Code Vein - Mage Build 3.0 - Light Mage is God-Tier

[@FightinCowboy]

Wanted to touch on some alternatives that have been discussed. Iceblood is more accessible than Argent Wolf for those trying to build this out. Your damage goes down slightly without Bridge up (40 damage per hit), but with Bridge up you gain 168 more with Iceblood. Did some testing and it seems Bridge to Glory is increasing both the physical and elemental damage on the weapon. The stat sheet will still show Argent Wolf as being higher, however Iceblood will in fact do more damage, as long as your target isn't resistant to Ice. You'll want to drop Revenant's Ambition for this as a Dex Up passive is necessary to meet stat requirements for Iceblood.

[@NeocrimsonX]

I didn't think there would be a 3.0 I'm scared XD

[@jesterface0521]

Could you do a Dark Samurai build just focusing on Dark Gifts? I've just been powering up strength with Atlas and GXM veil and I have like 800 Dark. I was wondering if you got really high in either high Dark or high light if the damage would go up and if so with which more?

[@amarei9932]

Hi, you should've used Intensification to Buff up the Mind Stats Scaling instead of Fortification Instead of Bridge of Glory, use Cognitive Zeal (10 Medal skills in Mulyiplayer) to increase Mind and Willpower stats since the attack is too low to be in NG+ :)

[@Soltanus]

What makes the Argent Wolf Blade better than the Crimson Longsword from Preorder? Is it simply the slightly faster attack animation and damage per swing? Just curious since Crimson has better mind scaling and lower weight.

[@FightinCowboy]

I don't even consider dlc weapons cause not everyone has access to em

[@loque8881]

Even though the gifts seem to cast instantly, you can speed up the cast time with gift speed up passives and actives. Mias communal gift gives a flat 2 ichor reduction on spell cost, which puts the barrages at only 2 ichor each. You can cast all 3 and cast blood sacrifice in the meantime to get everything you lost back. Not to mention if cleansing light is on it will restore 75% of the hp you spent for that ichor (as long as youre the host. It seems to be broken most of the time online as a guest). Evas communal gift might make them twice as powerful, but they are also twice as costly. This is good if all youre looking for is more burst, but Mias doesnt make them weaker at all, so you are just getting twice as many barrages per ichor.

[@apathy251]

This looks more and more similar to my own build, difference is mine is more melee oriented with iceblood+fort elemental wall and phantom assault

[@sonicDhedgehog]

I dont thonk ive seen fort elemental wall

[@sennin7535]

Been watching your videos during bits of dark souls 3, this video pretty much helps me in code vein on working with certain builds or trying them out and I gotta say this one is really good.

[@xgunshin5898]

haha.... shhh... don't tell anyone... this is a "re-upload' because he noticed that the Eos blood code is MUCH superior. Really impressive how fast he uploaded this tho xD

[@Ozner532]

x Gunshin I kinda feel sad tho...smashed out my run to get the queen blood code...then he uploads this lol

[@FightinCowboy]

I mean...can't just be leaving up inferior builds. Completely looked over Eos the first time lmao

[@xgunshin5898]

I tried so hard to find a "perfect setup" for the queen blood code too... but.. turns out you'll always be better off by NOT using this specific blood code. xD

[@Ozner532]

FightinCowboy that’s true

[@xgunshin5898]

haha..that was quick tho...also...thx for your builds/great content. :)

[@ThunkDrunk]

Was a pretty good game, beat it this morning with a str build

[@Linkforlife199]

I am currently playing this build during New Game + and it still claps cheeks, even with only 2 barrage spells and without the Eva buff.

[@walpurgisnight7]

As a mage, I’m desperate for the DLC to allow us to unlock spells like Twilight from the Successor’s Blood Codes. I want a giant laser on my Harmonia set! 😤

[@oj3527]

How do you get lightning barrage and fire barrage

[@Niorha]

Itatsu Sama form the depths map, there’s not a blood code for them you just have to get the vestige and use it as an item to inherit and unlock the ability to use it, don’t quite remember which depth map is but you have to help some npc’s and some of them will give you a depth map so when you head out there just make sure you’re collecting everything in every depth map you’ll find a vestige.

[@Baklavah1]

Don't need DLC to get those... just play the game again and don't save the successors. There are 3 endings. Complete all 3 and you're guaranteed to have everything.

[@Baklavah1]

I'm busy working on my 2nd playthrough. Got all the Revenant Blood Codes. Now I'm going after the Successor Blood Codes. And then I'll be gunning for the last ending to 100% the game until DLC drops.

[@Opalthira]

@@Baklavah1 lazer is exclusive to ribcage

[@coolnobodycares]

I got the Argent Wolf blade on the first drop before I knew how useful it was. It is now my go to spam weapon.

