Vagabond | Elden Ring Wiki

So I did a calculation for the stats you need to meet all requirements (with help of perm buffs by attaching equipment stat bonuses) , I excluded temp stat buffs... I don't like those... So these are the max stats you need to meet all requirements of all spells and equipment. Str 48, dex 35, int 44, faith 29, arcane 6. So because vegabond class has the lowest arcane at 7... You can be 3 levels less to meet all requirements of eldin Ring. So I have regrets now going wretch, in some ways.. but maybe it don't matter. Dlc going to make me wanna level to 400 lol if we be fighting 10 more Melania's... So vegabond does matter later game if you just want to be 3 levels ahead in a meet all equipment stats playthrough? Not a big deal but I woulda went it because I want to try everything in the game before specializing.

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Any and all strength/faith builds is wrong information. 13 dex, 9 int, 7 arc is worse than the hero's 9 dex, 7 int, 11 arc for a wide variety of low dex weapons. You know, the kind of weapons you typically see a strength/faith character wielding in most media.

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You're a samurai and this is the guy she told u not to worry about

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Starting class doesn't really matter after the first few hours, esp. if you don't limit to meta levels say 150. If you do, this is the most versatile class for non-arcane builds.

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Best class right out of the gate. The Halberd can give the tree sentinel a taste of his own medicine.

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Stop scrolling the comment section, YES YOU CHOSE THE BEST CLASS, now go back and have fun champ!

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I just hate how they just made the absolute best class by a country mile for melee focused builds. If you get into the habit of creating A LOT of characters, you'll find out that you're literally doing yourself a disservice by not picking Vagabond. That 15 vigor is so crucial. My only non-vagabond character is a bandit because I wanted to try the regalia and try arcane spells. Even my INT carian sorcery build is a vagabond. Unless you're a pure caster or an arcane build, this is objectively the best class. Samurai is okay if you want to dual wield uchis, but that's about it.

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Most optimal starting class for wielding a wide armory of weapons that are either str, dex, int, or faith based.

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That 13 Dex irritates me, I can't deny. You end up with exactly one more than you need on The Greatsword. Amazing class for Estoc Shield Poke builds and Halberd builds, though.

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Optimum start for str/int?

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When I started the game I felt like I had to play as this guy, feeling like I failed so much in life and now I have to find grace once again, hoping not to lose it again.

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Guts starting class

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deep lore comment #4: due to the brief backstory of this class, the fact that the knight set is a direct and early upgrade to the armor and the description of the chestpiece "The crest emblazoned on the front is worn and dingy, no longer able to evoke sentiment.", i can surmise that instead of being some banished knight without the baller armor, this guy's most likely a former knight of the roundtable hold, probably the last besides vyke, who was directly exiled from leyndell (the aforementioned crest probably being an old symbol of the hold but considering its state in the real world plus it being reflected in the worn down and dingy state of the armor set, it not evoking sentiment is for the best)

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Strictly speaking, this class isn't optimal for "Any and all" str/fth builds. For a dex of 10 or lower, Hero is slightly better.

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Low “luck” stat is lore friendly for an exile

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this class is perfect for melee characters, especially non-hybrid ones, it ditches away the stats that are not useful for a pure-melee, and ditches away arcane which is just luck with a different name, and saves these stats to get: the highest base healthpool, a perfect balance between the more needed strenght and the less needed dexterity, the best starting armor, a 100% physical block shield, and TWO different types of very versatile weapons, from which i personally prefer to use the Halberd, but of course the Longsword with it's Square Off ash of war is great as well.

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Best class for any non arcane build.

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You have the state to wield a great range of weapons, and if you only level vigour you become the VIGabond.

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Quite possibly the best starting class for most builds near meta levels that isn't pure faith or int.

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The starting armor which best reflects a tarnished soul. Worn and half-broken, but still ready for action.

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Why is he holding a greatsword? Lol

And I do not regret choosing this as my starting class. Good stats, cool armor, and great starting weapons (I LOVE that Halberd).

