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ELDEN RING SPELLSWORD BUILD (ALL GAME)

Spellblade is a quality build that utilizes Claymore and Glintblade Phalanx Ashes of War. Primarily scales with strength and intelligence and heavily relies on periodic stance-breaking and critical hits. Rendering enemies unable to retaliate.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Claymore x1, Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Carian Knight Helm, Blue Silver Mail Armor, Black Knife Gauntlets, Black Knife Greaves, or any armor with high protection and 51+ Poise
• Talismans: Axe Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Assasin's Cerulean Dagger, Spear Talisman, & more suggested talismans in the video.
• Primary Stats: Vigor, Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Glintblade Phalanx
• Spells: Scholar's Armament

Spellblade build is an aggressive build that relies on a Claymore to deal major damage to its enemy. Follow up with Academy Glintstone Staff that further boosts overall damage by buffing Claymore with Scholar Armament. Glintblade Phalanx on the other hand is a great addition to the Spellblade's repertoire as it further enhances the stance-breaking capabilities of the build.

The way how this build behaves is you will constantly use the R2 charge attacks of your Claymore buffed with Scholar Armament. With Claymore's incredibly long reach and powerful thrust attack, fights with regular enemies or even boss fights can be trivialized due to the Spellblade's immense stance damage. On top of that, Glintblade Phalanx adds more value to this build by providing bonus range damage and a unique follow-up thrust attack that can be done in a quick manner. However, the main takeaway is the additional stance damage that it can provide thus it will work wonders with Claymore. Expect stun locks and frequent critical strikes, especially for bosses that lead to immense damage per second. Timing plays a huge part as well when casting the Glintblade Phalanx at the right moment. Basically, the positioning of the bosses and enemies is always one of the factors to consider if you will use the follow-up attack or your R2 charge attacks.

This build explores the following talismans, the Axe Talisman and Shard of Alexander for further damage increase overall, especially for charge attacks. Assassin Cerulean Dagger works wonders as well since you will be refunding the FP used from Glintblade Phalanx every time you land a critical strike. Lastly, armed with Spear Talismans for a further boost of your Guard Counters since you can guard by using the Claymore.

On the other hand, since this build involves Academy Glintstone Staff and having 50 intelligence, you do have options to add more spells but we suggest keeping it to a minimum so you can maximize the original build setup of the Spellblade.

ELDEN RING RIME RONIN BUILD (ALL GAME)

A Dexterity/Intelligence build that uses the Nagakiba and the Chilling Mist Ash of War.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP
• Weapon: Nagakiba & Black Bow
• Shield: None
• Armor: Zamor Set or any that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Bull-Goat's Talisman and Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Chilling Mist
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll lead off with Chilling Mist, using it to set the Frostbite Status Effect on your target, while simultaneously buffing your Cold Nagakiba with even more Frostbite Build up. Frostbite will allow you to deal more damage to your target, while ripping off 10% of the targets max HP. 

You can use the Black Bow in 2 ways. First you can use it with Fire Arrows to remove the Frostbite Status Effect so you can reapply it and take another 10% HP of the target. This doesn't always make sense when the target doesn't have much health remaining or it's just easier to have the increased damage buff from Frostbite, so you won't do this all the time.

The second use is by using Cold Bone Arrows to help set the Frostbite Status Effect at range, either after you've stripped it off or leading with it in a fight to get some Frostbite built up before you use Chilling Mist.

Elden Ring Mage Build (Beginner)

A pure ranged Build that focuses on ranging enemies down from afar, without the need to ever engage in melee combat.

• Class: Astrologer
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, with 1 or 2 HP
• Weapon: Any Staff, any melee weapon
• Shield: Any 100% Physical Block
• Armor: Any Light Armor
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Ash of War: Glintblade Phalanx
• Spells: Glintstone Pebble, Glintstone Arc, Loretta's Greatbow, Great Glintstone Shard, Carian Slicer, Carian Piercer

Glintstone Pebble is your bread and butter and has longer range than Great Glintstone Shard, but less damage. Good for thinning out enemies.

Glintstone Arc is good for packs, but is very situational, and shouldn't be used much.

Loretta's Greatbow is your long range high damage ability that can be charged for even more damage. Use this to hit enemies very far away that are dangerous.

Carian Slicer is great for fights where you can't stay at range because it's too dangerous or when enemies are very aggressive.

Carian Piercer is great for invaders and NPC invaders, and can keep you safe.

Ash of War: Glintstone Phalanx does incredible damage if you upgrade your melee weapon. It also staggers enemies easily, allowing critical attacks. Use it on aggressive enemies.

Elden Ring Sorcerer Build

Note: since patch 1.03, Determination no longer applies its buff to any source of damage other than the weapon to which the Ash of War is applied. It can no longer be used to increase the damage of sorceries or incantations. The written guide below has been updated and contains minor changes to the build in the video guide.

An advancement of the Mage Build showcasing what to use next and where to go in terms of a caster only type of Build around level 50 or so.

• Class: Astrologer or Prisoner
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP some HP
• Weapon: Meteorite Staff
• Shield: Any 100% Physical Block
• Armor: Queen's Crescent Crown & the heaviest Armor you can wear and still med roll
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Dexterity
• Skills: Determination
• Spells: Glintstone Pebble, Glintstone Arc, Great Glintstone Shard, Loretta's Greatbow & Rock Sling

Acquiring the Meteorite Staff will greatly increase your damage, and you'll be using this staff until much higher Intelligence levels. On your other hand, you can use a shield to block and perhaps parry, or some light weapon -like a dagger- with a useful Ash of War.

Glintstone Pebble will be your bread and butter to pick off enemies through out levels, and even works well against some Bosses because of its long range. Glintstone Arc is a highly situational AoE spell that can be used against groups of enemies.

Great Glintstone Shard is great when you need to kill something fast, dealing about 45% more damage than Pebble and travelling a slightly longer distance, but with a higher FP cost. The higher FP cost makes it suboptimal at these low levels for killing normal enemies, but works great against bosses.

Loretta's Longbow is used when you need extreme range to take out a dangerous foe and can be used to cheese many enemies in the game by staying just outside their aggro range and casting it.

Lastly, Rock Sling is used against enemies that are resistant to Magic Damage, because it deals Physical Damage, making it great in the Liurnia of the Lakes area. The spell inflicts damage in a small AoE and has tracking, PvE enemies that try to dodge will still be hit as they will dodge too soon. Rock Sling's damage is boosted by Meteorite Staff since it's a Gravity Sorcery, making it an excellent spell overall. Take note that this spell might not work in overly tight areas, as the rocks might collide with terrain and get destroyed before hitting your enemy.

Elden Ring Spellblade Build

A melee-focused Mage Build that uses magic to enhance and deal damage up close to enemies.

• Class: Prisoner
• Flask Spread: Split evenly between HP and FP
• Weapon: Demi-Human Queen's Staff and Estoc or Rapier (Can be any Dex one-handed weapon)
• Shield: Any 100% Physical (optional)
• Armor: Any, but get pieces that increase Intelligence when possible
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity & Mind
• Skills: Ash of War: Impaling Thrust
• Spells: Scholar's Armament, Glintstone Pebble and Carian Slicer

The way this Build works is that you'll buff your Rapier or Estoc with Scholar's Armament to double your melee damage or so early on, allowing you to one or two shot most enemies. Make sure that you have both your Staff and Weapon out at the same time or you won't be able to buff it. You can use Glintstone Pebble to thin enemies when their are many to prevent yourself from being swarmed, and also to hit enemies that you can't get to physically.

Carian Slicer is your money maker and makes short work of Bosses and challenging enemies. You'll spam this repeatedly when you get openings to melt Boss HP. It's absolutely devastating. Just know that you deal almost no Stagger with this Spell so you will have to read enemy ques and dodge when they begin to retaliate.

You can use a Shield in some scenarios where Blocking is beneficial, but it rarely is since it drains your Stamina when Blocking and you need it to attack rapidly with Carian Slicer.

Elden Ring Magus Build (Level 50)

A melee-mage Build that uses Scholar's Armament and Glintstone Phalanx to deal Critical Damage to enemies.

• Class: Prisoner or Astrologer
• Flask Spread: Slightly more FP than HP
• Weapon: Rapier
• Shield: None
• Armor: Carian Knight Set
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Ash of War: Glintblade Phalanx
• Spells: Scholar's Armament, Glintstone Pebble and Carian Greatsword

The way this Build works is that you'll buff your Rapier with Scholar's Armament and then hit L2 to use Glintstone Phalanx. Make sure you use the Keen version of this Ash of War or you won't be able to buff it!

Glintstone Phalanx usually staggers enemies in one or two bursts, so be ready to deal Critical Damage with your Rapier which has a Critical Rating of 130 which is pretty damn good. This allows you to kill tough enemies easily.

Use Glintstone Pebble to thin out enemies or to reach enemies you cannot get with melee attacks, or on horseback as necessary.

Use Carian Greatsword when outnumbered or when on horseback to dispatch enemies easily.

Elden Ring Enchanted Knight Build (Level 50)

A medium-armor melee-based sorcerer Build that allows you to Block with a Shield while attacking with Carian Sword Sorceries in your right hand.

• Class: Astrologer or Prisoner
• Flask Spread: Most FP, Some HP
• Weapon: Carian Glintstone Staff
• Shield: Blue-Gold Kite Shield
• Armor: Carian Knight Set
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Endurance
• Skills: Ash of War: Barricade Shield
• Spells: Carian Slicer, Carian Piercer, Carian Greatsword and Glintstone Pebble

You need to have a well rounded stat spread for this Build since you are playing it like a melee character that uses a Shield, so good Vigor and Endurance helps with Blocking and taking damage. Make sure you have enough Intelligence to deal damage, but don't go crazy and leave your character vulnerable. You will be in melee range so you will get hit.

When facing tough enemies buff with Barricade Shield to reduce the Stamina consumption of Blocking so that you have more Stamina to use Carian Slicer or Carian Greatsword.

Spam Carian Slicer to melt bosses and tough enemies and use Carian Greatsword when mounted or when getting too close to some enemies is risky. Use Carian Piercer against NPC Invaders, and use Glintstone Pebble to tackle flying enemies or enemies you cannot reach with melee attacks.

Elden Ring Moonveil Samurai Build (Level 50)

A melee-mage Build that uses Transient Moonlight to stagger enemies and deal critical damage.

• Class: Prisoner or Samurai
• Flask Spread: Slightly more HP than FP
• Weapon: Moonveil
• Shield: None
• Armor: Land of Reeds Set
• Primary Stats: Intelligence &Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity
• Skills: Transient Moonlight
• Spells: Loretta's Greatbow, Glintstone Pebble and Carian Greatsword

The way this Build works is that you use Transient Moonlight with R2 instead of R1 to stagger enemies and then critically strike them. Using the Assassin's Cerulean Dagger and Carian Filigreed Crest recovers the cost of using Transient Moonlight so that you never run out of FP.

Use Loretta's Greatbow to take out difficult enemies at range, and use Glintstone Pebble to do the same when they aren't quite as far away.

Carian Greatsword is used to AoE enemies that are grouped up, and is benefited by Radagon Icon.

Elden Ring Sword Sage Build (Level 50)

The Sword Sage is a combination of Intelligence and Faith, using the Sword of Night and Flame and Death Sorceries.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between FP & HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame & Meteorite Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still lets you med roll
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Rancorcall & Ancient Death Rancor

The way this Build works is that you increase your Intelligence and Faith high enough to use Sword of Night and Flame and Ancient Death Rancor, which requires 34 Int and 24 Faith.

Sword of Night and Flame has an amazing Weapon Art that allows you to do a Comet-like beam with L2 and R1 that does insane damage and has great range. L2 and R2 is a flame strike in an AoE in front of you that can wipe out packs of enemies.

Rancorcall and Ancient Death Rancor require Intelligence and Faith to use, so are a natural fit here. Meteorite Staff is not the ideal staff to use here, and you'll want to swap this out for Prince of Death's Staff once you get it, as it scales off both Int and Faith. It also boosts the damage of Death Sorceries, which both of these are.

Ancient Death Rancor does incredible stagger damage to enemies, allowing you to pin them down if you spam this, which is fantastic solo and in co op play. It's particularly good against fast moving enemies and bosses that are hard to hit with Sword of Night and Flame's Weapon arts

Elden Ring Darkmoon Spellblade Build (Level 100)

A melee mage build that focuses on the use of the Dark Moon Greatsword and other Glintblade Sorceries to destroy its enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Dark Moon Greatsword & Carian Glintblade Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows med rolling
• Talismans: Godfrey Icon, Radagon Icon, Stargazer Heirloom & Green Turtle Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Moonlight Greatsword
• Spells: Magic Glintblade, Glintstone Pebble, Greatblade Phalanx, Loretta's Greatbow & Unseen Form

Generally how this Build works is that you'll sent up your combo of either Magic Glintblade & Moonlight Greatsword or Greatblade Phalanx & Moonlight Greatsword against enemies depending on what you are facing (Magic Glintblade for weaker ones, Greatblade Phalanx for tougher ones).

It generally goes something like this, buff your Greatsword with L2, cast Magic Glintblade or Greatblade Phalanx and then either hold R2 or charge forward into range and then hold R2 and then hit R2 again. You're trying to time it so that the wave from the Greatsword connects with the enemy around the same time as the spell, or just before, so that the spell staggers after the wave, allowing you an opening for a second wave.

You can use Unseen Form to help you navigate levels, avoiding ranged enemies that might hit you unsuspectingly, allowing you to range them down with Glintstone Pebble or Magic Glintblade.

Loretta's Greatbow is there for very long range when the situation calls for it. Sometimes you just need a bit of range, and this spell single handedly takes care of that.

Elden Ring Battlemage Build (Level 100)

A melee mage Build that uses Sorceries as their only means of damage while wielding a Shield in their off-hand to protect themselves and buff their damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Carian Glintstone Staff 
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Any that can med roll
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Mind, Vigor & Strength
• Skills: Contagious Fury 
• Spells: Carian Slicer, Carian Greatsword, Carian Piercer, Glintstone Pebble, Loretta's Greatbow

The way this Build works is that you use the Jellyfish Shield in your left hand and the Carian Glintstone Staff in your right, and use Carian Slicer as your melee attack. It's cheaper than Glintstone Pebble, allowing you to use it nearly twice as much, helping to preserve FP.

You can use your Jellyfish Shield to Block effectively, and also use its Skill: Contagious Fury to boost your damage by 20% for 30 seconds, including your Spell Damage. This lets you defeat enemies more easily, and sometimes gives you just enough damage to one shot enemies with Glintstone Pebble. Although, you will need some strength to wield it, and your stamina will run out very quickly if you play too defensive with it.

Carian Greatsword is there for AoE when needed, and Loretta's Greatbow is there for long range damage as necessary. Having these options makes you much more flexible, which a Battlemage should be in my opinion.

Elden Ring Deathblade Build (Level 100)

An Intelligence/Faith Build thas uses the Sword of Night and Flame to full effect, while also using both Sorceries and Incantations to dispatch enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame, Prince of Death's Staff & Golden Order Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that allows you to med roll. Spellblade Set boosts Night and Flame's Magic attack by 2% per piece
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Magic Scorpion Charm,, Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +1 & Godfrey Icon
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Black Flame, Loretta's Greatbow, Terra Magica, Magic Glintblade, Ancient Death Rancor

The way this Build works is that you'll prioritize using the magic attack of Sword of Night and Flame, by using things that boost its damage, as well as the damage of your regular weapon attacks. Magic Scorpion Charm, Golden Vow, Spellblade Set and Terra Magica all boost this damage, making it much more deadly. You can still use the Flame attack when you want as well, but you'll buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength instead of Terra Magica when using it to boost Fire Damage instead of magic.

You also deal incredible damage just with regular melee attacks, as the Sword of Night and Flame has one of the highest Attack Ratings in Elden Ring. If you can get someone to drop you a second one, consider dual wielding them for even more deadly melee attacks.

You'll supplement your melee attacks and weapon skills with magic, most notably Black Flame when you need some mid range Fire Damage, or Magic Glintblade when you need mid range Magic Damage. You'll use Loretta's Greatbow to take out things from really long range, and Ancient Death Rancor is there to stagger enemies and Bosses (particularly those that you can target the head), giving you an opening to use Sword of Night and Flame's Skills.

Elden Ring Crystal Mage Build (Level 100)

The Crystal Mage Build is an Intelligence focused Build that uses Crystal and Glintstone Sorceries to dispatch enemies at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Crystal Staff, Finger Seal or Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Any that still allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Dragoncrest Shield Talisman, and Godfrey Icon
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Contagious Fury
• Spells: Crystal Torrent, Shattering Crystal, Glintstone Pebble, Great Glintstone Shard, Comet, Terra Magica & Bestial Vitality

This Build uses the Crystal Staff to boost the damage of both Crystal Torrent and Shattering Crystal. Lusat's Glintstone Staff costs too much FP to use consistently, and we don't meet the requirements to use Carian Regal Staff yet, so this is the next best one when it comes to scaling.

You'll use Contagious Fury by keeping your Shield in your left hand, buffing your spell damage by 20% for 30 seconds when you use it. This helps range things down more easily, and it has a short animation, allowing you to use it rather easily in boss encounters.

Use Shattering Crystal to AoE and against big enemies, as they get hit by the most Crystals. Crystal Torrent is there to melt bosses and enemies at good range, and when combined with Terra Magica, it can kill most enemies and some Bosses in a single cast.

Glintstone Pebble and Great Glinstone Shard are there for trash enemies, while Comet can be used on the more difficult ones, where using Crystal Torrent is not possible due to its long animation. It can be held down for even longer range, allowing you to hit distant enemies effectively.

Bestial Vitality is there for a small heal over time to restore health to reactive Ritual Sword Talisman when you reach full HP, increasing your damage by 10% once again.

Elden Ring Frost Knight Build (Level 100)

The Frost Knight Build is a melee focused Build that uses the Ice Spear Ash of War to deal Magic Damage at range, and to set the Frostbite Status Effect reliably on enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Clayman's Harpoon & any Staff
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Any that still allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Carian Filigreed Crest, Curved Sword Talisman & Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Ice Spear & Carian Retaliation
• Spells: Scholar's Shield, Terra Magica, Magic Glintblade, Greatblade Phalanx & Scholar's Armament

This Build uses Ice Spear to add even more Magic Damage to the Clayman's Harpoon, and to range down enemies from a distance. It also sets the Frostbite Status Effect with enough hits, wiping out a chunk of enemy HP, increasing the damage they take, and reducing their Stamina recovery.

Additionally, Ice Spear does tons of Stance damage at range, allowing you to break enemy stances easily, allowing for frequent critical attacks. When combined with Block Counters, that also do very high stance damage, you can soften enemies up as they approach and then finish them with Block Counters or stagger them and then finish them.

Scholar's Shield will make the Carian Knight Shield nearly 100% Magic Resistant, allowing you to block magic attacks with ease. And on top of that it, boosts your Guard Boost by 25%, allowing you to block attacks more easily. It's not a bad replacement for Barricade Shield (post 1.03 patch) if you can get your Guard Boost high enough, which is why we use the Greatshield Talisman.

Terra Magica is there to buff your damage in fights where you can setup beforehand, just make sure to remain in its area to gain increased damage. You can use Scholar's Armament if you went Standard or Heavy on your weapon instead of Cold or Frost to further buff your damage.

Magic Glintblade is there for a longer range option, and Greatblade Phalanx is useful for stagger damage.

Elden Ring Moonveil Shinobi Build (Level 100)

A melee-mage Build that uses Transient Moonlight and Glintstone Phalanx to stagger enemies and to set both Hemorrhage and Frostbite on them.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Slightly more HP than FP
• Weapon: Moonveil, Uchigatana and any Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that can still med roll
• Talismans: Carian Filigree Crest, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Magic Scorpion Charm, & Green Turtle Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence &Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity & Mind
• Skills: Transient Moonlight & Glinstone Phalanx
• Spells: Loretta's Greatbow, Great Glintstone Shard, and Terra Magica

The way this Build works is that you will swap to your Cold Uchigatana and throw up Glinstone Phalanx before swapping back to dual wield. You'll move to melee range using L2 and R2 to use Transient Moonlight, staggering enemies with the combination of both the Phalanx and Moonveil as they hit at roughly the same time. You may not need both, but this is the play for tougher enemies and bosses. Once downed, spam L1 to set Hemorrhage and Frostbite on the target to finish them off  quickly.

Use Loretta's Greatbow to take out difficult enemies at range, and use Great Glinstone Shard to do the same when they aren't quite as far away, as it has been patched since 1.03 to be much better.

Make sure to Critically Strike enemies you stagger to regain FP if they are not Bosses, since you likely won't need to spam dual wield attacks to finish them off.

Elden Ring Cold-Blooded Raptor Build (Level 100)

A Strength/Intelligence Build that uses Claws to deal damage rapidly, and to also set the Hemorrhage and Frostbite status effects.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Bloodhound Claws, Sacrificial Axe & Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers, Haima Glintstone Crown and any other gloves and legs that allow you to med roll
• Talismans: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Claw Talisman, Green Turtle Talisman & Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Royal Knight's Resolve & Golden Vow
• Spells: Great Glintstone Shard, Loretta's Greatbow, Terra Magica, Adula's Moonblade, Greatblade Phalanx

The way this Build works is that you'll two hand your Claws, which brings out a second one and buff with Royal Knight's Resolve to boost the damage with both Claws. This is possible because they are only considered one Weapon, and buffs both Claws. You'll then Jump Attack enemies or bosses for increased damage, finishing them off with R1 attacks if they survive. Keep the Sacrificial Axe in your left hand to regain 4 FP per kill, even when dual wielding your Claws.

You'll build up Hemorrhage and Frostbite on anything that doesn't die in a few hits, ripping off huge chunks of HP rapidly, making your damage output very high.

You can supplement your melee playstyle with spells to give you ranged attacks, though they will be less powerful than a pure mage Build. Still you have options depending on the situation, and Greatblade Phalanx is fantastic as it works well with a melee playstyle and helps to stagger enemies.

Elden Ring Dark Knight Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence Build that power stances Greatswords to great effect, dealing high magic and physical damage in melee and at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Helphen's Steeple, Dark Moon Greatsword & Staff of Loss
• Shield: None
• Armor: Night's Cavalry Set
• Talismans: Claw Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm (or Ritual Sword Talisman), Great-Jar's Arsenal & Primal Glintstone Blade
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Moonlight Greatsword & Ruinous Ghostflame
• Spells: Night Comet, Night Shard, Terra Magica & Loretta's Greatbow

The way this Build works is that you will power stance Helphen's Steeple and Dark Moon Greatsword, with Steeple in your right hand and Dark Moon in your left. You'll buff with Moonlight Greatsword, and then buff with Ruinous Ghostflame and then do primarily jump attacks on enemies to kill most regular enemies in one attack. Some more difficult enemies may take more.

