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Love your build guides! Keep 'em comin'! On that note, can you please make one around the Wing of Astel? I've leveled it up with my INT build and it's quite formidable against normal enemies and bosses.
I was leveling really stupidly for ages until everything sort of just fell into place. This game really does a great job of making variety possible. It’s a masterpiece
@@knusperkeks2748 lol get good bruh. ive been rocking a Greatsword with Barbaric Roar since before Margit with my colossus. also you're pretty stupid if you expect to be able to play the game with a single weapon.
Fun fact, if you equip the carian filigreed crest talisman, the ancient horn talisman that regens FP on kill, and hold the sword of Milos in your left hand, any one shot kills with the lightning weapon art fully refund the FP cost of the cast. Anything you don't kill with one hit will be incredibly weak and you can kill with melee for the refund. It's a neat little quirk that helps keep you in the field longer while exploring :) can always swap some back for dealing with bosses
I know this game came out two years ago, but I just started playing it, and your channel really does help out a lot for me, I appreciate you bro! Keep up the good work!
After beating this game on a vagabond build I made I’ve been watching your guides! So far I’ve beaten the game with blazing Bushido and Chrystal mage, and now plan on using this build
Make an Assassin build please! A build using a dagger (or daggers), invisibility sorcery, and maybe even sleep status would be really cool. I haven't seen anyone experiment with the new stealth mechanic so I would like to see you guys tackle such a build!
@@volkanyildirim267 well I think it doesn't work, but I have never tried any of the invisible sorceries so I can't say for sure. If stealth doesn't, sleep does for sure.
@@mattkurtz6579 I’ve been using invis spells and they are a bit of a gimmick. Sure, unseen form can make you get behind regular mobs more easy, but that is about it. :)
@@volkanyildirim267 Generally a basic mob thing, but there are a couple of bosses you can sneak up on and get a few hits in before they start fighting back 😁
I'd love to see a full faith build that takes advantage of the higher level faith incantations. I've seen builds that use the high level sorceries but not so much on the faith side. Love all your builds!
Unfortunately like Fex himself said in the Dragon Knight build, going full faith caster is underwhelming as the strongest faith spells are actually the dragon spells which if you're speccing into you're better off going full arcane instead. I hope FromSoft buffs the incants bc so many of them are flashy and cool but the dmg to fp ratio are horrible.
Beastial incantation build with bloodhounds step. A quick strength scaling weapon would be great to see. Loving the creativity in these builds. I work 60 plus hours a week so im glad i have someone who does all the digging for me. What ways are there to support you monetarily?
@@maxyoo5576 If anything this should apply for any weapon Dex Scaling or with high Base Damage, either of these two metrics fit. Together is even better as is the case with the Sword Spear.
@@maxyoo5576 I haven’t noticed weapon damage effects thunderbolt as stated here. A long sword and great sword do the same thunderbolt damage for me. Dexterity definitely increases it
Every build Fextra uploads, is helpful and gets better; it amazes me how fast these bosses fall! Once this game is over, I'll try other class warriors and build their status all thanks to Fextra!
I'm loving all the builds you're coming up with. Great job ! A "parry based" build would be awesome, small shield + daggers is the way for this, but maybe a dedicated build could be much more effective. Hope you do one some day ;)
Wow, this is almost exactly my build. Didn't bother with the shield/soreseal, and I use Dragonbolt Blessing instead of Flame Grant Me Strength. Super fun setup, definitely recommend.
