Best Elden Ring Builds For Beginners - Top 5 Early Game Builds

[@Fextralife]

Builds: eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Builds CLASS STATS ON WIKI: eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Classes 💖 Become a Fextralife VIP fextralife.com/Be-a-vip/

[@MrMagyar5]

Thank you. I couldn't smash that like fast enough. SO many builds in this game are like.. "go here.. grab this.. then do this.. and now you are OP..." and they seem to forget that it only works if you've put 1000+ hours into learning the game and enemy mechanics. 99% of new players are gonna spend hours getting killed by the enemies at Gatefront ruins.

[@Melanias_Consort]

I just cheesed the ash of war I had. Wasn't hard my guy. I started having a challenge further into Lunaria. But really I did quite well. Don't forget, most players are also dark souls players. So your particular group is actually quite small. 10% of players encounter the issues you did 🙏

[@FalseOracle617]

LMAO not true at all! This was many peoples first souls game@@Melanias_Consort

[@Gio-xh3sk]

@@Melanias_Consort yea bro, your not completely wrong, allot of Dark souls players do play Elden ring, but allot more casual people play Elden ring than any other souls.

[@Blittsplitt5]

​@@Melanias_Consort There are more non-Souls people who bought this game than Souls players, so.. that's not even true.

[@choppin05]

​@@Melanias_Consort That's an entirely made up statistic and complete bs. Elden ring has sold 20 million copies as of Feb LAST year. Fromsoft's second best selling game was Dark Souls 3 which sold just over 10 million copies. Their "particular" group of new players is not small you're just pulling these stats from your ass. All of this information can be found from looking online for like... 2 minutes not that you'll ever read this... i'm just having a bad day lmao

[@joshhayes3433]

Love the resurgence of Elden Ring content, I'm always looking for my next build, thanks Fextra!

[@Fayrinn_09]

I feel the same way lol. Right now I’m doing an Int/Str build that I min/maxed to the fullest and next playthrough I’m gonna do the same with an Faith/Str build to see which one is stronger

[@sorato6804]

@@Fayrinn_09idk if any one would be stronger in this game especially however I’m sure one will suit you and your play style more I personally prefer str faith but str int has some good AoW and weapons as well

[@Fayrinn_09]

@@sorato6804 yeah the thing I like about faith is there are so many buffs and the spells look awesome so I’m excited for that. I also planned out a full caster build with 60 Int/Faith so I can use every spell in the game. It focuses more on spell combinations instead of one group of spells though.

[@michael76132]

Also for beginners, I recommend going through the Cave of Knowledge right at the beginning. It’s the game’s tutorial and will get you an easy 600 runes and let you buy the crafting kit immediately.

[@Dyegsits]

I lost those runes to the wolf cave nearby :p

[@bobbywalker2980]

I shouldn't laugh but I understand bro 👆

[@FreedomIII]

​@@bobbywalker2980 I lose runes I get from bosses to a random mob all the time, I swear to fuck 😅

[@bobbywalker2980]

@@FreedomIII bro imagine buffing with red branch and a foreign mosquito taking you out , happened to me a few times.

[@DaMazzaf97]

That's just cruel to send them there to fall before HIM

[@robotzombie9]

I love that this video is builds for beginners, not "how to be crazy OP early". Part of the fun of FromSoft games is trying stuff and dying and discovering what you like.

[@blakewhite3131]

Im just getting prepared to start as someone who thought they'd never play a souls game (i have anger issues and i try to mitigate it by avoiding situations i know will frustrate me) so i definitely need a little help and a little boost in confidence to start out. I dont want to be so overpowered it isnt a challenge, though, because that would defeat the purpose. I just need to find a build that can suit how i play and isnt going to make me feel like the games impossible. My sister let me play in her game for a bit, and she was a samurai dual wield with bleed, didnt use shield or block with no ranged attacks, (and no cerulean flask) and i recognized very fast that i couldnt do solely melee. The damage output was really good, and i liked the shield piercing ability she had, but once an enemy busts out the triple quadruple ass piercer combo you just have to accept death. This video explains things in a very nice way, and even warned about the ruined questline when they mentioned the better sword. Super informative, I'd never be able to play this without all these helpful internet folks

[@robotzombie9]

@@blakewhite3131 good luck! Soulslikes are my favorite games now (I used to be Halo, Doom, CoD, etc). The theme you hear a lot is "tough but fair" and that's 100% true. The final boss in Sekiro took me a WEEK. But I can honestly say it's the best boss I've ever played. I even used cloud backups to keep beating him because it's so much fun.