You can rebuff easily because Ruinous Ghostflame has a modest cast time, and it only lasts half as long as Moonlight Greatsword, so you'll need to use it twice for every one cast of Moonlight. You may not be able to rebuff with Moonlight in tough fights, but you absolutely should with Ruinous in order to gain more Frost build up.

You can swap our Steeple for Staff of Loss when you need to cast Night Comet or Night Shard, to range down enemies where it's easier to do. You can swap back and forth as necessary, maybe even multiple times during the same fight.

(Patch 1.07 decreases the status buildup on dual wielded weapons.)

Elden Ring Elementalist Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence/Faith Build that can cast nearly any spell in the game, and only uses ranged magic to destroy enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Prince of Death's Staff & Golden Order Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Green Turtle Talisman, Marika's Soreseal, Ritual Sword Talisman, & Primal Glintstone Blade
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: None
• Spells: Stone of Gurranq, Lightning Spear, Black Flame, Catch Flame, Great Glintstone Shard, Triple Rings of Light, & Golden Vow

The way this Build works is that you will use Prince of Death's Staff to cast Sorceries and Golden Order Seal to cast Incantations. You'll buff with Golden Vow to increase your spell damage, as well as boost your defenses. Then you'll select the spell that's best suited for the situation.

Stone of Guarranq is your ranged Physical Damage spell that can be chained effectively at modest range. You can also use Rock Sling, but it casts slower, though it does have longer range and does more stagger damage.

Lightning Spear is your Lightning Damage spell that you'll use to take out enemies weak to Lightning. You can charge it for extra damage as needed and it does +10% damage in the rain.

Black Flame is your ranged Fire Damage spell that deals that can be charged for extra damage, and also does a small damage over time based on the max HP of the enemy. Catch Flame is used in melee situations where enemies are so aggressive you can't cast spells. Catch Flame is cast quickly after you roll or sprint, allowing you to "melee" enemies with it.

Great Glintstone Shard is your ranged spell that has good range and average damage and can be spammed. You can use other Magic Damage spells as well like Loretta's Greatbow for more range, or you can use Comet for a more spammable higher damage Great Glintstone Shard.

Triple Rings of Light is your go to Holy Damage spell that has a modest range and good spread. Litany of  Proper Death is a great AoE that annihilates undead and prevents them from respawning.

Elden Ring Freezing Battlemage Build (Level 150)

A melee mage build that uses Carian Slicer and other Carian Sword Sorceries to their fullest!

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Lusat's Glintstone Staff & Carian Glintstone Staff
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Snow Witch Hat, and any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Graven-School Talisman, Graven-Mass Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm & Ritual Sword Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Vigor
• Skills: Contagious Fury
• Spells: Carian Slicer, Adula's Moonblade, Carian Piercer, Glintstone Icecrag, Zamor Ice Storm and Freezing Mist

The way this Build works is that you'll use Carian Slicer to its fullest by casting it with Lusat's Glintstone Staff and wielding Carian Glintstone Staff in the other hand or by using Contagious Fury from the Jellyfish Shield. Lusat's Glintstone Staff increases FP cost by 50%, but Carian Slicer only costs 6 FP to begin with, so you can get away with it here in order to boost damage.

You'll use Adula's Moonblade for larger enemies that are hard to hit with Carian Slicer and for AoE groups, and the damage of this Spell and all Cold Sorceries is boosted by 10% because of the Snow Witch Hat.

Carian Piercer is there for NPC invaders or actual invaders, as it has incredible hit boxes, and allows you to roll catch easily. Glinstone Icecrag is your ranged option that helps build up Frostbite, and deals decent damage, but is slow and doesn't have great range. You could swap this for Great Glintstone Shard if you want.

Freezing Mist is used to set Frostbite on tough enemies or Bosses to reduce their damage absorption, allowing you to deal more Magic Damage with your spells.

You can also add Zamor Ice Storm to this build, for its increased attack power and status buildup after patch 1.07.

Elden Ring Carian Spellknight Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence Build that uses the Carian Grandeur to one shot difficult tough enemies and some Bosses.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Longsword & Carian Regal Scepter
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Carian Knight Helm & Spellblades Set
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Godfrey Icon, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Carian Grandeur
• Spells: Terra Magica, Greatblade Phalanx, Loretta's Greatbow, Scholar's Shield, Great Glinstone Shard, Rykard's Rancor, & Founding Rain of Stars

The way this Build works is that you'll use your Shield to Block Counter regular enemies around the landscape. You'll use Carian Grandeur to one shot anything that's more difficult, and you can use Loretta's Greatbow and Great Glintstone Shard to pick things off at range as necessary.

Greatblade Phalanx is used to help stagger an enemy when connecting with Carian Grandeur close to the time it lands. You can use Terra Magica to buff your Magic Damage before a tough fight if you have time, making you even more deadly.

Founding Rain of Stars works well for larger enemies, or those that aren't extremely mobile, like Dragons or Godskin Noble. Rykard's Rancor gives you a high damage Fire Spell you can use when enemies are highly magic resistant.

Elden Ring Death Knight Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence Build that uses the Sword of Night and Flame and Shield as well as some Death Sorceries

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame, Carian Regal Scepter & Frenzied Flame Seal
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Night's Cavalry Helm, Night's Cavalry Armor, Lionel's Greaves, & Lionel's Gauntlets
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Great-Jar's Arsenal, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger & Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame-Stance
• Spells: Rancor, Ancient Death Rancor, Golden Vow, & Terra Magica

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and use Rancor and Sword of Night and Flame to take on regular enemies, using Carian Knight's Shield to Block Counter as needed.

You'll swap to Ancient Death Rancor for more difficult enemies, and you'll use the Night Comet ability of Sword of Night and Flame to finish them of while they are staggered from Ancient Death Rancor. 

If you can get the drop on a tough enemy or Boss, you'll place Terra Magica down first to boost your Magic Damage even further, before unloading with Ancient Death Rancor, and then firing off the Night Comet ability of Night and Flame when they get close to you.

Elden Ring Royal Knight Build (Level 150)

A Strength/Intelligence Build that uses the Royal Greatsword and Clayman's Harpoon to set Frostbite and destroy enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Royal Greatsword & Clayman's Harpoon
• Shield: Eclipse Greatshield
• Armor: Haima Glintstone Crown & any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Radagon's Soreseal, Great-Jar's Arsenal & Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Wolf's Assault & Ice Spear
• Spells: Scholar's Shield (optional)

The way this Build works is that you'll swap between using the Royal Greatsword and Clayman's Harpoon depending on the circumstances, while Blocking with your Eclipse Greatshield and using Guard Counters for massive damage and Critical Attacks.

Wolf's Assault does devastating damage if you can land the first hit, and the AoE will often one shot groups of enemies, and both of these hits build up Frostbite, though the normal weapon attacks of the Royal Greatsword do not.

You can swap to the Clayman's Harpoon, using the Cold version for better Strength scaling, and to help set the Frostbite status effect more easily. You'll use Ice Spear with it to range enemies when needed, using to Stance Break enemies by filling their stagger meter now and then.

You can buff with Scholar's Shield if you want to equip a staff, which further boosts the Guard Boost and damage negation of your Shield, making you damn near invincible while Blocking. Keep in mind you can use Clayman's Harpoon to Block and attack at the same time, so it's a good strategy against enemies you are having a hard time with.

Elden Ring Moonlight Crusader Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence Build that uses the Dark Moon Greatsword and spells to range down enemies from a distance.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Dark Moon Greatsword & Carian Regal Scepter
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, Magic Scorpion Charm & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Moonlight Greatsword
• Spells: Ranni's Dark Moon, Greatblade Phalanx, Terra Magica & Comet

The way this Build works is that you'll be using the Moonlight Greatsword ability of the Dark Moon Greatsword to change the R2 attack into a wave that can stagger enemies at range when fully charged. This wave deals 100% Magic Damage, which is why we pump Intelligence very high with this Build, even though the Greatsword can scale with other stats. 

Casting Greatblade Phalanx and then hitting with a fully-charged wave from Moonlight Greatsword will stagger most enemies and some Bosses. This combination is extremely deadly and you should use it as much as possible when facing difficult enemies.

Terra Magica boosts all Magic Damage when standing inside its area of effect, so this includes Moonlight Greatsword and any melee attacks you do while inside it, since the Greatsword does some Magic Damage as well. Use this to boost your damage when needed.

Lastly, hitting Bosses with Ranni's Dark Moon will debuff them and can even trigger Frostbite, further reducing the protection they have. Use this first when beginning Boss fights when possible.

Elden Ring Meteor Mage Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence Mage Build that uses Gravity Sorceries that deal both Physical and Magic Damage to cataclysmic effect.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Carian Regal Scepter, Meteorite Staff, & Frenzied Flame Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Light Armor
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm, Godfrey Icon & Graven-Mass Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Spinning Weapon
• Spells: Collapsing Stars, Gravity Well, Rock Sling, Meteorite, Meteorite of Astel

The way this Build works is that you'll hold the Meteorite Staff in your left hand in order to give you a passive increase to Gravity Sorcery damage (+30%). You'll then cast with the Carian Regal Scepter in your right hand because it has better Sorcery Scaling at higher Intelligence levels. This makes your Gravity Sorceries hit extremely hard.

You'll use Collapsing Stars and Gravity Well for trash enemies as these are easiest to use in these type of encounters, and remember these spells PULL enemies towards you. You can pull them off edges or down to you, and then hit them with Spinning Weapon to finish them off if needed. Both these spells deal Magic Damage and can be charged, so benefit from Magic Scorpion Charm and Godfrey Icon. Charge them when you can.

Rock Sling is there when you need Physical Damage, or are trying to stagger a Boss. It's hard to use in close quarters so it's very situational.

Meteorite and Meteorite of Astel are used to take down large packs of enemies or large Bosses that have huge hit boxes. Hold down the spell to continue dropping Meteors on them. Use the Cerulean Hidden Tear to remove the FP cost of these spells for 10 seconds when slotted into your Flask of Wonderous Physick. This will allow you to nuke them for a very long time without FP concerns. Meteorite of Astel casts many more Meteors, but costs way more FP.

Elden Ring Nebula Knight Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Intelligence Build that uses the Wing of Astel to great effect by capitalizing on its weapon skill Nebula.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Wing of Astel  and any Staff
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Scaled Armor Set or any Armor with high Poise
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Curved Sword Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Nebula
• Spells: Scholar's Shield & Terra Magica

The Nebula Knight Build uses a combination of Block Counters and the weapon skill of Wing of Astel: Nebula to handle any situation effectively. Because Wing of Astel scales well with both Dexterity and Intelligence, we don't use a Great Shield for this Build, due to low Strength. Carian Knight's Shield is an excellent choice for those using a Shield with no Strength investment. And because Scholar's Shield further increases its mitigations and Guard Boost, it only gets even more effective.

Wing of Astel has a unique R2 attack and charged R2 attack that fires 1 or 2 waves of magic forward, depending on whether you charged it or not. These waves deal 100% Magic Damage (just like Nebula), making them benefit greatly from Magic Scorpion as well as Terra Magica. The waves, however, do not benefit from the Axe Talisman, though the damage you deal with the sword itself does. These waves also increase in damage based on your Intelligence, making it imperative for this Build.

Nebula is really your go to for Boss encounters, and it shoots out star clusters in front of you that explode dealing Magic Damage. They group up in tight spaces, but fan out in open locations. You can cast Nebula and then follow up with a Charged R2 for great stagger damage, or just spam Nebula.

Elden Golden Sword Sage Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Faith/Intelligence Build that focuses on the use of Holy Damage and Golden Order Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Coded Sword, Sword of Night and Flame, and Golden Order Seal
• Shield: Blue-Gold Kite Shield
• Armor: Radiant Gold Mask, and any Armor with high Poise.
• Talismans: Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Ritual Shield Talisman, & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Faith & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Unblockable Blade & Barricade Shield
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Discus of Light, Triple Rings of Light, Radagon's Rings of Light, Elden Stars & Litany of Proper Death.

The way this Build works is that you'll be wielding the Coded Sword, which deals 100% Holy Damage and only scales with Faith. You'll use Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman and Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear to boost its damage. Use Unblockable Blade for a small cluster of enemies, or against Bosses or enemies that use Shields.

Discus of Light is your go to offensive Golden Order Incantation, and its boosted in damage by Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Holy-Shrouded Cracked Tear, Golden Order Seal and Radiant Gold Mask. You could even slot Flock's Canvas Talisman for more damage if you wish. You can chain spam this spell to deal with many enemies and Bosses from a distance.

Triple Rings of Light is used to deal with enemies that dodge when you fling spells, like Black Knife Assassins, Bloodhound Knights, or Godskin Apostles. It deals slightly more damage than Discus of Light on average, but costs about 3x the FP, so I don't advise using it regularly.

Radagon's Rings of Light is a fantastic AoE spell that can wipe out huge packs of enemies, especially if you hold down the cast button, since this further increases range. This can be used from horseback as well, and if it doesn't kill enemies, it will knock them down allowing for easy follow up casts. It has further range and damage than Wrath of Gold, and is also boosted by Golden Order Seal and Radiant Gold Mask.

Elden Stars is your super long range spell that's good at picking off enemies from a long distance, or harassing Bosses while you attack with other spells or Unblockable Blade. You won't use it often, but it's nice to have when you need it.

Litany of Proper Death you will only use against Undead enemies, so only slot this when you need it. And Golden Vow is there to increase damage and defenses further, and Blessing of the Eerdtree is there to keep your HP topped off to proc the effects of Ritual Sword and Ritual Shield Talismans.

Sword of Knight and Flame is useful against Holy Damage resistant enemies, and you should sub this in when needed. Be sure to swap out Sacred Scorpion Charm for Magic or Fire, and to replace Holy-Shrouded Cracked Tear with Magic or Fire as well. Shard of Alexander is also a nice addition here.

Elden Soul Samurai Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity Intelligence Build that uses the Nagakiba and Scholar's Armament to phenomenal result.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Nagakiba & Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Black Knife Set
• Talismans: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm & Millicent's Prosthesis
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Double Slash
• Spells: Greatblade Phalanx, Founding Rain of Stars, Unseen Form, Loretta's Greatbow, Carian Retaliation, Scholar's Armament, Terra Magica, Freezing Mist

The way this Build works is that you'll use Unseen Form and the Black Knife Set to sneak up on enemies getting easy backstabs and attacks. These two things will muffle your sound and make you harder to see.

You can use Greatblade Phalanx when you know enemies are going to come at you, and cast Freezing Mist on tough enemies and Bosses to soften up their defenses via the Frostbite status effect.

Cast Founding Rain of Stars at the beginning of Boss fights when they start to come at you, and try to fight around the AoE it creates for best results. Try to dodge and use Double Slash while they are still in the AoE of FRoS.

Loretta's Greatbow is useful for situations where you need some long range or things will be markedly more difficult, and you can use Carian Retaliation to parry projectiles, which is great.

Scholar's Armament is your buff to really boost your damage over the top of a magic infused or cold infused Nagakiba. By keeping it Keen and using Scholar's Armament you will have higher damage potential as long as it remanis buffed.

Elden Ring Death Mage Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A mage build that focuses on the use of Death Sorceries and the Prince of Death Staff.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split FP & HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame, Golden Order Seal & Prince of Death Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Graven-Mass Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman & Godfrey Icon or Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Rancorcall, Ancient Death Rancor, Explosive Ghostflame. Terra Magica & Rykard's Rancor

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and then cast Rancorcall on regular trash enemies, using Explosive Ghostflame or Rykard's Rancor on groups of enemies to AoE them down quickly.

Ancient Death Rancor is great against hard to kill enemies and Bosses, especially if you charge it and are standing in Terra Magica when you cast it. It can often stagger bosses or outright kill them before they ever reach you.

Rykard's Rancor gives you a fire option that you can use Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff as well as Fire Scorpion Charm. It's good against magic resistant enemies or those weak to fire.

Sword of Night and Flame is your melee option, since Rancorcall and Ancient Death Rancor are useless at point blank range as they will fly over the target and miss.

Elden Ring Warrior Wizard Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A melee mage build that focuses on destroying enemies up close with weapon spells.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP & FP
• Weapon: Carian Regal Scepter, Lusat's Glintstone Staff, & Carian Glintstone Staff
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Beast Champion Set & Greathelm
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Graven-Mass Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, & Radagon Icon
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Endurance
• Skills: None
• Spells: Terra Magica, Gavel of Haima, Loretta's Greatbow, Carian Slicer, Carian Piercer, Carian Greatsword, & Adula's Moonblade

The way this Build works is that you'll main using Carian Slicer as your primary attack using the Carian Regal Scepter in your right hand to cast, and Carian Glintstone Staff in your left to buff its damage. You can swap to Carian Greatsword or Adula's Moonblade for packs of enemies, giving you solid AoE.

Loretta's Greatbow is there for a ranged option in case you need to pick off an enemy or two safely, and you can drop Terra Magica before using it to boost your damage further.

Gavel of Haima can be chained if you cast with alternating staffs, R1, L1, R1, L1 etc, allowing you to keep staggering an enemy or boss for modest damage. This makes guard breaks happen often, allowing you more opening to attack.

Use Lusat's Glintstone Staff for boss fights where you need more damage, and FP isn't an issue. In boss fights you want to kill as quickly as possible, so even 10% more damage is useful.

Elden Ring Silent Spearcaller Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A stealth melee build that uses the Death Ritual Spear to range down targets or stab them to death up close.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Death Ritual Spear, Carian Regal Scepter & Staff of Loss
• Shield: None
• Armor: Black Knife Set (so your footsteps are muffled)
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Ritual Sword Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm, & Bull-Goat's Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Spearcall Ritual
• Spells: Unseen Form, Night Comet, Night Shard, & Terra Magica

The way this Build works is that you'll buff yourself with Unseen Form, making you hard to see vs enemies. When this is combined with the Black Knife chest piece, enemies can also not hear you easily, so this allows you to sneak up on unsuspecting targets. You can then cast Night Shard, Night Comet or simply use Spearcall Ritual or backstab if you can get close enough.

Often times enemies might become aware that you've killed an ally, and come to investigate, but they usually won't see you if you move away quickly. This typically allows you another backstab, if you did one already, or to kill them using one of the afore mentioned Spells or abilities.

During Boss fights you won't be able to hide, so you'll need to drop Terra Magica and try to spam Spearcall Ritual as much as possible, or case Night Comet if more prudent. Either of these should allow you to range down targets before they get to close, but if they do, smack them with your Spear!

Elden Ring Ghostblade Build (All Game)

Ghostblade is a quality build that utilizes Death's Poker and its unique weapon skill Ghostflame Ignition. This skill primarily scales with intelligence to heavy damage to targets. This build also utilizes Strength and Dexterity to effectively wield the Death Poker when dealing normal attacks to targets.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Equal Charges
• Weapon: Death's Poker, Staff of Loss
• Shield: Scorpion Kite Shield
• Armor: Sanguine Noble Hood, Maliketh's Armor, Maliketh's Gauntlets, Maliketh's Greaves or any armor with high protection and 51+ Poise
• Talismans: Warrior Jar Shard or Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Curved Sword Talisman & more suggested talismans in the video.
• Primary Stats: Vigor, Strength, Dexterity & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Ghostflame Ignition
• Spells: Terra Magica

Ghostblade build is a quality build that relies on a Death's Poker to deal with normal attacks to its enemies and even burst down bosses with its unique skill, the Ghostflame Ignition. Not only does this skill do heavy damage to targets, but it also builds up Frostbite leading to more possible damage. Paired up with Terra Magica Sorcery which further bolsters the skill's potency.

The way how this build behaves is the user will focus on using the Ghostflame Ignition as the main damage dealer to enemies. This skill can be utilized in two different ways, first after pressing R2, quickly pressing R1 will let the user cast a fire trail that continuously deals damage to enemies. The R1 variant of this skill is a great opener in boss fights or any other enemies since the target tries to close its distance to the user, it will already suffer damage over time from the flame trail and also build Frostbite.

The R2 variant of the skill will allow the user to cast an explosion that can affect nearby enemies and deal high damage to bosses. If timed correctly, the user casts the flame trail first and then sets up the R2 skill variant. Bosses will suffer from the skill's direct damage, flame trail damage over time, and Frostbite.

This build explores the following talismans, the Warrior Jar Shard or Shard of Alexander for further damage increase overall, Magic Scorpion Charm for even more damage since the Ghostflame Ignition scales purely with Intelligence, Dragoncrest Greatshield to offset the Magic Scorpion Charm 10% physical damage taken increase and lastly, Curved Sword Talisman to increase the guard counter damage of this build.

On the other hand, since the user is provided with a shield, guard counters are a suggested strategy when clearing regular enemies or when progressing in a dungeon. The allocated Strength and Dexterity will help the Ghostblade deal a decent amount of damage when performing regular attacks especially when conserving FP in the early stages of the build.

Elden Ring Red Lightning Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Faith Build that focuses on the use of Dragon Cult Incantations that deal Lightning Damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split FP & HP
• Weapon: Erdtree Seal & Gravel Stone Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Lightning Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Flock's Canvas Talisman and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Faith & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind
• Skills: None
• Spells: Golden Vow, Lightning Strike, Lightning Spear, Lansseax's Glaive, Frozen Lightning Spear, Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike

The way this Build works is that you'll only be casting Incantations for your damage, and all of these Spells deal Lightning Damage. You can of course sub in other spells against Lightning Resistant enemies, but Lightning in general is a pretty good damage type.

Lightning Strike is your bread and butter spell that can AoE enemies in a line and does fairly good damage. It only costs 1 FP more than Lightning Strike, and it can be chain cast rapidly after the first cast, allowing you to melt Bosses easily with it. It does, however, start slowly so you'd be better off with Lightning Spear against enemies that are more aggressive.

Lansseax's Glaive does like a sweet in front of you of Red Lightning and it deals damage in an AoE behind that. This Spell has hyper armor allowing you to tank through most hits and still get the cast off and is good against large groups of enemies or very fast enemies like the Tree Sentinels, Night's Cavalry and Bloodhound Knights, as their movements are erratic, making it difficult to land more target spells.

