Elden Ring Starscourge Greatsword Build Guide - How to build a Starscourge (NG+ Guide)

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[@lightshot3216]

I have a video idea for you: Heavy Arcane Dexterity using Eleonoras Poleblade in the right hand as well as the Godskin Peeler with Seppuku in the left hand. i use this comb and i mostly rely on jump attacks for the blood loss effect as well as the weapon skill of eleonoras' for stagger and a free crit.

[@jacobhoward4010]

Man I did this build exactly as you designed it, and I am having so much fun with it. Thank you!!

[@droid5785]

Ng+ territory is nice and certainly more unexplored on this channel, but I love those 50 100 and 150 builds still too! It's fun to find multiple of them to combine into a single playthrough

[@nasusgg8274]

I done my first run with this build! Definitely recommend this build especially for how cool it is You can use AOE shouts and a CRAZY jump attack and you get to wield 2 ULTA greatsword in weight of 1!!!

[@gk4204]

Thank you for the great build. I greatly appreciate the the hard work and non-stop testing yall do.

[@Chillllllly]

😂

[@Chillllllly]

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[@Pete_thegoldfox]

​@@Chillllllly no body cares

[@Justin0116time]

​@@Chillllllly no body cares.

[@Naniwa_Tiger]

​@@Chilllllllyno body cares

[@TSpoon823]

In my first playthrough I managed to run with this and it was fun. I used the talisman to increase equip load and was fine. I think I sometimes switched out the helmet for the Exile's hood and it looked awesome. If I had issues with weight or a fast paced boss, I would switch to his helmet and then a lighter weapon like the BHF. That's how I beat Malenia. But I was doing a ton of damage and loved rolling through groups of enemies with this Radahn build by the end.

[@jojodio8467]

I made this build yesterday on my normal playthrough..... A lot of albanorics died, but the cost was worth it.

[@azeroth1848]

me right now😭😭😭 grinding out 30 levels to make this setup work

[@amituna7903]

These NG+ Builds are great ideas that keep me coming back to the game 😁

[@refinedorc2870]

Definitely did not expect this to benefit from winged sword. Bows don’t even benefit from it and they hit physically at range too. Bows really were left in the dust

[@strm3253]

Im an archer main and i was really dissapointed of the poor scaling bows and especially crossbows since they dont have scaling to begin with.

[@DarkRavenWolf50]

FromSoft games have always had shitty archer builds since they were likely just put in for variety's sake and never meant to used as a main build. Atleast Elden Ring gives you SOME benefits with them now atleast.

[@vincevileborne]

Been thinking about an all gravitas build lately.

[@DT-ml3hf]

My 2nd character was a gravity magic build (str/intelligence). Highly recommend.

[@drbarnes9831]

Try it, it’s fun as all hell

[@weirdybeardystuff9261]

My first play through I used this almost as soon as I could and ended up finishing Elden beast with it. I love them so much they kick ass

[@eldenring_area]

Holy moly, that’s tiptop... THANKS!!!

[@RaphaSobral]

Having a beer while watching a new Fextralife Elden Ring build video, this is life!

[@thegreycrusader]

Another awesome build as usual! I don't know if you've made a build centered around the storm ashes of war yet, they're pretty underutilized and don't have many good ways to make the most out of them.

[@harryswanson2530]

I have a storm build with dual Warhawk talon, with storm stomp and storm blade

[@aidenaxler7579]

There is a guy who ages really cool vids, and he has a wind build, u should check it out, his name is Killerbizio

[@TimothyGod]

Push this up, I want a gust knight build

[@atlantic_love]

@@aidenaxler7579 Ages really cool videos? What does that mean?

[@DivineTestimonies]

I'm glad you made an NG+ guide for this as this is my main and I havn't played ER since I finished it so it will be good to jump back on this build

[@anthonynash6331]

Loving the NG+ builds! I'm going on NG++ and am loving all the ideas you're giving me for my final run. Keep em coming, I have 20 larval tears waiting!

[@joshhayes3433]

Great video! I've always wanted to use this weapon in a cool build, especially with Radahn's armor, my only gripe with the weapons is with this stat investment there are other weapons (looking at you Fallingstart Beast Jaw and Ruins Greatsword) that I like to use a bit more. But you've given me the idea to rotate in the Starscourge Greatsword and make use of that awesome ash of war.

[@slowmobius2136]

Insane, I’ve been off of Elden ring for a couple months and you’re still making build vids. Game is truly awesome

[@archie_dr]

Nice one! Those NG+ cosplay builds are really cool and fun to play. I feel like Meteoric Ore blade would fit nicely in this build with such stat distribution as a backup faster weapon or as an NG prequel to it.

