Elden Ring: TOP 20 Overpowered Builds Ranked in 2024! (Patch 1.10)

[@AverageGamerMatt]

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[@walmart-vz3lz]

Am I dumb or do we have to find where to get all these weapons and buffs? New to the game and I didn’t see you say anything about where to get these things? So I have to look up another video on all this…

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@walmart-vz3lz most people just use wikis. It’s easier tbh. A lot of them have interactive maps now too.

[@Moneyaddthenmultiply]

I feel like I’m on an airplane ride two champagnes deep, listening to the pilot tell a really long and wild story

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha thanks I guess lol cheers.

[@jatocato]

@@AverageGamerMatt Its the loud emphasis and speed at the start of a sentence and as you keep talking it quiets and slows down very subtly. Then there's the slightly extended pause between each sentence, and immediately repeats the process. I dig it tbh

[@andrewdunkin7430]

This comment hit so well 👏

[@RecordedMercury]

How?

[@Keldayn]

Me reading comments before watching the video: That's kinda rude Me after the video: Oh.

[@RemingtonSteel]

Using the Guts/ Lions Claw build with the mimic tear against Melania is so funny. Everyone just flipping around😂😂

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha yeah she has like no poise lol giant hunt is even funnier with her. 🤘

[@Yung_Lowdown59]

Thats my favorite way to fight radagon/elden beast me and my mimic just flippin and dippin

[@j85grim4]

​@@Yung_Lowdown59Flippin dippin? 😂

[@Vult_Ira317]

Keep Rollin Rollin, Lion's claw spam is worth it.

[@j85grim4]

@@Vult_Ira317 Limp Biscuit lyrics 😅

[@Abersax]

After new game 3 I've just decided to be able to use everything. I change equipment regularly and as of ng+5 I have all my stats at + - 50. I use everything and its a lot of fun actually, the variety in fighting styles in this game is kind of crazy. Though my go to weapons are still the ones that go **bonk**

[@olber289]

Totally agree on blasphemous blade. I had a bleed build and switch to this one, it was so much easier on bosses. Keep in mind that some of them are resistant to bleed damage and the range of the R2 effect and heal effect is really a great bonus

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep it’s so easy lol it truly is a walk in the park with the Blasphemous Blade. 🤘

[@AndrewWhite-u7j]

I did the opposite lol. I was running a build with this weapon and felt like I was having too easy of a time, so I switched to a faith/arcane/dex build with Morgotts Cursed Sword.

[@pastorgainzgames]

Here we go!!!!! Great Video Man

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you, awesome working with you! 💯 🔥

[@RemingtonSteel]

Both you guys give some amazing replys to comments. Even when someone isnt being so nice,you still keep it positive

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@RemingtonSteel appreciate it! 💯 🤘

[@pastorgainzgames]

@@RemingtonSteel Appreciate it :) Try To keep it 100

[@raytitone1583]

i love that you guys colab, my 2 most watched channels for elden ring builds, and pastors quest guides are great as well!

[@drakusmero104]

Bloodhounds Fang also has an increased jump atk modifier so its arguably the best weapon for the good ol' PS jump build

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha yeah the claws do too. I forget that sometimes. Cheers.

[@wowwowwubzy553]

bro, 20k subs and bros making content like this, man I give you props, keep up the great work 👍

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🙏 🤘

[@k.w.2275]

Idea for build video: beginner game builds using starter weapons and weapons found in Limgrave. This way it helps ppl early game and they can build on them as the game goes on. Example could be repeating thrust on great epee...

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Sounds cool! I’ll look into it. 🤘

[@FoamGolemFilms]

@@AverageGamerMattif you decide to do this, check out morningstar + wild strikes for an early bleed build. Used it on my first playthrough till about level 30+

[@magmion2783]

Agreed. Way too many builds videos focused on pvp or end game singleplayer

[@Karnicide]

That's a great idea as I'm just looking for ideas and sitting at lvl55 this is my first playthrough

[@joshturner5009]

Reduvia and Bloodhound both drop in limgrave

[@hollowharry3911]

Ive beaten this game about 30 times now and its always fun seeing different builds. Really great video man keep this content coming please!!!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🤘

[@theclawlives]

Trying to finally beat this game after about a year and a half away, first FromSoft game and I'm too dumb to figure out a good build on my own and too little time these days to spend much time tinkering with builds so this is much appreciated. I really like Bloodhound's Fang so I'm glad it's still viable. I'd like to play around a bit more in NG+ so I'll be back eventually!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Try out different builds for sure, lots of versatility! 🤘 and I have a video (a couple videos ago) that explains how to make/craft your own builds.

