Elden Ring - How to Break the Game With Magic

Magic can be overpowered in Elden Ring. This video shows one specific setup for how strong magic can be.
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0:00 Intro
0:53 Quick Start Guide
2:16 Starting Spells are Good
3:47 Collecting Components of the Build
6:21 Results Part 1
6:58 Getting Even Stronger
7:56 Results Part 2
8:30 Discussion

[@thaearthquake]

Going full mage was pain starting off until I found meteorite staff & rock sling. Then, I became the boss battle for them.

[@OneHandDan]

Literally same, it definitely picks up!

[@botanic3428]

So thats like 30 minutes in if you know where to go lol

[@Lachy314]

I literally made a new character cuz my first character was a sorcerer and I felt like rock sling/glintstone arc/glintstone pebble + meteorite staff were trivializing the game too much Granted I got 20 hours in, with only one shard bearer killed so maybe it would’ve gotten harder as a sorcerer

[@gnussyflarkin]

@@Lachy314 I'm doing a battle mage build (40 hours thus far) and I've had some bosses that I flattened easily and others that destroyed me in the blink of an eye multiple times. I like the balance that I'm experiencing because some aspects of the game are easier and then at other times I'll get my butt handed to me over and over again while I try to figure out the boss. It's a nice balance. But I must say, doing a build like this is super tempting.

[@Steveusmc1986]

Bless the yeet rocks for their stagger

[@RaylaEclipse]

Reminder that however you play/beat the game, even if it's with an OP build, is still valid. Don't let the maidenless nerds tell you otherwise.

[@kraai98]

But also challenge yourself, that's the fun of the game. You just have to figure out how much challenge you actually want relative to your skill level or time to practice.

[@madmorgo6233]

@Cameron idgaf what level I'm meant to be, I'll get there when I get there!

[@tomw8329]

@what now Is this supposed to be funny?

[@elquercu7116]

@@tomw8329 bruh, chill dude

[@DarkkLestat]

@@kraai98 I remember thinking like that in Bloodborne. Now I can face roll that game without dying, time and time again. I really need a pc release so I can make it harder

[@NoMoreBots]

Bad news everyone, the 1.04 patch shot a crucial part of this build in the foot. The infinite fp tear now only lasts 5 seconds instead of the 10-15 it used to be, meaning comet azur can’t be used like it was before. Update: I mistakingly thought that the shortened duration was intentional, turns out that wasn’t supposed to happen. Even then, until it’s reverted this build will be much less effective. Update#2: The infinite fp tear is back to it’s full glory, everyone.

[@dantecaycho1731]

oh so it will come back in a future update?

[@Blackcat0206]

didnt he day something about a better version of the infinite fp tear

[@NoMoreBots]

@@Blackcat0206 No, he said a better version of the graven talisman.

[@Blackcat0206]

@@NoMoreBots oh kinda disapointed but oke

[@Blackcat0206]

btw if you its a acident then we are going to pray that it will be back in the next or future updates

[@MaskofFayt]

Some bonus advice for the abandoned cave with this build is to grab the Two Fingers Heirloom to get your faith up to 12 and get Flame, Cleanse Me to be able to heal the rot the dungeon is filled with if you're struggling to bum rush the area

[@IronPineapple]

this build dodged the nerfs babyyyyyyyyy

[@riccardodiielsi9919]

Fuck yeak, I love you Iron, just got here to see if you said something about the patch and there's the pinned comment. You read my noob mind bro, bless you ❤️❤️

[@WelcometomyChanel]

pls try roboquest for your souls like series

[@Jackenack]

@@ZeigMeister Right, because it's totally reasonable for a pure Str glass cannon dual wielding massive ultra greatswords to be rendered obsolete by every magic build in the game. Magic will likely be nerfed, with a full build, everything is trivialized. That doesn't mean it has to be nerfed into the ground, but Azur Comet should probably be a bit less accessible in a boss fight. Maybe if they just give it a longer cast time, or slower damage ticks. Friendly reminder tho, it's all fun and games, and you really shouldn't be that pressed whether the meta changes or not. I've been playing sword-and-board since day 1, just because it's what I find to be the most fun. That doesn't mean I have anything against magic, and it certainly doesn't mean I'm a "loser." Magic is probably getting nerfed within a few months. Sorry to break the news. Fromsoft is usually really slow with this sort of thing. Don't take it out on me.

[@vervth]

@@Jackenack why do you seem so upset lol, also they just buffed all of magic so I don't really see magic getting all nerfed?

[@noah9942.]

Can't wait for incantations to get some love

[@Cyndarion0ne]

I like how Pineapple missed that the "redfeather" was literally the Morion blade/a version of the morion blades design, and it had rtsr effect. Cool how the devs put that back in another game. We can never truly escape clever rats + morion meta, can we?

[@IronPineapple]

I actually did miss that! Fake Demon’s Souls fan smh

[@Cyndarion0ne]

@@IronPineapple I think it looks closer to the ds3 one if I'm not mistaken? Kinda looks like that one shrunk down

[@jonesen4395]

@@IronPineapple isnt there also a magic scorpion ring to boost magic even further?

[@Merlin_The_Wizard]

Wait, isn't the Morion blade mentioned by name in Irina's questline? Side note, hot damn did they go crazy with reusing names, like Irina, Gael Mine, etc.

[@thaddeusgenhelm8979]

@@Merlin_The_Wizard Nah, that's the Sword of Morne, named after Eygon's gear from DS3 to tie in with that Irinia reference, rather than Morion =P

[@something7959]

Iron Pineapple I found your channel a few days ago and I love your soulaborne content and I just wanted to thank you for teaching me this boss one shooting magic build. This made elden ring so much easier for me. And also thank you for entertaining me with such amazing and fun soulsborne content.

[@9outof10]

This video totally opened the game up for me -- definitely for the better. Thank you! Having Rock Sling and the dragon rune farm early basically re-balances the game.

[@anonssr9514]

In case you didn't know, you can dual-wield staves and get the bonuses from both. For example, use your +10 staff in one hand to use its magic scaling and keep the meteorite staff in your other hand to boost rock sling. In the same vein, you can keep a glinstone based staff in your other hand to boost the lil' swords. It's a very noticeable damage increase at basically no-cost and far far less annoying than switching to the jelly shield for that boost.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

The staff of loss in Sellia the same town where you get Lusats staff boost invisibility magic, it makes night comet viable to use if you do this method with the staff of loss in your off hand.

[@jackbuggeln4870]

It's good for damage but the utility of something like bloodhounds step is more valuable

[@jamesb7924]

@@jackbuggeln4870 Honestly, bloodhound step is pointless for this build outside of PvP

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

@@jackbuggeln4870 bro I just switched to lusats staff in my left hand and a sword in my right with bloodhounds step and you’re so fucking correct. That ability is so insanely awesome.

