Is INT/Faith The Strongest Build I've Made In Elden Ring? | NG+ Build Guide

[@pinkmousePS]

"Don't expect the damage to be.. Jesus F&%*ing Christ!". Literally LOL.

[@ajemma78]

Your editor deserves a damn raise. Your intros are the BEST in the game, Fishy.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

It’s just me, for the moment, Ajemma. Really appreciate that! Glad you like them.

[@Freddyrick]

@@ThingfishyGamingIt’s arguably sone of the best editing i’ve ever seen. never stop

[@ajemma78]

@@ThingfishyGaming remarkable stuff. It's brilliant work.

[@Neonmirrorblack]

It was really good, but if you haven't seen any of the videos Nizar GG does, I highly recommend checking them out if even just for the entertainment factor. He has mad editing skills as well.

[@Linkman8912]

​@@ThingfishyGamingyou heard the man, give yourself a raise!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hey peeps! Some thoughts on this one, in case you're thinking of taking it into DLC: -The biggest weakness it has for DLC potential is being low on Vigor at the start. If you were taking this straight into the DLC, I'd probably want another 10 levels in HP at least. You could easily take those out of INT or Faith without sacrificing too much or just go in at a higher level. You could also Min/Max a little more by cutting down the weapon list. If you weren't fussed about Sacred Relic or Bastard's Stars, there's 7 Levels back straight away through their high dex requirements. The more I think about it, the more going into DLC closer to RL150 makes sense, and if you're doing that, it's not an issue anyway. - The biggest strength is it's versatility. While there's not a massive selection when it comes to pure physical damage or bleed, you have literally all of the best attacks for Frost, Lightning and Fire damage, as well as the best ranged and melee attacks in Elden Ring. - There are many damage buffs I missed out on for the sake of fashion, and not having this video be 3 hours long. Dual Burger King helm for INT, Snow Witch hat for frost etc, and maxing out all the melee weapons. So this build still isn't completely optimised. - It's worth noting that INT weapons benefit more from an INT/Faith Build than Faith ones. For example, in the late game, the Blasphemous Blade on this build does similar damage to what it would in New Game on an optimised 80 Faith build. However, the Death's Poker would do far more damage than a standard 80 INT build because, in addition to having (nearly) 80 INT, it also has Howl of Shabriri and Golden Vow to buff it. So you can continue scaling your damage on the INT based weapons above 80 INT by levelling Faith for the extra buffs. Hope you enjoy the vid!

[@Smnsnsnsn]

Hi fishy can do you a holy build?

[@christianarizmendi8745]

i aint reading allat (i love you fishy ur da best of the best)

[@SmappyBabbles]

Amazing! Thanks so much for adding this comment, as this is exactly the kind of build I was hoping to take into the dlc

[@Smnsnsnsn]

@@SmappyBabbles I wouldn’t recommend ng+ for the dlc personally because it’s gonna be scaled to regular new game and this build would take hours of grinding for enough runes outside of ng+ and be too strong for the dlc Imo

[@SmappyBabbles]

@@Smnsnsnsn yeah, that's fair! That's partly why I was hoping to tweak this build so it would work better for the DLC. I mostly want to capture the spirit of this build as closely as possible. The spell and incantation versatility, frost procs with fire resets ect. I'll probably end up using carian slicer or SONAF until weapons like wing of astel, deaths poker, and dark moon are accessible later, (or whatever goodies I want to try out in the DLC). I just wanted to hear fishy's take :)

[@gabréu92]

I have just 42 hours in this game, and i like to play it slowly, so i dont understand a thing of your contents, but its so satisfying to watch lol

[@merManc]

Red Wolf and Elden Stars is like a cat and a laser pen!

[@SRFriso94]

Tip for the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Haligtree: you can use Agheel's Flame to cheese it from the branch. Just bring all the blue flasks and fire buffs (and Mimic Tear helmet if you need the Arcane) you can get your hands on, you're completely safe up there if you stand on the fork of the branch.

[@lukasharcinik2022]

Im use Loreta bow with 4 arrow

[@moonraven8394]

I have beaten that Tree Spirit from that branch with all kinds of projectiles! Stone of Gurranq, Black Flame, Night Comet and the List goes on. As long as you can reach it from there it's a winner (don't forget to change to more blue flasks).

[@itzkilas]

A thingfishy Elden Ring Upload? It’s gonna be a good day! Will try this build out!!’

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hope you enjoy it, Kilas. Thanks for watching!

