Why VIGOR Is More IMPORTANT Than You Think - Elden Ring

VIGOR is one of the Elden Ring stats of all time. There are many memes surrounding VIGOR, such as Vigor Check and people that don't level it in their builds in favor of intelligence and magic... but you're missing out on a lot if you that! Ranni the witch tells you all about it!
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[@OnlyWaifuYT]

I hope it's not too obvious that Joseph is my favorite Jojo. Also, do you prioritize Vigor in your builds?

[@gardersin498]

Mi vigor actualmente en Elden Ring es : 1900, más la runa mayor, entre 2000 y 2200.

[@TheHolyFlumpty]

Why are we already here

[@knowwhatimeme]

Not in pve. I'm okay with 40 :3

[@mightyakkylex]

I prioritize vigor until I am at about 30 and then put more points into other stuff and then until 40 and a bit more into others and so on

[@huntresswizard569]

only when im PLAYING THE GODDAMN GAME WHO IN THE SAM HELL THOUGHT "hey maybe i shouldnt level the one thing keeping me alive rn"

[@Patches_lol]

You level vigor so you can make more mistakes, i level vigor so i can face-tank my way through the game via trading with everything We are not the same

[@vedymin1]

MY FACE IS MY SHIELD !!!

[@oysterlad]

Hello fellow strength main. How goes the bunga? Mine is unga.

[@vedymin1]

@@oysterlad Praise the ancestors !! ;)

[@stinge68]

I call it Face Parry.

[@jonathanb8735]

I leveled vigor so I could trade hits with the boss mobs with the Guts great sword. Man that was fun fighting some of the melee bosses.

[@coryology]

Leveling up other stats besides vigor is like having a whole horde of Apache helicopters but the material that the helicopters are made of is legit cardboard

[@SecretMarsupial]

Like being the little piglet that made its house out of straw

[@toastmaster914]

I believe the word you're looking for is "Space Ranger"

[@toastmaster914]

Or glass cannon IDK

[@pearcesun]

This is the most creative iteration i have heard for "glass cannon"

[@coryology]

@@pearcesunGlass cannon meets wooden apache helicopter

[@blindly444]

Everyone's gangster till your vigor gets checked

[@matchunga]

By those damn revenants

[@trekthehappyturtle454]

I have over 3200 hp and goat armor and i still get vigor checked.

[@spotty530]

@@trekthehappyturtle454isn’t the max hp 2100

[@trekthehappyturtle454]

@@spotty530 max hp is 3243. 99 vigor + crimson medallion 2 + erdtree 2 talisman + morgott great rune + extra hp flask.

[@THE_MOONMAN]

​@@trekthehappyturtle454wait what you can still get one hit with all that?? 👀

[@kixakii436]

Ranni explaining vigor by talking about chicken and the amount of protein and nutritional values it has isn't something i expected today

[@MrMaradok]

Like the background music suggested, it was a very “Vsauce” moment

[@ZaddyGohan]

IGN and ScreenRant told me vigor isn’t necessary, I think I’ll take their advice since they are never wrong

[@rafsandomierz5313]

If you are skilled or have full understanding of mechanics and bosses it indeed is not necessary.

[@An_Entire_Lime]

​​@@rafsandomierz5313Conditions that physically could not apply any less to IGN and ScreenRant

[@futuristicbus61]

@@rafsandomierz5313haha it floats down

[@chrishoward3733]

I think Ranni is tired of skinny consort eternals putting that ring on her finger.

[@titesyl1023]

Great stars, prayerful stike, 99 vigor, 15 strength and 12 dex This is all you need

[@gusriojas2600]

Oh wow 99 vigor who would have thought.. seriously why do elden ring players think they're giving good advice when they just say "invest all your fucking levels into one attribute"

[@titesyl1023]

@@gusriojas2600 I am not giving good advices. I just tell the good experiences I had with the game. One time, I even said to someone to try the Varré’s bouquet for PvP because I found it « fun to use »

[@zhuyuchen8324]

@@gusriojas2600 cuz prayerful strike and great stars combined gives like 40% health back or something like that so smack full bullgoat on this and you never have to dodge lol

[@DiguiDiMoki]

Man this is actually really good advice! I love how you do so much extensive research to help people get better. Truly this channel has value! Way to go blue doll. Keep up the amazing work!