That tree surcoat is imo the best looking knight outfit in the game i allways end up playing with it and using the knight gauntlets and grieves or the confessor boots and gauntlets
I've been meaning to cosplay a Crusader and also find a reason to use the guardian swordspear again because it's so good at hitting flying enemies and dealing with Crowds
Loving the class guides, I found I really like the beastial spells. U think you can do a hybrid faith/warrior build using beast spells? Would love to see ur take on it and how to scale well with the claw mark seal since it’s scaling is lower than other seals
Well, you'd be running a Str/Faith build obviously as that's how you get scaling for Claw Mark. First you must ask yourself whether you give a single crap about Arcane. If you only want 10 Arcane for Bloodflame Blade, start as Prophet. If you want more Arcane for dragon spells, go Hero. If you don't care about Arcane at all, go Vagabond. Bestial spells I think are more geared for lower Faith builds, at least to begin with. 22-27 Faith I think would be enough to cast most of what you want to cast and meet the requirements for most Faith weapons. 15-19 Dex should be enough for most weapons you'd be looking at (19 is for Sword of Milos). 20-26 Mind for enough FP to cast a few spells/ashes or an elite summon. Strength weapons are usually very heavy so you want more Endurance than usual, or wear lighter armour. 40 Vigor of course. Everything else goes into Strength until you hit 40-50, then boost Faith to a similar level.
As for weapons you have a lot of options. I'd probably aim to eventually dual wield Sword of Milos (FP on kill, bleed) with Blasphemous Blade (HP on kill, ash with HP on hit). There's also Great Stars greathammer with HP on hit and bleed, Envoy's Longhorn which can do insane damage on very large enemies with bubble shower, or Maliketh's Black Blade, or you could do the turtle and poke thing with a greatshield and Cleanrot Spear or Inquisitor's Girandole. Also note that these big heavy weapons and your boulder throwing spell do a lot of stagger damage, so you have more access to critical hits than usual. Not sure if that's enough to make those 'fp/hp on critical hit' talismans worth using, but something to think about.
This armor, bar none, is the sickest drip in the game, well goddamn done man! I absolutely love all the different janky and over the top armor sets in the game. But the second I saw this video I knew I had seen the best set. Simple and thematically SUPER tight. The deep blue on the surcoat is gorgeous and you really wanna lean into the templar RP with a banished knight or iron greatsword. Wild strikes exclusively to do the follow up strikes.
May i say that : you’re the Elden Lord, I really enjoyed many builds as well as consuming my larval tears to try them 😂, thumbs up for you dear lord from the other half of the globe
Might use this for when I get to coop with a friend. High faith so I'll be able to pop on a ton of support incantations as well. When I initially picked up the swordspear I didn't really like its combat animations so I just ignored it. But your explanation tells me I should give it another, better look. Good stuff.
Yesterday I asked about a flail/shield build and I think this set-up might be perfect for it, just swapping the weapons for the Nightrider's Flail. This is pretty much what I had in mind for that build already.
Excellent video once again (Cas always makes amazing content so that’s not new!), but I would be really interested to see you put together a level 125 build, since the PvP meta seems to be leaning into that as the standard. Either way, I love the videos! Keep it up!
Good to know that I'm not the only one who has that "you may now challenge the area boss" message repeatedly flash on the screen during coop for the valiant gargoyles fight
This is an excellent build. I had a very similar one. Except I don’t like the swordspear so much, so I use Flamberge, Zweihander or Lucerne (all Keen). And my stats at 150: Vigor 55 Mind 25 End 19 Str 19 (to 1 hand Zwei, but Str also gives some scaling and 20 is the first softcap) Dex 70 (so it’s 80, last softcap, with Dex knot tears) Int 9 Faith 25 Arc 7 Talismans: Edtrees Favor, Dragoncrest Greatshield (or any other defensive), Shard of Alexander, Lightning Scorpion
Absolutely love watching your build videos. Can you do a build for dualwielding scythes? Im rocking Halo and Winged scythe. Could be interesting to see your take on it.
Every time I watch your build videos I have an identity crisis. I already swapped from a heavy Templar to battlemage build. Now I wanna be a lighting boi.
This kind of seems like the closest alternative to the Erdtree Greatshield playstyle that got nerfed. I personally loved being able to sit back and spam the missle attack when I had range between me and the boss, and it seems like this spear does the same but with a small mana cost so I'm happy to be able go back to the playstyle I preferred.