[@nancy955]

Hearing you have so much fun deleting bosses is really great, thank you Thingfishy for another fun and entertaining video! 🙃

[@kcyrrhizin2643]

I've been looking up INT/FAI Builds recently and getting an updated version from you is perfect timing!

[@joebeezy9471]

That intro was top tier. That Death Bird in the snow field was a pain in the butt. I tried cheesing that thing so many different ways, but not the way you did. Definitely giving it a try soon!

[@shaneboggs1389]

Use a ranged spell like THE BOULDER, or black fire ball. He's short ranged and easy to telegraph that way

[@brains8305]

I rode a horse and use the holy ring spell that costs 2 fp and elden stars

[@nookachook]

the opening of this video is better than 90% of movie trailers. I think I peed a little

[@iraklimorchadze6631]

amazing video fishy, your build guides are always so fun to make in the actual game itself. Never stop doing what you enjoy. I appreciate all of these guides as they bring a huge spark to my experience in elden ring. You’re amazing

[@ronjohnson6916]

I like the on screen setup suggestions. Not distracting as they were timed well.

[@VitalVantage]

Your videos are by far my most favourite! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@mattz1980]

So, your last video inspired me to do a full platinum run, started with a pyromancer/madness for Flame of Frenzy ending and evil playthrough, transitioned to strength for NG+ which ended up as a Marais build. This was AWESOME and the first time I've ever solo'd Malenia. I'm doing INT/Faith for my NG+2 Age of Stars run, glad this video came out on time for me to bring some of it into it! PPS: would love to see some more Dark Souls 3 builds from you, I never finished it and I want to get back to it.

[@ivanvoloder8114]

I'm also playing a int/faith build on NG+ and its by far my most favotite useing both sorceries and incatations. Best of both worlds. Death and magma sorceries are awsome btw.

[@fuggenell]

Nice video! I can't help thinking that it's your knowledge and skill that makes this build so good. A complete novice like me would probably struggle.

[@GorkemADR]

One of the best tutorials ever. What a fun to try all these versatile options on the same build. Fantastic work m8. So many thanks.

[@GorkemADR]

On 24:23, that jump is harder than beating any boss in this game lol. Everytime I try to jump like that, I'm literally dead. 150+ hrs spent in the game, haven't discovered the right solution yet lol.

[@squarepusherssbm]

Love your content man, keep it up

[@Panduh_Monium]

Only a minute and 6 seconds into the video, but I had to stop real quick to give flowers to whoever edits these vids. It looks incredible, great work!

[@VitalVantage]

Oh I can’t wait to try this build!!

[@Gomjibar]

That intro had no right to go as hard as it did, good job!!

[@waynecribb6784]

Nice run. Looking forward to part 3.

[@SadieHill-n2g]

No Sword of Night and Flame? I know it's been nerfed, but seems like the perfect weapon for this build.

[@mrnelsonius5631]

I’m using it in the DLC, absolutely crushing through 2/3rds of it and I’m bad at games. Elden Ring is my first From game so I’m no veteran. SONAF got de-nerfed some and is very viable and fun. Even with the prior nerfs I got through much of base endgame with it. Whatever they did after that, I appreciate :)

[@Hanon02]

fun fact: you can actually get 3 charged R2's off on Radagon with both Iron balls and star fist without having to tank dmg since you can roll just in time to avoid the stomp

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Still watching, and will edit, but what is that horn thing in your quick pouch @ 19:19? 27:08!!! No Comet Azur Cheese. How could you 😂 But nah, FR this was an absolute treat to watch! The humour was on point, fantastic editing, insane OPness. Loved it man, can really see the passion in this one 👍

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Haha! It was either that or SONAF and I've already done a SONAF guide🤣. The mystery item is just the ER practice tool (JohnDisandonato). Always have it on to get around faster while filming. Whenever it's active, it replaces Torrent's whistle with a cut content item (I assume so it would be obvious if anyone tries to cheat runs with it). Really glad you enjoyed it, mate! Always feel a little out of my depth on NG+ guides but this one felt felt ridiculous throughout.

[@Zordiak17]

discovered your channel a couple days ago been watching many of those vids, love the runs, inspired me to try semi speedrunning aswell

[@nju8088]

Hey Thingfishy, amazing video, thanks for sharing the build. Death Poker's damage is really ridiculous here considering it only has a D scaling in INT

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah, it's ridiculous. The D scaling is slightly misleading when it comes to the weapons true potential. Like Blasphemous, the Ash of War scales exclusivey with magic (INT for DP, Faith for BB). So if you were running either as a standard melee R1/charged R2 weapon, they wouldn't be great, but set either up as an AOW only weapon and they destroy everything. Thanks for watching!