Frozen Lightning Spear is decent ranged option which is good for setting Frostbite on enemies, which increase the damage they take. This can help with Lightning Resistant enemies in general.

Ancient Dragons' Lightning Spear is excellent against large enemies as it tends to hit them with multiple columns further boosting the damage. Make sure you cast this when as close to them as possible for maximum effect.

Elden Ring Perfect Paladin Build (All Levels)

A Strength/Faith Build that focuses on the use of Block Counters and buffs to slash enemies to pieces.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Miquellan Knight's Sword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Haligtree Crest Greatshield
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Set and Greathelm
• Talismans: Bull-Goat's Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Curved Sword Talisman & Sacred Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Sacred Blade
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Blessing of the Erdtree

The way this Build works is that you'll use Golden Vow to buff your defense and damage, and then use your Greatshield to Block enemy attacks, following up with a Block Counter when necessary, staggering enemies and often giving you a free attack if you don't kill them outright.

Sacred Blade is exceptional since patch 1.07 and using it point blank will both deal damage with the weapon and the holy wave, making it deadly up close. It also buffs your weapon for more damage and for longer, allowing you to get more out of it even after you've used it. Use this periodically to rebuff your weapon and when you need a ranged attack.

Flame, Grant Me Strength and Blessing of the Erdtree are really reserved for Boss fights where you need a little extra. It would be a hassle to buff with them both and Golden Vow constantly, not to mention they would be a huge drain on FP, so only use them when you really need them.

Elden Ring Paladin Build (Beginner)

A tanky healer who can buff and defend allies, allowing them to take the brunt of blows while their teams burns things down.

• Class: Confessor
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP with 1 or 2 FP
• Weapon: Any one-handed and a Sacred Seal
• Shield: Brass Shield
• Armor: The heaviest you can wear and still mid-roll
• Primary Stats: Faith & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Strength
• Skills: Ash of War: Barricade Shield & Ash of War: Golden Vow
• Spells: Urgent Heal, Heal

Before engaging in combat you'll summon your Spirit Ashes and then buff you and them with Golden Vow to increase damage and defenses. Use Barricade Shield when facing Bosses or tough enemies to be able to tank while your summons or companions burn enemies down. 

Boosting Faith will also increase your damage and healing/buffs so prioritize this over Strength, and only use Strength to meet weapon and shield requirements.

Once you gain Heal you'll be able to heal yourself and allies around you, prolonging the life of your summons.

Elden Ring Templar Build (Level 50 Paladin)

A tanky melee focused build that can heal itself and allies, as well as deal decent damage with Block Counters and Holy Weapon buffs.

• Class: Confessor
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Noble's Slender Sword
• Shield: Brass Shield
• Armor: Mausoleum Knight Armor, Greathelm, Knight Greaves, & Knight Gauntlets
• Primary Stats: Faith & Endurance
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Ash of War: Golden Vow, Ash of War: Sacred Blade, Ash of War: Barricade Shield
• Spells: Blessing's Boon & Aspects of the Crucible: Tail

The way this Build works is that you Block Counter off of attacks into your Shield by pressing R2. This often staggers enemies allowing you a Critical Attack, dealing devastating damage, but if not the Block Counter itself does substantial damage on its own.

You'll use Barricade Shield to reduce the Stamina consumption used to Block, allowing for more Block Counters, since these consume considerable Stamina.

Golden Vow is used when Cooperating to buff your group, or your Spirit Summons if you are using a group of them. Sacred Blade is much better when playing solo, as it gives you a ranged option, and buffs your damage considerably for a short while, though it has a long wind up making it hard to use mid boss fight.

Blessing's Boon is good for Coop and solo alike as it adds to the healing over time you are already getting from the Blessed Dew Talisman, and lasts a pretty good amount of time.

Aspects of the Crucible: Tail is your AoE clear spell, and can be replaced with any other AoE when you get one, but it does substantial stagger damage as well, and can drop Trolls and other large enemies with 2 casts. Remember you can hold the cast button when using it to do 2 tail swipes.

Elden Ring Dragon Priest Build (Beginner)

A Faith-based Build that focuses dealing Fire-Damage and using Dragon Spells to maximum effect.

• Class: Prophet
• Flask Spread: Most FP, 1 or 2 HP
• Weapon: Any
• Shield: Any
• Armor: Any
• Primary Stats: Mind & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Faith & Arcane
• Skills: None
• Spells: Catch Flame and Dragonfire

The way this Build works is that you'll use Catch Flame to one shot most enemies and two or three shot tough enemies. Dragonfire is there to take out big groups of enemies, as it has a huge AoE cone that can keep dealing damage if you hold down R1. 

Spamming Catch Flame and Dragonfire absolutely wrecks enemies and Bosses but tears through your FP quickly, which is why we increase Mind to 20 first. You will also need 2 points into Arcane in order to meet the requirement for Dragonfire if you took the Prophet Class. Faith should then be increased to further boost damage, increasing Arcane as needed to meet the requirements for future Dragon Spells.

Make sure to get Golden Seeds and Sacred Tears as often as you can, and upgrade your Flasks at a Site of Grace as soon as you get them. You need the best and most Flasks you can get for this Build because of its high FP consumption.

Elden Ring Blackflame Apostle Build (Level 50)

A Faith-Dex Build that focuses on the use of Black Flame to boost damage and give multiple options to every scenario.

• Class: Prophet, Confessor or Samurai
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Any Weapon that has Bleed on it by default such as the Uchigatana, Nightrider Flail or Bloodhound's Fang & Godslayer's Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any
• Primary Stats: Faith & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Dexterity
• Skills: Bloody Slash or Unsheathe work well, but you can use any you like
• Spells: Black Flame, Black Flame Blade, Catch Flame and Bloodflame Blade

The way this Build works is that you'll carry your Seal in your left hand and weapon in your right, buffing it with either Black Flame Blade or Bloodflame Blade depending on the circumstance. Bloodflame Blade will boost your Bleed build up on your weapon, so if it already has Bleed on it, it will be even higher. It also boosts damage a bit.

Black Flame Blade has a very short cast time but very short duration. It does extra damage, and it's damage over time is based on the Max HP of the enemy, so it's more effective against high HP targets like Bosses and tough enemies, and is fantastic in Co Op where Bosses and enemies have even more HP. It also is good against enemies that can't Bleed.

Black Flame is your ranged spell that does solid damage, and a bit of damage over time as well based on the Max HP of the target, so just like Black Flame Blade is good against high HP enemies. However, you'll use this on many enemies just to clear some out before engaging in melee combat.

Catch Flame is great for enemies that are physical damage resistant, and is slightly cheaper than Black Flame. Use when you need fire damage up close.

Elden Ring Lightning Lancer Build (Level 100)

A tanky Faith Build that allow for the use of offensive and defensive Incantations while playing in melee.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Treespear & Clawmark Seal/Gravel Stone Seal
• Shield: Golden Greatshield or Brass Shield
• Armor: Leyndell Knight Set
• Primary Stats: Strength, Faith & Endurance
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity & Mind
• Skills: Sacred Order, Golden Vow, & Barricade Shield 
• Spells: Lightning Spear, Electrify Armament, Blessing's Boon

How this Build works is that you focus on doing Block Counters with your Shield after buffing it with Barricade Shield. With this setup you will take ZERO Stamina damage when Blocking, allowing you to Block even the most deadly of attacks. This conserves Stamina for Block Counters and Attacks.

You'll use Golden Vow, Electrify Armament and Blessing's Boon to buff before tough fights, like boss encounters. Golden Vow boosts your overall damage (including spells), as well as defenses. Electrify Armament buffs your Lighting Damage on your melee attacks by a lot, and Blessing's Boon heals you over time. All 3 of these buffs last 90 seconds, which is quite long.

Lightning Spear is your ranged option for flying enemies, or instances when you just need range. It can be used effectively on horseback as well, and since you can buff with Golden Vow while on horseback you can deal even more damage while riding and casting. You actually two-hand your Seal when riding to use it, so you have even more damage since it scales with Strength.

Elden Ring Sword Sage Build (Level 50)

The Sword Sage is a combination of Intelligence and Faith, using the Sword of Night and Flame and Death Sorceries.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between FP & HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame & Meteorite Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still lets you med roll
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Rancorcall & Ancient Death Rancor

The way this Build works is that you increase your Intelligence and Faith high enough to use Sword of Night and Flame and Ancient Death Rancor, which requires 34 Int and 24 Faith.

Sword of Night and Flame has an amazing Weapon Art that allows you to do a Comet-like beam with L2 and R1 that does insane damage and has great range. L2 and R2 is a flame strike in an AoE in front of you that can wipe out packs of enemies.

Rancorcall and Ancient Death Rancor require Intelligence and Faith to use, so are a natural fit here. Meteorite Staff is not the ideal staff to use here, and you'll want to swap this out for Prince of Death's Staff once you get it, as it scales off both Int and Faith. It also boosts the damage of Death Sorceries, which both of these are.

Ancient Death Rancor does incredible stagger damage to enemies, allowing you to pin them down if you spam this, which is fantastic solo and in co op play. It's particularly good against fast moving enemies and bosses that are hard to hit with Sword of Night and Flame's Weapon arts

Elden Ring Black Flame Spellblade Build (Level 100)

A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses Black Flame and Bleeding to destroy enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Cross-Naginata, Flamberge, Scythe, Reaper's Scythe, Nagakiba or Uchigatana & Godslayer's Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that allows for med roll
• Primary Stats: Faith & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Vigor
• Skills: Repeating Thrust, Spinning Slash, Sword Dance or Double Slash
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade, Black Flame Blade, Black Flame, Scouring Black Flame & Golden Vow

The way this Build works is that you'll choose one of the weapons listed above because they come with Bleed on them natively, they call be buffed with Bloodflame Blade, and they can use the Ashes of War listed above.

You'll buff with Bloodflame Blade and Golden Vow as you make your way through Dungeons to increase your damage and Bleeding, and also your protection.

You'll use your Ash of War, whichever one you chose to help set Hemorrhage or Black Flame, depending on what you're facing. Black Flame Blade is more useful when enemies cannot Bleed, when cooperating, or when you cannot hit an enemy often enough to set Hemorrhage because they are so aggressive.

You'll use Black Flame when you need range, and Scouring Black Flame when you need AoE.

Elden Ring Hellfire Herald Build (Level 100)

A Dual-Wielding Greatsword Build that flattens enemies with Jump Attacks while using both Fire and Holy Damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between FP & HP
• Weapon: Iron Greatsword x2
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers & the heaviest you can wear and still med roll 
• Primary Stats: Faith & Vigor  
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Royal Knight's Resolve x2
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Blessing's Boon, Lightning Spear

The way this Build works is that you'll use two Royal Knight's Resolves on two Iron Greatswords either setting them both Flame Art or both Sacred depending on the enemies you are facing.

You'll use Jump Attacks to pancake enemies, which are further boosted by Raptor's Black Feathers, Claw Talisman and Royal Knight's Resolve. You can even buff both weapons if you have enough time for it.

Golden Vow increases your overall damage and defenses, allowing you to deal even more damage while becoming even tankier. Flame, Grant Me Strength allows you buff both your Fire and Physical Damage, and when you have two Flame Art infused Iron Greatswords that's a huge damage boost. 

Buff, Jump Attack, rinse and repeat as necessary.

Elden Ring Deathblade Build (Level 100)

An Intelligence/Faith Build thas uses the Sword of Night and Flame to full effect, while also using both Sorceries and Incantations to dispatch enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame, Prince of Death's Staff & Golden Order Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that allows you to med roll. Spellblade Set boosts Night and Flame's Magic attack by 2% per piece
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Magic Scorpion Charm,, Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +1 & Godfrey Icon
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Black Flame, Loretta's Greatbow, Terra Magica, Magic Glintblade, Ancient Death Rancor

The way this Build works is that you'll prioritize using the magic attack of Sword of Night and Flame, by using things that boost its damage, as well as the damage of your regular weapon attacks. Magic Scorpion Charm, Golden Vow, Spellblade Set and Terra Magica all boost this damage, making it much more deadly. You can still use the Flame attack when you want as well, but you'll buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength instead of Terra Magica when using it to boost Fire Damage instead of magic.

You also deal incredible damage just with regular melee attacks, as the Sword of Night and Flame has one of the highest Attack Ratings in Elden Ring. If you can get someone to drop you a second one, consider dual wielding them for even more deadly melee attacks.

You'll supplement your melee attacks and weapon skills with magic, most notably Black Flame when you need some mid range Fire Damage, or Magic Glintblade when you need mid range Magic Damage. You'll use Loretta's Greatbow to take out things from really long range, and Ancient Death Rancor is there to stagger enemies and Bosses (particularly those that you can target the head), giving you an opening to use Sword of Night and Flame's Skills.

Elden Ring Goldeneye Bow Build (Level 100)

A purely ranged Bow Build that focuses on dealing Holy Damage and Bleed, while casting some Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Erdtree Bow, Black Bow & Finger Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any you can wear and still medium roll. Silver Tear Mask is good if you don't boost Arcane.
• Talismans: Arrow's Reach Talisman, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman, Sacred Scorpion Charm & Green Turtle Talisman (for Bosses)
• Primary Stats: Faith & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Skills: Mighty Shot & Barrage
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Protection of the Erdtree, Swarm of Flies & Elden Stars

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and you'll use Golden Arrows to take down targets from a distance with your Erdtree Bow using Mighty Shot. Some fights you won't be able to stay far away and that's when you'll swap to your Black Bow.

You'll use Barrage and quick shots with the Black Bow to set Hemorrhage on targets that are too hard to kill at range, or range is simply not an option using Blood Arrows. You can also pop on the Silver Tear Mask and use the Swarm of Flies spell to assist you here.

Blessing of the Erdtree is used to keep your HP at full so you gain extra damage and should be used before boss fights, or when you need to heal but aren't in immediate danger. It heals for 50% more HP per second than Blessing's Boon, which is a lot.

Protection of the Erdtree can be used before bosses that deal fire, magic, holy or lightning damage that's hard to dodge. And Elden Stars can be used in cooperative play to pressure bosses from a distance.

Elden Ring Blasphemous Beastmaster Build (Level 100)

A Strength/Faith hybrid build that uses Bestial Incantations and the Blasphemous Blade to destroy enemies at range or in melee combat.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Some HP, mostly FP
• Weapon: Clawmark Seal, Blasphemous Blade & Cinquedea
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Radagon's Soreseal, Green Turtle Talisman & Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +1
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Taker's Flames
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Stone of Gurranq, Beast Claw & Bestial Sling

The way this Build works is that you'll focus on using Stone of Gurranq to range down enemies when you can, using the Blasphemous Blade as back up for instances where it is just easier to melee enemies or use Taker's Flames.

You'll carry the Blasphemous Blade and Clawmark Seal in your right hand and Cinquedea in your left, two-handing the Seal when you cast spells to gain extra damage from Strength Scaling, and bonus damage to Bestial Incantations from Cinquedea.

You'll buff with Golden Vow constantly to maintain this buff whenever you are in combat, using Flame, Grant Me Strength for tougher enemies and boss fights. Beast Claw is used for AoE if you need any, and Bestial Sling can be used to take down big targets from close range if you need it.

Elden Ring Elementalist Build (Level 150)

An Intelligence/Faith Build that can cast nearly any spell in the game, and only uses ranged magic to destroy enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Prince of Death's Staff & Golden Order Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Green Turtle Talisman, Marika's Soreseal, Ritual Sword Talisman, & Primal Glintstone Blade
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: None
• Spells: Stone of Gurranq, Lightning Spear, Black Flame, Catch Flame, Great Glintstone Shard, Triple Rings of Light, & Golden Vow

The way this Build works is that you will use Prince of Death's Staff to cast Sorceries and Golden Order Seal to cast Incantations. You'll buff with Golden Vow to increase your spell damage, as well as boost your defenses. Then you'll select the spell that's best suited for the situation.

Stone of Guarranq is your ranged Physical Damage spell that can be chained effectively at modest range. You can also use Rock Sling, but it casts slower, though it does have longer range and does more stagger damage.

Lightning Spear is your Lightning Damage spell that you'll use to take out enemies weak to Lightning. You can charge it for extra damage as needed and it does +10% damage in the rain.

Black Flame is your ranged Fire Damage spell that deals that can be charged for extra damage, and also does a small damage over time based on the max HP of the enemy. Catch Flame is used in melee situations where enemies are so aggressive you can't cast spells. Catch Flame is cast quickly after you roll or sprint, allowing you to "melee" enemies with it.

Great Glintstone Shard is your ranged spell that has good range and average damage and can be spammed. You can use other Magic Damage spells as well like Loretta's Greatbow for more range, or you can use Comet for a more spammable higher damage Great Glintstone Shard.

Triple Rings of Light is your go to Holy Damage spell that has a modest range and good spread. Litany of  Proper Death is a great AoE that annihilates undead and prevents them from respawning.

Elden Ring Crusader Build (Level 150)

A melee/caster hybrid that focuses on Faith and Block Counters to obliterate enemies with holy or fire damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Gargoyle's Greatsword & Erdtree Seal
• Shield: Brass Shield
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Helm & any armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Curved Sword Talisman, Flock's Canvas Talisman, Shard of Alexander & Sacred Scorpion Charm/Fire Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Faith & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind
• Skills: Barricade Shield & Sword Dance
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Elden Stars, Lightning Spear, Black Blade, Black Flame's Protection

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you travel around the game attacking enemies with Sword Dance or with Block Counters after they attack into your Brass Shield.

You'll use Barricade Shield in sections and for Bosses that it is needed for, where Blocking makes a lot of sense, and you'll unslot in sections that you don't need it, allowing you to use Sword Dance without two-handing your Gargoyle's Greatsword.

We use Gargoyle's Greatsword for this Build because it is the only Greatsword with B scaling in Faith that also allows the swapping of Ashes of War. This is crucial since you want to be able to change damage types (Fire or Holy) depending on the scenario.

You can use Elden Stars to begin Boss fights, particularly on the landscape where they are typically not aggroed until you engage them, and Lightning Spear is a good ranged option, as is Black Flame if you want a Fire option. Many spells recently got buffed so you can test them out, but you have crazy high Incantation Scaling so you'll do fantastic damage. Black Blade also works phenomenally with this Build, though you won't get it until way late in the game.

Elden Ring Blasphemous Herald Build (Level 150)

A melee build that uses Jump Attacks and the Blasphemous Blade to demolish enemies point blank and at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Blasphemous Blade, Gargoyle's Blackblade, Gargoyle's Greatsword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers and any other Armor that allows medium rolling
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal, Claw Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Taker's Flame, Corpse Wax Cutter, Flaming Strike & Sacred Order
• Spells: Golden Vow , Blessing of the Erdtree, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Lightning Spear, Black Flame & Stone of Gurranq

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you'll use Jump Attacks to destroy enemies with Blasphemous Blade in the right hand and Gargoyle's Greatsword in the left. You'll swap the damage type of the Gargoyle's Greatsword to Flame Art with Flaming Strike, when using Blasphemous Blade. 

You'll swap to Gargoyle's Blackblade when Fire Damage is resisted to give you Holy Damage, and you'll change the Affinity on the Gargoyle's Greatsword to Sacred with the Sacred Order Ash of War. You'll swap back and forth as necessary.

Taker's Flame and Corpse Wax Cutter work nearly identically, allowing you to interchange these weapons without having to learn a new style of play. And Jump Attacks are deadly with Raptor's Black Feathers and Claw Talisman.

Clawmark Seal also allows you to cast Incantations with decent Scaling in a pinch, though you won't lean on them as you'll do way more damage with Jump Attacks and Taker's Flame/Corpse Wax Cutter.

Elden Ring Blackflame Bushido Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses the Cross-Naginata to to set Hemorrhage and Black Flame on enemies in melee range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Cross-Naginata or Nagakiba & Godslayer's Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask & White Reed Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Radagon's Soreseal, Godfrey Icon & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Phantom Slash, Sword Dance or Double Slash
• Spells: Golden Vow, Black Flame, Bloodflame Blade, Black Flame Blade, Scouring Black Flame, Black Flame Ritual & Black Flame's Protection

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and you'll use Bloodflame Blade to help set Hemorrhage on most regular enemies, as it adds to the native bleeding of the Cross-Naginata or Nagakiba. You'll then use Phantom Slash if you're using Cross-Naginata or Sword Dance or Double Slash if you're using Nagakiba.

Phantom Slash applies Bloodflame Blade if you're buffed with it to its attacks, and what's great is that it will connect even if you get staggered during your own attack animation, allowing you to stagger enemies in many cases, and allowing you to recover and attack. You'll have to choose your openings a bit more carefully when using Sword Dance or Double Slash, but Sword Dance still has fantastic range.

Black Flame Blade is used on more difficult enemies, and since you have high Faith the damage it adds to your attacks is substantial, and this is in addition to the Black Flame damage over time it places on the enemy. 

Black Flame is great for range when you need it, and Scouring Black Flame is a good AoE that can hit multiple enemies and is good at mid range when enemies are aggressive, and Black Flame might miss. Black Flame Ritual is fantastic against aggressive or large enemies and it hits like a truck. I like to charge it for a larger radius, making it hit more effectively and increasing its damage due to Godfrey Icon. Black Flame's Protection stacks with Golden Vow and will make you very very hard to kill.

Elden Ring Black Knife Assassin Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses dual Daggers to rapidly strike enemies and Bosses for high damage the further into combo chains you go.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Erdsteel Dagger x2, Black Knife & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Black Knife Hood, Black Knife Armor, Fire Prelate Gauntlets & Fire Prelate Greaves
• Talismans: Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor 
• Skills: Blade of Death, Bloodhound's Step & Parry
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree and Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and then you'll use your L1 combos to stun lock most enemies, building up your Attack Power because of Millicent's Prosthesis and Winged Sword Insignia. You can use Bloodhound's Step to dodge easily, or you can use Quickstep if you find it difficult to use Bloodhound's Step.

Because you have high Poise from your Armor setup, and you because you'll be using the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, you can trade damage without being interrupted quite often, and you'll have very good protection. Golden Vow also provides you with some as well, so you can finish off your combos uninterrupted.

You can use Blessing of the Erdtree and Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff healing and damage for Boss fights. And you can use Blade of Death when you need a ranged option, because melee wouldn't work or work well. Parry is used when enemies cannot be stunlocked with repeated attacks, or when you cannot swing through attacks easily.

(After patch 1.07, the duration of Blade of Death is increased. You can add Black Blade incantation to this build so you can dual stack buffs and make the build more effective.)

