PART 2 IS OUT! The Lategame Build: ruclips.net/video/nlnf7jjJnlM/видео.html Here's how to get the Radagon Soreseal without the speed up: ruclips.net/video/wzIZBTmsBHg/видео.html FAQ/Additional tips if you're completely new to Elden Ring: *I can't access the Raya Lucaria Academy* - Get the Academy Glintstone Key first, it's near the academy, right here: bit.ly/3MBVMdI *How to reach Liurnia of the Lakes via Limgrave without going through Stormveil?* - Go to the broken bridge next to the castle on your map and move through the passage there, basically move like this: bit.ly/37X8FQQ *Yura doesn't move to the Second Church of Marika* - Exhaust his dialogue on the bridge And most importantly don't forget to like the video and subscribe!!
Fuck me... Tried to find the academy for like an hour and gave up. Untill i look at the video on my pc and read the comments. Do you need to clear bosses in the academy, or can you skip through it to the bridge?
@@emilglud3245 You get the key then walk through the seal at one of the two gates. That will send you to Academy Main Gate where you can find the bridge. The academy itself would be up the elevator but you don't need to go up there yet.
Wouldn't have been able to play elden ring without this guide honestly . In search of making your build i learned how the game overall works and what locations to look for. Now I can go for any build I want
@@saintjon87 I literaly played 3-4 days around 8 hours per day. You could do the same by playing 2-3 hours per 1 month but I never get time to play games due to work and other stuff so I abused those free days xd . This guide helped alot.
I got everything! Except I noticed The Gear I already had (Radhan's Gear) was a lot better than the CleanRot, Still... As a Wise man once said *"I got my Magnum Condoms, I got my Wad of Hundreds, I'M READY TO PLOW!"*
Thank you so much. Finally a guide for samurai I can follow. There are too many guides out there that don’t offer enough information on stats. The biggest mistake a newbie does is well round the points. As a samurai a mostly melé character there is little need to boost intellect. Yet I was considering it thinking it was low. Again thank for helping me not waste my time and runes. Big thumbs up.
First time player here, my buddy recommended samurai to me and I’m so glad I found your videos. It took a lot of time for me to get everything but can honestly say this build is insane and def worth it. It’s so satisfying to just melt bosses with bloody slash. Would love to see a moonveil build guide
What a video. I just loved how you made it easier for everyone by taking your time to figure out better and easier ways for us to complete the build. Like how you had us to go to 2 locations for the smithing stones. Amazing Video
thanks! People rarely mention the subtle things that take quite some time behind the scenes but that makes me appreciate you noticing it and your comment even more :)
Agree whole heartedly. Some of these tubers seem intent on making their garbage as vague, misleading and or frustrating/enraging as possible. This cats standards, have me coming back while also showing the absolute chasm between quality and its myriad of opposites. Dig thr video dig the comment🤘
Its a shit video he be skipping through chunks onto exactly where to go or he will speed it up to where it's hard to follow like for instance he doesn't show you how to get out of Sellia Crystal tunnel as soon as I got there I was running around getting my ass kicked trying to find the way out
For those struggling to farm the golden armor set, I found that the best way to farm the knights is to do it on horseback and kill them off one by one. You can avoid the poison this way and if you circle around the knight then they will adopt a defensive stance instead of throwing a bunch of skills at you.
Finally got into Elden Ring and this buid has been so helpful. Thank you so much for your effort preparing this. I'll keep watching and liking. All the best!
Took me over 20 hours to finally complete this build. Wow. It’s amazing. Thanks for the video! I’ll add one more piece of info for everyone. Make sure that as your leveling your character invest in Arcane early. Not only will it help proc Bleed but it also increases your Discovery stat which makes a huge difference when farming.
@@Sjors98__ If you don’t care about the weapon damage then you can use the reduvia dagger and then ignore dexterity and focus on the ash of war. If you’re going to follow this build then no it is not advisable skipping dexterity.
@@AmeerMij Did you kill the invader at the river in limgrave then talk to yura at the beach southwest of limgrave then also killed the invader at the entrance of Raya lucaria. Yura should be laying down on the 2nd church of Marika by then and you will get your Nagakiba to face the last of that invader to get her pole weapon.
@@adamhan9952 his level is the average level, not too low and quite far from high. I think he was level 150 in the video can't remember now but I'm certain it wasn't higher
Hey Nizar, great video. A note: Two handing your sword will prevent your sword bouncing off. Also, jump attacks will usually poise break the Crystallian in 4 or 5 jump attacks. Then critical to break its armor
Or you can just use a strike weapon & a single charged R2 will poise break them for a crit (of course taking into account the leveling & which level Crystallian you're fighting)
on S raB's note, the Morning Star is easily accesible in the wagon's already open chest at the very top of the Weeping Peninsula. Highly suggest a quick pilgrimmage through there on a new character if only to grab the three churches' Sacred Tears. If you buff with the spiked crack tear physick before, it takes 2 chargeds&1light attack without even upgrading the Morning Star (assuming your stats are similar to the videos). ez farm But can fully respect anyone committed to the dual katanas.