[@sshunt2987]

What about the negatives? If I cast with my other stuff but have lusats glinstone does it still consume extra fp?

[@SonicHaXD]

I like how both you and Vati are trying to break the game early XD

[@Mitcheck315]

ymfah is too, but that's kinda his schtick

[@ZeroCoolIsGod]

I'm just glad I get to play before they patch any of this out. I played all the other From games after big nurfs. This is the first one I've played while the community was still figuring things out.

[@LS-mb4my]

@@Mitcheck315 I can't wait for him to make a disfigured Goku and use Comet Azur to break every fight in the game.

[@jessiahriner632]

@@Mitcheck315 i came to say exactly this lol

[@Mitcheck315]

@@jessiahriner632 I'm very much looking forward to the inevitable pacifist elden ring (±25 before Margit probably isn't actually as much of a statement as +10 before vordt was)

[@bizbarley74]

One very important note, that very few people seem to know about, and could be worth restarting your game, is that you can repeatedly kill the sleeping dragon for infinite runes without killing a single boss or even enemy. 50,000 a pop right off the bat, or 70,000 with the golden scarab, which requires killing a boss. However, the foot will not work with this trick. What you need to do is get the dragon down to almost no health, then summon torrent for the last few hits so you can move quickly, as soon as the final blow is struck, you need to haul ass back to the site of grace in less than 10 seconds, immediately rest, and if done correctly, you will get all the runes and the dragon will not despawn. This is working as of January 13th, 2023. Even at the very beginning of the game you should be able to kill the dragon in about 10 minutes, worst case scenario, probably less. But lets just say 10 minutes. 10 minutes = 50,000-70,000 souls, so 50,000 -70,000 x 6 = 300,000-420,000 per hour. A bit later in the game you can spec your stats into a strong bleed build and get this down to about 2 minutes, I've been able to get 5,000,000-6,000,000 souls per hour using this trick and after some practice, I can reach the grace every time. After you get to the desired level, simply respec your stats back to your desired build. So as you can imagine, given that you can do this at most characters starting level, fighting no bosses at all, you can get to a very high level early, get strong enough to get the ability to respec early and collect bleed spells and items to hasten the process, kill the dragon over and over and reach the 125 meta in an afternoon, instead of weeks. Stock up on some tears and you can try out a bunch of different weapons and builds in a single playthrough early if you want to see what kind of character you like best and then progress your journey. I really wish I knew this my first time playing. Just be sure to back up your save before killing the dragon, so if you mess up the timing, you are not screwed. This is simple on the PC and PS (via cloud save or usb), however, Xbox users are pretty much out of luck and need to get it perfect every time unless you can close the app before auto save. Cheers.

[@alessandromaccaroni8481]

My savior! I still don't have the game yet but all this is good to know! Quick question: is my sanity going to be in danger?

[@bizbarley74]

@@alessandromaccaroni8481 Are you familiar with the Souls series? Have you played many FromSoftWare titles?

[@alessandromaccaroni8481]

@@bizbarley74... no. But I heard many people have a really hard time beating bosses etc. But I also heard that the game is rewarding and has beautiful scenery

[@bizbarley74]

@@alessandromaccaroni8481 well I played every one of their titles, so for me, Elden Ring was not very challenging. I think it's by far the most forgiving they ever made. It's huge though, and if you wanna find the good stuff, there's many good walkthroughs on KZbin. Some spoiler free that are just for items. My greatest tip to someone that never played a FromSoftWare game before would be to understand character builds in the Souls series before playing. You wanna pick a playstyle you like early on, like do u wanna be a mage and cast spells? Do you wanna be a warrior that uses heavy melee weapons to smash people up close, or be a priest that can heal and throw bolts of lightning and breathe fire? Once you know your preferred character, only put stat points into strength or dex for melee, for mages all intelligence, etc, etc. You wanna plan from the very beginning of the game exactly where you want your final numbers to be at level 137 (community meta level). Seriously use a calculator and plan out your build before you get serious into the game. This is where 99% of rage quitters and people that get frustrated have their issues. You can look up character builds online to get ideas. My last character was a mage (aka easy mode). Stats 40 vig, 30 mind, 20 endurance, 12 str, 18 dex, 80 intelligence. Level 137 meta. Planned the numbers before even playing. Was a breeze and an amazing adventure. Never completely kill that dragon and you can level to your hearts content. Good luck and enjoy!

[@itsoktoberight4431]

​@@bizbarley74 how did you go against Malenia as a mage?

[@feonor26]

I did not know the magic glintblade could be cast multiple times in a row. Made things so much easier for me....thanks!

[@knucklejoe8]

If you want the melee equivalent of this build, go North-West of the "Fallen Ruins of the Lake" grace in Liurnia Lake and find the chest that contains the Icerind Hatchet. To use it, level up to 16 DEX (or start as Warrior), two hand it, and spam the Hoarfrost Stomp skill, which will shred almost every boss in the game with minimal investment. Have fun!

[@AkiRa22084]

Or just get the Hoarfrost Stomp Ash.

[@underdog353777]

THAT is what people were using against me in PVP I thought it was really ridiculous how effective it was but figured it required some investment, but nope, just a 10 FP abilty :]

[@worldeater2414]

👀

[@chrismanuel9768]

Frost/Bleed in general is busted for PvP. Frost makes them take more damage from all sources and Bleed just takes a huge chunk of health all at once, not including the damage of the initial hit. You can one shot in PvP if bleed procs on a heavy after you frost them. The stomp, hilariously, has an effective counter. Jump attack. You see them wind up to stomp? Jump attack. Free damage and they can't hurt you with it. Can't dodge out of the stomp animation so they just have to take the hit

[@grief6052]

Bonus tip for players in limgrave: Get the bloody slash from the fort past the mistwood, it shreds early game bosses has an insane range and super fast cooldown

[@kurtgaudi362]

Don't worry when the rock sling doesn't make much damage on the Crystalians. You have to hit them 2-3 times before the damage gets way higher. You can also run through the whole cave to the boss mist, dodge a few casts and perhaps kill the last two guys after the wooden door to restore some health. Send in your ghost troops and kill those crystuckers ;D

[@xDuhRell]

Thanks for this, I was wondering if it was patched or something

[@miahntepp9997]

Your a king for this comment

[@wsoxrule923222]

@@xDuhRell same

[@SmootherThanSilk]

You have to break their cyrstal armour/poise, once they're staggered and available for a critical hit, they take a lot more damage. 3 heavy attacks from the Morningstar will also break their poise. There's also a Crystal Tear that boosts charged attack damage and one that makes attacks more likely to break poise, these two helped carry me through the Triple Crystalian in Sellia Hidden Cave, and also using the Crystallian Summon you get the the same place. Guard counters also work, because they're slow and don't hit very hard. Just need to take them out one at a time.

