Leveling Faith ONLY in Elden Ring

Could an Elden Ring build that only levels one stat truly be good? Of course it can! You just gotta have faith, and lots of it! Check out this holy build using the Radiant Gold Mask, Maliketh's Black Blade, the Black Knife, and the Erdtree Seal to spread the good word to all in the Lands Between!
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[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

I have faith that this build will do well

[@mikerantsss]

I've been waiting For this one i Had faith it would come someday

[@nicholastaylor5354]

Excellent joke there which is very relatible.

[@lostsauce911]

Welp after this video there is no faith

[@jankydankstankalank7806]

I hope you get lupis

[@frostyelwood9898]

@@jankydankstankalank7806bruh what

[@grfrjiglstan]

Up next, how about a Navy Seal run? The only weapons and items you can use have "seal" in the name - Marika's Scarseal, the Finger Seal, etc. - and the only armor you get is the Navy Hood.

[@Hermaniac8]

Maybe also the wooden club, to slip in a clubbing seals joke

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

@@Hermaniac8 well, there is the giant anchor weapon too...xD

[@SnappingAngelwires]

9:48 Radahn: "five guys destroying my guts rn" Tulok: "six when i get there" Radahn: "what"

[@eroschama]

Can't wait to watch the arcane only run! These runs have been hysterical, I'll miss the single stat runs

[@HollandTHG]

Hoping to see the Ripple Blade getting GREASY for part of the Arcane run.

[@TheUnamedOne832]

He still has to do endurance only, so here's hoping

[@_DioBrando_]

ngl I was hoping for more secret starting classes videos. I think those have been the most fun so far. Bernahl, Bloodhound Knight and Cleanrot Knight builds were been fun af.

[@mckinneym.2743]

Hes gonna continue

[@MattJDylan]

Weren't there actual alternative starting classes in the network test?!

[@ineedeldenring6807]

​@@MattJDylanyea the bloodwolf guy

[@Krakain]

​@@ineedeldenring6807and carian knight.

[@aldrichdevourerofgods7630]

“Im sure theres a religion that advocates for vengeance, i just havent heard of it yet” *Oath of Vengeance Paladin has joined the chat*

[@hankis2043]

There is nemesis the goddess of vengeance and equality (basically)

[@lucassse]

Love it! Tips for arcane: occult is better than bleed for weapons with innate bleed. Ripple blade, moghs spear, and rivers of blood are some great options.

[@MinervaNeuhart]

RoB requires 12 strength and 18 dex. Tulok starts all these runs as wretch. To use RoB at wretch starting stats (excepting arcane because arcane only run), you'd need radagon's scarseal and prosthesis wearer's heirloom, which takes up valuable talisman slots that could better be used for other things.

[@copeseethemorb]

You know it’s a good day when Tulok and Mango drops a new video

[@ppman698]

Onm (on marika)

[@Cheezymuffin.]

Hey something good to know, but following Yura's questline will give you the "Raptor of the mist" ash of war. Putting this on a dagger (or any other weapon) and casting it before a horse carriage in the hero's grave hit's you, will allow you to phase trough the carraige and therefore they become basically harmless.

[@Silverfin008]

Thats really awesome. I've used it ever since I saw it in the Sephiroth Video :)

[@zer0vision891]

Before you manage to do that, Endure will make the chariot do less damage as well, and just roll through you and you just stand there not getting knocked down. Raptor of the Mists is probably better, but Endure is a slightly earlier option.

[@GreatZarquon]

"Basically harmless" - except, you still have to time the use of Raptor perfectly...

[@ShiniestMeatManKrieg]

​@@GreatZarquonnot hard to do though lol.

[@Delmworks]

Other methods include using endure to live through the strikes, or vow of indomitable to parry them. Or just level vigor and endurance enough-turns out they’re not a true one-shot, they just hit really hard

[@ryanswanginjr]

“Why didn’t you start astrologer”

[@IcedManx-pq5ke]

He explained it had stats in other things to

[@EarlyMean2772]

​@@IcedManx-pq5ke bro

[@Humansarebetter1]

@@IcedManx-pq5keBrother

[@Onyx102]

@@IcedManx-pq5kemale sibling

[@suchisthepowerofnagash]

I was waiting for this since the first mono-stat run

[@tulokthebarbrarian2033]

Wait no longer!

