How To Make An Early Rellana Build | INT/Faith/Strength/Dex Build Guide | Elden Ring

I went to the DLC Early to grab Rellana's gear for a super fun base game + DLC run. Here's what happened.
Talismans and Physick:
I didn't recommend talismans for each fight in this run, as there are so many variables for this build (boss order/how many slots you have/boss weaknesses/stat distribution/ are you gonna parry?). Here are some suggestions for set-ups:
Physical Damage Set-up:
(For fights where you want to focus on standard attacks)
Fire Scorpion
Magic Scorpion
Ritual Sword
*Radagon's Soreseal
Physick: Dex-Knot & Strength Knot
INT/Faith Set-up:
(For fights where your weapon arts are doing the bulk of the damage)
Magic Scorpion
Fire Scorpion
Shard Of Alexander
Ritual Sword
Physick: Magic Shrouding & Flame Shrouding
Pure INT Set-up:
(If you're gonna use the Magic weapon art and spell)
Magic Scorpion
Ritual Sword
Shard of Alexander
Graven Mass/School
Physick: Magic Shrouding & INT-Knot
(Note: If the faith tear would give you 26 faith - use that instead, as Golden Vow will give you more damage than the INT tear at most levels)
Pure Faith Set-up:
(Fire weapon art + other incants)
Fire Scorpion
Shard of Alexander
Ritual Sword
Flock's Canvas
Physick: Flame Shrouding & Faith-Knot
If you're gonna parry, replace two of the talismans with the Dagger Talisman & Blade of Mercy.
*I don't think the consecutive hit talismans are a top priority for this build, but Millicent's Prosthesis would probably be a decent alternative to the Soreseal for some fights, if you want to do the questline.
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[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hey peeps! There's a bunch of talisman recommendations in the description, as it was more complicated than usual on this run. Also, I forgot to mention I have a guide on how to parry Rellana, which will be handy if you're trying this build. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHXPdKmpbLN4ibs Hope you enjoy the vid!

[@spaghettilocomotive]

Why are your videos colors so oversaturated? Are you recording with HDR enabled and use bad tone mapping maybe?

[@doriangray1935]

@@spaghettilocomotive I think it's one of those "Simple Reshade" mods from Nexus

[@xan7292]

Of all possible places to recommend getting a larval tear, I think the lobster that turns into a grafted scion might just be the funniest one you could have suggested, doubly so now that there are ones available not two minutes into the DLC without having to do anything more strenuous than changing the time of day.

[@Kalkin1984]

He could have recommended the wandering noble stuck in the snow in the consecrated snowfield…

[@AlanSmithee-r3t]

There's also one on the ground in Albinauric Village nearby lol

[@glowindark64]

Masterful trolling

[@ant3910]

Because you have to work for it😂

[@solitudinous6508]

Public service announcement: If you need larval tears, ride around the DLC at night and look for circles of glowing gravestones. They’re just lying on the ground. No lobster required.

[@gnperdue]

Fun video! This is what I am doing these days too, kind of. Trying to get to the DLC as early as possible to bring back interesting weapons for as much of the base game as possible.

[@vouch]

The way you sync the final music with Malenia's bloom is always legendary. Thank you for make my Elden Ring a cinematic and more inspiring experience. Please everytime you are inspired come back for more. ❤️

[@alcoyot]

I just beat Rellana yesterday with my low level low scadfrag dagger only build. That was one of the greatest feeling accomplishment I’ve ever gotten in gaming. It just hits different to beat these really difficult bosses at low level with suboptimal gear.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah, 0 scad Rellana was a ton of fun. Thanks for watching, Lex.

[@alcoyot]

@@ThingfishyGaming I used a few. Just the ones you find on the way to her from the starting point. I still didn’t master the fight to your level, but I had to get pretty good to beat her !

[@bmprojects3235]

Love how you weave gameplay with amazing music and precise and compact commentary. Every video is a real treat! Keep doing what you are doing!

[@kingclawblazer]

Hey Thingfishy just wanted to throw this out there for the Leda and Allies fight basically you can make that fight super easy by well removing all the optional allies Leda can have which are Redmane Freyja, Hornsent, and Moore its super easy to do this too! I did this on my current playthrough and it was just Leda and Dryleaf Dane vs me and 2 allies xD

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks so much, King! Super generous of you, once again. Yeah, my solution is not to talk to Freya or Moore at all. Removes both of them from the fight, then you can kill hornsent if you want, depending on the build. Thanks for watching!