[@blakewhite3131]

@@robotzombie9 thank you!! I just dived head first into a zullie the witch elden ring lore video a few weeks ago for fun, because I knew it'd be gibberish to me, but ended up getting completely hooked on the world building and story telling. It's fascinating to see how detailed the visual and narrative storytelling is, especially when I've never seen such insane attention to detail from any other majorly known game franchises. I've spent so many hours listening to lore and there's still a massive amount of things that I have no idea about. Being able to interact with such a huge, fleshed-out world is so enthralling, that I knew I had to step out of my comfort zone and play it in order to really appreciate and experience it. I'm going to try to approach it with a willingness to fail and learn from my mistakes, viewing deaths as progress through gaining more understanding of attack patterns, hopefully that'll make it easier to deal with dying over and over to tough enemies. As long as I keep my runes safe, I need to accept that I will die so so much and that's okay.

[@robotzombie9]

@@blakewhite3131 yeah, even 10 years after a fromSoft game comes out, nobody definitely knows what the heck the story is about (watched a video from @manleyReviews the other day and he said exactly that) Which is actually kinda cool. I like hearing different theories. And not just the streamer, the people in comments too. Zullie and Vaati are the GOATs. And yes, every death is practice for learning the boss' moves. My favorite part is beating certain bosses and jumping 10 feet high in the air. Such a great feeling.

[@RiseUpification]

And then finding that playstyle just to get nerfed a few days later which puts you back to square one. So fun!

[@TheRealPots]

There's also a second uchigatana in Limgrave, it's near the warmaster's shack but before the bridge with a head basher on it. Go into the dungeon that is full of skeletons and in there you'll find it sitting on a ledge near the lever that opens the dungeon boss area. This is my fav way to dual wield blood weapons early as Samurai!😁

[@jediron169]

Yes! Thats where i found the 2nd one, and is such a great dual wield, even after getting the Moonviel Katana i kept the uchigatana as the offhand to get great bleed effect.

[@taylor99-w3o]

Honestly with dlc on the way soon there’s no better time than now to see these amazing videos again! Great content!! 🤘🏽

[@Eyeballkid99]

Sent this to a friend that tried a couple times since the game came out and just couldn’t get over the initial learning curve. She’s pumped to see this because it might be enough to get her started. Kudos.

[@Drkflame64]

The best class to choose if you are a complete newbie is the confessor class, no contest. If you are not used to the controls it is better to play defensively with a shield in your left hand. Buy the no skill ash to remove parry or any other skill from your shield. Square off is the default skill for most straight swords, it is a way better skill than sacred blade and even unsheathe on uchi. If you are using uchigatana it is better to swap out unsheathe for spinning slash, it is a multi hit ash which helps build up bleed but it is also good when you are surrounded because it spins 360 ..it also does decent stagger.. Lastly, I do not recommend playing a pure mage build at the beginning of the game because you are going to run out of hp and mp flasks and some enemy's are too aggressive or too tanky for it to work well. Pure mage becomes more viable in the mid to late game.

[@Sonofhroft]

One little tip - as mage starter just go in ruins on Agheel lake and use trap chest to teleport in Caelid just after you get maunt so you can get staff and rock spell like in 5 minute.

[@mennykickens486]

Is way faster and honestly probably safer than trying to ride all the way to the Caelid lake. If you do use the chest make sure to have a horse before going into the scary red lake since it poisons you and not your horse.

[@Ortragon]

Nope noobs will be Stuck forever in the cave.... first time it Took me 2h+ to leave 😂

[@Sonofhroft]

@@Ortragon how it even possible? Oh i guess new players will struggle with sentepides-man undertandeble. But my advice not to first play. Just run away to grace and you be ok )

[@Ortragon]

@@Sonofhroft was my first souls game struggled with the enemys and panic +wrong diretion 🤣🤫 but the feeling after i escape 😎👌

[@Sonofhroft]

@@Ortragon thats the spirit of soulslike ) adrenaline rush 😁

[@Mike-zx6sl]

I think this might've been left off for the Samurai build, but for new players: Hemorrhage is BY FAR the strongest effect in the game. It's so strong that FromSoft has absolutely nuked it into the ground since launch and it's STILL the strongest effect. Katana builds are incredibly popular because of this and are among the easiest beginner builds to play.