For anyone struggling to farm the rot armour, just upgrade both of your katanas to +12ish each and you should be able to 2 shot the knights with bloody slash. The invader also goes down in 2 hits just climb up on the roots to make it easier
Im following your guide as we speak. Im a brand new player, was following a knight build but always wanted Katana..seeing your dual wield made me fall in love. Im only in beginnings, killed the big dragon boss and got the legendary talisman, now on my way to getting the weapon. Thank you bro. Eventually i will look forward to your late game op build!!
Okay this looks absolutely sick. Definitely gonna try this out cause being a badass looking samurai in this game looks like it would be a blast to play. Fantastic video and you explained it so well that somebody like me that isn't really that great at the game can follow along easily
@@Ben-ew7zo i just followed this guide and completed it in 4 days from a fresh character, ive never played elden ring before and had little to no issues?
This is a very good guide. I'm following it and have one thing to point out: The way I found to get to the entrace of the Raya Academy was by getting the glintstone key from behind the dragon. I didn't have to kill the dragon, but it was a step that was necessary.
@@ger.shonnn Lol, yeah it's like he thinks people watching the guide have beaten the game 3 times already and are just trying to build a character. I'm just trying to beat the 4th boss and decided this game was hard enough to look things up, and now I have to look things up to understand the guide. Son of a-
This was unreal, great video. You actually helped me so much, i had luck that i already did most of these things. So the process was faster. And again, thank you man.
I've been watching your videos since Cyberpunk. You've really outdone yourself here bro. The speed of the video along with the details I need make it legendary tier. Keep em' coming! Oh and BTW, Between the OP mage and incantation build I created a samurai build just prior to the release of this video. It's like you're anticipating what I need! Now i've got the guide to make my 3rd OP build.
9:40 for this boss fight buy a club from the twin maiden husks, don’t have to upgrade at all and then just keep on hitting. Works just as well and saves time.
@@meelwallace521 pick Flail (first encounter in Carriage) or (better) Mornig star (Weeping Peninsula broken Carriage just after bringe) both are perfect against stone mobs in caverns and stone bosses
This build is actually insane. I was stuck on the first draconic tree sentinel for so long, but this build carried me all the way to godskin duo. Tysm for the vid!
Just got into ER last week. Definitely going to get all this. Already got the Nagasaki and the blood attack without realizing what it was. Just need the grinds and I'll be set!! Thanks😊
Thanks man! Finalized the build last night and I got to say, having a blast. Killer video as well! Awesome editing, music is perfect and enjoyed the occasional comedy. Liked and Subscribed! Keep them coming brother!
@@coltonlehnen6803 The grind wasn't too long, but well worth the effort. I love the feel of the build overall! I had just started playing the game, so once I truly started grasping the combat mechanics in combination with this build, became a blast! Check out the second segment and/or late game bleed build vid from Nizar GG. Sick! \m/
Fr lol I've been watching videos on how to get blood slash and they said like church of Marika fort faroth and other places never got it but got it here
I started grinding this 3 days ago. I’m still trying to get the boots to drop. I’m convinced that I’d win the power ball before I get those boots to drop to complete the armor set.
loved this video, it has helped get a bearing of the game. a note: some things you skip over like how your golden finger will run out before you kill the dragon. thats kinda important. along with parts that you jumped through like most people are suppose to know but for new players they may not. just a thought!
Ye true would be better to pop it when it's health is really low. I messed up the farm because I killed him the first time and didn't know to run back and reset lol it's all good tho I would've been there for hours and hours and been too op
The best video for samurai I’ve seen it’s easy and fun to do with little to no work just a bit of grinding and your good to go , definitely coming back to this channel in
I know this is an old video but I just want to say; this is the video that really helped me get into the game when I was completely new and now Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks for your great content!
Awesome video, I struggled for so long trying to get something that works, gonna do this for my first playthrough so I can get better at the game first :D
Note: if you have already killed the first bloody finger with yuras help before visiting him to start his quest. You can find him in the murkwater cave, under the overpass you go under to get to your first bloody finger fight. Then just follow through with the steps.
I can tell this took work man. Appreciate you taking the time to figure all this out to help us all make a fun build. Working on mine now! Great vids man.
So, you can actually kill the dragon repeatedly if you're on horseback and race back to the Fort Farum site of grace as soon as you land the kill-blow. You get the runes, the dragon doesn't register as dead to the game, and you can do this as many times as you'd like if you do it properly.
@@noorhakimmohamad9196 Well, if you wait too long then the sleeping dragon stays dead, but if you rush to the grace sight near the Fort while on horseback, you can technically cheese the game into giving you the runes without permanently killing it. In effect, yes, it hasn't been patched.