[@oysterlad]

Whenever I invade on a character between 15 and 30, about half end with me landing a single hit, yet when seeing the numbers the host is dishing out about similar damage. Math doesn't lie. Level your vigor.

[@bubududugaming8336]

I remember when the game released, a lot of people were complaining about the general damage output of enemies in the late game (PvE). Turns out more often than not those people thought they can manage late game with 30 vigor like they did in DS1-3, while having no defensive talismans like Ritual Shield, Dragoncrest Shield or the various elemental damage defense talismans equipped while also casually running around with two soreseals. You can even tank hits from Malenia at level 1 with the right gear while playing naked.

[@mercurialblonde]

You can use summons to give you that buffer you miss from vigor

[@SpitzkopfRandy]

Even with 60 vigor and the proper defense talisman, endgame areas/bosses can still obliterate you much easier compared to DS3 or DS1.

[@LunaGladius]

Was not expecting a Vsauce

[@rain89skarlet80]

the problem why people dont care much vigor is simply...they want use or try out weapons they find and you always need other stats for this but vigor is never a requirement for anything thats why its overlooked

[@Camohflage]

again great video i love the informational + comedy style content you do please keep it going i watch every single one of these

[@thespecialedwards2133]

Ranni should react to the elden ring tome of knowledge part 2, its a massive info dump about pvp and fighting jn elden ring and probably the closest thing to an official pvp guide from fromsoft

[@arcanaido6415]

At 7:34 Ranni was a bit of a tsundere hehe. Also nice way to convince your dearly tarnish to have more "vigor" hehehe

[@unidime3217]

nice seeing you gaining subscriber, i was there on a early stage of your channel and i can say it's only getting better and better

[@Ortorin]

My very first playthrough I made sure to have 30 vigor before fighting Margit. Idk, seems like a good breakpoint for the early game.

[@Monarch616]

Just found your channel, it’s funny asf and very helpful too. Please keep it up!

[@craigplant6739]

Honestly love your vids. Information center learned soo much from them. 👊

[@GloomzyLion]

This is by far one of the best explanation videos I have ever seen about Elden Ring! Tysm!

[@michaelscalia7080]

In all fairness, pure Vigor is hilariously effective. Just grab the spiked club that heals you per hit, level just enough strength to use it, then max out Vigor. You become unstoppable, and other players legitimately freak out when they see you eat 1500 damage and your health bar only drops to half, or when they bleed you and see something like 2000 HP disappear, but you're just still gunning straight for them.

[@roaringlaughter3812]

The great star? Even better if you use the endure or prayer strike and get it all back while you bonk em😂

[@FoodKingWolfie]

My first 30 points in my astrologer went 10 to vigor, 5 to endurance, 5 to mind, and 10 to int. A bit more equip load for armor, a bit more damage, but MUCH less squishy than ignoring vigor.

[@Terminalsanity]

Stat investment priority for me goes Vigor, Endurance, Your chosen build focused stat, or/then Dex (for reasons that I hope are obvious)

[@TheRealSinful]

if you level dex over 60 just admit you're a femboy

[@avopeac6300]

faith where

[@Terminalsanity]

@@avopeac6300 that falls under "Your chosen build focused stat"

[@scorcher117]

@@avopeac6300 "Your chosen build focused stat"

[@Slaikkarinaj]

What are the hopefully obvious reasons?

[@jamessikes5369]

Love your videos. However I must say, the background music (FFX "the wandering") brings back a lot of memories so much so that its for me not only distracting but sad for me to hear...I do love the song though

[@Buffer51]

So glad I found this channel. Most entertaining channel i've seen for ages 😁

[@baron3904]

Shamshir with the Holy Blade AoW is so solid. Respect seeing you use it. Its so clutch in the back pocket on my Str/Faith build

[@L1v1ngDeAdGirl]

I learned from a video I watched a while ago that weapon upgrades will always beat out having 40+ damage stat. The damage from an upgraded weapon will easily outperform levels. Plus it lets you slam health or stamina/mind for more overall attacks/dodges.