[@Коментатор-щ4э]

Точно. Редувия мне кажется экономней и дальнобоеней.

[@kathycoleman4648]

Oh, the timing on this is perfect. I just picked it up this morning via the Steam Sale. 🙂 Thanks! 👍

[@Mettle_DAD]

Great beginner guide honestly. The biggest tip in this game is research a bunch of builds and figure out what interests you. Gives u a goal to achieve and a direction other than the main path. Which is very vague and confusing for beginners. Also u won't feel completely weak and get discouraged early on.

[@chrisalaniz6212]

Barely started playing yesterday had a bit of trouble stumbled into the margit boss fight and i was stumped and your video popped up on my recommended thank you

[@robotzombie9]

Great vid for beginners, although figuring it out for yourself is very fun. Note: there's a TON of cheap stones you can buy early in the game too. Smithing Stone 1, 3 x 200 runes ea. Merchant by first Mariner. SS1, 3 x 200. Merchant North of fort Haight/East of sleeping rune bear SS1, 3 x 200. Merchant by beach (sells the short bow) SS1, 3 x 200. Merchant in middle of Weeping Peninsula. Also SS2, 1 x 400. SS2, 3 x 400. Isolated merchant.

[@cmattss4]

This is a great beginner video. Setting up 5 great builds that don't require friends dropping you weapons or running to kill Greyoll is gonna be super helpful to actual new players.

[@doodlebop921]

Probably the game I have played the most ever, always been a souls fan but the diversity of builds you can use in Elden ring makes it feel like a brand new game every time you start. Ng+22 as of this comment. lol

[@alswearengine4867]

I’m on NG+4, trying to max everything except Faith and Arcane. The Warrior Wizard is my favorite playstyle. First time I beat Malenia without using the Larval Tear/Rivers of Blood method.

[@Holynoelle]

If you're truly beginning for the first time, the thing is, don't worry too much about builds. The game is vast and you'll find tons and tons of different weapons and spells, just use all of them until you find something you feel really comfortable about, then you can start to think about a build. Just please constantly level your vigor every opportunity you can, it'll literally save your life throughout your game

[@joewas2225]

Wrong. If I followed that advice with Bloodborne I wouldn't have gotten far. People need to find out the play style that works for them. Upgrading health should never be a priority until mid-late game when you actually need it.

[@mariuszel759]

How to know which attribute to focus on? Can you respec them later on?

[@user-qy4xo4id1t]

​@@mariuszel759 Yes you can respec in the second area

[@Monkeesh]

this is explorer style that lets you find everything and nothing, you can miss best weapon and dont even know it. I personaly like to get my hands on decent weapon early on and dont upgrade some spoon of a weapon till it gets good enough for bosses

[@EyeofValor]

Issue being is you can screw yourself over by spreading too much. It's the game flaw until you learn it.

[@PottedIvyPlant]

I really appreciate you listing out all of the steps after explaining each build. It’s actually really thoughtful and I dont see alot of youtubers doing that. Also tysm for the amazing guide, your voice was easy to listen too

[@thattubaguy217]

This is the best beginner guide I've found so far. Quick to your point, but not so fast that its overwhelming, easy to follow while still being in depth, this is perfect, thanks

[@Frank_Torre]

Awesome video. My 1st playthrough was a samurai that turned into a Sanguine Samurai and with the mimic tear spirit ash made fighting Malenia so much easier. Until they nerfed Rivers of Blood. 2nd playthrough went with the Bloody Ballerina build with the Bloody Helice. Though I'm currently going through a Blaidd Royal Greatsword build now and naturally choosing the Age of Stars ending.

[@joewas2225]

I quit playing after a week after buying it when it came out & started playing it again. Trying things out that I never did & exploring more. I'm happy Elden Ring is coming back in popularity.

[@grimbrum]

Thank you! Just want to start my second ER run and didn't know what to go for. First run was with shield and Golden Halberd so i don't want another shield run. I''m starting with the Bloodblade Build. A more aggressive playstyle might be fun.

[@FirstOdin420]

Bought the game for my brother without knowing it was his first Souls game. Christmas was...... interesting 😅. Told him to sub to your channel immediately and to use your Wiki like a bible.