Hi mate, i had a samurai with tons of probleam for dealing bleed and cause damage, but got a night to farm all this build and wow, what a diference the expierence of the hole game change a lot.thanks mate, waiting on your late game build ^^
great tutorial, overall this helped so much. The fact that it was quick and got right to the point has its goods and bads though. This helped me get super strong early and I am slicing through bosses like butter, but since it was fast, I had to look up 20 different tutorials on how to get to the places. for example, it took me 20 minutes to realize that the mushroom head moved inside the cave, it also took me an hour and 2 other tutorials to get to the second boss for his quest. It also took another 2 tutorials to get to the Grand Lift of Dectrus. Honestly overall, even with the bads, this tutorial helped me a lot so thank you.
I've been looking for a video like this for the Samurai. Great job. I find unsheathe on the nagakiba works better (maybe because I need more points in arcane for the blood slash. I don't like damaging myself every time I use it though either.). Great video though. Subbed.
For bleed the arcane works a bit weirdly compared to other scalings. You have a barrier of entry at 25. Until then bleed scales bad. Then it jumps up 3-4 times and scales amazingly until 45. It's like the earlier levels are to unlock the scaling and then you get the value with the later points. At 45 the scaling gets even worse than it was until 25 and at 60 is just drops off the face of the planet. So if you are going arcane you have to get really dedicated to it and get 45 ASAP. Early arcane builds are not something I would recommend as I tried somethign nearly identical to this but but not skipping around the map and actually playing normally. You just don't get enough bleed weapons and the ones you can make blood affinity can't be easily upgraded because normal stones are a pain to get. And even then because of the way arcane scales bleed buildup and the huge drop of AR with blood affinity you just can't perform well. I recommend instead to get your other stats going vitality/stamina/dexterity to around 20 each and then go dedicated arcane past 25 all the way to 45. Arcane can be strong as solo scaling stat but you need a weapon with bleed already on it baseline and then set it to occult. Damage will scale as if it was scaling as keen off of dex while bleed will also go up significantly. Problem is Occult ashes suck for the most part. can;t be found early and you need the wetstone to use other ashes..... That is why weapons like Eleonora's Poleblade, which you get along with the Nagakiba are so powerful for arcane builds. Its already occult scaling, bleed scales too s after 25 it gets crazy, twinbaldes already have higher base bleed buildup than almost anything else, uses somber stones, the ash of war is amazing since it hits so many times it will bleed anything, and whatever survives the second part will be poise broken. Options are plenty. ;D I myself gave up on the katanas even though I was going for dual wild katana arcane build at the start. Getting there is too complicated and slow and is not even that good, because katanas that are being praised as fast weapons are actually really too slow in my opinion and going twin curved swords is way better. Also due to the dragon communion seal being the best scaling seal you actually are better at faith casting than faith builds. As long as you have the faith to cast the incantations, but lower level ones are actually the best for this so as long as you have 17 for lightning bolt it will unintentionally out damage everything else you have as arcane build, so getting the talisman +5 faith makes this so easy and natural. Curently I am also rocking 2 heavy impaling swords, which are underrated AF. They are heavy so they do great stagger, damage is really high and they attack as fast if not faster than katanas, while having the range of spears. Moveset is better IMO. Also a unique weapon that is similar to the Eleonora's Poleblade exists and also has great unique ash. So you don't have to damage yourself to play a very strong arcane build. And you can swap some talismans and be as good at sorceries or incantations as those dedicated builds with the right seal/staff.
After a pretty tedious 3 hours in the Sealed Tunnel, I just got very lucky and had the full armour set drop from the cleanrot knights in under 30 minutes. well chuffed. great guide btw :D
@@CarsonDaniels It took me about 20 tries before they even dropped the first smithing stone 5, just keep at it they will drop them eventually. I didn't have much luck so it took me a while to get the amount needed but just keep reseting :D
Finally got into Elden Ring myself. I started off with Vaga. Finished at level 81. Wasnt getting anywhere. Maybe cause i really wasnt trying to "cheat" by looking up RUclips, etc. LOL! But, came across your video somehow. And, loving the samurai build so far. 31 hours in!
now if only I could figure out how to get to the academy to kill the second boss to get the katana. Took a bit to find but in the swamp to the west outside of rya lucaria academy there is a dragon. If you sneak or run in behind the dragon you’ll find the key for unlocking the academy once inside you don’t have to clear it you can make it to the second invasion needed to complete part two of obtaining the katana.
cleanrot set is fire. also video is dope bro, found you during BG3 hype and you make the best guides hands down. anyone unable to follow this is throwing, keep it up g
Man u make the best guides bro !! I appreciate all the hard work u put into them . I was having such a hard time when I first started I bout quit. So I got on RUclips and found your channel fairly quick and after studying your guide (slowed down a bit) lol I'm finally having a great time I can see why this game is highly praised. So yea I'm def subscribed and I'm gonna catch up on your other vids thank you.
