How prepare yourself to Shadow of the Erdtree( updated for DLC)

There I'll describe you an options how you can prepare yourself to new coming DLC, and try tell some stuff what you can don't know yet.

Introduction

To start, if you searching for this or interested in that guide you look somelike this man
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Firstly we talk about Items which probably will be very useful during Shadow of the Erdtree, further about weapons, incantations and sorceries, talismans, and farm.
Return to point of that guide, I deside make it to people, who want decide, how they would spend their time untill DLC release, and is it worth it?

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For beginers and newcomers

• Lore and History

  
  Firstly, for those who interested in lore, history of Elden Ring DON'T GOOGLE LORE BEFORE YOU BEAT THE GAME! Yeah, I think that kinda important thing, because game developed so that you can build history of whole ER world by looking for small details, discovering some items, read their descriptions, considering foes and location where they were. It will make your playthrough better, so do it for yourself, it isn't hard as you thought.
  Knowladge discovering is important for that game, just look on these guys:
  Who are they? You will understand going the same way as them!
  
  

  • Attribute basics

  Briefly, you have an eight attributes where is: 3 stats atributes
  • Vigor
  • Mind
  • Endurance
  those are increase HP,FP, stamina and gives some bonuses like increasing resists to poison and other status effects or increase max equip load(that affects on your roles)
  4 damage attribures
  • Strenght
  • Dexterity
  • Faith
  • Intelligence
  those increase your damage by scaling on your weapon\staff\sacred seal,
  
  • Arcane
  which needs you to canst some spells, or use some weapons(mostly for bleed builds), it also incresed your discovery chanse
  
  

  • Damage Scaling

  When you select your weapon you can see in Attribute Scaling symbols by E to S in order:
  
  • E, D, C, B, A, S,
  or - which means that weapon don't scaling by that attribute. E - lowest affect by attribute, S - higher.
  You also can see basic weapon damage at left, and + damage by your attributes at right
  

DLC leveling system and more

Leveling System

People who plays Shadow of the Erdtree expansion says a lot about new leveling system, But let’s take it step by step.
Character level on the test is 150, intermediate level when people mostly finish game, or starts NG +, so if your level near to that number you can don't worry about it much. More important thing here is new leveling system inside DLC called Scadutree Blessing, which scaling your stats up much higher than they would normally. You will increase Scadutree Blessing level by Scadutree Fragments which can be found on whole Realm of Shadow.

New weapons and more

Over 100 new weapons and 8 weapon types wait us in comming DLC.
New weapon types:

• Thrusting Shields

• Light Greatsword

• Great Katanas

• Beast Claws

• Parfume Bottles

• Reverse-hand Swords

• Hand-to-hand Arts

• Throwing Weapons

DLC

In Shadow of the Erdtree trailer we saw a lot new areas and foes, some bosses and mini-bosses, and see many hints and obvious stuff which lead us to speculate about what we might need in coming DLC.

Stimulating Boluses

We saw an AOE sleep incantation and sleepy swamp in trailer(screenshots below), so we can expect that in DLC will be more enemies and incantation with sleep effect, that make Stimulating Boluses really useful(likely).
Crafting materials:
Cave Moss x1
Slumbering Egg x1
Herba x1
Also: Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [16]

Sleep stuff.

Clarifying Horn Charm +1

Clarifying Horn Charm raises Focus by 140(+1 version), improving resistance to Sleep and Madness.
So, we back to thing that I said before, we saw a lot sleep stuff, so prepairing tools to oposittion is that we need. Also toxic swamp and strange bloodborne dude can have a madness effect, from which this Talisman also protects.
How to get:Found on a corpse in the middle and at the lowest floor of a ruin in Nokron, Eternal City.

Dude and his swamp.

In trailer we saw new soldier type, Gravity solders, so mostly they would have few gravity spells against us(whic give us magical damage), so be better if we prepare to those tricks before meet them at fight.

Spelldrake Talisman +2

Spelldrake Talisman +2 reduces Magic Damage taken by 20%. (Effect reduced to 6% in PvP.)
Hot to get: Spelldrake Talisman +2: Found in the secret catacombs underneath the Hidden Path to the Haligtree by turning right just before the Stray Mimic Tear's boss door, following the corridor up and taking the lift. The talisman can be found on a corpse in an alcove at the top. See the location's page for details on how to get to the catacombs.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGsya7kUtX4

Barrier of Gold

Increase Magic Damage negation by +60% (+20% in PvP) for the user and nearby friendly entities during 70 second

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	24	30

As I said before, we meet a lot gravity magic users, so magical protection would help us a lot, and that incantation really good at that, for whose who wave enough faith.
How to get: video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-qzzOS3OE

Magic Fortification

Increases Magic Damage negation by +35% (+10% in PvP) during 90 seconds.

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	10	20

Cheaper and more stat-friendly version of previous incantation, if you don't have enough faith you can use that one, and be sure that you have protection against magic.
How to get: Purchase from Brother Corhyn at Roundtable Hold fro 3500 runes.

Also fire damage type, our main(known now) DLC boss Messer have fire damage(a lot fire damage), with some friecky gian fire golem, so likely we saw more fire enemies(in the Messmer location for sure).

Flamedrake Talisman +2

Flamedrake Talisman +2 reduces Fire Damage taken by 20%. (Effect reduced to 6% in PvP.)

How to get: Dropped by the Beastman of Farum Azula in Dragonbarrow Cave in eastern Dragonbarrow.

Flame, Protect Me

Increases Fire Damage negation by +60% (+20% in PvP)during 70 seconds.

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	24	30

How to get:Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave: Found on a corpse inside a sealed room near the beginning, in front of the Site of Grace. The room requires one Stonesword Key to unlock.

Flame Fortification

Increases Fire Damage negation by +35% (+10% in PvP) during 90 seconds.

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	10	20

How to get:Purchase from Brother Corhyn at Roundtable Hold fro 3000 runes.

Reinforced and Actual in Shadow of the Erdtree

Here I will talk only stuff which was buffed by Shadow of the Erdtree patch, or which become more needed in Elden Ring. IPORTANT here I WONT talk about broken build and etc. just about stuff which now really can be used, or be pretty helpful during journey across Realm of Shadow.



