Man, after 40 hours in Lies of P, it is so satisfying to see big swings poiseing and super armoring through enemy pokes. Unga Bunga for this reason alone for the first playthrough, thanks for the guide!
This game is sooo good. It’s gotten Elden Ring good for me now that the frame drops are better. People really oversold it the performance issues, it was basically the same as Elden Ring at launch. Definitely needed improvement but much better now. Still needs a little work in large city areas with tons of enemies. Lies of P was good but the weapons, levels, combat variety here are great.
I hear ya. Both games did different things really well. Lies nailed the classic souls combat, but is a traditionalist's souls game. This game does so much more with the two world maps, and the build variety. FINALLY someone nails magic in a souls game. Need them to take some inspiration from Remnant in terms of multiplayer but it's a damn near perfect game for me.@@sweatyzeusgaming
The Ring of Bones can be found in the mines just before your fight with the Skin Stealer. You’ll get to a part in the mines where this a big hole with water in it and two “floating” corpses there. You go into umbra unblock the latter leading up (be careful cause there is one of those giant skull guys that apply wither). After you climb the latter there is a resting spot in the door way, but to the right of the latter there is a lever to drain the water. Drain the water and the ring is one the body closest to the latter.
I have layers most of my play through with the sword of skin and bone, for the runes I found that the best damage increase is by equipping two runes that enhance the strength when wielding it with two hands, there’s also a fine balled hilvit that you can get from killing the dudes wearing bells, these also increase the strength scaling but it’s a larger increase compared to the ones he has equipped, they do slightly less damage compared to the two handed runes but the upside is you can one hand with a shield or other weapon. The second slot for the sword is a star shaped tune I believe and I couldn’t find any good runes to put here other than health upon kill or increase in elemental damage
*Regarding what to use in the offhand:* if you go through with Gerlinde the Blackamith’s quest you get a radiant rune which reduces stat and weight of whatever you put it into to 0. That means another weapon or even a heavy shield becomes an option. Several of the Heavy shields have “Any”/Omni rune slots, which is a lot rarer on weapons ofc. Shield of Whispers is my personal favorite.
I'd like to point out that even more than this build. You can use BOTH of these weapons at once if you put the radiance rune in the hammer that negates its weight
If you are going one handed and shield a much better alternative to pure blade mace is the Hammer of Holy Agony… it has good strength and holy damage scaling plus bleed. And you can get it in the first few hours. I’ve used it the entire game so far and loved it.
I feel like dual wielding is the way to go, especially with grand weapons you're already swinging quite slow, and the heavy dual wield moveset is similar speed to the grand hammers/swords but double hits with a bit less damage per hit so you just end up doing a ton of damage. Only downside is it's very heavy but there are runes that reduce weight.
Same! But having just started the game, I’m wondering if there are some large radiance only weapons… to avoid dumping a bunch of point in strength that I may not need. Plus… I’m wondering with a strength + radiance build… if you would just stop using your ranged spells/miracles altogether late-game, if I didn’t pump enough stats into radiance 🤔 Or just enough radiance to use blessed weapon type spells…
10:40 is that true about light shields having a larger parry window? I know that’s how it is in the from soft games, but I can’t find anybody that covers the differences between shield types besides the stat differences.
What skill is that in game or accessory? Where after u stunned that huge guard u riposte with a finishing blow where u pull out his soul like Shang Tsung..?
I play this game completely blind and realize I nearly beat this game, but Im still using very early weapon (crimson rector sword)😂 And now Im searching online to look for best weapon for strength build. I think I’ll go with you suggestion. Nice video.
I just discovered that sprint + heavy attack (or dodge ) is super strong! after 20 30h of game lol But i still dont see the difference between a light and heavy attack if you dont charge
You can get a few pretty early, but if you wanna go full umbral bro wait for the walkthrough as we'll be doing the hidden ending which unlocks the starting umbral class.