[@fkbuki]

I love that youre making Elden Ring videos again. Almost makes me want to jump back in for a 4th playthrough. Almost. Cant wait for DLC

[@psilimit]

Makes me want to play again...and I have 20 playthroughs ; )

[@utkuyazc5848]

@@psilimitrespect. I got bored in my 10th hour. I quit at mage woman boss.

[@jamesroeder9497]

Was just thinking about a new run, perfect timing! Top 5 builds going into the dlc next??

[@joelw1730]

Glad you're back to Elden Ring content! Video idea: how to PVP--not necessarily builds or gameplay, but just an overview of the mechanics. I recently started playing online and found there's not an authoritative/comprehensive source on how PVP works. For instance, - how matchmaking scales off of rune and weapon level - arenas and their play options - invasion cool-down timers (or lack thereof) - when multiplayer items reset; for example, you have to reactivate the taunter's tongue after each fast-travel, but the cipher rings persist after death - your summoning sign will disappear after you leave the area, but unsure of the radius - a lot of your builds include a great rune recommendation, so it could be helpful to show how easy it actually is to get rune arcs - etc At the same time I recognize PVP isn't this channel's focus. Just an idea

[@DigDoug56]

I did a variant on the curved bleed swords build on first playthrough and I forget how to “power stance” but if you do your jump L1 (or L2 gosh I can’t remember specifics) becomes a upward then downward cross slash with each sword. So 4 hits in a short time frame. There are talismans for increased jumping attack damage for this and it wrecks and prices bleed regularly even on non bosses. Late game tasimans that increase damage output after a bleed proc take it to absurd levels of damage. Wouldn’t recommend using it for entire game though as only jump L1 is a boring play style. Lol. Love your videos and glad I found em for my resurgence into the lands between. (I did 1.8 runs through already, I loaded up and cleared my data to start fresh)

[@teogrosd2122]

I am between the storm blade and the paladin.I have only played demons souls with which one I should go?

[@DuVtrell]

Bloodhound's Fang build is good newbie one too.

[@wodewick72]

As a beginner to Souls games I found the Halberd a good starting weapon as it feeds in to Strength builds early on where there are a lot of options. Second play through i found Intelligence build with the Moonveil + Comet of Azur very fun plus with Rock fling and glint stone magic very easy to smash enemies with. Didn't have to cadt any spirit summons with this build so very strong throughout the game.

[@lilly.-.6115]

tysm for this !! this is my first souls game and im so lost ngl this helped a ton

[@adenperucho31]

It’s insane that I’ve been watching all of your year old videos to find a build I liked, but I knew they’d be a bit dated since all of the updates since then. Then you upload this! Perfect timing! 😂

[@TastyTatorTots]

It’s impressive that Elden Ring beginner videos is still relevant content. A salute to FromSoft

[@cooperm211]

This is a great video for new players to just learn like the "vocabulary" of the game. Like, all other elden ring info will make more sense to them after watching this I think.

[@KLBoringBand]

I’m a new player from the winter sale. Thanks for all the good advice!

[@Chrisp0394]

I really like the early game builds he released back in 2022. This video just kind of touches on them a little bit, but if anyone is interested in learning more he has a playlist for early game builds and all game builds

[@CptJoshami]

Amazing video, you said the sale is making people buy the game but for me it's your videos that make me want to buy it! I'd love to see a lightning (arcane or faith i'm not sure?) early build! I've always taught that the lightning spear looked cool. Maybe a full caster and a hybrid to have options?

[@depalodor]

Lightning damage scales with dexterity so it's a little awkward to use for main casters. But most of the lightning weapons scale with dex anyway so those shouldn't pose a problem to use.

[@poolboyque]

Glad you’re still making videos for this game 🎉

[@adamzahir.]

Waaah this was legit helpful I understood everything usually they just talk and I don’t get it at all

[@lfrisco2]

For the Storm Blade build, you can get the Claymore inside the castle on the weeping penninsula. I litrally beat every boss with it so you can keep it and invest in it.

[@Kyle-ht5qg]

Baemore is life.

[@k.w.2275]

Dude I could, and do, watch your build videos all day! Where that hammer weapon type video though?

