Need help making a cosplay build

[Dollmaker]

To be specific, Melina

My current stats at the moment:

Class: Prophet

RL: 175

Vig: 60
Mind: 25
End: 25 (allows for light rolls)
Str: 17 (largely for weapon requirements of other cosplays i use in this character)
Dex: 40
Int: Starting Class
Faith: 70
Arc: Starting Class

Armor:
Traveler's Set
Circlet of Light

Weapons:
Blade of Calling
Erdtree Seal

Talismans:
Millicent Prosthesis (increases Dex by 5 and the multi hit buff works well with the dagger's heavy)
Shard of Alexander
Dragoncrest Shield Talisman
Blessed Blue Dew Talisman

Incantations:
Minor Erdtree (this thing is NOT worth two slots btw)
Golden Vow
Blessing's Boon
Heal From Afar

My main concern comes from the offensive incantations, the only ones that come close to Melina's own spell, are Elden Stars, Land of Shadow and Crucible: Bloom, problem is... they all kinda trash (And Bloom looks stupid as hell)

I have considered the Fire Incantations, due to her role in the game, but it kinda clashes with the dagger, since its a Holy based weapon, so its rough to buff both aspects.

And the Holy Spells arent that great in general, outside of maybe Multi Layered Ring (And im not putting Int for the other ones)

I do wonder if i should focus primarily on the dagger, and largely use the Incantations for supports, such as AOE, but im kinda lost here.

Melina is my favorite character, so i do wanna make this work well.

[Kim]

I see that you want to suffer :D

Most ennemies/bosses are holy resilient, so having only one elemental source of damage can be tricky.

Should you stick to Erdtree incantations:

Elden Stars seems mandatory (going 70 FAI)
Any Crucible incantaions (Tail, Horn, Breath) not much for damage but for stance break (Your dagger will not help you a lot)
Black Blade (should you consider that it fit your vision of Melina)

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Kim:

I see that you want to suffer :D

Most ennemies/bosses are holy resilient, so having only one elemental source of damage can be tricky.

Should you stick to Erdtree incantations:

Elden Stars seems mandatory (going 70 FAI)
Any Crucible incantaions (Tail, Horn, Breath) not much for damage but for stance break (Your dagger will not help you a lot)
Black Blade (should you consider that it fit your vision of Melina)

In the DLC they actually were more fair with Holy dmg, we no longer have over half the bosses resistant to it.

Is Elden Stars really worth it though?

[Sparhawk 59]

In Dlc found a lot weak to holy

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Sparhawk 58:

In Dlc found a lot weak to holy

I was kinda surprised when i found out Gaius was weak to Holy ngl

[Key]

Honestly there's no real way to do it without it turning out terrible unless you plan on playing coop-support, since all of her incantations are mediocre at best and the Blade of Calling is one of the worst weapons in the game.

Personally I'd drop anything defensive and I'd throw in a Dancer's Talisman and a Sacred Scorpion charm, since you're already a light build and will die in one to two hits you may as well take advantage of it and try to do more damage.

I don't even want to imagine fighting Radagon/EB with that setup, though.

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

Originalmente postado por Kim:

I see that you want to suffer :D

Most ennemies/bosses are holy resilient, so having only one elemental source of damage can be tricky.

Should you stick to Erdtree incantations:

Elden Stars seems mandatory (going 70 FAI)
Any Crucible incantaions (Tail, Horn, Breath) not much for damage but for stance break (Your dagger will not help you a lot)
Black Blade (should you consider that it fit your vision of Melina)

In the DLC they actually were more fair with Holy dmg, we no longer have over half the bosses resistant to it.

Is Elden Stars really worth it though?

Elden Stars sucks unfortunately, the only real use for it is to cast it and use other incantations/attacks to roll catch people that run away from it, which is pretty much only people that don't know how little it hurts. In PvE it just does nothing.

[Kim]

For me it is, it's an FF spell, does decent damage and as in your configuration, you won't have many dps options (incantation speaking), it's worth it.

But i'm not you, only you will see it's worth it or not.

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Kim:

For me it is, it's an FF spell, does decent damage and as in your configuration, you won't have many dps options (incantation speaking), it's worth it.

But i'm not you, only you will see it's worth it or not.

FF spell?

[Kim]

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

Originalmente postado por Kim:

For me it is, it's an FF spell, does decent damage and as in your configuration, you won't have many dps options (incantation speaking), it's worth it.

But i'm not you, only you will see it's worth it or not.

FF spell?

Fire & Forget

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Kim:

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

FF spell?

Fire & Forget

ah

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Kim:

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

FF spell?

Fire & Forget

Well, decided to swap Shard of Alexander for Rotten Winged, which boosts my dmg further on the dagger.

Yeah no kidding, the heavy attack of this dagger (as well as Black Knife, Erdtree and Fire Knight) is really good, and with the multi hit stuff, you can build it up really fast, is basically better than Light attack.

As for the spells i choose at the moment:

Catch Flame, good spell overall, plus alternative element.
Giant Golden Arc, ONLY good spell of its type, decent for AOE.
Wrath of Gold, get off me spell
Elden Stars, annoyance.

[Kim]

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

Originalmente postado por Kim:

Fire & Forget

Well, decided to swap Shard of Alexander for Rotten Winged, which boosts my dmg further on the dagger.

Yeah no kidding, the heavy attack of this dagger (as well as Black Knife, Erdtree and Fire Knight) is really good, and with the multi hit stuff, you can build it up really fast, is basically better than Light attack.

As for the spells i choose at the moment:

Catch Flame, good spell overall, plus alternative element.
Giant Golden Arc, ONLY good spell of its type, decent for AOE.
Wrath of Gold, get off me spell
Elden Stars, annoyance.

Well, don't forget to stop by and let us know how this run is going.

[Dollmaker]

Originalmente postado por Kim:

Originalmente postado por Dollmaker:

Well, decided to swap Shard of Alexander for Rotten Winged, which boosts my dmg further on the dagger.

Yeah no kidding, the heavy attack of this dagger (as well as Black Knife, Erdtree and Fire Knight) is really good, and with the multi hit stuff, you can build it up really fast, is basically better than Light attack.

As for the spells i choose at the moment:

Catch Flame, good spell overall, plus alternative element.
Giant Golden Arc, ONLY good spell of its type, decent for AOE.
Wrath of Gold, get off me spell
Elden Stars, annoyance.

Well, don't forget to stop by and let us know how this run is going.

Did some modifications.

Decided to stick with the Fire Incantations, theyre just better.

Catch Flame.
Fire Serpent
Flame Fall Upon Them
Messmer's Orb
Pest-Thread Spears (for giants, but might change to Burn O Flame for looks)

Ended up removing Blessing's Boom since Heal from Afar is good enough at keeping me alive in a fight, and the Minor Erdtree can help when im safe in the middle of exploring, (This thing is STILL not worth 2 slots, i hope it gets some mayor buffs)