[@DabbaTheHutt]

Brace of the Haligtree is probably my favorite! Great video dude. Favorite build channel so I can’t wait for what’s in store once DLC drops. Because of pastor’s video yesterday and now yours today, he definitely earned a new sub. I’m running a combo of blasphemous blade with deaths poker, super fun build.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🤘 yeah the collab was fun to do. Awesome choice for location, although it’s not the easiest to get through lol and good combo. They pair well together esp at higher levels 💯

[@stevesiegert7452]

I just beat the game for the second time with a level 150 character I built around using Blasphemous Blade. I pretty much planned to run with a "murder Malenia" build, and I did exactly just that. What I didn't expect was that weapon paired with Mimic Tear to take all the difficulty out of that fight. I only buffed with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength before the fight along with the Flame cracked tear in the Physick flask, then my jaw dropped when I saw Taker's Flames hit her for around 2,800 damage in one hit! I just wanted to have a build that stood a chance against Malenia and instead I took all the difficulty out of the fight and burned her to death by just spamming Taker's Flames. Then there was the fight against Maliketh, where I don't think that fight even lasted a minute because spamming Taker's Flames deleted his health bar really fast. I did, however, switch to the Envoy's Long Horn for the fights against Mohg and Placidusax, and that thing just destroyed both of those bosses. The only endgame bosses that didn't go down so easily were Godfrey/Horrah Loux and Radagon/Elden Beast. I still needed maybe 10 tries to defeat Elden Beast.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Elden beast is a pain with his resistances lol but yeah faith is awesome. The Blasphemous blade is easy mode. You can run that build from a distance too and barely get hit. 🤘

[@forwardmoving8252]

Lmao the mimic tear was a bigger part of that equation than the wep dude..

[@stevesiegert7452]

@@forwardmoving8252 Definitely since the Mimic tanked Waterfowl so I didn't have to. Next time, I will not use a summon.

[@IVIDK1987]

Whats better black knife tinche or mimic?​

[@brandync7257]

Elden beast was easy when I kept turrent in mind. Like 5 tries for me cause of him.

[@MyersErik]

I FEEL like I'm merging on the Elden Ring Super Highway in a '72 orange hatchback with a brown door, bald tires and I don't know what's going on! Your video is excellent! Thanks

[@MajorFletch]

Blasphemous blade carried my first playthrough when the game came out. I still struggled against bosses like Melania but once I got better at dodging the stagger alone made it so she stood no chance.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! And yeah BB can carry for sure. Helped me a lot too. Between the healing & fire damage it’s hard to beat. 🤘

[@natmus3353]

With the Night Comet build I beat Divine Beast Dancing Lion on my first try. Take my like sir.

[@Kiddbatman45]

I remember my first playthrough (also my first souls game..) I started off with a faith build cause I liked the priest. Game was a nightmare without any guides- until I accidentally acquired the blasphemous blade. Had no idea how overpowered it was until I fought Malenia and took almost no damage because she just kept getting knocked down with every L2 attack I hit her with 😭 I really thought I was good…

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha we’ve all been there lol it’s an awesome weapon though for sure. 🤘

[@yarugatyger1603]

I recently went into the Placidussax fight on ng+3 with 2 other players and before I even reached the boss one of the 2 other one shot the boss. It's insane if you think about the health boost the boss gets for ng+ and the summons.

[@betweenthebeardandme]

Damn, I need that build 😅

[@allreadynotinuse4169]

Glad I watched this I’ve made this game at my skill level extremely painful by generally only doing 40 vigor . I also need to not try to use every weapon lol maybe second or third play-thought.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yeah 60 vigor, esp for NG+ and beyond is really helpful. 🤘

[@TheEru88]

Awesome video. I have two main saves. One NG+ level 250 which right now it's a bleed build and First Journey level 140 Guts Lion Claw build. I had Rivers of blood on my bleed build cause my save was that old. Now messing with Eleonaras Blade. Will try Builds #4 and #3 with this. I'm gonna be playing this saves tracking things I need for DLC, still trying decide which saved to take to DLC but I do know what build I'm taking to DLC. Combination of #9 and #2. Pure INT like my first playthrough.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! And nice, solid options for sure 🤘 and yeah you can ditch the ROB lol it was nerfed 5 times in total.