[@lancemcclure6017]

Hey just wanted to say thank for all the information on the wiki… when I pull it up it has your name. Your hard work is very appreciated!!!

[@Mettle_DAD]

Another Great early game build is getting the great stars hammer and the prayerful strike AOW. Relatively light hammer. Has native bleed. Prayerful strike adds holy damage which is kinda poop. But the AOW heals for 25 or 33% i cant remember. Really fun and strong for newbies

[@mattmcdonald8348]

It’s on sale again thank goddd this game… idk why I’ve neglected thanks for showing multiple different playstyles it makes me quite excited 🔥 dope video

[@joels5150]

I finally started playing Elden Ring a couple days ago, after getting the game for Christmas. So far I’ve played about 20 hours, split between a bandit and a samurai. Took a few hours messing around and learning the subtle differences from other Soulsborne games I’ve played (which is primarily Bloodborne and a bit of Sekiro). There’s a ton of stuff to learn about this game, and without guides like this, I would definitely miss a lot of quality of life info that makes a game like Elden Ring more satisfying than frustration-inducing 😁

[@arathilon2445]

Thank you so much for making this video, I am currently gonna give paladin build an attempt. But I do have a few questions: 1: Is there any desired number in attributes for STR, Faith, Dex, Vigor, Endurance? Wich to focus the most on? 2: Can you use any other weapon / shield combination then the ones you mention in your video? Same question but for armor.

[@nattomakki784]

You could try to search "Perfect Paladin Build(All Level)". Hope that help.

[@StevamusPrime]

Thank you for helping with my first build

[@xX_N_E_O_Xx]

I played Bloodborne and finished it on ng+1 to train for Elden ring, not sure if it's gonna help but i was satisfied with it, i'll see how this goes for me, thanks for the video

[@kxanth]

I got Elden Ring on the winter sale. Way to go algorithm. I am playing dual wield daggers with reduvia on the main hand and occult great knife on the other hand. Stacking arcane and I’m loving it.

[@Rahmone11]

the power stance greatsword build u made way back got me to enjoy soulslikes, the poise damage you get just pouncing at fools is INSANE and if u add cragblade to one of them, its gaaaaame over

[@pillepolle3122]

This video came the right time!I started playing elden ring again and I love it

[@CMSellers6]

If no one has told you yet today, you are loved- AND APPRECIATED! YOU'RE THE MAN (P.S. Souls vet, but these kinds of videos are awesome as I still learn tidbits here and there that I never knew. The beauty of FS games. Thanks for the awesome vids, man!)

[@hansporras3364]

Great guide! I somehow have a Samurai / mage in my first run 😂

[@girlscarf]

I just picked the game back up again. Fextralife's videos helped me so much my first playthrough. Now I'm trying out the samurai class. :p Question: if I kill Yura early to get the nagakiba, will i lose out on the ability to get the ronin set?

[@GoCart128]

thank u so much it was very helpful paladin build here i come 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@KayinAngel]

damn, I can't wait to get back into this game with the dlc

[@FunkyPunk1995]

Im a noob souls player but i did essentially yhe bloodboade build, but i used the double sided darth maul blade thing and really liked it back in 2022. Is that viable? Thinking about getting back into it for sotet

[@styxkeeper]

Nagakiba has Unsheathe by default, you jsut have to remove the Piercing Fang AoW btw

[@WeLoveChallengesx]

So overwhelming I’m still confused😭

[@RichH-n3q]

2 mins in and Im barely hanging on lmfao. 🥴

[@vijayk625]

I'd suggest playing their older titles first if you haven't done that already. Games like Dark Souls 3 are hard but easier to understand compared to Elden Ring. And the core mechanics stay the same.

[@DraganAlves]

I feel you

[@dgjacobs80]

I'm just about to jump in to Elden Ring, it will be my first experience on a "Souls like game" years ago I would just not play these type of games. But I'm more patient now. Plus out of work at the moment. So the perfect time to get stuck in.. Wish me luck!

[@MrSmithwayne]

just wanted to add if anyone is still wanting these swords, this is what I did to get a high chance of getting them fairly quickly. for one I played a warrior for the dual bleeds right off the bat, second I did the killing the dragon at Fort Faroth over and over again, got myself to level 76 and have Radagon's Sorseal to boost my stats and have Arcane at 25, this took me about 3 hours to get myself to that level and got Bloody Slash on both swords after defeating the boss at Fort Haight. He was a pain especially when I was only level one trying to kill all those adds before going for him. Anyways, it took me about 25 tries to get both swords, I made sure it was at night AND ran back to the grace, did not port to it. I think this thing being a skel and at night and not porting helped me with roll chances. Give it a try like I did and you will likely not have to spend hours and hours trying to farm this guy.

