Elden Ring has recently released its numerous updates, and these patches accept put a lot of foolish ambitions to residual. Suffice to say, many builds revolving around that were once overpowered are more or less dead at present. On the vivid, side, that gave ascension to more innovations among the community and placed other meta stuff in the spotlight.

As information technology is, there are still several Elden Ringbuilds that are capable of cheesing the nearly challenging aspects of the game. Will they survive the next nerf moving ridge via updates? Only time will tell. But at the moment, these builds are the ones befitting an Elden Lord. Time to wow some maidens and power up the bass cannon with these builds.

Updated June 29, 2022, past Sid Natividad: The grit has finally settled, and information technology looks like the state of balance in Elden Ring is more or less stable. That ways Elden Band builds are safe as they are right now. An Elden Ring OP build will likely still be overpowered come future updates. With that said, some Elden Ring builds here fell out of favor.

Others have as well risen to the top in the Elden Ring builds bureaucracy. So it's loftier time for an update. Do keep in mind that some of these Elden Ring builds may or may non fizzle out in effectiveness in the nigh future, especially as DLCs become released, and the balance gets upset.

10 Berserk Guts

elden ring guts build vs malenia
Starting Class Hero/Vagabond
Weapon(s)
  • Heavy Greatsword (Jumbo)
  • Heavy Misericorde
Armor
  • Blackness Wolf Mask for helmet
  • Night Cavalry gear up for everything else
Talismans
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Greenish Turtle Talisman
  • Carian Filigreed Crest
  • Dagger Talisman
Physick Flask
  • Greenburst Crystal Tear
  • Crimsonwhorl Bubbletear
Weapon Skill(due south)
  • Lion's Claw in Greatsword
  • Flames of the Redmane in Misericorde
Stat Priority
  • Strength (sixty/80)
  • Vigor (prioritize fifty/sixty)
  • Mind (as needed)
  • Endurance (every bit needed for medium weight)

For a pure Strength build, one tin can't go incorrect with this Berserk tribute build which happened to be overpowered. It takes full reward of the Lion's Claw Ash of War in a Colossal Greatsword. Players will generally spam that skill and get in for critical attacks one time the enemies have been staggered.

For multiple targets or big enemies, then Flames of the Redmades will do the piece of work to stun them. And yes, this build can and will humiliate Malenia solo with no summons.

ix Marais Executioner

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Starting Grade Hero/Vagabond
Weapon(south) Marais Executioner'south Sword
Armor Anything heavy that won't outcome in fatty rolling
Talismans
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Godfrey Icon
  • Milicent'southward Prosthesis
  • Rotted/Winged Sword Insignia
Physick Flask
  • Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Thorny Cracked Tear
Weapon Skill(due south) Eochaid's Dancing Blade
Stat Priority
  • Strength (lx/fourscore)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/threescore)
  • Cabalistic (50/lx)
  • Heed (as needed)
  • Endurance (as needed for medium weight)

This build revolves around taking advantage of the charged variant of Eochaid'south Dancing Blade. It spins multiple times like a drill and does so longer if charged.

Paired with talismans that increase harm on successive attacks and vitrify charged attacks, a unmarried skill is usually enough to take massive chunks off of enemies' HP. Information technology does take a while to go used to this playstyle, simply the payoff is worth it.

8 Lunar Frostmage

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Starting Form Astrologer/Prisoner
Weapon(s)
  • Dark Moon Greatsword
  • Majestic Sceptre
  • Lusat's Glintstone Staff
Armor
  • Snow Witch Hat for the helmet
  • Any armor for the remainder of the slots
Talismans
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Magic Scorpion Charm
  • Carian Filigreed Crest
  • Graven-Mass Talisman
Physick Flask
  • Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Opaline Bubble Tear
Weapon Skill(south) Moonlight Greatsword
Spells/Incantations
  • Ranni's Dark Moon
  • Glintstone Icecrag
  • Night Comet/Night Shard
  • Terra Magica
  • Loretta's Greatbow/Mastery
Stat Priority
  • Intelligence (60/fourscore)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/threescore)
  • Mind (xxx/40)
  • Endurance (as needed for medium weight)
  • Force (every bit needed)

Information technology's more of a battlemage build, only the idea is the same as other Frostmage builds. Instead of spamming merely Glintstone Icecrag, players will rely on Dark Moon Greatsword'due south Moonlight Greatsword heavy attack to shoot projectiles. Glintstone Icecrag is a backup here.

For boss fights, players volition desire to start off with Ranni's Night Moon and and then follow upwardly with Icecrag for large enemies or Nighttime Comet for fast and evasive bosses.