Elden Ring Flame Dancer Build (Level 150)

A Strength/Faith Build that uses the Whip: Giant's Red Braid to great effect, while also slinging Fire Spells.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Giant's Red Braid & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Any Greatshield
• Armor: Any Armor that has high Poise.
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Flame Dance
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow, Black Flame, Black Flame Ritual, Flame, Fall Upon Them

The way this Build works is that you'll be wielding a Greatshield in order to Block Counter with your Whip. Whips have very long range so you can hit enemies easily with Block Counters, and you'll have a bigger opening due to the Greatshield. Note that you won't stagger enemies on one Block Counter with a Whip, but Whips cannot deal Critical Hits anyway, so this is not so important.

Giant's Red Braid scales with Strength and Faith, making it a good candidate for a Greatshield, but also for the Clawmark Seal that increases in damage with both of these Stats. This allows you to use Incantations effectively, though not as effectively as a pure Incantation build. Still it gives you ranged options like Black Flame, which is very helpful.

Flame Dance is your AoE spell that obliterates packs of enemies and causes them to flinch on each hit. The downside is that it is easily interrupted, which is why high Poise armor is a must. Use this on tough enemies that can be flinched with each hit, or on large groups. Don't use it much on bosses, as you tend to get hit out of it before you can hit all 5x.

 Buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength as needed to further boost your damage.

Elden Black Blade Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength Faith Build that utilizes Maliketh's Black Blade and the Black Blade Incantation to optimal effects.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Maliketh's Black Blade & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Maliketh's Set or any Armor with high Poise
• Talismans: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Sacred Scorpion Charm & Claw Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Destined Death
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree & Black Blade

The Black Blade Build uses the Black Blade Incantation to open difficult fights, placing a -10% Max Health debuff on the enemy or Boss for a short time from range. This HP does not come back once this buff expires, so it's only necessary to use this once per fight, but you can use it again if you need a ranged option.

Ideally you want to use Destined Death from Maliketh's Black Blade immediately after this because Destined Death also applies a stacking -10% Max Health debuff. If both of these are applied at the same time, then the enemy or Boss loses 20% of their Max HP that doesn't come back. However, if you wait for one of these debuffs to expire before placing the other you will not get the extra 10% Max Health reduction. So time them close together for best results.

Use Golden Vow to boost your damage and defenses, and Blessing of the Erdtree to keep your HP topped off. You can add other Incantations if you want because you'll have decent Incantation Scaling with the Clawmark Seal since you prioritize Strength and Faith.

Use Jump Attacks on regular enemies, and remember that R1s and R2s with Maliketh's Black Blade have some hyper armor, allowing you to attack through other attacks most of the time.

Elden Golden Sword Sage Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Faith/Intelligence Build that focuses on the use of Holy Damage and Golden Order Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Coded Sword, Sword of Night and Flame, and Golden Order Seal
• Shield: Blue-Gold Kite Shield
• Armor: Radiant Gold Mask, and any Armor with high Poise.
• Talismans: Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Ritual Shield Talisman, & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Faith & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Unblockable Blade & Barricade Shield
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Discus of Light, Triple Rings of Light, Radagon's Rings of Light, Elden Stars & Litany of Proper Death.

The way this Build works is that you'll be wielding the Coded Sword, which deals 100% Holy Damage and only scales with Faith. You'll use Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman and Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear to boost its damage. Use Unblockable Blade for a small cluster of enemies, or against Bosses or enemies that use Shields.

Discus of Light is your go to offensive Golden Order Incantation, and its boosted in damage by Sacred Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Holy-Shrouded Cracked Tear, Golden Order Seal and Radiant Gold Mask. You could even slot Flock's Canvas Talisman for more damage if you wish. You can chain spam this spell to deal with many enemies and Bosses from a distance.

Triple Rings of Light is used to deal with enemies that dodge when you fling spells, like Black Knife Assassins, Bloodhound Knights, or Godskin Apostles. It deals slightly more damage than Discus of Light on average, but costs about 3x the FP, so I don't advise using it regularly.

Radagon's Rings of Light is a fantastic AoE spell that can wipe out huge packs of enemies, especially if you hold down the cast button, since this further increases range. This can be used from horseback as well, and if it doesn't kill enemies, it will knock them down allowing for easy follow up casts. It has further range and damage than Wrath of Gold, and is also boosted by Golden Order Seal and Radiant Gold Mask.

Elden Stars is your super long range spell that's good at picking off enemies from a long distance, or harassing Bosses while you attack with other spells or Unblockable Blade. You won't use it often, but it's nice to have when you need it.

Litany of Proper Death you will only use against Undead enemies, so only slot this when you need it. And Golden Vow is there to increase damage and defenses further, and Blessing of the Eerdtree is there to keep your HP topped off to proc the effects of Ritual Sword and Ritual Shield Talismans.

Sword of Knight and Flame is useful against Holy Damage resistant enemies, and you should sub this in when needed. Be sure to swap out Sacred Scorpion Charm for Magic or Fire, and to replace Holy-Shrouded Cracked Tear with Magic or Fire as well. Shard of Alexander is also a nice addition here.

Elden Godslayer Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity/Faith/Strength Build that focuses exclusively on the use of Godslayer's Greatsword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Godslayer's Greatsword & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor with high Poise, the higher the better.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Carian Filigreed Crest, Bull-Goat's Talisman, & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Skills: The Queen's Black Flame
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use The Queen's Black Flame to dispatch the toughest enemies and bosses in Elden Ring, while using R1 and R2 attacks on normal enemies. You'll buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength as necessary to further boost damage when needed.

The Queen's Black Flame has a rather long wind up making it hard to land without trading damage, which is why you will have high Poise from your Armor (over 100) ideally, which will allow you to shrug off even the hardest hitting attacks and still keep using this Skill. Remember that the Queen's Black Flame sets the Black Flame status effect, which deals damage based on the Max HP of the target. This makes it more effective against Bosses with high HP, particularly in co op or NG+.

Elden Sword Saint Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity/Faith/Strength Build that focuses on using the Sacred Relic Sword and Wave of Gold.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Sacred Relic Sword, Sword of Milos, and any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor with high Poise, the higher the better.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Carian Filigreed Crest, Claw Talisman, & Sacred Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Skills: Wave of Gold
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength & Any other Incantations you want.

The way this Build works is that you'll use Wave of Gold to take out packs of large enemies and on Bosses that aren't Holy Damage Resistant. We use Carian Filigreed Crest and Sword of Milos to help manage FP, so you can use Wave of Gold often and not worry about how much FP it costs.

When facing Holy Resistant enemies you'll use Jump Attacks to take them out, since Sword of Milos deals 100% Physical Damage, and Sacred Relic Sword deals about 63% Physical Damage. This will allow you to still deal great damage when attacking this way, bypassing this resistance, and the Claw Talisman only boosts this damage further. You could use the Raptor's Black Feathers for even more Jump Attack Damage if you wish.

Elden Ring Pyromancer Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Faith spellcaster Build that only uses Fire Magic to burn enemies to a crisp.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Erdtree Seal & Giant's Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Light Armor so you can Light Roll
• Talismans: Godfrey Icon, Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman (or Canvas Flock's Talisman) & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Faith & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: None
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Burn, O Flame!, Flame of the Fell God, Flame, Fall Upon Them & Giantsflame Take Thee

The way this Build works is that you'll use the higher Incantation Scaling of Erdtree Seal to cast your spells, while still getting the buff from Giant's Seal by holding it in your off hand. You can even swap to Giant's Seals later on when you get another from another player or in New Game Plus.

You'll use Golden Vow to buff yourself, increasing your spell damage as well as defenses, and you can use Flame, Grant Me Strength for tougher fights and Bosses. Burn, O Flame! is a Dragon killer, and is very effective against enemies you can get under, or that are very large in size, since each column can hit for very good damage.

Flame of the Fell God works well as a setup spell cast before you aggro a tough enemy or at the beginning of a Boss fight when it's closing the distance to you. If you fire off Giantsflame Take Thee immediately after casting this, they will usually detonate together for some serious burst damage. 

Giantsflame Take This is your Boss killer and is useful against tough enemies and tightly packed groups. It's expensive so don't use it all the time, just when you need it. The rest of the time use Flame, Fall Upon Them to deal with regular groups of enemies, since it's more Mana efficient and can AoE very effectively, often killing many enemies at once.

Elden Ring Drake Knight Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Faith Build that focuses on the use of the Magma Wyrm's Scalesword and its weapon skill Magma Guillotine.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Magma Wyrm's Scalesword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Magma Guillotine
• Spells: Golden Vow, & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use Magma Guillotine on hard to kill enemies and bosses, leaping into them and dealing very high burst damage, with even more damage from the follow up attack if you can get it off.

You'll use Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength for extra damage before Boss fights begin so that you can defeat them even faster. You can add other spells to this build since you use the Clawmark Seal, but those are up to you.

Elden Ring Death Mage Build(Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A mage build that focuses on the use of Death Sorceries and the Prince of Death Staff.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split FP & HP
• Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame, Golden Order Seal & Prince of Death Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Graven-Mass Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman & Godfrey Icon or Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Night-and-Flame Stance
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Rancorcall, Ancient Death Rancor, Explosive Ghostflame. Terra Magica & Rykard's Rancor

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and then cast Rancorcall on regular trash enemies, using Explosive Ghostflame or Rykard's Rancor on groups of enemies to AoE them down quickly.

Ancient Death Rancor is great against hard to kill enemies and Bosses, especially if you charge it and are standing in Terra Magica when you cast it. It can often stagger bosses or outright kill them before they ever reach you.

Rykard's Rancor gives you a fire option that you can use Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff as well as Fire Scorpion Charm. It's good against magic resistant enemies or those weak to fire.

Sword of Night and Flame is your melee option, since Rancorcall and Ancient Death Rancor are useless at point blank range as they will fly over the target and miss.

Elden Ring Crucible Knight Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Faith Build that uses the Ordovis' Greatsword and Aspect of the Crucible Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Ordovis' Greatsword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Crucible Axe Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, Flock's Canvas Talisman, and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Ordovis' Vortex
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Aspects of the Crucible: Tail, Aspects of the Crucible: Horns, Aspects of the Crucible: Breath

The way this Build works is that you'll use Ordovis' Vortex on Bosses and difficult enemies in order to defeat them quickly. The charged version of this weapon skill has HUGE stagger potential and usually two casts of this will drop a Boss if they aren't dead by then.

Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength are used to buff your damage with your attacks, weapon skill and Spells since they all deal physical damage or fire damage.

Apsects of the Crucible: Tail is a great AoE that can trigger Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, unlike Ordovis' Vortex, so is best used on packs of enemies to ramp up your Attack Power. Aspects of the Crucible: Horns is great on tough opponents when you are 1 on 1. It can stagger them easily, particularly when charged, and deals decent damage. It's also a great gap closer to get back in melee range. Aspects of the Crucible: Breath is great against enemies weak to fire or against enemies that can be stunlocked by it.

Elden Ring Kung Fu Katarist Build (All Game)

The Kung Fu Katarist heavily relies on the weapon Katar, buffed with Electrify Armament to deal with lightning-imbued consecutive attacks and inflict high damage numbers. This build is designed to trade blows with enemies by having significant allocated Vigor Points. Since the Katar can do thrust damage, it can wield the Impaling Thrust Ashes of War to break enemy defenses and stances.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP & Some SP
• Weapon: Katar, Erdtree Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Helm, Blackflame Monk Armor, Scaled Gauntlets, Scaled Greaves or any armor with high protection and 51+ Poise
• Talismans: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Spear Talisman, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis & more suggested talismans in the video.
• Primary Stats: Vigor & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Impaling Thrust
• Spells: Golden Vow, Electrify Armament, Bloodflame Blade, Order's Blade & Wrath of Gold

The Kung Fu Katarist is a hyper-aggressive build that deals the majority of its damage by inflicting lightning-imbued consecutive attacks on targets. Due to its tanking capability, it can receive hits and trade blows with its targets, while dishing out its attack combinations. The Katar weapon can deal with thrust damage thus it is capable of equipping the Impaling Thrust Ashes of War that can break enemy stances easily or even deal damage.

Users need to ensure to use the Electrify Armament before engaging in a fight to reach high damage potential. If the enemy is resistant to lightning attacks, on the other hand, the build is equipped with the following incantation, Bloodflame Blade and Order's Blade to be versatile in combat. In this manner, it will allow the user to use a different kind of element to buff the katar before engaging in combat.

The Golden Vow incantations provide more Attack and Defense, to support the build's playstyle. The Wrath of Gold is suggested when dealing with a large group of enemies since the Katar is most effective when dealing with a single enemy.

This build explores the following talismans, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman for more damage mitigation since the user is open for incoming damage when dealing with consecutive attacks, Spear Talisman for more damage when countering with the Katar, Millicent Prosthesis and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia further increases the build's damage per second when dealing consecutive attacks and note that both Talismans indeed stacks. More suggested Talisman alternatives were provided in the video.

Elden Ring Gladiator Build (All Game) 

Gladiator is a strength build that utilizes a cold-infused Highland Axe and a Redmane Shield. Primarily scales with strength and heavily relies on Stamp (Upward Cut) to shell out damage and takes advantage of the hyper armor that it provides that can brace incoming damage. Leading to stance breaks and critical strikes.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Highland Axe
• Shield: Redmane Shield
• Armor: Rotten Duelist Helm, Rotten Gravekeeper Cloak, Bull-Goats Gaunlets, Rotten Duelist Greaves
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Dagger Talisman, Bull-Goat's Talisman, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Millicent's Prosthesis, and more suggested talismans in the video
• Primary Stats: Vigor, Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Endurance, Mind & Mind
• Skills: Stamp (Upward Cut)
• Spells: None

The Gladiator build is a straightforward but aggressive build that relies on cold-infused Highland Axe for damage. The main key point of this build is the Stamp ( Upward Cut ) Ashes of War which lets you mitigate incoming damage and allow your character to go under hyper armor. Meaning you will not be interrupted in the middle of the Ashes of War animation. You will receive mitigated damage but 90% of the time, an upward cut will connect, dealing a considerable amount of raw and stance damage. Repeat this strategy to break the stance of the enemy and dish out critical hits.

Guard Counters are at your disposal, dealing decent damage with the use of Redmane Shield. Perfect in countering heavy hits when not using Stamp (Upward Cut). The talismans suggested for this build are the Shard of Alexander for further damage increase, and Assassin's Cerulean Dagger for FP refunds since you will be spamming Stamp (Upward Cut) a lot leading to stance breaks, followed up by critical strikes hence this talisman will mitigate the FP usage. Bull-Goats Talisman to raise your Poise further. Lastly, is Millicent's Prosthesis, as you do have the option to spam R1 attacks and this talisman further boosts your overall DPS when dealing attack combinations. This talisman greatly enhances your Highland Axe capabilities as it is cold-infused. The more attacks you connect, the more frost builds up. Frost is one the best status effects in the game, not only the proc damages the enemy, but it also increases the damage received by the target. Another suggested talismans are Dragoncrest Shield for more damage mitigation as it can provide you more leeway when tackling bosses.

Elden Ring Guardian Golem Build (All Game)

A Strength build that focuses on the use of the Golem's Halberd for devastating damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Golem's Halberd
• Shield: 
• Armor: Any that has at least 51 Poise
• Talismans: Curved Sword Talisman, Claw Talisman, Axe Talisman, and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Royal Knight's Resolve
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll two-hand the Golem's Halberd getting very high Attack Rating and you can use just about any attack with it effectively. You can Block Counter very easily with this Weapon since it has great Guard Boos and you have Curved Sword Talisman. You can Jump Attack easily and have Claw Talisman. And you can Charged R2 for high damage and Stance Damage and have Axe Talisman.

By wearing very heavy armor with high poise and protection, as well as stacking Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, you are able to play very aggressively with little fear of dying from hits. This allows you to trade damage with most Bosses and still come out ahead, aiming to Stagger them if you can.

Royal Knight's Resolve is quite cheap FP wise, and buffs your next attack by 80%, which allows for your Charged R2s to hit like a truck, and also your Block Counters as well. Use this as often as needed, particularly in Boss fights to make them go faster.

Elden Ring Berserker Build (Beginner)

A Strength-based Bulid that focuses on deal high damage per swing and via Jump Attacks.

• Class: Vagabond
• Flask Spread: All HP
• Weapon: Claymore and Lordsworn's Greatsword
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still med roll
• Primary Stats: Endurance & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Skills: Ash of War: Quickstep
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll grab the two Greatswords as quick as you can and dual wield them from that point forward, attacking with L1 mostly or jumping and L1. Jumping with L1 is absolutely devastating and one shots most enemies, and staggers those it doesn't allowing you to roll away or Quickstep away easily.

You can use Quickstep to dodge attacks and position yourself behind or on the side of enemies easily for follow up attacks as well after landing a Jump Attack. 

Heavy Armor and high Endurance allows you good Physical protection while allowing you to still med roll, which is a must. You need to be able to roll well, even if you do have Quickstep. Eventually you can wear the heaviest armor you find and stop worrying about med roll and just use Quickstep once you get the hang of it.

Elden Ring Champion Build (Level 50)

A dual-wielding Build that focuses on the use of Greatsword and Heavy Armor to tank hits while dealing devastating damage via Jump Attacks.

• Class: Hero or Vagabond
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, a couple of FP
• Weapon: Lordsworn's Greatsword & Claymore
• Shield: None
• Armor: Banished Knight Set
• Primary Stats: Endurance & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Golden Vow & Determination
• Spells: None

The way this build works is that you'll try to get Jump Attacks with your two Greatswords, which are boosted by the Claw Talisman. Besides this, you'll buff yourself with Golden Vow on your left weapon, and Determination on your right.

Golden Vow lasts 45 seconds when used on an Ash of War, and increases your Attack Rating by about 10%, while also improving your Resistance by 5%. This adds to your already high defenses, making you even harder to kill.

Determination is used in combat to boost the damage of both weapons, but the catch is that you need to to connect with them at the same instant or you only get the increased damage on the first hit. This is another reason we use Jump Attacks, because both weapons connect at the same time.

Elden Ring Barbarian Build (Beginner)

A Strength-based Build that uses Colossus Weapons to devastating effect, by using buffed Charge Attacks.

• Class: Hero
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, 1 or 2 FP
• Weapon: Zweihander or other Colossus Weapon
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heavies you can and still med roll (high Poise ideal)
• Primary Stats: Strength & Endurance
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Dexterity
• Skills: Ash of War: War Cry
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the Ash of War: War Cry to buff your damage, and to turn your Charge R2 attacks into actual "Charging" attacks, as in charging forward. These deal increased damage, and are further buffed by the Axe Talisman which increases Charge Attacks by 10%.

You'll begin fights with War Cry, then hit R2 to Charge Attack and follow up with R1 until you're out of Stamina. This should stagger or kill most enemies allowing a Critical Strike if they are still alive. R2 again as they get up if they lived and repeat backing away when you need to regain Stamina.

You'll exhaust your Stamina often so Endurance is important to allow more actions, like rolling and attacking. Additionally the Green Turtle Talisman and the Erdtree's Favor both help with Stamina management, so be sure to get them when you can.

Elden Ring Colossal Knight Build (Level 50)

A Strength focused Build that uses the Greatsword to pound enemies into the dirt using Charge Attacks.

• Class: Hero or Vagabond
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Greatsword
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still med roll
• Primary Stats: Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: War Cry
• Spells: None

Much like the Barbarian Build we take advantage of War Cry's change to R2 attacks, allowing you to deal devastating damage. Not only is this increased via War Cry, but also through both the Axe Talisman and Roar Medallion. Both of these Talismans buff your R2, allowing you to deal substantial damage.

Learning when to use War Cry and how to use it is important because you don't have a ton of FP and you don't want to waste it needlessly. But be sure when using it to lead enemies with R2, and attack with it before they do so that you stagger them and they cannot get an attack off.

If you can chain two R2s together you will send enemies flying into the air, giving you a great opportunity to retreat and regenerate Stamina using the Green Turtle Talisman, and then return for more.

Elden Ring Archer Build (Beginner)

A pure ranged Build that focuses on only archery. No melee whatsoever.

• Class: Bandit
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Shortbow and Longbow
• Shield: None
• Armor: Light or medium weight
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Ash of War: Barrage & Ash of War: Mighty Shot
• Spells: None

You'll use your Long Bow and Mighty Shot to pick off enemies at range before they close to melee range. Once close you'll use your Shortbow to evade and fire and use Barrage. Remember that you can jump away and fire in the same motion.

Having high Dexterity will allow you to increase your damage, but make sure to craft or purchase better Arrows and upgrade your Bows as often as you can. This makes a HUGE difference in damage, and might be the main reason Archer Builds fail in general. Not all Arrows are equal, choose the right ones for the situation.

Learn when to use Barrage during Boss fights, and learn how much spacing you need to get it off without taking damage.

Elden Ring Magic Archer Build (Level 50)

A bow-based build that focuses on ranged combat, but has the tools to melee in a pinch as well.

• Class: Samurai, Bandit or Prisoner
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, Some FP
• Weapon: Horn Bow, Misbegotten Shortbow and Lazuli Glintstone Sword x2
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can and still med roll
• Primary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance and Intelligence
• Skills: Rain of Arrows & Mighty Shot
• Spells: None

This Build focuses primarily on the use of the Horn Bow and Magic Arrows to deal solid damage at long distances with the Mighty Shot skill. Not only does the Horn Bow deal Magic Damage natively, but it also increases the damage you deal with Magic Arrows, making them the go to choice for this Build.

You can use Rain of Arrows on your Shortbow in order to set status effects like Poison or Bleed on tough enemies, and it conserves more arrows than Barrage, but has a pretty high FP cost at 20.

Lazuli Glintstone Swords are your back up in case you need to save some arrows or if you get surrounded somehow and have decent damage and attack very quickly when dual wielded.

Elden Ring Blazing Bushido Build (Level 100)

A Samurai Build that uses the Nagakiba and a Greatbow to take on enemies at range or in close combat.

• Class: Samurai
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Nagakiba, Greatbow, Finger Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows med roll
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Blessed Dew Talisman, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Unsheathe & Rain of Arrows
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll put Unsheathe on your Nagakiba and select the Quality Affinity to get B/B Scaling out of both Strength and Dexterity. The Greatbow has D/D Scaling with these so it makes sense to pump both for max damage with the Nagakiba and Greatbow. Additionally, keeping the Nagakiba only Physical Damage, will allow you to buff it with Bloodflame Blade.