I subbed and thanks to u I have so much motivation to create many characters In this game. This game has given me a rollercoaster of emotions and has been so immensely fun. When I came across this video i was curious and now I feel so great. I'll admit this wasn't my first souls game but looking back at my ds3 days man...it keeps me going to play all the other games From software has to offer. Thank you sir!!
I finally retried Elden ring and this by far has been the most helpful video I’ve ever seen on it. I had no clue you had to upgrade your weapons with smithing stones let alone the bosses that drop them to help you purchase them haha
Great video. I’m fairly noob with this game but thankfully I have already built stats as per your advice, all except arcane which I will focus on now. Looking forward to getting the new katana & armour. Thanks
Just started a new game a few days ago and went with the samurai now I came across this video.....just got the nagikiba so im running this build now with bloody slash its fun. Nice guide.
A tip for farming Smithing stone 5, you can use blood blade but instead of using it as a projectile, go close to the enemy and use it as a melee. If you do this, bleed will proc after 2 hits.
First of all, thank you for the great work on the guide! All the info has been spot on and it's helped me immensely as I'm new to the game. Looking forward to a continuation of this if there's more to learn!
For the crystalline boss I take out a flail or mace that you can get really early on, jump attacks smash this boss very easily, just incase people are struggling to beat the boss, same in the sealed tunnel against the ads, I know it's about the swords but it helps to speed up the farm😁
Great guide, especially for newbies! The exploring to find each location and the skill increases due to fighting tough enemies, for example I just got the first ash of war last night after getting gud against that knight. Can’t wait to complete this build to finally play the game!
Brand new player followed your guide when I got teleported couldn't find a way out of the cave now I'm in a never ending death loop, trying going more in depth for the new players
I know I'm late to the party but I hope you get this .I just want to say Ty I've progressed more with the build you made than what I did with my moonveil build
Just picked the game up last week. Didn't think I was going to like it....but I'm hooked. I chose Samurai as my character and followed an early game build using The Blood Fang or whatever it's called. Was powerful but really slow and frustrating to use for me. So I was searching for a build that suited me better. I've followed your video, and I have got the 2 weapons and both Ashes of War, and I have them levelled up to 6 & 5 at the moment. So I am now grinding out the S stones and runes to get both weapons levelled up. My character is at 41 and has a good amount of each of the stats you recommended. After a quick 10 min test, I can tell it's going to suit me much better and be loads more fun. Cheers 👍.
For anyone doing this guide rn here are a few missing points that helped me doing the run as a new player; - For the academy u need to get a key, search a guide for it, the location isnt too far away. - Use a blunt weapon for the cave boss it helps with the sealed tunnel mobs too. - I did this guide after defeating godrick but if iirc, theres a way to skip the castle and go directly to liurna, look for another video to do it.
Imo the jump attack isn't amazing for applying bleed with Katanas like it is for curved swords (not enough hits). Maybe Prostheses wearer's talisman. Winged sword is nice. Def Lord of Blood's exultation, but you need to get to the capital for that. Otherwise just go defensive.
Really cool build, i just started, got a tip to run in a catacomb and get a second katana. Two bleed katanas is awesome. But will Def change to the one you showed now 🙂
Rivers of blood is the best sword in the game. I really don't get why he's using the naga either. The Uchi scales way better with arcane. Also if you want something good for ranged, the Serpent bow also scales with the same stats and is light...plus procs poison super fast and you can just buy the highest poison arrows.
PART 2 IS OUT! The Lategame Build: ruclips.net/video/nlnf7jjJnlM/видео.html
Here's how to get the Radagon Soreseal without the speed up: ruclips.net/video/wzIZBTmsBHg/видео.html
FAQ/Additional tips if you're completely new to Elden Ring:
*I can't access the Raya Lucaria Academy*
- Get the Academy Glintstone Key first, it's near the academy, right here: bit.ly/3MBVMdI
*How to reach Liurnia of the Lakes via Limgrave without going through Stormveil?*
- Go to the broken bridge next to the castle on your map and move through the passage there, basically move like this: bit.ly/37X8FQQ
*Yura doesn't move to the Second Church of Marika*
- Exhaust his dialogue on the bridge
And most importantly don't forget to like the video and subscribe!!
Fuck me... Tried to find the academy for like an hour and gave up. Untill i look at the video on my pc and read the comments. Do you need to clear bosses in the academy, or can you skip through it to the bridge?
The bridge is outside the academy, you don't have to enter the academy itself
@@NizarGG But how do i get up there? I can only find the entrance that is locked - the one next to the village.
ive been at the tunnel for around 20 min farming, yet the miners don't seem to be dropping stones anymore
@@emilglud3245 You get the key then walk through the seal at one of the two gates. That will send you to Academy Main Gate where you can find the bridge. The academy itself would be up the elevator but you don't need to go up there yet.