[@kingclawblazer]

@@ThingfishyGaming I kill Freyja and tell moore to remain sad forever and then kill Hornsent

[@TREVORVADER]

Yeah I’ve started telling more to stay sad and then killing Freyja and Hornsent. Makes the fight much easier

[@TetsuoIronMan]

I can’t wait to try this after I finish the DLC for the first time. I’m doing my first ever no summons no shields run, which has helped me greatly when it comes to learning boss movement. Getting to the DLC around 120 was a huge accomplishment me for a scrub like me.

[@crapsharkify]

Perfect! The DLC, well Radahn, has broken me. I don't think I'll ever beat him🤣 I'm almost at the point of invisibility and rot pots. Anyways, in my search for an easy Radahn fight I've watched a ton of KZbin and jeeez your channel is so much better than most. Let's see if this one helps!!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Whats your weapon and general build? Perhaps there's something i can suggest.

[@crapsharkify]

@@ThingfishyGaming I went into the DLC with your faith/samurai build and the flame art uchi, which has seen me through most of it. I love some of the new weapons, especially the M'lady (maxed) but hey, muscle memory! Anyway, I'm about level 170 . 60 vigour 80 faith and the others so I can use stuff. It's a skill issue, mate. I even went back to the base game to get the mimic for Radahn. Other me sucks as well!

[@crapsharkify]

Oh, I have managed to parry the fucker into phase two with the M'lady a few times but then it's just death! I need younger synapses.

[@The3dsstuff]

@@crapsharkify Honestly best two pieces of advice i can give is either use the guarding tear on a medium shield (brass or messmer soldier ftw!) and using it but not relying on it, or using a high guard boost shield like the black steel great shield in reserve with lighter armor for some of his more heavy attacks especially as your relying on the milady and not a heavy weapon. you mentioned parrying him into phase 2, and as the guard tear has more of an active period (and also still allows you to reduce damage on a failed perfect guard) it would probably be a better and kinder bet! You'll get him. play it patient. be kind to yourself

[@jairodejesus4836]

​@@crapsharkify I love samurai build, but used de nagakiba no the uchi. To kill him, just one Word: Blasfemus, to stick to faith.

[@luiskapel3020]

Every time Thingfishy comes out with a new build, I get excited to try it as I watch...and then realize, once again, that a) I do not have the intimate knowledge of every boss move set he does, and b) even if I did, I could not move my avatar like he does. But I have to try! Thanks for the videos, and continue to offer them to us, lesser mortals, please!!

[@alcoyot]

For getting a plus 7 somber. When you kill Radahn it gives you access to the next part of Rannis quest where you can find one and you don’t have to go to volcano manor. Another option which I also prefer is to use a dagger like misericorde and put the blood blade ash of war on it. That gives you way more bleed build up than using reduvia. That’s the exact strategy I just used on my dagger only run to reach dlc at low level. The downside is you do have to run around finding the regular smithing stones.

[@PowerhouseKlaus]

I like the format of starting from a new character!

[@multigamer889]

Awesome fishy! I'm watching now, I just picked up these blades the other day for my character and have been using, great timing haha! Your vids are always cinematic!

[@HowardsCat]

A note on Mohg: The old exploit of falling out of the map still works, but with some modification. You have to hold a casting animation, for example heal, while you're falling. People have also devised strategies for fighting him that makes the fight scripted and achievable at a low level.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah the Reduvia strat is nice in some ways but not optimal in others. Bleed Grease and Bloodhounds is a lot comfier (used that for the next vid), but if you forget to make a save and run out of bleed grease, you'll wish you had the Reduvia. Serpent hunter is my current prediction for the best option, but we'll see. I'm holding off on using the glitch until the patches slow down, in case they decide to fix it. Thanks for watching!

[@crapsharkify]

I cheesed him with six characters before they patched it! They are waiting by the withered arm waiting for me to finish my first run, which is taking longer than expected!

[@therogueserafim271]

​@@crapsharkify The curse of the never ending new builds

[@Brushfire22]

I'm fairly certain you said Rennala instead of Rellana at least 50% of the time. Still a great video and fun build!

[@TREVORVADER]

I keep saying them backwards myself. Honestly it’s such a stupid name. Feels like a mod or a joke fake boss.