[@maskoblackfyre]

Great video as always. I just wanna mention something for the Samurai build: The Nagakiba with "Double Slash" is basically the only weapon you need for the entire game (if you don't get bored by it). You can get "Double Slash" in Caelid, which might seem far, but most players nowadays go to Dragonbarrow really quickly anyway, to kill Greyoll. Because of this "Sellia, Town of Sorcery" is not that difficulty to get to and taking the detour is very very much worth it. For a 20 minute time investment you get "Rivers of Blood", but objectively better, before you even really get going with the game. A Blood Nagakiba with Double Slash has a lot more range and more bleed buildup without having to invest in Arcane, while costing 6 FP, as compared to 17 on "Corpse Piler". And it does stance damage, which Rivers of Blood does not.

[@milltary64vs5]

Yes.... but i wouldn't recommend killing the guy right away... I know... it's not a big deal. But his quest if you haven't done it you should.

[@aureycol-hos4290]

Subbed just got the game today, this is the best guide i've seen, cant figure out if i wanna run samurai or paladin :)

[@raulracieljimenezrodriguez6772]

I love your videos they help me a lot to learn the game ❤

[@raulracieljimenezrodriguez6772]

I went with the samurai build but I don’t know what armor to wear after the starting set

[@xYeaBuddyx]

Great vid! You should create a series on these builds and how you progress them throughout the game. Such as a mid game update.

[@PederHanson]

hahaha, have you not seen Fex's multiple series of videos doing exactly that???

[@Folutu]

A good universal Talisman you can get early in the game if you've picked up a Stonesword Key is the one in the Summonwater Village that increases Stamina recovery speed. Universally good for any class and build early in the game, but it does cost a Stonesword Key which you might not have or want to spend that early on.

[@Tovahan]

The artwork for these thumbnails is really awesome, is there anywhere we can see all of them? Who is the artist?

[@terrycruise-zd5tw]

for a mage build i think prisoner is better since they start with magic glintblade which will be able to easily kill enemies with shields or front defenses like pumpkin heads, just spam magic glintblade and let the enemy come to you and those spells will delay fire and hit the enemy in the back while youre just kitting backwards. prisoner also starts with higher dex and str which lets you equip moonveil or darkmoon greatsword easier later on or just being able to equip better shields and weapons in general

[@seenbeen1110]

lovd these. makes me wanna play again

[@charlesmcurran]

Good video, but its criminal that you didn't mention the Claymore for the Stormblade build.

[@Fextralife]

There were a few things in general I wanted to mention in the video that I didn't, not just that. It was getting a bit long at 30 mins, and I thought that was too long already xD

[@charlesmcurran]

@@Fextralife Fair enough. Great video though!

[@kartoitska8944]

For greatswords you can go to the weeping peninsula all the way down to castle morne. Once there run past the misbegotten into a room on the right. There is a chest containing the Claymore in there. Claymore scales well with strength and has a very nice moveset.

[@saadahsaadah4142]

Great guide fextralife i may try mage and keep it up

[@nurgle-j5n]

Hello thank you for this guide I love the blood blade build so far. I'm using the bandit's curved swords. I was wondering is this build viable for the later game? After I level up my Vigor and Endurance, should I start juicing Dex and Arcane? Or should I respec to one of the later game builds on your website?

[@mingo7294]

What’s you end up doing?

[@murphieslaw6932]

I can´t believe you didn´t mention the Claymore when pointing out upgrades over the Lordsworn Greatsword. You´ll gonna make the trip down the Weeping Peninsula, anyways, for the Sacred Tears to boost your flasks. So just get into the castle and pick up the Claymore, instead of farming anything. Can be done immediately, you can even sneak in after you killed ther dogs if you don´t want to fight the horde of misbegotten. It has a thrust heavy which is nice - and even takes one point LESS Dex to wield... Oh, and worth the mention: You can get the recipe for silver pickles (+ dropchance) early on and easily get silver flies for it, too - doesn´t work always, but usually cuts down on farming time a lot !