You'll use Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff your Physical and Fire Damage by 20%, which applies to your Bow attacks as well as your Bloodflame Blade, which is excellent. It has short duration so you'll likely use it far more outside of combat than once it has begun.

Bloodflame Blade applies 40% of your Incantation Scaling to your Weapon as Fire Damage for 60 seconds, and also makes Bleed Build Up last a second or so after you stop swinging, allowing you to set Bleeding more easily on enemies, as their Bleed Bar doesn't deplete as quickly. It has a faster cast time, and you can pull it off in combat with some practice if you need to reapply it.

Elden Ring Colossus Guardian Build (Level 100)

The Colossus Guardian Build is a pure Strength Build that focuses on one-handing a single Colossus Weapon to devastating results.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Prelate's Inferno Crozier, any Sacred Seal and a Dagger
• Shield: None
• Armor: Lionel's Set
• Talismans: Roar Medallion, Axe Talisman, Green Turtle Talisman & Lord of Blood's Exultation
• Primary Stats: Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Barbaric Roar
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength & Bestial Vitality

The way this Build works is that you slot the Ash of War: Barbaric Roar onto the Prelate's Inferno Crozier with the Blood Affinity so that you set Hemorrhage on enemies, dealing massive damage and triggering Lord of Blood's Exultation, increasing your damage. Barbaric Roar will overwrite any weapon buff you use, so it's best to choose one with a status effect if you can, and Blood still leaves B scaling in Strength.

Using Barbaric Roar will change your R2 attack into a three hit combo that's boosted by Roar Talisman, and Axe Talisman if you hold it all the way down, though it fires off slower if you do this. However, it deals more damage and stagger damage when doing so. You use a high Poise Armor Set like Lionel's Set so that you can successfully pull off your full R2 chain without interruption.

You can buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength before tough fights and Bosses, and use Bestial Vitality to heal up small damage you might take over the course of a level or dungeon. You will take damage with this Build as you exchange blows with enemies and Bosses.

Elden Ring Scorching Slayer Build (Level 100).

A melee focused build that uses Flames of the Redmanes to stagger enemies and bring them to their knees.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Gargoyle's Twinblade & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that can still med roll
• Talismans: Winged Sword Insignia, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Fire Scorpion Charm, & Green Turtle Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Endurance
• Skills: Flame of the Redmanes
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Electrify Armament

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Bloodflame Blade to increase your damage and to help set Hemorrhage on enemies. Despite the fact this weapon has no native Bleed Buildup, it can still do so somewhat effectively due to the speed at which it attacks. Additionally, when Flames of the Redmanes is cast while Bloodflame Blade is active, you will also apply this to enemies as well.

Cast Flames of the Redmanes often to stagger enemies and move in for Critical Hits in order to regain FP via Assassin's Cerulean Dagger. It usually only takes one or two casts at most, even for some bosses.

Once Bosses go down you can spam R1 attacks to proc Hemorrhage, and to deal massive damage. Flame, Grant Me Strength should be reserved for Boss fights and tough enemies. Electrify Armament is there for when Fire Damage is not called for, and you need another damage type.

Elden Ring Blasphemous Beastmaster Build (Level 100)

A Strength/Faith hybrid build that uses Bestial Incantations and the Blasphemous Blade to destroy enemies at range or in melee combat.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Some HP, mostly FP
• Weapon: Clawmark Seal, Blasphemous Blade & Cinquedea
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Radagon's Soreseal, Green Turtle Talisman & Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +1
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Taker's Flames
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Stone of Gurranq, Beast Claw & Bestial Sling

The way this Build works is that you'll focus on using Stone of Gurranq to range down enemies when you can, using the Blasphemous Blade as back up for instances where it is just easier to melee enemies or use Taker's Flames.

You'll carry the Blasphemous Blade and Clawmark Seal in your right hand and Cinquedea in your left, two-handing the Seal when you cast spells to gain extra damage from Strength Scaling, and bonus damage to Bestial Incantations from Cinquedea.

You'll buff with Golden Vow constantly to maintain this buff whenever you are in combat, using Flame, Grant Me Strength for tougher enemies and boss fights. Beast Claw is used for AoE if you need any, and Bestial Sling can be used to take down big targets from close range if you need it.

Elden Ring Cold-Blooded Raptor Build (Level 100)

A Strength/Intelligence Build that uses Claws to deal damage rapidly, and to also set the Hemorrhage and Frostbite status effects.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Bloodhound Claws, Sacrificial Axe & Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers, Haima Glintstone Crown and any other gloves and legs that allow you to med roll
• Talismans: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Claw Talisman, Green Turtle Talisman & Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Royal Knight's Resolve & Golden Vow
• Spells: Great Glintstone Shard, Loretta's Greatbow, Terra Magica, Adula's Moonblade, Greatblade Phalanx

The way this Build works is that you'll two hand your Claws, which brings out a second one and buff with Royal Knight's Resolve to boost the damage with both Claws. This is possible because they are only considered one Weapon, and buffs both Claws. You'll then Jump Attack enemies or bosses for increased damage, finishing them off with R1 attacks if they survive. Keep the Sacrificial Axe in your left hand to regain 4 FP per kill, even when dual wielding your Claws.

You'll build up Hemorrhage and Frostbite on anything that doesn't die in a few hits, ripping off huge chunks of HP rapidly, making your damage output very high.

You can supplement your melee playstyle with spells to give you ranged attacks, though they will be less powerful than a pure mage Build. Still you have options depending on the situation, and Greatblade Phalanx is fantastic as it works well with a melee playstyle and helps to stagger enemies.

Elden Ring Sorcery Sentinel Build (Level 150)

A Quality Build (Strength/Dexterity) that deals solid melee damage, and can eliminate enemies at range with magic damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Watchdog's Staff & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm, Green Turtle Talisman & Claw Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Sorcery of the Crozier
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength and/or Golden Vow

The way this Build works is that you'll use Jump Attacks and regular attacks with the Watchdog's Staff to defeat enemies or break their Stance and then Critically Strike them. You'll have high Physical Strike Damage with this Build, which is one of the best damage types to have.

Additionally, you can use the weapon ability of the Watchdog's Staff to range down enemies with 100% Magic Damage. This gives you a ranged option that tracks enemies from a modest distance, and can be queued up over and over. This can allow you to defeat some enemies that are too difficult to hit with your slow swinging Watchdog's Staff. This ability doesn't scale with any Attribute, so it's difficult to raise it's damage.

Sorcery of the Crozier is also good at thinning out enemies so that you don't have to take on many at once. The bane of most slow swinging weapons is multiple enemies, and this ability gives you the tool to handle that situation.

(Patch 1.07 slightly decrease the status build up of dual wielded weapons.)

Elden Ring Venomous Bloodblade Build (Level 150)

A Quality Build that uses Bleed and Poison to boost Attack Power extremely high while dual wielding Curved Swords.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Scavenger's Curved Sword & Bandit's Curved Sword (if you can get a second Scavenger's Curved Sword from someone that would be better)
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask or Mushroom Crown & any that allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia, Kindred of Rot's Exultation & Lord of Blood's Exultation
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Poisonous Mist & Seppuku
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll typically buff your left-hand weapon with Seppuku to increase its Bleed build up and damage and to trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation. Then you'll lead most fights with Poisonous Mist in order to set Poisoned to also boost your Attack Power by 30% thanks to the Mushroom Crown and Kindred of Rot's Exultation. 

You'll then swing repeatedly with L1, blending enemies down quickly to trigger both Millicent's Prosthesis and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia to further increase your Attack Power, giving you an Attack Rating of well over 1k with each Curved Sword. This allows you to attack rapidly with very high damage, with the occasional Hemorrhage proc, and while the enemy remains Poisoned.

If enemies are immune to Poisoned and Bleed, you can still trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation repeatedly with Seppuku as necessary and you can use the Raw Meat Dumpling to set Poisoned on yourself to gain Kindred of Rot's Exultation's buff.

Elden Ring Gravity God Build (Level 150)

A melee build that uses a ranged weapon ability to stagger and deal fantastic damage while remaining safely.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Fallingstar Beast Jaw & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Okina Mask, Raptor's Black Feathers, and any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Ritual Sword Talisman, Carian Filigreed Crest, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Gravity Bolt
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you travel around using Gravity Bolt at will to destroy enemies before they can even attack you once. Because Gravity Bolt staggers most enemies in one cast, even if it doesn't kill them it will often disable them preventing them from reaching you.

Gravity Bolt does mostly Physical Damage, which is great against just about every enemy type in the game, and the stagger it provides allows you to stun lock many difficult enemies and Bosses repeatedly from a safe distance.

You can also deal good Jump Attack damage with this Build because it is a Colossal Weapon and because of Raptor's Black Feathers. If you want even more Jump Attack damage you can replace Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman with Claw Talisman.

Elden Ring Blasphemous Herald Build (Level 150)

A melee build that uses Jump Attacks and the Blasphemous Blade to demolish enemies point blank and at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Blasphemous Blade, Gargoyle's Blackblade, Gargoyle's Greatsword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers and any other Armor that allows medium rolling
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal, Claw Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Taker's Flame, Corpse Wax Cutter, Flaming Strike & Sacred Order
• Spells: Golden Vow , Blessing of the Erdtree, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Lightning Spear, Black Flame & Stone of Gurranq

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you'll use Jump Attacks to destroy enemies with Blasphemous Blade in the right hand and Gargoyle's Greatsword in the left. You'll swap the damage type of the Gargoyle's Greatsword to Flame Art with Flaming Strike, when using Blasphemous Blade. 

You'll swap to Gargoyle's Blackblade when Fire Damage is resisted to give you Holy Damage, and you'll change the Affinity on the Gargoyle's Greatsword to Sacred with the Sacred Order Ash of War. You'll swap back and forth as necessary.

Taker's Flame and Corpse Wax Cutter work nearly identically, allowing you to interchange these weapons without having to learn a new style of play. And Jump Attacks are deadly with Raptor's Black Feathers and Claw Talisman.

Clawmark Seal also allows you to cast Incantations with decent Scaling in a pinch, though you won't lean on them as you'll do way more damage with Jump Attacks and Taker's Flame/Corpse Wax Cutter.

Elden Ring Royal Knight Build (Level 150)

A Strength/Intelligence Build that uses the Royal Greatsword and Clayman's Harpoon to set Frostbite and destroy enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Royal Greatsword & Clayman's Harpoon
• Shield: Eclipse Greatshield
• Armor: Haima Glintstone Crown & any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Radagon's Soreseal, Great-Jar's Arsenal & Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Wolf's Assault & Ice Spear
• Spells: Scholar's Shield (optional)

The way this Build works is that you'll swap between using the Royal Greatsword and Clayman's Harpoon depending on the circumstances, while Blocking with your Eclipse Greatshield and using Guard Counters for massive damage and Critical Attacks.

Wolf's Assault does devastating damage if you can land the first hit, and the AoE will often one shot groups of enemies, and both of these hits build up Frostbite, though the normal weapon attacks of the Royal Greatsword do not.

You can swap to the Clayman's Harpoon, using the Cold version for better Strength scaling, and to help set the Frostbite status effect more easily. You'll use Ice Spear with it to range enemies when needed, using to Stance Break enemies by filling their stagger meter now and then.

You can buff with Scholar's Shield if you want to equip a staff, which further boosts the Guard Boost and damage negation of your Shield, making you damn near invincible while Blocking. Keep in mind you can use Clayman's Harpoon to Block and attack at the same time, so it's a good strategy against enemies you are having a hard time with.

Elden Ring Colossal Crusher Build (Level 150)

A pure Strength based Build that uses a giant hammer to pummel enemies into the ground.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Giant-Crusher & Highland Axe
• Shield: None
• Armor: Bull-Goat Set or other high Poise Armor
• Talismans: Roar Medallion, Shard of Alexander, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Assassin's Crimson Dagger
• Primary Stats: Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Troll's Roar
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll run around using the Troll's Roar Ash of War to stagger enemies and then follow up with a Critical Attack finishing them off in a matter of seconds. Troll's Roar has a rather long cast time, making it challenging to pull off most of the time, except that you will have high Poise Armor so you will be able to pull this off even if hit.

Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, and Assassin's Crimson Dagger will replenish the cost of Troll's Roar, and replenish any HP you are missing if you get hit while casting it. Colossal Weapons trigger both of these Talismans twice when doing a Critical Attack, making them twice as effective.

When facing Bosses I highly recommend swapping out these two Talismans for Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman and Green Turtle Talisman because you won't be doing as many Critical Strikes. This will give you more protection and more Stamina Recovery, which are needed in longer fights. Remember to use the follow up attack when using Troll's Roar to deal even more damage, and to stagger enemies that don't stagger from the roar itself.

Elden Ring Bloody Bowman Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Strength Build that uses the Black Bow to unleash a Barrage of Blood and Poison Arrows at enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Black Bow
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask, any Light Armor
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Spear Talisman (or Lord of Blood's Exultation)
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor 
• Skills: Barrage
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the Black Bow to range down enemies. Based on what enemies you are facing, you'll use regular Arrows for trash enemies, or enemies that you won't get much out of triggering Hemorrhage or Poison on because they'll be dead too quickly. Stock up on these, as you can purchase about 700 of them for 7k Runes or so.

You'll use Serpent Arrows and Bloodbone Arrows (Fletched) to deal with tough enemies and Bosses. Using the Barrage ability of Black Bow will allows you to set these Statuses very easily through rapid attacks, but will also deal decent damage in their own right.

Save the Bloodbone Arrows for Bosses because of the three types they are the only ones that are crafted, making them a bit more difficult to get, though it's not incredibly hard at this stage. Note that making the Fletched version is ideal, because it increases the Range of these Arrows. When arrows lands outside of their range they deal reduced damage, so having better Range keeps your damage higher.

Elden Ring Flame Dancer Build (Level 150)

A Strength/Faith Build that uses the Whip: Giant's Red Braid to great effect, while also slinging Fire Spells.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Giant's Red Braid & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Any Greatshield
• Armor: Any Armor that has high Poise.
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Flame Dance
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow, Black Flame, Black Flame Ritual, Flame, Fall Upon Them

The way this Build works is that you'll be wielding a Greatshield in order to Block Counter with your Whip. Whips have very long range so you can hit enemies easily with Block Counters, and you'll have a bigger opening due to the Greatshield. Note that you won't stagger enemies on one Block Counter with a Whip, but Whips cannot deal Critical Hits anyway, so this is not so important.

Giant's Red Braid scales with Strength and Faith, making it a good candidate for a Greatshield, but also for the Clawmark Seal that increases in damage with both of these Stats. This allows you to use Incantations effectively, though not as effectively as a pure Incantation build. Still it gives you ranged options like Black Flame, which is very helpful.

Flame Dance is your AoE spell that obliterates packs of enemies and causes them to flinch on each hit. The downside is that it is easily interrupted, which is why high Poise armor is a must. Use this on tough enemies that can be flinched with each hit, or on large groups. Don't use it much on bosses, as you tend to get hit out of it before you can hit all 5x.

Buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength as needed to further boost your damage.

Elden Ring Inquisitor Build (Level 150)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that focuses on the use of the Ghiza's Wheel Colossal Weapon for optimal damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Ghiza's Wheel
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still medium roll
• Talismans: Axe Talisman, Lord of Blood's Exultation, Claw Talisman & Millicent's Prosthesis
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Vigor
• Skills: Contagious Fury
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the one-handed R2 and one-handed charged R2 attacks of Ghiza's Wheel to take advantage of Axe Talisman, and to give you hyper armor, but most importantly to hit multiple times as the wheel spins when it lands. If you two-hand this weapon then it spins behind you instead of in front of you, so it's important to one-hand it and use these R2 attacks, because R1s don't make the wheel spin.

Spinning Wheel does not trigger Hemorrhage easily, and does not trigger Winged Sword Insignia or Millicent's Prosthesis, so it's not particularly useful for tough enemies so we don't use it often. Instead you'll use Jump Attack, buff with Contagious Fury to further boost your R2 damage, and use Charged R2s for even more damage and stagger.

When the wheel spins after an R2 or charged R2, you'll often trigger Hemorrhage in one attack, which will trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation and White Mask if you're using it. This boosts your Attack Power even higher, and you'll often trigger Millicent's Prosthesis at the same time, getting even higher attack rating.

Elden Black Blade Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength Faith Build that utilizes Maliketh's Black Blade and the Black Blade Incantation to optimal effects.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Maliketh's Black Blade & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Maliketh's Set or any Armor with high Poise
• Talismans: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Sacred Scorpion Charm & Claw Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Destined Death
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree & Black Blade

The Black Blade Build uses the Black Blade Incantation to open difficult fights, placing a -10% Max Health debuff on the enemy or Boss for a short time from range. This HP does not come back once this buff expires, so it's only necessary to use this once per fight, but you can use it again if you need a ranged option.

Ideally you want to use Destined Death from Maliketh's Black Blade immediately after this because Destined Death also applies a stacking -10% Max Health debuff. If both of these are applied at the same time, then the enemy or Boss loses 20% of their Max HP that doesn't come back. However, if you wait for one of these debuffs to expire before placing the other you will not get the extra 10% Max Health reduction. So time them close together for best results.

Use Golden Vow to boost your damage and defenses, and Blessing of the Erdtree to keep your HP topped off. You can add other Incantations if you want because you'll have decent Incantation Scaling with the Clawmark Seal since you prioritize Strength and Faith.

Use Jump Attacks on regular enemies, and remember that R1s and R2s with Maliketh's Black Blade have some hyper armor, allowing you to attack through other attacks most of the time.

Elden Carian Cavalier Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that uses a halberd to devastating results on horseback and on foot.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Loretta's War Sickle & any Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Royal Knight Set or any with high Poise
• Talismans: Bull-Goat's Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia or Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Loretta's Slash
• Spells: Freezing Mist

The way this Build works is that you'll use the very fast attacks of Loretta's War Sickle to melt enemies in one or two attacks, and Bosses in less than a minute. When you combine the fast attacks of the War Sickle with high Poise and Talismans like Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis you get very high DPS.

Casting Freezing Mist on a Boss first will debuff them and increase the damage you do to them before beginning your assault. I usually cast this an then try to keep them in the mist until Frostbite triggers and then go to town.

Halberds are exceptional on horseback because of their hitboxes and attack speed, so learn to fight from horseback when you can, and consider adding the Lance Talisman when doing so for even more damage.

Loretta's Slash is very situational, and this build is not setup to optimize its damage. However, it's great against enemies that hit hard since they can't stagger you out of it, allowing you to connect for damage 99% of the time. Trading damage is fine with this build since you have high protection.

Elden Godslayer Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity/Faith/Strength Build that focuses exclusively on the use of Godslayer's Greatsword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Godslayer's Greatsword & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor with high Poise, the higher the better.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Carian Filigreed Crest, Bull-Goat's Talisman, & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Skills: The Queen's Black Flame
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use The Queen's Black Flame to dispatch the toughest enemies and bosses in Elden Ring, while using R1 and R2 attacks on normal enemies. You'll buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength as necessary to further boost damage when needed.

The Queen's Black Flame has a rather long wind up making it hard to land without trading damage, which is why you will have high Poise from your Armor (over 100) ideally, which will allow you to shrug off even the hardest hitting attacks and still keep using this Skill. Remember that the Queen's Black Flame sets the Black Flame status effect, which deals damage based on the Max HP of the target. This makes it more effective against Bosses with high HP, particularly in co op or NG+.

Elden Ring Starscourge Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength Build that uses the Starscourge Greatsword and its devastating weapon skill: Starcaller Cry.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Starscourge Greatsword & Sacrificial Axe
• Shield: None
• Armor: General Radahn Set
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Shard of Alexander, Great-Jar's Arsenal & Millicent's Prosthesis
• Primary Stats: Strength & Endurance
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Starcaller Cry
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use Sacrificial Axe in your offhand and Starscourge Greatsword in your right. When you dual wield the Starscourge Greatsword, since it's a paired weapon, you will still technically have the Axe equipped, which will provide you 4 FP every time you kill an enemy. This allows you to use Starcaller Cry more liberally, which is great.

Starcaller Cry should be used on large groups of enemies since it has a huge AoE radius, and can often one shot weaker enemies. Make sure you use the follow up attack to finish off tougher to kill enemies, since it does far more damage than the cry itself.

Jump Attacks can be used on lone enemies or on Bosses that you struggle to perform Starcaller Cry against. Remember to start the cry when bosses are just on the edge of the AoE to give you time to pull off the follow up attack without being interrupted. Your armor does have good Poise, but some bosses hit really hard.

Elden Ring Drake Knight Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Faith Build that focuses on the use of the Magma Wyrm's Scalesword and its weapon skill Magma Guillotine.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Magma Wyrm's Scalesword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Fire Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Magma Guillotine
• Spells: Golden Vow, & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use Magma Guillotine on hard to kill enemies and bosses, leaping into them and dealing very high burst damage, with even more damage from the follow up attack if you can get it off.

You'll use Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength for extra damage before Boss fights begin so that you can defeat them even faster. You can add other spells to this build since you use the Clawmark Seal, but those are up to you.

Elden Ring Black Arrow Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Bow Build that focuses on the use of the Black Bow to take down enemies and bosses at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, few FP
• Weapon: Black Bow & any Seal that weighs nothing
• Shield: None
• Armor: Little or no Armor
• Talismans: Old Lord's Talisman, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Shard of Alexander (or Ritual Sword Talisman) & Blue Dancer Charm
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Faith
• Skills: Barrage
• Spells: Golden Vow, and Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and use Barrage against hard to kill enemies, otherwise you'll jump shoot and land shoot enemies or roll shoot them with your Bow, since Black Bow operates like a Shortbow, allowing you to do this.

Flame, Grant Me Strength is useful when you need even more damage. You do 100% physical damage with this build, so this really helps out, and the Old Lord's Talisman helps extend the duration so you don't have to rebuff so quickly.

Blue Dancer Charm gives you a decent amount of damage with this build as long as you can keep your equip load low.

Elden Ring Elden Lord Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that uses Axe of Godfrey and its weapon skill Regal Roar to pancake foes.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Axe of Godfrey & Highland Axe
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Roar Medallion, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Axe Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Regal Roar
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use Regal Roar on a tough enemy or group of enemies in order to knock them into the air, dealing substantial damage while also changing your R2 and charged R2 attacks and buffing your damage. Roar Medallion and Highland Axe both buff your Roar and follow up attack damage.