[@PatronusGaming83]

I thought Vigor was Dr. Frankensteins assistant? You know "Vigor, bring me the brain" 🤔

[@OnlyWaifuYT]

Lmao

[@diezelfunk]

That was clever.

[@PatronusGaming83]

@@diezelfunk 😆

[@scurrathetrickster6879]

if you really want 99 vigor you can always get 54 str heavy infused alternatively magic and miracle user can both get 60vig and 80 dmg stat for lvl 138

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

i've never once seen someone eat food as awkwardly as in that stock-clip at the end.

[@AegisKHAOS]

Bought ER a few days after launch, and as it was my first Souls game, watched some vids and leveled vigor under the advice of said vids especially since I started as a samurai. Given the reputation of Soulsborne games being hard, I took no chances. Turned out it was nowhere as bad as it sounded, but having died alot, I was still happy for taking the advice. 🍗

[@ConnerFoxall]

Yeah souls games aren’t nearly as hard as people say

[@K42013]

I have 99 Vigor. One tips I learn from Dark Soul is that upgrading your weapon is the good way to increase your damage output.Once it start to scale well you can start to increase the associated stat.

[@NickHunter]

99 vigor is pointless, you'd see much better returns by putting points in endurance and strength to increase your base defences vs the tiny amount of hitpoints you get

[@K42013]

@@NickHunter I did not Say than everyone should go to 99 ... It's a level 250 character.

[@armandowillem]

Before Ranni was a doll she had 99 Vigor. That's why it took a frickin Death Mark ritual to kill her body. Now she has infinite Vigor. She can't be damaged. I needs me a force field and the Thanos snap like the Blue Waifu.

[@eloquent2200]

Great explanation. Thanks!

[@axis8396]

PVE you can definitely get away with 30~40 for a good while, I believe that's 1450 or so. Throw on decent armor like Cleanrot and you're pretty well off for pretty much the entire early game

[@user-jr3zr2mp9c]

40 vigor is fine until you start to see snow, then its 55 vigor time

[@multifleks]

​@@user-jr3zr2mp9cwhy not 60? Radagon's Soreseal moment?

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

@@user-jr3zr2mp9c That is a waste of stats. You can do cool things with lower vigor. If you kill the enemy fast, you do not need to live a hit.

[@Ikaros---]

@@user-jr3zr2mp9c I beat the game with 30 vigor as my first souls-like. Definitely requires understanding stats though. I was stacking buffs like crazy and using ritual shield talisman as well as making sure to take the most efficient damage type for my build (either sacred, flame art or frost). Definitely got a lot of use out of the physick flask as well. My strategy basically revolved around tanking one hit, then healing to full with great heal or a single crimson flask, and letting erdtree's blessing handle the rest. I only used a shield for 2 bosses, and was always medium rolling. It was definitely a challenge, but I feel the game is more fun if you have to use everything at your disposal rather than just brute forcing.

[@coellucio4689]

I played a pure vigor and Strength build in my first playthroug and i loved it. Sadly i later needed a Guide to find Fortissax for the Trophy and was therefor way to overlevelt for him to really enjoy the fight😢

[@SketchSkarLive]

fortissax is so out of the way that I think most people are overleveled just by showing up to his arena anyway

[@cptfreeman8966]

What level did you stop leveling at?

[@coellucio4689]

@@cptfreeman8966 I finished my first run with around Level 130 but now im in my eightth run so im Level 386

[@meathir4921]

Fortissax ain’t worth fighting on par mate it’s a shit fight.

[@iMoD190]

everyone is always overlevelled for Fortissax. he has an unusually small health pool for his position in the game.

[@capybara8265]

Love the XQC cameo at 2:19

[@AgionAgion]

Always level that Vigor. No matter the game, souls or soulslike. You gonna die anyways, so improve the room for error. Except gravity. Damn messages.....

[@F0xdash]

that's very educational! i'm playing this game for the first time and i didn't knew this! thank you! i'mma have a chat with that knight at the gate on the begining, he's draining my HP and Vigor pretty fast! now he'll get what's coming! (i always kill him with sneak, now i wanna tango with him seriously!)

