The best builds in Elden Ring

Highlights

• High-quality builds in Elden Ring combine strength and dexterity for maximum performance, best for late game and NG+.
• The Watchdog Staff offers melee and magic, useful for taking out enemies from a distance
• Dual Scavenger’s Curved Sword build uses bleed damage for quick attacks, perfect for high damage.

For those who don’t know: High-quality workmanship Elden Ring is a build that combines both the Strength and skill stats to produce a result that is stronger than what each can achieve on their own. This is because players typically reach soft and hard caps for both of these stats at higher levels, so increasing the lower of the two stats will give a larger bonus.

As you can imagine, these builds are not something players will do early in their journey. They tend to have a stronger focus on Late Game, New Game+ and Shadow of the Earth Tree Content. Players must therefore many runes and defeated several bosses before they could execute one of these bestial builds.

5 Sorcery of the Crozier Build of the Watchhound Staff

Overwhelming close combat and magical ranged combat

Players who want to access both cataclysmically powerful melee attacks and take out enemies from afar will enjoy this build. This is ideal for dealing with smaller enemies that attack the player from afar. Players can also use these magical attacks to build up stagger damage before getting in close with their massive leaping weapon attacks to trigger the stagger damage on their enemy.

The Magic of the Bishop’s Staff Ash of War for the weapon also targets enemies, making it easy to place them in safety knowing they will find their target. Since players will be doing a lot of jumping attacks, the Claw Talisman is a must. The Black feathers of a bird of prey are also important as they stack the jump damage buff. The Claw Talisman is a great option for any build with a colossal weapon, as it feels like their optimal playstyle, as does Okina Mask for the 3 points in skill.

4 Dual Scavenger’s Curved Sword build

Strike with both swords to deal massive, stackable damage

Bleeding has always been considered an overpowered mechanic in Elden Ringand this build uses this mechanic, even though it is not an arcane build. This build uses two copies of a specific curved sword. The curved sword in question is the Curved Plunderer Sword which causes blood loss by default. Players give this weapon the Ash of War: Seppuku to increase blood loss. This ability also triggers the 10% damage bonus from White mask .

This will all play into this build’s high damage from the Strength and Dexterity stats, resulting in fierce attacks that can be chained together quickly. There is only one Scavenger’s Sword available, so players will need to acquire a second one by completing a new game plus – or by trading with a friend. Until one of these is available, the Bandit Scavenger is a good substitute.

3 Contagious Ghiza Build

For players who love Greatshields

This build uses the Jellyfish shield , Ghiza’s Wheel and various talismans that provide increased damage. Players will benefit from Ghiza’s Wheel heavy attacks and jump attacks, while the jellyfish shield increases their attack damage, but if Ghiza’s Wheel falls, it spins to deal additional damage, which is amplified by the player’s talismans. Both The Blood Prince’s Rejoicing And White mask can be triggered by the Spinning Finisher from Ghiza’s Wheel .

The Axe Talisman increases the charged attack damage; the Claw Talisman increases the damage of jump attacks. Millicent’s prosthesis increases the damage at the end of attacks by rotating the wheel and increases dexterity by 5 points, and the Badge of the Rotten Winged Sword to stack consecutive hit damage with Millicent’s prosthesis This is perfect for players who like to navigate the game with guard counter gameplay, as smaller enemies can be easily mown down with massive attack damage while safely standing behind a large shield.

2 Gravity Bolt Build

Destroy everything from a distance

Players know how dangerous it can be to be at a distance from the enemy. It is enough to not roll at the right time or to get caught in a single attack and all of a player’s hard work is wasted. This build takes advantage of the Fallingstar Beast Jaw Weapon, one of the best colossal weapons in the game. Players have access to the Ash of War Gravity Bolt Skill . This Ash of War deals damage that scales with both Strength and Dexterity. Strength has a greater impact on damage and Dexterity reduces cast time.

This ability can be used up close or from a distance. This allows players to increase their damage stats more than their vitality to cut down their enemies much faster – and the Ritual Sword Talisman increases this damage even further if players can keep their health full. Players can also use some summons to buff themselves before particularly tough boss enemies. The Tarnished must defeat the fully grown Fallingstar Beast to obtain this weapon, but it is possible to skip the entire fight by sneaking up on the boss from behind and poisoning it with the Poison Mist summon. Its health will drop to zero without the boss knowing the player is nearby.

1 Ax of Godfrey’s Regal Roar build

Cross the distance with massive melee damage

The key weapon for this build, the Axe of Godfrey is very late in the base game, which means that it is a build that will be most effective in the new game plus and that Shadow of the Earth Tree DLC is running. The Ash of War for this weapon, Royal Roar – Ability sends out a shockwave that cannot be blocked and then amplifies the user’s attack.

While this damage boost is active, using strong attacks will be converted into a lunge attack. This build deals great damage to single targets, but can also wipe out a group of enemies in seconds. A good talisman combination for this weapon is using the Shard of Alexander next to the Axe Talisman to deal increased damage to both the Ash of War and the follow-up attack.