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All they had top do was making sure that this class starts the game without halberd equipped or something to make sure it does below 70% roll and the newcomer players who equip new stuff will know why they fat roll rn.
we don't think about it, i knew what's up after 1st roll but we have to remember about the newcomers

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the 13 dex this class has is exactly what you need to wield a Claymore. Need I say anything more?

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The only melee-focused class to start with a polearm. Unless you get lucky with a drop, there are no easy-to-obtain polearms early on, unless you count buying a short spear from the Maidens.

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LMAO confessor class is so forgotten, even the anon below forgot about it...

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Vagabond is the only class that actually starts with a 100% physical defense shield.

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back at Dark Souls 3, i was wishing there was a class that starts with the Halberd while also having good stats (and without having to resort to mods like Cinders because i play on Xbox), i thought to myself "that would undoubtably be the best class to play with". well, it seems Miyazaki has somehow heard my prayers. i have been playing the game for months now, and i remember i almost started jumping of joy all around the living room as i first saw this class starts with the Halberd. i finished 2 runs and a NG+ already, and this class is still (and probably always will) be the only one i play with. Next time (perhaps at Elden Ring 2, who knows), i hope Miyazaki adds a starting class that starts with Zweihander, or at least a flail: cant wait to start the game already with an unparriable weapon, for the bane of these pesky parry spammers at the next one <3

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Come to the Lands Between with nothing but your sword and be free to become everything you want.

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Easy mode Grafted Scion. Just Stance off L2, that skill breaks as much stancedamage as Redmanes

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Is this the only class that start fat rolling?

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That Armor is hard to resist.

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Wait, so, what do they mean by “exiled from their homeland,” and (outside of starting classes) why is the armour purchasable in the Mountaintops of the Giants of all places? Like, did those who turned into Vagabonds become exiled from their home in the far North, or is the location of where Vagabonds came from unimportant? I’m kinda confused on this one.

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Stop calling this a quality build, quality builds are dead in this game, at least in PvP. Whether you're STR or DEX, any decent weapon is gonna require a minimum investment both. Like it or not, this is the most efficient class for 90% of melee focused builds, and that's because it has the lowest ARC of any build, which is only useful for bleed and poison builds, and the dragon builds I guess. 9 FTH/INT +7 ARC = 16. the only class that rivals that kind of efficiency is Prisoner, which is the superb class for DEX/INT builds, because 6 FTH +9 ARC = 15. Learn the numbers, it's the bare minimum required for a respectable fighter.

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I dislike the look of this armor. Usually the knight class in Dark Souls games starts with a decent looking armor.

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Really solid starting class if you're new to the game and unsure what to pick. The only disadvantage it has is that it fatrolls if you equip all the starter gear, but you can quite easily mitigate that by just not equipping the Halberd, which is overall a worse weapon than the Longsword you also start with.

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Is the Vagabond class perhaps... a Vagabond reference? (Vagabond the Japanese manga, I mean.)

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Every character class has a hidden lore tidbit. Based on the ornamentation on this guys helm. He may have been banished from the Haligtree.

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I've got a couple hundred hours into ER now, with 2/3rds of that across a couple different Vagabond characters and the remaining 1/3rd messing around with non-Vagabond alts.

It's a hard class to resist on a fresh start; strip off a couple pieces of equipment to get medium roll, two-hand the halberd, and you can walk out the start and slaughter the Tree Sentinel without too much fuss if you know his patterns. The armor is so good I was still mixing and matching some pieces for poise optimization after 100 hours.

That said, the 7 Arcane hurts. It doesn't seem like it would make a difference, but it does. Any time i play a class with 9+ Arcane from the start, I see drops my Vagabonds never did. It might be worth throwing a couple points just to get over whatever magical threshold it is that causes Vagabond to have such an abysmal time farming with the starting stat. Seriously. 9 Arcane hauls in a lot more goods than 7.

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Vagabond: is quality build.


Me: hmmmm this class will make a fine STRENGTH build wouldn’t you agree?

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Chadabond

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If you want to do a quality build, this guy is the key

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Maybe if you got rid of those yee-yee ass fat rolls you'd get some maidens

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wish the visor could’ve been lowered

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this is an incredible class as long as you don't need arcane

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The Vagabond is actually slightly better than the Hero for a pure STR build. This is because they only have 25 points invested in INT/FTH/ARC while the Hero has 26. It's a one point difference that only really matter to people who never intend to level past 200 (all builds start converge past there).