[@Fiveward]

Another great video, fishy. I still have so much appreciation for your quick start guide too 🙏

[@XxThe_ExiledxX]

Intro always sooo sick bro!!!

[@Zillion-n8m]

this guys always makes the best builds 🔥🔥

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you like them, Zilion. Thanks for watching!

[@opticalz1288]

Build, looks amazing, your getting a sub!

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for the sub, Optical. Thanks for watching!

[@KyleHead]

Amazing as usual

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Thanks for watching, Kyle!

[@crapsharkify]

I tried to watch this last night, while I was making our dinner and doing the washing up but I'm unable to multitask. And as an actual old man I was tucked up in bed by 9pm. Excellent viewing with a cup of tea in bed in the morning though!

[@CrappyCar]

Darnit, I've already done a Wing of Astel run, but this video makes me want to do another. Such a fun weapon.

[@monkeybunny7434]

Quick note-of-thanks to say I deleted Malenia, that part time Victoria Secret supermodel and full time night terror (with her 33 K health bar a-and self-healing!) thanks to your load out of Faith-knot and Faith-shrouding Physick with Blasphemous Blade. I was trying Moonveil and Death's Poker, two worthy competitors, and I had beaten her with Moonveil 2 and a half years ago (with Mimic's cooperation). But, bullying her with Blasphemous Blade plus your Physick recipe had her gone in no time. Keeping her on the ground (mostly). Malenia, together with the Consort who must not be named are the two hardest boss's in Elden Ring, at least for me. Your video contains tons of helpful and fun info and helped a lot!

[@tarasouthwell6132]

Another fun accessory to this (I had a character with all the stuff and went into NG+ with your setup that was a bit higher level, so I had some stat points to play with) is to level both the great stars you can get in a single run and then equip them with chilling mist AOW. You can find a few lost ashes along the way, and some of the merchants sell them. I also duped flaming strikes for magic resistant bosses. Put on the claw talisman, rotten winged sword insignia, erdtree's favor +2, and whatever you prefer for the final slot. I've been switching between the magic scorpion charm and the dagger talisman depending on the boss's health bar. I also equipped the raptor's black feathers armor piece for the damage buff. Get your frost buff on one of them outside the boss room, then cast any multi-hit spell (the phalanx spells are good for posture damage) when you first walk in to get the rotten winged sword going, and buff the second great stars with frost. Then jump attack at your leisure and riposte when offered. It's a hell of a good time. For Renalla, switch to flaming strikes and fire scorpion. You can get the whetblade in redmane castle to give it a flame art affinity that scales with faith. Another fun thing to do is equip one with either chilling mist or hoarfrost stomp and two-hand it, and have the other with prelate's charge in your off hand, and switch out the scorpion charm with alexander's shard. Proc frost with the first, then switch to the second for the reset, to proc bleed, and to regen some health if you got knocked around at all. This is even more ridiculous paired with the white mask and seppuku to get it going.

[@joebeezy9471]

Wow! Reading this was wild. This is basically one of my go-to setups! I usually put Wild Strikes on one of them. That also helps with the attack up boost from the rotten wing.

[@gnperdue]

Hey, you did the little loopy spinny run in a circle under her to dodge Waterfowl! Haven’t seen that on this channel before that I recall…

[@Based_investor]

My level 180 SONAF INT/Faith (50 each) was so much fun. All the buffs, all the spells, and a weapon you can customize to focus on fire or magic damage type depending on who you're facing.

[@saussie22]

Amazing video, inspires me to be a better Elden Ring player.

[@kokorochacarero8003]

Can't wait to see what you have in store for NG+2 That Red Wolf cheese was hilarious btw

[@BK--wr2xr]

Waiting for the DLC to drop and your channel to blow up again.

[@XThreeZeroThreeX]

That intro was insane! Awesome editing!

[@ASmashedPumpkin7]

I've found that you don't really start feeling the extra boss health until like NG+5. And also it's crazy how strong they made the stackable buffs in this game lol

[@pocketinfinity6733]

i started to slightly struggle at the above ng5 levels, the endgame bosses 2 tap you its mad

[@GTrain1984]

Also fishy, for that tree avatar at the start of the vid, just turn around jump out of the arena onto the branch, and snipe cheese it. Completely free and easy.