[@derekrosspowell5015]

Love my guts lion claw build, my ADLS build is very fun and melts bosses. For bleed I went with two beastman curved swords it's nasty currently I'm working on a deaths poker build its very strong.

[@ryan_raus]

Strongest build I’ve seen is power standing Cold Godskin Peeler(chilling frost) + Eleanora’s Poleblade. Jump attack hits 2x each weapon, proc frost with peeler and reset with fire from poleblade + bleed proc. Crazy strong Dex/Arc build, especially with multi hit and jump boosts.

[@brandoneroza4725]

I love darkmoon greatsword build and night comet build, I combined them in my game and did a good amount of damage both in distance and meele

[@j85grim4]

Your playstyle is very relaxed and methodical, it goes perfect with your real life talking style over it 😁

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🙏 🤘

[@randomtroglodyte7272]

My favorite is the dual magma blades. Super hard to get but worth it.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Very true! They’re in a video I have for tomorrow. 🤘

[@JebidiahDefinitelyAmish]

I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing that Ancient Death Rancor/Stars of Ruin is completely slept on here.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

They’re okay. I’m on NG+7 so they both fall off some. Stars of Ruins’ tracking also got nerfed a fair bit.

[@JebidiahDefinitelyAmish]

@@AverageGamerMatt Gotcha, I think its pretty interesting that they're so ludicrously powerful in NG but then fall off completely in NG especially given that SoR still works on Milenia (thank god).

[@RoikaVG]

i remember my first ever playthrough, i ran into rykard wayyyyyyy to early than i should have. but i spent a couple days, got his remembrance and blasphemous blade. didn't realize how OP i was until i started my ng+ with a whole new build. blasphemous carried tf out of my first run.

[@iamfancyy3949]

Your voice and explanations.. that deserves a subscribe. I could watch your videos all the time

[@aquatictoaster9913]

Great pacing, great builds, great guest, great script. A+ from me

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🙏 🤘

[@Auxik]

Maria's executioner sword is very slow but dear God that is easily the strongest weapon skill in the game. It 1 shots bosses.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep I’m on NG+7 though and only using 2 buffs plus the tear to keep it simple. The Giant Crusher can too, but again it needs a lot more steps/buffs. Very good ash though for sure 👍

[@notmichaelmcmorran3546]

Ur killing it brother always loved the bloodhound fang build huge fan of the channel 💪💪💪

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🙏 🤘

[@jigsaw_3156]

i was kinda shocked when you got to the first place, it boggles my mind that 2 years later they still didn't nerf the blasphemous blade. it was a literal easy mode on game's release and it is still now, wow.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

My guess is it was intended that way. To make it easier for those that needed a little extra help. Otherwise it wouldn’t been nerfed like the ROB which is kinda bad now lol

[@jigsaw_3156]

@@AverageGamerMatt idk if i'd put ROB even at it's peak into the same category as BB. i've played ER as a very casual souls player and i can't convey just how much it makes it an easy mode and removes the challenge component. it heals you for attacking from a distance, and it heals a lot (both flat and XP bar percentage iirc). imo you can nerf it by 30% and it'd still be of great help to novice players. i've been seriously considering replying the game before DLC comes out just cos i pretty much ruined the later half for myself by finding this sword on my first playthrough lol.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@jigsaw_3156 lol true it is easy mode for sure. You could always go for a more challenging build for a second playthrough. Flails are fun. Square off with straight swords too. Prayerful strike is a more challenging BB, as it heals you but it’s basically a melee version. 🤘

[@HunterYangBird]

If mimic tear is allowed, then blasphemous blade build is indeed number 1. Maybe swap out some of the talismans for more survivability, since regeneration won’t work if you get killed too quickly. Without mimic tear, then night comet and dual twin blades are stronger. Night comet can deal damage from a distance while dual twin blades can deal damage after jumping to avoid attacks.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep they’re all good. All 3 are relatively close and very easy to use and take down bosses fast. 🤘

[@dawsidaws]

@@AverageGamerMatttwin blade may be the best because of pvp too. Blasphemous and sword of knight and flame kinda suck in pvp IMOP

[@hammerofdawn17]

Love the video!! Your #1 and #5 are my absolute favorite builds!!!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you & awesome choices! 🤘

[@modsas9309]

Just wanting to say that since ice spear is a bullet art and scales of dex and int, the absolute best damage potential actually came from (strong) keen weapon affinity, with cold affinity coming second. basically there is strong and weak heavy and keen weapons that entirely depend on the weapon itself, notable weak keen weapons are naginata and nagakiba, keen swordspear would be the best affinity for max projectile damage on ice spear since sword spear is a strong keen weapon edit:consider magic affinity only if your int is much higher than your dex for the best damage based on your stats

