This Loretta Build in Elden Ring Is Absolutely INSANE 

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The theater joke has made you an enemy this day, Tulok. I’ll forget about this in about three days.

I have a fun little idea for a run: On a new game plus character, fight every boss (where it's possible) with their equipment (both armor and weapon, lookalikes). The mimic tear run!

Did you know you can skip radahn's arrow phase by not fighting radahn?

Ultimately, if you’re playing it right, we choose casters not because its good, because it rarely is, but because it looks rad as hell to shoot lasers everywhere.

Fun Fact: The Crystallian Spirit Ashes have the highest poise in the game which is 350. This means that you would need to use 8 Dragonmaws to break their stance if they were an enemy.

I am a registered spell enjoyer BUT I will never claim that they are better than weapons. I just think they're pretty. Having swords float above my head and stab things for me looks cool.

I, as a truly enlightened spell enjoyer possess the knowledge that the only true, valid and needed reason to use spells is that I like the pretty colors and the cool animations. The dragon communion spells make me feel like a cool dragon, and isn’t that truly all that any of us are looking for?

Did you here about the Equine Urologist who got dehydrated while cathing pony? The farmer noticed he was sounding a little horse

Can’t wait for him to finish the Int/Dex trilogy with the Harpoon Clayman run. It’s a great parallel to the Faith/Dex trilogy

Loretta's Greatbow sorcery honestly feels like the greatly inferior and Magic cousin of Frenzied Burst.

Finlay and loretta should fight for malenias love

i think it's funny that the first "spells are bad" joke occurs when a spell actually _does_ something in one of these vids that suits the playstyle: adding like 66% extra damage and a _bit_ of poise chip to a jump attack for the cost of some fp and pressing a button while out of attack range now if only the glintblade sorceries weren't just worse than the ash of war you get off of rogier's rapier

I feel you on the spells since 90% of them hit like wet spaghetti and the other 10% are handheld nuclear bombs.

I use glintstone phalanx as an early warning tool for enemies in dungeons. It tells me that to the right of me there will be an imp. The bow I use to snipe some small enemies from a distance. Makes fighting the rest easier. Yes there are better ways to do this, but carian sorceries look cool.

As someone who has done a few sorcery only runs and liked them, I’m 100% not saying spells are good. In fact I actually really agree with you they’re abysmal but also I just like being a funny guy who shoots blue lazars. Like you can’t tell me summoning a sword or bow from nothing and flinging that directly into the face of a nearby enemy isn’t super metal. It’s not because they’re good it’s because I’m having fun and that’s what matters in the end.

I think someone at Fromsoft said "spells need to be not as good per stat investment as weapons because they give you range and keep you out of danger" but then they forgot that in order to make spells usable, it requires 2-3x as many stats to level as weapons in the first place, so instead we just ended up with really cool looking/feeling spells that are inferior in damage and efficiency. I'm also convinced that the team that worked on sorceries worked completely independently from the team that worked on incantations and the team that worked on weapons.

You can tell Tulok is a barbarian from how much he malds over spells

Elden Ring spells basically go into 3 categories: 1. Really cool looking, but don't really do anything. This accounts for 94% of spells 2. Are extremely effective, but are incredibly plain and boring. This accounts for 5% of spells 3. Only good in one extremely specific situation and never again. This accounts for 1% of spells

11:45 Technically you could have 4 Loretta fights. There's also the Stray Mimic Tear.

I feel like Mastery retains its projectile pattern from the actual Loretta fight or in other words: It's made to look cool and assumes you're mounted on a horse for extra elevation, so if you fire it like a normal person would at a ground-ish level target, half the arrows casually curve directly into the ground. Feels like an oversight to me.

ah yes the pizza slice helmet, truly a decoration of all time

When I used Loretta's Greatbow/Mastery it's usually just to snipe enemies, even still Greatbow is better to snipe, but Mastery can proc multi hit talismans when 3 hit

Tulok I mean this with all due respect - you give off the most theater kid energy of any RU-vidr I subscribe to and I’m subscribed to H Bomber Guy.