[@MrStatistx]

I didn't take the exact build, but took a lot of it and it's way too fun. Zipping around, barraging either single or groups and then sometimes just slap them with the sword, which also does decent damage.

[@WarforgedArcher]

Why do they keep nerfing magic builds into the ground I just want to blow things up

[@LizarusMovies]

What a bummer... so is this build still somewhat usable or is it destroyed completely?

[@the_777th_joker6]

@@LizarusMovies I just made this build for fun and it still works well

[@cordyceps182]

Oh hey, Bridge to Glory! Probably my favorite buff, but I am biased towards anything related to Io

[@torukisaragi2712]

Io is true best girl. And before any haters say Mia, a best girl doesnt fling for best guy Louis.

[@JS-tr2xi]

Mia only wants Nicola

[@Thiccness_Is_Delicious]

@@JS-tr2xi duh he’s her little brother

[@jasonfirmin5842]

Nobody: Cowboy: Mage build 4.0

[@oj3527]

How do you get lightning barrage and fire barrage

[@fatcat1250]

@@oj3527 Items you find in depth maps that gives you the skill on use.

[@allanperez8743]

How about blood barrage? Where do you get that?

[@fatcat1250]

@@allanperez8743 In one of the optional blood codes you'll find in the depths.

[@lunapandaz]

@@fatcat1250 do you know which depths it is

[@H2O_Chi]

Willpower casters are still better at range. With this build, you have to get right up in their face. But Eos overall is fantastic. You can trivialize elemental damage and Bridge To Glory is hilarious. Equip two revive spells and use Cleansing Light and then boom, you're a healer. Use Sympathetic Bond after using Cleansing Light. Stealth builds are great too, you can just backstab with Lifesteal and Regenerative Drain and get your hp back. You can backstab the entire level and then switch to a different Blood Code loadout for the boss. It's amazing when you are solo or with a friend who is willing to communicate with you.

[@Gandingas]

I tried this build and it's a lot weaker dps wise than my dark build, at first I thought I was doing something wrong but apparently the barrages were nerfed...

[@SweetKytten]

What is your dark build? I haven't touched this game since launch.

[@jadenquest9544]

@@SweetKytten Curious too

[@levarhiggins6082]

I’m doing a venom build using a darkseeker bloodcode with a venous claw. I’m really diggin your build video’s it’s inspiring 👍🏽

[@glezard212]

I know stun build is awesome against bosses

[@Pippyfry]

Literally taken down and put back up within a couple hours, i literally was watching it, closed the tab for a second and it was gone lol

[@BuckleySmash]

Another way you can run it is with Queenslayer and using Final Journey. I was doing 10k damage per barrage cast (on the dummy) versus a little over 7k with Eos. Downside of course is with Gift Extension, you only have 4.5 minutes to reach a checkpoint/beat a boss. You don't have as much Ichor, but I was using it as a caster/melee hybrid, so I could just melee them for a ton of damage as well.

[@finalhalo3]

can't your companion just pick you up after? I haven't actually used final journey so i am genuinely curious.

[@TiredTransbian]

@@finalhalo3 Final Journey kills you no matter what. Companions can't save you. Which is a good thing, otherwise it would be STUPIDLY over powered.

[@ClassXero]

To those watching this video, barrages have been drastically nerfed.

[@ketchup7425]

Lance Rider really that really hurts

[@ClassXero]

@@ketchup7425 it sure does. I'm seeing people using dark gifts more often as a replacement.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Woo for once I'm glad I'm still playing the non updated version

[@Yokyle4356]

How so?

[@nathanbenavidez7329]

@@goreobsessed2308 same, I've been to lazy to update it

[@Carolyne_games]

For my first playthrough I used bayonet with Eos as a support shooter, and just tweaked it today to a similar light mage build. As long as you can get close the damage output and ichor efficiency really is a lot more impressive than dark mage...

[@SaintAdjacent]

A better Eos Passive set up is Light Impulse, Mind Up, Weapon Drain Up, Swift Destruction. Cleanaing light helps you stay alive so you don't need as much health.

[@Menelker]

Code Vein Start: "I am Vampire Weeb!" Code Vein Mage 3.0: "I am Vampire Sawed Off Shotgun."

[@nezkeys79]

Just bought this in a sale. Love it. Much better than all the other souls likes I tried

[@VelvetMagician]

Glad you’re enjoying it! Remember to take care of your Io!