7 Blasphemous Paladin

Elden Ring Blasphemous Blade
Starting Course Confessor/Any
Weapon(s)
  • Blasphemous Blade
  • Erdtree Seal
Armor Anything heavy that won't outcome in fatty rolling
Talismans
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Burn Scorpion Charm
  • Radagon's Soreseal/Ii Fingers Heirloom
  • Ritual Sword Talisman
Physick Flask
  • Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Cerulean Hidden Tear
Weapon Skill(southward) Taker's Flames
Spells/Incantations
  • Golden Vow
  • Flame, Grant Me Strength
Stat Priority
  • Faith (60/eighty)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Mind (as needed)
  • Endurance (every bit needed for medium weight)

Quite maybe the well-nigh powerful fire paladin build at the moment, this build relies on abusing Blasphemous Bract's weapon skill; Taker's Flames. Information technology deals staggeringly high fire damage, which is farther increased by the talismans.

To maximize Ritual Sword Talisman, brand sure HP is total before firing off the weapon skill. Radagon's Soreseal makes characters a glass cannon, simply this can be mitigated with the Gilded Vow buff. That, in conjunction with Flame, Grant me Force will also buff Taker's Flames' damage to astronomical levels.

6 Moonveil Mage

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Starting Form Astrologer/Prisoner
Weapon(s)
  • Moonveil Katana
  • Carian Royal Scepter
Armor Anything heavy that won't upshot in fat rolling
Talismans
  • Magic Scorpion Charm
  • Carian Filigreed Crest
  • Graven-Mass Talisman
  • Shard of Alexander
Physick Flask
  • Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Cerulean Subconscious Tear
Weapon Skill(s) Transient Moonlight
Spells/Incantations
  • Carian Greatsword
  • Glintstone Pebble
  • Night Comet
  • Loretta's Greatbow
Stat Priority
  • Intelligence (60/fourscore)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/sixty)
  • Listen (xxx/40)
  • Endurance (equally needed for medium weight)
  • Dexterity (equally needed)

Moonveil'south poise damage has been nerfed a bit so the weapon barely makes the cut when information technology comes to "overpowered" simply it slaps hard.

Much similar Blasphemous Bract builds, players will simply accept to abuse Moonveil's Transient Moonlight weapon skill (unremarkably the heavy variant) to bargain magic impairment from a safe altitude. Think of it equally more of a melee katana build with a few magic spells for situational encounters.

5 Comet Azur Magician

Elden Ring Comet Azur Spell
Starting Course Astrologer/Wretch
Weapon(s)
  • Carian Regal Scepter
  • Lusat'south Glintstone Staff
  • Uchigatana (optional)
Armor Annihilation heavy that won't result in fatty rolling
Talismans
  • Primal Glintstone Blade/Carian Filigreed Crest
  • Cerulean Bister Medallion
  • Graven-Mass Talisman
  • Red-Feathered Branch Sword (optional)
Physick Flask
  • Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Cerulean Subconscious Tear
Weapon Skill(due south) Seppuku (on Uchigatana to activate Red-Feathered Branch Sword, optional)
Spells/Incantations
  • Comet Azur
  • Terra Magicus
  • Glintstone Pebble
  • Night Comet
  • Carian Greatsword
  • Carian Slicer
  • Carian Piercer
  • Unseen Class
Stat Priority
  • Intelligence (lxxx)
  • Mind (30/40)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Endurance (as needed for medium weight)

Nearly probable the build that anybody's been talking almost, this magician is all almost one-shotting the enemy with a Kamehameha wave of Comet Azur. Buff upwards using Terra Magicus, drink the Physick Flask, and so burn down abroad with an 8-second unlimited beam of magic that will deplete a stationary boss' HP (or at least halve it).

For fifty-fifty more impairment, do some Seppuku with a modified Uchigatana until low HP to trigger Red-Feathered Branch Sword's vitrify.

iv Unga Bunga Build

Elden Ring Giant Crusher
Starting Class Hero
  • Weapon(s)
  • Dual Behemothic-Crusher/Any Colossal Weapon with custom weapon skill
  • Any Sacred Seal
Armor Anything heavy that won't result in fat rolling
Talismans
  • Corking-Jar's Armory
  • Radagon's Soreseal
  • Claw Talisman
  • Ritual Sword Talisman
Physick Flask
  • Opaline Bubble
  • Winged Crystal Tear
Weapon Skill(due south) Royal Knight's Resolve on dual weapons
Spells/Incantations
  • Flame Grant Me Strength
  • Golden Vow
Stat Priority
  • Strength (60/80)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Endurance (as needed for medium weight)
  • Organized religion & Mind (but enough for the aforementioned incantations)

Melee builds aren't lagging behind when it comes to one-shotting bosses. This one utilizes the pile of buffs earlier ultimately running at the enemy, jumping, and then doing a heavy jump attack.