[@MaxwellAlvarado]

On your point in how to make this build work, I really feel one of the series biggest weakneses is the fact by the time you get some of the coolest weapons the game is basically almost over, so you don't really get to enjoy them. New game+ is a nice way to mid negate that, but it's one of the reasons why I prefer Nioh over souls, for you get access to everything instantly allowing you to play how you want fairly quickly.

[@gk4204]

I love these weapon/weapons, which ever it is considered. Lol. Knowing they trigger the multi-hit talisman is huge. Thank you for that info.

[@JDeodato]

Awesome build! I run a Radahn cosplay as well, but at level 125: 50 VIG, 25 MND, 28 END, 50 STR, 20 DEX, 16 INT, with Great-Jar's Arsenal, Erdtree's Favor +2, and two others that i'll swap depending of the situation (for exploring i use Carian Filigreed's Crest and Dragoncrest Greatshield, for invasions/duels i use Bull-Goat's Talisman and Crimson Amber Medallion +2, etc). Thanks for the great job of creating and testing these builds

[@spencerkay7076]

So I have already started this build run through in my ng+ but I didn’t know about the talismans I didn’t know that those talismans would work on this build definitely changing it up thanks for all these awesome builds

[@gregthespinarak]

Finally, a build for my favorite weapon in the game

[@vincentino9448]

Honestly I was surprised to see Radahns swords being left alone for a while in the early months of Elden Ring. I still don't see many builds that utilize the insane potential of his greatswords, they literally do double the stated damage when held in two hands!

[@DeathbornGamer]

@@Risky_roamer1 it’s good as hell in pvp I’ve killed two invaders at once with it and me and two hunters been killed with it against us it just has a high skill curve

[@lordad]

just finished my 7th elden ring run with the Radahn swords and they are just not good tbh..... yeha i managed to beat all bosses solo no spirit ashes but the weapons are pretty meh. Slow....the Weapon Art always is a damage trade off since enemy will hit you , too (allthough you get 70% reduced damage.) mediocre range... mediocre damage....slow weapon....basically besides looks nothing good

[@lucienherrmann2513]

​@@lordad yap

[@akaicedtea6236]

The man is thorough if anything. 👍

[@DoctorTBR]

Malikeths armor set matches perfectly with the starscourged blades, 100x better looking than rahdans set unless you wanna cosplay

[@xavierbiglin1804]

Feel like for boss fights off handing the highland axe and switching to roar Medallion would be worth it since there won't be other enemies to proc the rotten wing sword and prosthesis, which is fun cuz I love having different things for different tasks

[@Mordain_Thade]

I came in expecting some kind of jump attack / AoW hybrid, and left with the knowledge that the first part of the skill triggers the multi-hit shenanigans. Very clever use of game mechanics, well done! My only disappointment when talking about additional Endurance was that it wasn't for the Lion Greatbow to complete the cosplay and its large-target melting ash, but overall, I dig it. Gives me some ideas to explore :)

[@StupakSH]

Would love to see some build around Dragon Halberd or Dragonscale Blade, not awful but not great weapons that are truly marvelous in terms of "looks" with its Ice Lightning effect.

[@Pete_thegoldfox]

I really hope in the dlc they add where if you imbue your swords with gravity you can do a heavy dual-power gravity attack

[@Piper0185]

Good build again! 👏 Love to see Mohgs Spear, Dragonscale Blade, Marikas Hammer, Ruins Greatsword.

[@BizzyBaz103]

Next up we need a int/faith necromancy build with ancient death rancor. I’ve been trying to figure out what talismans and shit would be best. Sword of NF, Death poker, Steeple etc for NG plus. It’s a struggle to figure out what works right for a split build

[@droid5785]

The play is you get to like 25ish faith and go full int. Any int fth build is going to be inefficient since only 3 weapons exist in both stats. Sword of night and flame, a flame art claymans spear, or a cold/magic erdsteel dagger. Just be an int build but with enough fth to cast the incants you want. Can always over level a bit if you aren't doing the damage you want

[@jp3achtr33p6]

They've done a video for that already 👍

[@xavierbiglin1804]

The did builds for that kinda stuff at 50, 100 and 150 so you can probably use those as a base. They mostly focus on int so going into NG+ you'd probably just want to start on the faith side of things while also boosting vigor, mind and endurance as needed

[@JayNotion]

I can't believe my eyes!! A Rhadhan build with all the bells and whistles! Love this Fextra, can you please do more Elden boss builds like this? Would love a Godfrey build 😝

[@joshuamershon9766]

Would love a ng+ update for the dark moon build, love the content!

