Is the confessor a good choice?

[TheMidur™]

Hi everyone, I need advice. Is Confessor a good choice for melee / ranged attack spells? I'm looking for a class that is good at close range and something, and gives damage spells at a distance, and I don't know if the Confessor or the Prophet is better ... Can you please help? Thanks to all

[Sur]

Doesn’t really matter, choose the starting class depending on what you want to look at for the first part of the game. Other than that, as soon as you get passed Margot, your gonna go to fight Rennela. There you will be able to respec it to what you feel you to want play as. Beginning game doesn’t matter. Unless you want total control over your respec. Then pick Wretch and you start at level 1 and you can make whatever your heart desires.

I went with Confessor. And at level 90 now, I’ve respec twice, and now am more of a hybrid mage/greatsword. And I’m very happy with it. Even changed my character from male to female because of the Armor set I created. I was having a hard time finding that setup that made me feel like my skills matched my armor. The armors honestly could use some work. They are cool in their own right, but compared to dark souls 3, they feel a bit weird. I never found that special one that made me content on not having to seek out another. Nothing mid game made me feel like the dark leggings and undead legion chest combo in dark souls 3 did.

Then I came across the noble set and went and got the crimson hood for it. Threw on the royal remains leggings and gauntlets and it look awesome with the blasphemous blade/staff combo.

For me, it’s all about aesthetics.

Elden ring has too many funny, big, over the top helmets for me. People seem to like them but I’m more of a traditional person when it comes to armor. I want my mage looking like a mage, and my knight looking like a knight.

[Nerevar]

the turtle shield isnt the best medium shield. the silly early game brass shield is the best medium shield. yes thats how silly the balance is currently sadly.

[Clail]

Origineel geplaatst door TheMidur™:

Well thank you for the reactions, so what's better about melee (sword) / range (spells) this together? Confessor or Prisoner?

Best bet is to look through the spell lists of faith users vs int users and decide which field you'd rather dive in.

Both faith and int have their appeal depending on how you like to play. Confessor for hybrid faith, prisoner for hybrid int.

[TheMidur™]

And I ask, which state does the spell take less mana from me when casting?

[Monk]

It comes down to the play style you have in mind, Int has longer range with longer cast times overall while faith is shorter range, faster cast times overall.

[Monk]

Origineel geplaatst door TheMidur™:

And I ask, which state does the spell take less mana from me when casting?

Both have low cost and high cost options.

You are best to go watch a spell show case and see which you like the look of most.

I wanted to weave spells in with sword play, but sorcery is a bit slow for that, so I use it more as a long range bombardment option mostly.

[TheMidur™]

Origineel geplaatst door Monk:

Origineel geplaatst door TheMidur™:

And I ask, which state does the spell take less mana from me when casting?

Both have low cost and high cost options.

You are best to go watch a spell show case and see which you like the look of most.

I wanted to weave spells in with sword play, but sorcery is a bit slow for that, so I use it more as a long range bombardment option mostly.

So if you wanted to combine spells with a sword, what did you eventually choose as a class? And do you give states more int or faith?

[Monk]

I went with prisoner and an int build, but I feel faith would of been the better choice, but, I've decided to do both, on 1 character,

As it stands, I am enjoying the character, I just need to make some distance to throw out a spell or two, with 12 slots now, I can realistically run a good selection of both if I drop my high end nukes that need 2 and 3 slots each :)

But, again, do you want to fire off quick spells at close range and buff? Go faith, if you want to sit back and nuke stuff, Int is a better approach from what I have seen.

[TheMidur™]

Origineel geplaatst door Monk:

I went with prisoner and an int build, but I feel faith would of been the better choice, but, I've decided to do both, on 1 character,

As it stands, I am enjoying the character, I just need to make some distance to throw out a spell or two, with 12 slots now, I can realistically run a good selection of both if I drop my high end nukes that need 2 and 3 slots each :)

But, again, do you want to fire off quick spells at close range and buff? Go faith, if you want to sit back and nuke stuff, Int is a better approach from what I have seen.

Well, I want to use a sword, with a medium-range spell, deal 1-2 magic damage, and finish the enemy with a sword. As an example...

[TheMidur™]

To Monk: And another question, like Prisoner, will I wear robes, or can I even armor? And when I want to cast a spell, do I always have to have staff? Or are there swords for magic?

[Metal Izanagi]

Origineel geplaatst door Juno Brier:

Confessor leans toward Faith based spells which kinda suck and are not particularly long ranged.

At least until about 1/3 through the game when you get ahold of the Godskin spells and the talisman for them, at which point Faith builds become hilarious.

[v0!d158]

i started as a warrior (the first one in list) . and with level 60 i respecced to mage ...


so . i think it doesn't matter how you begin the adventure ... later you can respecc and you have so many points to set ...

i think this starting chars are simply put in the game to make it look more interesting for new players.

[Monk]

this is where i am at, after 110 hours i swap between them, though i just got the great sword and blaidds armour do is a direct upgrade to the knights armour i used to wear.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777581937
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777581914
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777581879
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2777581899

i cannot say which is best for you, just know you can respec back to your starting stats (not change your class) after you complete the second main boss, due to exploring far and wide, i didn't kill them until the 90 hour mark lol

[Monk]

Origineel geplaatst door TheMidur™:

To Monk: And another question, like Prisoner, will I wear robes, or can I even armor? And when I want to cast a spell, do I always have to have staff? Or are there swords for magic?

You need to use a staff / focus, I use it in the left hand occasionally swapping it over for a shield, weapon in my right hand.

If you have the carry limit, you can wear what ever you want, I'm in medium armour to maitain the medium roll.