Been playing Elden Ring since launch with several different builds and decided I was going to try a rot build for fun on a final playthrough until DLC. Well I thought I knew the game well until I found out there are several different strengths of SR. I am so damn confused. Like when I saw Rotten Crystal Swords say "slight" buildup, I assumed it meant the build up was slow, not that it was a whole different category of damage scaling. I know there are two different types of poison, normal and deadly, but am I to understand that there are MORE THAN TWO different types of SR that players can inflict? I'm not that smart, so if anyone could explain slightly clearer than the wiki, well I think that would be cool.

The fact that there's no rot ending is a damn shame, and a waste of such a cool concept.

Why is rotten breath twice as damaging as other sources on top of being an AOE and easier to apply??

Anyone else really wish there was contact medicine for the rot swamps? Come on Miyazaki, you already know how to do this.

For completeness's sake, assuming the given numbers are correct, both rot swamps do enough percent damage to kill you 3.6x over, plus 1440 for the Aeonia swamp (around 1 health bar with 40 vigor), and plus 5400 for the Lake of Rot (around 2 health bars at 60 vigor with Morgott's Rune). Not that the duration of the status matters a ton when the buildup is persistent.

People who think that we need more rot spells and rot affinity Ash of Wars certainly haven't touched PvP at all

the crimson from terraria

Where rot infusion and rotten armament spell? Why is weapon rot so useless? Where are the cool rot spells like the ones that frenzy, ice, and bleed got? and the last, most important question… WHY DOESNT HAND OF MALENIA INFLICT ROT!!!!!

should scale off faith and all rot weapons get tiny faith scaling.
then you could put poison on one and us fai arc build who use stinky stuff can finally get some damn numbers.

I just poked him with the Antspur Rapier, to apply Scarlet Rot once it was on I just kept my distance. It took 3 applications of the rot but it put him down.