Actually, the Thunderstorm ash of war doesn't seem to be dependent on total AR from your weapon for both base and DEX scaling. I tried it on a Lordsworn's Straight Sword and compared it to the Guardian Swordspear, both at +10, and the straight sword did about 310 damage, while the swordspear did 288. My straight sword is at 246, while the swordspear is at 341, and they're both Keen with my DEX at 35.
Heyas, am a little late but I watched it finally. This Build looks hella fun and gave me some good pointers. I started a new Char today, since the last two were kinda meh. Somehow I messed them up also dump stats. This gives me a few Ideas of how to play this new character. I always went for kinda str/fai builds in Dark Souls, because I just loved the aesthetics. But this makes me wanna try Dex/Faith. Im going to take some inspiration from this. Thanks for uploading and sharing
Idk if anyone pointed it out, but if you wanna forgo blocking, you could use the turtle shield and two hand the spear for additional stam regen, or the Icon shield for healing over time. If your leaning towards a heavier build, personally suggest the Visage Shield for an additional close range option when lightning just isn't enough to deter getting to close. Personally I wanna know if Vykes Dragonbolt would do ok, tho I know you'd need the item that extends effects durations to fully utilize it.
This same build can also be achieved with two other weapons 1- Slender noble sword for faster guard counters 2- Flamberge for higher stance/poise damage and bleed buildup. If, for some reason, you're on the mood to trade blows rather than thunderbolting, you can use the double slash ash of war with any of the three weapons.
I made a build from this and the lightning lancer but I used the tree sentinel armour, shield and the golden halberd but I think you could expand on it the stats I have for my tree sentinel build at lvl 123 is 47 vigor 51 strength 51 endurance 23 dexterity 14 mind 7 int 16 faith and 10 arcane the talismans I'm using are starscourge heirloom, ragagons scarseal and curved sword I find that curved sword works really well. I have never seen a tree sentinel build so I hope you see this and make one (your my fave RUclipsr) but I really think you could make this a cool build.
It's funny because I just cobbled together a build with this weapon and the flame ash of war from your twin blade video. I'm not that far along, so it's a transition build for me, but I think it's going to work for me.
I'm running a dex-faith build myself. Currently I'm using the Halo Scythe, which has a weapon art with more damage per FP than any of my actual faith spells. Also using Night Rider Flail as backup weapon because some enemies are much weaker to Strike damage.
Bolt of Granssax is a good weapon for this kinda play style too. Made a similar build with that weapon as the focus because I liked the weapon art so much!
Simply by chance Sworspear and Thunderbolt are paired here, and not because Swordspear in D3 had Thunderbolt baked into it. DiCaprio/Rick Dalton is pointing and Nameles King is proud. My only point of concern with the otherwise super cool build is the two talismans that increase incoming damage - after two full playthroughs and playing now in PvP I would HIGHLY recommend to not use even one such talisman after level 70-ish, as the positives get diminished, while the negatives grow stronger with every additional level.
So in this build it mentions going with the Keen affinity, however when i go to apply Thunderbolt to the Swordspear the only options I have are Standard and Lighting, am I doing something wrong, or missing a step here? EDIT: Through a bit more research I learned this comes from the Iron Whetblade that i missed, that can be found in Stormveil Castle behind an Imp Gate.
just wondering, I really enjoy these so when you are done with the endgame builds are you going to continue adding new builds? even if it's not every day
The Halberd was my jam all through DS1 and 3. And maybe about halfway through Elden. They are powerful and you can level them up for really great damage. But, then I saw your build with the falling star beast jaw.... and I was getting my ass clapped . So, I tried your build and it’s so good and powerful, it’s almost unfair. But I might try this build with my new game because I love the halberds so much.
I'm a big fan of your builds, but can you also create something that is either bloodborne-style dodge oriented, so without a shield? (as most of your builds seem to incorporate a shield) and/or something that is deliberately parry-critical oriented (so built around max critical damage)? would love to see either of those!!
