Are intelligence builds good for the dlc?

[Grantorino]

I was using Mohgs Spear but I'm kind of bored of it now even though it's carrying me hard. I was thinking of starting a nee save for int. What weapons would you recommend for int?

Thanks

[StarlightAsh♡]

Moonlight greatsword, carian slicer, every catalyst in the game that buffs whatever sorcery you are using in the moment, do sulivis's quest for the magic scorpion charm, grab both the 10% and 20% sorcery boosting talisman, lastly the one in the ruins you need the jellyfish ash to enter, minimum 60 intelligence, 30 mind, rest endurance and vigor.
good spells are comet azur, crystal torrent if you want a slightly lower dmg with better tracking comet azur, glintstone pebble, meteorite of astel, beyond that kinda your own choice

[Fineous🔥]

Yes, specially death magic and Ancient Death rancors. As weapon you need a pair of

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Prince+of+Death%27s+Staff

The best staff of the game with a stackable 10% damage for death magic from the main game....Rings of Spectral rings and Putrescent sorceries despite being from the death school will get no buff from the staff, despite this Rings of Spectral light got buffed recently and even before it was a awesome spell.

Take a look to Ancient Death rancors damage in this NG+max Bayle kill

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289998977

Notice the insane range? HP and poise damage? Become a Death mage RIGHT NOW (if you have enough FAI and INT).

You can use the God tier Death Poker as weapon or one of the new Prince of Death themed Spirit Blade or Glaive new from the expansion.

[StarlightAsh♡]

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Yes, specially death magic and Ancient Death rancors. As weapon you need a pair of

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Prince+of+Death%27s+Staff

The best staff of the game with a stackable 10% damage for death magic from the main game....Rings of Spectral rings and Putrescent sorceries despite being from the death school will get no buff from the staff, despite this Rings of Spectral light got buffed recently and even before it was a awesome spell.

Take a look to Ancient Death rancors damage in this NG+max Bayle kill

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289998977

Notice the insane range? HP and poise damage? Become a Death mage RIGHT NOW (if you have enough FAI and INT).

You can use the God tier Death Poker as weapon or one of the new Prince of Death themed Spirit Blade or Glaive new from the expansion.

do not sleep on large oracle bubble my friend

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Yes, specially death magic and Ancient Death rancors. As weapon you need a pair of

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Prince+of+Death%27s+Staff

The best staff of the game with a stackable 10% damage for death magic from the main game....Rings of Spectral rings and Putrescent sorceries despite being from the death school will get no buff from the staff, despite this Rings of Spectral light got buffed recently and even before it was a awesome spell.

Take a look to Ancient Death rancors damage in this NG+max Bayle kill

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289998977

Notice the insane range? HP and poise damage? Become a Death mage RIGHT NOW (if you have enough FAI and INT).

You can use the God tier Death Poker as weapon or one of the new Prince of Death themed Spirit Blade or Glaive new from the expansion.

do not sleep on large oracle bubble my friend

Good but extremly slow, it only outperforms anything when you are able to chain cast 4. Keeping traveling speed, range, accuracy and raw damage Ancient Death rancors outperforms EVERYTHING with no need to build any negative status (other than magic damage resistance debuff applied via Ranni Darkmoon or Gideon mace Knowledge above all).

[StarlightAsh♡]

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

do not sleep on large oracle bubble my friend

Good but extremly slow, it only outperforms anything when you are able to chain cast 4. Keeping traveling speed, range, accuracy and raw damage Ancient Death rancors outperforms EVERYTHING with no need to build any negative status (other than magic damage resistance debuff applied via Ranni Darkmoon or Gideon mace Knowledge above all).

the only issue I have with the build you mention is really the staff itself, like yeah its decent but the 10% bonus of damage does not make up for the amount of levels that staff requires to actually be the best staff

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Good but extremly slow, it only outperforms anything when you are able to chain cast 4. Keeping traveling speed, range, accuracy and raw damage Ancient Death rancors outperforms EVERYTHING with no need to build any negative status (other than magic damage resistance debuff applied via Ranni Darkmoon or Gideon mace Knowledge above all).

the only issue I have with the build you mention is really the staff itself, like yeah its decent but the 10% bonus of damage does not make up for the amount of levels that staff requires to actually be the best staff

Well...Lets consider it a mid RL character gear running NG+, if you just play without going above NG0 sure.....There is no way to make a low RL character become proficient with death magic or anything requiring heavy investments in more than two stats. Now in the hands of someone who actually meet the gear requirement we are talking about best in slot gear!.

[Grantorino]

Thanks guys I think I will use the moonlight greatsword. What are some good early game weapons to use until I get to the late game?