Firstly, it Holy Damage as damage type, now and incantations and weapons with Holy Damage feels much stronger than other, that's cool. Golden Epitath give good buff, but also give more damage to new Shadow Birds, which is incredibly useful. That just one example, but really using Holy incantations now give you much more damage apportunities than before. espessially buffed Golden Order incantations, cuzz now they also can be buffed by new Dryleaf Seal which boosts Miquella's incantations by 15% and those that follow: Discus of Light ; [bT]riple Rings of Light [/b] ; Radagon's Rings of Light ; Multilayered Ring of Light.
That buff work together with Golden Order Seal, that gives us 25% damage increase totally. Also you will get some items, which allows you obtain even 45% damage increse, but this sould be spoiler to tell which item gives it.


So now using a holy incantations more accurate than were before, so if you had something from holy incantation\weapon list, now you can surely use them knowing, that right easier way to kill most foes in DLC. You will see best holy weapons and Incantations in "Incantatipot pt.1" and 'Interesting Weapons list' sections, also in 'Enhantion spells' you will find all ways to buff your Holy Damage if you need this, so you can look at your options.


Holy damage Improvement is good, but did they buff something else? Yeas. In Shadow of the Erdtree you will find Talismans which incresed your damage after critical damage, stacking Madness\Sleep on your foes.

Madness

Mostly FromSoft's buffs Frenzied Flame and Madness by adding new Pots and consumables, which stack Madness, no new weapon, just powerfull, but only one incantations, that's sad, but it still improvement.





Aged One's Exultation
Here interesting moment, that Aged One's Exultation increase your damage by 20%(12.5 in PVP) while any of your enemys have Madness on him, you don't need full stack of it.

Sleep

St. Trina's Smile one of the steps to improoving Sleep status effect and make him much better. St. Trina's Smile gives you 20% of damage increase during 30 second after giving Sleep to victinity. Also we have new Eternal Sleep, which gives us chance to repost enemy, or attack him whole duration without his intervention and sleep reset. New Eternal Sleep pots, St.Trina Sword and more, what quite good Sleep inprovement.

St. Trina's Smile

That's a little piece of all new talismans, weapons and consumables which open window to new builds and playstyle's, two-handed armament improvement, Magma improvement, backsteps and shield improvement, now you have MUCH more options to build your character FULL as you wish, by crit damage or shield, heavy armaments or arcane, stombs and storms, so I just can't count all the new possibilities.

Messmer build?

I tried to make a Messmer build before DLC release, and what I did

• Slide Attack

To reproduce this attack I used Partisan spear with Flame of the Redmanes ash of war. Partisan spear have slide attack on her own, but with ash of war that looks much better, and more like real Messmer's moveset(I think so). But not only spear with slide attack we want to reproduse, also and his spells, so now I show you Sorceries and Incantation version, you can mix them if you want, but I don't like that gamestyle so I didn't it.

Armor Set

• Drake Knight Helm(Altered)

• Drake Knight Armor(Altered)

• Zamor Bracelets(On screenshot you can see diferent one, but Zamor is final version.)

• Black Knife Greaves

Sorceires version

So in Sorceries version of the build I used Roiling Magma as a bomb which I throw near foes and blow them up. Here I mostly use that spell and ash of war, to deal fire damage at melee range, also I used an Axe Talisman and Ritual Sword Talisman to increase default spear damage, cuz Partisan have a horizontal swing as a charge attack it can be useful in some cases. You can change your Talismans for your personal tastes, but I dont really advice you use a Fire Scorpion Charm because in magic version you doesn't have incantation buffs(likely) so you can't cover debuff by using incantations buffs, but if you wish Boiled Crab always available.

Incantation version

I like incantations much more that Sorceries, and to be honest, incantations have much more fire spells, so yeah, it's stronger(I think so).
You can see all spells down here, and briefly: Catch flame fast and strong spell with low FP cost, you can spam them and deal awesome damage ; Giantflame take thee Strong explosive incantation with huge radius ; Flame, fall upon them needs against group of enemies and bosses which very love to dodge your projectiles(Malenia, I about you) ; Burn, O flame for AOE damage around character, useful against large bosses, espessial when they near you, and Flame, Grant Me Strength with Flame, Protect Me need no explanation.

And here talismans, I like use Flock's Canvas Talisman to increase all incantation damage with Fire Scorpion Charm to maximize our damage potential, Radagon's Icon to cast faster and some damage negation talisman, cuz while I test that build against foes and bosses I find that here we take a lot of damage, yeah it easily fix by using buffs, but sometime you cant cast whem at fight, so I chose to take physical one for me. About spear, in Incantation Messmers verion I use spera only to hit foes when Catch flame can't, but also I don't far enough to cast long range projectiles.


Here you can see my Messmer's nuild showcase against Radagon and Malenia to it by your own eyes:

Useful Weapons

Broadsword

Str	10	D
Dex	10	E

Usage: I understand that such default weapon in this list look wierd, but Broadsword really good one, I beat game by using it in differend infusions and ashes of war, one-handed, two-handed or in pair with other straight sword, and that really work good.

Uchigatana

Str	11	D
Dex	15	D

Usage: Best Katana in game, because you can infuse Uchigatana as you wish, use any buffes etc. and use with any other katana in game.
How to get: Inside the Deathtouched Catacombs on a hanging corpse.

Sword of Night and Flame

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	12	E
Dex	12	E
Fai	24	D
Int	24	E

Usage: Suitable for Golden Order incantation users, cuz you have faith/int in 1 to 1 proportion, so your fire/magic damage will increse together. Althogh I said that it would be good to Golden Order users, you can use it without any incantation. Weapons Ash of War so strong, and have two different types of damage, so it's totaly universal and strong in any situation. And you can really good buff their spells by Godfrey Icon Fire Scorpion Charm, Magic Scorpion Charm and Shard of Alexander so you get an unbelievable damage at result.