[@FaeAvalon]

Taking me to school! Still early on in my first playthrough, thank you for that valuable info ❤

[@dean7920]

ah yes, this is why I watch your videos. Biology lessons :)

[@RikuMatsuoSF9]

I didn't know that 😂. I started with leveling up my main offensive for a bit, then find a weapon I'd like to use - leveling up until I met the requirement, THEN stamina & vigor.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

Mommy Ranni did that astrologer dirty with that nose.

[@741podnammoc]

See I like this video with the light number crunching and diminishing returns evaluation. It would have been interesting to see how flask upgrades effected this. Because at lvl 30 for around 1402 for only vigor (depending on class), that's around 2 crimson right? And I think with Limgrave(4), Lurnia(3), and Caelid(1) should get you to a plus 8 flask, so you're overhealing at that point. Of course having more vigor to ignore getting one-shot or allowing for more tries is helpful, and idk where to find all the bosses damages per attack, but at least you can sort of calculate your flasks easier. Additionally that allows for blues to be easier to consider for healing spells I think? I'm still sort of getting a better grasp on the mechanics so please bear with me.

[@Gensolink]

I leveled at around 20 for my first playthrough then I quickly realized that it was not enough for most of elden ring since hp gain per point was nerfed. Now I just go vigor and minimum stats for weapons. I tend to disregard vigor in full mage builds tho

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

I saw your short about vigor and started dumping all my stats into vigor. The game is dramatically easier now that i can survive a hit in a boss fight . Its dramatically easier to learn their move set now and i dont feel punished for trying to parry and failing at it. Im fine failing to parry a player but when a boss will kill me in one hit for daring trying to learn it, it just sucks. Completly changed the pace i can play the game. Thank you

[@zackstrife7891]

Vigor is definitely a priority for me. During a run I choose a favorite weapon meet the minimum requirements work on upgrading it and then I pump vigor and endurance till vigor is at soft cap and only after do I worry about scaling. (Melee build)

[@KingSolstice621]

im absolutely adoring this character model.

[@proto-type3201]

I just recently played ds1 for the first time and mostly focused on vigor. I could just havel tank almost every damn boss. even artorias and kalameet were no problems because of the amount of vigor I had

[@ericfrancisco6615]

For a moment there I thought I accidentally tapped on a Roanoke video when the biology talk kicked in.

[@victoriesd5819]

As a mage enjoyer I usually try to get my INT around the 40 mark and then try pumping up my vigor, this varies depending on the spell selection my build has E.G. my Cryomancer aims for 36 INT since it allows me to use every cold sorcery minus Ranni's Dark Moon. One thing unmentioned in this video is yes weapon scaling is poo poo at low levels, however a mage with the Meteorite staff doesn't have to level the weapon to get an S scaling so if you found it early like I did on my first playthrough leveling you INT over VIG becomes viable however the only reason I stopped at 40 VIG on my first playthrough was purely because I didn't know the cap was now 60 :P

[@chriscabrera830]

Thank you very much, this is very helpful and I’m not really that good at the game, and while I am at the end of the game I only got as far as I have because of my friend and I’d like to try to get better so they don’t have to keep on babysitting me so much.

[@741podnammoc]

The whole chicken thing has me thinking: 'where's this going? *narrows eyes is this an ad read?'

[@duncant3233]

helping my bro and my friend start their journey through the lands between I have them get their vigor to 20 before anything else. This gives them a way way easier time in the early game tanking hits from various enemies to help them learn their moves and to be able to counter them through quite a few more punches to the face. You cant learn anything except dodge if you die in 1 hit.

[@Kristalya]

Informative and legendary! 💙🌟👑🌟💙

[@NPC_maga]

Doctor and chemistry major here: while bone is approx 50% comprised of protein, this protein only forms a very loose scaffolding for what we commonly called "bone matrix", which is the acellular and "boney" part of the bone, which is composed primarily of a compound called calcium hydroxyapatite, which is a VERY dense (relative to the human body) material that gives bone its rigidity and strength. So what I'm saying is that you should be smart, and consume your calcium. Being smart is linked to intelligence. And being intelligent would result in one also being very dexterous, such that you can adapt to the many variable life (or Elden Ring) might throw at you). And I think we all know what an high int/dex build looks like: MOONVEIL