[@Mash_Z]

Bad dragon should sponsor you for how much you reference it

[@AceAviations2]

Discus is an excellent spell, it was one of my staple spells on my recent hybrid caster with an Intelligence focus (60 Int, 24/25 Faith), I focused on Sorceries, however Discus and Blessing's Boon were staple when combined with the Golden Order Seal. It was never my main damage spell, however it comboed pretty well with the Sorceries I ran (think Ancient Death Rancor, Rykard's Rancor, Phalanx spells). I ended up replacing it, however it's replacement was Triple Rings of Light, aka the upgraded version of the spell. That rebound effect is something that you shouldn't ever underestimate, it can easily be the killing blow on an enemy charging at you. Yes it doesn't hit as hard as some spells, but for it's FP cost (an insanely low 3 FP), it's cast speed and how much damage it can do, it's one of the best spells in the game, or at least it would be if Holy Damage wasn't horrible in the endgame.

[@crushcommando8637]

This was a pretty neat build! I was doing a (mostly) faith run a while back but never finished it, surprised you never ended up using the Cipher Pata for melee but that is a bit out of the way.

[@RadiantPaladin4]

Admittedly, the Cipher Pata probably wouldn’t work great once you hit the capital. Insane holy resistance and getting one-shot by most attacks would mean that a holy damage melee option wouldn’t work great. But it would have been fun to see for the earlier game when he can still take a hit

[@milokiss8276]

Yeah, I was sad about it too. Really figured he would’ve, And I really like the two of them, So the fact that he didn’t even grab ONE was just disappointing.

[@grfrjiglstan]

One of the best parts of the footage for these videos is reading your lips and determining the exact words you use with a big reaction.

[@GreatZarquon]

In one run he said "Fisting... underground workers!" and it broke me XD

[@julesdebul1094]

only you have the power to narrate elden ring game play and make it this funny the refrences and jokes you make in your videos are god tier keep up the good work

[@LispyJesus]

That “so jot that down” sunny reference is my favorite to find In the wild

[@Redwolf2495]

FINALLY someone addresses the "Intelligence is only good for magic damage" weirdness. One thing you forgot though: Incantations ALSO have magic damage, courtesy of the glintstone breath dragon incantations.

[@taire3652]

youtube put you in my recommended videos and thats the first time listening to algorithm has been worth it. immediate subscribe, i'll be watching all of your videos and you better believe it i'm going to stay here. your witty commentary deserves recognition and applause!

[@TheFoxfool]

The Arcane Seal will let you do your Catch Flame strats when you do that run

[@justmustard56]

The midsommar leap of faith joke was pretty dark...and i love it!!

[@uthgerd666]

Greedy and Holy Wars in the same video? My 2 favorite songs by them. Love you Tulok & Mango.

[@thomasthekurtain]

I've got a challenge idea its a carnivore/meat based run you use weapons with meat and or flesh on them you can only buff using the strips of flesh and meat anything else you want to add

[@jimthebottle6647]

Oh cool, like ringed finger and celebrant skull

[@cad7497]

"WhY dID YoU STaRt aS AN AsTrolOGEr iN a FAitH Run?"

[@Scrumpetsheep]

"a bad dragon is good but theres no substitute for real wood" 🤔

[@charybdis1618033]

"Amazing grace, how sweet the site, that saved a Wretch like me... I once was lost, but now am found, was dead, but now I breathe."

[@blakebailey22]

4:30 faith and greed go hand in hand, just ask the t-evangelists with their 13 private jets.

[@GreatZarquon]

4:40 There is a religion that advocates vengeance, it is called Asatru! At least, according to Crusader Kings 3...

[@Hermaniac8]

"Are you there Margit, it's me, God" was a great little joke snuck in there

[@grimm6924]

congrats on 50K subs love the videos

[@zenebean]

Blackflame, death beams, and ancient dragon spells, all made by the erdtree's enemies... Guess they really were made for the job

[@billgogi8108]

Your faith in the pillars wasn't high enough 6:11

[@davidleedecker9889]

I believe in a thing called faith. JUST LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM OF MY SPELLS.