Flamberge

Str	15	D
Dex	14	C

Usage: Flamberge is rare example of infused greatsword by default, also it mostly based on Dex, that makes one-handed using more relevant in combination with shield, other greatsword or Sacred Seal/Staff. Can be buffed and infused by enhantion spells and greases. I used Flamberge with Claymore in each hand, infuse them before battle and tried to beat as much as possible to knock out the balance and give a status effect.

Commander's Standard

Str	24	D
Dex	14	D

Unique Ash of War which increased you damage by 20%, all damage negation by 20% during 30 second(39 with Old Lord's Talismna).
Dropped by Commander O'Neil after defeationg him.
Usage: wonderful buff weaspon, isn't bad as a weapon, but to be honest main reason of being Commander's Standard here is unique weapon skills which gives us awesome Aura buffs.

Useful Talismans

Most useful ones:

Radagon Icon

Radagon Icon shortens the casting time of Spells.

Gives 30 virtual Dexterity, exclusively towards spellcasting. Maximum casting speed is 70 dexterity.
Usage: Extremely useful for any incatation\sorceries users, many spells get much faster with that Talisman, for
How to get:

Godfrey Icon

Godfrey Icon raises attack power of charged Spells and Skills by 15%.

• Does not affect Stance damage
  
• This makes Rejection only chargable spell unaffected by this talisman.
  
• See Notes & Tips for an exhaustive list of which spells and skills this talisman affects

Usage:Must have for charged spells & skills users, worth any sacrifises for that thing.
How to get: Drops from Godfroy the Grafted in Golden Lineage Evergaol (Altus Plateau).

Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman

Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman enormously reduces Physical Damage taken, by 20%. (Effect is reduced to 5% in PvP.)
How to get:Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree: Found in a chest on an elevated platform inside the large building in the northeast, guarded by several Pests.

Great-Jar's Arsenal

Great Jar's Arsenal raises maximum Equip Load by 19%.
How to get:

Radagon's Soreseal

Radagon's Soreseal raises Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 5 each, but increases damage taken by 15%
Usage: For mid\late game great stats increaser, Increased damage taken by 15% easily covered HP bonus by talisman, and other buffs make it really strong. Also as a bonus is the ability to obtain this item early in the game(by D's ask to meet Gurranq) makes it even more advantageous.
How to get: Fort Faroth(which found in Dragonbarrow) found on a corpse by dropping down an opening from the roof and exploring around the wooden walkways.

Radagon's Scarseal

Radagon's Scarseal raises Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 3 each, but increases damage taken by 10%.
Why here: Yeah, isn't that good as a Radagon's Soreseal, but still give you good bonuses, and because of how early it is possible to get it, I think it wonderful talisman for early game.
How to get: drops from the boss of Weeping Evergaol, the Ancient Hero of Zamor, in the Weeping Peninsula.

Ritual Sword Talisman

Ritual Sword Talisman raises attack power by 10% when HP is at maximum.
Usage: When your HP full you you get really good bonus, which worked together with Ritual Shield Talisman, if you have incantation or talisman which gradually restoring an amount of your HP, it's not such a difficult to keep your HP level at 100% point.
How to get:located in Lux Ruins, in a chest after defeating the boss.

Ritual Shield Talisman

Ritual Shield Talisman reduces damage taken by 30% when HP is at maximum.
Usage: All casters, Sorceirer and Incantation users, usually, investing in enhancing their spells and prayers, as well as wearing lightweight armor that provides elemental damage resistance and mobility, that make those build kinda glass gun builds, and then that 30% bonus defence sounds really good, so I think it is really underrated Talisman.
How to get:From the West Capital Rampart site of grace in Leyndell, follow the marble stairway heading South-Southwest, past a Valiant Gargoyle near a Golden Seed and up the stair toward a giant Colloseum, the talisman is at the top of the hill, in front of the door of the Colloseum.

Shard of Alexander

Shard of Alexander greatly boosts the attack power of Skills by 15% (remains 15% in PVP).
Usage: Remembere, what I said about Godfrey Icon? So they work together, make your conclusion by yourself(It is AWESOME).
How to get:drops from Iron Fist Alexander after completing his questline.

Rotten Winged Sword Insignia

Rotten Winged Sword Insignia greatly raises attack power with successive attacks (6%,8%,13%)

• Increases attack power relative to the number of attacks you land. Has three tiers of attack power increase. Tiers decay to lower tiers when not attacking fast enough. Number of hits needed to activate effect varies based on attacks used.

• Decay duration: 1.5 seconds.

• For each tier, attack power increases by 6%, 8%, and then 13%.

• The attack power boost also affects the damage of certain Spells

Usage: Perfectly boost damage by pair curved swords and straight swords and katanas with fast and long attack chain. If you can keep distance close to foes and you play with fast moveset's weapon/weapons you definitly should take that talisman.
How to get: At final stage of Millicent questline, after defeating her sisters she give you unalloyed golden needle, and after locatiopn reloading you can take Rotten Winged Sword Insigniafrom her corpse.

Winged Sword Insignia

Winged Sword Insignia raises attack power with successive attacks (3%,5%,10%)

• Increases attack power relative to the number of attacks you land. Has three tiers of attack power increase. Tiers decay to lower tiers when not attacking fast enough. Number of hits needed to activate effect varies based on attacks used.

• Decay duration: 1.5 seconds.

• For each tier, attack power increases by 3%, 5%, and then 10%.

• The attack power boost also affects the damage of certain Spells.

Usage: Basically this is the poorest version of Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, with less damage boost, but his advantage is that it is located in early/ early-mid game location, and you can use it when you don't have many others talismans yet, and get good damage increases when armed accordingly
How to get: Stillwater Cave: Dropped by the Cleanrot Knight boss upon defeat.

Useful Talismans pt.2

Millicent's Prosthesis

Millicent's Prosthesis boosts dexterity (+5), raises attack power with successive attacks (4%,6%, 11%)

• Increases attack power relative to the number of attacks you land. Has three tiers of attack power increase. Tiers decay to lower tiers when not attacking fast enough. Number of hits needed to activate effect varies based on attacks used.

• Decay duration: 1.5 seconds.

• For each tier, attack power increases by 4%, 6%, and then 11%.

• The attack power boost also affects the damage of certain Spells.