At full HP, beginning with Gilded Vow, then Flame, Grant Me Strength, and then Royal Knight's Resolve. Make sure both hammers hit the target.

iii Black Flame Reaper Paladin

Elden Ring Winged Scythe
Starting Class Confessor/Prophet
Weapon(s)
  • Winged Scythe
  • Godslayer's Seal
  • Godslayer'due south Greatsword/Gargoyle's Flame Art Twinblade
Armor Anything heavy that won't upshot in fat rolling
Talismans
  • Two Fingers Heirloom
  • Sacred/Fire Scorpion Amuse
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Carian Filigreed Crest
Physick Flask
  • Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Leaden Hardtear
Weapon Skill(s)
  • Angel's Wings
  • The Queen'southward Black Flame/Blackflame Tornado in Gargoyle's Twinblade
Spells/Incantations
  • Black Flame
  • Blackness Flame Blade
Stat Priority
  • Faith (60/80)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Endurance (as needed for medium weight)
  • Dexterity (as needed)
  • Heed (as needed)

This is a build that can showtime out strong and get even stronger tardily-game. Players will start with the Winged Scythe and accept advantage of its weapon skill, which deals Holy harm and has incredible range.

Later on, players can bandy the Winged Scythe with the Godslayer's Greatsword which also relies on its busted weapon skill.

2 Dragon Lightning Priest

Elden Ring Lightning Spear
Starting Class Prophet
Weapon(southward)
  • Sacred Relic Sword/Guardian'southward Swordspear
  • Gravel Rock Seal
  • Erdtree Seal
Armor Anything heavy that won't event in fatty rolling
Talismans
  • Godfrey Icon
  • Carian Filigreed Crest/Godfrey Icon
  • Flock's Canvas Talisman
  • Lightning Scorpion Charm
Physick Flask
  • Lightning-Shrouding Cracked Tear
  • Cerulean Subconscious Tear/Opaline Bubble Tear
Weapon Skill(s) Phantom Slash for Guardian'due south Swordspear
Spells/Incantations
  • Lightning Spear
  • Ancient Dragon'due south Lightning Strike
  • Fortissax'south Lightning Spear
  • Lannseax's Glaive
  • Honed Bolt
  • Golden Vow
  • Howl of Shabriri
  • Electrify Ammunition (for Guardian's Swordspear)
Stat Priority
  • Faith (threescore/eighty)
  • Heed (30/40)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Endurance (every bit needed for medium weight)
  • Dexterity (as needed)

Another build that starts off strong is this lightning-addicted maniac. Lightning Spear is the workhorse here, and if players desire to conserve FP, they can merely buff up Uchigatana with Electrify Armament. Meanwhile, the dragon lightning skills are certified boss killers.

Subsequently, players will want to nab themselves a Sacred Relic Sword to deal lots of area damage. The Incantations scale well into the endgame.

1 Lord Of Blood

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Starting Course Bandit
Weapon(s)
  • Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear,
  • Eleonora'due south Poleblade/Rivers of Blood
Armor
  • White Mask
  • Anything that won't result in fat rolling
Talismans
  • Shard of Alexander
  • Lord of Blood's Exultation
  • Millicent'due south Prosthesis
  • Rotten/Winged Sword Insignia
Physick Flask
  • Thorny Croaky Tear
  • Cerulean Subconscious Tear
Weapon Skill(s)
  • Bloodboon Ritual
  • Bloodblade Dance/Corpse Piler
Stat Priority
  • Cabalistic (lx/80)
  • Vigor (prioritize 50/60)
  • Endurance (equally needed for medium weight)
  • Heed (equally needed)
  • Forcefulness & Dexterity (depending on weapon used)

Thanks to the fixes introduced by update i.03, bleed is not just a feasible tactic at present, but it's also quite disrepair. It fabricated Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear a little as well powerful where abusing its Bloodboon Ritual weapon skill can gradually bargain more than 10,000 points of damage, which is commonly enough to kill bosses using less than a full bar of FP.

The all-time part well-nigh Mohg's spear is that it'south a thrusting weapon and tin be used with a shield. Meanwhile, both Rivers of Blood and Elonora's Poleblade are powerful thanks to proper Cabalistic scaling and tin can be used for smaller encounters. Of course, this build isn't that powerful against enemies that can't bleed, so use it wisely.

Elden Ring is available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox 1, PlayStation five, and Xbox Series X/South.

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