[@baileyp_]

Claymore requires 13 dex whereas BKGS requires 9, but otherwise I agree (plus, if you start as vagabond you already meet the requirements for claymore if you two-hand)

[@Ortragon]

Cos its for noobs first time it Took me 20h to discover that theres a castle in the south😂

[@baileyp_]

@@Ortragon I mean, that's your experience, but also 20 hrs is not that long on a first play through, my first play through was probably 150+ hours bc I was a completionist, but I was following guides the entire time. I feel like most players are going to eventually find Castle Morne once they look at the map and notice there's a big area to the south. Also, this video is a guide for new players, if you're going in blind you aren't watching this, and if you are looking for guidance it would be a good weapon to know about.

[@Ortragon]

@@baileyp_ Played blind and walked straight to limgrave castle 🤫

[@TheEru88]

That was my first mage build in that game. Got the meteorite staff and rock sling early as possible and got me thru half the game. Then switch to night comer with staff of loss of band and the other best staff on the right.

[@Kung_Fu_Junkie]

I’m pretty excited to play through again. My first Playthrough was a faith build, but I want to start a brand new game not a new game plus and try a new build was thinking of trying bleed it looked interesting

[@redchameleon613]

That's cool. Thank you. But would be nice to cover good shield and armor as well as weapon as focusing on the later results in lots of dodging, which if you are bad at it results still in dying a lot...

[@kindred3147]

Thanks for this guide, just started Elden ring this weekend

[@alexm.9012]

Farming for that Noble’s sword is worth it imo. The reach is so good!! Also I recommend going with a sword stone key instead - there’s so many golden seeds

[@baileyp_]

I think there's probably fewer chances to use a SSK that will really benefit a new player, it's better if you already know what you want, but there are plenty already in the game that you can pick up and buy. The benefit of getting the seed is that you can't waste it, and it does genuinely make your flask upgrade progression faster. There are a total of 8 seeds in limgrave/stormveil/weeping peninsula (though to be fair one of those is behind a SSK door, but you can just pick up the one at stormhill shack and buy the one at roundtable), and you need 9 to get 5 more flasks, so starting the game with an extra seed can get you one more flask before Godrick, which can make the difference between losing and winning.

[@sylok6978]

for the mage build: you can actually take a shortcut to caelid by using the teleport chest at the ruin inside the limgrave lake

[@HDuBois96]

Love your videos! I recently started my second run (a new one, no NG+) and personally I go for getting at least one or two weapons of each category that scale with dex. I find it a little more fun changing weapons and playstyles every so often!

[@sekcjaekspertow]

Hi man, i love ur videos about begginer, lvls 50, 100 and 150 builds but personally think that we - new palyers might need some kind of build development path explanation video like: if you play samurai you can either switch to moonveil or go physical etc.

[@requiemcurse]

I think 1 talisman tip is for melee, get the radagon soreseal in Caelid in fort faroth, and for int and faith get Marikas scarseal for those extra early stats.

[@zingerman11259]

Just got Elden ring, it’s pretty fun, made an astrologer but kind of want a melee class now, which one is the best for wearing heavy armor and having a giant 2 handed weapon?

[@jonlava173]

This is good. I haven’t played in a while and I don’t know the rebalance since the latest 1.1 patch. I need to get back to speed before the DLC drops

[@b0nez953]

Do the builds from your channel that you posted a year ago still work in 2024 ? This is my first souls game , im running the blood dragon build and having a hard time beating the draconic tree sentinel . Thanks for your videos !

[@Fextralife]

Thank you so much for the tip. Yes all the builds still work. I think the only one that might have changed a bit was the Sorcerer build, since Determination no longer buffs spells. Otherwise they should all be accurate. For the Draconic Tree Sentinel, try to back away far enough to bait his fireball, and try to roll through the fireball and hit him. Try repeating that. Also be aggressive, if you're going for Bleeds.

[@wimmeltje]

Thank you for putting the tips written out at the end of each section!

[@mudko3589]

Buddy and I have been playing seamless coop. This is great thanks!

[@haynesdevon0]

Would love a build video for the ending. Like the dark moon ending with heavy intelligence. The frenzy flame, ending with waky fire incantations. Thing like that. Kinda theme the build based from the intended ending.