If theres one thing i want the most is a Faith Dagger build Cause I feel the progression is there, because I really want to build a class that ends up using the black knife dagger and then the Golden dagger in Leyndell
Some form of an assassin build would be nice. Doesn't have to be dagger based. But maybe with bows and the nagakiba possibly? With the Black Knife being the center.
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Thanks for fulfilling my video request man.
Love your build guides! Keep 'em comin'!
On that note, can you please make one around the Wing of Astel? I've leveled it up with my INT build and it's quite formidable against normal enemies and bosses.
Will there be level 150 builds?
could you do a madness build?
Can you do another build from the confessor/paladin?
Bro you gonna have me do like 30 play throughs to try out all these builds, every time I see a new one I want to start over lol.
same :d
Each play through has atleast 17 respecs. From the guide I followed.
by level 150-180 or so you can jack of all trades pretty well, unless you want to go with some of the stupid high requirement stuff like Azur's comet
Big time facts hahahahah
Same here
I was leveling really stupidly for ages until everything sort of just fell into place. This game really does a great job of making variety possible. It’s a masterpiece
I love this game but just isn’t a masterpiece. It’s so unbelievably imbalanced in both pve and pvp. But at least it’s still very enjoyable.
@@njoythedrive yeah I might not like to admit it but this game is in dire need of balance updates
@@njoythedrive so what game is a masterpiece?
@@knusperkeks2748 I played the game through with a great sword and it wasn’t that hard.
@@knusperkeks2748 lol get good bruh. ive been rocking a Greatsword with Barbaric Roar since before Margit with my colossus. also you're pretty stupid if you expect to be able to play the game with a single weapon.
Fun fact, if you equip the carian filigreed crest talisman, the ancient horn talisman that regens FP on kill, and hold the sword of Milos in your left hand, any one shot kills with the lightning weapon art fully refund the FP cost of the cast. Anything you don't kill with one hit will be incredibly weak and you can kill with melee for the refund. It's a neat little quirk that helps keep you in the field longer while exploring :) can always swap some back for dealing with bosses
Nice catch, this is golden if you're just zapping stuff with the thunderbolt.
The move set for this weapon on a horse is also great, tripping up enemies.
I know this game came out two years ago, but I just started playing it, and your channel really does help out a lot for me, I appreciate you bro! Keep up the good work!
I'm just curios if anything in this build has been nerfed cause I'm gonna try it.
After beating this game on a vagabond build I made I’ve been watching your guides! So far I’ve beaten the game with blazing Bushido and Chrystal mage, and now plan on using this build
Make an Assassin build please!
A build using a dagger (or daggers), invisibility sorcery, and maybe even sleep status would be really cool. I haven't seen anyone experiment with the new stealth mechanic so I would like to see you guys tackle such a build!
@@volkanyildirim267 well I think it doesn't work, but I have never tried any of the invisible sorceries so I can't say for sure. If stealth doesn't, sleep does for sure.
@@mattkurtz6579 I’ve been using invis spells and they are a bit of a gimmick. Sure, unseen form can make you get behind regular mobs more easy, but that is about it. :)
@@Shinesprite Aw man that's a shame. Thanks for that!
@@volkanyildirim267 Have bleed buildup for bosses maybe
@@volkanyildirim267 Generally a basic mob thing, but there are a couple of bosses you can sneak up on and get a few hits in before they start fighting back 😁
No fking way... I had this EXACT build in mind and you just made a vid on it!!!! You're literally the best man.
I'd love to see a full faith build that takes advantage of the higher level faith incantations. I've seen builds that use the high level sorceries but not so much on the faith side. Love all your builds!
I'm a full faith build but unfortunately lightning spear and flame cast are still the best incantations I've come across not counting dragon spells.