I've been waiting for the ginger root Loretta needle drop since I started watching these

A stable build... A STABLE build... I KNOW YOU ARE PROUD OF THIS PUNS GOOD SIR! (Tbh, im also proud)

Don't get me wrong I do love casting spells on faith and int builds but for how slow spell casting can be I think its perfectly fine to just use your melee weapon. They gave it an ash of war for a reason, and plenty outperform both spells and standard attacks. Like, the Dark Moon Greatsword? Its begging for you to spam charged heavies after using its ash of war, and its probably going to do better damage than most spells you can cast without locking you in place nearly as hard

4:08 literally the worst staff after ng 💀 Spells are pretty good, but they’re not as accessible as DS1, where you don’t level up catalysts, or Ds2, where spell speed is boosted by attunement. You could try some popular wizard build like idk, Gandalf, and pretend the Azur staff is the one casting incantations, it gives you 40 virtual dex (and does not consume extra FPs for incantations), alongside 30 virtual dex from Radagon Icon, you get 70 virtual dexterity, the hard cap for spell speed

Yeah Loretta's Greatbow is one of those "situationally good" spells, in the same category as night maiden's mist, thops' barrier, and maybe one of the moon spells. Good when the situation is right, but there's only a handful of those times in the game. I definitely agree with you though that carian phalanx is dog though.

Hey, the bow made quick work of those birds, that’s TECHNICALLY not nothing, right?!

solid tulok vid exactly what was needed today 🙏 its such a shame the spear isn't a catalyst

I am, at this very moment, procrastinating memorizing an entire script to put on a show for a hundred people one time, and I feel personally attacked right now.

So what's worse, Loretta casting magic with her weapon or Gascoigne using his weapon while two handing his axe? (Both being things the player just cant do for some reason)

Finally, Loretta! Now if only her War Sickle could also cast her sorceries

I’m enjoying the patter on these videos so much I don’t even fast forward past the sponsor pitches any more. That’s high praise!!

ginger root needle drop goes crazy

My grandma got on a horse for the first time in her life at 80 years old. She’s 95 now - can she run for president instead?

as a spell enjoyer? Tulok.... you're right. I LIKE spells, but that's because i like running around being dodgy, I'm not a face tanker, just not as fun imo. You are, so naturally you aren't gonna like the option that makes you play slow and careful, and that's okay. We're allowed to like different things. And I can acknowledge that from an objective damage standpoint, Spells have a much higher floor.

Horsing around in Elden Ring waiting for the DLC

This builds armor the previous number one builds weapons plus all the S tier spells might make the best build ever known to Elden ring

I would recommend greatblade phalanx, it's no glintblade phalanx aow, but it does deal 30 stance damage, and similar damage to carian phalanx ( more at low int), it's not the best but its better than carian phalanx.

Tulok is the only guy to kill a dog every week and not be the bad guy. Keep up the good work. Lol

The video title should be "This Loretta Build AND Super Easy Potato Recipe is ABSOLUTELY Insane" LOL :)

In defense of spells: They look cool and I like the idea of them. I wasn't able to make it work my first playthrough and just wore Ranni's hat for the drip and used Lion's Greatclaw on the Greatsword

Glad RU-vid recommended me your highest-> lowest rune bosses video, you’re hilarious!

That's my knight ! *Proud Miquella noises*

I can’t accept that anyone has ever done theatre with a planned one performance run

YAY!!! My meteorite stick suggestion discussion with Phil was in the vid!!!!!

I cannot express the *whiplash* I just experienced hearing the phrase "Caustic Bronco" on an Elden Ring video

Asking advice from spell enjoyers is like trying to round up every dog in the country to ask what their favorite food is. Sure some say kibble and other things they are supposed to eat, but a concerning amount of them also said actual literal shit is fine dining to them so maybe they’re not all that smart.

4:28 40 Dex paired with the Radagon Icon is enough for Spell casting

No but the “Yes I Do” needle drop is such a BANGER

The good thing about Loretta's Greatbow and Loretta's Mastery is their range. It allows you to snipe and pull single enemies in a group without aggroing the rest. Glintblades are all about stance pressure. Spells generally have to be weaker as single hits because they're safe. You're comparing apples and oranges and saying oranges are better coz they come pre-sliced. It takes a bit of work and the right tool for the job but you can slice apples too.