2 handed. Dual wield is more for status which is better with faster weapon. If you insist on grand dual wielding you at minimum need to sacrifice sparky so you have the room that removes weight requirements
Thanks brother! I was considering duel wielding Gregor's sword and justice but maybe I'll consider a different duel wield build on my next run@@FightinCowboy
Nice video, informative. Did you maybe have an opportunity to try sacred resonance hammer? It's also one of the early game grand hammers, though it requires 18 agility.
I probably won't do agi for a while, but I would recommend killing kukajin and then dual wield her sword alongside Bloodlust, this'll give you burn, bleed, and poison. Combine with Bow of the Covenant which has burn bleed frost and poison to further compliment your flurry of statuses, and lastly slap on a pendant of burden which will boost the damage you deal for every status on an enemy. Hit R1 and profit.
@@FightinCowboythen I hope devs will change Agi becouse all I see on the yt is str and radiance builds :( I would like to see any dual spear or dual polearm build
@@captinanchor good old two handed jump slam, absolutely shreds through enemy hp whilst with almost every enemy including alot of bosses instantly staggering/ putting to the ground every hit, so u can literally cheese through most of the game keeping your enemies on the ground so they cant fight back, im using that with dervla crossbow so im literally the ultimate god cheese haha
Dude if it was Koop that targeted you I wonder if he was the Koop content creator?? He is doing Lord's of the Fallen early run like u I believe. He does a lot of elden ring content
I always look forward to an FCB bunga build... The question now, as you were the one who set the 150 tone with ER; What do you think the meta level will be for this game? (I fully realize it may be a little early to tell)
I'm not even sure this game will have a meta given how hard it scales you for PVP. Also the new game plus cycles are brutal so intentionally leaving yourself at a certain level is going to hurt
@@FightinCowboy From what i've read enemies get upscaled pretty hard & you can only use Seed Vestiges, which actually sounds kinda cool for replayability, although it does limit the amount of people who can, "play the game", not to rip on more casual players.
@@FightinCowboy Great info! I hope (as you mentioned in a different video), they address the match making scale, and give this game some of that pvp longevity. Either way, thanks again for all the insight!
Do you get a strength +50% bonus on your Strength stat requirement (like Dark Souls / Elden Ring) if you two hand a weapon? I am at strength 21 and even when two handing the Faithful Bludgeon (which requires 28) I can't use the weapon.
Man, after 40 hours in Lies of P, it is so satisfying to see big swings poiseing and super armoring through enemy pokes. Unga Bunga for this reason alone for the first playthrough, thanks for the guide!
This game is sooo good. It’s gotten Elden Ring good for me now that the frame drops are better. People really oversold it the performance issues, it was basically the same as Elden Ring at launch. Definitely needed improvement but much better now. Still needs a little work in large city areas with tons of enemies. Lies of P was good but the weapons, levels, combat variety here are great.
Lies of P is still way better
I hear ya. Both games did different things really well. Lies nailed the classic souls combat, but is a traditionalist's souls game. This game does so much more with the two world maps, and the build variety. FINALLY someone nails magic in a souls game. Need them to take some inspiration from Remnant in terms of multiplayer but it's a damn near perfect game for me.@@sweatyzeusgaming
Just wanted to update my reply. I still prefer Lies of P by a bit but Lords of the Fallen was very good
Awesome first build! I can’t wait to see what else you make possible build-wise with what the game gives you
Thanks for the invisibility glitch 😂
He talks about it over on Steelovsky channel lol
This was hilarious 😅
That poor dude is still scouring the internet for "how to make yourself invisible in lords of the fallen" 😂
@@Lo54Lo 😭
@@Lo54Lo"Scouring" is such a great word choice.
InB4 RageGaming "came up with this build" tomorrow..
The Ring of Bones can be found in the mines just before your fight with the Skin Stealer. You’ll get to a part in the mines where this a big hole with water in it and two “floating” corpses there. You go into umbra unblock the latter leading up (be careful cause there is one of those giant skull guys that apply wither). After you climb the latter there is a resting spot in the door way, but to the right of the latter there is a lever to drain the water. Drain the water and the ring is one the body closest to the latter.
