Hydrangea - Waterblade - Light greatsword with unique ash

Last working on regulation version 1. 16. Available on Ab Aeterno's Moveset Modpack (v1. 4. 1+).

Adds "Hydrangea, Waterblade", a new light greatsword weapon which comes with an unique ash of war "Azure Flow". You can purchase it at the Twin Maiden Husks (under the "Special Weaponry Shop" option) for 4000 runes (carian knight's sword icon). Internal weapon ID is 67700000.

Its moveset is the same as light greatswords, but the ash of war introduces some new gameplay options. Overall a relatively smaller project but I really wanted to have something like this around.

Ash of War: Azure Flow

Imbue your weapon with water power, causing it to deal additional magic damage for 2 minutes. Later parts of the attack combos (both light and heavy) shoot exploding oracular bubbles while imbued, which deal magic damage.

While imbued, using this instead performs Waterblink, which is a dash move akin to a quicker but briefer Bloodhound's Step. Weaving Waterblink between regular attacks allows combos to persist.

While imbued, L1 + AoW uses Azure Advance instead, manifesting a magic blade on your left hand to perform a series of slashes. Azure Advance costs 15 FP. If your last attack move was Azure Advance, using it again performs its second part.

Additional Move: Parry

You can perform a parry move with L1 + R1.

Showcase video:

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Installation:

• []You will need ModEngine 2, you can find releases & instructions here: https://github.com/soulsmods/ModEngine2

  []Download the mod. You can then either extract the 'hydrangea_waterblade' folder's contents into ModEngine2's mod folder, or add the 'hydrangea_waterblade' folder itself and link to it in ModEngine2's "config_eldenring.toml" file.

  For modding:

  • []TAEs: added a108.tae and a720.tae

    []HKX: a108 and a720 files found in c0000_a6x.anibnd.dcx

    []HKS: you can find all the changes by searching for "hydrangea", all of the relevant code pieces should be commented or named as such.

    []Parts: adds a new weapon model 8021

    []FXR: adds effects 303480 (extra imbue effect) and 303481 (bubbly effect for waterblink)

    []Modified params: AtkParam_Pc, BehaviorParam_PC, Bullet, EquipParamWeapon, ShopLineupParam, SpEffectParam, SpEffectVfxParam, SwordArtsParam and WepAbsorpPosParam

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