Ranking ALL Build Types In Elden Ring! Which Build Should You Use? Patch 1.13

[@Moonlight-sigma]

Rank all stonesword key gates

[@rjs9228]

That feels like a job for Rusty

[@johnnycool4549]

Actually not even a bad idea cause some are way more worthwhile than others.

[@J31]

Rank the types of grass by region

[@emperorender8201]

Leave that task to Rusty

[@scrimblocoded]

rustycore

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

STR/FTH basically gives you access to like a large portion of the weapons in the game

[@joaofalcao4254]

The sweet spot for me was 80 faith; 54 str; 22 dex to get access to the vast majority of weapons in the game. Depending on your starting class you could also use some of the STR/int weapons. So fun and versatile

[@Esteban-nk3nm]

​​@@joaofalcao4254Yeah because weapons like the Ruins greatsword tend to have low int requirements, which is very convenient, especially compared to their stage counterparts that can require 60 int just to use.

[@Zayd-bg1pt]

@@joaofalcao4254at that point you’re at something like level 220 and you don’t really have a build anymore

[@joaofalcao4254]

@ thanks for the input, i don’t care 👍

[@Zayd-bg1pt]

@@joaofalcao4254 cared enough to reply

[@danielbaseball6811]

STR/ARCANE is the funnest I've ever had. Spec into a little Faith as well and you can have an unreal RL150 build. Awesome video as always.

[@tytar1037]

Yeah this build was good before the DLC. But man, str/arc is insane now. Blood infused Bloodfiend arm or sword lance is incredibly stupid. Shoutout to blood infused pickaxe with wild strikes to carry me through the dlc on NG7

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

@@tytar1037 dang pickaxe that good?

[@John.Cambrian]

They also forget to mention powerstance bleed Beastman's curved sword and powerstanced gargoyles twinblades is some of the most broken builds in the game.

[@danielbaseball6811]

@@John.Cambrian Absolutely, those are both in my repertoire. Also the Great Katana's are also great. Just so many viable options.

[@miramichi30]

So I'm rather new to the game, but not Fromsoft games. Isn't the fact that many bosses are immune to status effects a rather big downside to this build. The boss I had the most trouble with so far was the Full Grown Fallingstar Beast. One reason I think I found it so hard is that I'm playing a quality build with Bloodhounds Fang, and the beast is immune to bleed. That boss had me raging.

[@benro6564]

Strength + faith in elden ring is my favorite build in the series

[@Esteban-nk3nm]

Same

[@Stoic_Persistence]

yes absolutely

[@Stoic_Persistence]

yes my favourite is a maliketh build with incantations

[@rubub8455]

gif of buzz lightyear in an aisle full of buzz lightyears

[@Broskee2]

Did he make a vid?​@Stoic_Persistence

[@Solaronix3]

Youve outyapped yourself 🔥🔥🔥

[@smoothyodaproductions4373]

Youwy outyapped yourself

[@Flutter8utter]

Yapwy

[@beydey2647]

Don't you DARE approach Youwylla the Yap

[@aurelioalvarez8694]

er

[@EIfric]

​@aurelioalvarez8694 ur beautiful

[@Nikarus213]

Imagine a yap session with Youwy and Leda

[@BraedanTan]

Was waiting for this list 👍

[@spicygaming3783]

Elden ring is 100% the easiest souls game IF you actually use everything at your disposal, its so damn easy, they give you SO many options to kill everything

[@1400-h9r]

Exactly. Malenia and Consort are the two hardest bosses they’ve ever made if you play the game traditionally, but there’s far too many ways to break the game for it to matter:

[@lotusinn3]

Yep. Precisely why it’s amazing.

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

blasphemous blade. but people say you havent really beaten the game

[@complexcayman]

@@deathandrebirth-y8xthe credit scene show you you beaten the game or not, not those people

[@justifano7046]

@@lotusinn3 amazing? No that's a terrible balancing issue. The game shouldn't be mind numbingly easy because you used items the game gives you. Imo, it shines a pretty big light on the poor difficulty balancing. Thr enemies quite literally aren't designed to combat a player using their inventory.