[@overlorddante]

The only Elden Ring KZbinr I still enjoy. Keep up the great work

[@VarmitCoyote]

Man that bonk to finish Hoarah Loux was so hilarious and satisfying 😂

[@snowl_fennox]

Fyi, Laiedd is more pronounced like 'la-yeth' (/la.jeð/), since is more like the in words like that, this, the, there, etc'; another way to remember it is to remember how Blaidd's (bl-eye-dh /blaɪð/) name is pronounced, since the in his name is also like the in words like 'that, this, the, there, etc' as well A lot of the names in a bunch of the regions are based/inspired by the Welsh language (Cymraeg), so other names will have similar if not the same pronunciation patterns; for example, Gael (g-eye-l /gaɪl/) Tunnel, Caelem (k-eye-lihm /kaɪ.lɪm/) Ruins, Elphael (elf-eye-l /el.fail/), etc

[@gamingbean6440]

"Sorcery only has magic damage" - Rykard would like to know your location. (I know it was sarcasm lol, but magma sorcery is kinda slept on)

[@adi47vash80]

Tooooooo many stat requirements only good for pure casting builds

[@Shimatzu95]

If possible can you include the equipment loadout of these builds in the video description? Idealy at elden beast time or after you get the "starting" setup

[@zer0vision891]

Based on the video, he was at 10 across the board with 99 Faith. He wore the Radiant Gold Mask, Gravewarden Cloak, Lionel's Greaves, and Lionel's Gauntlets. He had Godslayer's Seal and Gravel Stone Seal for LA1 and LA2, with Erdtree Seal and Black Knight for RA1 and RA2. Spells were obviously Black Flame, Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike, Lord's Divine Fortification, and Black Blade. He also obviously used Godrick's Great Rune. As for talismans, it looks like he's using either Fire Scorpion Charm or Lightning Scorpion Charm, or hotswapping them during phase transition. He's also using Radagon Icon, Ritual Sword Talisman, and Ritual Shield Talisman. He's also running 7 Blue Flasks and at least 3 at most 7 Red Flasks, but probably not that takes a lot of Golden Seeds. He probably stopped at +4 since they were fully restoring HP and FP at that point and there was no need to go out of his way for stronger flasks. Without the Great Rune, he only needed +2 for red flasks to full heal and +0 for blue flasks to restore, and with the great rune he needed +4. He also had various other items and gear along the way, like Golden Order Seal and Holy Scorpion Charm when he was using Discus of Light; Catch Flame and Flame Sling early on, Lightning Spear, Albinauric Mask for some reason. For his Wondrous Physick he was likely switching between Flame-Shrouded, Lightning-Shrouded, and Holy-Shrouded Cracked Tear, and what I think is Opaline Hardtear for damage negation. He also had Radagon's Soreseal, but I don't think he ever used it.

[@rodefshalom]

Laughed out loud at the family friendly Midsommar clip.

[@Acesahn]

Godfrey: Where's your God now? Faith user: Blasphemy! *Bashes with seal.*

[@Luinta]

I just started my own faith (+dex) build after a year of Int build and I am having more fun in the opening hours than ever before. I have become a believer in Faith.

[@digitalermitanyo8937]

Super Metroid and Megadeth’s “Holy Wars” music on an Elden Ring Video? You earned a sub my friend. Hilarious commentary too 😂

[@Fablelord1]

My toddler dances to every song you put on for the scene transitions.

[@SomeUserk]

My favorite attribute!

[@ilikespagett1514]

15:40 I love how he's still using the tear which he called garbage at the beginning of the run

[@luke7500]

1:32 The midsommar clip was so fitting.

