beginner friendly challenge run?

[pix]

whats a good first challenge run? after 300-ish hours of elden ring im looking for a way to make it feel new again. honestly anything other than a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ no deaths run (♥♥♥♥ you malikenth) is fine,i just cant think of anything.

[EF_Neo1st]

Publicado originalmente por Celestine:

whats a good first challenge run? after 300-ish hours of elden ring im looking for a way to make it feel new again. honestly anything other than a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ no deaths run (♥♥♥♥ you malikenth) is fine,i just cant think of anything.

Max of 30 VIG
After weapon requirement stats put all points to ENDurance
Wield 2 weapons of the same type
Use only jump attack with jump attack talisman
Always go lightweight (meaning as little armor as possible, but at END 99 with both talismans you can wear heavy or the heaviest of the armors while being light weight)

[Ant Ra]

First the most common ones like only torches, only daggers, only whips, only light weapons in general that may never exceed a certain equipment weight you set, or just only shields run. So, reduce damage or, in the case of torches, naturally with certain elemental damage typical of torches.

Fighting naked with any one-handed weapon from tutorial to final fight while only shabriri's and daedicar's woe are allowed as amulets. And then the less obvious ones like no HP flask, no FP flask, no flasks at all neither HP nor FP. There are regenerators for both, but they are slow. Or for FP you need the sacrifical axe and a certain way of playing with crits/backstabs which can become a real problem in a boss fight if you want to play a FP hungry character like mages/clerics with these requirements.

But in any case, no summons for all types.

[EF_Neo1st]

Publicado originalmente por Ant Ra:

But in any case, no summons for all types.

[pix]

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

Publicado originalmente por Ant Ra:

But in any case, no summons for all types.

did no summons the last two runs. honestly felt about the same as using them .-.

[EF_Neo1st]

Publicado originalmente por Celestine:

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

did no summons the last two runs. honestly felt about the same as using them .-.

And about this suggestion:

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

Max of 30 VIG
After weapon requirement stats put all points to ENDurance
Wield 2 weapons of the same type
Use only jump attack with jump attack talisman
Always go lightweight (meaning as little armor as possible, but at END 99 with both talismans you can wear heavy or the heaviest of the armors while being light weight)

?

[EF_Neo1st]

Something like this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3198576388

Very beginner friendly while still give some challenge

[izsurucu]

try spear only

[Fistraiser]

Try fat rolling only mage with no shields allowed

[EF_Neo1st]

Publicado originalmente por Fistraiser:

Try fat rolling only mage with no shields allowed

Why not a naked barehands mage without any items or weapons where you are allowed to use only magic regardless of not using any mage weapon?

[pix]

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

Publicado originalmente por Fistraiser:

Try fat rolling only mage with no shields allowed

Why not a naked barehands mage without any items or weapons where you are allowed to use only magic regardless of not using any mage weapon?

you know what beginner friendly means right??

[LuckyCheshire]

Publicado originalmente por Celestine:

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

Why not a naked barehands mage without any items or weapons where you are allowed to use only magic regardless of not using any mage weapon?

you know what beginner friendly means right??

I'm pretty sure that he was being sarcastic.

[Greywander]

If you want to make it feel new, then the best thing to do is probably to try a radically different build. Here's a few build ideas for each main stat; you probably used one or more of these already, so try one of the other ones.

Strength
- Great/colossal hammer, two-handed, 101+ poise via Bull-Goat's Talisman, maximize damage negation
- Lance + Greatshield, with a great hammer as a backup weapon, lean into shield pokes with the lance and guard counters with the hammer

Dexterity
- Claws, buff with Bloodflame Blade then power stance them
- Any Keen weapon with Thunderbolt ash of war, Keen gives higher DEX scaling and thus makes the ash do more damage than with Lightning affinity
- Misericorde with medium shield and Carian Retaliation, parry everything then riposte it to death

Intelligence
- Standard magic blaster, I've never really played a mage so IDK
- Magical swordsman, using spells like Carian Slicer and Loretta's Greatbow instead of actual weapons

Faith
- Grab two weapons and slap Flame Art on one and Sacred on the other
- Offensive incantation user; without investing into INT you still have access to fire and lightning incants
- Themed incantation user, restrict yourself to specific kinds of incantations e.g. black flame

Arcane
- Ripple Crescent Halberd, buff with greases (bleed, poison, and sleep grease will scale with ARC)
- Slap Occult on any weapon with bleed, can be further buffed with things like Seppuku
- Dragon Communion Seal incantation user

[EF_Neo1st]

Publicado originalmente por Celestine:

Publicado originalmente por EF_Neo1st:

Why not a naked barehands mage without any items or weapons where you are allowed to use only magic regardless of not using any mage weapon?

you know what beginner friendly means right??

Sarcasm, Fistraiser already gave a very bad troll idea, I just made it exponentialy worst.

[Jouni]

Here's a suggestion:
1. Name your character "9 Vigor Wizard".
2. Level up your character as your name implies.
3. Wear any items that increase INT, Magic Damage or reduce casting cost regardless of their health or defense penalties.
4. No summons of any kind allowed.
5. BONUS. Use the character in late game coop to spread the fun.

[cybercybercybercyber4]

you cannot fulfill the stat requirments of the weapons/shields you are using
+ the usual stuff: no spirits, no pots, no cheated consumables