You'll then proceed to attack with R2s and charged R2s to pound enemies to death quickly, trading damage as necessary, since you'll win every trade. You can rebuff with Regal Roar as necessary, making sure to use it when bosses are just walking into the edge of it, which should give you time to cast it and follow up with R2 without getting hit more than once, so you aren't staggered.

Elden Ring Dragonscale Daimyo Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A melee build that focuses on the use of Dragonscale Blade and its weapon skill: Ice Lightning Sword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Dragonscale Blade & Uchigatana
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Ice Lightning Sword & Flaming Strike
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll buff your Fire Uchigatana with Flaming Strike and then use Ice Lightning Sword on an enemy or boss in order to deal some damage while also adding Lightning Damage to your Dragonscale Blade, as well as adding Frostbite build up to its attacks. This will allow you very high damage with repeated strikes while dual wielding.

Or you can use the Jellyfish Shield in your left hand instead of the Fire Uchigatana, which will allow you to use Ice Lightning Sword while two-handing, buffing your weapon, and then swapping to one hand and using Contagious Fury on the Shield to get even more damage. You can reach over 900 Attack Power this way, which is deadly.

Elden Ring Crucible Knight Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Faith Build that uses the Ordovis' Greatsword and Aspect of the Crucible Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Ordovis' Greatsword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Crucible Axe Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, Flock's Canvas Talisman, and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Ordovis' Vortex
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Aspects of the Crucible: Tail, Aspects of the Crucible: Horns, Aspects of the Crucible: Breath

The way this Build works is that you'll use Ordovis' Vortex on Bosses and difficult enemies in order to defeat them quickly. The charged version of this weapon skill has HUGE stagger potential and usually two casts of this will drop a Boss if they aren't dead by then.

Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength are used to buff your damage with your attacks, weapon skill and Spells since they all deal physical damage or fire damage.

Apsects of the Crucible: Tail is a great AoE that can trigger Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, unlike Ordovis' Vortex, so is best used on packs of enemies to ramp up your Attack Power. Aspects of the Crucible: Horns is great on tough opponents when you are 1 on 1. It can stagger them easily, particularly when charged, and deals decent damage. It's also a great gap closer to get back in melee range. Aspects of the Crucible: Breath is great against enemies weak to fire or against enemies that can be stunlocked by it.

Elden Ring Grim Reaper Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Arcane build that uses a Reaper and the Stormcaller Ash of War to shred enemies in seconds.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP
• Weapon: Grave Scythe & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask and and the heaviest Armor that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Lord of Blood's Exultation and Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Stormcaller
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade, Poison Armament, Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Poison Mist and Swarm of Flies

The way this Build works is that you'll buff your Scythe with Bloodflame Blade and use Stormcaller to rapidly strike enemies or Bosses for high damage and decent Bleed Build Up. The Grave Scythe has native Bleed Build Up on hit, and when combined with Bloodflame Blade, this only becomes more effective.

Stormcaller allows you to hit many many times in rapid succession, charging up your Rotten Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis talismans, while also triggering White Mask and Lord of Blood's Exultation. This results in insane Attack Power, particularly when buffed with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength, where you can reach over 2500!

Poison Armament and Poison Mist are useful against Bleed Immune enemies, providing you an option in these cases. You can also use Mushroom Crown and Kindred of Rot's Exultation in these cases to keep your Attack Power high.

Elden Ring Perfect Paladin Build (All Levels)

A Strength/Faith Build that focuses on the use of Block Counters and buffs to slash enemies to pieces.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Miquellan Knight's Sword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Haligtree Crest Greatshield
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Set and Greathelm
• Talismans: Bull-Goat's Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Curved Sword Talisman & Sacred Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Strength & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Sacred Blade
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Blessing of the Erdtree

The way this Build works is that you'll use Golden Vow to buff your defense and damage, and then use your Greatshield to Block enemy attacks, following up with a Block Counter when necessary, staggering enemies and often giving you a free attack if you don't kill them outright.

Sacred Blade is exceptional since patch 1.07 and using it point blank will both deal damage with the weapon and the holy wave, making it deadly up close. It also buffs your weapon for more damage and for longer, allowing you to get more out of it even after you've used it. Use this periodically to rebuff your weapon and when you need a ranged attack.

Flame, Grant Me Strength and Blessing of the Erdtree are really reserved for Boss fights where you need a little extra. It would be a hassle to buff with them both and Golden Vow constantly, not to mention they would be a huge drain on FP, so only use them when you really need them.

Elden Ring Blazing Executioner Build (ALL Levels)

A Strength Build that focuses on the use of the Crescent Moon Axe and the Flaming Strike Ash of War.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Crescent Moon Axe
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raging Wolf Set & Blaidd's Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Claw Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, & Axe Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Flaming Strike
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use Flaming Strike to buff your Fire Crescent Moon Axe and than use the R2 and Charged R2 attacks to sweep multiple enemies, and Jump Attacks to take on single enemies. R1 spam can be used on hard to kill enemies to keep them staggered as well.

Flaming Strike is exceptional in this build because it will increase your already high damage, but will deal Fire Damage and allow for a follow up attack that deals decent damage. Don't forget that you can just use Flaming Strike without the follow up for easy to kill enemies to save on FP.

Elden Ring Haima Hoplite Build (All Game)

Haima Hoplite is based on Strength and Intelligence stat attributes to utilize the Clayman's Harpoon's Physical and Magic damage. Paired with the Impaling Thrust and Repeating Thrust Ashes of War, this build can stance-break targets or even burst down bosses with highly damaging repeating thrusts.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Clayman's Harpoon, Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: Cuckoo Greatshield
• Armor: Cuckoo Knight Helm, Blaidd's Armor, Cuckoo Knight Gauntlets, Cuckoo Knight Greaves or any armor with high protection and 51+ Poise
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Curved Sword Talisman, Spear Talisman, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia & more suggested talismans in the video.
• Primary Stats: Vigor, Strength & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Repeating Thrust, Impaling Thrust
• Spells: Terra Magica, Scholar's Armament

The Haima Hoplite build is a Strength and Intelligence build that relies on a Clayman's Harpoon to deal damage to targets. Its uncommon weapon damage type which can deal with physical and magic damage simultaneously opens up interesting setups such as utilizing Scholar's Armaments for more damage. The Ashes of War for this build is the Repeating Thrust, which can deal high DPS to any target in conjunction with Scholar's Armament. While the Impaling Thrust Ashes of War can break the enemy's stance easily and deal even more damage when doing critical strikes.

The main focus of this build is the Clayman's Harpoon. As mentioned, the user will rely on its physical and magic damage when dealing damage to targets. Using the Academy Glintstone Staff will let the user buff the Clayman Harpoon's Magic Damage by imbuing the weapon with Scholar's Armament. In this manner, Clayman Harpoon's repeating thrust can easily score high damage numbers due to added damage from the Scholar Armament.

When fighting bosses, it is suggested to switch to Impaling Thrust Ashes of War to quickly break the target's stance and be open from Critical Strikes. This Ashes of War also can help the Clayman Harpoon Penetrate shielded enemies with ease. Experiment with both Ashes of War to gain the best results, depending on the type of targets that the user will encounter.

This build explores the following talismans, Shard of Alexander for further damage increase overall, Curved Sword Talisman to increase the guard counter damage of this build since it is an option to take advantage of Guard Counters with this build, Spear Talisman for more Spear counter damage, especially this build tank enemy hits and then counter it spear strikes, and lastly, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia for more damage output especially when using the Repeating Thrust. More suggested Talisman alternatives were provided in the video.

On the other hand, since the user is provided with a shield, guard counters are a suggested strategy when dealing with regular enemies. This build is tanky enough to trade blows so use the Repeating Thrust often to take advantage of the Spear Talisman's added counter damage.

Elden Ring Coldstorm Cleric Build (All Game)

Coldstorm Cleric is a build that makes use of a Flail, such as a Chainlink Flail, and its high damage. This is paired with the Stormcaller Ash of War to increase Bloodloss build-up as well as Frostbite once you use the Cold infusion maximizing damage output and the chance to stagger opponents.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Equal Charges
• Weapon: Chainlink Flail
• Shield: Cuckoo Greatshield or any Greatshield
• Armor: Marais Mask, Noble's Traveling Garb, Scaled Gauntlets, Scaled Greaves
• Talismans: Bull-goat's Talisman, Warrior Jar Shard or Shard of Alexander, Millicent's Prosthesis, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Curved Sword Talisman, Dagger Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger
• Primary Stats: Vigor, and Strength
• Secondary Stats: Mind, Endurance, and Faith
• Skills: Stormcaller
• Seal: Clawmark Seal or any Seal
• Spells: Fire's Deadly Sin
• Great Runes: Godrick's Great Rune, Radahn's Great Rune

Coldstorm Cleric is a build that makes use of a Flail, such as a Chainlink Flail, and its high damage and Strength scaling. This is paired with the Stormcaller Ash of War to increase Bloodloss build-up, maximizing damage output and the chance to stagger opponents. This build does heavy damage to targets, but it also builds up Frostbite once you add the cold infusion, and blood loss maximizing your damage output.

This build is also paired with the Fire's Deadly Sin Incantation, to continuously retrigger the Frostbite Status Effect since it is a continuous source of fire damage it can reliably reset the Frostbite status effect on enemies for build that inflicts frostbite rapidly.

This build explores the following talismans, the Warrior Jar Shard or Shard of Alexander to increase Stormcaller damage, other Talismans you can consider have also been added to the list, 

Overall, this build utilizes each equipment piece to increase damage output enhance to reusability of the Stormcaller skill, and continuously cause a Status Effect build-up on opponents to further maximize their damage intake. Other equipment pieces you can carry should typically increase the damage of your build. When finally implementing this build, wait for an opening before finally mashing L2 to trigger the Stormcaller skill, getting in a number of hits that would build Frostbite, Hemorrhage, and build your attack power which could work all together to stagger your opponent and give you a chance to continuously repeat the process and melt away opponent HP. 

Elden Ring Scarlet Spear Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity Build that focuses on the use of dual spears and the Scarlet Rot and Poison status effects.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: All HP
• Weapon: Rotten Crystal Spear x2
• Shield: Coil Shield
• Armor: Redmane Knight Set or any armor with high protection and 51+ Poise
• Talismans: Kindred of Rot's Exultation, Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis & Spear Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Charge Forth & Viper Bite
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use dual wield two Rotten Crystal Spears to not only apply Scarlet Rot, but also build up your Attack Power quickly via very fast L1 attacks thanks to the Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis. Dual Spear attacks are some of the fastest in Elden Ring, and they attack faster than many R1 attacks of other weapons.

Additionally, Spears deal Thrust Damage which deals increased damage to enemies in the forward motion of their attack (called Counter Damage). This allows you to shell out some incredible damage when your Attack Power is buffed if you can trade blows with Bosses, particularly because we have the Spear Talisman slotted which further increases this damage.

Coil Shield can trigger Deadly Poison (a stronger form of Poison) on Bosses easily with one use, or two at most, triggering your Kindred of Rot's Exultation at the beginning of the fight, allowing you to have buffed Attack Power from the very beginning all while the Boss takes damage over time. 

Elden Ring Frost Paladin Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A quality build that uses the Zamor Curved Sword to deal both Physical and Magic Damage, as well as trigger Frostbite on enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Zamor Curved Sword & Clawmark Seal
• Shield: Kite Shield or any Shield
• Armor: Fingerprint Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm, Curved Sword Talisman & Assassin's Cerulean Dagger
• Primary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Skills: Zamor Ice Storm
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon, Heal & any other buffs you like

The way this Build works is that you'll use the Zamor Curved Sword and its weapon skill Zamor Ice Storm to devastating effect. Zamor Ice Storm deals exclusively Magic Damage and sets Frostbite, despite the weapon having no Magic Damage itself, nor any Intelligence scaling. However, it deals very high damage, particularly when boosted by Shard of Alexander and Magic Scorpion Charm.

Because you don't need to focus on your damaging stats (STR and DEX) as much, because they don't boost the damage of Zamor Ice Storm, this allows you to drop points into Faith to pick up other buffs like Golden Vow, which will further boosts you Zamor Ice Storm damage, which is great.

You can also do Block Counter relatively well with this Build due to the Curved Sword Talisman, and because you have Assassin's Cerulean Dagger slotted you can refund FP when you Critical Strike after a Block Counter, allowing you to use Zamor Ice Storm more easily.

Elden Ring Supreme Samurai Build (All Game)

A pure DEX Build that uses the Nagakiba and Grease to have the best damage for any situation, coupled with extremely high mobility.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Nagakiba
• Shield: None
• Armor: Nox Swordstress Armor, White Reed Gauntlets, Ronin's Greaves, Iron Kasa
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, " target="">Great-Jars Arsenal, & Bull-Goat's Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Unsheathe
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll focus on using Unsheathe during difficult encounters or during 1v1 type situations. The R1 attack is much faster than the R2, but deals less Stance damage and is ideal for situations where you don't know what the enemy is going to do, since it comes out faster than the R2 attack.

The R2 attack is used to deal more damage when you can predict the attack, but also when you are trying to Stance-break an enemy or boss. Repeated attacks with the R2 can Stance-break most Bosses in 3 hits, not unlike Moonveil, allowing you to get free attacks or a Critical Attack.

You can use different Greases depending on the boss or enemy you are facing. For example, Blood Grease works exceptionally well since the weapon already has native bleed build up on it, allowing you to trigger Hemorrhage much more easily. Make sure to craft and use Greases on harder to defeat enemies and bosses.

Elden Ring Bloodhound Build (All Levels)

A Dexterity Build that focuses on the use of the Bloodhound's Fang and its weapon skill Bloodhound's Finesse.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Bloodhound's Fang
• Shield: None
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers & any armor that adds up to 51 Poise with the Bull-Goat's Talisman equipped
• Talismans: Bull-Goat's Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Claw Talisman and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Strength
• Skills: Bloodhound's Finesse
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use Bloodhound's Fang from almost the beginning the game, essentially after you defeat Bloodhound Knight Darriwil, which should be first thing. You should two-hand it and lean into its weapon skill: Bloodhound's Finesse as much as possible.

Bloodhound's Finesse gives you some i-frames during its initial attack animation, and some again when you dash forward and strike if you use the follow up attack. Practice using this ability early on in the game so that you learn these timings, and this will help you use this skill later on without getting hit while simultaneously dealing damage.

Utilize jump attacks with this build when you can as well since the Bloodhound's Fang has a higher Jump Attack Damage multiplier than other Curved Greatswords and also because you'll be wearing Raptor's Black Feathers and Claw Talisman, both further boost Jump Attack Damage. This gets even better in Journey 2 if you get a second Bloodhound's Fang!

Try not to focus on the Bleed Build Up of this weapon, since enemies will usually die before it triggers 9 out of 10 times, but you might be well off to use Blood Grease during Boss fights or other Greases to further boost your damage, so make sure to do this!

Elden Ring Samurai Build (Beginner)

A mix of ranged and melee combat, as well as mounted that makes you feel like a proper Samurai while playing Elden Ring, and is wickedly effective.

• Class: Samurai
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP and 1 or 2 FP
• Weapon: Uchigatana and Longbow
• Shield: None
• Armor: Land of Reeds Set
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Mind
• Skills: Ash of War: Unsheathe & Ash of War: Mighty Shot
• Spells: None

This Build plays just like a Samurai by picking off targets with your Long Bow, using Mighty Shot to deal increased damage when needed. Swapping to Uchigatana when enemies close the distance to you, using Unsheathe to deal incredible damage. Unsheathe is not only fast, it deals high damage, and gap closes all in one rapid motion for minimal FP cost. Learn to roll back and then use Unsheathe in one movement.

Elden Ring Moonveil Samurai Build (Level 50)

A melee-mage Build that uses Transient Moonlight to stagger enemies and deal critical damage.

• Class: Prisoner or Samurai
• Flask Spread: Slightly more HP than FP
• Weapon: Moonveil
• Shield: None
• Armor: Land of Reeds Set
• Primary Stats: Intelligence &Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity
• Skills: Transient Moonlight
• Spells: Loretta's Greatbow, Glintstone Pebble and Carian Greatsword

The way this Build works is that you use Transient Moonlight with R2 instead of R1 to stagger enemies and then critically strike them. Using the Assassin's Cerulean Dagger and Carian Filigreed Crest recovers the cost of using Transient Moonlight so that you never run out of FP.

Use Loretta's Greatbow to take out difficult enemies at range, and use Glintstone Pebble to do the same when they aren't quite as far away.

Carian Greatsword is used to AoE enemies that are grouped up, and is benefited by Radagon Icon.

Elden Ring Bloodblade Build (Beginner)

A Bleed-focused Build that uses the Bleed Status Effect to continuously rip off huge chunks of enemy health via dual blades.

• Class: Warrior
• Flask Spread: All HP
• Weapon: Scimitar x2
• Shield: Any that can Parry
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still Med Roll
• Primary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity & Arcane
• Skills: Ash of War: Bloody Slash x2
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you slot the Ash of War: Bloody Slash on to both Scimitars so that when you strike with both weapons via L1 you build up Bleed faster. To do this you will need a Lost Ashes of War and you'll need to Duplicate it at Blacksmith Hewg.

Focus on using running and jumping L1 attacks as these do 4 hits very quickly, as opposed to just L1 by itself which does 2 or rolling L1 which does 3. 

Keep in mind enemy Bleed bars are not visible, but they drain just like players, meaning you must strike repeatedly and often or you won't rip off chunks of HP via Bleed. Enemies also seem to have increased resistance with each subsequent Bleed, so it will take more and more strikes the more you set this Status.

Play aggressively, but make sure not to get yourself killed going for the Bleed proc. Wear the heaviest Armor you can and still mid roll, so that if you do get hit, it deals the least amount of damage possible.

Use Bloody Slash when necessary, but it's situational. It's long cast time makes it hard to use, even if it's damage is incredibly high.

Elden Ring Build: Blazing Bushido Build (Level 100)

A Samurai Build that uses the Nagakiba and a Greatbow to take on enemies at range or in close combat.

• Class: Samurai
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Nagakiba, Greatbow, Finger Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any that still allows med roll
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Unsheathe & Rain of Arrows
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll put Unsheathe on your Nagakiba and select the Quality Affinity to get B/B Scaling out of both Strength and Dexterity. The Greatbow has D/D Scaling with these so it makes sense to pump both for max damage with the Nagakiba and Greatbow. Additionally, keeping the Nagakiba only Physical Damage, will allow you to buff it with Bloodflame Blade.

You'll use Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff your Physical and Fire Damage by 20%, which applies to your Bow attacks as well as your Bloodflame Blade, which is excellent. It has short duration so you'll likely use it far more outside of combat than once it has begun.

Bloodflame Blade applies 40% of your Incantation Scaling to your Weapon as Fire Damage for 60 seconds, and also makes Bleed Build Up last a second or so after you stop swinging, allowing you to set Bleeding more easily on enemies, as their Bleed Bar doesn't deplete as quickly. It has a faster cast time, and you can pull it off in combat with some practice if you need to reapply it.

Elden Ring Thundering Swordspear Build (Level 100)

A melee focused build that uses Lighting to strike enemies at range, and to boost damage in melee.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Guardian's Swordspear & Finger Seal
• Shield: Banished Knight's Shield or Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Great Helm, Tree Coat, Chain Gloves, Chain Greaves
• Talismans: Lightning Scorpion Charm, Radagon's Soreseal, Green Turtle Talisman & Dragoncrest Shield Talisman +1
• Primary Stats: Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Thunderbolt
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Electrify Armament, and Blessing's Boon

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you make your way around the game, one shotting most easy enemies with Thunderbolt from range, or even tough enemies as necessary. Thunderbolt scales off of base weapon damage and Dexterity scaling, and this is why we chose the Guardian's Swordspear. It has very high base damage and A scaling in Dexterity, and doesn't require much Strength investment.

You can dispatch any in melee if they approach you due to your high Attack Rating, and you can Block with your Shield as necessary. I do advise against Block Countering with this Weapon though as it is slow and will likely get you hit.

Cast Flame, Grant Me Strength when you need extra damage like in a Boss fight or before a tough enemy, and the same with Electrify Armament. Both will boost your melee damage, but not Thunderbolt.

Blessing's Boon can help keep your HP topped off, which is good, especially if you decide to use the Ritual Sword Talisman for extra Thunderbolt Damage, since you need to be at max HP for this to work.

Elden Ring Sanguine Samurai Build (Level 150)

An Dexterity/Arcane Build that uses the Rivers of Blood Katana to devastating effect.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Rivers of Blood, Sacrificial Axe, and Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask or Okina Mask, and any armor that allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Carian Filigreed Crest, Shard of Alexander, and Green Turtle Talisman
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Corpse Piler
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you will carry Rivers of Blood in your right hand, and use Sacrificial Axe and Dragon Communion Seal in your left. Sacrificial Axe will give you 4 FP, even when you don't meet the requirements for it, every time you kill an enemy as long  as it's in your left hand. 

You'll use Rivers of Blood as your "default" attack, because we reduce the cost of it via Carian Filigreed Crest, and give you FP back with Sacrificial Axe. This combined with 30 or so Mind allows you to pretty much use it at will, as long as you have a few FP flasks.

You can buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength when you're heading into a Boss fight or a difficult enemy because Rivers of Blood does both Physical and Fire Damage, benefitting immensely from this Incantation. You can add others as well since you'll have fairly good Incantation Scaling thanks to the Dragon Communion Seal and high Arcane, but these are optional.

If you manage to acquire Millicent's Prosthesis and Rotten Sword Insignia you can actually use both, but you will need someone to drop you one or the other.

Elden Ring Venomous Bloodblade Build (Level 150)

A Quality Build that uses Bleed and Poison to boost Attack Power extremely high while dual wielding Curved Swords.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Scavenger's Curved Sword & Bandit's Curved Sword (if you can get a second Scavenger's Curved Sword from someone that would be better)
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask or Mushroom Crown & any that allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia, Kindred of Rot's Exultation & Lord of Blood's Exultation
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Poisonous Mist & Seppuku
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll typically buff your left-hand weapon with Seppuku to increase its Bleed build up and damage and to trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation. Then you'll lead most fights with Poisonous Mist in order to set Poisoned to also boost your Attack Power by 30% thanks to the Mushroom Crown and Kindred of Rot's Exultation. 

You'll then swing repeatedly with L1, blending enemies down quickly to trigger both Millicent's Prosthesis and Rotten Winged Sword Insignia to further increase your Attack Power, giving you an Attack Rating of well over 1k with each Curved Sword. This allows you to attack rapidly with very high damage, with the occasional Hemorrhage proc, and while the enemy remains Poisoned.