[@bbbeast2836]

How do I even got to them

[@itsoktoberight4431]

Thankyou for this, I have looked at many guides and this is my favourite

[@godzillawarfare]

This increased my enjoyment of the game exponentially. Thank you!

[@dragothica4925]

Using the "Meme Beam" onto one of the mid-game bosses is something every person should experience at least once. It's some sweet justice.

[@stavik96]

That or hoarfrost stomp. No kidding, Morgott went down in like 6 attacks and was by far the fastest boss I've killed in the game.

[@smithsmith6402]

@@stavik96 My own personal 'I broke the game' moment was finding the antspur rapier. Rot works on nearly every boss in the game, even tons of them you'd think would be immune, and adds up to about 40% of their total hp over it's duration. Got me kills on bosses I had no business fighting at my level, by applying it with some careful shield pokes and then just running away. The best part is, the rapier accepts ashes, so you can give it poison or bleed affinity as well, and a really good weapon art.

[@ferristriangle3514]

@@smithsmith6402 I've been using a similar strategy with the dragon rot breath plus a physik mix that I like to call my gank juice. You mix the "Spells don't cost FP" tear with the "Significantly reduce damage for one hit" tears and that usually buys you enough time to just start off the fight with massive damage + rot procs + surviving any attack the boss throws out while you were vulnerable during the cast time.

[@soundbite9532]

you can four shot morgott with adulas moonblade if you have max intel

[@jmc2830]

since you can gain access to it with the sword of night and flame (and its actually better since it has a very small fp cost) means even non mage characters can experience it.

[@helnkellrfresh2deaf]

I think one of the most incredible, yet underrated, parts of this video is the fact that Radhan stood still for that long in one spot. I tried this like 10 times and he always just walked to the side after .5 seconds.

[@HurpDerpTurle]

Yeah he got crazy lucky

[@shangfong]

True lmaoooo

[@qiang2884]

@@HurpDerpTurle he tried many times, clipped the one that worked, then make a video telling you it is easy. He didn't mention you always get oneshot, does not have stable performance and are basically perm blocked from certain bosses with no way around other than change stat.

[@whenallelsfails21]

@@qiang2884 wow cry much?

[@nickberglund6355]

dang it thats disappointing, I was following this guide so that it would help me beat him

[@jameshe6868]

just started playing weeks ago. i certainly don't have the patience to do all the challenges but its awesome watching these videos. Please make more!

[@itskylehale]

This very was absolutely fantastic. I’m late game level 140 and didn’t even know about the comet azur. Game changing. Thank you!!

[@emilytheimp]

Man this reminds me of the first time I discovered you could get the Lightning Spear in the original Dark Souls super early in the game. I had so much fun just 3-4 shotting most early game bosses.

[@madmorgo6233]

On my second playthru, I had to grind my Faith up to about 20~30; with Homeward, a heal or two and a couple awesome ranged Miracles, my paladin guy was unstoppable! Back on the 360 lol, I loved it XD

[@dustinyuan9161]

Yes, lightning spear from the sunbro statue was so broken. And hey, made 10 lucky jolly cooperators very happy to get past the Taurus demon. And is being happy with our great lightning spear

[@yourdad5799]

And then the damage drops so hard

[@thefool8224]

though the lightning spear range is low (longer than any dark souls but lower than cinders mod). arrows can hit from the other side of the map, but lightning spear just vanishes mid air if you are too far (normally just about to hit them then poof, gone). am i bugged or is this intentional?

[@noah9942.]

Sunlight spear literally required to you have the final boss's soul. So unless someone drops it for you, you have to be in ng+

[@TheSphereHunter]

And people complain that there’s no easy mode.

[@TobyKBTY]

Melee players also have an easy mode: the Mimic Summon 😂

[@loopygordo]

@@TobyKBTY mimic on most melee builds can just trivialize so many bosses lol

[@warmonster12345]

@@TobyKBTY tbf you have to beat raddan before you can get that. Once you have his swords the game becomes a cakewalk regardless of mr mimic.

[@StayCalm0]

@@TobyKBTY best part about mimic summon? it uses all equiped items, including buffing and debuffing perfumes. you could even force it to use the comet for you by unequiping everything else. I'm actually kinda sad I found it because the temptation is so great lol

[@UndeadAlv]

Not the same tho Easy mode means you can enjoy the game by yourself These exploits are something most players would have to look for if they want to make the game easier

[@AeonsTear]

Dude. I finally got the time to finish Elden Ring so I can finally watch all your videos on it. Stoked :D

[@mrleykis170]

Cheers homie!!! Thanks for this video it was a fantastic addition to my turkey melt

[@rzdakira]

I remember wanting to use this spell in DS3 but got disappointed with the spell's performance. I'm glad the ER's reincarnation of Soul Stream is actually viable!

[@groovydespairgod5190]

Everybody spamming it in pvp lame af

[@Hecca.]

@@groovydespairgod5190 It’s so bad in pvp, it’s extremely telegraphed

[@Renin_Reyulo]

@@Hecca. I heard it's a mess for ganks but to be fair ganks were always a mess for the invader.

[@matheuscruz8574]

Meteorite is much better. More damage, wider area, and staggers a lot

[@chrismanuel9768]

@@matheuscruz8574 Very telegraphed and easy af to dodge, long animation. Only good if you're fighting someone bad.

[@ColbyCadwell]

U can do 80% more dmg by equipping staff in left hand. Any melee in right and using royal knight resolve AOW. 60% if u use determined. Lasts a full 10 secs for spells. Only lasts one hit on melee tho…. Anyhoo. An easy 80% more dmg at all times is OP

[@Djellowman]

Big (and busted) if true

[@qvatio6554]

@@Djellowman Oh, it's true. And it is terrible and wonderful in equal measure.

[@nickkilen5273]

Shhhhhhhh don't let them know and patch it :(

[@PaperFlare]

This applies to almost all buffing weapon ashes of war. The current bullshit cheese in PvP is to use the Eclipse Shotel, which applies death-bight to itself until used again, which triggers an AoE explosion that also inflicts death-blight. If you then set yourself on fire with fire's deadly sin, all you have to do is run in the direction of other players and it builds up death-blight to instakill them. The ashes of war/casting interaction is a massive gamebreaker on all fronts.

[@ADDONRACER]

But how do you activate the determination if staff is on left hand?!

[@j915winterking9]

Thanks for this, I can't wait to get some of this stuff to make myself even more powerful.