[@GerritTV187]

First of all i like to provide a strength build that you can either play shielded as a tank or weilding a big weapon two handed. Starting as vagabond Should be easier for the majority of new players. Hero can be better if you know 100% what weapons you want to use. Good early strength weapons you can look up at the elden Ring wiki are: zweihsnder, mace, broadsword, iron cleaver, morning star and the bastard sword (among others) a fun strategy against bosses is to use a teo banded weapon with the warcry ash of war. Buff yourself and use the special charged R2 (heavy attacks) enough armor for 51 poise like the one in shop of roundtable hold make a big difference. Your weapon get a strength modifier of 50% when you use thrm two handed. That's why you only need 13 strength to weild the zweihander. I can't stress enough how important vigor is. Putting points into it makes a night and day difference. Also don't stress aboutbskill point spread too much since you will be able to respecc multiple times (look up larval tear). Good luck tarnished! Best of luck to all the new players! One more thing i like to add is ehen you look up builds pay attention to the rime they were made. Release Elden Ring played very different from current Elden Ring.. weapons like hsmmers and axes are totally viable!

[@lharsay]

The build I personally almost always use for the early game is: - +0 Lordsworn's Greatsword+Sacred Blade -Axe Talisman - charged attack and +10str physic flask tears It takes no farming, no smithing stone or rune spending and everything is on the way while I pick up the physic flask and the first Dectus half.

[@CrappyCar]

Once you get a bit further into the game and add Flaming Strike to your arsenal, you have great combination of damage types. Rise ye Tarnished!

[@lharsay]

​@@CrappyCar Flaming Strike and Lightning Slash are better, but's that's not the point of the build, it's just something I can obtain quickly and use for Margit, Godrick and finally for the smithing stone bell bearing without investing into anything, then I can just ditch it and go for anything else, dex, int, arcane or whatever.

[@Ditronus.]

Is the bow worth it nowadays? I remember at launch, and like half a year after, the bow was always extremely weak and an afterthought in design.

[@darkmoonmiracle]

I’m glad that this game is getting some attention again. Hopefully the DLC is properly announced in February.

[@anthonytovar9292]

Claymore is amazing for Beginners. So is the Large Club. Both can be obtained very early without fighting.

[@juanbarrera1356]

On the warrior class you can use katanas right? Sorry I'm new to this game and I'm still figuring out what class to go with

[@Fextralife]

All classes can use all weapons, it is simply a starting point. Your stats, which you control every level up, determine what you can use and how good you’re with it.

[@SaturninePlaces]

I actually think besides these great choices, a dual-wielding greatsword build is probably the most straightforward one in the game while not sacrificing on power at all. I started as a similar build to the "perfect paladin" one here, but realized that a greatsword does more damage than a straight sword, and TWO greatswords deal double the damage. Just use jumping attacks on enemies and whatever ash of war you want, it's too easy when you 1-hit regular mobs and need literally 7 jumps to take down bosses. Also, Fire or Lightning infusions are the best to use for the first 150-200 levels of the game, even if you don't boost both stats just look at the ~25% AR boost you get when applying it. Anyone who thinks split damage types gets resisted more than one is misinformed, you can test it yourself using the dps number on enemies' healthbars, 99% or more of the enemies in the game take more damage from split scaling weapons.

[@jaredmacintyre6970]

This was a fantastic video. I dont like build videos that only work if someone has 40 hours of game play lol. Im thinking of Samurai

[@Bl2EAKIN]

No mention of Impaling Thrust? It has one of the top Stance damage modifiers in the game, incredible reach, low FP cost and attack speed, can be put on most weapons. You get it very early in the game, or even instantly if you pick Prisoner as your starting class. Picking up the Lordsworn Greatsword, getting 11 Str so you can 2-hand it and putting Impaling Thrust on it is already a stance breaking build. Later on, when you pick up other weapons, AoWs, spells, etc., you can still use IT on a weapon other than a dagger or thrusting sword to stance break enemies, then proceed to use other damaging skills and spells instead of doing a critical hit. It even matches up well against the Glintblade Phalanx AoW from Rogier's Rapier, when you consider attack speed, usage convenience and FP cost.

[@paulwilliams8278]

I would add to the end of the mage build, to have people if they can kill it kill the death bird on the weeping peninsula, to get the Sacrificial Axe, off hand it for some FP regen.