Wouldn't have been able to play elden ring without this guide honestly . In search of making your build i learned how the game overall works and what locations to look for. Now I can go for any build I want
Praise your patience. It’s hard enough with help lol
@@saintjon87 I literaly played 3-4 days around 8 hours per day. You could do the same by playing 2-3 hours per 1 month but I never get time to play games due to work and other stuff so I abused those free days xd . This guide helped alot.
0:00 Intro
0:46 Starter Class
1:28 First Steps (Dectus Medallion (Right), Radagon's Soreseal, Kill Sleeping Dragon)
2:45 Stats Part 1 (Level 10-35)
3:21 Weapons & Ashes of War
7:26 Bleed Explanation
8:32 Upgrade Katanas to +15
13:00 Gear
13:44 Flask of Wondrous Physick
14:14 Stats Part 2
15:10 Verdict
💪❤️thank you
Ty
I got everything! Except I noticed The Gear I already had (Radhan's Gear) was a lot better than the CleanRot, Still... As a Wise man once said *"I got my Magnum Condoms, I got my Wad of Hundreds, I'M READY TO PLOW!"*
Thanks👍🏾
You're a hero!
Love how bro didn't tell me that if I stayed at the church, an absolute menace would show up
real
Bro F in the chat, she’s so fuckin strong
Same hahahaah🤣🤣🤣
Blood style slays her ass though
Thought i was safe too :D
Thank you so much. Finally a guide for samurai I can follow. There are too many guides out there that don’t offer enough information on stats. The biggest mistake a newbie does is well round the points. As a samurai a mostly melé character there is little need to boost intellect. Yet I was considering it thinking it was low. Again thank for helping me not waste my time and runes. Big thumbs up.
First time player here, my buddy recommended samurai to me and I’m so glad I found your videos. It took a lot of time for me to get everything but can honestly say this build is insane and def worth it. It’s so satisfying to just melt bosses with bloody slash. Would love to see a moonveil build guide
Your videos one of the few I’ve seen where nobody’s arguing with your build in the comments btw lol seems to be a big deal
Same, nice build, but it's not as straight forward as in his video lol
Is it worth getting bloody slash even if it takes your own health ?
DUDE! I don't usually write comments but this video helped me so much! Thank you man! I appreciate it very much
Additional tip, farming the enemies on dragonbarrow fork using blood slash is an easy way of getting like 15000 runes per minute
After you teach level 713, what else can you spend your runes on?
@@Will_Smiley funny nega
@@kelvinkev1689 I’m actually 713 tho, is there anything else in the game to spend runes on besides skill Points ?
@@Will_Smiley Items
If u haven't tried Ng+ (probably you already did since 713 lol)
You should try new characters
Like the dragons? They one shot you and my blood slash does like 200dmg, or do you mean there's like a zone where they can't hit you?
What a video. I just loved how you made it easier for everyone by taking your time to figure out better and easier ways for us to complete the build. Like how you had us to go to 2 locations for the smithing stones. Amazing Video
thanks! People rarely mention the subtle things that take quite some time behind the scenes but that makes me appreciate you noticing it and your comment even more :)
Agree whole heartedly. Some of these tubers seem intent on making their garbage as vague, misleading and or frustrating/enraging as possible. This cats standards, have me coming back while also showing the absolute chasm between quality and its myriad of opposites. Dig thr video dig the comment🤘
How do you increase bloody slash damage?
@@NizarGGis late game video is coming?
You talk about it in the last part
Its a shit video he be skipping through chunks onto exactly where to go or he will speed it up to where it's hard to follow like for instance he doesn't show you how to get out of Sellia Crystal tunnel as soon as I got there I was running around getting my ass kicked trying to find the way out
For those struggling to farm the golden armor set, I found that the best way to farm the knights is to do it on horseback and kill them off one by one. You can avoid the poison this way and if you circle around the knight then they will adopt a defensive stance instead of throwing a bunch of skills at you.
For the gear the load is medium in the vid but me is heavy idk why
@les farceur The weapons you equip also add weight so make sure that you only have one katana in each arm with nothing else equipped.
I keep getting invaded and bring forced off my horse into the rot when I get to that area. I haven't seen one knight yet.
@@lesfarceur5620 unequip your torch bro
I've been farming them for an hour and a half and all I need is the chest, but they won't drop it
Finally got into Elden Ring and this buid has been so helpful. Thank you so much for your effort preparing this. I'll keep watching and liking. All the best!
Took me over 20 hours to finally complete this build. Wow. It’s amazing. Thanks for the video! I’ll add one more piece of info for everyone. Make sure that as your leveling your character invest in Arcane early. Not only will it help proc Bleed but it also increases your Discovery stat which makes a huge difference when farming.
I'm working on it right now! Going for the smithing stones 5 and armor next!
Is it adviseable to skip boosting dexterity at all and go arcane,vigor and endurance?
@@Sjors98__ If you don’t care about the weapon damage then you can use the reduvia dagger and then ignore dexterity and focus on the ash of war. If you’re going to follow this build then no it is not advisable skipping dexterity.
Bro pls tell me
When I go to the second church the guy does not appear!!!