[@user-mt2co8ip4u]

Another spell called night maiden's mist also melts boss health bars. You can cheese the black flame kindred outside the bestial sanctum for another 80K souls using night maiden's mist. Works well on the crystallian boss in the abandoned cave too, you just gotta kite the spear guy into the mist

[@justiziabelle]

some players have found out that while the buff from ash of war: determination is running, which usually buffs your next melee attack damage for 50 or 60%, it also boosts your spells, but doesn't vanish for the whole duration (10 or 15 seconds) as long as you don't melee attack, so you can buff your sorcery damage even more.

[@helnkellrfresh2deaf]

WAT trying that out next. if this works then its super busted. if it works ill def be using that. Its also better than the jelly shield buff

[@whenlifegivesyoulemons2643]

So use ash of war instead of the jellyfish shield?

[@inYourBackline]

@@whenlifegivesyoulemons2643 yes

[@justiziabelle]

@@whenlifegivesyoulemons2643 haven't tried it out, just saw it mentioned here and there in comments on youtube and the fextralife wiki. fextralife being fextralife i would take that info with a grain of salt, but the comments i've read seemed genuine enough. in any case, since jellyfish's buff lasts for 30s i don't see why you couldn't just cast it beforehand, just remember you need to keep the shield equipped to not lose the jellyfish buff when switching to melee for the determination buff and then back to your staff. also i don't know if they actually stack and if they do how exactly (additive or multiplicative).

[@Kaptime]

There's also the royal knight wep art that's just a better determination.

[@Duckman1616]

Just a quick tip, the dragon takes a while to die, so you can actually use the foot immediately after you kill him and still get the bonus souls.

[@shady6281]

The foot lasts 3 minutes, so just use it when it has a sliver, it doesn't take 3 mins to make it bleed once

[@JC_MCC1923]

Where is the dragon at that we kill?, Is it the one just past the bridge on left after u ride through the other dragons legs?

[@Duckman1616]

@@JC_MCC1923 He's right next to the site of grace at Fort Faroth. He'll be lying on the ground and as long as you attack his back, nothing will happen. Just be careful because there's a few smaller dragons in front of him.

[@JC_MCC1923]

@@Duckman1616 thanks man, I was going far enough.. ive been playing like 24 hours total and I haven't made this many runes that entire time.. lol.. first time ever playing any of these games. Pretty fun

[@khadajhin7141]

@@JC_MCC1923 also if you want to kill him faster use a weapon that applies blood or something that pop deals 13000 damage to him with like 5 pops he'll die within 5 or 10 minutes

[@justincurll1110]

I wish this video was done in a slower, more useful 'walkthrough' style, but thanks! I can't wait to rock this.

[@iilithxd514]

Did it worked?

[@davejones9469]

The dragon levelling trick is easily boosted by the scarab but also try to kill it while there are Erdtree leaves falling: it further boosts your rune amount. The scarab is easy to get, since you just need a knife to sidestep through the rot in that dungeon, and the bosses can't properly hit your wolf summons, so it can be easy.

[@HEKL_PNW]

"There's something really satisfying about the process of bringing a build like this together, and seeing the work pay off" this was exactly my sentiment when I came across the blasphemous blade (around level 75/80) after pumping up Faith and Strength all game 💯

[@yournamethere123]

I did the same with int and faith. Came across sword of night and flame. That thing fucks. Crazy weapon art on it.

[@thelgpain6529]

@@yournamethere123 that sword is busted. And it scales with Int, Dex and Faith. Insane weapon for sure.

[@GrandpaJenkins9001]

Isn't that rykers sword? If it is then I didn't find that shit till I finished the game

[@yournamethere123]

@Leeroy Jenkins rykards sword is the blasphemous blade. This one is found in caria manor northwest of the academy.

[@HEKL_PNW]

@@GrandpaJenkins9001 I went to the Volcano Manor after completing the first two legacy dungeons, before going to the capital 😅 it probably wasn't the best to go there first, but getting the Blasphemous Blade sort of late mid game was super handy~

[@koliman1588]

This is my first Fromsoft game, started as a wretch with intent to be a spell caster of some sort, stumbled into meteor staff and rock sling early. Absolutely hilarious.

[@EnderElohim]

God bless you and your offsprings.

[@PriyankaSharma0216]

Found this vid a week ago, and finally got to @6:35 tonight. So worth it.

[@Chris8F3R]

Dude, gonna do this RIGHT NOW! Thanks a lot!

[@Joelpd666]

I can’t believe I’ve played a Mage this entire time and I didn’t realize that the No FP flask charge could make comet go forever

[@darienb1127]

I had no idea either of the flaks buffs existed!

[@Artoriias1]

Same I saw clips of people casting it, and just figured they somehow reduced the cost from multiple sources so I didn’t bother

[@xelthos2051]

10 seconds

[@Fallenstartheone]

it´s one of the best if not THE best for almost any build for plethora of reasons. once i got it never looked back.

[@PixelGamer91]

sometimes 10 seconds feels like forever... :D

[@zanewurtz8493]

That Cerulean tear you get in Mt Gelmir can also be used to summon anybody you want without ever investing in magic

[@DWFTW]

I'm glad you said that, I'd never thought about that potential. So many guys I'd like to piss about summoning and just no FP to do it.

[@Kookasaurious]

Hey...I like your picture

[@Smoth48]

Is this true? Because whenever I have 0 FP I can't cast any skills, even with use of that tear. Might have to give it a shot and find out

[@zanewurtz8493]

@@Smoth48 You might still need at least 1 FP for some reason but I only have 65 and can summon guys that cost 125

[@souptikdam8424]

thank you, this is exactly what i was looking for

[@samuelkalendzhiev8015]

For the bosses it works on, it still works a wonder. Just not every boss is compatible with the strategy, but if you are strong enough to do the build (+ the extra steps) you should have a good time killing anything anyway. Good build, still up to date, highly recommend!

[@Oxide14]

Maybe a little late, but was going to say, that if you're up for the challenge, in Caelid, down either of the two paths that lead away from the Minor Erdtree in Dragonbarrow, you'll find a ton of the guardian enemies. They drop about 11-13 hundred runes a piece and are usually all stacked up with one another. I found this was a good place to quickly grind out runes early in the game.

[@imemmag]

that was my spot, nice

[@ciangriffin9630]

There's a good farm spot at Lenne's Rise where you can get the ball that spawns to kill itself, and with the gold beetle talisman it gives about 2,300 runes every about 10 seconds if efficient.

[@locuscuztheyfocuse4581]

@@ciangriffin9630 that area i got up to like 50k runes in less then a hour lol

[@locuscuztheyfocuse4581]

@@ciangriffin9630 mine go's about 2,338 lol a few extra idk how and i forgot how lol the game is just idk you get lost in elden ring lol

[@ciangriffin9630]

@@locuscuztheyfocuse4581 only 50 runes? Unless that was a typo that is an insanely low amount of runes

[@w.devarien3154]

On your way to kill the dragon, there's a tower with a memory stone you can grab. You just need to jump up with the spirit well. (After crossing the bridge with the little dragon, just past the minor erdtree guardian, on the left cliffs y'all should see a tower. There's a spirit well behind it. If you get killed by an angry chicken you went the wrong way.)