[@papermachete8071]

Honestly, endurance is an underrated stat

[@spartanthingy7326]

80 endurance build is so good

[@papermachete8071]

@@spartanthingy7326 don't go 80. Way past the soft cap 😭

[@UndeadGeneral27]

@@papermachete8071 90 endurance goes hard

[@willbenton6419]

50 end 👍

[@H0ll0WxW0lF]

Ƴøu ønłƴ need Endurance if your planning øn running away.,Like a pussy. GIT GUD!!

[@joels5150]

Given that among the 8 base game finger seals and the 3 additional DLC seals, none of them scale with Dexterity at higher than a D; I can only assume FromSoft felt that because DEX is the stat that increases casting speed (until you hit 70 effective points), having it also scale the seal’s damage in any noticeable way would make it ‘OP’. This is the only rationale that makes sense to me 🤷‍♀️. I thought it might have just been an oversight in the best game, but the fact that they didn’t give a DEX scaling DLC seal made me pretty confident that it was intentional game design.

[@aayushdasgupta9754]

Its not just that. They wanted to balance what each build will get out of faith. Strength has a good seal, so good (actually kinda bad) spell damage. Dex has faster weapons, so it will benefit a lot from weapon buffs using a normal faith seal. So what about projectile options on a Dex build? Bows, Storm Blade, Beast Roar. Honestly even on a strength build Storm Blade will often work better than a spell.

[@aayushdasgupta9754]

Intelligence is meant to be a pure build or an equal Int Faith. So no Strength Int Staff, or Dex Int Staff.

[@tahaelhour690]

to be fair, dex builds have bolt of gransax, that stuff is better than any projectile spell in this game except for night comet. they don't really need ranged options.

[@sinxsideways5900]

​@@tahaelhour690 rings of spectral light and thorns are great.

[@Mancub199]

I’m so glad someone finally gave worthy attention to the magma wyrm scalesword. This is my favorite weapon bar none.

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

its got the magma talisman. does the two handed work with it.

[@ewanjohnston5947]

Two handed doesn't work with skills or crits

[@thom2331]

Also regarding FTH/ARC, the Flowerstone Gavel is an arcane scaling weapon that decreases all forms of lightning damage, meaning you can make spells like Ancient Dragon's Lightning Strike, aka one of the best spells in the game, that much more insane (especially if you use the priestess heart). Or if you have a ton of Arcane you can just keep spamming the weapon skill since it's also lighting-based.

[@Dragofrost7777]

You can also use Bayle's Flame Lightning if you want to stay dragon communion based for more traditional FTH/ARC

[@andrewturbett3766]

Decreases lightning damage negation*

[@Whiterun_Guard69]

Meteorite staff should have str scaling, B in str and A in int would be good since you can't upgrade the staff

[@codybeck371]

strength/faith/arcane is the absolute best. 54 str, 45 arcane, and 25-30 faith. Best weapons in the game plus access to some of the best incants

[@kerkertrandov459]

40 vigor 25 end 45 str 45 arc 30 faith plus starting mind/dex/int is like 210 rune level, it's prob the best build altho if u go 45 dex instead of str u get faster casting speed for ur spells

[@NamelessGR]

Dragon communion chads 🔛🔝

[@Opusssss]

mixing dragon communion and dragon cult whilst wearing some drake knight armour atm 🔥🔥

[@fazlxD]

whats a good optimal arcane build revolving around dragon communion for level 150? stats wise and starting class?

[@NamelessGR]

​​​​​​@@fazlxD prophet starting class , 60 arc, at least 30 faith , 36 for knights lightning spear and around 343 incantation scaling, around 30 mind ,12 str and 18 dex for access to the majority of bleed weapons and around 50 vig ,the rest in end , talismans flocks,roar,faithful,blue dancers for dragon form,lord of blood/kindred of Rot for physical spell boost, greyrolls for debuff,dragonmaw for main spell and egzykes/frost breath for status

[@davidmacy411]

The dragon spells make the game trivial from the start. DCS is in the first location you see. Roar enhance medallion is in the mines next to where you fight your first dragon. If you make the easy ride to Caelid's dragon shrine, you start the game then with Rotten Breath which is a dps that transcends levels. Kill the Moonveil wyrm and you now have a heart to get Dragonsmaw. Congrats you practically just beat 90% the game with just these items.

