Im weak or what? cant do damage

[Kyoufu]

Hello. Im kinda new to this soul game thing and i am currently at Volcano Manor where i feel i do not enough of dmg and enemies just kinda one shot me. I am too early for this zone? Level: 107. Weapon: Sword of Night and Flame and Magma Wyrm Scalesword.

[Elizabeth]

You're more than high enough level, the manor is quite manageable by ~80. SNF is a solid weapon, if not one of the top meta ones, not sure about Scalesword though, that might be a weak link if you're using it much. Are your weapons upgraded properly? You should probably have them at at least +7, possibly as high as +9 by this point. Also, did you spread your stats too thin? Early game you wanna boost health and stamina, but now you're at the point where a good chunk of your damage will be coming from stat scaling.

[Kashra Fall]

Your level is fine for the zone, what are your stats?

[BEEP!]

It could be as simple as enemy have a resistance to what you're using on them

[Nauct]

SNF is weak because it has multiple damage types. So each is effected by flat damage reduction. Where as if you had a weapon with one type of damage it would only be subject to flat damage reduction once.

Also the enemies there are probably super resistant to the fire damage in particular, also the magma wyrm is strong vs slashing, weak to strike

[frowningmirror]

Uhhhhhh, I can already guess whats wrong. It seems kinda odd to both use the magma wyrm scale sword with sword of night and flame. It means you have to use strength, dexterity, faith and intelligence...you're spread too thin, you can't even power stance those weapons, not to mention you probably need mind or blue soda to use the SoNaF meme sword while you want endurance to lift those weapons

Also, new players don't know where the smithing stones are so I bet the weapons being used are underleveled. Mid-game is supposed a cake walk, most players will have already beat Godrick and Rennala before reaching volcano manor

[BEEP!]

Originally posted by Nauct:

Originally posted by Hipocondria:

wyrm is not weak to strike, you have no idea about how this game works

I tested it and it's weaker to striking damage. Also the loading screen message tells you scaled or sturdy creatures are weak to strike damage. And I just looked it up on the wiki and it says it there too

Yep your right the game tells you and the wiki says the same Hipocondria is simply wrong here

[Kyoufu]

Originally posted by Elizabeth:

You're more than high enough level, the manor is quite manageable by ~80. SNF is a solid weapon, if not one of the top meta ones, not sure about Scalesword though, that might be a weak link if you're using it much. Are your weapons upgraded properly? You should probably have them at at least +7, possibly as high as +9 by this point. Also, did you spread your stats too thin? Early game you wanna boost health and stamina, but now you're at the point where a good chunk of your damage will be coming from stat scaling.

First of all thank you. No, my weapons are not upgraded, do they make a big difference? Not sure what u mean i spend my points thin, but they do look like this:
Vigor: 34
Mind: 20
Endurance: 25
Strenght: 24
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 24
Faith: 42
Arcane: 17

[Kazouie]

Originally posted by Kyoufu:

Originally posted by Elizabeth:

You're more than high enough level, the manor is quite manageable by ~80. SNF is a solid weapon, if not one of the top meta ones, not sure about Scalesword though, that might be a weak link if you're using it much. Are your weapons upgraded properly? You should probably have them at at least +7, possibly as high as +9 by this point. Also, did you spread your stats too thin? Early game you wanna boost health and stamina, but now you're at the point where a good chunk of your damage will be coming from stat scaling.

First of all thank you. No, my weapons are not upgraded, do they make a big difference? Not sure what u mean i spend my points thin, but they do look like this:
Vigor: 34
Mind: 20
Endurance: 25
Strenght: 24
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 24
Faith: 42
Arcane: 17

weapon upgrades are the main part of your damage, so it's kind of a big deal.