[@snickle1980]

Thanks I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm level 40 and I'm still a basic Two Slot Andy over here.

[@ramkroos4116]

@@snickle1980 get one from the twins at the round table, it costs 3000 runes

[@snickle1980]

@@ramkroos4116 I restarted due to my Wonky leveling. 😁I was Level 49 and still wandering around the starting area.

[@w.devarien3154]

@oppai-sama the dragon you bleed.

[@mrmoosetachio]

@@snickle1980 you can respec your build after beating Rennala. She is a boss fight in the middle of the second zone. Just need larval tears

[@mathewbarnes4468]

I have finally finished my journey to get this spell. Thanks heaps

[@harlanpinder1318]

This guide and build is very good thanks. I finally got the basic completion of it and it’s awesome. I’m at that point in the guide wear you add the jelly fish shield. Spectacular. I’m going further with getting the crystal armor, and on and on til power up this build no more. Lol 😂

[@garic4]

man this is a great video, but it would be amazing if you could record 5 secs showing the precise location of each of the item on the map

[@BumFluffer1999]

Would be extremely helpful

[@Andrew_Georghiou]

You guys don’t like looking up guides for your guides?

[@garic4]

@@Andrew_Georghiou rofl

[@DoubleDrayco]

@@Andrew_Georghiou literally have 11 hours played to do the steps in this 11 minute video and I'm only a little more than halfway done 😂

[@BumFluffer1999]

@@Andrew_Georghiou I fully had to yk, piss take 😂

[@Killbot224]

The Flail should be a contended for earliest bleed weapon, since it can be found in one of the caravans at the gatefront ruins

[@januskaisar4972]

Dex requirement is probably a bit high for low level caster players though. Morning Star relies on strength which gets the bonus for 2-handing.

[@mmmmmmmmmmm10]

I used the flail for my int vuild just wasted the levels in dex, once i went spellsword the dex was useful

[@mcgamer7489]

Samurais sword is

[@youraveragexin7400]

@@januskaisar4972 just use the radagon scoreseal in fort faroth

[@youraveragexin7400]

@@januskaisar4972 that way you dont need that many levels on dex

[@ahuman1126]

Iron Pineapple, that you so much for this build with your video and a weeks time I was able to one shot both Radahn and Margit 👍

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

_"Yo this primeval current ain't shi-"_ *death animation*

[@racerman2223]

This build got me through to the snowy region and beyond, thank iron p! I’ve never played these type of games because I don’t understand the mechanics of it but watching your vids and paying attention a little more lol made this super fun!

[@yellowsaurus4895]

Basically, you dodge when the enemies attack you, then you attack them back when theyre done

[@julianryan7661]

@@yellowsaurus4895 😂😭

[@patrickbateman5699]

@@yellowsaurus4895 Than once they hit you you die cry and repeat

[@hazeltree7738]

​@@yellowsaurus4895But what if they're never done attacking :(

[@casperryborg4869]

@@hazeltree7738 If you can't seem to find openings, I recommend a good old fashioned "oonga boonga" playstyle. Basically focus solely on strength and Vigor. I just got done with a playthrough without too many problems with one of these. You basically pick up a powerful weapon and stagger your enemies in a few hits, it is incredibly satisfying. You will be in the "Heavy armor" category though, so you'll have to get used to fatrolling. These are the following videos that I used to make it through. Main one is called "Elden Ring Strength Build Guide - How to Build a Colossus Guardian (Level 100 Guide)" by Fextralife. I looked over his talismans and stats, switched out his weapon with a hammer called "Giant Crusher" and basically went to town on every boss I could find. I think there were maybe one or two bosses where I had to learn certain abilities to survive. (Extra tip, if you feel stressed during fights, the Mimic tear summon is a lifesaver) Second one is called "The Strongest TANK Build You Will Ever See In Elden Ring | Ultimate Shield Only & Shield+Spear Build" by Nizar GG. This one was just my secondary for when I wanted to have fun, since I just love any playstyle with shields. Hope this helps!

[@oOJaseOo]

You can get another like 60k+ runes at the same time as the sleeping dragon kill by going at night to the small bridge parallel to the large bridge with a dragon on it and just riding past the night's cavalry and up the hill to the right follow the road. Be careful not to get killed by the poison or the mobs but the nights cavalry should just die. You'll get the bloodhound ash of war aswell

[@DawidDgk]

did that when i was level 15 haha. really helpful!

[@t0uchme343]

It sometimes doesn't work but even so, if you don't step on all the traps, you can slowly kill the boss with poison. To add to that, you can throw the dragon on the bridge off the cliff too if you make him land a certain way.

[@FelisImpurrator]

The other way is to sit on the tree next to the bridge and just throw shit at him until he dies. See, if you're minmaxing this hard you have enough INT to delete him...

[@FlameForgedSoul]

They patched this trick out.

[@AquaShibby3000]

@@FlameForgedSoul I just did it, fwiw

[@wicked.a950]

Beautiful can't wait to try it

[@mrthyboss]

for the big dragon, if you get on torrent to finish it off, you can sprint back to the grace and sit down as the dragon dies. you get the runes and the dragon resets, so you can keep farming him. its better later game, but its good to reset and keep him alive, while still getting the runes

[@vampiricdodo]

Been casually enjoying this build for a while now and I must say, it's glorious.

[@three9855]

Graven-mass talisman is twice as strong as graven school talisman and its effect stacks with it. Magic scorpion charm is even stronger and *also* stacks. Sadly magic scorpion charm is very missable as you need to do Seluvis’s quest which you can’t do if you’ve progressed too far down Ranni’s questline.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

Yes. I'm so sad I missed it. I want to try and either find someone who will duplicatee one, or start a new character and transfer it.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

@@MrBuns-yi2hk Can you get it on NG+?

[@mjrpaynegaming576]

@@_Jay_Maker_ Yes you can

[@hassanabbas-sy5cm]

Wait can you guys explain this more in detail lol it sounds like something I don’t want to miss when I start playing this weekend. I’m taking a week off work to try this game

[@mjrpaynegaming576]

@@hassanabbas-sy5cm just Google how to complete seluvis' quest line...

[@aaronm9158]

Thank you. I've been running a sorcery build and it's been great for the entire game except for the literal Elden Beast because it has so many resistances and nullifications.

[@palpisson]

bro any good way to gey to intelligent lv 60 fast?