I have layers most of my play through with the sword of skin and bone, for the runes I found that the best damage increase is by equipping two runes that enhance the strength when wielding it with two hands, there’s also a fine balled hilvit that you can get from killing the dudes wearing bells, these also increase the strength scaling but it’s a larger increase compared to the ones he has equipped, they do slightly less damage compared to the two handed runes but the upside is you can one hand with a shield or other weapon. The second slot for the sword is a star shaped tune I believe and I couldn’t find any good runes to put here other than health upon kill or increase in elemental damage
*Regarding what to use in the offhand:* if you go through with Gerlinde the Blackamith’s quest you get a radiant rune which reduces stat and weight of whatever you put it into to 0. That means another weapon or even a heavy shield becomes an option. Several of the Heavy shields have “Any”/Omni rune slots, which is a lot rarer on weapons ofc. Shield of Whispers is my personal favorite.
Thanks for the build Cowboy, looks like your poise is a BEAST at that level
I'm all about the 2handed STR builds so this came just in time before my Dark Crusader playthrough tomorrow thanks! :D
Probably one of the best looking hammers i have seen, Strengh build looking really fun
Cowboy casually showcases an invisibility glitch while showing off a strength build.
Get rekt invader 😂
The timing of that was wild, that the invasion trigger literally the second after I used my moth.
😭 GG
@@FightinCowboyf*ck them invaders 😂
Nice video. 47 hours in the game and I am still learning from every video with tips.
The hits are heavy and satisfying just perfect.
I'd like to point out that even more than this build. You can use BOTH of these weapons at once if you put the radiance rune in the hammer that negates its weight
If you are going one handed and shield a much better alternative to pure blade mace is the Hammer of Holy Agony… it has good strength and holy damage scaling plus bleed. And you can get it in the first few hours. I’ve used it the entire game so far and loved it.
I feel like dual wielding is the way to go, especially with grand weapons you're already swinging quite slow, and the heavy dual wield moveset is similar speed to the grand hammers/swords but double hits with a bit less damage per hit so you just end up doing a ton of damage. Only downside is it's very heavy but there are runes that reduce weight.
1:05 How do you unlock that gate? I'm stumped and it's bugging me.😐
Awesome guide, thanks! Would love to see a faith/radiance build or a paladin strength + radiance build!
Same! But having just started the game, I’m wondering if there are some large radiance only weapons… to avoid dumping a bunch of point in strength that I may not need. Plus… I’m wondering with a strength + radiance build… if you would just stop using your ranged spells/miracles altogether late-game, if I didn’t pump enough stats into radiance 🤔 Or just enough radiance to use blessed weapon type spells…
Looks like souls and new world combined. Can’t wait til tomorrow to get this!
New world?????🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 wtf bruh
been rocking with the angel's axe, its been getting me through most of the game
@FightinCowboy what about your Lamp eye socket choices?
That helmet giving me Blasphemous vibes and I love it
2:53 that poke sold me. Reminds me of Astora GS combined with Guts swings.
The pancake two handed R2 reminds me of the DS1 Zweihander! So awesome!
can someone tell me what area the skin and tooth sword is please?
Thanks again cowboy appreciate you as always
That skin and tooth is amazing! Looks like blasphemous blade but strikes like BB and greatsword from ER
Bro where do I even find that sword?
@@sundragonbro2080 16:55 he shows you.
TheKoop is also a content creator and a long time souls PVPer. That's was hilarious 😂
Good job shutting his goofy laugh up.
Is quality going to be as viable as it is in Souls games and Elden Ring?
10:40 is that true about light shields having a larger parry window? I know that’s how it is in the from soft games, but I can’t find anybody that covers the differences between shield types besides the stat differences.
daggers and small shields have larger parry windows but their damage mitigation is worse.
Are there any good strength shortswords ?
Is there a strength radiance build?
Would you happen to know exactly where you got the sword of skin and tooth? No guides have anything for it, yet.