[@scatterstheclouds8199]

@@NamelessGR343?!?

[@hellixdiscord7041]

STR/INT is insanely good with a greatshield. Poke small enemies to death, kill big ones with Shard Spiral (it demolishes them even with only 50 int). Cold infusion for good scaling + frostbite.

[@tytar1037]

Scholars shield is really

[@lotusinn3]

@@tytar1037Is really?

[@tytar1037]

@@lotusinn3 Good😂 my bad

[@redviper57]

​@@tytar1037true it really is really.

[@lotusinn3]

@@tytar1037 🤣

[@Devine_Bird_Warrior]

At high level (250) I’m a arcane/str/faith build now and it’s the best thing ever for exactly why you said

[@johndang55]

Dexterity primary/ faith secondary. Access to keen, lightning, max cars speed for quick incantations and buffs made it really good for buff builds that utilised bestial vitality, golden vow, black flame protection and barrier of gold.

[@scumbagnamechooser]

Plus Godslayer Greatsword which is OP, Bolt of Gransax from range (that melts bosses that stays in water like Rellana, and the Hippos) , all the Flame Art Infusions on Dex weapons

[@AlbinoMutant]

With reference to your dex/arcane comments, with high dex you have the best projectile in the game, bolt of gransax weapon art. There is no other projectile that comes close, lightning damage, long range, boosted by Godfrey icon AND Alexander shard. One shotting world mobs from across the map. Works on bosses too.

[@scumbagnamechooser]

You forget the Lightning Scorpion and Cracked Tear. If the boss stays in the water like Rellana with a charged bolt you deal a shit ton of damage.

[@ultra9439]

As for the clawmark seal for those whom may not know, if two-hand the seal it increase the incant scaling like weapons do for AR.

[@DaShogun999]

Do the other seals do that too? Like does the gravel seal double the lightening incant boost?

[@ultra9439]

@@DaShogun999 No, only strength scaling item do so unfortunately.

[@matthewsteele3463]

str/int has the rosus's axe & onyx lord's sword as well, which both have uniquely strong weapon arts. Doing the build right now and both of those weapon options are actually quite strong as just weapons as well.

[@NinjAaaron87]

This has set the bar for what good looks like. Thanks for taking the time to make this!

[@themuffinprincesa21]

A key thing to note when talking about the pure casters, the seal bonuses stack. So a golden order might do more than a erdtree seal, but dual using something like 2 fire giant seals if you're going into those incants will still do more damage due to the % multipliers stacking

[@Kayra5138]

3:25 this weapon is underrated. over 1k AR with ash of war, good moveset, frostbite... what else you want from a greatsword. and looks cool af

[@tuckddd9]

Str/Arc has been so hard from me to move from. Zweihandr claymore with bleed affinities proc in like 2 hits it’s so cold

[@mfspectacular]

dont forget the occult warped axe & giant crusher 😂 the marais straght & great blender swords too

[@alexhenry9586]

My new favorite character is named Heldoc. He's a 175 lava sorcery build that duel wields the gelmir staff and rocks the talisman of dread

[@ivanvoloder8114]

Int/arc has Maternal staff which is the new Lusat Staff but without 50% extra fp. Not to mention it boosts one of the best sorceries in the game( Finger Sorceries). Not saying that int/arc doesn't do good dmg is completly false.

[@Watchdual]

Crazy how Dex/Int was ranked #2 last time and now it’s a lot lower. Same with Dex/faith and Dex/Arcane. Guess they just got very little support in the DLC since they were already so good.

[@mfd8346]

Int / Str is incredible if you do L2 all the time instead of spells. And Quality is amazing becuase Storm Blade and Square off can carry you thru the entire game.

[@scumbagnamechooser]

@Tom-gp9tm Two Cold Great Stars are a menace. You destroy things with a coulple of Jump+L1. They are almost too good and the health regen makes you really tanky as well!

[@bigbosschaddy]

My str int build with cold iron greatsword is amazing.