If enemies are immune to Poisoned and Bleed, you can still trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation repeatedly with Seppuku as necessary and you can use the Raw Meat Dumpling to set Poisoned on yourself to gain Kindred of Rot's Exultation's buff.

Elden Ring Gravity God Build (Level 150)

A melee build that uses a ranged weapon ability to stagger and deal fantastic damage while remaining safely.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Fallingstar Beast Jaw & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Okina Mask, Raptor's Black Feathers, and any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Ritual Sword Talisman, Carian Filigreed Crest, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Gravity Bolt
• Spells: Golden Vow & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow as you travel around using Gravity Bolt at will to destroy enemies before they can even attack you once. Because Gravity Bolt staggers most enemies in one cast, even if it doesn't kill them it will often disable them preventing them from reaching you.

Gravity Bolt does mostly Physical Damage, which is great against just about every enemy type in the game, and the stagger it provides allows you to stun lock many difficult enemies and Bosses repeatedly from a safe distance.

You can also deal good Jump Attack damage with this Build because it is a Colossal Weapon and because of Raptor's Black Feathers. If you want even more Jump Attack damage you can replace Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman with Claw Talisman.

Elden Ring Lightning Dragoon Build (Level 150)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) melee build that uses the Bolt of Gransax and a Greatshield to electrifying effect

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Bolt of Gransax & Cleanrot Spear or Treespear
• Shield: Golden Greatshield
• Armor: Consort's Mask & Leyndell Knight Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Radagon's Soreseal, Ritual Sword Talisman & Carian Filigreed Crest
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Endurance
• Skills: Ancient Lightning Spear & Sacred Phalanx
• Spells: Golden Vow , Blessing of the Erdtree, & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and you'll Block Counter as necessary. You'll use Bolt of Gransax as your primary weapon, dealing Physical and Lightning Damage, only swapping to Cleanrot Spear or Treespear when enemies resist Lighting Damage. Since you're using a Shield and Spear you can Block and attack at the same time, protecting yourself from attacks while also dealing damage.

You'll use Ancient Lightning Spear to pick off enemies at range as needed, particularly difficult enemies that can be killed quickly with it, or using it against Bosses when melee is not the best option. Ancient Lightning Spear hits much harder than the Lightning Spear Incantation, and costs about the same FP with this setup, and has much more range as well. You can charge it up for extra damage if you want, or just use it regularly when you don't have the spacing or time to do so.

This Build is a great blend of offense and defense because you can lead with Ancient Lightning Spear and then Block and attack or Block Counter for solid damage in melee when enemies get close. It's also very hard to kill because it can block very easily.

Elden Ring Blackflame Bushido Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses the Cross-Naginata to to set Hemorrhage and Black Flame on enemies in melee range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Cross-Naginata or Nagakiba & Godslayer's Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask & White Reed Set
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Radagon's Soreseal, Godfrey Icon & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Phantom Slash, Sword Dance or Double Slash
• Spells: Golden Vow, Black Flame, Bloodflame Blade, Black Flame Blade, Scouring Black Flame, Black Flame Ritual & Black Flame's Protection

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and you'll use Bloodflame Blade to help set Hemorrhage on most regular enemies, as it adds to the native bleeding of the Cross-Naginata or Nagakiba. You'll then use Phantom Slash if you're using Cross-Naginata or Sword Dance or Double Slash if you're using Nagakiba.

Phantom Slash applies Bloodflame Blade if you're buffed with it to its attacks, and what's great is that it will connect even if you get staggered during your own attack animation, allowing you to stagger enemies in many cases, and allowing you to recover and attack. You'll have to choose your openings a bit more carefully when using Sword Dance or Double Slash, but Sword Dance still has fantastic range.

Black Flame Blade is used on more difficult enemies, and since you have high Faith the damage it adds to your attacks is substantial, and this is in addition to the Black Flame damage over time it places on the enemy. 

Black Flame is great for range when you need it, and Scouring Black Flame is a good AoE that can hit multiple enemies and is good at mid range when enemies are aggressive, and Black Flame might miss. Black Flame Ritual is fantastic against aggressive or large enemies and it hits like a truck. I like to charge it for a larger radius, making it hit more effectively and increasing its damage due to Godfrey Icon. Black Flame's Protection stacks with Golden Vow and will make you very very hard to kill.

Elden Ring Golden Champion Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity-based tank build that can Block-Counter, Dual Wield and Parry all in one setup.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Ornamental Straight Sword & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: Banished Knight's Shield
• Armor: Banished Knight Set
• Talismans: Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Spear Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Golden Tempering & Golden Parry
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon and Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Tempering, increasing your Holy Damage and changing your R2 to a special flurry that hits repeatedly with both swords, even if only one is currently equipped. You can use Golden Vow as necessary as well to help with more difficult areas and bosses, 

Ornamental Straight Sword is actually a "paired weapon" allowing you to single hand or dual wield them by pressing Triangle + R1. They are the only Straight Swords in the game that are paired.

You'll use your Sword and Shield setup most of the time, using Golden Parry to Parry enemies from a safe distance, and using your charged R2 to hit enemies repeatedly. Some tough enemies or Bosses you'll go hyper aggressive, and dual wield swinging through enemy attacks to increase your damage as quickly as possible, building up your damage thanks to your Talismans.

Elden Ring Black Knife Assassin Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses dual Daggers to rapidly strike enemies and Bosses for high damage the further into combo chains you go.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Erdsteel Dagger x2, Black Knife & any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Black Knife Hood, Black Knife Armor, Fire Prelate Gauntlets & Fire Prelate Greaves
• Talismans: Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor 
• Skills: Blade of Death, Bloodhound's Step & Parry
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree and Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and then you'll use your L1 combos to stun lock most enemies, building up your Attack Power because of Millicent's Prosthesis and Winged Sword Insignia. You can use Bloodhound's Step to dodge easily, or you can use Quickstep if you find it difficult to use Bloodhound's Step.

Because you have high Poise from your Armor setup, and you because you'll be using the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, you can trade damage without being interrupted quite often, and you'll have very good protection. Golden Vow also provides you with some as well, so you can finish off your combos uninterrupted.

You can use Blessing of the Erdtree and Flame, Grant Me Strength to buff healing and damage for Boss fights. And you can use Blade of Death when you need a ranged option, because melee wouldn't work or work well. Parry is used when enemies cannot be stunlocked with repeated attacks, or when you cannot swing through attacks easily.

Elden Ring Serpent Samurai Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity Build that uses poison to great effect using the Serpentbone Blade and the Uchigatana.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Serpentbone Blade & Uchigatana (or Wakizashi)
• Shield: 
• Armor: Mushroom Crown & any high Poise Armor
• Talismans: Kindred of Rot's Exultation, Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia, & Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Double Slash, Poison Moth Flight & Parry
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll be dual wielding the Serpentbone Blade and Uchigatana (or Wakizashi) most of the time, using L1 for dual wield combos when you want, or L2 for Double Slash if you need it.

I like to single hand the Serpentbone Blade when facing difficult enemies that don't stagger easily in order to use the Charged R2 attacks, which usually stagger them in two uses, often finishing them off quickly. Because you have high Poise, you can often swing through at least one attack from them.

The idea is to set the Poison Status effect using a Poison infused Uchigatana and Serpentbone Blade to boost Attack Power, as well as striking repeatedly to boost Attack Power, to crank out high damage per strike.

Elden Ring Bloody Bowman Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Strength Build that uses the Black Bow to unleash a Barrage of Blood and Poison Arrows at enemies.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Black Bow
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask, any Light Armor
• Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Spear Talisman (or Lord of Blood's Exultation)
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor 
• Skills: Barrage
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the Black Bow to range down enemies. Based on what enemies you are facing, you'll use regular Arrows for trash enemies, or enemies that you won't get much out of triggering Hemorrhage or Poison on because they'll be dead too quickly. Stock up on these, as you can purchase about 700 of them for 7k Runes or so.

You'll use Serpent Arrows and Bloodbone Arrows (Fletched) to deal with tough enemies and Bosses. Using the Barrage ability of Black Bow will allows you to set these Statuses very easily through rapid attacks, but will also deal decent damage in their own right.

Save the Bloodbone Arrows for Bosses because of the three types they are the only ones that are crafted, making them a bit more difficult to get, though it's not incredibly hard at this stage. Note that making the Fletched version is ideal, because it increases the Range of these Arrows. When arrows lands outside of their range they deal reduced damage, so having better Range keeps your damage higher.

Elden Ring Howling Starfist Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity Build that uses Fists to set Bleeding and to range down enemies with Beast's Roar.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Star Fist, Highland Axe & Frenzied Flame Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask, and any other Armor that gives you lots of Poise
• Talismans: Roar Medallion, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Blood's Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Beast's Roar
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Bloodflame Blade as necessary in order to add more Bleeding build up to your Star Fist, which you will be dual wielding. Attacking repeatedly will not only increase your Attack Power thanks to Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, but also because you will eventually trigger Hemorrhage, triggering White Mask and Lord of Blood's Exultation, further boosting Attack Power.

Charged R2 attacks are very good with the Star Fist because they deal exceptional stance damage, and also count as two-hits, dealing incredible damage and building up Bleed faster than some other Fist R2s. Use them when you can.

Beast's Roar is there to give you a ranged option. This is a Dexterity-based Ash of War, meaning you will want to change your Affinity to Keen on your Star Fist to get the most out of it. This Ash of War has tremendous range and decent damage, allowing you to shore up the weakest aspect of Fist Weapons, range. Use this when you can't get close enough to an enemy to be effective, or if it's just easier to range them down.

Elden Ring Nebula Knight Build (Level 150)

A Dexterity/Intelligence Build that uses the Wing of Astel to great effect by capitalizing on its weapon skill Nebula.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Wing of Astel  and any Staff
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield
• Armor: Scaled Armor Set or any Armor with high Poise
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Curved Sword Talisman
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Nebula
• Spells: Scholar's Shield & Terra Magica

The Nebula Knight Build uses a combination of Block Counters and the weapon skill of Wing of Astel: Nebula to handle any situation effectively. Because Wing of Astel scales well with both Dexterity and Intelligence, we don't use a Great Shield for this Build, due to low Strength. Carian Knight's Shield is an excellent choice for those using a Shield with no Strength investment. And because Scholar's Shield further increases its mitigations and Guard Boost, it only gets even more effective.

Wing of Astel has a unique R2 attack and charged R2 attack that fires 1 or 2 waves of magic forward, depending on whether you charged it or not. These waves deal 100% Magic Damage (just like Nebula), making them benefit greatly from Magic Scorpion as well as Terra Magica. The waves, however, do not benefit from the Axe Talisman, though the damage you deal with the sword itself does. These waves also increase in damage based on your Intelligence, making it imperative for this Build.

Nebula is really your go to for Boss encounters, and it shoots out star clusters in front of you that explode dealing Magic Damage. They group up in tight spaces, but fan out in open locations. You can cast Nebula and then follow up with a Charged R2 for great stagger damage, or just spam Nebula.

Elden Ring Inquisitor Build (Level 150)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that focuses on the use of the Ghiza's Wheel Colossal Weapon for optimal damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Ghiza's Wheel
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still medium roll
• Talismans: Axe Talisman, Lord of Blood's Exultation, Claw Talisman & Millicent's Prosthesis
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Vigor
• Skills: Contagious Fury
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the one-handed R2 and one-handed charged R2 attacks of Ghiza's Wheel to take advantage of Axe Talisman, and to give you hyper armor, but most importantly to hit multiple times as the wheel spins when it lands. If you two-hand this weapon then it spins behind you instead of in front of you, so it's important to one-hand it and use these R2 attacks, because R1s don't make the wheel spin.

Spinning Wheel does not trigger Hemorrhage easily, and does not trigger Winged Sword Insignia or Millicent's Prosthesis, so it's not particularly useful for tough enemies so we don't use it often. Instead you'll use Jump Attack, buff with Contagious Fury to further boost your R2 damage, and use Charged R2s for even more damage and stagger.

When the wheel spins after an R2 or charged R2, you'll often trigger Hemorrhage in one attack, which will trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation and White Mask if you're using it. This boosts your Attack Power even higher, and you'll often trigger Millicent's Prosthesis at the same time, getting even higher attack rating.

Elden Ring Waterfowl Warrior Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity Build that uses Hand of Malenia to devastating results via Waterfowl Dance.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Hand of Malenia
• Shield: None
• Armor: They heaviest you can wear and still Medium Roll.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman or Great-Jar's Arsenal
• Primary Stats: Dexterity 
• Secondary Stats: Endurance & Vigor 
• Skills: Waterfowl Dance
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use the regular attacks of Hand of Malenia to deal with regular enemies, two-handing it in order to gain max damage and keep your equip load a bit lighter for more armor with higher Poise.

You'll use Waterfowl Dance on tough to kill enemies, packs of enemies and Bosses, using your high Poise and hyper armor of the skill to strike them repeatedly for very high damage, triggering Millicent's Prosthesis and Winged Sword Insignia, boosting repeated L2 damage.

Stamina is an issue for this Build because Waterfowl Dance eats it up, and you likely won't be able to use 3 consecutive L2 pulls twice, without waiting for your Stamina to replenish. Use Greenburst Crystal Tear when facing Bosses to keep your Stamina high, so you don't run out mid attack.

Unlike other Katana Builds, Hemorrhage doesn't play a huge roll in this Build because Waterfowl Dance doesn't build up Bleed fast at all, so don't worry about it, and don't try to maximize Bleeding Build Up.

Elden Carian Cavalier Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that uses a halberd to devastating results on horseback and on foot.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Loretta's War Sickle & any Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Royal Knight Set or any with high Poise
• Talismans: Bull-Goat's Talisman, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia or Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Loretta's Slash
• Spells: Freezing Mist

The way this Build works is that you'll use the very fast attacks of Loretta's War Sickle to melt enemies in one or two attacks, and Bosses in less than a minute. When you combine the fast attacks of the War Sickle with high Poise and Talismans like Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis you get very high DPS.

Casting Freezing Mist on a Boss first will debuff them and increase the damage you do to them before beginning your assault. I usually cast this an then try to keep them in the mist until Frostbite triggers and then go to town.

Halberds are exceptional on horseback because of their hitboxes and attack speed, so learn to fight from horseback when you can, and consider adding the Lance Talisman when doing so for even more damage.

Loretta's Slash is very situational, and this build is not setup to optimize its damage. However, it's great against enemies that hit hard since they can't stagger you out of it, allowing you to connect for damage 99% of the time. Trading damage is fine with this build since you have high protection.

Elden Ring Mad King Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane/Faith/Dexterity Build that focuses on the use of Madness and Morgott's Cursed Sword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Morgott's Cursed Sword, Dragon Communion Seal & Frenzied Flame Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Arcane
• Secondary Stats: Faith & Vigor
• Skills: Cursed-Blood Slice
• Spells: Swarm of Flies, Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Unendurable Frenzy, & Frenzied Burst

The way this Build works is that you'll use your high Arcane to build up Bleed and Madness quickly via attacks and spells. Swarm of Flies is a good opener on tough enemies that you can then use Cursed-Blood Slice against to set Hemorrhage, as well deal a good amount of damage.

Unendurable Frenzy can be used in boss fights after popping the Cerulean Hidden Tear to melt Bosses in just a few seconds. Just hold the button down and stay out of range of the enemy's attacks and you're golden.

Frenzied Burst is great for picking off enemies at long range when needed. It deals incredibly high damage and pierced the blocks of enemies. Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength are there to buff your damage further when needed.

Elden Soul Samurai Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity Intelligence Build that uses the Nagakiba and Scholar's Armament to phenomenal result.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Nagakiba & Academy Glintstone Staff
• Shield: None
• Armor: Black Knife Set
• Talismans: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm & Millicent's Prosthesis
• Primary Stats: Intelligence & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Double Slash
• Spells: Greatblade Phalanx, Founding Rain of Stars, Unseen Form, Loretta's Greatbow, Carian Retaliation, Scholar's Armament, Terra Magica, Freezing Mist

The way this Build works is that you'll use Unseen Form and the Black Knife Set to sneak up on enemies getting easy backstabs and attacks. These two things will muffle your sound and make you harder to see.

You can use Greatblade Phalanx when you know enemies are going to come at you, and cast Freezing Mist on tough enemies and Bosses to soften up their defenses via the Frostbite status effect.

Cast Founding Rain of Stars at the beginning of Boss fights when they start to come at you, and try to fight around the AoE it creates for best results. Try to dodge and use Double Slash while they are still in the AoE of FRoS.

Loretta's Greatbow is useful for situations where you need some long range or things will be markedly more difficult, and you can use Carian Retaliation to parry projectiles, which is great.

Scholar's Armament is your buff to really boost your damage over the top of a magic infused or cold infused Nagakiba. By keeping it Keen and using Scholar's Armament you will have higher damage potential as long as it remanis buffed.

Elden Sword Saint Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Dexterity/Faith/Strength Build that focuses on using the Sacred Relic Sword and Wave of Gold.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Sacred Relic Sword, Sword of Milos, and any Sacred Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor with high Poise, the higher the better.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Carian Filigreed Crest, Claw Talisman, & Sacred Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Strength & Vigor
• Skills: Wave of Gold
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength & Any other Incantations you want.

The way this Build works is that you'll use Wave of Gold to take out packs of large enemies and on Bosses that aren't Holy Damage Resistant. We use Carian Filigreed Crest and Sword of Milos to help manage FP, so you can use Wave of Gold often and not worry about how much FP it costs.

When facing Holy Resistant enemies you'll use Jump Attacks to take them out, since Sword of Milos deals 100% Physical Damage, and Sacred Relic Sword deals about 63% Physical Damage. This will allow you to still deal great damage when attacking this way, bypassing this resistance, and the Claw Talisman only boosts this damage further. You could use the Raptor's Black Feathers for even more Jump Attack Damage if you wish.

Elden Ring Slumbering Swordstress Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that uses Sleep to dispatch enemies very quickly.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Sword of St. Trina x2
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any light armor that allows you to light roll
• Talismans: Ancestral Spirit's Horn, Great-Jar's Arsenal, Millicent's Prosthesis, Winged Sword Insignia or Rotten Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Mists of Slumber
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use two Sword of St. Trina to dual wield attack enemies and set them asleep quickly while fighting them. Dual Wield attacks hit more rapidly than single attacks, allowing you to build up enemy Sleep bars much more quickly.

You can use Mists of Slumber to begin the fight, often putting enemies to sleep quickly, but if not your right hand weapon will be buffed with more Sleep build up. This will allow you to put the enemy to sleep more easily with follow up attacks.

Elden Ring Black Arrow Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Bow Build that focuses on the use of the Black Bow to take down enemies and bosses at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, few FP
• Weapon: Black Bow & any Seal that weighs zero
• Shield: None
• Armor: Little or no Armor
• Talismans: Old Lord's Talisman, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Shard of Alexander (or Ritual Sword Talisman) & Blue Dancer Charm
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Faith
• Skills: Barrage
• Spells: Golden Vow, and Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and use Barrage against hard to kill enemies, otherwise you'll jump shoot and land shoot enemies or roll shoot them with your Bow, since Black Bow operates like a Shortbow, allowing you to do this.

Flame, Grant Me Strength is useful when you need even more damage. You do 100% physical damage with this build, so this really helps out, and the Old Lord's Talisman helps extend the duration so you don't have to rebuff so quickly.

Blue Dancer Charm gives you a decent amount of damage with this build as long as you can keep your equip load low.

Elden Ring Elden Lord Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Quality (Strength/Dexterity) Build that uses Axe of Godfrey and its weapon skill Regal Roar to pancake foes.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Axe of Godfrey & Highland Axe
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Roar Medallion, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman & Axe Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Regal Roar
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll use Regal Roar on a tough enemy or group of enemies in order to knock them into the air, dealing substantial damage while also changing your R2 and charged R2 attacks and buffing your damage. Roar Medallion and Highland Axe both buff your Roar and follow up attack damage.

You'll then proceed to attack with R2s and charged R2s to pound enemies to death quickly, trading damage as necessary, since you'll win every trade. You can rebuff with Regal Roar as necessary, making sure to use it when bosses are just walking into the edge of it, which should give you time to cast it and follow up with R2 without getting hit more than once, so you aren't staggered.

Elden Ring Dragonscale Daimyo Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A melee build that focuses on the use of Dragonscale Blade and its weapon skill: Ice Lightning Sword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Dragonscale Blade & Uchigatana
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Strength & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Ice Lightning Sword & Flaming Strike
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll buff your Fire Uchigatana with Flaming Strike and then use Ice Lightning Sword on an enemy or boss in order to deal some damage while also adding Lightning Damage to your Dragonscale Blade, as well as adding Frostbite build up to its attacks. This will allow you very high damage with repeated strikes while dual wielding.

Or you can use the Jellyfish Shield in your left hand instead of the Fire Uchigatana, which will allow you to use Ice Lightning Sword while two-handing, buffing your weapon, and then swapping to one hand and using Contagious Fury on the Shield to get even more damage. You can reach over 900 Attack Power this way, which is deadly.

Elden Ring Stormblade Build (All Levels)

A Dexterity warrior that focuses on melee attacks and the liberal use of Storm Blade to annihilate foes at any distance.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split FP & HP
• Weapon: Flamberge
• Shield: None
• Armor: Any Armor that allows you to medium roll.
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Ritual Sword Talisman, Millicent's Prosthesis, Carian Filigreed Crest or Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Endurance
• Skills: Storm Blade
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Electrify Armament & Bloodflame Blade

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and Electrify Armament if needed while on the landscape, attacking enemies at range with Storm Blade, and dealing extra damage when they are in melee range due to the hit box of the weapon itself and the added Lightning Damage from Electrify Armament.

When you face bosses you'll want to buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow and Bloodflame Blade and then get into melee range ASAP and start spamming Storm Blade. Because the weapon itself also connects, you deal incredible damage, and you also build up Hemorrhage, which then rips off another huge chunk of HP.

The idea here is that you replace your regular R1 and R2 attacks with L2 since it: a) swings faster, b) deals more damage and c) can be used at range or in melee.

Elden Ring Rime Ronin Build (ALL Levels)

A Dexterity/Intelligence build that uses the Nagakiba and the Chilling Mist Ash of War.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP
• Weapon: Nagakiba & Black Bow
• Shield: None
• Armor: Zamor Set or any that allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Bull-Goat's Talisman and Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Chilling Mist
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll lead off with Chilling Mist, using it to set the Frostbite Status Effect on your target, while simultaneously buffing your Cold Nagakiba with even more Frostbite Build up. Frostbite will allow you to deal more damage to your target, while ripping off 10% of the targets max HP. 

