FINALLY a VIABLE Poison Build ! Poison Moth Flight Buff Elden Ring 1.07 

Build designer here with more tips/modifications (thanks Val for the shoutout!): - If you want to maximize status buildup, go pure Arcane (with 12 str/ 22 dex to two-hand the Nagakiba), and infuse the Poison Moth Flight Nagakiba with Occult. This way, if the Ash of War lands, it's much more likely to proc blood loss and the 'poison explosion' at the same time, for huge burst damage. - Occult infusion does make the Poison Moth Flight Nagakiba less useful for proccing poison itself...But I doubt this matters, since you have better options than the basic Katana moveset for proccing poison anyway. Not to mention, you'll have significantly higher AR with Occult-infusion+Arcane instead of Poison-infusion+Arcane&Dex. - The reason Poison Moth Flight is on the Nagakiba here is that it is (by far) the longest-range weapon that is compatible with that Ash of War. (Just FYI.) - On a pure arcane version of the build, you lose a bit of raw damage with the Blood-infused Endure Venemous Fangs. This is arguably a small downside, but the increased frequency of bleed procs almost certainly makes up for it. The damage of the Viper Bite being reduced is irrelevant since that ash of war is only good for poison procs anyway. - More importantly: On a pure Arcane version of this build, you gain access to a new hardswap for applying regular poison - Ripple Halberd/Blade with Drawstring poison grease! When poison/bleed/sleep greases are applied to this weapon, the status buildup scales with Arcane (S-rank scaling!). This means, at 60 Arcane, these weapons will do over 250 poison buildup in a single swing. This is basically a one-hit poison proc against most opponents. - Swarm Pots and Roped Fly Pots are very good on the pure Arcane version of this build. They trigger massive bleed buildup that scales with Arcane. And since they are consumables, they can be accessed without hardswapping to a weapon with Storm Blade. So if you can free-aim Swarm Pots accurately, they are arguably the optimal punish for when the opponent tries to cure poison with a bolus or spell. There's some juicy irony in punishing someone for healing poison by bleeding them out. - Since you're already speccing into Arcane, equipping the (zero weight) Dragon Communion Seal is a great softswap. With 13 faith, and the faith-knot tear in your Physick (+10 faith), you can cast Ekzykes' Decay. It's very hard to hit you out of the animation if you space it correctly, it can be free-aimed for incredible tracking, and it builds scarlet rot near-instantly. This is another fantastic bolus/heal punish option: there's equally juicy irony in punishing someone for healing poison by scarlet rotting them. - Bloodboon and Swarm of Flies aren't quite as powerful as Ekzykes' Decay, but they're worth considering too, since the space control they offer can help make Poison Moth Flight and Viper Bite easier to land. I would suggest using them in the neutral game, rather than as a bolus/heal punish. Happy hunting, fellow Tarnished!

I am a bit disappointed that the poison moth flight doesn't make you fly, but damage is damage

Instead of digging into occult, just use the poison armament spell on the venemous fang, you should be getting around 145+ poison with only a 10 faith investment, the rest you can put into dex with a keen infusion. Its a surprisingly impressive damage increase.

snake shield also goes well with any thrusting halberd able to inflict poison. it allows to keep your opponents at range and lets you put on a lot of pressure due to the running r1 of the halberd so even if they have poison boluses they wont have much time to use it

It's beautiful how often the opponent feels like they *need to heal right now* and just die for it. That's the beauty of poison (and rot I guess). Also, I was doing some digging in Steelovsky's community about the "fencing greatsword" true combos. Apparently if you swing jumping R1 early, and follow it immediately with a buffered R1 on the ground, it combos. But late jumping R1 puts you in grounded recovery frames too long for the grounded R1 to combo. In any case, getting the combo requires some timing finesse and will sometimes drop on bad connections. (There's also some secret tech people are looking at with jumping R1->block for 1 frame on the ground->grounded R1, which seems to combo sometimes on CGS and regular GS movesets.)

"I respect myself too much to use that piece of shit" ahhahah best comment ever..why they had to create something so anti-fashion for souls...absurd. Make a Snake head, a lizard head, so much stuff...no..let's make a fucking fungus...

It would be cool if in the future we get clothes that deal poison to enemies that get too close, like the butterfly set from DS2

I think poison is op. Try the militia saw occult infused with poison mist. Mushroom crown and rot and bleed ring. 1100ish ar on a halberd hits like a truck.

Love that video. Honestly i am always lookign for fun stuff to try in elden ring and videos like yours help me out so damn much! Thanks for making that content, keep it up!

that shield goes with it perfectly

You don't need Arcane, poison is the easiest status to inflict. Instead take those points and dump them into Endurance up until you hit 50. Then you can wear 3/4 Prelate Armor (Unaltered Chestplate) with the Mushroom Crown. Then you can have both the Kindred of Rot Talisman and Shard of Alexander. As for weapons go for either Hoslow Petal Whip with Poison Affinity or Thorn Whip with Poison Affinity in your LEFT HAND. In your right hand have a Poison Affinity Nagakiba with Poison Moth Flight. In terms of what you put in the Wonderous Physick, I personally went with Winged Crystal Tear (for Light Load) and Opaline Hardtear (for more bulk). As for the other two talismans I went with Pearldrake Talisman +2 and Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman. I also have a full stack of Rot Pots to punish chuggers AND I run the Frenzied Flame Seal with all 5 Frenzied Flame Incantations. My stats Level: 165 Vigor: 60 Mind: 11 Endurance: 50 Strength: 20 Dextarity: 50 Intelligence: 10 Faith: 33 Arcane: 10

oh yeah at 8:40 you need to do the light jumping in order to chain it and not the heavy jumping

Been using this it's sick.

awesome build! the shield is so stylish

Am I the only one that noticed the final fantasy x background music

The serpent bow inflicts deadly poison as well.

Wish they allowed poison moth on Spears at least

DEATH GRIPS EYAAAAA

what armor is this?

Me, who was using PMF from day 1: You, a normie, who uses PMF after a buff cause someone said "OP": brrrrrr

lil B i love you

poison moth is still trash, missing on rolls