[@ppsamb9442]

This elden bling with the hammer is not my style But it's awesome and make me smile with the heart Love from France

[@mathewmontavon9079]

I did something similar with Arcane and minimal Int/Faith, with Occult weapons for melee. It was pretty fun.

[@doyltruddy902]

My first build was INT (glass cannon mage), second build was INT/FAITH, now i am doing a FAITH/ARCANE build. I like int faith the most so far, but the dragon incantations are pretty fun too.

[@four2181]

Amazing and entertainment as always Fishy 🎉🎉

[@gnperdue]

My first ever NG+ was an Int/Faith build. Doubled up on Prince of Death's Staff and on Sword of Night and Flame. Good times.

[@nihil14]

"... or you create your own Gideon ..." - yeah, I can see why that might be a problem. Nice, everything's so nice, the build, the editing, and the commentary!

[@Curiefeld]

I actually find the mimic tear fight to be a useful test of how much damage my build does 😂

[@Wilhelm_Turner]

"Then I slipped and accidentally changed my discovery stat to ten-thousand in cheat engine." Thanks man. Best laugh I have had all day.

[@cytise1744]

Int/faith is ridiculously fun. After trying the one weapon per playthrough approach and ending up very unhappy with it I switched tactics to "whatever I feel like in that moment" and it works wonders for me. Then I went for the Death's Poker on a NG run because my other Ng+ cycles were starting to become hairy and omg I have never loved a weapon more. Its moveset is so fun? I never liked big bonks but this is the closest I've come and man does it feel good to use. And the built-in panic button is a nice bonus for when an enemy annoys you so much you just want to press a button to delete them. 11/10 am now married to this weapon.

[@dennisrehrmann6710]

Damn, you have no idea, how often your voice sends me to sleep. I never play any of your builds, because they make it too easy, but I love your videos, your creativity, your style and presentation.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

I really appreciate that, Dennis. Glad you like the videos and thanks for watching!

[@francis563]

Thanks for the video!

[@kickcloudstv]

Hope there’s a part 2 of this incorporating some of the split scaling dlc goodies 👀👀

[@darxiide]

Just bc I made it to the marika's soreseal part and I found it odd this wasn't mentioned for a specifically int/faith build, if you use an AOE healing spell next to one of the revenants it will automatically stagger them and chunk them for like 50% HP. Just in case anyone wasn't aware of that

[@xart812]

One of the best videos I ve seen about elden ring

[@Strikerwes]

as for the ulcerated tree spirit in the haligtree. just spawn him, then run back to the roots and use any number of long reaching spells to kill him.

[@thevikingofhardcheese4080]

I haven’t watched this yet but I made an int faith build as Gandalf and it was insanely powerful. Gandalf’s powers would be straight out of the faith category.

[@mentalwig420]

To open that rise with the imp statues. All you need is crystal darts. Throw them at one of them run around to the other side and aggro the other one run out to the front of the tower And they will fight each other and it opens.

[@pafunciobatista8244]

Int/Faith buils are a blast, lore themed build called the "Empyrean Shadow" that focuses on black flame and frost sorceries and it was a blast, it's just kinda of a shame that frost and fire cancel each other out

[@m0nst3r888]

My favorite elden ring youtuber❤

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Glad you enjoy the vids, Monster! Thanks for watching.

[@m0nst3r888]

@@ThingfishyGaming Thank you for the entertainment and fun ideas!

[@Saf_]

Man this noti was taking its sweet time! 🎉🎉🎉been looking forward to this video sir

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Hope you enjoy it, Saf!

[@Saf_]

@ThingfishyGaming just finished, beautiful video as always man. Great job mate

[@ishakushak]

Great build. Sword of night and flame could have fit so nicely!

[@itzkilas]

For the first tree spirit, I just range attack it from the safety of the log that you use to jump down to it cuz close range is just cancer, especially when I rl1 to it, kukri, fan dagger, and regular throwing dagger saved me so much mental exhaustion XD

[@Soiled_Loincloth]

I tried doing this a while ago but it got to be too annoying to switch between the staff and seal since I was also using a weapon. I just found out that the DLC Staff “Staff of the Great Beyond” can cast any spell in the game, sorceries and incantations, I’ll admit to a lesser amount of damage, but it’s way more convenient to just use one thing lol. I don’t ever use magic but this is just like that one chime in Dark Souls 2 that did the same thing and I loved it

[@sp0opy317]

Gonna use this build with the sorcery incantation staff from the dlc

[@eldendad5743]

Love the movie trailer intro

[@TheRealLadyJenn]

... and 7 minutes in I'm realizing that I have all these things already (Journey 6) and I just suck. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Love your videos.