[@Soulofagreathero]

Hey !!!! Perfect - Perfect - Perfect video at the PPPppperfect time ! Been trying out so many builds lately and hit a snag but this will help tremendously to keep everything in one place to refer to. Thank you !

[@ChildOfYarnham]

Can you just rank the fashion already? It’s all that really matters in this game.

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

nox top tier

[@AarenDecker-z5t]

Pure Arcane is what im playing with now and it is very fun, duel wielding Occult vulgar militia saws shred.

[@arara7713]

18:58 crabs are resistant to magic damage tho, major downside of pure int

[@lotusinn3]

How often is anyone fighting crabs in this game regardless?

[@AzureBarrage]

@@lotusinn3 fuckin' crab was lookin at me funny like he some bigshot

[@tmb379]

​@@lotusinn3crabs are in every area in the game

[@arara7713]

@@lotusinn3 surely mages seldom

[@harrisoncurtis204]

Really enjoying a fth/dex ancient dragon cult lightning build right now, fast and high damage output

[@lharsay]

8:28 PoD staff has a reverse softcap a 60, apparently going 60/60 is worse than going with either 80/40 or 40/80.

[@craigslaunwhite579]

The Digger staff should’ve a Higher Str scaling this would improve Str/Int builds.

[@echidnaburger02]

As an advocate for Lightning/Bloodflame/Order’s Blade, Dex/Faith is always my go-to build. Truly a shame the DLC didn’t give us a Messmerflame blade for a pure fire buff incant.

[@gopackgo1412]

thanks for updating this

[@magganboi1350]

She elden my ring till im tarnished

[@Hankthomas3]

Breh

[@lrbag8269]

She pegs you?

[@realmccoy1328]

Real

[@David-eo5ik]

bars

[@sicilianmammalian]

I'm tarnished till she elden my ring

[@TimothyGod]

3:13 ruins greatsword is basically str/int blasphemous blade. Has S scaling in str

[@drakusmero104]

The int scaling sucks and the weapon doesn't increase from AR, so its ceiling comes around fairly quickly

[@Snagavitch]

Peaks at like level 70 unfortunately

[@TimothyGod]

​@@Snagavitchah rip

[@J4rring]

str/faith regen build has been doing me so good - double great hammers, one cragged up the other with prayerful strike. so much healing so much poise damage, and if you throw on crucible incantations there's almost no challenges you cant steam roll through

[@joethomas3350]

Just watched your old rankings of these the other day so I’m excited to see what changed since then

[@Aboud24]

Was his old ranking before the dlc comes out?

[@joethomas3350]

@@Aboud24 it was like 2 years ago when the game came out originally

[@TRACTOOOOOOOOOR]

Concise, very objective, love the lists!

[@brianshort5335]

My mind/endurance build carried me through levels 10-11.

[@IIIHUSKIII]

Despite what you claim, a lot of these builds are seemingly ranked by artificially limiting yourself to lvl150, which is 100% only for PvP. Once you hit lvl200 (which should be exceptionally wasy with the addition to the DLC), this list becomes pretty skewed.

[@wispylicious7288]

LETSSS GOO BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR A MINUTE

[@Iron_Immi]

Please rank (tierlist) all consumables both main game and dlc

[@fishnutz5196]

Never Keen infuse on an 80 dex build. Lightning infusion gets you way more damage with almost nothing resisting it. And if they do resist it then you go keen

[@bubbles9649]

This actually isn’t true. By using a lightning affinity on any dex weapon, you get a higher AR at the expense of having a split damage type, which means your damage gets reduced by 2 * (Enemy flat defense). Oftentimes this is high enough to cancel out the AR bonus you get from using a lightning affinity weapon over a keen infused weapon.

[@wr0ngel]

Boss HP% based damage is king, hence Str or Dex + Arc for Bleed, sprinkle on some Faith for buffs and Black flame. ER is as easy or as hard as you make it for yourself.