@@AmeerMij Did you kill the invader at the river in limgrave then talk to yura at the beach southwest of limgrave then also killed the invader at the entrance of Raya lucaria. Yura should be laying down on the 2nd church of Marika by then and you will get your Nagakiba to face the last of that invader to get her pole weapon.
I have played through this game four times, as a mage and faith class using your videos. For this video's sake, I will start the Samurai class...
Very fun experience
I’m new and I’m trying to follow this guide. Any ideas why my bloody slash is only doing around 200 damage?
@@adamhan9952 it has to do with your level and the level of upgrade of your weapon too
@@menopally7104 so when he was dealing 600 damage with bloody slash he had his stuff leveled up?
@@adamhan9952 his level is the average level, not too low and quite far from high. I think he was level 150 in the video can't remember now but I'm certain it wasn't higher
Hey Nizar, great video. A note: Two handing your sword will prevent your sword bouncing off. Also, jump attacks will usually poise break the Crystallian in 4 or 5 jump attacks. Then critical to break its armor
Or you can just use a strike weapon & a single charged R2 will poise break them for a crit (of course taking into account the leveling & which level Crystallian you're fighting)
Thank you so much you helped me A lot
Super helpful, thanks
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION LOL THIS ALSO GOES GOOD WITH FARMING THE MINERS FOR THE STONE
on S raB's note, the Morning Star is easily accesible in the wagon's already open chest at the very top of the Weeping Peninsula. Highly suggest a quick pilgrimmage through there on a new character if only to grab the three churches' Sacred Tears.
If you buff with the spiked crack tear physick before, it takes 2 chargeds&1light attack without even upgrading the Morning Star (assuming your stats are similar to the videos). ez farm
But can fully respect anyone committed to the dual katanas.
Even after 2 years this is still op! Managed to defeat margit and tree sentinel first try
Just defeated Godrick! Woohoooo
For anyone struggling to farm the rot armour, just upgrade both of your katanas to +12ish each and you should be able to 2 shot the knights with bloody slash. The invader also goes down in 2 hits just climb up on the roots to make it easier
Im following your guide as we speak. Im a brand new player, was following a knight build but always wanted Katana..seeing your dual wield made me fall in love. Im only in beginnings, killed the big dragon boss and got the legendary talisman, now on my way to getting the weapon. Thank you bro. Eventually i will look forward to your late game op build!!
Have you fought radaghan yet
What’s the update?
but now you need to unlock the ria luckaria acadamey just like me
@@adamjustice9004 same - meaning we´ll have to kill radaghan first
@@stu.chainz elden ring is an exception theres a shit ton in it
Okay this looks absolutely sick. Definitely gonna try this out cause being a badass looking samurai in this game looks like it would be a blast to play. Fantastic video and you explained it so well that somebody like me that isn't really that great at the game can follow along easily
And IT is a blast! I have never changed my armor 😂
but I prefer to play with aow bloodhound's step, combined it with incantations, It plays very well with this imo
You can’t don’t bother using this guide
So many areas are locked and he doesn’t explain how to unlock them
@@Ben-ew7zo i just followed this guide and completed it in 4 days from a fresh character, ive never played elden ring before and had little to no issues?
This is a very good guide. I'm following it and have one thing to point out: The way I found to get to the entrace of the Raya Academy was by getting the glintstone key from behind the dragon. I didn't have to kill the dragon, but it was a step that was necessary.
i didnt understand shit from this guide, he doesnt explain anything and just assumes we know everything
@@ger.shonnn Lol, yeah it's like he thinks people watching the guide have beaten the game 3 times already and are just trying to build a character. I'm just trying to beat the 4th boss and decided this game was hard enough to look things up, and now I have to look things up to understand the guide. Son of a-
I’m so glad you posted this! Been stuck for a bit trying to figure out a way beyond that door since I didn’t have that key!
@@ger.shonnn Sorry buy I have to agree with you.
Ok that’s where I’m stuck at now what dragon and where because he said in the video we don’t need n e thing but look smh
This was unreal, great video. You actually helped me so much, i had luck that i already did most of these things. So the process was faster. And again, thank you man.
This is an absolutely stellar video I’m playing a Vega bond and I’m on the verge of just restarting my game to do this samurai build
I've been watching your videos since Cyberpunk. You've really outdone yourself here bro. The speed of the video along with the details I need make it legendary tier. Keep em' coming! Oh and BTW, Between the OP mage and incantation build I created a samurai build just prior to the release of this video. It's like you're anticipating what I need! Now i've got the guide to make my 3rd OP build.
Quality vid. Loved the music and everything behind the weapon intros and how you say Nagakiba lol. Just now getting Elden ring and this helped so much
9:40 for this boss fight buy a club from the twin maiden husks, don’t have to upgrade at all and then just keep on hitting. Works just as well and saves time.