[@maliciousmudkip3656]

If you ever need to farm the Blackflame set again; the bottom floor of Caelid's Divine Tower has a much quicker farm path.

[@gregoryjones9926]

Word love the videos bc ik its not clickbait and ik there isnt fluff love ya fishy man .

[@liamwinterton7370]

Part one done, let's see how fun this one is!

[@liamwinterton7370]

And done. Much quicker than the last one which took me a week. Eagerly awaiting part 3

[@arascovar]

Looks great my man! Homie, when we get the next installment?

[@Mickey23kswiss]

Thingyfishy still refuses to bend the knee before the Envoy's Long Horn great hammer!

[@MPFraher]

Of course I found this mere minutes AFTER starting my NG+ run.

[@TachiFrypan]

If you're trying this build, consider using Sword of Night and Flame or Sacred/Flame Art Clayman's Harpoon, as these are the only (pre-DLC) weapons with decent INT & FTH scaling. And no, Erdsteel Dagger doesn't count; any INT scaling you add tanks the AR too harshly.

[@ImranVasu]

I tried this out myself and i gotta say death poker is actually busted hopw u make more of these videos ❤❤❤🎉

[@Goblinsburg]

Man I thought I was the only one who had SUCH TROUBLE with that tree spirit.

[@FrozenSun23]

Can you get the image in the start with the moon as a gif somewhere? @0:05 - would love to use it as a screensaver!

[@BobsunDugnutt]

Pause, take a screenshot, crop. Done 👍🏻

[@g1829]

You could call this the “soul of cinder” build considering all the different weapons and play styles in one character.

[@ThingfishyGaming]

Yeah, it's mental how much you can do with it! And now I want to make a Soul of Cinder Build! Thanks for watching, G!

[@rush48192]

I think the devs watched this and said we will get this guy in the dlc

[@benjaminhigham3624]

4:05 so true lol I died here at least ten times😂

[@caymansellers8744]

Great guide man! Really been enjoying trying out your builds. A little off topic but I was wondering if you run any shaders on your Elden ring, thanks.

[@Albatrossian]

Amazing! Any chance we get part 3 before dlc?

[@GothicArtist420]

Nice work very nutty build, I got a challenge for ya a over powered necromancer build let your imagination go wild🙌👌

[@GTrain1984]

Try Ghost flame whilst in terra magika if you think the damage is broken ... Also int/faith my absolute favorite build. On a first game cycle discuss of light with the boosting items will literally take out all mobs with the lowest fp consumption. Also my character sliders where of Dr Strange. I've had so many people ask me for them

[@MoritzMau]

Hi thanks for the Video. Im so excited to try it. I would Love to know your graphic settings. Greetings from Germany

[@TheRealLadyJenn]

Since I've already beaten the duo and am currently fighting Malenia running this type of build... Now you post this. 😂

[@DawnAuthor]

Why not respec first and then kill the ulcerated tree spirit in elphael? Doing it with a strength build is maddening lol. Awesome guides my friend

[@notfreshey]

No hit mally was an art project

[@HanzsKlopek]

I think you should put the 2/3 mention in the title for more clarity 😊

[@markforsey547]

My first play through was intelligent/faith just by just because I wanted to use BB and dark moon lol but I ended up being really OP just from the ability to use multiple damage types with high damage output. Honestly I like strength/arcane alot better though just enough intelligence to meet the requirements for a few weapons and same with dex

[@carsonvessar3763]

Surprised there wasn't more frenzy flame stuff considering how broken that can be

[@gnperdue]

Sword of Milos is another off-hand all star on this kind of build in NG+x

[@3zzzTyle]

Alecto fight is straight on beat 18:39

[@caseycoker1051]

You definitely need to try higher NG+ cycles. NG+1 is pretty easy overall because of how OP you are with a full build. The game just doesn't scale up enough to compensate until after NG+3 or so.

[@RicardoRandom691]

And I thought I was doing great just abusing Night Comet. Time to start over again, holy shit!

[@MrSmithwayne]

yep, NG+ only. My Magic bolt , STAM+ VIGoR man owns everything with thunder bolt. Once you have enough INT to wield it in REG game every NG+ is just a cake walk.

[@petelewis7801]

I liked the bit with the violence