[@xavierbiglin1804]

Would love to see a Great Stars build for any level of play. Seems like there's so many cool options for Talismans, and now you can get two!

[@zachmiller4575]

You should do a ruin great sword build next!

[@xavierbiglin1804]

A Bloodhound Fang build would be cool to see, since it has great range, AR and bleed plus you can buff it. Curious to see what you'd come up with

[@santalla03]

You finally did it!! Gah you’re the man!!! Thank you!!

[@ahmeddogar6371]

I was thinking that a Faith/Arcane Build around the Use of Dragon and Lightning Spells with something like Dragon Kings Cragblade or Bolt of Gransax would be Epic , Especially one from Fextralife

[@refinedorc2870]

It’s unfortunate that neither of those weapons scale with faith and just dex. I guess at least in a hills like that the dex required would help cast speed although I never really noticed it much in my build similar to that

[@ahmeddogar6371]

True , Still maybe a Lightning Based Samurai could be created to Scale With Dex since it’s disappointing that Lightning and Ancient Dragon Lightning seems to be heavily under-utilised , apart from the occasional Tanky Paladin Build utilising 1 or 2 Lightning Incantations

[@nightlyboot4888]

Always bothered me how low the scaling is for intelligence and dex with these weapons… but seeing your build and talismans to maximize damage restored my faith in these great swords. Thank you

[@Splitboltxful]

I can already tell the next in depth weapon showcase will be for the colossal swords >:) I’m excited!

[@RazorOfArtorias]

Awesome weapon for farming on Moghwyn Palace. PD: I love the expressiomn "hits like an absolute TRUCK" xD

[@scottcraddock1068]

Just killed Consort Radahn with this Radahn build. Was pretty amusing

[@omaralajmi1551]

You can easily manage this Build in NG actually , just straight up after Killing Radhan... At exactly Level 100 if not even lower. Main catch is that you spare up the Endurance points , and save them for mainly Vigor , STR and few others to Mind Dex and alil bit of Endurance.... ( You only need like 25 Base Endurance with this Build , but you Have to equip 3 main Talismans Erdtree's Favor +1 or +2 Favorably , Arsenal Jar from Caelid and lastly Radagon's Soreseal ). With those 3 Talismans your set to have this Build even if you are mainly just a main Strength/Vigor build... I assume you atleast save up 40 Levels with these setting Talismans , and the Last Talisman Slot could be yours to juggle with. So technically this Build is aquireable from Level 100-120 favorably with abit lower Mind and Endurance but Vigor and Strength are Maxed to the Hardcap at levels 100-120.

[@henrikg785]

This looks really fun to play.

[@Waxf0rd]

I think the only thing that is left uncovered gravity wise is a weapon with waves of darkness (astel ash of war). It would be nice to see what would you pair it with (both weapon wise and additional tools). Then gravity will be truly covered

[@Ratchman_5000]

Putting waves of darkness on Great Stars slams.

[@Cafe-O-Milk]

So many builds locked behind the abstract 150lvl limit. You can find non-stop pvp at lvl 300 and very interesting builds.

[@devinport.]

at lvl 300 it stops being a build and becomes a jack of all trades

[@Cafe-O-Milk]

​@@devinport. not true, you still have to specialize. you can't even use the best staff in the game effectively before lvl 250 (prince of death). Multi-stat scaling weapons become more interesting in higher levels, and you see the rise of other melee weapons like the sword of night and flame. You can also ditch match and go full ungabunga on a med roll and switch your talismans around. Have you even explored builds at that level?

[@TimothyGod]

@@devinport. exactly

[@davidholdorf297]

Thanks been meaning to make a Radahn build

[@rtvtictaczac727]

No wonder my first ever build is now in effective 😂 I'm barely in farm ezula let alone new game plus using these now I know why I'm ineffective, then months later I find your builds working on a new barbarian build and when I finally reach new game plus this will be the build I go with lol

[@tendo3526]

I dont know,yet,beyond the capital but,it wrecks everything up to and within the capital.

[@sauberfox2461]

Brutal! Love it!

[@Just_really_tired]

I think recently that the roar medallion got buffed to include the follow-up in the buff as well as the sheik of Milo’s skill altered moveset for the sword of Milo’s from the dung eater

[@rayvincyful1]

This is the perfect video after Carbot's latest Elden Ring content. 😁😁

[@mattaboy1021]

I played this as my first build level 90 with the dexterity and strength talisman and radagons soreseal plus the on that raises hp ,stamina and vigor it's great

[@azcar_steel6766]

I would love to see a crucible knight build, been trying to make one, but can't get it quite right

[@Managarm]

Would love to see a ghost flame build centered around death's poker! Or maybe a few loggt equip builds?