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep it scales with Dex, Int & even AR. Cold affinity is best at high levels. Keen swordspear otherwise, agreed! 🤘

[@modsas9309]

@@AverageGamerMatt even at max 99 all stats level i got a feeling that strong keen would be the absolute best when it comes to projectile damage due to how bullet art formula works. im basing this on chrightt video regarding ash of war damage calculation, i never actually calculate the numbers myself tho so cmiiw

[@monkeybuisness.]

i dont know what it is but this mans voice is serene i could listen to him talk for a year straight

[@JerBear0328]

Magma blade. The ash of war is quicker than most. Spinning slash with huge fire damage. Easiest playthrough ever. Definitely deserves top 20

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Deff close to top 20 for me. The ash is good too. I do prefer 2 flaming strike bandit curved swords though for the pure faith scaling rather than split strength/faith.

[@xxboxofmuffinsxx4252]

Dont forget, you can summon a mimic with blasphemous blade then equip a seal afterwards with blessing of the erdtree, and erdtree heal if you really need it. Now your mimic can beat the game for you and you can enjoy the elden ring visual novel

[@Unknowngnostic]

The rusted anchor build, the spear talisman works well for me. Just test it, it only works when you are trading kinda because enemies have to be attaking you. But it can be in any phase of their attack. Test it on week enemies that wont do much damage so you can pay attention to the numbers. Or the albenarics i guess lol. But see how often the talisman procs to see if its worth it to you over other options. I used it on a heavy armor high poise build where i just traded with everything. Its fun but can get old or jarder to just let things hit you when enemies get tougher So i eventually changed my setup

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! 🤘

[@Roy1491]

Great stuff. Would love to see some RL 125 optimized builds as well to add some sort of opportunity cost to your decisions.

[@XGracelessTarnishedX]

I did my first playthrough with a Dex/Bleed build and I was bored to death by the end of it. I feel like you’re much more limited by pretty much always having to wear the White Mask and Raptor’s Black Feathers if you’re doing the jump thing and the same talismans. The Marai’s sword’s slow charge wasn’t doing it for me either. Reduvias are fun and so is the Elenora’s twinblade. I did the early game with the Nagakiba and Double Slash, so I wore out spamming it by late game. It’s just more limited IMO and doesn’t really mesh with my play style I guess. I ended up doing a Strength/Intelligence build that I much preferred. I could wear a variety of armor. I used the Fingerprint shield and whatever I want for a weapon. Once I put some stats into Dex too, the variety of weapons and options just opened up and fit my play style much better. I’m also new to the game and not very good at the timing for rolling, that’s probably why I enjoy the heavy shield + counter style build. It’s interesting how a popular build might not fit a person’s play style, but the game allows you to find something that does!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

There’s so much versatility for sure. Elden Ring is awesome that way. Dex & bleed can be a little too easy for some, depends on which build. The blood blade ash of war is really fun. And nice! Shield builds can be good too even for PvE. 🤘

[@keithtaylor6251]

I played the azur comet build on my first character a sweet combo I found was using mimic tear with the aggro talisman. Worked really well even on those moving bosses plus I have night comet in my back pocket. I'm a little sad you didn't add a dragon communion build. I love it and it absolutely melts bosses since you can pretty hit for any weakness and I use the same mimic tear to draw aggro. I haven't tried it past ng+3 so maybe it teeters off but I'm loving it so far.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

It’s still very good. Just without summons only great for standing targets/ones that don’t move much.

[@keithtaylor6251]

@@AverageGamerMatt That's fair, on the bosses that don't allow summons I do tend to struggle a bit finding an opening.

[@claysealy7631]

The bloodhound fang is the creators gift to new players for sure. It is too from the start and destroys bosses posture. I noticed this as I tried it out in the stormviel castle and it was just melting everything. I couldn't use it knowing how to it was. Glad I didn't after seeing how many ppl used it on their first runs

[@claysealy7631]

I stuck with knights great sword and iron great sword. Frost flame combo. Loved it. Changed between different ashes. Lions claw was fun

[@Mink0twink]

I came back to my faith character about a week ago to prepare for the DLC.. I ended up wanting to add some leach and found the Blasphemous Blade on my own accord and here it is ranked #1 🤣🤣🤣..

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha yeah it’s excellent. However, fire could be resisted in the DLC. Faith still has 3 elements though.

