Taking too much damage mid way through the game

[Joe21 ★★★]

I am currently at lyndell capital and around level 75-81 (I don't keep track of it). I've noticed that enemies I am coming up against keep doing half damage and can kill me in one to three hits. This is getting unbearable especially for a game that is really long like Elden Ring (I'm 56 hrs in)

What could I do to stop enemies one to two shotting me?

[Ulmace]

level health, use defensive talisman instead of talisman that also increases damage taken.

[Joe21 ★★★]

Originally posted by Ulmace:

level health, use defensive talisman instead of talisman that also increases damage taken.

will leveling strength also help improve defense? and what are the best defense tailsmans

[River Victor]

Leveling anything improves defense. Best PHYSICAL defense Talisman are https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Dragoncrest+Shield+Talisman

and anything in its series.

[Ulmace]

Originally posted by Joe21:

Originally posted by Ulmace:

level health, use defensive talisman instead of talisman that also increases damage taken.

will leveling strength also help improve defense? and what are the best defense tailsmans

yes, str gives a bonus to physical and fire defense. Other stats also increase it a little bit, and they increase other resistances, for example int gives a small bonus to magic resistance. Faith to holy, etc. Then these stats also give a boost to certain status effects.
Physical resistance talismans are really good, and talismans that improve resistance to for example fire resistance can give you some extra breathing room against fire attacks, use to not get 1 shot by them.

[OughaBoughaCavemen]

It's kinda the intended difficulty level though. Its perfectly normal on journey 7 to die in 1 or 2 hits even from the smallest mobs & even when ure lvl 713.

[Mirona]

vigor until 60 for endgame and 40+ for midgame. unless you are a range dd. and after vigor. and i mean after 60, endurance enabling you t use heavier armor also helps mitigate damage. but understand that until you have 60 vigor, endurance is not a good stat. while this all helps alot you will still ne a 2-3 shot from some endgame bosses. also but this wont help most new players you can also use great runes to buff you ALOT. but for new players that isnt a real option as you will run out of them propably.

godricks rune (the first great rune) gives you +5 in ever stat, meaning 5 more vigor and some heavier armor possible. and later on with morgott you can get a 25% hp buff as an example

with 60 vigor and morgotts rune you have 2500hp and with hp talisman you even have 2700. my best guess is you run around with 1200-1400 right now

also while 80 is fine in the capital you could easily be 20-40 lvl higher. have you done mt gelmir/volcano manor ? if not go back. its "meant" to be done before capital

everything said is very subjective

i have now 100% the game 3 times without any grind or xp exploit and all chars are 170-180 at the end. reaching 150 is very much doable even when only doing around 80%

also very underrated if you ask me is the physical flask heal over time + with 50% heal. i use this as the first heal for most bossesl and for the rest of the fight you have a nice hot. this helps more than people think. ofc depending on the boss/situation you may have to use some other combinations but as a standart is set it to hot + 50% heal and use it always as the first heal before normal flask. also helpful for any poison or scarlet rot situation even though scarlet rot should always be cleansed immediatly anyways. but it helps giving you some time to react.

and lastly may wanna check this chart but be aware of some direction spoilers

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/file/Elden-Ring/game_progress_route_map_elden_ring_wiki_guide_2560px.jpg?v=1648007543931

this helps to make sure you dont miss out huge parts of the game where you may get like 10 or more lvls. that route is ofc only an option and does not have to be followed but to make sure you didnt miss out anywhere big time its nice

[TEPPLEBIUSTAH]

looks like we both are at the same progression. I just found I missed a lot of content that was in Nokron, you should check it out if you haven't done it already. unlocks quite a bit of stuff.

[Dam Stark]

respec and pump a lot of points into vigor from the start. at least 40 for mid game.

[stage]

Level up Vigor.

[vamirez]

Rough rule of thumb - at the beginning get Vigor to 20, then add 10 Vigor for each major overworld area you progress through (roughly Liurnia 30, Altus 40, Caelid/Leyndell 50, beyond 60) - this will get you to around 60 for the endgame and should work out ok throughout the game. Any build should level up Vigor btw.

Apart from that keep an eye on your damage reduction stats - this is a percentage of damage from the various types that is deducted from hits. If you are a STR build in any way, additional STR points will give a little bit more of defense. With the soreseal talismans be careful - weigh the pros and cons (taking more dmg) carefully and get rid of them later in the game at the latest. Would be my suggestions.

[Kai_27-]

Originally posted by vamirez:

With the soreseal talismans be careful - weigh the pros and cons (taking more dmg) carefully and get rid of them later in the game at the latest. Would be my suggestions.

This could be a major factor if you are using either soreseal - the soreseals are really good in the early game, when enemies dont have much damage to multiply on you, but in the later stages enemies have their damage upped, which means the damage increase from the soreseal will impact you alot more

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Joe21:

I am currently at lyndell capital and around level 75-81 (I don't keep track of it). I've noticed that enemies I am coming up against keep doing half damage and can kill me in one to three hits. This is getting unbearable especially for a game that is really long like Elden Ring (I'm 56 hrs in)

What could I do to stop enemies one to two shotting me?

That's Elden Ring, dude. Early game, you get 1-3 shot. Mid game, you get 1-3 shot. Late game, you get 1-3 shot. Leveling Vigor and wearing good armor and using buffs can mitigate some of this, but ultimately even with high Vigor and decent mitigation, you'll barely affect the number of shots it takes to kill you. Just understand this is a high mortality game and don't get hit.