Unfortunately like Fex himself said in the Dragon Knight build, going full faith caster is underwhelming as the strongest faith spells are actually the dragon spells which if you're speccing into you're better off going full arcane instead. I hope FromSoft buffs the incants bc so many of them are flashy and cool but the dmg to fp ratio are horrible.
Yeah it doesn't help that by the time you get high level with a Faith build, Blasphemous Blade is gonna outperform any spells you can use anyway.
@@joegreen1591 That's the issue I had. 70 faith and my sword's ash of war was easily doing double my spells, and for cheaper.
Yeah they really need to buff/rework the faith spells
Beastial incantation build with bloodhounds step. A quick strength scaling weapon would be great to see. Loving the creativity in these builds. I work 60 plus hours a week so im glad i have someone who does all the digging for me. What ways are there to support you monetarily?
No need for that. Just enjoy the content!
omg why do you work 60 h per week, ur gonna work urself dead dude, take care of urself
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@@Fextralife Dude, you're way too humble. You do some good shit. People are, naturally, going to want to repay you.
he is, indeed. I followed asap when I saw his channel x3
Thanks for these build guides, been so incredibly helpful to me being new to the souls type of games.
Very excited for your 150 builds, early awaiting
For those who like using block-counter a lot (Me) the Nobles Slender Sword is a good substitute as it has a A dex scaling in keen as well.
If you have it in you to farm two, the straight sword power stance moveset is really good.
Do you know how much the thunderbolt damage differs with the sword? Fextra says he chose this halberd coz thunderbolt dmg scales off dex&weapon dmg
@@maxyoo5576 If anything this should apply for any weapon Dex Scaling or with high Base Damage, either of these two metrics fit. Together is even better as is the case with the Sword Spear.
Like wise I wanna try them all!!
@@maxyoo5576 I haven’t noticed weapon damage effects thunderbolt as stated here. A long sword and great sword do the same thunderbolt damage for me. Dexterity definitely increases it
Never thought I'd like a halberd build, but damn the swordspear is so versatile. Put repeating thrust on it early on and its just a beast.
Every build Fextra uploads, is helpful and gets better; it amazes me how fast these bosses fall! Once this game is over, I'll try other class warriors and build their status all thanks to Fextra!
Can't wait for the lvl 150 builds, bet their going to be awesome!
It will be 125 nobody goes above 130 cuz pvp sucks above that
@@WORTH-IT-MAN Who gives half a shit about PVP?
@@WORTH-IT-MAN meta is 150 this time around this isn't dark souls
@@WORTH-IT-MANhe has said multiple times it’s gonna be 150
@@WORTH-IT-MAN none of the builds on this channel are meta for pvp. These builds are just to have fun in the game not just to one shot.
I've repec'd 6 times on my lvl 180 character because of this channel
I'm loving all the builds you're coming up with. Great job !
A "parry based" build would be awesome, small shield + daggers is the way for this, but maybe a dedicated build could be much more effective.
Hope you do one some day ;)
I have tried most builds u made so far and have fun with each of them, can’t wait to see what u come up with next.
I've pretty much used my own version of this build the entire game but it's good to get some tips! thanks so much for the vids
Wow, this is almost exactly my build. Didn't bother with the shield/soreseal, and I use Dragonbolt Blessing instead of Flame Grant Me Strength. Super fun setup, definitely recommend.
That tree surcoat is imo the best looking knight outfit in the game i allways end up playing with it and using the knight gauntlets and grieves or the confessor boots and gauntlets
Again really nice build ! Thanks for the work on all your videos, they’re so helpful !
I’d love to see a daggers/parry/critical hit oriented build :)
I've been meaning to cosplay a Crusader and also find a reason to use the guardian swordspear again because it's so good at hitting flying enemies and dealing with Crowds
I want to try every build you make. I was excited for the twin blade stagger build yesterday, now I am pumped for this one.