[@stompingpeak2043]

Faith is pretty damn good though. Theres alot of weapons that are top teir and primarily scale with faith. If you want the most fun beat the game and use the sword you get in ng+. I love that thing. Or dual magmas. Even the coded blades can hit pretty hard

[@aliceplanque]

You need to have faith in this build to win 😏

[@murphieslaw6932]

Great video as always. Bonus points if you use my baby, Elenora´s Poleblade, with the arcane-only run. I got a feeling you´ll like the AoW +grins+ Also, dragon incants, because holy hell they are powerful. Weightless seal, they even get the bonus from roar talisman nowadays - they are even more nightmare-fuel than ever XD And all pairs with every bleed/occult weapon you could ever want. Many great options. Bleed, Magic, Fire, Rot, a big debuff, you can have lots of fun with arcane !

[@xxboxofmuffinsxx4252]

Don't forget that faith can use a whole lot more options. I believe faith can proc every single status effect in the game aside from frostbite (although maybe I just missed the option for that). Magic is pretty much limited to magic damage and frostbite for the most part. Rotten breath makes Astel approachable early, poison mist makes for a great cheese on the Fallingstar beast. And being able to keep the same build and just switch spells around using the same upgraded seal, armor, and talismans is probably the most powerful bonus of all.

[@-beelzebub]

Ice lightning

[@NavajoNinja]

IRL, im all mind and no faith In ER, im all faith!

[@SoreWristed]

I am 28 seconds in the video and I already know this will be a very painful run...

[@ThaPugster]

The holy wars transition was goated, megadeth for life

[@boningguan156]

why did you start as an astrologer in a faith run

[@Kat-Kobold]

Arcane only sounds like a bloody nightmare

[@GreatZarquon]

Elden Beast is going to be a beast, immune to all the arcane effects...

[@Kat-Kobold]

Tbf occult infusion is busted

[@babyplum2837]

I am faithful that you will do a faith run, and here we are

[@PeppermintFren]

Why did you start as an astrologer in the faith run?

[@GamerBoi099]

Her parents said no, but I subscribed and they changed their minds

[@terrychard2841]

If you run in a circle with the nobles roll out attack at the right time and keep a good angle on the turn you can essentially out run his roll. Made the fight so much easier for me.

[@IStillHaveDialUp]

Allegedly Thops’ barrier counters Elden stars

[@lucas.gd.dourado4808]

Everybody watching: "wtf is he doing?" Chat: "he starting to believe..."

[@zalianth15]

I was wondering when the next one of these videos would drop

[@oashen5475]

Shocked you didn't go for the faith fist weapon. I don't remember it's name, but it would have helped you a lot with some of these bosses

[@patdav56]

im actually surprised i missed this one on stream until after i hopped into the run after this. guess my faith didnt hold firm enough to get me in

[@shadowreaper998]

I wanna see a Banished knight secret starting class, technically you could get the full build in storm veil and farm for the unaltered in castle sol later

[@StanleyG23]

I swear, one of these days Tulok will use Burn, O Flame! Next time for sure, right?

[@KassFireborn]

I appreciate that Judy Blume title joke.

[@wilburthemango]

came for the elden ring stayed for funny joke

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

what? i've got a pure int/fth Dr Strange build, and Discus of Light is pretty much my bread and butter spell for most of the game xD granted, i'm upgrading it to triple when i get it, but still, it's so efficient you actually get fp back using ancestral horns talisman, provided you can one shot a target (well, 2 usually, but i'm counting the rebound as a single cast)

[@Eramiserasmus]

Loved this one. Chay had so much Faith in the power of lightning.

[@connorr-w9133]

I figured Faith was gonna be at least decent; damage variety, good scaling for most of the spells, and a VERY good way to mitigate Elden Stars. Arcane, though? That's probably gonna be rough; can't wait to see what you use for that build!

[@tybahza5643]

that mac clip god damn i wasnt expecting it lmao

[@nerdstorma8427]

4:35 It's weird seeing an old school religious dude in a Friar Tuck get up doing backflips around demon Groot striking the earth beneath him with the hammer the size of a pillar.

[@armandowillem]

Funny, I watched Midsommar this morning. That scene man....oof. Ps: "WHY DID YOU START AS AN ASTROLOGER FOR A FAITH RUN?!" You're welcome Sir.

