Strength & Radiance

[Medina_Rico]

If only I would have known how good those stats are for weapons in this game.

I started with an agility character, so even if I repsec I'll have lots of wasted points in agility.

I should have listened to my gut when I saw you needed Radiance to see more info on items at the beginning and created a paladin character. Or even the condemned class to be able to respec however without having lots of wasted points in other attributes.

I almost want to start over, but I also DO NOT want to have to go through all that stuff I made it through again. I have a pretty solid agility weapon, it's a grand sword that takes 15 Str and 25 Agility to wield. Called Resh-Mesa's sword.

Might be the first souls-like game where holy attributes are good. Feels bad, man.

[Rena Ichigawa]

There are also items that require higher inferno to view lore of.

[dustin1280]

Seriously....
Pretty sure Str+Radiance is by far the best weapon stats in this game.
My current build:
40 Str
base AGI
20 End
30 Vit
30 Rad
base Inf

Dual-wielding +7 Ravager Gregory Sword and +7 Sword of Skin and Tooth
Pretty much naked though, because the swords are so heavy...

[PostalGibbon]

Yeah my current pally boy is stronk. (started with hallowed knight)
45 STR
8 AGI
25 END
40 VIT
20 RAD
8 INF

Using Justice +10 Grand Sword doing big bonk with full set of Sovereing Plate Heavy Armor for that sweet golden paladin vibe. Catalyst with Sanctify, Light arrow (for sniping pesky unreachable ranged enemies) and Radiant Weapon.

[God Spike]

There is a rune that remove stats needed and weigth of weapon / shield so you can focus on your main stats

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

Yeah my current pally boy is stronk. (started with hallowed knight)
45 STR
8 AGI
25 END
40 VIT
20 RAD
8 INF

Using Justice +10 Grand Sword doing big bonk with full set of Sovereing Plate Heavy Armor for that sweet golden paladin vibe. Catalyst with Sanctify, Light arrow (for sniping pesky unreachable ranged enemies) and Radiant Weapon.

You should checkout the Ravager Great Sword for your build...
It's one of the highest damage greatswords in the game if you are Str+Rad...

[ElviraDemonQueen]

im a strenght and rad build really wealing a massive hammer pretty fun and be abled to heal your self and get extra DMG if you pur radiance on your weapon just makes it even more better use it in CO OP too just be a pocket healer and mostly my friends i do help with i just mostly ask for mana stones just so i can keep my mana up but atleast mana stones are easy to farm in umbral

and if you want my stats i guess its 33 strenght 11 agility 34 endurance 31 vitality 30 radiance and 8 inferno

[chosenxeno]

Originally posted by PostalGibbon:

Yeah my current pally boy is stronk. (started with hallowed knight)
45 STR
8 AGI
25 END
40 VIT
20 RAD
8 INF

Using Justice +10 Grand Sword doing big bonk with full set of Sovereing Plate Heavy Armor for that sweet golden paladin vibe. Catalyst with Sanctify, Light arrow (for sniping pesky unreachable ranged enemies) and Radiant Weapon.

Literally my stat goals. Str is always good(Yes. Even in Elden Ring!). I did put 2 points in INF so I could use Ruiner shield(Insanely high Fire Res.).

Always having a Sword and Defense Buff is op too. Let other people farm Consumables lol

[Medina_Rico]

I hate all of you, lol.

Originally posted by God Spike Qc:

There is a rune that remove stats needed and weigth of weapon / shield so you can focus on your main stats

Sounds like it'd be good to negate the Str requirement for a holy weapon.

[Frank Morgan]

You can buy item from Molhu - Rebirth Chrysalis - then go to Pieta and select second option, its a build reset, you can allocate your points there

[KoD]

Originally posted by Medina_Rico:

I hate all of you, lol.

Originally posted by God Spike Qc:

There is a rune that remove stats needed and weigth of weapon / shield so you can focus on your main stats

Sounds like it'd be good to negate the Str requirement for a holy weapon.

You still want to invest in those stats for the double scaling, or you lose a nice chunk of the damage.

[Medina_Rico]

^Definitely. I meant to say weight requirement but forgot to edit.

Thanks for clarifying what would happen.

Anyway. I'm still satisfied with this weapon I have. A grand sword that scales with Agility is definitely a diamond find. It's made a huge difference with fights. Bigger enemies can stumble when I hit them, it does good damage (I think), better than my short sword I was using. But maybe I was just using the wrong short sword, but I never really found any good ones. I'm really glad I have this one.

Reason I wanted Str and Rad was because I found a grand sword called Bloody Glory that I'd like to use. Among all the other stuff I've came across.

I'm content since I have this current weapon. Ignorance is bliss because I'm sure I don't know what I'm missing with some other weapons. But that's what builds are. You pick a direction and move full force into it.