Usage: Usage pretty close to Rotten Winged Sword Insignia talisman, Millicent's Prosthesis can be mached with Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, that make your build completely solid.
How to get: You have few points in game when you can obtain Millicent's Prosthesis, firts one after defeating Godskin Apostle at Windmill Heights Site of Grace and killing Mellicent there. Second one is killing her at any point after this will also make her drop this talisman, including when you are given the choice at the end of her questline between aiding or challenging her, and choose to challenge her. Upon killing her, you will automatically receive this talisman.

Green Turtle Talisman

Green Turtle Talisman raises Stamina recovery speed by 8 per second (17.7%).

• Stacks with the Great Turtle Shell and Pickled Turtle Neck.

Usage: Absolutely universal talisman, can be used for any builds and any weapons. Simplicity and utility of talismans buff make it one of the best in game.
How to get: Summonwater Village. In an underground area on the eastern outskirts of the village. Entering the area requires a Stonesword Key.

Flock's Canvas Talisman

Flock's Canvas Talisman raises the potency of Incantations by 8%.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other incantation buffs, including Faithful's Canvas Talisman.

• Only affects damage; has no effect on support incantations.

Usage: Because of many different damage types which incantations have, 8% buff to them all sound like a really good deal. If you use other talismans to buss your incantation damage or elemental damage(unphysical), when totally your Damage increase will be incredable.

• Also have a cheapest version, with 4% buff Faithful's Canvas Talisman which located in Sellia Crystal Tunnel, guarded by two Lesser Kindred of Rot on the way to local boss.

How to get: Drops from Gowry after you kill him, only if he is crying about Millicent's death.
Completing Millicent's entire quest line, by slaying or helping her at the end, will put Gowry in the "crying" state.
Killing her earlier will also get Gowry into this state.

Old Lord's Talisman

Old Lord's Talisman extends the duration of Spells by 30%.

• extend duration buffs which was casted by other players.

Usage: The best buff talisman extends their duration by 30%, giving a large window of opportunity on many buff bosses and builds which based on buffs.
How to get:

Sacred Seals

Golden Order Seal

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Int	17	D
Fai	17	D

At 99 Int and 99 Faith Scaling 418. Buffs Golden Order Incantations by 10%.
Golden Order Seal have most scaling over all other Sacred Seals, that good fin most cases. Also if you use an specific incantation like Fire Giant or Dragon Community you can use these Sacred Seals in off-hand to give bonus damage, but cast by Golden Order Seal to get maximum Damage increasing.

Erdtree Seal

Stat	Req	Scale
Fai	40	C

At 99 Faith Scaling 367.
Best Sacred Seal for Faith-based incantation, Heals and weapon Infusion in game.

Dragon Communion Seal

Stat	Req	Scale
Arc	10	D
Fai	10	D

At max stats level have 415 incant scaling, that is second highest scaling seal behind only Golden Order seal.Buffs Dragon Communion Incantations by 15%.
Because of scaling and general strength of Dragon Communion incantations that Sacred Seal worth being one of the best in game.

Buffs

Golden Vow

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	25	47

Increases attack and defense for self and allies damage +15% (+7.5% in PvP) and all damage Negation +10% (+5% in PvP) by 80 second.

• Damage stacks multiplicatively with Flame, Grant me Strength or Howl of Shabriri.

• Damage reduction component stacks multiplicatively with food buffs such as Boiled Crab.

• This is an Aura Buff and will not stack with other buffs of the same type.

Pros:
Great duration(also can be buffed by Old Lord's Talisman to 104 seconds)

• Good damage buff.

• Good damage negation to all damage types.

• Aura buff, so will not be replaced by other buffs.

Cons:

• Very high FP usage.

Usage:

Greyoll's Roar

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Arc	17
Fai	28	50

Greyoll's Roar spell conjures a thundering shriek of Greyoll that debuffs enemies, temporarily decreasing their defenses and attack power( decreases the enemy's attack by 15% and defense by 10% for 60 seconds).
Pros:

• It is one of few debuff in game, and basicly good one.

• 2 different debuffs in same time.

• 2 different debuffs in same time.

Cons:

• Used 2 Memory slots.

• Long animation.

• High FP cost.

Usage:
Get from:

Protection of the Erdtree

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	35	30

Increases elemental damage negation by +30% (+10% in PvP) for the user and nearby friendly entities(excludet physical damage) during 70 seconds.
Pros:

• Negation to all elemental damage.

• Best "equipped and forget" damage negation spell, absolutely universal.

• Can be used to you and your allies with its AOE

Cons:

• Doesn't have any physical negations, that's sad.

• Specific damage negation spells have more elemental negation on 30%, so sometime universality isn't that good.

Usage:

Howl of Shabriri

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	33	21

Shrieks, building up madness in nearby foes (35 per tick) and debuff them

• Damage +25%

• Damage Taken +30%

• Enemies are more likely to attack the caster(Effect similar to Shabriri's Woe talisman).

• Duration: 40 secs. Increased to 52 secs. with Old Lord's Talisman.

• This is a Body Buff and will not stack with other buffs of the same type. It is mean that any body buffs as a Protection of the Erdtree, Flame, Grant Me Strength and all other protection buffs(Crafted meat and boiled crab's also replace that buff).

Erdtree Heal

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	42	60

Heals (5.9x Faith Incantation Scaling) HP to self and heals (4.2x Faith Incantation Scaling) HP to nearby friendly entities.
Pros:

• Heal a lot of HP, you can be sura that this heal your Health bar at full.

• Can heal summons/cooperators with AOE.

Cons:

• Lengthly cast time.

• Hard use in fights.

Usage:
How to get:

Blessing of the Erdtree

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	38	60

Regenerates 12 HP per second for 90 seconds((Heals 1,080 HP Total)117 seconds with Old Lord's Talisman and 1404 HP total healing).
Pros:

• Long duration time.

• Also buffs your summons and other tarnished allies.

Cons:

• Doesn't scales by Faith.

• Long cast duration.

Usage:
How to get:

Law of Regression

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	31
Fai	31	21

Heals all ailments and dispels all special effects.
Pros:

• Dispels all debuffs.

