Builds

[[LZ]Icy]

I wish people would make a decent build rather then sticking with meta lvl LOL , its like a mario game where u get 1 shot if u didnt eat that mushroom... sad.

[zero]

what exactly is decent build to you mean in this context?

cause like, anyone can go to lvl 700 and get 99 in every stat and be powerhouses, but the point of the 150 meta is just so we can actually play with eachother when the game eventually dies out.

[Fineous🔥]

Hmmm a lot of people just decided to parrot some insipid Youtuber advertising a "ThIS BuILD PlAyS ThE GaEM FRO YoU OPP" trite melee build....They also refused to try incantations or sorceries and since they condemn themselves to be low RL forever they cant use a lot of weapons (some of the best).

I personally lost the interest in giving build advices long ago.....with honourable exceptions of threads asking properly, providing stats and more.

But whatever, i gave up! Also every time i see a white phantom wielding a Purescence Cleaver or a Shadow Sunflower Blossom it warms the cockles of my hearth.

[NOCTURN 浪人]

as an invader i've met many players who used “super rad op meta builds” from youtube but had absolutely no idea how to play with them and were usually defeated after a few hits. or panicked if you put a little pressure on them.

personally i've never been a fan of these meta builds. my builds are always relatively "boring" (katana + cool looking armor fan in every souls game), but it's MY "boring" ^^

[Mike of the Wypipo]

It's crazy how many people are so afraid of losing/obsessed with winning that they MUST have the best builds instead of playing with weapons they find the most fun. That's the point of the game, to enjoy it not to stake your happiness on winning pvp or not...

[Silyon]

Personally, I don't like it being called the "meta" level. Gives the wrong impression, that it's the "best" level to be at overall. It isn't, at most it's the best level for PvP specifically. And that much only because the community collectively decided to settle on the 150 range, for completely arbitrary reasons.

If you have little or no interest in playing PvP, there isn't a "meta" anything. No "best" build, no "best weapon" or "ideal level". The only thing keeping you from going 99 across the board is your willingness to farm runes. Only thing keeping you from beating any boss is your willingness to learn it.

[[LZ]Icy]

Originally posted by zero:

what exactly is decent build to you mean in this context?

cause like, anyone can go to lvl 700 and get 99 in every stat and be powerhouses, but the point of the 150 meta is just so we can actually play with eachother when the game eventually dies out.

Its like 279 ish , its super comfy and all works out , u get actual variation and backups , its really good.

[[LZ]Icy]

Originally posted by Fineous🔥:

Hmmm a lot of people just decided to parrot some insipid Youtuber advertising a "ThIS BuILD PlAyS ThE GaEM FRO YoU OPP" trite melee build....They also refused to try incantations or sorceries and since they condemn themselves to be low RL forever they cant use a lot of weapons (some of the best).

I personally lost the interest in giving build advices long ago.....with honourable exceptions of threads asking properly, providing stats and more.

But whatever, i gave up! Also every time i see a white phantom wielding a Purescence Cleaver or a Shadow Sunflower Blossom it warms the cockles of my hearth.

More have to give in , i was 1 of those people in the souls games , but i learned and i became better for it , and now the game is more fun , the only less fun i got now is the fact that sometimes no summons for 15 minutes and then i finally get summoned and i am greeted with a nice message : The host has died returning to ur world... lol , hence the sad and the bad builds topic.

[Zoid13]

the vast majority of any game are the casual audience. that audience largely tends towards guides guides guides walkthrough, build video, *googles whats the most OP easy mode thing in the game ect ect
and because they are the majority that creates a meta. not really anything you can do about it. the majority will always be the same in any game.

[[LZ]Icy]

Originally posted by Zoid13:

the vast majority of any game are the casual audience. that audience largely tends towards guides guides guides walkthrough, build video, *googles whats the most OP easy mode thing in the game ect ect
and because they are the majority that creates a meta. not really anything you can do about it. the majority will always be the same in any game.

Ahhh so thats why everyone (like 5 out of 6) now appears as varre with RoB xD everyonr dude , hosts , if i sum ppl , all of m LOL

[Zoid13]

pretty much. most people gravitate to whats easiest and strongest.
metas have always been around goign way way back to 80's and 90's games. but with the internet the way it is today metas form super fast just because of how easy and fast it is to share info.
they still existed in the old days but it required you to move around to different arcades, play loads of different friends on a console, wait for the monthly game magazine that told you all the broken ♥♥♥♥ :P
took much longer for metas to form. but they were there and they became permanent as old games didn't get patches :)

but yeh in Elden Ring. Rivers of blood and Moonveil katana boys are rampant.. have been since 2022 :)

[Faust Wither]

i'm just follow where the fish at.

[Twisty]

Screw cookie cutter builds, man. If I find a weapon I like, I build around that

[[LZ]Icy]

Its just comfortable to have more then ur 1 shot build , like whats the point? Press a button ur done , its more fun having to actualy play the game , right?

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by LZIcy:

Its just comfortable to have more then ur 1 shot build , like whats the point? Press a button ur done , its more fun having to actualy play the game , right?

indeed

[Twisty]

Originally posted by LZIcy:

Its just comfortable to have more then ur 1 shot build , like whats the point? Press a button ur done , its more fun having to actualy play the game , right?

I've tried one shot and Bleed builds, I prefer having a big heavy weapon and a lightning incant. I like to see all the phases of a fight and enjoy the ost