[@Mizuraka4437]

You putting pve in the title and saying it gains my immediate respec because you acknowledge the difference between both of them. 🎉

[@spairus4492]

Str/Int is not exactly a 1/1 split. What you do is you go 54str and about 20 int give or take, and gain access to all the cool somber weapons like your own recommendation, rosus' axe or meteoric ore blade (and those you mentioned: starscourge, ruins, royal gs, death's poker). Then, for normal weapons you can use all those that retain high str scaling in cold infusion (beastman's cleaver, Greatsword, Iron gs, sword lance, great stars) and you still retain the option to use fire/heavy infusions on faster weapons (nightrider glaive, knight's gs, milady, claymore, lance etc) and even dragon halberd for access to a little lightning dmg. You can even infuse heavy, and use scholar's armament on everything if you want. Shields with scholar's are cracked as well. It's actually quite versatile, and has a cool gravity/cold flavor to it. Sadly, besides the Sword Lance, the DLC didn't really give this build anything good....

[@cqstle-]

Awesome list, awesome creator, awesome chat!

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

You can dual wield Albi staff and LGC to get the increased damage from LGC and the buff from Albi staff for bubbles.

[@scottpavageaux3420]

Great video. Super informative

[@jakely5323]

Youwy drops these videos like his life depends on it

[@Kait07_]

he accepts video requests on his twitch

[@JKingMustang]

I created my own Dex/Faith build so far its okay but man is it cool

[@justhair17]

Dex/Arcane should be much higher on the list IMO. The double bleed curved sword build is still broken and since you cant get 2 scavenger curved swords in one NG, you cant rly do it that well on a pure arcane build. Also, quality is amazing for NG+ imo. Not only does it give you insane AR at that point, its also great as it allows you to use most weapons, which makes NG+ runs more fun. But yeah, its defo suboptimal for the first NG

[@SoI_Badguy]

By the way, you can 2 hand the clawmark seal and the extra strength bonus applies to your incantations

[@Shadowslayer2013]

2:07 brother, I’m pretty sure you meant to say they have no arcane REQUIREMENTS, not scaling. All spells and incantations don’t have scaling, it’s all in the staff/seal you use to cast them

[@hideyasuyuki1]

It’s important to define the criteria when discussing builds. Strength as a stat is better than Dex but that’s about it. Dex has higher AOW damage(per point), way better somber weapons and access to the lightning infusions which is arguably the best in the game. Last but not least Dex builds have amazing synergy with attack talismans. Quality infusion were buffed. The scaling is significantly for certain weapons.

[@clayendfield4850]

I dunno about the rankings for ARC/DEX, DEX/FTH or STR/INT. There's a lot of weapon options for bleed, and a lot of weapon buff potential, especially given that the Blue Dew Talisman pretty much makes Scholar's Armament and Order's Blade permanent buffs. A Keen Black Steel Twinblade buffed with Order's Blade scores around 800 AR with 55 DEX/50 FTH, and it comboes well with Millicent's Prosthesis/Rotten Wing Sword. Stack some Madness on top of that with Mad Hand offhand, Black Dumpling, and Aged One's Exultation + Howl of Shabiri, and you're looking at 1500 AR on a Twinblade. A Twinblade. Don't even get me started on what happens if you go goofy on the buffs too. Two-handed Sword Talisman? Why not. Golden Vow? Meh, but essential if you want a bigger number. 3 pieces of Raksasha Armor? Glass cannon, sure, but the damage adds up. And that blessed Hardtear probably improves the AR to an even more ludicrous degree. STR/INT isn't as ludicrous, but in regards to skill economy, 54 STR + 40 INT is a cheap investment that can get a number of Ultra Weapons over 1000 AR with just Scholars Armament and Two Handing. Plus with the new hornsent helms, the economy is even better than before. A Horned Warrior helm effectively reduces your STR investment to 49, and there's alternative utility in scholar's Shield on a STR build. It's not as insanely powerful as the DEX/FTH build, but it is far more economical and practical. Squeezing that Blue Dew Talisman into your build pretty much guarantees you'll maintain that 1000+ AR. Hell, a Heavy Golem Halberd with Prayerful Strike can get buffed and get one free use of Prayerful Strike every 90 seconds with just the Blue Dew Talisman.

