I like to play mages, but instead of keeping my range I charge in with carian slicer, piercer and greatsword lol, with gavel of haima for stance breaks, so jokes on you strength builds, my hammer is BIGGER >:D
@@raidersrevenge5427 I started on pure faith while I stayed at 160 for the first 2 playthroughs, only now in the 200 range I did str, still love bringin out the ol' reliable catch flame esp against gaius whos a cakewalk with fire builds
You forgot the eternal rivals.The zweihander and claymore mains, invader vs sun bro, Giant Dad vs John Kingssoulssekiroborncore. They will regardless of build regardless of game always be rivals and continue to struggle unto eternity.
Giant Dad invaders... TBH I was a half-naked Great Scythe user, so I wrecked everything in PvP. I used the oldschool "gheyforgames" GS build, it was totally broken (still is) a combination of the GS with select, pyro spells. it was honestly unfair... I see why they nerfed the Scythe moveset in every game, after DKS. as far as I can remember you used dark wraith gauntlets (for the roll damage) the undead soldier chest (the one with the insane poise to weight ratio) and mask of the child (also the grass crest shield on back for extra stam, too) I think we wore no pants/boots with this build... I'm sure their build is still up. Not sure what happened to these guys. They were very prevalent in the DKS/PS3 community, but seemed to fall into obscurity with future releases (likely due to the games becoming more popular) They were the premier channel for DKS content, though. The 2-handed roll attack/jump attack/backstep, was so busted. The hit box was almost 360 degrees. Was so good at dealing with gank-parties. Really though I thought it was a fine trade off. Most of the weapons moves were ass, but it had like 2 broken moves that you had to get good at learning to bait people into. It was considered the strongest weapon in the game though, simply because of the sheer size of the hit box, on these 2 x 2-handed moves, and the speed they came out. I remember fighting gank parties in the forest with that thing, and most of the time it was just footsies, until I managed to get off a jumping attack, and then 1 shot the whole team at once :D
@@thedoomslayer5863 it was good on PS3. probably bad on PC, however. DKS2 probably had the best PvP. I have not really played PvP in Elden Ring though, so can't compare.
@@thedoomslayer5863 I still enjoyed PvP in DKS. You have to remember that it was quite a long time ago now. The genre was still brand new, so there wasn't really anything to compare it to.
Forget getting hit, what's the point of winning if you're not looking good while doing so? Getting fashion gud means not getting an ugly mug. It's about looking dripped, not caring about getting clipped.
STR/FAITH is the most fun build ever, Just do damage and if you need distance then you got that. I rock the Blasphemous Blade and the cold iron greatsword, fire+cold.
I didn't get my holy whetstone, so can't make a lot of the faith/lightning stuff :'( I swear I thought I was going into a dragon fight, and it was Malekith. I beat him first try, as had my mimic tear out. Then when looking through my inventory, realised I didn't have the holy whetstone, and could no longer obtain it. I guess that's what happens when you pause the game for a couple of years. I legit thought I'd collected all the items from the capital, already. No idea how I managed to miss it.
That was my 1st char so definitely, but I'd also add the sorcery version - the spellswords/Carian knight cosplayers - as I'm finding out rn with my 2nd char. Not being mentioned at all feels so left out man :( We'd be those dudes that shout "UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS" and put on our Vergil motivation game on as we try to... not break our floating magic blades in walls....
As a player who's primary builds are faith oriented, I'd like to present the "Grey side" of faith builds. It's basically just anything that's godskin, frenzy flame or dragon communion related or adjacent.
@@SoulKingsss Yep, and I'm not hating on em or nothing like get that bag, but they post like every 3 hours and I can't even look normal elden ring because only their videos show up
I just respected to play that build again, before I was full arcane bleed build but now I'm not going to go back because It's safer to play. Blasphemous Blade with cold iron greatsword.
Idk If I'm considered an str/faith build based on my stats which I have very close to all equal but I do use a strength faith build in terms of gear/items
In defense of bleed builds... there's something about a blood proc that gets your dopamine flowing... am I wrong? Can you honestly say that seeing a boss health bar get chunked with a splash of red doesn't get you a little turned on at least?
I beat the DLC as Strength/Arcane. Used the GUTS Greatsword (bleed affinity) with the Ash of War from Commander Gaius' weapon. Flying spinning bleed bonk. For range I used maternal staff for arcane scaling, and Impenatrable Thorns.
Bro this video had me rollin 😂 I love how you weren’t afraid to offend anybody lol! Thankfully my main is strength/faith though so I can rest easy tonight 😅
Elden Ring was my first Souls-like. I spent my first 8 hours on the game fighting the erdtree sentinel. Victory achieved, I quit the game with a satisfied grin, and only came back a year later. What doesn't kill you makes your cranium stronger
As a bonk main, I can confirm, UNGA BUNGA is a LIFESTYLE. I call it "Maximum Overdrive" where I put ALL POSSIBLE effort into EVERY action. It's really fun.
@@SoulKingsss It doesn't matter the stat; find a weapon that scales best for its stat, then start as the class best for that stat, and ONLY LEVEL THAT STAT. Get to 100 on that stat, and THEN you can start getting Quality of life stats. Maybe a pause at 50 main stat for Q.O.L. if that's too much. If you're going strength, then Giant crusher is the way to go, two-hand it with the two-handed boost talisman, ONLY use charged R2, and build it with all the talismans; charged attack boost, weapon art boost if you use one on it, and for armor, go basic knight armor of some kind, then get Solitude armor as your finishing armor. Always upgrade your armor and weapons to the maximum available as soon as you can, always grind out a few levels between bosses, and just FULL FORCE SLAM. Do this for fourteen hours a day, only pausing to eat, hydrate, or use the restroom, and sleep for 10-14 hours between. When AC6 came out, I played 14 and slept 14 for three cycles in a row. Stream it if you want, but you HAVE to go FULL FORCE. Name the girl Slamantha for me, Samantha but with more SLAM
@@SoulKingsss Alternatively, Two fingerprint shields, full bull goat, blare Mark Henry's walkout theme, THE WALL, all the way. ONLY attack with THE WALL. NEVER have the stamina to roll at all, NEVER use torrent, just walk menacingly to every enemy, and overwhelm them with the sheer strength of THE WALL. I kid you not, you can tank MALENIA with that shit.