Loving the class guides, I found I really like the beastial spells. U think you can do a hybrid faith/warrior build using beast spells? Would love to see ur take on it and how to scale well with the claw mark seal since it’s scaling is lower than other seals
Well, you'd be running a Str/Faith build obviously as that's how you get scaling for Claw Mark. First you must ask yourself whether you give a single crap about Arcane. If you only want 10 Arcane for Bloodflame Blade, start as Prophet. If you want more Arcane for dragon spells, go Hero. If you don't care about Arcane at all, go Vagabond.
Bestial spells I think are more geared for lower Faith builds, at least to begin with. 22-27 Faith I think would be enough to cast most of what you want to cast and meet the requirements for most Faith weapons. 15-19 Dex should be enough for most weapons you'd be looking at (19 is for Sword of Milos). 20-26 Mind for enough FP to cast a few spells/ashes or an elite summon. Strength weapons are usually very heavy so you want more Endurance than usual, or wear lighter armour. 40 Vigor of course. Everything else goes into Strength until you hit 40-50, then boost Faith to a similar level.
As for weapons you have a lot of options. I'd probably aim to eventually dual wield Sword of Milos (FP on kill, bleed) with Blasphemous Blade (HP on kill, ash with HP on hit). There's also Great Stars greathammer with HP on hit and bleed, Envoy's Longhorn which can do insane damage on very large enemies with bubble shower, or Maliketh's Black Blade, or you could do the turtle and poke thing with a greatshield and Cleanrot Spear or Inquisitor's Girandole.
Also note that these big heavy weapons and your boulder throwing spell do a lot of stagger damage, so you have more access to critical hits than usual. Not sure if that's enough to make those 'fp/hp on critical hit' talismans worth using, but something to think about.
This armor, bar none, is the sickest drip in the game, well goddamn done man! I absolutely love all the different janky and over the top armor sets in the game. But the second I saw this video I knew I had seen the best set. Simple and thematically SUPER tight. The deep blue on the surcoat is gorgeous and you really wanna lean into the templar RP with a banished knight or iron greatsword. Wild strikes exclusively to do the follow up strikes.
This build helped me beat the godskin duo 🙏
Thumbnail had me stoked that you're giving the Flamberge a try.
Now I'm all like 😢😢😢
You can use the Flamberge with this Build since it has A scaling in Dex when Keen. I originally was using it, but then I found the Swordspear...
@@Fextralife Sweet! I'm in!
I'm working on so many builds and having so much fun I'm not even done with my first playthrough on my lvl 125 right now
Fextralife build=Happiness
May i say that : you’re the Elden Lord, I really enjoyed many builds as well as consuming my larval tears to try them 😂, thumbs up for you dear lord from the other half of the globe
Always been a fan boy with anything to do with spears. I love this build!!
Excellent build video as usual. Can't wait for the Level 150 Paladin build guide!
I feel like Bolt of Gransax would work great with this build too
Might use this for when I get to coop with a friend. High faith so I'll be able to pop on a ton of support incantations as well. When I initially picked up the swordspear I didn't really like its combat animations so I just ignored it. But your explanation tells me I should give it another, better look. Good stuff.
Your guides are awesome keep up the good work👌👌
Yesterday I asked about a flail/shield build and I think this set-up might be perfect for it, just swapping the weapons for the Nightrider's Flail. This is pretty much what I had in mind for that build already.
A fellow flail enthusiast, I see.
Excellent video once again (Cas always makes amazing content so that’s not new!), but I would be really interested to see you put together a level 125 build, since the PvP meta seems to be leaning into that as the standard. Either way, I love the videos! Keep it up!
It's leaning towards 150-175.
later on as you get more equip load you can also get a second weapon like that and give it a phantom slash ash of war which destroys heavy enemies
I am just at the point where I watch every build guide you make for the fun of it fully knowing I can't play 30 different builds at once.
thanks!! I was waiting for it!!! And uses the weapon I was aiming for!!
I’d be interested in seeing your take on a power stance whip build
It’s always validating when you see your same build end up in a Fextralife video.