[@viorp5267]

21:00 But when you two-hand a weapon the soft-caps change... and the stats also scales past 100 all the way to 148

[@TheLordofChampions]

Faith/Arcane has pretty much always been my main character's setup with the DC seal and bleed weapons. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@SoulsOfCinder]

btw cleric can be most efficient to be respecced easily for arc/faith pure faith and faith/str

[@sharpnickelz]

Str/Fth is #1 with dual +10 Blasphemous Blades, Rakasha's Armor Set, Fire Scorpion Charm, Talisman of the Dread, Alexander's Shard, Crimson Amber Medallion +2, Margott's Great Rune, Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear, Bloodsucking Cracked Tear, Flame Grant Me Strength, Golden Vow, and Blessing of the Erdtree. Taker's Flame will easily wreck any boss while keeping you healed, and can do decent damage with DW jump attacks with a modest investment into strength and 80 in Faith. You will do even more past L150 with investment into Dex, but not really needed. The higher HP, the more you will heal. Completely breaks the game in every way, even against fast moving bosses. Throw in a Sword of Milos in OH for trash to replenish FP and it is easy mode.

[@AshrafAkbari-i5n]

royal great sword is awesome specially when dealing with knights . clean rot knights . halegtree knights . royal capital knights and those fkn fire knights

[@GodKing-o6i]

Dude do a NG+7 best wapons or builds curious to hear your opinion compared to weapon ar calculator

[@kizmo2317]

Dex/Arc have one excellent ranged option, the Bolt of Gransax. That 40 Dex requirement is why I'm running Dex/Arcane rather than pure Arcane (RL200). The Dex also opens up a few other non-Arc scaling bleed possibilities, especially from the DLC, like Sword of Night and Rakshasa's Katana.

[@burnley95]

Bolt doesnt benefit from arcane at all so that weapon goes better with other weapons. sword of night and rakshasa's are also better in more dex centered builds

[@Thatmonkey2742]

Pure dex my goat

[@erykkierszka8578]

Arcane/faith is the best and most fun to play especially when you cap yourself at level 200 while pure int around 125/150.

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

The Elden Yapper has returned to grant us peak content once more.

[@multifleks]

9:26 Bolt of Granssax and Falx are better on quality build than pure dex, since they also have strength scaling

[@keepitshort4208]

Starting from level 1 and want to go for the faith/arcane, so what should i go with on where to apply points, priority wise ? I prefer it to be where I can use spells and have good weapon selections. Would appreciate your guide

[@ratdoto2148]

If you go pure Dex and don't want to use Ice Spear or a bow, you should probably dip into a bit of Faith like with Strength. Lightning Spear, Black Flame, Flame Sling and Stone of Gurranq all have good range and base damage and a low Faith requirement. The best range option for Dex is still definitely the Ice Spear Ash of War. Ice Spear is actually one of the best ways to deal magic damage in the game and it scales better with Dex on Keen than with Int (and/ or Dex) on Cold or Magic. The reason for this is kinda dumb and very unintuitive, but basically projectile or 'bullet' Ashe's of War have wack damage calculations. Also it does 25 stance damage for some reason.

[@nghiaoanphu9560]

Aside from ice spear, claws of night AoW is second to none for Dex ranged options.

[@ratdoto2148]

@@nghiaoanphu9560 Can only be used on two weapons though.

[@yourdedede0]

Any type of strength build - BONKS for days!!

[@marcuschristoffersen3045]

You forgot about the actual best build in the game, the "713" build 😂

[@AndrewBenningfield-ji3iw]

In the spirit of Sir Gideon, I decided to balance out everything. EVERYTHING. It's great, though it does limit each of my individual stat levels.

[@gowgox9362]

Throwing dagger tier list when?

[@knightgabriel1311]

For str/int you forgot the onyx lord sword, it has a b in str and int, though the skill isn’t quite as good as the alabaster sword

[@metalurgent]

Ranking your build ranking videos

[@ILMANENN]

What do you think is the best early-mid game dmg type? If #1 spot is only good later stages in the game then what is the best before that?

[@abdalla8558]

Great video, very informative, didn’t know dex helps torrent !!

