Seriously love the adhd fueled guide and build videos you do! Top tier bandit build and if you sup it with bleed arrows for some additional range it’s amazing!
Really appreciate this, I just started playing a few days ago and wasn’t sure how to go about it all 😭 This is my first FromSoft game and I didn’t realize what I was getting into choosing bandit, (though I know I don’t have to stick to it) it’s been kind of rough but I’m determined to finish with my first intentions, I can’t turn back now haha
I'm in the same spot. I went from trying to parry everything with that little shield, to trying to Quickstep and use the reduvia if I got range/room to now going ice/bleed. Hopefully this guide and the buffs make it click!
@@kiwisquid8605 Thanks! I just defeated Godrick yesterday after dying so many times lmfao I was close every time but I’m still not completely used to dodging. I don’t know if it’s just me or my keyboard’s latency 😂 I’m probably on copium, but I was definitely proud of myself when I finally got it.
I did this too lol. After struggling with knives for so long I discovered that I can actually utilize other dexterity weapons instead of just daggers. So now I use a katana and have reduvia on the side for the projectile.
Just have persistence - you don’t need a build to make it (but it can help). Olympic athletes practice every day too! Also the range of daggers is terrible - try curved swords instead, easily obtainable, gives you reach
A few notes 1. In the fort right next to the dragon is the radagon sore seal which gives +5 to your physical stats. 2. When the dragon dies the second it’s health hits 0 turn and horse your way back to grace, if you make it back before it despawns then you can farm it over and over again. 3. Fastest way to kill it is with flail in blood grease or swarm of flies if you want to farm it late game
Further notes: 1. You can't apply ashes of war to Reduvia anyways, even if you wanted to. 2. Dual wielded Katanas do everything this build does, only better and more easily. 3. If you're worried about over applying frost and losing out on damage, it would make far more sense to put the Reduvia in your left hand so that you get more hits with it. Or, run a fire spell of some sort to reset the frost.
Flawless instruction, I had to slow down playback a couple times, but within the hour, I had the dagger, the frost, the turtle and heavy armor. Absolutely beast mode and now I'm heading for the teardrop talisman. Thanks!
What level are you/did you start the guide with? I'm looking to do the same thing, but can't really figure out, if this is just something to do right out the gates or I need to level a bit first?
@@jespervehnmunk8778 I literally started up the game, created the character and did this as soon as I had my steed. Within the hour of creating the character, I had this done.
"Scarlet Rot is like Poison on heroin..." LMAO brilliant. Love this guide, have been playing something similar so far, minus-frost, am having a look into that now though, cheers.
Been playing along these lines, and it’s a blast! Hard on my arthritic hands, but a blast! Before this, I hand played Bloodborne, and loved it also. Started as Astrologer, finally got an Xbox X, and started a Bandit right out of the gate.
@@ThreeMinuteGaming what if you have 2 Reduvias? Would it be possible to put the frost enchantment on one? And have the other one be the main dp weapon while the other one is what triggers the frost?
Still viable? Not nerfed? I’m taking this journey playing a bandit. I know the nerf stick has the ability to take many an item down if advertised too much on you tube.
does this build still work in the latest patch? im missing x2 of the talismans and the mask and its no where near as powerful :( sorry started playing elden ring around a month ago, very new
So I was following this guide and it was smooth sailing until that invasion event. Long story short, it became 1v1 because friend invader died (i relied too much). Enemy and me both need to only land 1 hit to end the fight. And the f*cking nearby dragon fly killed me swooping in like an a**hole. I hope you can imagine my frustration being killed by an insect that is usually harmless.
😂 Same thing happened to me, except i was fighting the dragon nearby that area. Kinda sucked fighting a dragon, and was 1 or 2 hits away from killing it when a dragonfly swooped in and killed me ^^
From the investment mentioned in the video: Max Arcane 25 End to 20 Dex to 40 Vigor and End I am missing how the recommendation of getting Ekzykes's Decay fits as it would need faith 23. Should I invest in Faith from now on?
I just got the Reduvia today, tomorrow I'm gonna grind for the frost daggers. First ever Fromsoftware game and I chose the second hardest class without even knowing 😭 it's cool I ain't changing classes no way! This build is too awesome!