Ive been playing as a war surgeon (invader but i put on cooperator mirror) healing the gankers and backstabbing the ones with low health so its lore accurate
My brother, I know how tempting it is to turn into a badass dragon, believe me. My first RPG was Breath of Fire 3 for crying out loud, transforming into a motherfucking dragon will _always_ be one of the coolest things it's possible to do in a video game... But you have to accept the truth man... Dragon Communion will never let your dreams come true. Those dragon hearts are a drug, man. You've gotta quit while you still can. Please, think of your family and friends..!
i just use a bunch of shit to remake the Sith, then add in Dragon Communion gear... makes invasions a lot funnier to go in as a seeming melee player, when whip out Greyoll's roar, then go for lightning spear and then double bleed scimitars/bandit curved swords/bloody slash katana's, then when they back up toss out Lanseax Glaive followed by Frenzied Flame spews...
i was a natural big bonker when i started playing this game, i somehow found all by myself the perfect big bonker weapons, first the Greataxe, then the Greatsword, then the Giant-Crusher, it was like they really call for you.
Me who is a Hybrid Build but is more focused in Faith/Arcane Build : 👁️👄👁️ I used to be a Samurai Mage Hybrid on my first playthrough, but now that I'm in my 5th Playthrough, I am now a Swordsman Saint. Faith is for all the incantations I can cast and for any weapon that scales with Faith, and Arcane for any weapons with a passive affinity (From what I heard from other players, not only Arcane help with bleed, but also help raise up points for the other affinities like Frostbite, Sleep, Poison, Scarlet Rot)
Stubborn head smasher here. Got into leyndell through a shortcut on the mountains, (unintentionally xD) skipped entirely Caelid and Nokron and ended up having the hardest bosfight I’ve ever had in a souls game against morgot (I was lvl 50 ish). After intense 3 days of suffering I finally beat the sucker just to get tell by a friend I should have explored 2 fucking entire regions before that bossfight.
I’m a mixture of Fashion/Dexterity build since DS1 my motto has been “stats are temporary but the drip … the drip is eternal “ then I get one shot and start from the bf/grace 💀
As a Caster main, blame FromSoft for absolutely refusing to improve Seal/Staff gameplay outside of Spells. At least DS2 offered Casters the ability to Infuse Catalysts in place of stacking Spell Damage Rings/Talismans. In DS3/Elden Ring, Catalysts are glorified hotbar items that happen to take up a hand slot. FromSofts current idea of improving Caster gameplay basically stops at "increases X spell damage"...
As a Max level, and Famous Sleeping Coffin. been playing solo offline since demon souls and dark souls, I enjoy helping people 😊 So I am on a brake from try harding and taking it easy on elden ring, playing online and I already know I'm all powerful and unleashed the rumbling in elden ring with free full inventory drops!! At the end of the day, just having fun is what its all about.
I fall into a lot of categories but firstly it is a dark souls 1 style sunbro Strictly buffs and lightning lightning and more lightning it's just what's comfortable and I love being able to square up with almost anything that might smoke my host
Exactly. My Greatsword is an extention of my very being. Though I also use Rivers of Blood and the Dragon Seal... Kind of a mixed build. Big enemies and bosses require the big sword. Regular enemies require quick slashing. Before Rivers of Blood, I used the claws, with the drain health Ash of War.
With the dlc come new build. The summoner build. Get urself a stone golem, equip healing and def buff spell. Get to the boss, summon, sit back and relax.
Stubborn head smashers, never felt more identified in my life. I just CAN'T run from an encounter once i find one, even if i lose 1000 times, I'll keep going
Every time I try something new, sooner or later, I gravitate back to some variation of the strength/faith build. Sometimes just enough strength to carry a greatsword and a decent shield. Sometimes just enough faith to buff my unga bunga. But I usually end up back at the same place.
After my 1st playthrough with Samurai Katana build, I always go with 2 Great Stars with Cragblade AOW. I have tried pure Int, pure Faith, Int+Faith hybrid, pure Strength, pure Dex, Shield and poke builds too. But for me no build is as satisfying as the 2 Great Star+ Cragblade AOW. Just finished SOTE 2 times, 1st with Shield+Poke and 2nd with 2GS+Cragblade and I was killing bosses so fast with 2GS that it looked like a completely different game than my 1st play. The only 2 boss I had a hard time was gaius and Consort fight with 2GS build.
Fashion Soul'er + Bleed + mage + faith + DEX + STR + non-meta(unless it's cool) I am mix of the above, which is too complex, so you may simply call me a MAX LEVELER. And yes, I love to be in control the whole game.
Str/Faith build, Elden Drip, and Max leveler here. I use a Tree Sentinel armor, with Elden Lord Crown, Fingerprint Shield, and Spear of Gransax. As a secondary weapon I use the Sacred Blade off the last boss for AoE and while mounted. Also have same amount of Dex as Strength so it’s really a Strength, Dex, Faith build. You forgot the Shielders stereotype though. I explore with shield raised high so I can give zero F’s about ambushes or boss tantrums. I am the wall! 😂
Int/Faith: The ultimate spell casters. The weapon maxxers: Collectors of multiple armaments/ashes of wars that switch between them mid fight for ultimate versatility.