[@benzost920]

Regarding Blasphemous Blade, the Ash of War really loses lots of potency above 50 Faith. Even though Mind is a weak stat, for a committed Blasphemous Blade build I would recommend 32 Mind, which is enough for 6 shots. Or 7 shots with Godrick's or Radahn's great rune.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

While that’s true, I usually go high faith though so I can quickly change to any faith build. At that point you can run most of the seals with 70-80. 🤘

[@WyattWalton-qv4bf]

Did a strength build my first playthrough using the zweihander & eventually the ruins greatsword (my first fromsoft game.. I got killed a lot lol), second run I did an uchigatana sacred slash faith build that ended up as a pure incantation caster by the end game, simply because my entire build was designed to do holy damage which is booty in late game. On NG+ I'm doing a combo of ice spear + caster build with clayman's harpoon & Lusat's staff and my God is it broken

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! Yeah Ice spear is awesome. 🤘 strength is fun, was better before the poise nerfs though lol

[@notsure5111]

Not trying to be rude but here are some suggestions to make these builds better 19. 3:04 maybe instead of ritual shield talisman, try marika’s soreseal or scarseal because of the B scaling in int 18. 4:32 try white mask instead of altered nights Calvary helm. The 10% boost after blood loss is useful for getting even more damage out of it. But you should only use it if you use bloodflame blade 17. 5:40 maybe either powerstance a cold uchigatana or run any dagger in the offhand with cold affinity. Thanks to bloodflame blade, the weapon will undo the frost proc allowing you to get another frost proc 16. 6:51 you can switch up the erdtree’s favor with Millicents prosthesis even though there is no dex scaling and you could get hit so maybe you could remove ritual sword talisman and could switch it out with lord of bloods exultation if your running it with bleed affinity or bloodflame blade. Also if you pick bleed affinity it will bring back dex scaling so there is extra damage, but it mostly isn’t worth it 15. 8:34 if you aren’t the best player, you can switch ritual sword talisman with something like starscourge heirloom or fire scorpion charm that raises fire damage if your using bloodflame blade 12. 12:52 if you aren’t the best, just try starscourge heirloom instead of ritual sword talisman 11. 14:55 use the spell blade set to get a 8% extra buff to all magic ashes and instead of ritual shield talisman try prosthesis wearer or stargazer heirloom 9. 17:35 maybe try lusat’s glintstone staff instead of carian regal scepter because of the damage boost even though there is a debuff, but I don’t think it matters because of cerulean hidden tear 9.2 19:05 instead of ritual shield talisman try marika’s soreseal because of the 5 faith boost 8. 20:14 try starscourge heirloom instead of ritual shield talisman because of the 5 strength boost, after all, the weapon does have an A scaling in strength 6. 22:34 Maybe try a flame art weapon in the offhand to undo the frost bite proc like a whip or specifically a pike with flame art 1. Instead of ritual shield talisman, try two fingers heirloom because of the B scaling in faith and the extra weapon AOW damage I really like all of the builds, some were so good I couldn’t even make them better

[@alwaysanoob1905]

I really appreciate you putting this together. I've come back to ER in preparation for the DLC and wasn't sure where to begin. Its nice to have all these in one place. On my first play through but I'm super keen to try these out in subsequent playthroughs once I've got 2 of each weapon and I don't need to farm every single node for materials😅. I look forward to your DLC videos

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you 🙏 can’t wait for DLC! 🤘

[@dapappyofdayur]

I just bought the game finally and ive already restarted with 2 different beginning classes. Now im thinking of restarting again with a mage build

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! Mages are fun. Pretty much easy mode lol

[@dapappyofdayur]

@@AverageGamerMatt I wouldn't say that just yet 🤣

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@dapappyofdayur you’ll be fine lol by late game they’re very OP. 🤘

[@Pferdemann91]

32k subs is a crime your videos are the best Elden ring ones for build explanations.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha thanks! It’ll pick up soon. DLC in 18 days! 🤘

[@jezreelcarr5892]

I did a prophet build but basically turned him to a bandid with high faith and decent arcane and endurance 🐐🐐

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! 🤘

[@huskenzo5710]

The fact that the magma blade is not in this video is crazy.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

They’re outclassed for jump attacks by bandits with flaming strike (750 AR each & 1 damage stat investment). The ash on them is good, though. They made it into my top 8 faith builds.

[@nickcolvert8282]

The blasphemous blade paired with the Godskin swaddling cloth is awesome and you should definitely try it. The healing factors stack.