[@drravenreacts4852]

The struggle of saying "Rennala" instead of "Rellana" and vice versa is so real to me, I can relate 100%. :')

[@DJ_microwave]

With the latest dlc, this truly shows just how much you can get done before burning the tree 😮

[@weirdybeardystuff9261]

Gotta love you showing perfect swag jump form 22:53 😂

[@tomicu2003]

The Rusty theme goes super hard at the beginning 🗣🗣

[@lasagna_feline]

People complaining about the Radahn need confuse me. All they did was adjust the fight so it was fun and, honestly, more playable. Good stuff

[@priceaction1676]

That's your opinion, that's what's in your mind (shitty opinion). Just because it's your opinion doesn't mean it reflects the truth. They ruined the only boss that offered some challenge, some fun for those who aren't git gud like you.

[@othmanmamdouh579]

​@@priceaction1676 the changes are actually good the boss felt clanky at best. And i beat him on 4 tries

[@cartooncritic7045]

@@priceaction1676 All of the major DLC bosses are reasonably challenging for any build unless you specifically go in with an overpowered set-up meant to kill them as quickly as possible. If Radahn isn't hard for you anymore now that he's slightly easier then what is actually difficult for you?

[@therogueserafim271]

​@@priceaction1676fight him with no skidoodle fragments There you go, now the fight is more challenging

[@ainsly19]

Great video bro. Been super busy lately but glad to catch another epic video. I wasn't a fan of renalla twin blades but since the update been enjoying myself. Looking forward to next one 👊🏿💯

[@g1829]

Hi fishy. I’m in the hospital now but your vid gave me much needed distraction and entertainment. Best of luck! I understand not wanting to fight Guideons mom for the Great Beyond staff

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Get well soon, G! Glad the vid was a distraction. Thanks for watching and wishing you a speedy recovery!

[@Ocandersis]

I believe you can still make the old sprint jump for the +7 somber at Volcano Manor, it s just way way more difficult.

[@nedal7037]

Thank you so much for this wonderful guide fishy, I was going to do a rellana twin blade run and this came just in time, btw I really hope you do another early guide like this one but for the fire knight greatsword, it’s amazing weapon and I’m sure you will make it batter, be well and waiting for you !

[@bensimmons5335]

Very cool! Ever think about an Obsidian Lamina/Ansbach NG+ run? By far coolest character in DLC.

[@jamesjohnXII]

if this guy doesn't do it Tulok and mango just did that run a few days ago

[@Riddickwolf17]

Rellana's Cameo definitely a must for talismans with pretty much all the stance weapons now with the buff it got this patch.

[@therogueserafim271]

Turns out Rellana is the real Carian parry god

[@rocketfiregamingconsole716]

Zawg you have the best builds every time.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you like them, Rocket. Thanks for watching!

[@PeterEhik]

I feel like these weapons would be great if they were self buffing, like after you use the ash of war, it kept either the fire buff or magic buff, that way you get more bang with the regular R1s after using weapon arts. I really like the self buffing aows

[@Godwooper99]

Another great video thanks fishy you are also a chad for uploading at 4

[@skipjacks85]

Wrong warp to Leyndell, grab somber 7 from sewers. Or Renna’s rise skip jump - take portal to Nokstella. Grab somber 7 there. *Alternative somber 7 paths.

[@TMMHAMPTER]

Ur the reason i started playing my first build was ur Lightning only super nice

[@ThingfishyGaming]

That's awesome, Hampter. Glad you enjoyed the build! The lightning only was a super fun run. Thanks for watching!

[@CrappyCar]

I'm in the middle of a SoNaF run, and this video makes we want to do a bee-line for the DLC.

[@TetsuoIronMan]

What’s SoNaF?

[@TREVORVADER]

@@TetsuoIronManSword of Night and Flame

[@waylonrichter1253]

Lvl 50 = 39 Arc. Wow. Great video as always

[@baronroy2012]

I also use the Milady for my Rellana build, since she uses Carian Sovereignty. I'd put the twin blades in my left hand and Milady in the right, that way Rellana's fire sword is on the left and I've got a Magic infused light greatsword in my right. It's a real burden on the equip load but I wanted to have the full boss moveset

[@kim-xo]

This reminds me of the "Get ..... Before abyss watchers" videos back in the ds3 days

[@GO-cy3no]

6 am?! You the goat.

[@ronjohnson6916]

Yup. Hours of prep to just delete Margit. Nice timing on the delivery of the "finally felt ready"

[@WhtCrstlJudgmntDrgn]

Okay, this is pretty cool to watch. But you added one of my favorite songs to the mix (Rusted Pride), so it gets an automatic like.

[@Lusor_Elges]

lovely video, rellana and malenia are my two most fun fights.

