This Ash of War grants an armament the Keen affinity and the following skill: Sword Dance: Quickly close in to perform a series of spinning upward slashes. Follow up with an additional input to finish with a downward slash. Usable on swords, axes, and polearms capable of slashing (colossal weapons and great spears excepted).

Ash of War: Sword Dance Location in Sword Dance: Dropped by a Teardrop Scarab found northwest of the Minor ErdtreeErdtree in southwest Liurnia, below the cliffs leading to a path where several jellyfish are located. From the Revenger's ShackGrace site of grace, head slightly east until you reach a dirt road. Take that road south. When you see the cliff with the Minor ErdtreeErdtree on it, the dirt road will fork into two directions. Take the road leading west and it will take you by a statue and bend around the cliff. You will see jellyfish on the road and the scarab will be just a little further down in the middle of the road. The initial skill input will make the user spin forward a moderate distance and hit twice. An aditional input will slam the armament to the ground, hitting again. Distance covered is the same, regardless of weapon class. The speed of both inputs in relation to the attacks can vary. This is based on the weapon class of the armament in question that has the skill. Small armaments such as Daggers, Straight Swords, Curved Swords, Katanas and Axes have overall fast speed on both inputs. There's almost no delay between the input and the attacks. Large armaments such as Greatswords, Twinblades, Greataxes, Spears, Halberds and Scythes (Reapers) have a slight attack delay on the first input, and a longer, considerable delay, on the second input.