhelm its victim with a flurry so fast it blurs into a single, bloody mist.
Its legend is written in its infamous skill: Corpse Piler. This is not a single strike, but a rapid-fire sequence of blood-soaked slashes that builds hemorrhage with terrifying speed. It is the art of the whirlwind focused to a single point. It represents a combat style that is proactive, aggressive, and utterly suffocating. For a time, it was the most feared weapon in the realm, a beautiful and terrifying testament to the power of relentless offense.
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3. Starscourge Greatsword (Radahn's Greatsword): The Demigod's Maelstrom
The Philosophy: Command the very stars, and pull all creation into your storm.
Our final lesson in the art of the whirlwind comes from a demigod. Starscourge Radahn, the conqueror of the stars, did not wield one sword, but two. And his combat style was not of single strikes, but of a gravitational maelstrom.
These paired colossal swords are unique. Wielding them as one transforms your moveset into a series of sweeping, multi-hit attacks that leverage the weight of two greatswords in a flowing, powerful dance. But the ultimate expression of the whirlwind is its skill, Starcaller Cry. The wielder pulls all nearby enemies inward with a gravitational vortex, then smashes down with a meteor-like explosion. It is the whirlwind on a cosmic scale, a philosophy of overwhelming not just one enemy, but reality itself.
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Conclusion: Choose Your Storm
The Sentinel's Vortex, the Assassin's Flurry, the Demigod's Maelstrom. Three weapons, three masters, one shared philosophy: victory through relentless, overwhelming offense.
To walk the path of the whirlwind is to make a choice. It is to choose momentum over patience, pressure over defense. It is to become the storm that your enemies cannot escape. So, Tarnished... which storm will you become?
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