[@nezkeys79]

​@@VelvetMagicianugh I just remembered I stopped playing the game lol. I setup emulation on my pc and went down that rabbit hole so abandoned my ps4 in a way lol I remember getting to the bottom of that white cathedral maze place

[@bishnolooking4826]

Using the blood vein Ivory Grace boosts your gifts even higher then the Noble Silver

[@frzkhrx]

ng+ solo is the way to go. caster builds need someone to hold the agro and without partner (and no communal gifts) cannoneer and blade bearer (depths) is a great challenge with massive satisfaction as a build creator reward

[@ENZEED]

damn. its you again. i like it when i search for elden ring/code vein/mhrise guide, i always see your chanel

[@canhnguyen-uj6ox]

if you can't find an argent wolf blade or don't wanna farm it, you can replace the Revenant's Ambition with a Dex/Will passive which will allow you to use the Ice Blood, the lightest sword in the game. You will get quick mobility just from that, and you get that sword guaranteed from Blade Bearer so no need to rely on RNG to farm those dudes. Its move set is just as fast as the Argent sword, it also scale a bit better than Argent so you can squeeze a bit more out of your attacks spams. And you can use Bloodsucking as well, so better Drain.

[@FightinCowboy]

It's a decent alternative but it doesn't swing as fast or do as much damage. It's weaker in both those areas.

[@greencitytiger7899]

I'm playing the trial edition and it seems fun. It's like an anime bloodborne. So many choices to play as. I'm not good at building characters as in what weapon to use with whichever blood veil along with what gifts.

[@Aether_GM]

Damn I've been stuck on Remnant but I wanna play this too

[@JakeNHale]

Literally my life right now haha. Just got this last night though going to give it a try

[@Curagigaja]

I don't really know why people are so scared of the enhanced NG+ when playing this build. Whatever they said, this build is SO strong overall (it does a ludicrous amount of damage, ridiculous survivability, the only downside is that you just have to git gud to a certain degree) , and imo, MUCH stronger than the tank and spank build (two-handed weapon with blocking). At first, i really prefer tank and spank build since it does good damage, feel safe, etc... but this build is on another level, and it is really fun to play too. I kindda play around and tweak this build a bit to fit my playstyle, but still. FYI, I played this build against every bosses in enhanced NG+, and i never see much difference between normal mode and enhanced mode with this build. Thanks Cowboy! true hero!

[@ghostinou]

Thank you so much! This helped me kill the Hell fire knight very easily :)

[@xXikip1018Xx]

Hey cowboy I dont know if you will see this but the final journey skill gives a 50% damage reduction and sets your move speed to quick regardless of your weight, in exchange for killing you after 3 minutes, the thing is killing bosses clears the self kill debuff, quick destruction plus final journey is a 70% total dmg buff, that plus the build you have here you could absolutely shred bosses

[@Death_Jr7]

Does anyone else realize the passive he took off affects his drain rating when he was comparing the actives?

[@nathanhartanto2544]

Looking forward to mage 4.0 kappa

[@FightinCowboy]

To be honest if there's something even stronger than this I'd love to see it. It's ridiculous how fast these crazy combos are being discovered.

[@stebanbas2]

This build is ridiculous! Gonna try it out, but wanted to ask two questions: What are viable early to mid game 1H swords before getting Iceblood or Argent Wolf Blade? And regarding the question before, is Crimson Longsword a viable option? Thanks! :)

[@StairFacts]

Long-winded comment incoming, but I've found some interesting tweaks to this build from my own experience that I thought were worth sharing. I've found that it's worth running Mia as your companion over Eva as she not only applies the Bloodsucking Blades buff to you, but her Communal Gift causes your Barrage casts to go down to 2 Ichor cost, and the animation/cooldown is decreased to the point where you can spam two Barrages back to back without relying on a third. Her Communal Gift also increases gift damage, though I'm not sure by how much. The only downside is this decreases your weapon damage, but with Bridge to Glory up you still do way more damage than you would unbuffed. This gives you a ton of room for more Gifts, particularly buffs in this case. What I do is I bring this build to a boss fight with both of the Ichor-increasing Passives equipped (Vow of Ichor, Max Ichor Boost), cast Gift Extension, cast my Communal Gift, and then spam out my other buffs including Hunting Feast, Bridge to Glory, and Dammerung's Iron Will (which also is reduced in cost by Mia's CG). Since I have the extra space I put Blood Sacrifice on to fully buff out, as the Ichor cost rounds out to 41. From there you could add yet another buff or just hold onto the spare Ichor for the beginning of the fight. After that, swap out your Ichor Passives for your damage increases, Revenant's Ambition and Swift Destruction.

[@FightinCowboy]

There was a post about Mia's gift stating the damage increase is supposedly bugged atm. Decreased cost is good, but is it worth the 50% attack decrease? Given this is ultimately a spell build, your physical attacks do quite a bit of damage thanks to glory as you mentioned. One other thing to consider is most bosses go through phase changes where they're temp immune to damage while they buff themselves or whatever you wanna call it, so having higher burst damage to skip more windows is likely more ideal, Skull King is a perfectly example of this with how he kneels down and does the bloodexplosion.