[@jvin248]

What I've seen of the DLC trailers; looks like Blasphemous Blade fire builds will be weaker and Holy might actually be strongest.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

For sure could be. It’d be nice to see holy get the spotlight for a bit. 🤘

[@Looch1717]

Cool video, lots of nice builds. Theres so many builds in this game though, that my 2 favorites im playing right now didnt make it, a dual Magma Blade build and a Eleonoras poleblade build

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thanks! 🙏 yeah there’s a lot, which is awesome. Eleonora’s made my TOP 8 bleed builds, and magma blades made it into my TOP 8 Faith builds. Easy to find on my channel too. 🤘

[@Looch1717]

@@AverageGamerMatt Il have a look! Im thinking of trying Ice spear next, seems a bit different than what im used to, do you still consider it a favorite of yours, and strong?

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@Looch1717 yep, Ice Spear is very reliable. Deff recommend it. 🤘

[@Looch1717]

@@AverageGamerMatt Thanks! Checked out a few more videos and subbed, good stuff.

[@Gauntea]

I did a dex playthrough using 2 guardian sword spears one with repeating thrust and the other with ice spear, i managed to kill malekith solo for the first time using the sword spear, glad it made the list ❤

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome weapon! Yeah Ice spear is very underrated. It’s magic damage, does poise damage, and can be spammed. Plus the frost build up too. 🤘

[@CrappyCar]

I would drop faith from a few of these builds and run Commander's Standard/Rallying Standard instead (remove after buffing). This will allow for better stat spread. Great video!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thanks! And I don’t like the short duration. Golden vow is cast & forget. 🤘

[@CrappyCar]

@@AverageGamerMatt True, but below level 150 going through NG can decrease weapon/armor/spell choice. I also like to play co-op, a group buff is nice. Trade-offs for sure!

[@stan9189]

Best Eldenring KZbin Guide I have ever seen. Big thanks

[@AverageGamerMatt]

🤘 💯

[@TheUnashamedGroup]

“If you wanna think about what your next move will be” 🤣 10:59

[@daultongrear2385]

Beautiful video gonna try so many of these!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome! 🤘 💯

[@6locc6a6y_fps]

Great video, you were talking as if you were saying the weather or the news hahah

[@butcrack6786]

BHF also has a buffed jump attack. Everybody forgets.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep so do the claws, easy to forget. 🤘

[@rickn6923]

Rusted anchor with spear talisman procs on jump attacks as they are considered piercing counter attacks.

[@nilecaprez9801]

Kinda shocked to not see Star Fists and Wing of Astel in the video but it's fun to see a ranking of the best builds!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Wing of Astel is close. For me I still miss a lot with the hitboxes on fist weapons lol star fists are good though. 🤘

[@dawdsdwadsawas]

At nr2: "Yeah I had a really hard time ranking the top 2" At nr1: "This definitely deserves number 1 spot"

[@AverageGamerMatt]

BB is easy mode due to the healing. But night comet’s range & damage is absurd. They’re close but BB gets the edge.

[@brentenglish268]

This guy sounds so excited

[@tanjiroushirogane690]

What's better? Using 2 bandit curved sword or 1 bandit, 1 scav curved sword

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@tanjiroushirogane690 probably 2 bandits for now in blood.

[@DragonMasterSubo]

ADLS is boosted by godfrey icon. Pretty easy to test. Fully charge ADLS without the icon at the mogwyn runefarm area, note the damage it does Now do it with the icon, you'll notice the extra/added bolts from charging now do more damage. This is how the icon works. The aspect tail spell only has the 2nd swipe's damage boosted by the godfrey icon, since it is the one that comes with the full charge. Even when fully charged, the godfrey icon does nothing for the 1st tail swipe. So just like ADLS, it only effects the added bolts.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Boosted yes but not fully, as you mentioned it increases damage on the other/less strong bolts and not the initial one (which usually does the most damage). It increases some damage yes, just not to the full exact 15% (I’ve tested it again recently).

[@DragonMasterSubo]

@@AverageGamerMatt I did as well, and the 'extra' bolts are increased by 15% (from 1915 damage to 2203) as godfrey icon only boosts the added parts of a spell. The damage add vs something big like a dragon is pretty significant

[@brianmeeks9901]

Ya know I've heard you say that junp bleed builds make game "too easy". Those builds are effective against enemies that are not bleed immune or resistant. However many of the tough enemies are. The challenge is having an effective backup option

[@jesselee9223]

Dude sounds like my doctor running down labs

[@xMtF54x]

Heyyy thanks for this im going back through it again this will help me pick out a build

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! 🤘 my recommendations are ice spear or anything faith based.