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Probably the best start for a STR/FTH or STR/INT build.

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It’s trivial I know, but it bugs me that the knight class isn’t named knight like the other games. Vagabond makes it sound like you’re starting the game as some hobo.

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Hands down, the best starting class for a min/maxing faith build.

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so THIS is the class that I've been told to pick over literally every other one.

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Worth noting that the starting armor for this class isn't purchasable till one of the final areas of the game. So if you like the look then I think its worth missing a level or two of stats to get it 60 hours early.

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This class can be turned into a STR/DEX build, STR/FAI, DEX/INT, pure DEX, pure FAI, and pretty much any other build since all of the boosted stats on this character are stats that you would boost anyway on almost any build. Every build pumps health and endurance, every build has at least 10 mind, and most builds have at least 14 strength and 13 dex. Even some INT and FAI builds who want to use something like the Darkmoon Greatsword (16 STR/11 DEX), Moonviel Katana (12 STR, 18 DEX), Nagakiba (18 STR/ 22 DEX), Claymore, Blasphemous blade, etc... Even builds that use Arcane are fine for the same reasons.

TLDR: This class is extremely versatile, and can be turned into pretty much any build (surprisingly even some Arcane builds). It starts out with really good armor, high health and stamina, two good weapons, and a 100% physical reduction shield.

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Ah yes, the “Canon” class, my favorite.

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The most versatile class in the game. Can do anything unrelated to "Arcane Attribute" with excellent optimization.

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Is there a range option to this?, I feel it’s needed with horseback combat being such a big thing

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Me and this guy…tonight… oh yeahhh

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so excited to be one of the first to play vagabond for my first play through.

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I love berserk as much as the next guy but you all are being silly, looks nothing like Guts. Guy with armor and cape isn't a berserk reference

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Alright I love Berserk as much as the next guy but you all are being silly, looks nothing like Guts whatsoever. Man with armor and cape ≠ Berserk reference

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spells are for suckers, gonna pancake fools with guts man

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I like spears and I like swords.

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Comparing physical classes where "Relevant" stats are Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity:
Relevant stat totals: Hero = 51 | Vagabond = 53 | Samurai = 52
Hero starts at level 7 where Vagabond and Samurai start at level 9, so Hero's 51 is effectively 53 at level 9.

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It's time to launch some *clang*

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cool cape bro

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Oddly enough, the name "Vagabond" is partially censored like "Knight", the Vagabond's ancestral class.

I'll let you figure out why...

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Hey look, it's Guts

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The sword is straight

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For pure strength, vitality, endurance characters the Hero class is better than the Vagabond.

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I GO UNGA AND THEN DO THE BUNGA

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Everyone: Quality build
Me: that lore fits me well, i'll go with it because of that only.

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Pretty much the knight class from ds3, solid choice to do whatever bulld with

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Statistically speaking, the Vagabond class is the best option for pure, "quality" melee builds who don't plan on casting any spells and like a variety of weapon types, as it offers the highest value per point investment. A standard PvP character at level 120 can have 40 Vigor, 40 Endurance, 40 Strength, and 40 Dexterity - hitting all the necessary soft-caps for life, stamina, and damage without diminishing returns - while still having 4 extra points to work with. This will place you at a lower overall character level than any other class with the same stat investment.

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Must be the Knight class in ds3, aka trash casuls' default class.

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Guts(Golden age)?? looks similar to me

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My min-max bone is tingling

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Mmm yes I can taste it.. this is the MC class.

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you guys got it all wrong, he's clearly the strongest because he spawns with 2 weapons! that's double the weapon!

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Quality rise up

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Best class

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Best class unless you want to go pure caster

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Scientifically the best class unless you care about arcane, or if you plan on going pure caster. If you plan on leveling dex or str at all, this is the best one.

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GUTS GANG

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First playthrough will be with this class, and I'm naming my character Musashi, for obvious reasons.

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