[Kyoufu]

Originally posted by frowningmirror:

Uhhhhhh, I can already guess whats wrong. It seems kinda odd to both use the magma wyrm scale sword with sword of night and flame. It means you have to use strength, dexterity, faith and intelligence...you're spread too thin, you can't even power stance those weapons, not to mention you probably need mind or blue soda to use the SoNaF meme sword while you want endurance to lift those weapons

Also, new players don't know where the smithing stones are so I bet the weapons being used are underleveled. Mid-game is supposed a cake walk, most players will have already beat Godrick and Rennala before reaching volcano manor

I did beat those two bosses, it took a while :D I hear it second time that i build thin, but do u mean i need to focus only one stat or what?

[Elizabeth]

Yeah, that's a pretty thin split. At least until you hit 100, if not closer to 150, you should really only be raising 3-4 stats. You need to pick a focus and stick to it, otherwise you end up sucking at everything. And weapon upgrades are HUGELY important. They increase both the base damage and scaling multiplier of the weapon. +10 weapons will do over double the damage of base level ones, sometimes closer to triple. You can respec at Rennala to fix the stat issue, you should have found at least one Larval Tear by now being that far along.

[Kyoufu]

Originally posted by Elizabeth:

Yeah, that's a pretty thin split. At least until you hit 100, if not closer to 150, you should really only be raising 3-4 stats. You need to pick a focus and stick to it, otherwise you end up sucking at everything. And weapon upgrades are HUGELY important. They increase both the base damage and scaling multiplier of the weapon. +10 weapons will do over double the damage of base level ones, sometimes closer to triple. You can respec at Rennala to fix the stat issue, you should have found at least one Larval Tear by now being that far along.

Understood. I always wondered what rebirth did, now i do. :D Thank you very much, i try to fix my character up.

[frowningmirror]

Originally posted by Kyoufu:

Originally posted by Elizabeth:

You're more than high enough level, the manor is quite manageable by ~80. SNF is a solid weapon, if not one of the top meta ones, not sure about Scalesword though, that might be a weak link if you're using it much. Are your weapons upgraded properly? You should probably have them at at least +7, possibly as high as +9 by this point. Also, did you spread your stats too thin? Early game you wanna boost health and stamina, but now you're at the point where a good chunk of your damage will be coming from stat scaling.

First of all thank you. No, my weapons are not upgraded, do they make a big difference? Not sure what u mean i spend my points thin, but they do look like this:
Vigor: 34
Mind: 20
Endurance: 25
Strenght: 24
Dexterity: 20
Intelligence: 24
Faith: 42
Arcane: 17

Ok so your stats are a mess and your weapons are unupgraded, this is exactly why you're struggling lol

In the future, this is what you do in souls games to make it easier on yourself. Level vigor or the HP stat until you aren't being 1-shot anymore. 34 Vigor isn't even the first softcap where HP gains slows down, you should be at 40 minimum, but not higher than 60. Next, think about the weapons you want to use, and look up their requirements. If you don't meet the requirements the damage is heavily nerfed. You can get away with strength requirements by two-handing your weapon, which doubles your strength stat. Start leveling your weapons until you meet the requirements. From here, upgrade your weapons and use stones.

Now that you have that out of the way, when you can't level your weapon anymore, that's when you can put points into the damage stats. Look at the weapon you're using again. If a weapon has a high letter grade, let's say A for strength and D for dexterity, that's when you put lots of strength into your weapon. The first softcap is 50 and the second is 80, so people usually stop putting points into them at these points.

Endurance gives you stamina and that's previously been important but Elden Ring is pretty generous so you'll only need enough to give you an equip load to do a mid-roll with your armor and weapons. Mind has the opposite of a softcap, it only gets good the more points you put into it. At 20 you aren't getting the bonuses you need. It's a stat almost exclusively for mages. I would level only one of these in general.

Don't put points into anything else you aren't using.

What PVP players do is they purposely pick the class that gives them the lowest in the stats they know they won't level up in, that way when they match with people the same level, they aren't wasting points in thats that don't help them

[ウィッチ（？）]

If blade does not work, try blunt or piercing..
Also ailment might work well too (poison, scarlet rot etc.) to help your combat.