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

lol , the game literally tells you if you hover over what the stats do .

[@crusteater3000]

2:57 unfortunately misinformation, the demi-human queens staff maxed out has a S in int and C in strength scaling

[@lenny792]

@@zisenye3419 That is wrong. Any scaling on seals and staves boost their incantation damage, wether it be strength, dex, faith or whatever. Idk how you came to that conclusion.

[@zisenye3419]

@@lenny792 If you spend just a single minute testing during the past two and half years, you won't post this comment lol.

[@OguzUcarApak]

Great video. One note: the description says "NO DLC BOSS GAMEPLAY", which isn't true in this case, although Youwy is usually good at avoiding spoilers. Just a heads up for new people. Example: 17:55.

[@davidmacy411]

The dragon spells make the game trivial from the start. DCS is in the first location you see. Roar enhance medallion in the mines next to where you fight your first dragon. If you make the easy ride to Caelid's dragon shrine, you start the game then with Rotten Breath which is a dps that transcends levels. Kill the Moonveil wyrm and you now have a heart to get Dragonsmaw. Congrats you practically just beat 90% the game with just these items.

[@pgh3316]

3:07 demihuman staff scales with str/int. With high str low int it is the best staff, and with an even split it's typically at least a good option. Not a great build, but it does have the staff you wanted

[@burnley95]

strength/faith is better if only cus flame grant me strength and golden vow are insanely powerful, no int buff is nearly as good as those two and faith also gets healing and damage reduction spells. strength/int is way worse

[@Shadowslayer2013]

demihuman doesn't scale with strength. no staff has strength scaling for sorcery scaling, all strength does is marginally increase the damage of physically hitting with the staff

[@stayn.mylane]

Strength & dexterity followed up with faith, chefs kiss 👨‍🍳

[@jordanfranks5525]

Maternal staff is pretty good tho - sorcery scaling is pretty high at 413 naturally.

[@runningoutofnames3CS]

Bro is the better Rusty when it comes to making these ranking vids

[@mfd8346]

Rusty is funny misinformation This is is misinformation presented professionally 😂

[@spartan7hk]

Twin blades be slapping for me

[@therrionreff1013]

Love this video

[@austincod21]

The dragons halberd does crazy damage with quality

[@zacherymahoney12]

Power standing on any strength build is easy mode. And it's so far the most fun I've had

[@azurethescaletipper210]

So wait, does a spell really have innate scaling based on the stats that are required to use it? Or is “scaling” here just referring to the requirements to be able to use the sorcery/incantation (for example, does impenetrable thorns’ damage have scaling off of faith alongside the staff’s scaling, or does the damage or other effects scale off of what the staff has)?

[@ivorymask2599]

most spells scale off of a particular portion of your implement's Scaling value seen in the menu, in a sense this is innate scaling. projectile Ashes of War work in a similar way, they scale with a specific portion of your weapon's damage scaling plus upgrade level and benefit little if at all from base damage

[@azurethescaletipper210]

@@ivorymask2599 Ok, so it’s the latter?

[@mfspectacular]

the only spells that scale off anything *but* your seal's incant scaling are both weapons buffs & healing spells, only faith + the better faith scaling seals will make them stronger. Like you can have much higher incant scaling str/arc with the dragon communion seal, but the godslayer (or dryleaf & erdtree seal if you can use them) will still provide a stronger bloodflame blade, heal from afar, etcetc..

[@lharsay]

1:56 Or just pure faith with dual Aberrant Staff.

[@nickgriffin3500]

6:56 in all my 800 hours i never once thought to use lightning attacks on the elden beast. Like were literally staning in a massive puddle and my dumbass pure strength tarnished just chaseing that slug around with a bonk stick

[@Piiavc]

LETS GO INT/CANE BROS, WE GOT BOTTOM OF THE LIST 🎉🎉🎉

[@deathandrebirth-y8x]

were at the top last month

[@hishama2056]

Vigor/Mind build is slept on

[@AxeMain]

Would be cool if there was an inner release ash of war that gave you a big buff with lower int/faith. Pure berserker

[@ludovicacuoghi]

Braggart's Roar?