[@StairFacts]

@@FightinCowboy Damn, does it really not give increased damage? That sucks, it might be a typo in that case, seeing as her Communal Gift also increases Gift speed and reduces Gift cooldown despite it not being mentioned in the description. If it's not and they fix that later down the road then this might be viable again tho. I still want to figure out some unique uses for Mia's Gift though, like seeing if her Gift stacks with Gift Prowess for further-increased spell speed, resulting in certain slower cast time Gifts like the ones in the Queen Blood Code being nearly insta-cast. Dark Mage OP again maybe? XD (EDIT: YES IT DOES. It turns the projectiles in the Queen tree from long cast times into Blood Shot-tier cast times. Very very interesting stuff.) Also from my experience the decrease to damage from her gift only impacts your weapon's unbuffed damage, so the increase from Glory remains untouched. Going off of memory I reached ~1600 pre-Mia gift, and ~1200 post-Mia gift, with ~800 as my starting unbuffed damage. So in this case it took away 50% of the unbuffed damage rather than 50% of the fully buffed damage.

[@Lord-Darkness]

11:54 im out never played this awsome game ty for spoiler warning :) IM trying this build when i get the game

[@XDG]

Nice video man

[@Eisenwolf901]

1:16 About Argent Wolfblade: I farmed the guy in the white armor now for like 50 times. Did not drop a single sword. Meanwhile i have 7 of the two handed axes that drop from the lost above the ladder. either I'm unlucky like no other, or this enemy doesn't drop Argent Wolfblade anymore.

[@augustfallsup]

Just unlucky, I did it about 80 times till it finally dropped

[@Odinlevi]

when you trying to follow 2.0 mage build and someone says you have to requalify in light :D btw nice video, thanks :DDD

[@Ozner532]

Only real ones know...this is a ‘re-upload’ 😂

[@dragonsgamingunite2565]

Yeah

[@ambarghosh7433]

But do you know why ??

[@dlxtime2380]

@@ambarghosh7433 tell me

[@williamrivera2382]

You mean only losers know . And only losers comment shit like this

[@starwars1744]

Not only did you take Io’s blood but you took her weapon. You monster.

[@warriorfromhammerfell1557]

Hunted for Argent Wolf Blade from the armored guy [same attire as Davis's] at the trenches.. Repeated for around 20x until it finally dropped it. I needed to equip Revenant's Greed tho for higher drop rate

[@andrewwilson5154]

It took a while but I've finally realised all these massive damage one shot builds that nuke bosses were made just after the game came out and the system was broken and could easily be exploited. Now you have to beat bosses the old fashioned way, skill, reflexes and experience, the buffs and passive help you out but they aren't boss beating solutions anymore

[@jakeforgey5378]

try the Wolf Mace/axe with Jack oneshot build with all damage buffs active does.... use the Jack hp edge skill before the rest...

[@keeptv1918]

That was super awesome!

[@johnkannon7359]

Wow thanks for the new build, i was following your Mage 2.0 build with a bit mix up of my own ( aka using Zweihandler + ISIS as base class + 1 2 -hand sword gifts, it was quite fun + challenging cuz i dont like slow pure mage at all but this light mage look interesting) Also Survival instinct seems to be a very good passive too?

[@noz6080]

sadly this build doesnt work anymore. the barrages do around 2k instead of 8k dmg. even spikes do more now

[@omegasrevenge]

READ HERE FOR HOW TO FIND THE BARRAGE SPELLS, it took me an annoyingly long time! -> Ice Barrage is Fionn Blood Code -> save Nicola to acquire it -> Blood Barrage is the Scout Blood Code -> as loot on the ground in the Rocky Ruins Depths -> Flame Barrage is acquired from a consumable item -> as loot on the ground in the Void District Depths -> Lightning Barrage is acquired from a consumable item -> as loot on the ground in the Flood of Impurity Depths

[@FightinCowboy]

It's literally said in the video 9:16 I swear people don't know how to pay attention...

[@omegasrevenge]

@@FightinCowboy which is why I put this here^^

[@Am4t3r4su]

Slap the "nerfed" tag on this build case it's pretty bad now XD Still weird they nerfed this one so hard in the last update...

[@dieasap]

any mage spell builds that are good?

[@Am4t3r4su]

@@dieasap couldn't say right now. I myself am trying to make a venom build revolving around darkseeker to see if it works lol.