[@NikolaHundz]

Ice spear with Clayman’s Harpoon is too good.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

It’s good, but the swordspear will get you more damage. Ice Spear has Dex, int & AR scaling. 🤘

[@-thebatman-]

I love running frost on flamberge with wild strikes so much damage. Also magma blades are insane on ng7. Also I agree with Marias executioner sword another weakness for it is if the ground is even a little unlevel most of the time you throw the sword forward into the ground especially in melenias arena.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice choices! 🤘 Magma blades are good they’re awful to farm for though lol

[@-thebatman-]

@@AverageGamerMattyea they are took like 6hrs to get 2 for me 😂 I hated them at first n thought it was a waste but gave them a good try and they’re one of my favs now. Melt any boss super quick and great when u get over run by adds and slay in pvp just all around good.

[@Brendangotgudgaming]

Anyone else notice going through every area of the game you are sooo over powered for the game before you ever even hit altus im not kidding ive only done lurnia caelid limgrave and the underground both my weaoons are plus 9 and plus 10 my shield is plus 8 and already have strenth and daith at 40 with 40 health and 36 stanima its absolutely insane how powerful you are before even being halfway through the game ive never been so overpowed this early in a souls game it makes it so much more fun so many great viable biulds that ate ober powed gotta love it and no farming or hoping around any further than you naturally go

[@AverageGamerMatt]

It’s deff more open for players than souls games usually are. You have a lot of options early on, and it’s awesome. Elden Ring has a lot of build versatility and early too. 🤘

[@kamdynlackey6761]

I’ve been running blasphemous blade since I got it in my playthrough a long time ago, it’s just goated

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha yep it is! 🤘 💯

[@BiffBlackstar]

Thank you. Last build made me kill the 2 last bosses! I wish you could´ve got in a bit more deep into the builds but still, many thanks for your video!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

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[@RemingtonSteel]

I ran a combo of the Blasph Blade and Envoys Longhorn build. Its sooo versile. I dont think people realize how good the Longhorns ash is against med to large bosses. Start feeling bad for some of the bosses😂😂 And no, Blasphemous Blade is NOT overated. Love hearing this channel has changed your life. Amazing, congrats

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🙏 It really has made it better. It’s an awesome community now too, which I never expected. Heck I didn’t even think I’d pass 100 subs when I started lol and I agree it’s deff not overrated. I’ve heard that too from some people, but in reality it’s easy mode 🔥

[@stevesiegert7452]

I ran the same build in my most recent playthrough. Faith builds are viable in the endgame because Blasphemous Blade does fire damage instead of holy damage, which many endgame bosses highly resist holy. The Long Horn has similar scaling to Blasphemous Blade, but because it does holy damage, it is perfect for bosses like Mohg that have high fire resistance. A build made around using both those weapons may take away some of the difficulty in the endgame, but part of the game is to exploit enemy weaknesses.

[@RemingtonSteel]

@stevesiegert7452 Yup, so someone can use Holy for 98% of the game and then swap to something else that scales with faith( that's not Holy) for some of those endgame bosses and destroy the game. Holy gets such a bad rep because it can't do EVERY boss in the game but ignore that there's fire, lightning, poison, etc.. resistant bosses as well. But that's why I love this game. So many options and super easy to swap weapons in and out depending on the boss or challenge ahead.

[@honestbenny]

Would be nice to also hear a reasons why something is X place vs others. I for example don't get why Double Slash is #17 while some other builds I find... more lackluster, clunkly and less "spammable" are on higher places. For exaple Ice Spear from pure DPS perspective kills slower than Double Slash yet it's #11. But nice place to look at many builds, thanks for video!

[@booleaninfernusstudios5352]

Holy Blasphemous Rykard you're in NG+28. Soon you'll be reaching my age in New Game Plusses.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Haha yeah this is my KZbin character on series X. Well I have 7 but the one I use for a lot of my content. 🤘

[@ThePH03N1Xx13]

A prayerful strike tank build was as easy as blasphemous blade build IMO. Prayerful strike gives you 30% of your hp back so pump vigor up and pop Margot’s greatrune. It’s kinda ridiculous. Just run up to most bosses and spam L2 you can literally tank all the hits.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Yep I have pretty solid builds for it. It’s very good. The blasphemous blade beats it with range though. That & night comet you can be far away and not even dodge lol

[@ThePH03N1Xx13]

@@AverageGamerMatt true. Probably not as good for high new game cycles where bosses damage is way higher. I think I only took the build to +2. I just remember not even caring getting hit at all, literally zero skill.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

@@ThePH03N1Xx13 all the footage on this video is NG+7/journey 28. Blasphemous blade holds up all the way through. Prayerful strike is solid just not blasphemous good.