[@prodiGtv1]

"i recommend you get the golden scarab talisman" >is in what may as well be the hardest dungeon in the game if you're super low level and going to 1shot all the bosses later on

[@jongles2530]

I got it at a very low level its not that bad. Play with friends man

[@shawnread53]

There are worse dungeons coming

[@agnacore]

for those who don't know: it's a pitch-black cave + poison swamp, except the poison is scarlet rot (this game's version of toxic), and the boss is a gank featuring two Cleanrot Knights and another pool of scarlet rot. I recommend using Skeletal Militiamen Ashes (dropped by the first Tibia Mariner in Limgrave) to distract one knight while you kill the other. The knights have a hard time finishing off the reviving skellymens

[@JustAnOldStone]

Don't get me wrong, this guide is good, but holy hell is it missing some key notes. Like at the part where it says "Just go to the Lift of Dectus". Completely misses explaining that you need to kill/get behind a dragon to get a key that unlocks it.

[@The5Vendetta]

@@JustAnOldStone There is no dragon to kill to get to the lift I’m not sure what you’re talking about

[@Cyromantik]

Love how your production quality just keeps improving! Also this video has helped real the deal for me. I *like* games with mechanics I can fiddle around with. Additionally it looks like one of those games were exploration and environmental storytelling figures strongly, which I love. :)

[@mandatoryusername689]

There’s more to this : Use determination ash on your right hand weapon and cast with you off hand Boom ! 50% boost during 10s to your spells

[@AkiRa22084]

Royal Knight's Resolve is better. But does it stack with the Jellyfish shield?

[@connortodd4538]

@@AkiRa22084 no bc you need to be holding the buff, but 50% > 20%

[@IronPineapple]

Does it for sure work? Since it boosts only the next attack and this spell hits multiple times, it might only boost the first actual hit?

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

@@IronPineapple yep, it only deactivates upon attacking with the weapon it's on. Been using it to bolster all of my spells for a while

[@IronPineapple]

@@Christopher-eq1rn that’s wild!

[@squidwardshouse830]

If you wanna really cheese bosses, I have fun using the Dark Moon spell in Ranni's questline. It is so fun to use, I just turn in to a ball and the bosses take a lot of damage from cold and magic damage.

[@JpegFail]

Great build, thx a lot! It carried me whole game, no jokes! I'm hoping for similarly easy build for melee)

[@voltalightning]

It's so cool seeing this as my build is just big sword. Dope that there are so many different ways to play. Now I gotta go get that jellyfish shield for my build!

[@Sdogofdoom]

Or, and hear me out... TWO big swords!

[@RushInNinja]

Us running around with our big swords slung over our shoulders where mage gods like this exist lol😓😬

[@BarokaiRein]

It's a fun trick when it works. One thing I'll say is that relying on this too much is great way to get stuck with bosses that just sidestep it,stagger you out of casting it with ranged attack of their own or just have too much hp and walk through it. Again, it's really damn fun for like 70% of the game,but after it stops working I failed to find use for the spell outside of this wombo combo. It's damage is actually pretty bad in terms of FP to Damage ratio,like you'll actually deal more damage and safer by spamming that frostbolt spell,which also causes frostbite.

[@KarthikeyanNagappan]

Sure it doesn't work at the crystal dudes. She just keeps jumping and poking.

[@vandakaii2893]

if they dodge it then just cast glint blade.

[@ole998]

I literally used this to beat malenia, along with other spells, sure but azur comet was the final blow in phaze two so you can use this as a backup at least for almost all of the game

[@GloomGaiGar]

You don't have to just use Comet Azur of course.

[@Spazz4170]

@all someone hasn't gotten the mimc tear ash to +10, they take aggro its gg for real

[@redmoon4694]

I know I’m late to the party but imo the ritual sword talisman works much better for this build. I’m playing a mage with 9 vigor so I get one shot by everything at this point in the game. Ritual sword talisman boosts attack at full hp for those of you wondering and it works great cuz I’m either at full hp or dead

[@robin586]

THIS IS SO REAL LMAOOO

[@themm2271]

I’m not gonna do this strat rn SS I’m on my first playthrough, but I am SO trying this later on.

[@mudlums]

One other thing that seems like it beats out the Jellyfish Shield-you can put the Determination or Royal Knight's Resolve ash of war on an off-hand melee weapon. Not sure if it's a bug, but the damage increase applies to sorceries/incantations as well, and isn't even consumed unless you hit with the melee weapon (lasts 10 seconds).

[@stranger6822]

My experience with this build: it's really tough to actually setup the one shot on some foes, the build itself tends to be very squishy until higher levels, and your quality of life outside of boss fights depends heavily on picking up good side spells like you showed in the video. Those other two spells, especially rock sling, are a big deal for exactly the reasons shown. For me personally, a faith build with blasphemous blade, erdtree blessing, lord's heal, and the mimic summon is more powerful and diverse, able to take on more targets more easily. But I would say this build is one of the easiest ways to cheese the first half of the game until you get up to the point that you're ready to go after blasphemous blade and the mimic summon.

[@IETass]

Wizards do be squishy doe

[@siddharthagrawal6990]

To be honest, the guys overleveled aF due to the dragon kill (which to me feels a bit unfair). Any build becomes as OP with that. Without the overleveling from 96000 souls, if I am honest, the damage on rock sling is meh. And requires high FP cost. My Dualweilding Uchigatana with bloodslash or Faith+Dex spear or Faith+Int Sword of Night and day perform much better untill u can get higher level, because as you said. the build is a bit squishy and glass-cannony

[@IETass]

@@siddharthagrawal6990 it also makes you sound like a weeb when you talk about your build though lmao

[@stranger6822]

@@perchipy7900 that was my experience as well. There are a lot of foes, especially dragons that it works against perfectly. Margit or morgott or whatever his name was in erdtree was super easy.

[@vincealcantara7339]

i got the blasphemous blade with lighting and fire spells and some other stuff for the build its amazing

[@TheSterlingArcher16]

Doing this, plus fully upgraded mimic tear is ultra OP!

[@williamstevens5599]

My only complaint about this video is the fact that some of the spots you say we can just go to and grab the item in question, it's way more complicated than I realized. Specifically the cave in Caelid that has the Golden Scarab talisman. A simple heads up that you need something that can undo the effect of scarlet rot would have come in really handy and it ended up costing me 7,000 runes because I didn't know that going into it. Other than that, I've been following this guide and it's working well so far. Just have to find enough runes now to get my intelligence stat high enough to cast Comet Azur. Great work, as usual.

[@AWanderingSwordsman]

Worth noting, varre's quest can be done after godrick and lets you get to +10 (as well as opens up the best rune farm) and you can grab mimic tear, throw on the permanant aggro talisman, summon the mimic, then take off the talisman and have an aggro holding beast so you can comet azure uninterrupted.