[@katanadragon]

Why would I ever level vigor? If you aren't dying from a swift breeze, then you aren't playing the game right!! Beating the game bare handed with no levels and no glitches is the way the game was meant to be played. If you do it any other way you are immediately wrong, smelly, and a redditor. (Yes, this is satire)

[@MehlDragon]

While I do level vigor I do at times wish Elden Ring did have a similar leveling mechanic that Dark Souls 2 (yes, bringing up the black sheep of the family) had where leveling any stat also raised HP but leveling the HP stat raised it far more so it was still worth investing at least some points in. Would lower the skill floor of glass cannon builds while still keeping the ceiling nice and high. Regardless if you are PVPing better to go more into vigor than damage since one shotting enemies is better suited for parts of the game where the internet doesn't decide if your attack lands on not.

[@Freyafanboy90]

Well crap I've built up my vig to 55. Didn't know the soft cap was 60. Guess I should level up my str and dex. Going for a quality build myself. Always works. Also love the outro music, so calming and helps to quickly reflect on what was said.

[@itzsanchez93]

Keep it at 55. That’s what I do. I’ve tested 50/55/60. The difference from 55 to 60 is very minuscule a little less than 100 hp. Better hitting other soft caps. Or mind/endurance for hybrid builds or just more equipment load. Not saying you shouldn’t hit 60. But it’s not gonna be a big difference

[@VeraTepes]

When I first started, I didn't update Vigor because I was new and did a balance build. Now that I'm better, I learned I definitely need to MAKE A BUILD. Now I'm able to go toe to toe with a maxed level dude at only level 105.... as long as our weapons are equally leveled. Like a +5 against a +5.

[@GrandLynx-kp2zi]

I was doing a battle mage build with Melee Sorceries and i focused on Vigor to start because Carian Slicer can be used early on too

[@mohramdhan707]

Me leveling vigor to tank the damage when panic rolling while having big shield on my left hand

[@Grim_666-]

I’m honestly gonna max out both Vigor and Intelligence. It’s gonna take awhile but it’ll be worth it

[@SketchSkarLive]

basically high vigor is pog and although you can get talismans and armor to reduce damage it will not substitute for having high health and leveling for damage isnt worth it anyway because the benefit of upgrading those weapons instead will give you much more damage and allow you to level something like vigor to tank more hits in my first playthrough maybe second I leveled vigor very little and felt that having armor and talismans that reduced damage was good enough but after my third playthrough where attempted to solo all the bosses meaning no summons I realized that sometimes using those talisman slots to increase damage is MUCH more worth your time to reduce the amount of time youre in the fight and still having the hp to keep you alive even though you arent relying on dragoncrest talismans or whatever now I level to 40 vigor first

[@thenekokatze1141]

7:21 that part always get me

[@ableponce8599]

Great video as always ✌ I will be amazed if any one comes up with an argument to this video lol, it can't get any better than this explanation fr.

[@lagideath]

While I agree with everything in the video and am not a ranged mage myself, something important that was left out of the theorising was spell requirements. A mage doesn't just put points into Int to get more damage but also to be able to use spells in the first place. Some of the most basic spells already require 20 to 30 Int to be useable so a mage that does not want to just spam Pebble will have to invest into Int early on to get a larger selection of spells. That of course does not mean they are forced to neglect Vigor but unlike melee build that can largely reach requirements by simply two-handing a weapon and sometimes putting maybe 5 points into Dex, mages will have to spread out their stats more at the start of the game to be able to use some spells at all.

[@4137Swords]

DS3 and Elden Ring are the first games that I actually felt like I needed to level Vigor, and man, what a game changer. The difficulty difference between getting one-two shot vs three-four shot is crazy. It just doesn't feel good or fun if you die so easily.

[@kodeyPodey]

Even though I subscribe to the mindset of “just don’t get hit” in PvP and use the feather talisman, I still fuck up or end up fighting a Chinese player. Always have vigour.

[@nahelbeuk]

It's funny that people who put everything in int are actual smooth brains.