• Dispels all status effect's buildups.

• Can be used on your allies and foes to status effect or take off buffs.

Cons:

• Long cast time.

• High requirements.

• High FP cost.

• Dispels buffs too.

Usage:
How to get: Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows, after giving either the Golden Order Principia prayerbook for N runes.

Enhantion spells

IMPORTANT IFORMATION:
Incantation weapon buffs are Faith scaling, so best damage bonus will be by useng Faith based Sacred Seal, and best option will be Erdtree Seal. For example Order's Blade cast from Golden Order Seal 10+ at Int 99 and Faith 99 gives 194 Holy damage, when if its cast through Erdtree Seal +10 at 99 Faith it gives 275 Holy damage. This applies to all enhancement spells. Although some have lower faith scaling, resulting in reduced damage, the dependency on faith and faith-based Sacred Seal remains constant in all cases.

Order's Blade

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	13
Fai	13	22

Pros:

• Can be purchase in very early game.

• +100% damage to undead.

• Great duration in 90 seconds.

Cons:

• Can't be applied to added or innate elemental infusion, also that works to special weapons which cannot be buffed too.

Usage: That incantation buff perfectly work at early and mid game, because you can buy it from D after defeating first Tbia Marinor, and actually use that buff from game begining. Also as a bonus we have a huge number of Faith-buffing staff at early game as a Faith-knot Crystal Tear which gives +10 faith for 3 minutes, Sacred Scorpion Charm which gives incresing Holy damage by 12% and later in Liurnia we can get Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear which also incresed Holy damage but on 20%, so here we have so many buffes near starting Area, Limgrave, Weeping Peninsula and Liurnia of the Lakes(I don't say about Caelid because you can defeat Anastasia, Tarnished-Eater don't go insade Caelid much, she pretty close to Limgrave so you even don't need go far for it. Also very important buff is +100% damage to Undead, beacause here you have many dungeons wish sceletons (For example Deathtouched Catacombs where you can find Uchigatana), Tibia Marinors, Deathbirds and in Limgrave and in Liurnia of the Lakes we have and Deathbirds and Tibia Marinors, so in early and mid game that binus really make your leveling and exploration easier

Poison Armament

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	10	15

Enchants armament held in the right hand with poison (70).
Pros:

• Low requirements.

• Can be applied to more weapons than Order's Blade

Cons:

Usage: You can get early, in 30-40 levels, but mostly by runnig, so eah, it mostly mid-game spell, but I get it really early(at 22 leven in my first playthrough) and I can say that this is really good weapon buff, on bosses like Godrick or Margitt/morgott, they don't have much resistance to poison, so you can quickly stack poison, and be sure that even if don't attack whem they anyways get damage, that's good. That give you more opportunities to play more passively for some time. With Kindred of Rot's Exultation you get damage increasing by 20% during 20 seconds after poising or rot your foes, and if you don't trying to speedrun to Leyndell, you get that talisman earlier than Lord of Blood's Exultation, which give you same buff but after bloodloss.

How to get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udWYwCb5TMU

Electrify Armament

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	15	27

Pros:

• Great duration in 90 seconds.

• Lightning damage good in PVP because of lack lightning defence by stats level up(by level up Vigor, Arcane, Intelligence ).

Cons:

• High FP cost

How to get: After giving Dragon Cult Prayerbook to Brother Chorin or Miriel, Pastor of Vows you can purchase that spell.

Incantations

• Lightning incantations

Lightning Spear

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	17	18

Pros:

• Decent range

• Solid damage(more about charget version, default have just good damage)

• Small AOE(if charged)

• Well buffed by Godfrey and Radagons icons

• Lightning damage would be actual most part of the game

• Lot good buffs for lightning/incantations which can make it stronge

Cons:

• High FP usage

How to get: Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows after giving either the Dragon Cult Prayerbook which is dropped.
Usage: That incantation is really good almost always, you can shoot at foes on walls, or far away, and basic spell cast is really fast, so you can flexibly choose the charge of your lightnigh bolt for deferent movesets enemies, that give you much flexibility while you fight. Also many Talismans and buffs which can increase damage of lightning spear, as a

Fortissax's Lightning Spear

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	46	35

Pros:

• Solid damage to many foes,

• Solid range(also good in melee range) and comfortable cast animations

• Good AOE around your character

• Good hyper armor

Cons:

• High faith requirements

• High FP cost

How to get: Fortissax remembrance

Usage: Well design incantation for close-fight usage, great damage, hyper armor, and AOE waves of lightning which give good damage to mid distance foes or moves away foes.

Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike



Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	26	36

Pros:
• Extreme damage to one target or very large group of foes
• Large area(Half and full charged)
• Mid faith requirement
Cons:
• Long cast
• No hyper armor, so you will be staggered by foes damage almost always(if they hit you)
How to get:Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows after giving the Ancient Dragon Prayerbook for 10,000 runes.Usage: Well, if you play alone or without summoning ashes< yeah, it could be kinda hard to use in area with many foes, but, it possible, and gives you alot for correct spell using, so it's needs a good timing management. But if you play with other people or summons it's actually going to be cheese spell, your

Frozen Lightning Spear



Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	34	29

Pros:
• Lightning Damage
• Conus AOE in front of you.
• Can stack frostbite to enemies.
Cons:
• high FP cost.
• High stats requirements .
• Foes can go away from AOE area, and will miss much damage from spell.
Usage: Hits with a cone radius, can be used against some foes which near each other, or one big enemy, if he doesn't move away he get first strike damage and all that be after.How to get: Dropped by Dragonkin Soldier of Nokstella.


• Holy Incantations

Discus of Light

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	13
Fai	13	3

Pros:

• Extra(ultra) fast cast

• Low FP cost

• Low requirements

• Great range

• Turn back to you, giving damage second time

Cons:

• Small area of the ring, foes can easily dodge ring by go left-right.

How to get: Purchase from Brother Corhyn for 11,000 runes after he moves to Goldmask's location at Altus Plateau.
Usage:

Radagon's Rings of Light

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	31
Fai	31	21

Pros:

• Good range around character

• Solid damage

• Holy Damage really useful to cleaning catacombs and beating dead foes, have wonderfull damage to them(but usually foes have around 20-40% defence to Holy damage, it's easy to get around by buffes, talismans .