[@marcelo.mm.martins]

Great build! Thanks for sharing.

[@dlnoir5960]

oh wow this is exactly what I commented to see yesterday

[@pascalka_8422]

I don't understand why he has the ax equipped in his second hand, but he still carries the Radahn weapon twice?? Because if I equip the Radahn weapon twice, the weight is much too high... at 85

[@aaron3089]

You could also do a video of your top favorite, or easiest to play, or most damage builds?

[@Ankh_Ramses]

Early! Love the videos man, keep it up. Was hoping you could maybe do more rp focused builds, that choose more thematic chocies rather than optimised ones. Like using the Carian Knight Swor dinstead of a Magic Infused Longsword in the Carian knight build. Either way, thanks alot for the source of entertaiment!

[@lucasrevell2894]

Great video thank you

[@charlesputman194]

Roar Medallion is situational as you farm the Albinaurics on the hillside, I one-shot all greys with the first part of the Weapon Art. Please don't discount it as useless in late game, as it has a huge role in level generation far into new game plus and new game plus plus. (I'm lvl 358 with this build) In addition, Takers Cameo is also situational for rune farming as it can instantly recoup any damage received during the wind up of the second part of the Starcaller Cry Weapon Art. With this build, you can see why (lore-wise) Radahn is/was so powerful. With all the gear so easily attainable early in game, this build (IMO) is all you need for start to finish and beyond. Easily one of my favorites and a blast to play. One final note... you will have all the stats for the Radahn's Great Bow as you progress... add and use it as your intro/leadoff skill into any/all boss fights before switching to Sword(s) as it has a Weapon Art that does TREMENDOUS damage from a distance, especially on big targets like dragons.

[@carmel155]

I would love to see a NG+ build on Vyke’s War Spear!

[@DoctorTBR]

I like using blasphemous blade on my back along with the talisman to heal and a lot of poise to support a very aggressive berserker like build

[@JEFFthehackerkiller]

This is my build I love it and I have a way to use it at level 60 with fat rolling but in boss fights I use a potion witch makes it where I light roll for boss fights

[@hhgeneralburkhalter4820]

I use the cragblade spear to simulate his flying As a meteor

[@nicholasmartins22]

I would love to see a full lightning dragon lord build video using lighting incantations and the dragon lightning weapons.

[@Old-Deus]

Too many stats needed to make it work since the Incantations scale off Faith and the weapons off Dexterity

[@wmita4520]

Not urgent, but I'd be interested to see some takes on NG++ builds - i.e. builds that scale well and can stand up to later NG levels. Usually this means it's going to be a weapon with decent base damage along with C or greater scaling in two or more stats

[@droid5785]

All you need is one good stat scaling and you can at least use incants/spells to buff it. Like a keen nagakiba with 60 dex/60 int could be buffed with scholars for another few hundred AR. or yeah just make it cold and still use it's innate dex scaling

[@TimothyGod]

At that point you're just pushing our stats up, there's no point really

[@insecdroid]

This is pretty much what I did on my first playthrough.

[@chirtleman8753]

An end game build or ng+ build centered around ice and fire would be awesome blasphemous blade and dark moon greatsword work well they end up having around 700 ar each plus high incant scaling using golden order seal

[@robertquick6478]

I love all your builds and I'd love to see a new game plus int/faith no weapon build!

[@phuckerpower]

I'm not really the biggest fan of words like "meta" and "meta builds", I always loved using the Starscourge GS. It just makes you look menacing using the ash of war.

[@macandcheeseofficial]

The cry itself scales with intelligence and will do insane damage with the Roar medallion and highland axe

[@kevinh750]

Makes sense to switch to the Highland Axe during boss fights since the benefit from Sacrificial Axe is negated by lack of dying guys.

[@osogitzgraymane72]

Clearing that courtyard with the flamers and all the exiles in sotrmveil in one or two screams has gotta feel real good. A ng+ build for for (cross)bow and or a Page build wouldn't be much different than your other lower level builds, would it?

[@fleeceboi]

Banished Knight quality build with storm-based AoWs next plz!!

[@teo2216]

Spoilers for the dlc Can you an updated guide for the new versions ?

[@Maggi0561]

Thank you for the aswesome video :) I would have liked to have a fitting ranged option as well

[@imfat94]

I'd like to see a dual katana build!