You can use the Black Bow in 2 ways. First you can use it with Fire Arrows to remove the Frostbite Status Effect so you can reapply it and take another 10% HP of the target. This doesn't always make sense when the target doesn't have much health remaining or it's just easier to have the increased damage buff from Frostbite, so you won't do this all the time.

The second use is by using Cold Bone Arrows to help set the Frostbite Status Effect at range, either after you've stripped it off or leading with it in a fight to get some Frostbite built up before you use Chilling Mist.

Elden Ring Vampiric Knight Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A melee build that focuses on out healing damage taken while shredding enemies to death with the Butchering Knife.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Butchering Knife
• Shield: Icon Shield
• Armor: Any armor with high Poise and protection, the higher the better
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Blessed Dew Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: None
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll stack healing over time effects so that you keep gaining health while trading damage. Icon Shield and Blessed Dew Talisman both heal you over time, and Butchering Knife heals you for 1% of your max HP per strike. When combined with high Armor you are extremely tough to kill.

Wild Strikes is a fantastic Ash of War for this Weapon because it strikes rapidly helping to trigger that 1% heal more often as well as increasing your Attack Power via Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, and it has hyper Armor making it difficult for you to be interrupted. Additionally you can R1 or R2 out of Wild Strikes for more attacks that can often finish off enemies and Boss or minimally stagger them depending on how much you've hit them already.

Elden Ring Noble Swordsman Build (All Game)

The Noble Swordsman Build is Dexterity build and an essential "all-game" build that players can use throughout the entirety of the game. This build uses a single straight sword, it does not come equipped with any other weapon or shield, and it is phenomenal for stance-breaking and critical attacks.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Equal Charges
• Weapon: Noble's Slender Sword or Lordsworn's Straight Sword
• Shield: N/A
• Armor: Aristocrat Hat, Page Garb, Perfumer Gloves, Page Trousers
• Talismans: Blue Dancer Charm, Shard of Alexander or Warrior Jar Shard, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Alternate Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman, Dagger Talisman, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger
• Primary Stats: Dexterity, Vigor, Mind
• Secondary Stats: Strength, Endurance
• Skills: Square Off
• Seal: N/A
• Spells: N/A
• Great Runes: Radahn's Great Rune

The Noble Swordsman Build for Elden Ring is an early-game build that new players must try, we highly recommend this when you start the game, and eventually, it can still be used and it will carry you until end-game. To make this build work, first off, you need to acquire a straight sword, and these weapons are either the Noble's Slender Sword or Lordsworn's Straight Sword weapon. The Noble's Slender Sword is what we highly recommend and is what we use for this build since is that it has a longer reach and better points in terms of damage output.

Both weapons have the Square Off skill which is one of the best Ashes of War in Elden Ring. It costs less FP and its attacks from using it cause high damage and ultimately, break a boss stance from successfully landing up to 2 or 3 hits. When playing this build, you want to be able to use Square Off as much as you can and less of the basic attacks, because once an enemy or boss falls to the ground, you can follow up with a critical attack.

As far as Talismans, it will depend on what these accessories can complement when it comes to the player's build:

• Since the build uses pieces of light armor, the Blue Dancer Charm is great for boosting the damage with it.
• Shard of Alexander or Warrior Jar Shard boosts the attack power of Square Off.
• Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman provides defensive values by reducing Physical Damage taken by 20%.

A few other notes to highlight is that this build is versatile, you can use "Grease" items to coat and buff your weapon with different elements depending on the weakness of the enemy or boss you are fighting. This way it gives the player flexibility and to easily adapt to the situation at hand. Also, you may want to stack up with the Exalted Flesh which temporarily boosts the Physical Attack. Finally, using Radahn's Great Rune in our opinion works perfectly for this build since it raises the player's maximum HP, FP, and Stamina.

Elden Ring Bloody Ballerina Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane Build that focuses on the use of the Bloody Helice weapon and its weapon skill: Dynast's Finesse

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Bloody Helice
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask, and any other Armor you want
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Lord of Blood's Exultation, Green Turtle Talisman and Viridian Amber Medallion +2
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Dynast's Finesse
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll be using Dynast's Finesse during your tough enemy and Boss fights, while using R1 and R2 attacks on trash enemies to conserve FP.

Dynast's Finesse allows you to i-frame though attacks much more easily than dodging, and it can be used with maximum equip load, meaning you can wear extremely heavy armor if you wish, particularly because you will need high Endurance for this Build. 

The follow up attack of Dynast's Finesse will get you back into melee range, and does significant Stance Damage, allowing you to stagger enemies quite easily. Further attacks usually trigger Hemorrhage, which will proc your Attack Power buffs from Lord of Blood's Exultation and White Mask, allowing you to pump out even more damage as the fight goes on. When the enemy counter attacks, simply use L2 again to i-frame away and repeat this process.

Dynast's Finesse uses considerable amount of Stamina to both spin away and attack, so you need TONS of Stamina to be able to maneuver as much as you want with this Build. This is why have high Endurance, use the the Green Turtle Talisman, and Viridian Amber Medallion and you could even use the Green Turtle Shield on your back for more Stamina regen.

Elden Ring Dragon Dancer Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane Build that focuses on the use of Dragon Incantations.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Regalia of Eochaid & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Silver Tear Mask and any Armor
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, & Godfrey Icon
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Faith
• Skills: Eochaid's Dancing Blade
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Dragonclaw, Dragonmaw, Agheel's Flame, Ekzyke's Decay, & Greyoll's Roar

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and then try to use your weapon skill: Eochaid's Dancing Blade on at least one enemy to ramp up your Attack Power from your Talismans. Then you can R1 attack enemies, rebuffing with Dancing Blade as necessary to keep your Attack Power up.

On Bosses you'll buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength and then use Eochaid's Dancing Blade when you have an opening, followed by a Dragonmaw for devastating damage after your Attack Power has been buffed high from the weapon skill.

You can use Dragonmaw on tough to kill mobile enemies, and Agheel's Flame and Ekzyke's Decay on groups of enemies, or when you need to set Scarlet Rot. Greyoll's Roar can be used to debuff a Boss if you need extra damage, just make sure to use it first for best results.

Elden Ring Blood Dragon Build (Level 50)

A dual-wielding Arcane Build that uses Bleeding and Dragon Spells to obliterate enemies.

• Class: Warrior or Bandit
• Flask Spread: Split between HP and FP
• Weapon: Dual Scimitars or any other Curved Swords that can use Ashes of War & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still med roll
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Dexterity, Faith and Endurance
• Skills: Bloody Slash
• Spells: Dragonclaw & Rotten Breath

The way this Build works is that you will Duplicate the Ashes of War: Bloody Slash to put it on both your Scimitars (or other curved swords), and select the Bleed Affinity so that they both apply Bleed build up when they hit an enemy. This will also allow them to scale with Arcane, which both increases their outright damage, and also increases the amount of Bleed build up they apply when hitting an enemy, making enemies Hemorrhage more quickly, ripping off huge chunks of HP.

You can use Bloody Slash against more difficult enemies and Bosses, and its damage increases with weapon upgrades and Arcane, so the more you increase Arcane the more damage this Skill will do.

Dragonclaw is your Spell for tough enemies that turtle behind Shields, making it hard for you to get to them with your Swords. If you have 84 FP you can cast this again much more quickly than the first cast, allowing for a "two-hit" combo that should kill almost anything. It also has hyper armor, allowing you to pull it off through even the heaviest of attacks. You need 15 Mind for 84 FP.

Rotten Breath wipes out packs of enemies easily, and can be used from Horseback. Use this on hard to kill Bosses and enemies as it does incredible damage over time if you can build up their Scarlet Rot bar enough. It's easy mode with this Spell.

Elden Ring Blood Dancer Build (Level 100)

An Bleed Build focused on Arcane and the use of Eleonora's Poleblade to deal incredible damage very quickly and set the Hemorrhage status effect.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Eleonora's Poleblade & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Mask of Confidence, and any armor as long as you can med roll
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Mind & Dexterity
• Skills: Bloodblade Dance
• Spells: Dragonclaw, Dragonice, Rotten Breath, Flame, Grant Me Strength & Lightning Spear

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength for tough fights to boost both your Physical and Fire Damage, and Eleonora's Poleblade does both.

You can use Dragonice to wipe out packs of enemies or to set Frostbite on Bosses, though you'll want to lead with Rotten Breath first if they can be effected by Scarlet Rot.

Lightning Spear can be used to pick off lone enemies at range, or to range down a single target, and Dragonclaw is used situationally when you need burst Physical Damage.

Most of the time you'll be leading with Bloodblade Dance to stagger enemies and to Hemorrhage them as quickly as you can. You can swing over and over with L2 to keep building up this Status and to keep staggering enemies.

Elden Ring Dragon Knight Build (Level 100)

An Arcane/Faith Build that focuses on the use of Dragon Spells, as well as boosting general Incantation and melee damage.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Any that can use Bloody Slash & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Silver Tear Mask, and any armor that allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Radagon's Soreseal, Fire Scorpion Charm, Magic Scorpion Charm, Faithful's Canvas Talisman & Curved Sword Talisman
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Faith & Mind
• Skills: Bloody Slash & Contagious Fury
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon, Lightning Spear, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Black Flame, Stone of Gurranq, Agheel's Flame, Smarag's Glintstone Breath, Rotten Breath

The way this Build works is that you'll increase your Arcane to make your Spells hit hard, and to boost the damage of your Weapon. You should use an Occult Affinity Weapon, with the Bloody Slash Skill, which scales with Arcane for maximum Bloody Slash damage, but you can use any Skill you want.

You need at least 25 Faith to use Golden Vow, and 23 to use certain Dragon Spells, so you can't have less than this. You'll use your Jellyfish Shield's ability: Contagious Fury to boost your Spell Damage and Weapon Damage, and Golden Vow to do the same. You can then chuck Lightning Spears or Black Flame balls at enemies or use Bloody Slash.

You'll use Agheel's Flame or Smarag's Glintstone Breath to take out enemies with larger health pools or Bosses, holding down R1 to cast the spell fully twice. This absolutely melts Bosses, especially when you are buffed with Contagious Fury and Golden Vow. Make sure to equip the Scorpion Charm that best suits the breath you intend to use.

Elden Ring Frenzied Acolyte Build (Level 100)

An Arcane/Faith Build that focuses on casting incantations from range, only meleeing when absolutely necessary.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly FP, some HP
• Weapon: Dragon Communion Seal, Frenzied Flame Seal, Gravel Stone Seal, Godslayer's Seal & any melee Weapon that can take an Ash of War
• Shield: None
• Armor: Silver Tear Mask, Commoner's Garb, Noble's Glove, Noble's Trousers
• Talismans: Godfrey Icon, Ritual Sword Talisman, Faithful's Canvas Talisman & Fire Scorpion Charm
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Bloodhound's Step
• Spells: The Flame of Frenzy, Frenzied Burst, Black Flame, Lightning Spear, Golden Vow & Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use the Dragon Communion Seal in your right hand to cast spells, because it has better Incantation Scaling at this point in the game, and you'll keep the other Seals in your off hand, rotating them to boost the damage of whichever spell you might be casting. For instance, you'd have the Godslayer's Seal in your left hand when casting Black Flame, and rotate to Frenzied Flame Seal when casting The Flame of Frenzy or Frenzied Burst, and Gravel Stone Seal when casting Lightning Spear.

You'll use The Flame of Frenzy spell on large enemies that don't move to quickly or groups of enemies to take them out quickly. Frenzied Burst is your long range sniping spell that will kill most enemies before they can even react, and charging it makes it go through Shields.

Black Flame is there when you don't need either of these to kill enemies, and will conserve some FP, as well as deal damage over time based on the Max HP of the target. Lighting Spear can be cast when Fire is not a good damage type.

You'll buff with Golden Vow and Flame Grant Me Strength as necessary. Often time you won't need these to one shot most enemies, but if you aren't killing most enemies in one cast then you'll want to use Golden Vow. Use Flame, Grant Me Strength for Boss encounters or tough enemies.

Elden Ring Sanguine Samurai Build (Level 150)

An Dexterity/Arcane Build that uses the Rivers of Blood Katana to devastating effect.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP, some FP
• Weapon: Rivers of Blood, Sacrificial Axe, and Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask or Okina Mask, and any armor that allows you to med roll
• Talismans: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Carian Filigreed Crest, Shard of Alexander, and Green Turtle Talisman
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Dexterity
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Mind
• Skills: Corpse Piler
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you will carry Rivers of Blood in your right hand, and use Sacrificial Axe and Dragon Communion Seal in your left. Sacrificial Axe will give you 4 FP, even when you don't meet the requirements for it, every time you kill an enemy as long  as it's in your left hand. 

You'll use Rivers of Blood as your "default" attack, because we reduce the cost of it via Carian Filigreed Crest, and give you FP back with Sacrificial Axe. This combined with 30 or so Mind allows you to pretty much use it at will, as long as you have a few FP flasks.

You can buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength when you're heading into a Boss fight or a difficult enemy because Rivers of Blood does both Physical and Fire Damage, benefitting immensely from this Incantation. You can add others as well since you'll have fairly good Incantation Scaling thanks to the Dragon Communion Seal and high Arcane, but these are optional.

If you manage to acquire Millicent's Prosthesis and Rotten Sword Insignia you can actually use both, but you will need someone to drop you one or the other.

Elden Ring Eochaid Executioner Build (Level 150)

A Strength/Arcane Build that uses the Marais Executioner's Sword or Regalia of Eochaid to deal massive damage via Eochaid's Dancing Blade

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Marais Executioner's Sword or Regalia of Eochaid 
• Shield: Banished Knight's Shield or any Shield you like
• Armor: Any that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prosthesis, Shard of Alexander, and Green Turtle Talisman or Godfrey Icon
• Primary Stats: Strength & Arcane
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Eochaid's Dancing Blade
• Spells: Flame, Grant Me Strength

The way this Build works is that you'll use Eochaid's Dancing Blade on just about every enemy, when you aren't doing Block Counters off of your Blocks. You're goal is always to get at least one enemy with this Skill in order to boost your Attack Power via Rotten Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis so that subsequent attacks deal more damage.

Eochaid's Dancing Blade scales off of Strength and Arcane primarily, so you want to invest points heavily here in order to boost its damage as high as possible. Additionally, you can charge this Ability to increase its reach and duration (and also damage if you're using Godfrey Icon), making it more effective, though this isn't always easy to pull off.

You can buff with Flame, Grant Me Strength as needed, since you do mostly Physical Damage with your attacks and with Eochaid's Dancing Blade. This will likely be before tough enemies, and bosses, for best results.

Don't forget that you can Block Counter enemies with your Shield by pressing R2 after blocking, and if you stagger an enemy can do a Charged L2 to finish them off quite easily.

Elden Ring Dragon Warrior Build (Level 150)

An Arcane Build that uses Bleed and rapid attacks to build up Attack Power and then unleash deadly Dragon attacks.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Bandit's Curved Sword x2 or any Curved Swords
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask, and heavy armor with good Poise
• Talismans: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Primal Glintstone Blade, Millicent's Prosthesis and Winged Sword Insignia
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Faith & Endurance
• Skills: Seppuku x2
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing's Boon, Ekzyke's Decay, Dragonclaw & Dragonmaw

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and Seppuku when generally moving about the landscape to attack enemies, only buffing your right hand weapon unless facing something fierce. You can use Blessing's Boon and buff your left hand weapon as well when facing tough enemies or Bosses to further boost damage and surviveability.

You'll try to do running L1 attacks to proc Hemorrhage as quickly as possible, which boosts your Attack Power by 30% thanks to Lord of Blood's Exultation and White Mask. Follow up with L1s until you complete a combo, which will have boosted your Attack Power even higher thanks to Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis, and then swap to your Dragon Communion Seal and fire off 1 or two Dragonclaw or Dragonmaws to hit for crazy high damage.

You can use Ekzyke's Decay to set Scarlet Rot on tough Bosses from range, or to AoE down groups of enemies from a distance. 

(Note: Patch 1.07 nerfed the additional bleed build up gained from Sepukku and also the status damage done when dual wielding. However, as the aim of the build is to activate blood loss and the multi-hit bonus from Millicent's Prosthesis/Winged Sword Insignia in order to have maximum strength Dragonclaw/Dragonmaw. Due to this, the nerfs don't affect the build as much as you would think. This is because in order to get the multi-hit bonus, you want to do a L1 combo, at which point you will almost certainly have triggered a bleed anyway - especially seeing as you have two blood affinity curved swords and may have used sepukku on 1-2 of your swords as well.)

Elden Ring Magic Dragonknight Build (Level 150)

An Arcane Build that uses Dragon Spells to their fullest, melting Bosses and enemies in mere seconds.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Ripple Blade & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: Jellyfish Shield
• Armor: Silver Tear Mask & other Armor with good Poise
• Talismans: Magic Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman, Curved Sword Talisman & Flock's Canvas Talisman
• Primary Stats: Arcane
• Secondary Stats: Vigor & Endurance
• Skills: Contagious Fury
• Spells: Golden Vow, Smarag's Glintstone Breath, Agheel's Flame, Borealis's Mist, & Ekzyke's Decay

The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and use Block-Counters to deal with trash enemies. Most regular attacks bounce off the Jellyfish Shield because it's a Greatshield, making Block-Counters easier, and the damage of these is increased by the Curved Sword Talisman.

Smarag's Glintstone Breath is your go to Dragon Spell, as it deals a ton of damage, and outperforms Borealis's Mist in the majority of cases, except when enemies have huge HP pools, setting Frostbite may benefit you more here if you can't kill the Boss fast enough with Smarag's Glintstone Breath.

Agheel's Flame is a nice Fire alternative to Smarag's Glintstone Breath, and you should use the Fire Scorpion Charm instead of Magic Scorpion Charm when using this one. Ezyke's Decay is good against tough enemies that you may need the Scarlet Rot status effect against, but it isn't always needed.

Use the Cerulean Hidden Tear when beginning Boss fights to remove FP cost for 10 seconds, in order to nuke Bosses before they can even attack.

(Patch 1.07 decrease the damage of breath spells in PvP. Makes this build less powerful in PvP, but it's still effective in PvE.)

Elden Ring Mad King Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane/Faith/Dexterity Build that focuses on the use of Madness and Morgott's Cursed Sword.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP some FP
• Weapon: Morgott's Cursed Sword, Dragon Communion Seal & Frenzied Flame Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: Heaviest you can wear and still medium roll
• Talismans: Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm, Ritual Sword Talisman & Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
• Primary Stats: Dexterity & Arcane
• Secondary Stats: Faith & Vigor
• Skills: Cursed-Blood Slice
• Spells: Swarm of Flies, Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Unendurable Frenzy, & Frenzied Burst

The way this Build works is that you'll use your high Arcane to build up Bleed and Madness quickly via attacks and spells. Swarm of Flies is a good opener on tough enemies that you can then use Cursed-Blood Slice against to set Hemorrhage, as well deal a good amount of damage.

Unendurable Frenzy can be used in boss fights after popping the Cerulean Hidden Tear to melt Bosses in just a few seconds. Just hold the button down and stay out of range of the enemy's attacks and you're golden.

Frenzied Burst is great for picking off enemies at long range when needed. It deals incredibly high damage and pierced the blocks of enemies. Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength are there to buff your damage further when needed.

Elden Ring Crimson Duelist Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane build that uses Rogier's Rapier and Sepukku to bleed enemies to death very quickly.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP
• Weapon: Rogier's Rapier 
• Shield: Any Small Shield
• Armor: White Mask and light armor for Light Equip Load setup.
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Lord of Blood's Exultation and Spear Talisman (or Dagger Talisman)
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Endurance
• Skills: Seppuku and Carian Retaliation
• Spells: None

The way this Build works is that you'll buff yourself with Seppuku and use the unique R2 attack of Rogier's Rapier that hits twice to one shot most enemies, triggering blood loss with nearly every R2 attack, boosting your Attack Power from White Mask and Lord of Blood's Exultation, as well as Winged Sword Insignia and Millicent's Prosthesis. This gives you very high Attack Rating very quickly, and is easy to maintain since you can one shot most every enemy quickly.

By using Carian Retaliation on a Shield in your left hand you will be have the most possible frames for Parrying, making it easier to Parry than just about any other setup. This allows you to get Critical Attacks when needed, when you aren't focusing on R2s of course. You can also Parry spells, and fling them back at casters for more damage as well.

Elden Ring Sanguine Spellblade Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

An Arcane/Intelligence Build that focuses on the use of Thorn Sorceries to make enemies bleed at range.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Split HP and FP
• Weapon: Albinauric Staff, Dragon Communion Seal, Staff of the Guilty & Rogier's Rapier
• Shield: None
• Armor: Alberich's Set (for extra Thorn Sorcery damage)
• Talismans: Graven-Mass Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm, Lord of Blood's Exultation & Taker's Cameo
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Vigor
• Secondary Stats: Intelligence & Faith
• Skills: Seppuku
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Terra Magica, Unseen Form, Briars of Punishment & Briars of Sin

The way this Build works is that you'll use Seppuku on your Rapier to add to its Bleed Infused Build Up, and also trigger Lord of Blood's Exultation on yourself. This will boost your sorcery damage, so that you can one shot most enemies with Briars of Punishment.

You can buff also with Golden Vow if you need more damage, and you can use Blessing of the Erdtree if you find you are taking too much damage from your own spells, though Taker's Cameo should offset this in most cases.

Be sure to use Terra Magica when starting boss fights for increased damage, and use Roger's Rapier to melee enemies that get close to you re-triggering Lord of Blood's Exultation.

Elden Ring Grim Reaper Build (Level 150-200 | Journey 2)

A Strength/Arcane build that uses a Reaper and the Stormcaller Ash of War to shred enemies in seconds.

• Class: Any
• Flask Spread: Mostly HP
• Weapon: Grave Scythe & Dragon Communion Seal
• Shield: None
• Armor: White Mask and and the heaviest Armor that still allows you to medium roll
• Talismans: Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (or Winged Sword Insignia), Millicent's Prosthesis, Lord of Blood's Exultation and Shard of Alexander
• Primary Stats: Arcane & Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor
• Skills: Stormcaller
• Spells: Bloodflame Blade, Poison Armament, Golden Vow, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Poison Mist and Swarm of Flies