Summary
Elden Ring’s Gravity Sorceries have something for every type of Tarnished. On the one hand, they provide utility by allowing you to forcibly move your enemies. That’s an unusual featurefor Sorceries, which tend to be focused solely on dealing as much damage as possible.
On the other, they are perfectly capable of dealing massive damage by calling down meteor swarms on your opponent’s head. Regardless of which aspect you are most interested in, it’s important to know how they will perform in battle. So, let’s see if we can figure out which of these Sorceries can really pull their weight.
The damage of every Sorcery on this list can be boosted by having the Meteorite Staff equipped.
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Effect
Shoot a volley of gravity orbs that pull enemies
You would probably think more gravity orbs would be better than one, butCollapsing Starsproves that often isn’t the case. The Sorcery will usually deal more damage than its less visually impressive counterpart, Gravity Well, but there are way better Sorceries for dealing damage if that’s your main goal.
The issue arises when it comes to its ability to pull enemies; the spread on the orbs is wide enough that many of them will miss smaller targets, which is a somewhat fatal flaw because those are the ones you can pull. Suppose you want to test out Collapsing Stars' weaknesses for yourself; in that case, you can pick it up in the War-Dead Catacombs in the northernmost part ofStarscourge Radahn’s arenaafter you beat him.
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Call down meteorites from the sky
Meteoriteis a worse version of a spell that appears later on this list, and if you have the FP to cast the bigger variant, you’ll just do that instead. Still, dropping space rocks on your enemy’s head is going to deal a massive amount of damage, even if you’ll likely replace this spell eventually.
You can also get Meteorite substantially earlier in the game than its improved variant, so it can function as a useful stopgap if nothing else. It is pretty easy to miss, though; an Onyx Lord trapped in the Royal Grave Evergaol hidden behind Caria Manor drops it.
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Shoot a gravity orb that pulls enemies
Most Sorcerers want to keep their enemies as far away from themselves as possible since being whacked in the face with a sword the size of a tree makes spellcasting difficult. There are plenty of potent melee Sorceries, though, andGravity Wellcan be great for forcing your enemies into range of them.
It can also be used to hilarious effect by dragging enemies off cliffs, and as a result, it can trivialize enemies if the terrain is in your favor (Miquella’s Haligtree being a notable example). If you want to kill people using the Force, Gravity Well is dropped by a Lesser Alabaster Lord in Raya Lucaria Academy, near the wheel elevator.
Fling multiple large rocks
Rock Slingis objectively a good spell, and one of a Sorcerer’s few options for dealing physical damage, at least a cost that isn’t outright extortionate, and will break enemy stances fairly quickly. The only real downside to Rock Sling is that the boulders don’t fly in the way you want them to, as they have an unusual curving trajectory that causes them to crash into walls and miss even relatively large enemies entirely if you’re too close to them.
If you can get over that problem, the Sorcery is great, and isn’t hard to get your hands on either; it’s lying on the ground in the Street of Sages Ruins. If you’re feeling brave, you can rush to Caelid and pick it up right at the start of the game.
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Call down a swarm of meteorites from the sky
Was the regular Meteorite not enough for you? Well, if you have the FP for it,Meteorite of Astelis a strict upgrade, as it has a better aim and will launch more meteors than its counterpart. Yes, the FP cost is massive, but by the time you get access to it, you should have high Mind or theCerulean Crystal Tear, allowing you to cast spells for free for a limited time.
Unfortunately, Meteorite of Astel is by far the hardest Sorcery on this list to obtain by a pretty wide margin. You’ll need to kill Astel, Stars of Darkness in the Yelough Anix Tunnel, which is hidden away in the Consecrated Snowfield.