[@Soulsavant1]

It's cool to cap at level 150 but feels like a waste of all those extra runes- I wish you could store them in a bank system for later use or to share between other characters

[@AverageGamerMatt]

I just buy stacks of items like smithing stones. But yeah that would deff help! 🤘

[@crossrhd]

Hey I just found your channel and I've been going through all your build guides, probably the best ER build guides I've ever seen. Just wanted to ask what you're most looking forward to in the DLC coming out? For me personally I cannot wait to see what bosses and weapons we're going to see, I'm so hyped.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Thank you! 🤘 and new weapon classes. Also if we could get a few good/meta katanas besides Moonveil lol

[@LuneKnight1221]

I feel like sword of night and flame should be on the list

[@AverageGamerMatt]

At launch yeah. It’s still good now but after nerfs not what it once was. It’s fun though for sure 👍

[@huntergrantham4198]

I feel like a good wing of Astel build is definitely top 10 OP

[@Fractixx]

For the bloodhound claws build, why not just use spiked ball with blood affinity and cragblade. You get the same AR better bleed rate and more poise damage.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

They build up on successive hits more. They’re fast and have 100 bleed with bloodflame blade. Blood affinity also sacrifices physical damage (very noticeable when maxing stats at 150 as you’re splitting stats). Star Fist are good though for sure 👍

[@falconian_]

When i try to rebirth my character at level 150, i only have enough levels for 45 vigor with all the other stats the same for the Mohg Spear build, why do i have a lot less available levels?

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Hero starting class & Faith tear (10 levels for 3 minutes). 🤘

[@aleman_7852]

Thank you!!! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷

[@AverageGamerMatt]

🤘

[@maui_gaming7035]

Thank you, great video! Used the twinblades first playthrough, bloodhound fang now. I think it’s the most fun, it’s probably like you show in this video way stronger options, but I enjoy the gameplay of that weapon :)

[@v4lv0g4]

Oh hell yeah! I’m just now hitting endgame. This game is so sick.

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome! This should help a lot. 🤘

[@LachyAsereQueBola]

I don’t know if at this point I’m too good but I’m having hard times to find good KZbin videos of elden ring gameplays

[@rickydeidda8406]

Amazing video man, you gave me a lot of ideas!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome! 🤘

[@canadat4380]

I was playing a sorcerer and then ranni killed selvius on me while doing a blind playthrough so after that happened i went and visited my friend renella

[@AverageGamerMatt]

You can respec there, if you missed the magic scorpion charm you can always join my discord and ask in there. Reddit forums too. 🤘

[@mr.horseshoe2301]

Reinstalled the game after 2 years. Going to go for a Blasphemous Blade build. Very excited to play the game again!

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome! 🤘

[@GTass455in]

I like your script! Clear and simple. Really great video.

[@delphidelion]

I'm personally not a fan of active buffs being parts of my builds. Especially if it is through the physick as those are literally one time use. I don't really like resting too often if it can be helped.

[@TheEru88]

Night comet was my endgame first build when game came out. It was a research guide and its so good. Starter with meteor and staff them when to optimal nigh comet build. Beat Malenia first try and most bosses. But usually did meteor shower and bosses

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! 🤘 yep it’s easy mode. Same for the blasphemous blade.

[@adgkadgk]

7:00 since afaik ashes of war don't get the strength bonus from 2 handing 80 strength should still give some noticeable benefit

[@jelmerfeitsma]

Thanks for the video. Much appreciate. I will try every build! :D

[@AverageGamerMatt]

🤘

[@zachsmith552]

The helmet you wear in this icon is my favorite helmet to wear

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Nice! Yeah it’s awesome & fits with most armors. 🤘

[@guypaolozzi7410]

i run a completely different build to any of these, i run 2 rapiers that have poison and rot on both of them. it just melts bosses. even pvp if you come across a heal spam it just melts there health

[@AverageGamerMatt]

Awesome man, they’re good for sure. Even better in blood with Rot though. Poison still needs a buff imo.

[@Senko_Sturm]

Amazing work thank you!