A build that makes use of daggers, specifically Black Knife or Blade of Calling, would be extremely cool!
I built this before watching, only missing the proper incantations, love these vids!
Good to know that I'm not the only one who has that "you may now challenge the area boss" message repeatedly flash on the screen during coop for the valiant gargoyles fight
I swear lots of people don't watch your other videos. They keep asking for builds you already done lol
This is an excellent build. I had a very similar one.
Except I don’t like the swordspear so much, so I use Flamberge, Zweihander or Lucerne (all Keen).
And my stats at 150:
Vigor 55
Mind 25
End 19
Str 19 (to 1 hand Zwei, but Str also gives some scaling and 20 is the first softcap)
Dex 70 (so it’s 80, last softcap, with Dex knot tears)
Int 9
Faith 25
Arc 7
Talismans: Edtrees Favor, Dragoncrest Greatshield (or any other defensive), Shard of Alexander, Lightning Scorpion
Thank you for this build , it's incredible build, im surely try it now
I am definitely going to start this build tomorrow haha
I am absolutely loving your bleed build, would love to see what you could come up with for poison!
Dang dude I was literally thinking I need a dex faith build thanks for the ideas
One thing about the jelly shield: the buff goes away if you 2 hand the weapon I believe
This build is Crazy. Nice build!
Absolutely love watching your build videos. Can you do a build for dualwielding scythes? Im rocking Halo and Winged scythe. Could be interesting to see your take on it.
Faith/Int Build would be great! Loving these builds!!
I want to try every build you make! 💯🤘
Every time I watch your build videos I have an identity crisis. I already swapped from a heavy Templar to battlemage build. Now I wanna be a lighting boi.
This kind of seems like the closest alternative to the Erdtree Greatshield playstyle that got nerfed. I personally loved being able to sit back and spam the missle attack when I had range between me and the boss, and it seems like this spear does the same but with a small mana cost so I'm happy to be able go back to the playstyle I preferred.
Actually, the Thunderstorm ash of war doesn't seem to be dependent on total AR from your weapon for both base and DEX scaling. I tried it on a Lordsworn's Straight Sword and compared it to the Guardian Swordspear, both at +10, and the straight sword did about 310 damage, while the swordspear did 288. My straight sword is at 246, while the swordspear is at 341, and they're both Keen with my DEX at 35.
something that might be useful for these builds is to show the character stats without anything equipped
Love the vids!
I just saw this weapon yesterday and was dang this seems like a pretty good weapon haha
Excellent build as always, if you are still taking suggestions, a frenzied flame or madness build would be interesting.
I clicked on your video during us history class and I blasted your voice through my speakers on accident 💀
Heyas, am a little late but I watched it finally. This Build looks hella fun and gave me some good pointers. I started a new Char today, since the last two were kinda meh. Somehow I messed them up also dump stats. This gives me a few Ideas of how to play this new character. I always went for kinda str/fai builds in Dark Souls, because I just loved the aesthetics. But this makes me wanna try Dex/Faith. Im going to take some inspiration from this. Thanks for uploading and sharing
Idk if anyone pointed it out, but if you wanna forgo blocking, you could use the turtle shield and two hand the spear for additional stam regen, or the Icon shield for healing over time. If your leaning towards a heavier build, personally suggest the Visage Shield for an additional close range option when lightning just isn't enough to deter getting to close.
Personally I wanna know if Vykes Dragonbolt would do ok, tho I know you'd need the item that extends effects durations to fully utilize it.
This same build can also be achieved with two other weapons
1- Slender noble sword for faster guard counters
2- Flamberge for higher stance/poise damage and bleed buildup.
If, for some reason, you're on the mood to trade blows rather than thunderbolting, you can use the double slash ash of war with any of the three weapons.
This man loves using spears in this game.