Cons:

• Firstly, it's Holy damage, yeas, I put it here, because, I really love Holy incantations, Holy damage type, and people really overhated that damage type just because of that has few vulnerable foes or foes with zero defense, and partly it is right, and less main bosses have vulnerability to Holy Damage, and some of them have hight defence(Margitt/margitt(he have only Holy defence) Maliketh, Radagon\Elden Beast), and I can't help but point this out.

• Charged cast powerful, but not always can be used against foes and invadors, default verion of Radagon's rings not such strong, but casts faster.

Usage:Wonderful AOE around you, great damage, good range, perfectly suitable to cast while enemies come closer to you, have charged and non charged verion(which quite better because of range, Radagon and Godfrey icon), which you can use as a pvp and as a pve incantation
How to get:Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows after giving the Golden Order Principia prayerbook.

Triple Rings of Light

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	23
Fai	23	23

Pros:

• Wide rings area.

• Damage to enemies when rings returned to the player.

• Mid requierements(for that kind of spells).

Cons:

• less length range, than a default Discus of Light.

• Longer cast.

Usage:
Wonderful spell against default foes, skeletons, big foes and bosses which isn't such mobile to dodge your cast, because half of rings damage gets when they go back and atack foes from behind. Useful in PVP, keeps enemies on their toes, forcing them to constantly dodge the rings.
How to get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfwzr6CLkjU&t=3731s

Incantations pt.2

Flame Sling

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	10	11

• Charging increases damage to Incant Scaling x 2.55

Pros:

• Fire damage.

• Early game throw skill.

• Can easily buffed by many Talismans, Incantation(Fire Scorpion Charm, Flame, Grant Me Strength, Godfrey icon, Radagon Icon)

• Low requirements

Cons:

• Long cast time

Usage: Perfectly suitable for fight against fire-vulnerable enemies in early game, can be buffed by many talismans and incantations(Flame, Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow,Fire Scorpion Charm etc.) so it can be actual even in Late-game.
Get from: Sold by Brother Corhyn at the Roundtable Hold for 800 runes

Giantsflame Take Thee

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	30	30

• Can be charged for additional +10% damage and bigger explosion radius.

Pros:

• Massive AOE

• Great Fire Damage

Cons:

• High Faith requirements

• High FP cost

• Occupies 2 memory slots

Usage: Mostly it is similar as an Flame Sling, with one exception that it is possible to get it at early-game and about low-cost cast, but that spell deal much AOE and solo damage.
Get from:Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows after giving them the Giant's Prayerbook.
Cost: 13,000 Runes.

Catch Flame

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	8	10

Pros:

• Extra low faith requirements, can be used by most classes by start of the game.

• Low FP cost.

• Fast cast animation, can be spammed to foes/bosses.

Cons:

• Small fire range, you can easily miss.

Usage: As a early-game incantation that spell is great, you have a lot foes and bosses with minimum fire resist, or fire-vulnerable enemies, so it very effective to fight them using that spell. For example Margit, have 0 fire resist and you can just rolling around him and cast Catch Flame untill your FP ends, and after it fight with your weapon(if you don't incantation/magic user).
Get from: Can bu purchased form Brother Corhyn for 600 runes or chose the Prophet class at the game begining.

O, Flame!

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	16	16

Pros:

• Large melee range, easily to use.

• More damage

• Can be charged(usefull for Godfrey icon).

Cons:

• Doesn't have attacks series, can't be spammed.

• Can't be used out of rolls, jump etc.

Usage: Close to Catch Flame, but less flexability, specific spell which sometimes can be much better than Catch Flame, but somewhere can be worse.
How to get: Purchase from Brother Corhyn or Miriel, Pastor of Vows after giving either the Fire Monks' Prayerbook.

Burn O Flame!

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	27	26

Pros:

• Colossal AOE fire damage.

• Can beat same enemy twice.

Cons:

• Weak hyper armor.

Usage: Good to killing a lot of foes in small or medium-size place, or damage bosses, better use with spirit ashes or other players to being sure that you can finishing cast, but without that you also can use that spell.
Get from: Remembarense of the Fire Giant.

Black Flame

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	20	18

• Charging increases damage by +30%

Pros:

• Higher than default Flame Sling damage, and additional 2,5% damage of the enemy's max health during 2 second time.

• Can be buffed by fire buffs and black fire buffs.

Cons:
Higher than Flame Sling FP cost and Faith requirement.
Usage:Usage close to Flame Sling, but much more suitable against high HP bosses and foes.
Hot to get:

Black Flame Ritual

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Fai	42	30

• Charged form increase radius of blackfire circle without damage increasing.

Pros:

• High damage.

• Мariable radius.

• Periodic damage while go through blackfire or stay at it.

Cons:

• High FP cost.

• High faith requirements.

Usage: You need to catch time when you can cast spell, after what will foes approach you and get fire damage, untill they leave circle or spell's duration ends.
Get from:Dropped by the Spirit-Caller Snail(that summoned the Godskin Apostle & Godskin Noble one by one) in Spiritcaller Cave.

Incantations pt.3

Dragon Communion Incantation

Smarag's Glintstone Breath

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Arc	15
Fai	23	36(6)

Pros:

• Magic damage in arcane/faith build.

• Great damage.

• Have many magical damage buffs.

Cons:

• High FP cost.

Usage: Strongest flat magic damage, great AOE in fromt of you, so for me that spell can be used in many cases.
How to get:Purchase at the Dragon Communion Altar at the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid for 2 Dragon Hearts( Glintstone Dragon Smarag must been defeated).

Rotten Breath

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Arc	12
Fai	15	36(4)

Have a more powerful version Ekzykes's Decay(deals on 18% more physical damage), but that can be useful on PVP or if you sure that you can finish cast, in other cases better stack Scarlet Rot and spend less FP, and fight.
Pros:

• Scarlet Rot buildup.