[@soeinschlitzor]

I have this build on my first character, and I find the bosses that aren't staggerable with the comet azure spell are *not* a pushover. If they dodge out of the way, you can only hope it did enough damage for you to finish them off with another lol. Still I love this build, it is very strong once you set it up.

[@Xieq-Jimmy-]

The only thing u have to do, is to not succ at being a sorcerer. U also can use meteor or upgrade meteor for 3 casts in one.

[@guusemunch1707]

Fun fact, for the elder sleeping dragon, sprint to the nearest site of grace close to the fort nearby on horseback and rest at it immediately after killing it to collect the runes without actually causing it to fully be despawned, rinse, repeat, easy 70 levels in just 1-2 hours

[@XELASK82]

I tried and didn't work, I guess they fix it

[@beenth1667]

​@@XELASK82 it doesn't,you need to kill it in the nearset way to run horse to site of grace.fastest way I found is at tail of the elder dragon.

[@XELASK82]

@@beenth1667 fuck is done. I tried to run as fast as possible but it was gone

[@gastastrophe1092]

You could probably do this same build with Dragonfire by doing Auriza’s Hero Grave and Agheel early, though that’s probably a lot harder

[@rayfgreenfield5114]

There’s a weapon you get from commander O’Neil called the commanders standard that can also give you and your allies a attack boost with this item you can basically negate multiplayer damage reduction

[@ferristriangle3514]

Do you know the exact amount of the buff? I currently run around with Golden Vow which is the same effect, and I'm pretty sure Golden Vow is a +20% boost to attack and defense.

[@KenshinHimura10]

Honestly great magic build and guide - was a blast to test. You're the man when it comes to this kinda stuff, Iron Pineapple. If I could give constructive criticism to your guide,I think you should've elaborated on the points taken to get to these locations though using the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc waypoints ingame rather than just directly cutting and teleporting to said areas (Fastforward X## would work nice). Most of it was self explanatory so there was no need and the cuts were fine, but some of it is a little confusing. Even for a souls veteran like myself especially navigating around Volcano Manor was a nightmare looking for something very particular when you're unfamiliar with the zone entirely and also without a map until reaching near the destination. Just soooooo many elevations.

[@honestlyyes4436]

We need more people like you, constructive criticism conveyed in a deferential way.

[@IronPineapple]

I appreciate the feedback. I think when I made this, I didn’t expect many people would actually follow it as a guide. It was more for entertainment and/or fun to mess around with on a second playthrough when you’re more familiar with the map. That’s why I opted for brevity instead of clear explanations and locations. Clearly that was wrong through lmao, I’ve seen a lot of people try to follow it.

[@SirWetBiscuit]

@@IronPineapple You really didn't have the foresight to consider that your channel of almost 1 million subs + 1mil+ views on your ER videos that many people would be eager to replicate your video literally detailing how to be OP early in the game?

[@cc-sy9mk]

@@SirWetBiscuit should change your name to SirWetBlanket

[@TokyoLove78]

"souls veteran" don t watch guide to play the game.

[@aldoorlando1393]

I actually completed all the main bosses with a melee build and decided to respec to a magic build later on so this is pretty useful for me

[@justsean5774]

Dude your a total boss I salute your gaming skills 10/10 for this video

[@Antimuffin]

This is amazing as a first time Fromsoft game player with disabilities. I've been doing sorcery and am excited to try this!

[@imjowsef]

That cave has a ton of unavoidable scarlet rot buildup followed by a boss fight, dude. That's a pretty egregious detail to omit

[@D3adend]

Standard Dark Souls brain rot. Also you need to actually fight your way though the academy. And if you put all points into int, you still die in 1-2 hits at most and have no stamina.

[@xeigen2]

You can actually avoid the scarlet rot by backstepping. You can just about make it to the first island without it fully building up

[@imjowsef]

@@D3adend I get the impression this build is supposed to be something of a glass cannon, but yeah

[@dylanmalone14]

@@xeigen2 flame, clense thyself incantation also helps

[@Vinmono]

You can land on the clusters that are in the walls, specifically near the first drop and make it to the little piece of land in the middle, then you can jump your way through the left path, I can arrive at the 2nd drop with half of the scarlet rot meter full or less, with a lvl 13 wretched and no armor.

[@johnking3586]

Yoo the backtrack music is fire 🔥

[@madotha]

I was actually planning to go for a Mage build for my next playthrough - this video inspired me to pursue it. And for everyone out there who doesn't want to hunt for all the required equipment for the build in this video right from the start: Farm some runes, get your stats up, use Meteorite Staff & Rock Sling for a while and then get the Sword of Night and Flame - it gives you Comet Azur right from the get-go. This made my Mage build lots of fun so far, without feeling too OP.

[@aa898246]

thanks ill try it out

[@Zmon3595]

I would definitely beat the first Two or three main bosses before Grabbing the spell it feels more natural playing through the first part of the game without having lategame magic.

[@MrSharkswith]

It'd be cool to see you go over the miracles in Elden Ring! I've had a ton of fun with a faith build, especially the godslayer and madness incantations

[@sj_bardplays6416]

I've been going mage knight this whole time and never found rock sling or meteorite staff. Can't wait to try this

[@sclair10]

just made this broken build, thanks for sharing it's hilarious how quickly it burns down bosses.

[@sikeitzrotten]

😂 you let's just all appreciate this dudes videos because coming from a video editor myself I know these videos take a decent amount of time to make.

[@Dsuzuke]

This build is tremendously powerfull but, you need a perfect situation to break the boss in one hit, they don't always move as you need and many times they hit you cutting off the spell.This spell don't track and you can't move when cast it. In any case amazing amazing, good job man.

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

I hope you understand just HOW MANY extra steps there are between getting Azur's beam and getting his garb, not to mention how much spelunking is required to actually get Lusat's Glintstone Staff to ACTUALLY BE stronger than the meteorite staff. The brief aside you felt like skipping has been longer than everything leading up to it, and I'm not even done.

[@Spagoob]

I noticed this too. Not to mention the vague instructions on how to get to places. I'm guessing this is a post-game thing to do after you've explored and done everything else? The tone of the video makes it seem like something anyone can get into.

[@veryoriginalname2515]

I did it with a lot of google and experience from ymfahs 1.03 vid that i followed too

[@brianthomas7417]

Before you decry the build, just note that if you play the game at a regular pace and just enjoy you will pick up more spells, armor, and tricks that even if the meme beam doesnt completely carry you, will still be perfectly viable. I still use rock sling, and the glintblade, plus carian greatsword and piercer after completing the build.

[@karmaackerman6674]

I want to say that there is a spell that is likr comet azur but with less range but a fatest hitbox that is called meteorite of astel if you have lusat +10 right hand and météorite staff left hand you can have the power of lusat with the 30% damage boost on gravity spell so it deal more damage than comet azur and it deal it with physical damage so against boss like elden beast or rennala with a really high magic resist this spell will be your best friend.

