Easiest class?

[Zelous]

Just bought the game, no looking to be all sweaty but enjoy myself. Whats the easiest build

[cybercybercybercyber4]

Blind: ultra greatsword
Not blind: bleed, sorceries, spam of some ashes of war
Spirit ash user: spirit ashes.

[Mike of the Wypipo]

The one you play best with.

[Old Captain Yon]

Vagabond simply because it can be everything. It is THE single best optimized class in game since it has big vigor, some Str and Dex and balanced other stats. You can respec to any build from it later. Oh, and halberd. Halberd is nice. Just unequip your starting sword or you will fatroll

[causality]

Been cruising on Prophet. Catch Flame is just absurdly strong dps early game. Faith is the most versatile damage stat too.

[Ironwu]

Origineel geplaatst door Zelous:

Just bought the game, no looking to be all sweaty but enjoy myself. Whats the easiest build

Zelous, before you go past the 2hr refund mark, I would seriously consider rethinking your system's ability to actually play Elden Ring with any satisfying performance.

That is, if your system specs are still as listed in your profile.

Not trying to bring you down, but you may not be happy with the way the game runs on that system. ;(

[Virake]

a quad core from 12 years ago. jesus christ…

[Yal]

Origineel geplaatst door Zelous:

Just bought the game, no looking to be all sweaty but enjoy myself. Whats the easiest build

To a complete beginner I'd recommend Confessor, they start with the most possible options outta the gate (sword-n-board, healing, stealth) and then you can figure out what you wanna focus on once you've tried them all out. (If you can manage to beat the golden knight boss guy near the start you'll also get a holy halberd that's amazing for any build you can pivot to from Confessor, but it's a pretty tough boss so that's more of a long-term goal.)

For your starting gift the two best choices are either Golden Seed (lets you upgrade your healing flask with an extra charge) or Fanged Imp Ashes (reusable helper spirit for boss fights), if you go with Confessor or Samurai the imps probably provide the best value (Confessor starts with more healing already and don't have a need for that extra flask charge, Samurai has a bleed weapon and the imps do too so they synergize really well) and for anyone else you're probably best off with the seed.

Build-wise I'd say focusing on Strength is gonna be the easiest, since it lets you use big weapons (stopping power is always nice, an enemy that's sent flying is an enemy that's not trying to kill you) but more importantly big SHIELDS. You don't need to worry about dodge timings when you're hiding behind a greatshield, again getting a greatshield is gonna be more of a long-term goal (they need a LOT of strength and the first one you can find without farming enemies is a couple hours into the game) but I can promise you you'll notice the difference when you finally can equip one.

[Andi]

STR bulild + powerstancing colossal weapons. Just spam jump attack and stagger everything. INT build if you wanna play very safe and shoot bosses from afar, it's kinda boring though.

[Chaosolous]

There aren't really classes so to speak in FromSoft games.

Spec towards intelligence/faith for magic and it's a push X to win kind of game, assuming you know how to dodge roll.

[SoundsOfNight]

Str

[Faust Wither]

vagabond and then get blood hound fang.