Best build i think

[erős pista]

Hey guys. I just finished my third build. Looked for 3 best builds of all that i tried out.
1. Was mage build. It was not as good as i thought. Slow and needs a high RNG with bosses i think, but preatty powerfull
2. Was the all mighty bleed build. It was better at some point then the mage cause it is more agile and can penatrate through lot of the bosses but it is easily killed.
3. Was the lighting build. It is like the Mage build but better version of it i think. It dont needs as much RNG and can kill bosses faster then the mage. Because of the ranged battle and can used any armor it is not as vonerable as the bleed build.
So i think FOR PVE lightning is the best.
Has several ours in every one of them and i really felt like the most op with lightning build.
Thats my opinion. What about yours?

[John Titor]

Lightning is pretty strong. I'll vouch for that.

[Golfcrocodile]

Originally posted by erős pista:

2. Was the all mighty bleed build. It was better at some point then the mage cause it is more agile and can penatrate through lot of the bosses but it is easily killed.

how much vigor do you, that it is easily killed?

[erős pista]

30 vigor

Originally posted by Golfcrocodile:

Originally posted by erős pista:

2. Was the all mighty bleed build. It was better at some point then the mage cause it is more agile and can penatrate through lot of the bosses but it is easily killed.

how much vigor do you, that it is easily killed?

30 vigor. But the fact that has to use the raptors black feathers and the wite mask so it doesnt get high armor and has to be at close combat with every enemy makes it vounarable

[Rama]

I don't like trivializing the game so I mostly play the classic way: full melee (physical dmg) with the occasional consumable for a quick boost. But since I'm in my second playthrough I'm currently carrying a secondary "cheese setup" I use to breeze through the repeated content and some of the bs bosses I don't feel like wasting my time with. It consists of a misericorde + flame of the redmanes and the mimic tear for extra cheese.

[Fineous🔥]

Can i pick one outside the list??1? please please??

No seriously i really after 1000 hours ended to hate bleed. Why? Gargoyles and Radagon laugh at you if you go with a bleed build...oh and the Elden Beast.
Sure im having a lot of fun with two bleed executioner greataxes+ ironjar aromatic (Nanomachines son)+ Wild strikes and Malenia.....i feel bad for her. But while being like the best option for Malenia and the godskin gankers....cant rely 100% on it.

Lightning (dont taser me please John.....with the bolt of Gransax) i actually never liked it. I dont know, apart from Placidosaurusrex sword and the bolt i dislike the spells, plus every scumbag dragon has insane resistance.

So im running dualwielding two Red giant dad hair whips (mid range and huge AOE) and two Magma swords all together with frenzlyflame incantations and rot. Except the virgins , sneks and lame magma wyrms....oh and the ducking Mogh.....everything burns quite well.

For fire resistant eejits i swap to deathmagic with a death poker. Ancient rancors dualwielding two Death prince staff and the proper talismans are probably the most powerful spells of Elden Ring. Im talking about a end end game build extremly mana hungry, but you can consistently kill in seconds anything with a constant barrage of rancors.

Thats my contribution Mr. Nanosuit man, give death magic a go i suggest! You may end liking it.

[Crom]

I do play best build.

Its huge shield, from the knight at very first ruins and 1 weapon, sword from soldier, but very very upgraded.

I defeated like that the invincible Crucible Knight, I was so so so suprised, that I immidietly went into Cast Stormweil, to fight other knights there, and it was working too.

Its like when you after year of practice become sword itself.

But, important is to eat turtle food and red flesh before fight with a knight.

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by Crom:

I do play best build.

Its huge shield, from ruin knight and 1 weapon, sword from soldier, but very very upgraded.

I defeated like that Crucible Knight, I was so so so suprised, that I immidietly went into Cast Stormweil, to fight other knights there, and it was working too.

But, important is to eat turtle food and red flesh before fight with a knight.

Son....its time.....to stop, really just.....stop exis.....i mean you were....nevermind....stop.

On topic: iz playz beztz buildz, fill screenz with skullzzzzzz they go brrrrmrmrmrmr and baddies ezplode! (sorry for this OP...)

[erős pista]

Originally posted by Fineous:

Can i pick one outside the list??1? please please??

No seriously i really after 1000 hours ended to hate bleed. Why? Gargoyles and Radagon laugh at you if you go with a bleed build...oh and the Elden Beast.
Sure im having a lot of fun with two bleed executioner greataxes+ ironjar aromatic (Nanomachines son)+ Wild strikes and Malenia.....i feel bad for her. But while being like the best option for Malenia and the godskin gankers....cant rely 100% on it.

Lightning (dont taser me please John.....with the bolt of Gransax) i actually never liked it. I dont know, apart from Placidosaurusrex sword and the bolt i dislike the spells, plus every scumbag dragon has insane resistance.