I SAW THIS LIVE ON THE INTERNET! AWESOME!

10:28 No one's gonna talk about this casual little reference? lmao

It is such a shame we couldn't fight against her in mounted combat. Geez, that would probably make her a god tiger boss fight. And that's not hyperbole, I freaking mean it full send. She is already one of the most well designed fights in the game (both versions), and it would have only made her better. AND would have served as setup for the Radahn fight if you're doing the Ranni quest

Love these builds man. Keep them coming

1:47 brother eughhh whats that brotha

i remember the first time i used loretta's mastery after getting blasted by it by preceptor miriam and getting one shot every time and i was so disappointed by the lack of damage, yet i continued to use it because it looked cool

the fun thing about carian phalanx is using it to set up an unpunishapble jumping R2

Fun fact, some armors change their flavortext if you alter it, and removing loretta's cape gives a cool change in lore

Glintstone Pebble ash of war on a greatsword with the follow up heavy is my favorite spell in the game lol

"Theatre is boring" says the man who makes his living doing one-man shows

So fun fact, the best way to build for her halberd is to pump intelligence, since thats what the skill scales with and im fairly certain int is the highest scaling in general? Also, multi-hit spells are typically bad at lower int levels (60 is where they get okay, 80 is where they get like, good.) Plus the advantage of spells is that you are out of range of most enemies. But yes, weapons typically are better than most spells due to the resources required to make a lot of spells good. (Incantations are a little less demanding than sorceries, but even as a faith player i can affirm that sometimes i prefer to just build for one of the good fair weapons)

Casters are strong because you can make space as you're attacking and avoid most enemy attacks by simply not being close to them. They can reach extreme amounts of damage with the cracked tears and scorpion charms or blue dancers, and the godfrey icon. At 40 dex you can use the radagon icon and you'll max out your casting speed. It's a lower floor but a higher ceiling, whereas most weapons just perform Fine for most of the game

Best defence for spells. They look cool, and I like to use them. Everything doesn't need to be busted sometimes if you think you look cool, that's all that matters.

My favorite part about his hating on spells was my first playthrough, no hit clear of Malenia with Ancient Death Rancor on the first try.

Love a good Magic reference, also good video. This build looks fun.

16:30 Finlay : Not on my watch, i don't share my wife 😡

14:52 one of the reasons i appreciate what you do 🙏 my words are not wording currently otherwise i would have typed something nice out

dex matters more in faith casters, as it affects two things, casting speed (both for incantations and sorceries) and lightning damage(incantations only). realistically, for an intelligence caster, theres not much point in taking dex past 18 IF you use the radagon icon. 25 if you don't. either way, its only affects a sorcery's casting speed, as there is no sorcery that deals lightning damage. this is why some(faith) say dexterity is important, as it has a direct impact on their damage (lightning incantations/armaments scale with faith and/or dex, while fire incant/weapons scale with faith and/or strength) and some(sorcery) say its a tertiary stat at best(only affects casting speed)

Thank you for the video

I have an idea for a character build: Hornet from Hollow Knight. Really high Dex and Endurance. Black skin and eyes, white hair in that one pigtail style, white makeup to almost completely make the head white. Godskin Stitcher for the main weapon, either Keen or Bleed affinity, Bloodhound Step AOW (or since DLC is out Wing Dance). Offhand would have either a whip or nothing. Outfit would have the Black Knife Assassin chest piece and Roderika's red hood. For later game can also get the remembrance for Malenia's sword and be able to switch between the Stitcher and sword for attacks.

I did a Loretta build a while back and it was pretty fun. It was kind of a grind doing it on a fresh character 'cause I didn't want to do NG+ and it was one of my highest level characters at around level 175 or so. I did mostly use the halberd but when I played online I RP'd with the spells. For the build I had 70 int, I went quality with the strength and dex for damage. I had around 50 vig and I don't remember how much mind and endurance I had.

Kinda wish fp recharged like in the convergence mod, but that would make invasions even more ganky than they already are. It would be fine in PvE though, kinda like the convergence mod.