[@alcoyot]

How sad is it this is the last Elden ring game they will make. I feel like so many fun memories have come out of this game. It has been a ring of light during difficult times,

[@abababaril]

Don't think Rellana's Cameo came into play during the Margit fight.

[@eldrileka1652]

This will be perfect for my int/faith build going into the DLC. Kinda funny how you use the sisters' names interchangeably though. Also do you plan on making dragon communion & cult runs for the DLC using the new incants and transformations?

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Haha, honestly I tried so hard to listen for and fix all of the mispronounciations but knew a few would inevitibly make it in. Recording the script was a nightmare. Hope you have fun on your INT/Faith run!

[@AppleFrogTomatoFace]

i wish parry and perfect block is available for all weapon as standard.

[@Agentriple]

Hello Thingfishy, first thanks for all ur content it's very fun and interesting. I was wondering if u notice the deflect flask(i think u did) because it is a thing that i wanted for a long time and it allow for 5min(Very long duration) to deflect when perfect time blocking allowing you to block with a weapon without taking dammage and its a cool alternative to both shield and dodge(except some attacks) for exemple radahn phase 1 is relativly easy to full deflect and when u have deflected all his combo ur riposte dammages are very higly boosted so u juste heavy and i wonder if u want to do a video on that thing because it can make elden ring a little bit like Sekiro. And i hope they will add it to every next game as a new mechanic because this is very fun and not game breaking. Some people even manage to deflect waterfall with a sekiro rp and only a katana and it can deflect everything so maybe it is a cool alternative for boss u sadly cannot parry.

[@Vassiliiiii]

* Show up Rellana * - So, Rennala

[@I_GottaZoinks]

I shadow my erdtree til i dlc

[@aleksanderz2320]

My dawg uploads when I already did the rennala twin blades run 😭

[@jamesocallaghan2699]

I cant parry so was about to move on, but then learned something new - how to get that walking mausoleum in Liurnia with the spring. Thanks!

[@GxGNoir]

If anyone is trying to do this and struggling against Rellana: use eternal sleep pots. Only takes two to sleep her and you can farm them infinitely.

[@TSpoon823]

This was timely with Carbort Animation's latest video 🤣 I rocked Rellana's swords in like 75% of my first time through the DLC and had a blast. Now that they are buffed, I sense a NG+ coming... Thanks Fishy! Also, I cant help but watch the Starscourage fight and think "See you soon, big guy!"

[@tarasouthwell6132]

i really wanted to love this weapon on my first playthrough of the dlc, but the damage just didn't stack up with the split scaling. the buff to the cameo has made it a lot more impressive. i found that with winged sword insignia active (the dual wield r1 move set gets it going pretty quick), shard of alexander, magic scorpion, and the rogier set, the magic weapon art turns into a blender lol. and if you don't care about the cosplay as much, you have a lot more spells and damage types to choose from on a run like this. after the buff, i took a character into ng+ with prince of death's staff and golden order seal and optimized for every boss. it's absurd how many of them you can one cycle with some forethought.

[@jitterbug__]

You make fantastic videos, your audio levels are always clipping tho

[@Lu4ronusWorship]

I have this build on a 250 and is perfectly optimized.

[@mentalwig420]

Lol the first time you said her name, you actually said her sister's name. I had to rewind it and make sure

[@shortsleevesteve6834]

This isn't fair catching me off guard with an upload

[@Cfcycledad]

Man I love Renalla 😂

[@ZiggyStarman42]

Fishy you need 17 post its on your monitor with things to remember, like actually equipping talismans/leveling up your weapons. 🙃🙃

[@joej78]

If these things had a special powerstance charged heavy they would be perfect.

[@malikhittam1440]

What is your favorite parry fight in the game? For me personally, it's between Radagon and Midra. Both have really intuitive parry timings and when you parry them, they often follow up with a non parry-able move so it becomes a really nice flow of parry, dodge, then parry again.

[@four2181]

Hey Fishy i want to ask that when we gonna have our two dragon katana video is been a while already 😢

[@otisvale9445]

Are you ever gonna try the convergence mod again?