So im running dualwielding two Red giant dad hair whips (mid range and huge AOE) and two Magma swords all together with frenzlyflame incantations and rot. Except the virgins , sneks and lame magma wyrms....oh and the ducking Mogh.....everything burns quite well.

For fire resistant eejits i swap to deathmagic with a death poker. Ancient rancors dualwielding two Death prince staff and the proper talismans are probably the most powerful spells of Elden Ring. Im talking about a end end game build extremly mana hungry, but you can consistently kill in seconds anything with a constant barrage of rancors.

Thats my contribution Mr. Nanosuit man, give death magic a go i suggest! You may end liking it.

yeah only the dragons has high resistance and the golems, but because they are large ennemyes they can be killed really quick anyway.

[John Titor]

Originally posted by Crom:

I do play best build.

Its huge shield, from the knight at very first ruins and 1 weapon, sword from soldier, but very very upgraded.

I defeated like that the invincible Crucible Knight, I was so so so suprised, that I immidietly went into Cast Stormweil, to fight other knights there, and it was working too.

Its like when you after year of practice become sword itself.

But, important is to eat turtle food and red flesh before fight with a knight.

Originally posted by Crom:

Originally posted by Caramel_Clown:

I can tell that OP is talking about Stormveil castle roof. You expect people to have issues with these in like first 3 hours of play. Not after 150. Eagles are annoying enemies, but it sounds like you are hardly trying beyond just charging at them and trying to spam R1.

Yes, thats what I do, what Im doing wrong?

Oh.

[richardson]

Powerstanced curved greatswords. Include jump-R2 attacks and Flame of the Redmanes to maximize poise damage. Some bleed but it only procs once per boss fight so it's not overpowered.

[Senki]

There's no single best build. There are a few that are at the top and pretty similar in power

[Golfcrocodile]

Originally posted by Fineous:

(Nanomachines son)

They harden in response to physical trauma.

[I Throw Rocks At Trains]

Big weapon best build. If you're bigger then your weapon is, you're doing it wrong.

[Xengre]

If you want the laziest best builds after you get a bit into the game to set them up...

Seppuku with arcane and a native bleed weapon is pretty strong for versatile performance. It simply works, and well.

The even better build, imo, is heavy weapon power stance jump builds. Especially if you get the weapon ash of war that increases next hit damage. You would only usually need to use it on one to get enough dmg to do the job if you need more dmg, though its still fast to cast on both. You can throw on extra buffs if you really want but its almost never needed. For bosses and stronger mobs its pretty much the defacto best option. However, for regular frequent small mobs having to jump to do these hits is arguably a tad obnoxious and something like R1 spam basic bleed build would be easier/lazier for basic mobs.

Both of those can't be setup at the very start of the game though.

Another really good one is Misericorde + Flame of the Redmanes or the Phalanx ash of war (not spell) for immense poise damage. Throw on damage boosting rings and Cerulean Assassin's dagger for critical hit FP recovery and you can stroll through field/dungeons without getting hit as you will instantly stun almost every non-boss in one cast (even groups) and get your iframes during critical hits as you 1-shot them. For bosses its arguably the best method for stance breaking and works in 2-3 casts and will nuke bosses, too. Overall, very powerful and straight forward build. For this type of weapon you want to ijnfuse it with an elemental affinity (I usually opt for fire most of the time) for most AR due to how defenses work with high dmg crit values. Extra beneficial because the fire spell (Power Within or whatever) gets physical + fire scaling and there are some flasks/rings for even more fire and AR/crit boosting for pretty insane dmg.

Magic is super easy but aside from like three spells in the game they don't instagib everything by breathing on it like the other builds mentioned. They're very safe and easy though unless the player is incredibly incompetent or approaching the situation so terribly wrong.

Worthy mention is the sword from Bell Hunter that has the corkscrew type ash of war. Built right there is not a single boss that will not instantly die to that in the game no matter your NG+. The dmg goes into the tens of thousands and it is the single strongest attack in the game as far as I'm aware.

[The Time Traveler]

Originally posted by erős pista:

Hey guys. I just finished my third build. Looked for 3 best builds of all that i tried out.
1. Was mage build. It was not as good as i thought. Slow and needs a high RNG with bosses i think, but preatty powerfull
2. Was the all mighty bleed build. It was better at some point then the mage cause it is more agile and can penatrate through lot of the bosses but it is easily killed.
3. Was the lighting build. It is like the Mage build but better version of it i think. It dont needs as much RNG and can kill bosses faster then the mage. Because of the ranged battle and can used any armor it is not as vonerable as the bleed build.
So i think FOR PVE lightning is the best.
Has several ours in every one of them and i really felt like the most op with lightning build.
Thats my opinion. What about yours?

I dunno. But the second someone responds and the community decides on "the best build" you can bet your ass it'll get nerfed to garbage tier.