You actually don’t have to get hit at all for the friendly invader to show up. He appears after 30 seconds of the npc invader invades you. So all you have to do is run away or dodge for 30 seconds.
Loved this video. Only thing I'd like to add is if you deal the last few hits to the big dragon while on Torrent, then run for the grace site immediately after the dragon's death twitch, you can keep it alive for further rune grinding. (You should hear the runes arrive just before the screen fades to black if you did it quick enough.) Gives 50K runes without any buffs, 60K with golden scarab talisman, and almost 80 if you add the golden fowl foot on top of it. Hope someone finds this useful lol
Tip: You can save a few minutes when you arrive near Liurnia Academy on the middle of the map, instead of following the whole pink line you can get teleported near the objective (you'll be teleported 1 grace before the objective (smith guy Iji) where you can also get the map for the region) if you reach for the small circle on the map southeast of the 4th arrow indicator of the pink line. Pause at 6:25 and check the map.
More detail tips: - Shoot the ballons with your starting bow while traveling to Iji, enough easy runes to not have to do the Night Cav cheese - Dont buy the +4 somber off Iji, instead get it from the corpse north east to him at the valley entrance (with the giant land squirts leading to the Altus passage) Also maybe suicide run through Faroth to get Radagons seal and then go light roll instead with only a bit of endurance investment (personal preference).
you can jump any height down and take no damage at all if you are jumping on that air thrusting thing. so it not only helps us jump in air but also makes us possible to take 0 dmg when you jump there.
I like the blue dancer talisman and running around nude with this build. Also you should definitely keep buckler in a free slot as bucklers parry is insane versus some bosses.
I was using a moonveil+4 and meteor blade +5. now tried bloodhound claws+6 with a frost infusion and they do more dmg than the dual katana and they ignore shields. still having 30 int, 15 str 18 dex. frost/bleed is amazing.
I recently started playing Eldenring. For me its kinda the first souls game i really play. I played a bit of Sekiro and Bloodborn, but just 1 or 2 hours. I started with several characters and i thought why not try Bandit, because i love this playstyle. Then i saw your video and it helped me a lot. As a beginner with these games, it was a pain in the ass to get everything, but it was definitely worth it! Thanks for this amazing guide ❤️
For those struggling against the bloody finger, you can spend one level to get 10 strength and then use a mace, whilst that is happening you can spin the mace and get some good bleed and solo afterwards
Wretch on elden ring is so much easier than the equivalent in prior games, if anyone has ever avoided it because it has a difficulty reputation, then reconsider, it’s extremely easy
You could swing by Caelid's rot pool and pick up the Rot Dog ashes to have a rot option early. Another speedrunner esque option is to die to the Raya Lucario Iron Maiden by being eaten, then head over to the Swamp Castle in Altas plateau and beat the pvp invader for rotspur.
The friendly invader spawns after a short time, you don't have to get hit 珞. Also when the invader gets low enough he will heal himself, just do a quick weak attack and it interrupts his heal.
Alternative to great dagger. Help needed! Read below :) Found some claws, that seems to "out-stat" the great dagger. Str E, Dex C (identical). Physical 89 (beats 75) Critical 110 (identical) Causes blood loss buildup 60 (beats 38) Wouldn't that be an even better fit for the frost damage mod?
Still works, but you have to do it differently, I did it yesterday. You can make him fall from the cliff behind the bridge if you let a gap between you and him, because he'll make a jump attack. Problem is, he won't leave his bridge to this side, what you have to do is make him chase you to the top of the hill, until he respawns on the bridge, and then go back to the cliff, after that he won't despawn and you'll be able to kite him near the cliff where if you time it right, he'll jump and die.
The friendly invader spawns after a short time, you don't have to get hit 🤗. Also when the invader gets low enough he will heal himself, just do a quick weak attack and it interrupts his heal.
noob question here: after the first initial knife combo attack (L1) is it ok to switch to shield for defence in big fights or does that defeat the purpose of this dual dagger build? Got my reduvia to +9 and my great knife to +16 but I’m still grinding on my core stats
You actually don’t have to get hit at all for the friendly invader to show up. He appears after 30 seconds of the npc invader invades you. So all you have to do is run away or dodge for 30 seconds.