[@bruucunha]

“The bandit is good for blablabla” = i need free parrying tool EDIT: NICE OST, BUDDY

[@Kingoftheshadows7303]

I would love to see a marcus sord build plzz

[@TMMHAMPTER]

Love ur vids

[@dudu_alonne]

I did a run with sonaf and the buffed rellana twinblade and i can say that while sonaf will deal more damage in certain situations and has a faster ash of war, i prefer rellana twinblade because of the moveset, the ash of war that i think it's more stylish and deals almost the same damage as sonaf if almost everything connects, more stance damage and more compatility with talismans such as twinblade talisman, multi hit talismans, shard of alexander, the scorpions talismans and rennala cameo, while sonaf was just the scorpions talisman, shard of alexander and rennala cameo

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah, I feel like the twinblade are little more interactive. SONAF is super fun to delete things with, but if you're not using the weapon art, you just have a broadsword. The possible talisman and physick combos for Rellana are huge. Thanks for watching!

[@starbomber]

AC VI music??? Nice!

[@FootballClipCentral]

Do you think you’ll do lies of p content again?

[@v.thirteen5504]

Early SotE builds already🙏

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Earlier than I thought too, but I actually really like doing the full game rather than just SotE. Thanks for watching, as always, V!

[@v.thirteen5504]

@@ThingfishyGaming I agree and thank YOU for the great content!

[@waylonrichter1253]

Mohg with the reduvia. I have a hard time with the bloodhound at +6

[@Kingoftheshadows7303]

Plz do a marcus executioner's sord build i want to see that love your vedios❤❤

[@Kingoftheshadows7303]

Plz

[@kim-xo]

No one cares and who tf is Marcus lmao

[@glowindark64]

Rellana of the high moon, blade of nokron

[@garyboyles5762]

I'm thinking of a different style of bully build: Big Chungus. big HP, big heals, win through attrition.

[@eddyfade5956]

Lovely

[@jamesvance8407]

Love it! Time to dust off the ring again. Thanks!

[@moonshine71522]

super super tiny detail but the fire scorpion only increases damage taken by 10% not 12%

[@W1Robur]

I hear that ac6 music lol

[@ThingfishyGaming]

I was listening to the AC6 soundtrack while recording that section, and the song lined up with Radahns opener just as it does in the vid. Was so cool I decided to recreate it. Such a good soundtrack. Thanks for watching!

[@W1Robur]

@@ThingfishyGaming I have 1000+ hrs in ac6 and was listening to the soundtrack today while driving to toys r us to buy the model kits they released🤣

[@Connor_Tyler]

So, I don't know if you forget that not everyone plays Elden Ring for a living like you do, but just wanted to let you know, 99% of us cannot kill Mohg with this setup. I went above your guidelines, 35 Vigor and 44 Arcane, Carian Knight Set with the Dragoncrest Shield and Radagon's Soreseal, Flame Grant me Strength and Golden Vow, with the Purifying Tear, and he still two-shots me. We don't all have encyclopedic knowledge of every boss' moveset or can animation-read them like a damn computer to do a perfect fight. After two hours of attempts I got him to the second phase three times, and died within 10 seconds of doing so each time. This just is not feasible as a starting boss. I really think you shouldn't do any DLC build guides unless you either can think of a way to make the Mohg fight a guarantee, or utilize some kind of exploit or something to make it more realistic at such low stats. I'm gonna grab the Mimic Tear and give that a try tomorrow, see if it helps, but realistically I'm just going to end up throwing this run in the trash.

[@YahyaChhaibi-w8t]

love U❤

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hope you enjoy it, Yahya!

[@gnperdue]

20:07 what sorcery is this!?

[@patricknixon504]

I want to know too

[@GentMAB]

Starting off calling her the wrong name lol

[@matthewyeomans7106]

May not be news but even before the buff I enjoyed using Rellana Twinblades in my left hand with the holy light GS in my right so I have two faith scaling light GS’s, you can do the same in the other hand and have like a magic or cold milady. Love the moveset

[@valdon116]

I wish they had a male version of her armor, I don’t make female characters, I make my rpg characters to look like myself. Don’t understand dudes that make female rpg characters 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@GothReaper616]

Dude...what is wrong with the brightness of your video?? Do you wanna burn ppls retinal skin?! My poor eyes...pls tune it down..

[@ryanhickson6399]

It makes me sad that even with the buffs rellanas swords are just a worse version of sword on n and f

[@felixpachler977]

first

[@tompy3738]

11:42 we all know what happened

[@xdlucario1869]

36:26 is such a cool plot twist i never saw coming

[@Captions-Eric]

this man is using rusty's theme and it's fucking with my emotions how dare he

[@guilhermeredtfox]

Hii! Awesome video! I'm Guilherme, a thumbnail designer, I'd love to chat, do you have any social media where we can connect? Thanks!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hey, Guilherme! Feel free to drop me an email on the address in my bio or Thingfishy on discord.