[@yulfine1688]

@@Am4t3r4su yeah at lvl 300 with s+ mind and lvl 10 fortified silver im at 1574 light 511 dark my damage is junk at 5100 per barrage

[@Nck-bt1wo]

If anyone needs information about flame barrage location is in the Void depths

[@R3B3lMilco]

Use this build with Queenslayer and use the Final Journey buff, you will see ALOT more dps, use it mostly on bosses though.

[@konigstiger3252]

I have no idea why anyone won’t swap into queenslayer to kill boss. Final journey is just disgusting

[@blakstar600]

@@konigstiger3252 is broken XD

[@MDK2k]

I'm confused about few things here. The big one is that why would you not use Chaotic Ash on this build? It's an instant spell that gives you back about 9.7 ichor when it hits the enemy. Yes the cooldown is 30 second, but seems like a complete no-brainer for this sort of build. Every 30 seconds you would get some Ichor back for very little effort. Second thing I'm confused about is the blood code. However this is more subjective since there are up and downsides. Queen's throat has a quick base mobility and the same light scaling as Eos. So your weapon will have quick mobility even without Revenant's Ambition. It also has a higher willpower allowing the use of Bloodsucking Blades without using any passives. On the other hand Queen's throat does lack in other stats. It doesn't have enough stats for Dammerung. However I'm not sure if that effects getting the buff or not. Secondly Cleansing light is also off the table and melee damage is lower. So It more glass cannon with Queen's throat and more subjective. I tried it with 2 mind passives and using Cognitive Zeal. My barrages were hitting 8517 on the dummy so a decent 14% more. This was without bloodveil transformation. Fortification would give that extra 22 light so it would hit tiny bit harder. Intensification would make give 38, but would lack the defensive buffs from fortification. Both transformations would still have the weapon mobility on quick however.

[@siiiuu777]

Shh don't, let him find out alone lol. i mean if he didnt get true ending then no blood code for chaotic ash. Amazing skill😂

[@FightinCowboy]

I've had the true ending, but essentially Chaotic Ash just isn't worth it, 9 Ichor on 30 seconds is oof

[@MDK2k]

​ FightinCowboy Really? That is bare minimum of 9.7 extra Ichor for a boss fight. More if the fight last longer. In regular play there will be a lot of gaps between fights so you will usually have Chaotic Ash for most of them so it will give a ton of ichor sustain. My general gripe about mage builds in this game is that a lot of the gifts for getting ichor back have too many downsides. Chaotic Ash seems like something where it's essentially free Ichor every 30 seconds. With some other gifts it often seems that the negatives can outweigh the positives if the player makes any mistakes. Just to illustrate the effectiveness of Chaotic Ash let's do the math on Hungering Feast that is used in this build. It costs 5 ichor and increases weapon drain rating from 0.65 to 0.88. Without it one hit gives back around 1.167 ichor and with it 1.56 so around 0.4 extra ichor per hit. That means that after hitting an enemy ~12.7 times you will break even with the ichor cost of Hungering Feast. If you want to break even and match Chaotic Ash then you will have to hit the enemy 38 times. If it's a boss fight and you top off ichor before starting the fight then it's around 25 hits to get back 9.7 worth of extra ichor. Hungering Feast is one of the more reliable skills to get ichor back. With blood sacrifice it is a good gift to use before a boss fight. It can however be a rather tiny bang for the buck if the boss dies fast compared to 9.7 ichor from Chaotic Ash. For reference on my NG+ (enchanted difficulty) coop run against Queen's knight reborn I only hit the boss 11 times with a normal attack and once with a special before it died. This was with a halberd build and the fight lasted only around 21 seconds.

[@DemMedHornene]

I don't know if this has been nerfed or what, but I've got basically the same stats as you, but my dummy parse is only hitting 31k and not 52k like yours. Ah, nvm, just looked it up, they were nerfed by basically 40% in patch 1.20. Might be worth adding to your description.

[@krustykrusader1702]

Barrages have been nerfed significantly, you are better off playing as a dark mage or switching to a melee focused build. The only reason to invest into the light stat is for Bridge to Glory from the Eos code and Cleansing Light from Queenslayer

[@DemMedHornene]

I ended up switching to a bayonet build, due to the massive Fusillade Rondo buff

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

It really is a DPS asf build, although I had to get around 50-60 Ichor to totally melt the HP of a boss (on hard mode too, not as much as regular, but still good asf)

[@kiemugen9830]

On NG+ Eve dies in few seconds, cant imagine how it will be on ng+7

[@Pokman6]

Actually there are a better sword but its interesting, never thought about light mage build, i'll try this in my 3rd playtrough. Tho their is a blood veil and 3 dark gift with which you can do a similar dmg then with this build, I took down the final boss hp to 50% with that build using up 38 ichor.

[@seyconrad9757]

Flame barrage is found in last depths, right after void area I think

[@Qhaine]

Where exactly...? Which vestige? I thought Void is the last of the depths...