Thank you! because the blood method was not working with for me. I got the hammer and beat him first go
@@meelwallace521 pick Flail (first encounter in Carriage) or (better) Mornig star (Weeping Peninsula broken Carriage just after bringe) both are perfect against stone mobs in caverns and stone bosses
THIS COMMENT FTW!!
Thank you. Beat it first try after I bought a club
This build is actually insane. I was stuck on the first draconic tree sentinel for so long, but this build carried me all the way to godskin duo. Tysm for the vid!
Just got into ER last week. Definitely going to get all this. Already got the Nagasaki and the blood attack without realizing what it was. Just need the grinds and I'll be set!! Thanks😊
Nagasaki? ahahhahaahahahhahahaha bro tryina bring down nukes on the map, its the Nagakiba
Nagasaki is a city in a japan that was nuked during WW2
@@nagato2k633 lmao didn't notice the auto correct 😂😂
im new to elden ring and souls games, you dont know how much this has helped. thanks
Thanks man! Finalized the build last night and I got to say, having a blast. Killer video as well! Awesome editing, music is perfect and enjoyed the occasional comedy. Liked and Subscribed! Keep them coming brother!
How long did it take?
@@coltonlehnen6803 The grind wasn't too long, but well worth the effort. I love the feel of the build overall! I had just started playing the game, so once I truly started grasping the combat mechanics in combination with this build, became a blast! Check out the second segment and/or late game bleed build vid from Nizar GG. Sick! \m/
Im very impressed with how u do your videos great break downs and perfect way to explain how u do it all! Amazing job 👏
Fr lol I've been watching videos on how to get blood slash and they said like church of Marika fort faroth and other places never got it but got it here
Amazing video!!
I'm in love with the Cleanrot Knight armor and the long ass Nagakiba katana!
missed your videos bro. redownloaded elden ring...glad to be back
Just finished setting up this build….absolutely OWNS!
Any idea why my bloody slash only dealing 200 damage
@@adamhan9952 one hand
@@adamhan9952level up arcane, too
After about 14 hours I finally finished grinding this, new to the souls games and this is a great build 👏
Wat level were u when u starters and what level r u now and how long farming
Took me about 6 hours and about 2 hours farming total if that.
Bro I feel that I’ve gotten everything but the boots to drop. I’m almost convinced I’ll win the power ball first.
I started grinding this 3 days ago. I’m still trying to get the boots to drop. I’m convinced that I’d win the power ball before I get those boots to drop to complete the armor set.
Very, VERY nice guide, took me about 12ish hours to complete it as a TOTALLY new player of the game, thanks for the awesome work man!
So u kill godric and margit
@@Adstars401 I did! And for a BAD player like I am, it was satisfying AF! xD
@@Adstars401you can skip them by going on other way
why spoil the game watching these videos go explore yourself
@@bloodborne410 why hate this video when people who are here , intends to do so ? YOU are at the wrong place.
still best samurai build video for players trying to get started, new and returning alike. Spent entire day just trying to find this video. so worth!!
is it better than blackfame or rivers of blood
Is it still a good build?
@@Swiftkaratechopp he said that
Defenately going to try this guide and build, looks so cool. thanks for your awesome content!!
loved this video, it has helped get a bearing of the game. a note: some things you skip over like how your golden finger will run out before you kill the dragon. thats kinda important. along with parts that you jumped through like most people are suppose to know but for new players they may not. just a thought!
Ye true would be better to pop it when it's health is really low. I messed up the farm because I killed him the first time and didn't know to run back and reset lol it's all good tho I would've been there for hours and hours and been too op
Such a great video and detailed with no BS, great job. Still playing offline 1.02, one of the best explanations on this build I’ve seen.
bro this is all bs and he doesn't explain anything
@@MasonHoops4 Look at pinned comment dude
The best video for samurai I’ve seen it’s easy and fun to do with little to no work just a bit of grinding and your good to go , definitely coming back to this channel in
Doing this as soon as I’m off work I needed this just bought the game 2 days ago and these bosses ain’t no joke
I know this is an old video but I just want to say; this is the video that really helped me get into the game when I was completely new and now Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time. Thanks for your great content!
do you know a way two get the smithing stone 5's more consistently because i have trying for 2 hours and nothing has dropped.
@@amitsoora785bro same problem, did u rectify it?? If yes pls respond, i think its been patched
@@Viper12335 i got tured of keep trying tj farm so i just got the bell bearing
Same, they are not dropping anything
Awesome video, I struggled for so long trying to get something that works, gonna do this for my first playthrough so I can get better at the game first :D
I had more tries trying to get back down to the boss that it took to kill him. But honestly an amazing build. Thanks homeslice.
SAME. Got it on second try I was like I refuse to loose I’m not running back here again
Note: if you have already killed the first bloody finger with yuras help before visiting him to start his quest. You can find him in the murkwater cave, under the overpass you go under to get to your first bloody finger fight. Then just follow through with the steps.