[@neatgamer]

I feel like onlywaifu gonna start a new channel about health

[@KinaIchi]

As a Junior in high school, the biology part made me smile because I just made an A on a test about macromolecules that included Protains. :)

[@robiocraft2383]

Ok, I'll admit I was playing Elden Ring till morning on a school night

[@foamyejay]

FFX music in the background is *chefs kiss

[@visisydandthevoid]

This is great advice for new players. Obviously i didn't know any of this tho two years ago when i started 😅

[@KnifesIOS]

Yet everyone cried when adp was the most important stat in ds2

[@KaletheQuick]

Would you perhaps be interested in making a video about how the weapons work? I am a game developer and I've heard things like scaling and motion values, and I think I've got a grasp on it. But seeing as you are an immortal spirit possessing a doll I figured you would explain it best.

[@thecatattheend2250]

I'm learning all my info from this channel from now on. Also, it's important to note Mage builds must also put some pts into Strength... to carry around their heavier heads! 😎

[@ImNotFine44]

Put it in dex so you can cast faster

[@smokinggnu6584]

Or, more practically, so you can use that Dark moon Greatsword you get with Rannis' quest. First playthrough was a mage, had a staff in one hand and the Greatsword in the other.

[@spinner520]

Wasn't expecting science lesson

[@tanakisoup2246]

Cool point, counter point, I need a bunch of strength to use the Greatsword

[@scorcher117]

"You don't need HP if you don't get hit" *Counterpoint* "You aren't good enough to avoid being hit"

[@BUZZKILLJRJR]

Yeah I figured that out when I was playing that I was getting hit and knocked down so quick and since I started in faith but went Arcane more later on in the game I had my Vigor up to 40 very early and was able to heal through it being a faith Arcane build 42 vig at the end.

[@asraarradon4115]

I... thought that was going to go into a HelloFresh ad at the end there.

[@TheR3alRyan]

You can +9 any somber weapon before fighting anything. I didn't touch vigor into after i was in the capital because i was struggling with godfrey a bit.

[@brennanmarsh1572]

I didn't level Vigor as much as I should have and eventually got fed up with how much I was getting destroyed so i decided to go with trying to max out my damage with absolutely nothing in vigor... this was on my way to the haligtree. the lightning balls, albinauric archers, and oracle envoys taught me a very valuable lesson.

[@exquisitedoomlapointe185]

There's also the fact that you're increasing your healing efficiency by decreasing overhealing losses. But i'm also a giant proponent of high absorption without shields for PVE, with buffs it's possible to gain over 80% absorption which on top of vigor is also increasing the power of your heals really enabling tank play trivializing the entire game through trading blows. Besides, melee doesn't tend to respond that strongly to scaling and most ashes cap out at 50 of a stat.

[@LegendaryArmorShlepnir]

Lmao I love how she greets everyone as a different food item every video 😂

[@randomnothingness6557]

Can't wait to be called a pierogi next

[@danielhoward9729]

This is Dark Moon number crunching. Listen to the Witch.

[@Sleepless_Sam]

May as well start me at 40 vigor. Im immediately going to Greyoll's Dragonbarrow for it anyways.

[@prozoomy3588]

Its very doable to with 40vig

[@ZebraOnYourNose]

Ranni screaming VIGOR CHECK was my favorite part

[@TheGostalex]

Thank you for your advice i recently destroyed some of my friends in a "friendly" invasion.

[@MarianoPena-id1jz]

Finally, I will be able to get through the soldier of godickrsk. Thank you elder rining community

[@SpiritJellyfish1]

That start was legendary😂

[@p3stil3ntial59]

I first leveled vigor to 15 until I reached Lyndell through the magma wyrm entrance. It wasn't my priority until that point because I kept specializing faith and dmg reduction. But when I was fighting the wyrm I realized 65% off 800 damage leaves me eating 200. So I made sure to level vigor every 5 levels then on. Lesson well learned.

[@Kaazeda]

Vision of joy ! Therefore, Praise OnlyWaify !

[@darkdeath47xxx]

my first play through i lvl up intelligence and vigor both so i was good to go and that was my staff i used 😅

[@averysketchygamer3241]

Now we need a video explaining why my 40 Endurance stat investment was a fantastic idea

[@Shaovv]

7:43 But... you can't become a glass cannon in Elden RIng... you can be just glass 💀