• Low requirement

Usage: So that spell can be used on Torrent, so if you have an enemy which can stack Scarlet Rot you can use spell and run away from boss's atacks. Also good in PVP, so can be used in many cases.
How to get:Purchase at the Dragon Communion Altar at the Cathedral of Dragon Communion in Caelid for 1 Dragon Heart.

Dragonclaw

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Arc	13
Fai	17	24

Pros:

• Great damage and stane damage.

• Can be cast twice in a row before incurring the downtime.

• Awesome increasing poise during the mid-air animation.

Cons:

• Long cast.

Usage: One of the best stane damage in game, great damage area, you can flatten foes to the ground.
Hot to get:Purchase at the Dragon Communion Altar at the Church of Dragon Communion in Limgrave for 1 Dragon Heart.

Dragonmaw

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Arc	17
Fai	24	34

Pros:

• Good lenght range.

• Quick animation.

Usage: Useful when you need quickly give much damage without combos.
How to get:Purchaseat the Dragon Communion Altar at the Church of Dragon Communion in Limgrave for 1 Dragon Heart.

Incantation explanation

Dragon Community incantations

So, here I would start from Dragon community incantations, you may see that I put only few of them, but why? Firstly – they all are very strong, you don't be wrong if you chose other one exept I described before, but these, for me personally, seems like best from the best, they all good, but these are a little better, so yes, if you like Ekzykes's Decay more instead Rotten Breath there is no problem.

Sorceries

Carian Piercer

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	27	17

Usage: That high range melee attack which needs to reduce distance and deal damage at same time, awesome damage make that spell really useful in your sorceries rotation.
Get from:Caria Manor: Dropped by a Teardrop Scarab in an area behind the gardens, to the east.

Shattering Crystal

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	38	21

Pros:

• Awesome damage.

• Awesome range.

• Charged version much stronge(can be buffed by Godfrey icon)

Cons:

• Extra high Int requierements

Usage: So, I use that spell as a semi-melee damage tool, that spell have good range, some area in front of you, so you can hit few foes at once, that's cool. That spells needs specific use, much easier when you play with spirit ashes or other players, because you can charge your attack and give awesome magic and stance damage to your foes at good range from them.
How to get: video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KIs42nLPhk

Shard Spiral

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	27	14

Pros:

• High damage.

• Low FP cost.

• Deals damage while moving forward to all enemies encountered.

Cons:

• High Int requirement

• Shows bat against fast enemies, just miss.

Usage:Shard Spiral sorcery which great deall much damage to slow or "static" foes, I mean that against extra fast foes like Royal Revenant, Malenia, Radagon, that spell can be usen only in specific moment of the fight, but there we can have better options to deal damage, so Shard Spiral really great against most foes in game, but needs right usage from their owner.
Gets from: Purchase from the Sorcery Instruction of Sorceress Sellen for 8000 runes( You neet go through her questline and help her to purchase that spell).

Comet

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	52	24

Pros:

• High range

• Great damage(can be chaged, that gives 20-22% increased damage and stack with Godfrey icon.)

Cons:

• Long cast time.

• Slow projectile fly.

Usage: Comet absolutely great as a range sorcery as a damage sorcery, strong by their own all spell's cons can be closed by using other version Swift Glintstone Shard, which can be spammed, have less range and damage, but perfectly close all Comet cons, so they can complement each other.
Gets from: To obtain that spell you need break ilussion wall at left side before Red Wolf of Radagon arena, so when you go further you can take Comet from chest in the middle of room.(If you go up the stairs you can also take Graven-School Talisman which increased all Sorceries damage by 4%.)

Glintstone Icecrag

Stat	Req	FP Cost
Int	15	12

Pros:

• 100 frostbite buildu up.

• Low FP cost.

• Low Int requirements.

• Can be spammed.
  

Cons:

• Low range

Usage: Presonally I like use that spell as a replacement of Swift Glintstone Shard with Comet(as an wexemple in previous Usage section), so I cause frostbite in enemies with that spell and further I use Comet or other actual for battle situation spell to deal increased magical damage. From my point of view that spell perfectly handy to any magical build.
How to get:Sold by Preceptor Seluvis for 7500 runes at Seluvis's Rise(and in Roundtable Hold by giving Twin Maiden Husk Seluvis's Bell Bering.)

Interesting weapons list

That list of weapons, what I found interesting, which refresh my gamestyle or which cool for some reason, and I hope that your too.

• Giant-Crusher

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	60	C

Location: https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Interactive+Map?id=6380&lat=-105.773437&lng=100.324799&code=mapA

• Why here

In my opinion best Dragonslayer weapon in game, movesets really approach the image of greater and undefeatable Dragonslayer of all times. Also that hummer have most stan damage in the game, so you can break every poise in gam by using that weapon esily. Giant-Crusher have only one cons he requier 60 strength , than many even in two handed mode, but it's clear why. Befit be here

• Miquellan Knight's Sword

  
  
  • Requires & Scaling

  Stat	Req	Scale
  Str	11	D
  Dex	11	D
  Fai	16	E

  • Location:
  https://youtu.be/tfwzr6CLkjU?t=2638
  
  • Why here
  Many tiny details, absolutely great visual, pure holy energetic. About gameplay it is good straight sword with pretty god ash of war, which give you buffs against dead foes, beautiful and useful, nice to play so I that why I like it. And yeah, Crumbling Farum–Azula's skeleton's are those against whom this weapon is precisely that.
  
  
  
  
  

  • Regalia of Eochaid

  
  • Requires & Scaling

  Str	12	E
  Dex	18	D
  Arc	15	D

• Location: Going through the Gaol Cave to obtain that sword( also can be obtained earlier but with some Skyrim specificity).
  
  • Why here
  Very aestetic visual, great ash of war which beatiful and strong at same time make that weapor really unic. That sword not for masses of people, purely for those who like it or want to try something new(or powerful).
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • Inseparable Sword

  
  • Requires

  Str	18	D
  Dex	18	D

  • Location
  At the end of D's questline
  • Why here
  Great moveset, beaty blade, holy, and just silver with gold look awesome. Same as Miquella's Knight sword ash of war, deal good damage, looks cool, awesome against skeletons and deathbirds, good against everything else, and incredibly comfortable move set, which make that greatsword one of the best in my thought.