[@Goofballsrule]

19:05 “Deicide”

[@justinmabe3077]

The dragon breaths go pretty hard against the entire game. Dragon Maw also gives you poise break options for the big bois.

[@VileLasagna]

It's so weird seeing the rage in Gelmir Hero's grave because I never even remember that path exists. You can, instead, on the first opening, drop onto the rafters and get into the room with the bloodhound knight from the window. Bonus: You enter through the ledge high up, so you can just cheese them from there too Also a bit surprised you didn't go for Gold Scarab when you weren't using Golden Order incants, that's a quick grab back in Limgrave, I'd expect the extra casts to be pretty helpful and the damage penalty to be irrelevant later on

[@navyman1191]

You should do a Hank Hill option, only "propane" and "propane accessories"

[@GrandLynx-kp2zi]

The Egyptians believed in an eye for an eye so that is a form of vengeance

[@frejmller6303]

Have you ever used the ash of war Flaming Strike i havent seen you use it, "Remember to do a Follow up attack" to do an extra attack that adds a build-in fire buff

[@spencerpretecrum2568]

Loving the Sunny references!

[@Snippyyy]

now that this video has been made, i can make the joke ive been waiting forever to make "Get ready to receive some holy spirit"

[@Cogexkintrue]

didnt realize just how good lightning spear is

[@cypress5692]

NEW TULOK VIDEO 😍😍😍😍

[@curvilinearcube8716]

I have a strong belief that is based on internal spiritual feelings that this build will make the swag jump first try. If only there was like a single word I could use to express my intense belief.

[@PadreLuis1019]

Idk if it's just me but whenever fatty goes for the role I strafe him by rolling forward and to the right a little, and then run in circles, kinda following him

[@toogee1850]

Lol the Midsommar clip was great. Hopefully that lil dude was in his 70s ):

[@anderspittman9465]

Very nice, now let’s see Paul Allen’s incantation build

[@nevogolan6505]

Hey you could use the fortification spells to get broken levels of damage resistance

[@jimbob4235]

Would have Godfrey icon also done good here since the lighting bolt is a charged ability?

[@Mercah_koondial]

Your going have to pray hard and have faith that god can hear you to complete this run, but that would take a miracle.

[@Frozenkoldfury]

Also Tulok, just double checking that you know about the Weird Albinuric weapon you can get from Pia for the Arcane run. It might not be an endgame weapon but you only need to kill Loretta to get it and it has pure Arcane scaling, might be decent to start with.

[@skvaderarts7009]

Pidia is the name of the merchant. You might want to update your post in case he goes looking for it. The weapon is called the Ripple Blade.

[@EpicShaymin]

How about a Sailor Moon run?? More discs of light AND use the full moon spells😂😂

[@hexagonalchaos]

oh my god, raya's room is like bridget, it has a town inside it

[@skvaderarts7009]

Probably something you realized by the end of the video but Ancient Dragon lightening strike is one of the best spells in the whole game. Just don't use it on a fast enemy. But for dragons and iron virgins and trolls or anything like that (basically anything that isn't Maleketh) it's great! It also doesn't really work in doors. But yea, great spell. It can do thousands of damage instantly. Also, Discus of Light and the Erdtree Greatsheild. S tier combo. You can get three hits on one target with that combo. There are AR calculators you can use online that will tell you the fireball damage. Depends on the faith level and seal used, but yea, there are some totally some fire spells that do more damage. Actually, the Frenzied Burst spell you said it would take too long to get can easily do double that, and with a faster projectile at crazy distances. And the FP cost it pretty low, too! Check it out :D

[@Eshtian]

So this is why the old man didn't want to show us the miracle build.

[@TheUnamedOne832]

Have you ever considered doing an Asta or Luffy or Zoro or a Godskin Apostle/Noble or Boss equipment only or Yuno (black clover) or Pyromancer or Shanks or Natsu or Shabriri run

[@someguynamedmatt3753]

I think funny enough I joined in on stream around when you were being stabbed by the black assassin

[@Nova-jw6ju]

If he doesn't make a joke about God saving a wretch like him I will riot.

[@alexandermaxcanjuga3368]

Ah you are holy today