Right???
Based on the ideal level to beat the boss, what do you expect the meta PvP level to be? Level 125 like Elden Ring?
Sorry why don't you throw the stone? That scale on strenght right?
Oh I’m definitely going full ZUG on my first play through.
Really enjoying the game right now. I just wish it would run better on my Series X.
How do you have that gate open? Mine is like blocked by wood
Where do you get the scoured sister helmet?
So shall I not upgrade the thorned crimson rectorsword? Are upgrade materials rare? or limited?
Crafters essence is a pretty great rune for this
What skill is that in game or accessory? Where after u stunned that huge guard u riposte with a finishing blow where u pull out his soul like Shang Tsung..?
Thanks! I can't wait to play this, got 13 ish hours to go
Are you gonna be doing a pally build vid at any point?
This man has already beat the game. Shit is crazy.😮
Bro the game isn't even out yet and there are guides already? Hur Dur Big Bonk time!
Sounds like someone wants to get smashed
Where can I find the ring of infernal devotion?
When you casually accidentally discover the most OP pvp glitch while doing a build video 😂😂😂
How you unlock gates in Manse of Hollowed Brothers gurded buy Pureblood Knight and to hounds? There is a body with chains on this gate...
"Well hopefully that gets patched..." Priceless.
Can you please tell me how to get the melchiors ring
Bless you
What enemies drop those runes?
Do you recommend even bothering with the taxidermist hammer mid game?Has decent physical plus wither damage, vs the faithful bludgeon
What STR requ does the sword of skin and tooth have?
I just upgraded my skin and tooth to +10 but i still only have 2 runes on it? Is there a requirement i'm missing for the 3rd rune?
The third rune tablet
@@FightinCowboy Alright, Thank you!
I play this game completely blind and realize I nearly beat this game, but Im still using very early weapon (crimson rector sword)😂
And now Im searching online to look for best weapon for strength build. I think I’ll go with you suggestion.
Nice video.
I just discovered that sprint + heavy attack (or dodge ) is super strong! after 20 30h of game lol
But i still dont see the difference between a light and heavy attack if you dont charge
What's the umbral stuff like, the spells etc, I want to play around with that stuff, how early can you access those spells
You can get a few pretty early, but if you wanna go full umbral bro wait for the walkthrough as we'll be doing the hidden ending which unlocks the starting umbral class.
I love strength builds & being able to poise again looks great. Wanna smash everything with a sick looking greatsword lol
Do we know if weapon lvl would effect pvp invasion
You just gone kill me like that ? 😂😂
Is there fist weapons like in the first game?
Hey bro I didn’t get the scourges sister helmet after killing the boss with it is there any other way to get it or do I have to restart/ ng plus?
Anyone have an idea what enemies the Ixon runes drop from?
Any tips for whether not not to duelwield Grandweapons or focus on two handed?
2 handed. Dual wield is more for status which is better with faster weapon. If you insist on grand dual wielding you at minimum need to sacrifice sparky so you have the room that removes weight requirements
Thanks brother! I was considering duel wielding Gregor's sword and justice but maybe I'll consider a different duel wield build on my next run@@FightinCowboy
Thx a lot for all your awesome guides, will you make an umbral dark crusader build ?
@FightinCowboy What do you think of Ravager Gregory's Sword? A+ in both strength and radiance.
I'm also going for that weapon, planning on a Str /Radiance path for my Dark Crusader.
A gorgeous build for a strenght based charcater.
What do you think of the Ruiner axe as a weapon for it ?
Is strength build the way to go?
My sword of skin and tooth only has 2 rune slots maxed out 🤔
Should I follow the let’s play or wait for the walkthrough?
Where do I get the iron wayfarer hammer then please ?
End-game. Automatic progression.
great tips. How do I level up weapons?
Nice video, informative. Did you maybe have an opportunity to try sacred resonance hammer? It's also one of the early game grand hammers, though it requires 18 agility.
it looks fun but the scaling seems a bit weird tho.