[@Qhaine]

Found it... never mind

[@dddesync]

@@Qhaine wait where?

[@antonjumisko8368]

@@dddesync You get it by Using a item which gives you the flame barrage, its not a vestige. It's called "Rv mastery Flame barrage". I had literally 10 of those Rvs hanging around in my inventory :D

[@undying1177]

@@Qhaine where did you find it ?

[@smanimefreak91able]

Love the build lots of fun

[@gibtsnicht5155]

Great Job. Love it. :)

[@harambeeo7786]

F. Our guy right here had the bad ending.

[@brandonhenderson9164]

Building off of this, I used Ivory grace and replaced revenant's ambition because it's light enough to be quick, and brings me up to about 1280 for Light gifts and dark gifts around 900 something. Let's me build for quick attacker hybrid light mage and I can use the higher grade drain upgrade gift

[@nezkeys79]

Whats the equivalent of a Pyromancer / Sorceror in this game? Lobbing Great Chaos Fireball and Dark Orb on all the things was my jam in DS3 😅

[@ewaep]

Looking at this, couldn't you use queenslayer for boss fights? Final journey boosts all stats by 50% and sets your speed to quick. You can take survival instinct instead of revenants ambition and just start the fight at 50% hp to get the boost from that. You might have less mind scaling, but the boost overall would be worth it I'd think.

[@ddoggknight68djt10]

As long as that build keeps my character from all curruptions and poison._.Lightning might as well?

[@Provinho10]

Apparently this has been hella nerfed... Any suggestions? 😅

[@Cruxis1712]

holy fuck, cant wait to master my gifts so I can do this god damn

[@pcald01]

Use it against Virgin Born..that’s the boss giving me trouble. I beat it once and tried to do it a second time, not very fun..lol

[@brandondoucette9236]

You on Ps4? and are you on the enhanced new game plus?

[@pcald01]

Brandon Doucette Yes, I’m on PS4. I am still on regular game just farming for materials. By the way, I did beat Virgin Born with this build, my second time defeating it and it was more of a controlled battle. I had a very different build when I defeated it the first time, 2-handed weapons with buffs. He is very susceptible to flame barrage and blood barrage. I give a huge thank you to Cowboy.

[@brandondoucette9236]

Ight was gunna offer to help, I tried using the old 3.0 build on Virgin Born on Enhanced New Game Plus it didn't work very well I had to resort to my old 2Handed Skull King Sword lol BUT it melted everything else even on enhanced difficulty

[@tonynguyen676]

Its a good build for most bosses as long as you dont get hit cuz in higher difficulties getting hit once is rip lol. Thats what the fast dodges are for but in virgin borns specific case it might take longer to kill cuz its super resistant to elements. Raw physical damage hurts him the most

[@FightinCowboy]

Actually both work but it depends where you hit. His face and body have different resistances. A body hit with my spells we're doing like 8k whereas hitting A leg or something was like 3k

[@you_cant_stop_the_love1598]

If you run this build with a bayonet instead, you should have high charged shot dmg (at least equal to the weak spike gifts), for only 2 ichor

[@Sitruk86]

so this build does almost nothing now lol. nerfed into the floor

[@Sitruk86]

@Kayleyb Singh basically, grab the biggest greatsword you've got and just keep flipping codes and passives until the number goes all the way up. Yakumo's sword hits around 3.3k a swing when its all duked out. and then you start using your buffs.

[@michaelnorman103]

You thought u were slick not fighting that second version of silva huh😂😂

[@scrublord09]

What do you think of the Cleansing Light + Blood Sacrifice cheese for tons of ichor for mage builds (yes, you get back 75% of the health you pay with cleansing light when you use blood sacrifice. test it out. it's great)?

[@Am4t3r4su]

Why call it a "cheese" tho. It requires uptime on specific buffs and it STILL hurts you regardless of hurting you less. I just don't see why this is classifiable as a "cheese". It also doesn't work till later in the game as well.

[@brandondoucette9236]

I love the build UNTIL you use it against the real final boss and it doesn't do anything to him sadly (at least the old 3.0 didn't) he's highly resistant to elements it seems because it was only tickling him and I had to go back to my old build

[@FightinCowboy]

I dunno if we're watching the same video. With the exception of his immunity phase changes he got pretty fucking melted from the looks of it.