[@NobodyBoy2000]

The ritual sword talisman boosts your attack by 10% when your health is full. It's not as much as the branchsword, but it's less risky

[@weelp2158]

with the vigor mages usually have i don't think that matters at all 100% hp or 1% they will get 1 shot regardless xd

[@xCarll1]

@@weelp2158 a safe way to get 20% hp?

[@weelp2158]

@@xCarll1 just invest on vigor, have more than 40 or 50 and your good, i personally have 60 on lvl 150

[@xCarll1]

@@weelp2158 i mean... low health for that juicy 20%. any manualy self damage?

[@weelp2158]

@@xCarll1 ohh.. only way i know you can hurt yourself safely is either fall damage or ash of war "seppuku"

[@Camshaft4]

This video is incredibly helpful, I thank you for putting the effort in to make this❤️

[@salvatoreriggi7344]

Thank you Iron Pineapple

[@Arcademan09]

I lucked out by starting with a faith build, although I started using magic first but as soon as I discovered better faith magic I decided to dual class it and it was a nightmare maxing both stats but I did it and had tons of fun

[@ShodakonFury]

Pretty good build and I’ve been grinding, but I feel A LOT of crucial information was glossed over, especially with the cave and trying to obtain that scarab (which I’m having difficulty doing due to scarlet rot). Other than that pretty fun to use and it’s essentially a glass cannon lol

[@Laevoth]

Yeah, that recommendation is going to make a lot of people wonder what they're doing wrong. A recommendation i've seen elsewhere says that you should get a dagger and use its move to quickly go through the rot. He didn't show the cave or how he did it at all which is the hardest part of this entire guide. He also doesn't mention that you have to fight two bosses together in the end.

[@ShodakonFury]

@@Laevoth I just abandoned that cave altogether because, considering that this is a starting out build, I don’t have enough flasks or resistances to get through the thing and I haven’t even gotten to the two bosses yet, but I feel like crucial things like this should be mentioned. The Magic Glintblade can also can have a high chance of missing enemies because of its charge time. Yes, it counters their programmed dodge, but a lot move so much (especially most mobile bosses) that it misses when it DOES fire. Even though that spell has a higher damage output when it hits, I’ve been mainly using the Rock Sling.

[@kain1799]

I didn't go to the cave till pretty late game but yeah as someone else said 100% get a dagger with the quickstep skill so you can get to safe pieces of terrain. There's only enemies in one area of that cave iirc and you could probably run past to get to the boss if you need to.

[@Laevoth]

@@kain1799 I had a higher level character that I completed it on but then decide to try out a mage character. I'd say the cave is around level 60+ with some decent resist gear to avoid rot. Also you'll want some of those preserved bolluses to cure any rot-- and those are a bit expensive and rare.

[@SSJ4Bass]

@@Laevoth Two bosses at once? Yeah I'm not getting the scarab then.

[@JanPospisilArt]

The reason I'd never do this is because it relies on knowing where everything is beforehand. And these things being quite far, you'd never do this on a natural run when you're exploring. Fun, but I'll stick to wandering and struggling.

[@robk79]

I wouldn't do this either because it doesn't look fun. But I think you can be pretty well-equipped as a "regular" mage just by wandering around. I am playing as a mage fighter. I don't have these skills or spells, but I have found a decent amount of stuff for my build just exploring. The only thing I looked up was my first staff (started as a wretch before I decided to go magic) but after that it has been fun with casting and melee.

[@hugodogobob]

I think this is more for a second playthrough if you wanna just be op

[@robk79]

@@hugodogobob Oh yeah, for sure. Unless you like optimizing the fun out of a first playthrough. :)

[@_Jay_Maker_]

@@robk79 Some people find optimizing to be fun.

[@robk79]

@@_Jay_Maker_ That's true. Different people like different things.

[@akashjoseph6649]

Thank you for making this video. Too many new players complaining about the difficullty

[@SlipperyTeaTime]

Great guide, but I had trouble finding all of the items cause I had no idea where any of these locations were

[@lostprophet8888]

@Iron Pineapple: There's another late-game Meteorite spell that works as the perfect addition for fast-moving bosses or hordes of enemies, I think it's "Meteorite of Astel". Distortion used a similar tactic to the one shown in your great and very entertaining video in his first playthrough to defeat even late-game bosses with that spell! :D

[@BradHuffmanparent]

Boomstick has a route that gets you a bunch of smithing stones, golden runes, and flask upgrades on a similar path up to the church. Combine both of these and you're unstoppable.

[@lordbalthosadinferni4384]

link?

[@BradHuffmanparent]

@@lordbalthosadinferni4384 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqmceqaBbdabnZY

[@lordbalthosadinferni4384]

@@BradHuffmanparent much thank

[@coryw3339]

why play the game if you're gonna follow a guide? haha

[@BradHuffmanparent]

@@coryw3339 Why did you watch this video and comment on it if you're not going to use it? And I've already played a ton of hours on my own, but I wanted to start a new character to mess around with.

[@bizbarley74]

Yeah I'm not sure what people are talking about when they say this is a bad guide or does not work, saying it got nerfed out of existence. It did get nerfed, thats for sure, but it still works. I still was able to kill Radahn in a single cast. And even bosses that it does not completely kill, it usually takes them down to maybe 20% or less of their entire health pool, I dunno guys, I would say that's pretty damn good. As for the guide sucking, I hear you, he did not go into great detail, however, he did mention all the items needed, therefore, all you have to do is google each of those items and you can find "very detailed" guides online on how to obtain all of them. Personally I would rather do that than have to sit through an entire hour long video of how to make this build come together. I mean sure, he could have done that, and then time stamped everything out, that would have been cool, but would have also been very challenging for the content creator that maybe does not have that kind of time on his hands, who knows? Point is, he tells you everything you need to pull this off, because of the internet you can find detailed guides on how to get everything without issue, and the nerf to this method still either outright kills slow or distracted bosses, or ticks off 75-80% of their entire health pool in a single attack if properly connecting. I've test this on every boss in the game, and when I was able to connect fully, at worst they only had 25% health left tops. At which point you have all your estus left aside from a single blue one. If you can't kill an incredibly weaken boss with all your tools intact at that point, you are doing something else wrong. Sorry, I simply can't help myself but say, you gotta GIT GUD. Couldn't help it.

[@benneal511]

I did this build as well, eventually I got my hands on two staffs of loss and dual wielding them actually helps with average enemies you come across. Right now my character is at about level 160 and I unfortunately haven't beaten the game yet, just waiting for DLC to come out to get back into it

[@benneal511]

And in case anybody is wondering why I haven't beat it yet let's just say overly cautious hero enough said