I made a build from this and the lightning lancer but I used the tree sentinel armour, shield and the golden halberd but I think you could expand on it the stats I have for my tree sentinel build at lvl 123 is 47 vigor 51 strength 51 endurance 23 dexterity 14 mind 7 int 16 faith and 10 arcane the talismans I'm using are starscourge heirloom, ragagons scarseal and curved sword I find that curved sword works really well. I have never seen a tree sentinel build so I hope you see this and make one (your my fave RUclipsr) but I really think you could make this a cool build.
which did you find more enjoyable between this and the lightning lancer?
Damn that's crazy, literally just respecced to this exact build yesterday 😂
Sweet now I can look forward to a Solaire cosplay build!
Yeah finally a build with my favourite weapon
I am incredibly excited to see this at 150
It's funny because I just cobbled together a build with this weapon and the flame ash of war from your twin blade video. I'm not that far along, so it's a transition build for me, but I think it's going to work for me.
I'm running a dex-faith build myself. Currently I'm using the Halo Scythe, which has a weapon art with more damage per FP than any of my actual faith spells. Also using Night Rider Flail as backup weapon because some enemies are much weaker to Strike damage.
Thank you for these builds they are great and keep up the great work. A build I think you could make is a frenzied flame build.
This is pretty interesting! Got any more straight up DEX builds?
Ayo man. Where'd you get that sick artwork for your thumbnail
Damn this build looks hella cool and fun, damn you making me respec every day
Bolt of Granssax is a good weapon for this kinda play style too. Made a similar build with that weapon as the focus because I liked the weapon art so much!
That Guardian's Swordspear with thunderbolt is giving forgotten king vibes from DS3
I’d like to see a great shield strength late game build.
I love the thumbnails, do you draw them?
cant wait for 150 level guides. Am going pure intelligence but in the end I didnt like it
Simply by chance Sworspear and Thunderbolt are paired here, and not because Swordspear in D3 had Thunderbolt baked into it.
DiCaprio/Rick Dalton is pointing and Nameles King is proud.
My only point of concern with the otherwise super cool build is the two talismans that increase incoming damage - after two full playthroughs and playing now in PvP I would HIGHLY recommend to not use even one such talisman after level 70-ish, as the positives get diminished, while the negatives grow stronger with every additional level.
Can confirm this build hits HARD!
Very exelent build!!
So in this build it mentions going with the Keen affinity, however when i go to apply Thunderbolt to the Swordspear the only options I have are Standard and Lighting, am I doing something wrong, or missing a step here? EDIT: Through a bit more research I learned this comes from the Iron Whetblade that i missed, that can be found in Stormveil Castle behind an Imp Gate.
Nice of you to share the answer! Thanks.
just wondering, I really enjoy these so when you are done with the endgame builds are you going to continue adding new builds? even if it's not every day
Hello! do you plan on doing any flail builds? Love your guides so far!
I'd love to see a build around one of the whips you can get in game.
Dude loves the green turtle talisman
Found this out by accident, but if you put black flame armanment on first, your thunderbolt will do black flame damage as well.
The Halberd was my jam all through DS1 and 3. And maybe about halfway through Elden. They are powerful and you can level them up for really great damage.
But, then I saw your build with the falling star beast jaw.... and I was getting my ass clapped . So, I tried your build and it’s so good and powerful, it’s almost unfair.
But I might try this build with my new game because I love the halberds so much.
I'm a big fan of your builds, but can you also create something that is either bloodborne-style dodge oriented, so without a shield? (as most of your builds seem to incorporate a shield) and/or something that is deliberately parry-critical oriented (so built around max critical damage)? would love to see either of those!!
recently decided i was going for something like this. primarily dex build with like 26faith 20arcane for most important spells.
If theres one thing i want the most is a Faith Dagger build
Cause I feel the progression is there, because I really want to build a class that ends up using the black knife dagger and then the Golden dagger in Leyndell
Some form of an assassin build would be nice. Doesn't have to be dagger based. But maybe with bows and the nagakiba possibly? With the Black Knife being the center.