Any interesting strenght-radiance weapon?
That invasion (The Koop) was funny as fu*k😂😂
How do you get the helmet? I’ve beaten the boss and have been wondering how to get it
same, maybe there is a second sister later in the game
Do you get a 50% bump to your stat requirement if you two hand a weapon like Dark Souls Elden Ring?
No, I was at 26 strength when I found the faithful bludgeon, and still could wield it even with two hands
Can you please post any Agility build?
I probably won't do agi for a while, but I would recommend killing kukajin and then dual wield her sword alongside Bloodlust, this'll give you burn, bleed, and poison. Combine with Bow of the Covenant which has burn bleed frost and poison to further compliment your flurry of statuses, and lastly slap on a pendant of burden which will boost the damage you deal for every status on an enemy.
Hit R1 and profit.
@@FightinCowboythen I hope devs will change Agi becouse all I see on the yt is str and radiance builds :( I would like to see any dual spear or dual polearm build
ohnman, wheres Justice? Looks great for my str/rad build
Is the helmet a drop chance item?
Yes, you'll find more sisters later.
@@FightinCowboy thanks brother
Radiant build?
Hey f c when are you gonna put out a fire pyro build.found a fallen lord sword with 45 in pyro n yeah its clappin too
I wonder if strength build with slow hard hitting weapons feel good or the dex build with faster weapons?
For status builds agility is probably better
Hey cowboy are you able to respec stats?
Yes
TheKoop didn't see that coming lmao
Am i the only fucker using the angels axe? I swear i like it so much more than sword of blood and tooth and faithful bludgeon
I can't put it down
It attacks fast and heavy the second I hit the button...
No windup or nothing
That L1/R2 just puts people in the dirt.
@@captinanchor good old two handed jump slam, absolutely shreds through enemy hp whilst with almost every enemy including alot of bosses instantly staggering/ putting to the ground every hit, so u can literally cheese through most of the game keeping your enemies on the ground so they cant fight back, im using that with dervla crossbow so im literally the ultimate god cheese haha
I heard the performance on PC is horrendous. Is that true ?
I had 1 area with frame drops but I'm on a 4090. Horrendous sounds like an exaggeration to me tho
@@FightinCowboy got it! i have a 4070. hopefully i will be able to play on stable framerates.
Dude if it was Koop that targeted you I wonder if he was the Koop content creator?? He is doing Lord's of the Fallen early run like u I believe. He does a lot of elden ring content
It was. He messaged me after and we were sharing perspectives.
@@FightinCowboy 🤣👍 right on that was pretty funny
I always look forward to an FCB bunga build... The question now, as you were the one who set the 150 tone with ER; What do you think the meta level will be for this game? (I fully realize it may be a little early to tell)
I'm not even sure this game will have a meta given how hard it scales you for PVP. Also the new game plus cycles are brutal so intentionally leaving yourself at a certain level is going to hurt
@@FightinCowboy From what i've read enemies get upscaled pretty hard & you can only use Seed Vestiges, which actually sounds kinda cool for replayability, although it does limit the amount of people who can, "play the game", not to rip on more casual players.
@@FightinCowboy Great info! I hope (as you mentioned in a different video), they address the match making scale, and give this game some of that pvp longevity. Either way, thanks again for all the insight!
Do you get a strength +50% bonus on your Strength stat requirement (like Dark Souls / Elden Ring) if you two hand a weapon? I am at strength 21 and even when two handing the Faithful Bludgeon (which requires 28) I can't use the weapon.
how on earth does the skin and tooth have 240+502 damage? i'm at +6 and the damage is only 196+181 lol
75 strength will do that.
ok i figured but my god i cannot wait to get to that amount of damage lmao @@FightinCowboy
Radiance plis
RIP Koop
strength is strong
Hopefully they patch that
level 100+? No way will that be the meta for a short game.
Lol, the invasion was fun 🤣
I haven’t left the tutorial and I’m level 46.
That's weird I beat her and I didn't receive her helmet.