  • Beast-Repellent Torch

  
  • Requires & Scaling

  Str	12	C
  Dex	8	E

  • Location
  Sold by the Isolated Merchant in Dragonbarrow for 1200 Runes.
  • Why here
  makes monsters scary of me. Seriously though that Torch useful if you get it as earlier, so you can be saved from mutant dogs in Cfelid and Mountains of the Giant, that pretty good benefit by just taking one torch in off-hand, so I found that pretty interesting.

  • Golden Epitaph

  
  • Requires & Scaling

  Stat	Req	Scale
  Str	12	D
  Dex	10	D
  Fai	14	D

  • Location
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8z_9jSHVqA
  • Why here
  Lore background, a perfect combination of Gold and Death, good in killing those who lives in death. Aslo weapon skill which gives you buff by 10% for all damage types (5% in PVP)and armaments gain 25 flat Holy Damage and bonus 100% damage to Undead during 60 seconds. By default without using Ash of War prevents Skeletons from reviving, and have +30% damage to Undead. That looks like a pretty meh good buff against Deathbirds, Catacombs skeletons, and that really important Farum Azula's beast-skeletons, where you definitely do not want to neglect such bonuses.

  Litany of Proper Death

  

  Fai	17	17
  Int	17

  That will be only spell here, and yeah, i like kill skeletons by oneshot spell. Just try fight against undead with that spell and you understand what I feel. But yes, it's totaly useless against anyone exept Undeads.You can get this incantation buing it from D after first Tibia Mariner for 2500 runes.

Farm Items, Talismans, Weapons

Here I just describe which talismans, items, weapons, and spells will help you in farm, but plase and type of farming you choose by yourself.

• Items and Talismans

Gold Scarab

Increases Rune acquisition by 20%.
The effect stacks with the Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot consumable item for a total of 56% increase.

• Location:Dropped by the Cleanrot Knight (Sickle) & Cleanrot Knight (Spear) dual boss found in the Abandoned Cave. It can be accessed by going east from the Smoldering Wall Site of Grace, and walking across the canyon by using tree branches.

• Usage:

You can take it talisman while you clean up dangeons and caves, or side locations, and yeas, increasing rune acquisition by 20% is really good bonus, you can feel it on any NG level.

Silver Scarab

Silver Scarab raises Item Discovery by 75.

• Location: Found in a chest in Hidden Path to the Haligtree. In the large central room, there is a broken section of railing. There, you can drop down to an invisible platform, and walk to a small room. The chest is past an Illusory Wall.

• Usage:

You often need some weapons, armor set for customisation or practical usage, or materials for items craft(an example of which you will see below) and would be better if these things farms esier.

Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot

When used, the foot boosts runes gained by 30% for 3 minutes.
The effect is not removed when resting at a site of grace. However, the effect is removed after fast-traveling to a site of grace.
Coockbook and craft materials:
Missionary's Cookbook [2]
Rowa Fruit x3
Four-Toed Fowl Foot x1
Gold Firefly x1

Usage:
That item really well increase your runes gained and combos well with Gold Scarab, so I think that it is really must-have thing for any farm in game.

Silver-Pickled Fowl Foot

When used, the foot increases Discovery by 50 for 3 minutes.
The effect is not removed when resting at a site of grace, however the effect will be removed upon dying or using fast travel.

Coockbook and craft materials:
Missionary's Cookbook [3]
Rowa Fruit x3
Four-Toed Fowl Foot x1
Silver Firefly x1

• Weapons

Sacred Relic Sword

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	14	E
Dex	24	D
Fai	22	D

FP cost: 42
Usage: King of farming weapons, Relic's Ash of War Wave of Gold similar to one of Elden Beasts attack, and that why it's such strong. You just need equip it, and use at farm place, if you don't oneshot them, you can fastly use skill second time. You have a lot of Faith/holy buffs, Talismans for weapon skills and damage increasing, so it's really good for that. Have only one cons, it's only post late game weapon, only for those who beat the game on NG or NG+.

Starscourge Greatsword

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	38	D
Dex	12	D
Int	15	E

FP cost: 20
Usage: Maybe one of the firs farm weapons that you can get in game (exept bows), rounded AOE zone doesn't comfort at a straight line, but still large and strong to do his work good, gravitation @#$ helps for it.

Blasphemous Blade

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	22	D
Dex	15	D
Fai	21	D

FP cost: 30
Usage: Very
Good range in combination with fire damage and self-heling make this weapon one of the best in game, that one and Ruins Greatsword pretty simillar in usage for farming, so I can't say nuch about it. You have good front range, strong skill and many buffs for that type of weapons(which skills based).

Ruins Greatsword

• Requires & Scaling

Stat	Req	Scale
Str	50	D
Int	16	E

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FP cost: 25
As I said before, Ruins Greatsword works in a similar way as a Blasphemous Blade, so here no need much information about his mechanics. But, Ruins Greatsword can be obtained after beating Radahn, that's a pretty good bonus if you going to farm as soon as it possible( without gliches and etc.).

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[Danigose]

@Coolsleeper, I know about that, but thanks for note. I don't think that for most people at few early playthrough Freanzied Flame seal would fit good. In PVP yes, in PVE FFS will be great after few NG+ when most of your stats could be equally high. About Soreseals, I put them because they're great at first playthrough, and possible at second one if some of your stats really low, but you want try some weapon or spells, but yes after a certain moment using them have no sense. Sorry for taking so long to answer.

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[Coolsleeper]

Just a note, when you're at a level like 120+ the radagon starts doing more bad than good. The vigor given does not counteract the damage increase so, if you're confused as to why you're taking so much damage its probably because of the soreseal. However, for the Markia soreseal it depends on your stats. If you have 90 in int or faith there isn't a big reason to use the soreseal because the int and faith softcaps are at that level (softcaps are the point where any more points in that stat have diminishing returns). Another note about faith specifically, if you have a diverse stat distribution with a good amount in other combat stats then you might want to consider the frenzied flame seal because the frenzied flame seal scales off all combat stats. Use eip.gg build planner to see if it's worth for your build.