[@brandondoucette9236]

@@FightinCowboy Try the other endings besides the bad ending bro, Neutral/Good you get another boss after Skull King you get Virgin Reborn AFTER Skull King

[@brandondoucette9236]

Sorry my mistake its Virgin Born not Reborn, I just finished Ending "#4" according to the devs, I'm on Ps4 going for the platinum trophy and had to get the See all endings trophy, ANY ending besides the Bad ending where you kill ALL Successors theres another boss after Skull King

[@Yokonato]

@@brandondoucette9236 Yes I used a dark mage build and swapped to my 2 handed build because virgin took unnecessary amount of hits if you use magic, it seems to have some unknown resistance after a hit or 2 that makes magic trash compared to meele. Not to mention he hits hard so I wouldn't want to be a squishy mage trying to shotgun him to begin with.

[@ForeverLaxx]

@@FightinCowboy Hah, clearly you haven't faced the actual final boss.

[@a_angry_bunny]

So I need successor of the throat for revenents ambition which means i need to go into ng+. However if I get the successor of the throat then I'm guessing i cannot have eva as a companion... no... ng+2 i guess.

[@FightinCowboy]

Nah you can, once you get em all as companions you can freely swap between em at the missle on NG+ regardless of story developments

[@a_angry_bunny]

@@FightinCowboy Oh ok sweet

[@liamlane1165]

Hmm, what blood codes should we be using before we get to Eos?

[@xgt1234]

This kill the sword guy 5 to 10 times was an optimistic joke right? Or I'm just extremely unlucky, but went through that path around 50 times until I finally got it (with Revenant's Greed active). Know the route with closed eyes by now.

[@FightinCowboy]

I mean I got it off the one at the end if the game in 2 attempts, not sure if the drop rates differ but they're both Ceberus Soldiers. If you're end game just take the Prov Gov Mistale, go past the hammer guy, and drop down for a sword dude.

[@xgt1234]

@@FightinCowboy I'm close to end game, but not there yet, that's why I took the earlier location. Just wanted a more optimized respec (similar to your dark mage). Love your builds though, but getting this sword was really frustrating. Same droprate probably, maybe you just got luckier.

[@roanmizzy3774]

Yeah, do NOT try to grind the first one. I've done it at least 50 times now and nothing.

[@nazuna_central]

What's the code vein equivalent of the morion blade buff from ds3? I've wondered for a while now also the build works wonderfully thank you so much for all of your content

[@blackmoon4094]

I woke up at 4 am to watch this

[@sasori2325]

I wanna see you do a strength tank type build. Wonder if your time be faster

[@ddoggknight68djt10]

Code vein sweet im training foe nioh 2.

[@ninjakittie24]

Do you do write ups for your builds or is it all vids?

[@Shingeki__]

Is there an update to this after the nerfs?

[@Qhaine]

Thanks for this man... btw how do you get the flame barrage? I have Lightning and I know Ice comes from Fionn but which vestige gives Flame Barrage? Thanks

[@Qhaine]

Never mind, I heard it the locations in your video... thanks again

[@SwyGdoubleEK]

Quick question: (not sure answered yet) Would Final Journey (Queenslayer B+ Mind) out perform EOS A+ Mind or is the A+ scaling superior? For boss fights only.

[@FightinCowboy]

Probably, Final Journey had the added benefit of buffing all your damage even if your mind is lower

[@josefernandez-jl5ik]

Hola,lo empecé hace 10 dias aproximadamente No se cómo rellenar la barra blanca de las habilidades para utilizarlas con otra build Sabeis decirme como hago? Muchas gracias

[@Chris-nu4ji]

can you make a video on how to find the guy with the argent wolf blade in dried up trenches?

[@FightinCowboy]

Watch that episode of the walkthrough, its covered part way through

[@Brololski]

wait what, i had another phase at the final boss, he transformed into a big thing like 20 meters big and it was a nightmare to kill him, took me 20 tries at least

[@FightinCowboy]

Yeah that's the hidden boss, didn't want to spoil the secret guy in a build video.

[@giorgoskal2563]

Unlimitied poweeeeeeeerr !!ops wrong franchise nice video m8

[@Ravenoth]

Any ideas for something like a Sunbro build? Anything that could help randoms around the area and help with taking down bosses?

[@FightinCowboy]

It's possible, but the main problem is it's 100% reliant on a stranger to do the damage.

[@cobalt_soul9715]

I put mostly everything into the Queenslayer Greatsword (I'm still quite early on in the game) and it can one shot 8/10 times, paired with Atlas and GXM Variant. Good for early game but nothing like that mage build lmaooo

[@xxlightxx52]

Any ideas for a strength mage? Carrying a greatsword while using high damage spells sounds fun

[@antonjumisko8368]

You can do that with this build but swap out the weapon to a two-hander. EOS (the blood code he is using) has good STR scaling at B. You wont get as much ichor back because you hit slower, but big weapons gives stagger chance wich can help you set up damage in certain situations :)

[@finalhalo3]

@@antonjumisko8368 honestly if you want stagger chance, spears are better surprisingly.