Comment for the algorithm, as a non spell enjoyer I think the point of spells if you aren't going giga one shot mode is to keep up stance pressure when bosses are doing their get off me moves, you can do the same with like, throwing knives but hey the spells do more damage than that at least right?

If anyone was gonna top Radan, it's fitting it was gonna be Loreta Horse lovers on top

😂😂😂😂 the theater thing was so funny😂😂😂😂😂😂 I was never really a theater guy either😂😂😂😂😂

i've been here since about 30k and im so happy to see you reach 100k subs!! you both deserve it!!

Yea the cross naginata with Loretta’s slash on it is pretty fun, not super optimal necessarily but it’s a good time for sure, the cold and bleed is nice but it’s a light weapon and staggers like shit

I don't know any horse puns so i guess im just along for the ride

Have you ever thought about/done any runs just like this, but where you actually match all of the character's in game stats?

There's no way you actually made a joke about Theater Nerds when you have a D&D focused channel. I guess it takes one to know one.

"no stopping the clopping" gave me an actual spit take. nice one!

you're really carrion this elden ring hype

For a lot of spells they kinda just work on weapons or builds where you gonna have that stat anyways, I did an ordovas great sword build for a play through and I had a solid amount of faith, so I had frenzy burst for bosses who start far away to do chip damage,(and killing annoying over world enemy’s without actually fighting them) for me its a yeah why not it’s super niche and won’t happen much but it happens and is helpful when it does.

I have never played Elden Ring but I love watching Tulok play this game.

watching this in the background then i'm hearing a recipe? amazing

i tried to like the video a second time when you jumped over the placi laser

Seeing a lot of spell enjoyers finally admitting they just like them because they look and feel cool to use. Nature is healing, the copium is gone.

Spell enjoyer. I went int/str and was just fine without Radagon’s icon or the fast staff in the off hand.

As a spell enjoyer, I will say that Loretta's Mastery is just generally bad, barely better than the regular greatbow version. And Loretta's Greatbow is mainly just good for sniping open world enemies, not very good for bosses. Those spells are just very meh. and especially so in boss fights

Dex only helps with spell speed in an incremental manner, and if you're just using the carian spells and the halibard it's not going to be a big issue. But then again the halibard does scale with Dex as well so..

I'm just waiting for Tulok to figure out that sniping spells are for sniping faraway enemies to clear out areas and stuff

Tulok I love you and I have been watching your through your backlogs for months but I recently beat the game... As an int spell caster. I just love throwing out glinstone arcs and comets, I beat horah loux with a sliver of life because I smash a bunch of blue light over his head and I have never felt happier. I just love outranging loser mobs with strong spells and staggering bosses with a big ol magic hammer. Maybe I'm bad at the game and cringe, but at least I'm free. Love you brother you should do an episode where you use bows so we can both agree on something sucking

Oh hey my comment about the radagon icon made it in, yay Glad to be of service

Radagon Icon and casting speed only really makes a difference for certain spells in PVP. PVE the difference is typically unnoticeable. But say using Gavel of Haima to roll catch in PVP? Your casting speed can make a good difference.

Loretta's mastery where 2 out of 4 shots bank straight into the ground 5 feet in front of you. Who knows where the other 2 shots land cuz i already threw my controller and left.

Spells are kind of decent ranged options that trade most kinds of effectiveness for range. This is a trade that can work in many scenarios, because if you're not near an enemy they can't hit you. Unfortunately for spells, most bosses in this game close gaps nearly instantly. So, that largely relegates spells to sidearms, when the opportunity HAPPENS to arise where you can't get a swing in but can get a blast. Not a great niche (especially for the slow ones which have very few casting opportunities that aren't swinging opportunities), but it's something. And then the game designers decided many Ashes of War should get that spell range but weapon damage. And thus, spells were relegated to coolness factor and a few overpowered ones.

I love Loratta's mastery. I will never say it's a good bread and butter option. I don't love the Phalanx spells, but they are decent for exactly one thing; as an opening move during the period where where medium toughness enemies aren't actively trying to kill you yet.