[Fineous🔥]

There

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Lazuli+Glintstone+Sword

Pretty common and there is a Burger King student wearing and dropping it near a grace, in the Academy.

Later

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Wing+of+Astel

This is a god tier weapon and it will be useful once you upload it forever (even the expansion).

Both suggestions require little STR and DEX and if you pick the astrologist as starting archetype you will need to pump DEX just a bit. This will increase your casting speed a "bit".

Staves just go and get yourself a

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Meteorite+Staff

To replace it later with Rennala or Lusat staves. DO NOT SELL IT, still will boost gravity magic even when you replace it (just use the new staff to cast while you have meteorite staff in your off-hand).

[opus132]

Intelligence has some amazing drip throughout all the gear you find. The only thing i disliked about it is that a lot of the spells are basically just variations of the same thing. Pebble, larger pebble, biggus pebble, pebble that's invisible, pebble made of ice and so on.

Still pretty cool though.

[Silver Nightbane]

I use an intelligence build, but I'm not a full caster. I'm more of an magic swordsman, so my stuff revolves around Carian spells, Ranni's Dark Moon mostly as a counter to spellcasting heavy enemies, with my main damaging AoW being Carian Sovereignty on a Magic Knight's GS, Moonveil and Dark Moon GS.

With a level 160 Vagabond my stats are (at least off the top of my head, can't remember 1:1)
Vig 60
Mnd 20
End 30
Str 16
Dex 13-18 <= this is the part I can't remember atm
Int 80
Faith 9
Arc 8

Slapping Carian Sovereignty on a Greatsword is crucial since it gives you hyper armor as you charge, but you still need the poise to tank a few meaty hits.

Also, the Finger Sorcery spells are pretty damn good. Glintstone Nails actually does a lot of poise damage and Cherishing Fingers makes most ranged attacks, be they magic, physical or incantation bounce off makes a lot of ranged fights rather simple, provided you time it right.

[DragonSoundxSG]

Eh the enemies are soooo aggressive so probably not. May need to morph into a spellsword.

[Haru]

yes

[Grantorino]

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

There

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Lazuli+Glintstone+Sword

Pretty common and there is a Burger King student wearing and dropping it near a grace, in the Academy.

Later

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Wing+of+Astel

This is a god tier weapon and it will be useful once you upload it forever (even the expansion).

Both suggestions require little STR and DEX and if you pick the astrologist as starting archetype you will need to pump DEX just a bit. This will increase your casting speed a "bit".

Staves just go and get yourself a

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Meteorite+Staff

To replace it later with Rennala or Lusat staves. DO NOT SELL IT, still will boost gravity magic even when you replace it (just use the new staff to cast while you have meteorite staff in your off-hand).

Thank you Doctor. I will call you the doctor now for your white beard! When it comes to stats do you think I should level vigor fast for bosses like radahn or spread them evenly?

Ty

[MF]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Good but extremly slow, it only outperforms anything when you are able to chain cast 4. Keeping traveling speed, range, accuracy and raw damage Ancient Death rancors outperforms EVERYTHING with no need to build any negative status (other than magic damage resistance debuff applied via Ranni Darkmoon or Gideon mace Knowledge above all).

the only issue I have with the build you mention is really the staff itself, like yeah its decent but the 10% bonus of damage does not make up for the amount of levels that staff requires to actually be the best staff

You can off-hand it while continuing to use another in your casting hand.

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by Grantorino:

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

There

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Lazuli+Glintstone+Sword

Pretty common and there is a Burger King student wearing and dropping it near a grace, in the Academy.

Later

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Wing+of+Astel

This is a god tier weapon and it will be useful once you upload it forever (even the expansion).

Both suggestions require little STR and DEX and if you pick the astrologist as starting archetype you will need to pump DEX just a bit. This will increase your casting speed a "bit".

Staves just go and get yourself a

https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Meteorite+Staff

To replace it later with Rennala or Lusat staves. DO NOT SELL IT, still will boost gravity magic even when you replace it (just use the new staff to cast while you have meteorite staff in your off-hand).

Thank you Doctor. I will call you the doctor now for your white beard! When it comes to stats do you think I should level vigor fast for bosses like radahn or spread them evenly?

Ty

As a caster you should learn how to keep your distance from trouble and have light roll (this helps a lot) but VIG will always be a priority. And im suggesting this with the real Radhan in mind! I say 60 VIG is pretty much mandatory for Mogh and beyond.

Also dont overstuff yourself with talismans increasing damage taken in exchange of a bit more damage/stats.....You dont want this to happen!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3289998977

Just make sure you can take one or two hits before croaking!