The friendly invader spawns after a short time, you don't have to get hit . Also when the invader gets low enough he will heal himself, just do a quick weak attack and it interrupts his heal.
how am I supposed to get out of the area where I get teleported by the chest? I can't teleport to anywhere else on the map :( nevermind, I beat the giant golem thing :D:D:D
You can do something similar but with whips which gives you more range and poise breaking for some reason. The Urumi whip in caria manor can reach B dex scaling and C int scaling when you put on the ice ash. You can also get the petal whip with decent bleed early by killing Diallos when he's grieving for his servant.(he also drops a sick mask) Best thing is I can put bloodhound step on the petal whip for extra mobility. I follow the guide here until i get the +5 Reduvia to use as a critical weapon/backstabs (whips can't do those) and as my Diallos murdering tool. Planning on using banished knight armor until I can get the Hoslow set. Other upgrades would be to make the petal have extra bleed by using the black whetblade and upgrading dex and my bar stats.
God I hate that invader. The first time I played the game I had like 22k ruins which was a few levels worth at the start, and I was just exploring the canyon. Then all of a sudden I’m thrown off my horse and some red guy ganked me and I lost my ruins. So I thought “no worries I’ll just go grab them back”. But as soon as I got close I’m thrown off my horse AGAIN and the red guy rushes me again! So I quickly run and grab my ruins first and then die again! I repeated that process like 5x before I finally was able to kill him and it felt like the best thing ever lol. Coincidentally I’ve just remembered I even had this weapon and was in the middle of upgrading it before I even saw this video. It’s amazing, but you do need to get up close and personal which I’m not really used to as I’ve been using the Lordsworn’s Great Sword up until now. Loving your videos as usual though bro. Keep on doing your thing and I’ll be here to watch and like them. Great moves. Keep it up, Proud of you.
It does make it tricky, I'd suggest getting an extra dagger with Bloodhound's Step on it and use that for mobility if you plan on taking daggers into the endgame.
So, I've been visiting the big blacksmith, but he only sells somber smithing Stones 1 through 4, so for me my Reduvia 'only' went up to +4. Or am I missing something here?
Question! Could you substitute the Bloodstained Dagger for the Great Knife? It looks to be the same in terms of bleed except its has +1 on all Def stats, +6 phys, and .5 heavier. Might take more time to get but still available fairly early. Also, supposing you can get a friend to drop a second Reduvia for you to grab up, would THAT be a better choice than everything I just said? Its my first week with a souls game and I wanna run my numbers as high as I can 🤣
Yeah so I was going to suggest the Bloodstained Dagger but the farm took me like 3 hours and it was only slightly better. However if you have one, that's the one I'd use. I would advise against putting the frost on a second reduvia, but I'd still use it. Basically I'd put both the extra reduvia and the ice knife in the left hand, then after frostbite procs just switch to duel-wielding reduvias. Frost stays on a while and it doesn't actually add anything to the debuff if you hit with frostbite while it's active, so using the offhand knife to just freeze, then double-duty reduvia bleed would be extremely powerful.
Great vid, my friend! One thing to add, I’m not sure if they patched it; but, after following all your steps, the smithing giant will not sell you the Somber Smithing Stone [5]. It only offers 1-4. Am I doing something wrong?
for fighting the invader, pls practice parrying with the buckler shield, it fucking obliterates the invader, and make sure the friendly invader spawns in.
other thing and detail... you only got 98.000 runes, if you eat gold item. if you not, you earn 75.000 runes. For go white drake more easly. go 3 church of márika, and you pick teleporting in lake, behind grace. down de road, pick gold seed, activated grace, and you can pass behind dragon, or go to right, down road, and cross the bridge to axtovated grace. now mount torrent and jump right in wind tunnel and pick runes in tombs. Go to the right side of the path, and they will pass close to an enemy, then double jump to your left and you will see a wind tunnel. Use it and you will be at the exact point.
I’ve played every souls game including sekiro, demon souls, and bloodBourne And I never actually knew what “proc” was short for. Of course I know what it means but wtf is that word. Someone enlighten me please