[@partyparrot8495]

I don't feel as though I need the health passive, so what's a good passive to use in its place for this build?

[@Meguface]

Well since you become a fast lad with the equips -and hopefully you know how to dodge most attacks- I'd recommend survival instinct passive from Hades BC since it boosts 200 light dmg and 250 attack when your health is below 50%.

[@godsplayingfield]

stamina increase is decent. be it just more stamina or faster recharge. cause no matter what build you go for, stamina will always be used after all.

[@MWSamekh]

Light impulse benefits both light gifts and bridge to glory while focused. Good for a boost that affects both your spell and melee dmg

[@i_obey_jalen3714]

When you test the build it should be against the cononeer and blade bearer because they are the biggest threat in this game and I wanna see how they compare

[@FightinCowboy]

They melt

[@D00M3R-SK8]

Just got this today (not played yet though) if I wanted to do a 1 hander/mage like this, but from the start of the game. How would I go about this, please? (when making my character/starting out)

[@sw3604]

You can't. This exact build is impossible on first playthrough, as the ice barrage and weight passives come from different choices on the fionne fight. It doesn't help that that the barrage gifts got nerfed too. Most of those aren't available til mid to late game on your first playthrough as well. Dark gifts have higher dps now. Ranged and mage builds in general aren't very viable til you're at least halfway through your first playthrough. Spikes for long range attacks, roars for high damage. Codes with high Willpower for dark gifts. Pick a good viel with high dark scaling and max it. If you have a non updated version of the game, merciless reaper from the assassin tree has a bug where it applies to magic, but doesn't consume itself. The only buff worth mentioning for boss fights is survivor's instinct.

[@D00M3R-SK8]

@@sw3604 thanks

[@Youngstazzy]

Ive never even seen or heard of this game

[@Kenkaneki-wc9no]

Its very good 👍

[@GoldenBrother02]

Here's me thinking halberd builds had good DPS...

[@mystic0146]

golden games, they do when you walk up and just do over 90,000 damage with severing abyss and the right builds

[@yoshoverse]

eva is feisty with the english VO O_O i've been wanting to make a mage work. my eos blood code has been dormant, since i got the demeter one for 2h gorilla. your bridge to glory point is exactly why i don't like the mage playstyle. the downtime while regaining ichor sucks. it always makes me want to add weapon mastery and by that points it's barely a mage anymore.

[@finalhalo3]

a good mage build will allow the one to two shots of regular mobs. and with blood sacrifice, you can get your ichor back pretty easily. at 3k hp, blood sacrifice takes about 1/8 of my hp with one regen giving back 1400 hp and having 10 i can self-sustain myself through an entire level until area boss.

[@hocapito4061]

I want to make these builds but I made the mega big brain decision to go into ng+ without farming up all the different abilities

[@raizer8822]

Taste My Broth just like me(except that i go into ng+enchant, and even the mob in the first map can two shot me), it’s really frustrating, but now my ability to dodge every shit in sight had come to a new level :)

[@hocapito4061]

Raizer I wish you luck for ng+ Void district

[@raizer8822]

Taste My Broth i am now trying to solo the all mighty mage doggo and tbh, why this boss has so much large AOE ? I never knew that she has so many flashy skill when she is low on hp ( she was so easy before ng+ ) Every things is quite bearable until the doggo start spamming that big ball of fire and bouncy ice bullets

[@dddesync]

Hey, cowboy, can you tell me how I can find all these barrages? like tell which areas

[@wulf2863]

He said in the vid

[@antonjumisko8368]

2 of those barrage spells are found in the depths AND they are consumables that grant you the spell called "Rv mastery". So look in your inventory, you might already have them.

[@omegasrevenge]

-> Ice Barrage is Fionn Blood Code -> save Nicola to acquire it -> Blood Barrage is the Scout Blood Code -> as loot on the ground in the Rocky Ruins Depths -> Flame Barrage is acquired from a consumable item -> as loot on the ground in the Void District Depths -> Lightning Barrage is acquired from a consumable item -> as loot on the ground in the Flood of Impurity Depths

[@IWatchVideosWithThis]

@@omegasrevenge Do you think it's more important to save Nicola and get Ice Barrage, or get Queens Breath for Revenants Ambition?

[@omegasrevenge]

@@IWatchVideosWithThis You can use the Queens Throat Blood Code to have a Quick moveset without Revenants Ambition, or just use any Bayonet of your choosing. On my first playthrough I would save everyone and on my second kill everyone. That way you do most of the slow difficult exploration on the easiest difficulty too!

[@Drizzom]

I think its possible to go even further than this but I want to be sure its not a glitch. I want to wait for the 1.04 patch and see if its intentional or not.

[@RomanowRomanow1]

what would be most viable build for ng+?