[@black07rr]

Glad you posted this, been using similar build but less stats and damage due to not having all the talisman etc….was struggling with beating boss to get Tiche summons last nigh tv and swapped to your Eleanor duel blade bleed build and beat her in about 2 goes at it. But once I get more optimized I’ll keep this in my back pocket to use for overland running

[@jakeschwartz4641]

Man I'd love to see some buffs and fixes to the roar medallion and Godfrey icon. Seems like there are several things they should work for and don't, and they're underwhelming even in when they're used properly.

[@sirapopsriaumpai8178]

I currently running the same build at sl180, but focusing on using ruin greatsword weapon art, I will give this sword a try soon.Thanks for the idea and great video as always.

[@blubboi4446]

Please do a lightning based dex/faith build and a dual curved sword wings of astel build. Talismans from successive hits boost nebula alot

[@yam316]

use the summon mimic tear and attack the boss with Radahn bow

[@KeenEyeVP]

Awesome build! Love to see your favourite build dude!

[@darienmarcus100]

Can you do more builds that aren’t NR+ builds?

[@deckfinal751]

You get just lower the stats. Some of these ng+ builds weapons can be obtained before the endgame (exceptions like his hand of malenia and malekiths black blade build.)

[@pictux424]

Theres dozens of builds on the channel my man

[@TimothyGod]

He's made around 100 bills that aren't in New game plus. I don't know just look. If there's something you like but isn't quite to your taste pick pieces of it that you like and pick pieces from a different build and add them together

[@SmartAss4123]

Its hard to make a build in normal game because so many weapons require multiple stats to be of any use

[@ponsarutmahamongkonsawasde7222]

I use this build for my 2nd run. However, I change armor. Rhadan set is too heavy and I also use Lion bow. You can be good at melee and range.

[@jengaaaaa]

I'm running the battlemage hood and crow armor with the jump attack talisman with this since the aow is impossible to pull off for most bosses.

[@tangocharlie5625]

Radahn cosplay/build has been pretty rife since months. Anyway thanks for posting, but would love to see some really rare unique builds. Or you can try a meme build of the finger weapon. That would be funny

[@benwaa4403]

Id love to see you make a build with Godfrey's axe, even though its bad

[@nweb6822]

The second I said to my self “I want a starscourge build” this popped up

[@KingVVIlly]

I had a similar build at around lv 100 in my first play through just had to sub out some armor pieces because they were too heavy. Love the move set and look for PvE, but I couldn’t make it work for PvP

[@onizorimura8217]

I like it but I somewhat disagree that it needs to be ng+

[@dysonproudfoot6865]

Just disagreeing for the sake of it.

[@YukitenaNayomi]

The main cons of this sword is how short the sword is, i had a hard time jump attacking a boss that keep move around if enemies move a little it would be a miss. And not only that this sword skill is pretty much useless against a single boss unless there was more than one boss then this sword is better. So if i fight 1 boss which is most of the boss fight in this game i can only use normal or charged attack but for that cool sword pattern and badass look i would willing to suffer in this build. (It was a pretty good farming weapon in moghwyn palace if you dont have rune sword)

[@rezzkiller4866]

Fiiiinally this build :)))

[@m0nty90]

I was very hiped by these weapons and basically upgraded them +10 directly since they look bada$$ and have a pretty high output damage overall for an offtank build, especially if you started astrologer. I started using them around lvl 110 against Rykard and i was decently impressed before i found out i could beat him easily with Serpent-Hunter. Then i tried to use them against Mohg and found the awful reality: the attack speed is comparable to other colossal weapons and damage is maybe a little better compared to others. The actual problem is reach is absolutely ridicously low and needs a buff, Mohg just had to turn in order to prevent me from hitting him, the skill is a pretty good AoE against mobs, unfortunately it's completely useless against bosses since they extremely slow cast time which leaves you completely exposed the whole time and dps doesn't justify the risk. It's also VERY bad as cavalry weapon since you attack with only one sword and as said earlier the reach is just too bad. Before this i used the Fallinstar Beast Jaw and it was definetly WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better, requirements were similar (just 3 points away considering helms), it has good reach, it has a great skill which allows you to easily stagger at distance and deals decent damage and it's a great cavalry weapon which can stagger and make the tinies-normal fly with a single slash. These 2 weapons really can't be compared as i don't see any reason to consider Starscourge better if not for the fact for some reason Fallingstar skill is basically useless against humaoids and just doesnt hit them, which makes me think Starscourge was probably designed for PvP maybe?

[@facundovera3227]

Radahn's swords are baaad in PVP.

[@Kameraspie]

Wouldnt the Lion's greatbow also be a good option? Or would you need more endurance for it?

[@WarrenGdog28]

Ive use the radahn build its pretty good i didnt use jump attack cause the Weapon skill eats hp