Thank you
thanks💯💯
What if you hit yura in a fight and he wants to kill you on sight…
@@sebastianmacloud4360 looool
ty bro
I got all of this done with the bloodhound fang and it honestly just made me realize how much more I like the bloodhound fang than the nagakiba lol
I can tell this took work man. Appreciate you taking the time to figure all this out to help us all make a fun build. Working on mine now! Great vids man.
So, you can actually kill the dragon repeatedly if you're on horseback and race back to the Fort Farum site of grace as soon as you land the kill-blow. You get the runes, the dragon doesn't register as dead to the game, and you can do this as many times as you'd like if you do it properly.
Whats the sense of cheating in a Solo-RPG
Killing the sleeping dragon repeatly isn't patched? Damn it.
@@hewicopter8878 Well, if you don't want to go to the Mogwynn Palace, that's a way to do it.
@@noorhakimmohamad9196 Well, if you wait too long then the sleeping dragon stays dead, but if you rush to the grace sight near the Fort while on horseback, you can technically cheese the game into giving you the runes without permanently killing it.
In effect, yes, it hasn't been patched.
@@timregister7167 still not patched?
awesome build, great editing, and a tightly paced video with helpful tidbits that'll educate beginners. thank you so much!
@@x_yzk no. The number 5 smithing stone in the sealed tunnel does not work anymore
@@ironhead13 yeah it does
@@ironhead13 it does it just takes forever😭
Ass build ngl
Hi mate, i had a samurai with tons of probleam for dealing bleed and cause damage, but got a night to farm all this build and wow, what a diference the expierence of the hole game change a lot.thanks mate, waiting on your late game build ^^
Crazy to say but its too easy now
great tutorial, overall this helped so much. The fact that it was quick and got right to the point has its goods and bads though. This helped me get super strong early and I am slicing through bosses like butter, but since it was fast, I had to look up 20 different tutorials on how to get to the places. for example, it took me 20 minutes to realize that the mushroom head moved inside the cave, it also took me an hour and 2 other tutorials to get to the second boss for his quest. It also took another 2 tutorials to get to the Grand Lift of Dectrus. Honestly overall, even with the bads, this tutorial helped me a lot so thank you.
Does the smiting stone 5 still work? seen some people say that it doesn't, haven't tried it for myself yet.
I love the structure of the video. Understated gangster.
I can’t kill the sleeping dragon anymore, bleeds don’t seem to proc
I've been looking for a video like this for the Samurai. Great job. I find unsheathe on the nagakiba works better (maybe because I need more points in arcane for the blood slash. I don't like damaging myself every time I use it though either.). Great video though. Subbed.
For bleed the arcane works a bit weirdly compared to other scalings. You have a barrier of entry at 25. Until then bleed scales bad. Then it jumps up 3-4 times and scales amazingly until 45. It's like the earlier levels are to unlock the scaling and then you get the value with the later points. At 45 the scaling gets even worse than it was until 25 and at 60 is just drops off the face of the planet. So if you are going arcane you have to get really dedicated to it and get 45 ASAP. Early arcane builds are not something I would recommend as I tried somethign nearly identical to this but but not skipping around the map and actually playing normally. You just don't get enough bleed weapons and the ones you can make blood affinity can't be easily upgraded because normal stones are a pain to get. And even then because of the way arcane scales bleed buildup and the huge drop of AR with blood affinity you just can't perform well.
I recommend instead to get your other stats going vitality/stamina/dexterity to around 20 each and then go dedicated arcane past 25 all the way to 45. Arcane can be strong as solo scaling stat but you need a weapon with bleed already on it baseline and then set it to occult. Damage will scale as if it was scaling as keen off of dex while bleed will also go up significantly. Problem is Occult ashes suck for the most part. can;t be found early and you need the wetstone to use other ashes..... That is why weapons like Eleonora's Poleblade, which you get along with the Nagakiba are so powerful for arcane builds. Its already occult scaling, bleed scales too s after 25 it gets crazy, twinbaldes already have higher base bleed buildup than almost anything else, uses somber stones, the ash of war is amazing since it hits so many times it will bleed anything, and whatever survives the second part will be poise broken. Options are plenty. ;D
I myself gave up on the katanas even though I was going for dual wild katana arcane build at the start. Getting there is too complicated and slow and is not even that good, because katanas that are being praised as fast weapons are actually really too slow in my opinion and going twin curved swords is way better. Also due to the dragon communion seal being the best scaling seal you actually are better at faith casting than faith builds. As long as you have the faith to cast the incantations, but lower level ones are actually the best for this so as long as you have 17 for lightning bolt it will unintentionally out damage everything else you have as arcane build, so getting the talisman +5 faith makes this so easy and natural. Curently I am also rocking 2 heavy impaling swords, which are underrated AF. They are heavy so they do great stagger, damage is really high and they attack as fast if not faster than katanas, while having the range of spears. Moveset is better IMO. Also a unique weapon that is similar to the Eleonora's Poleblade exists and also has great unique ash. So you don't have to damage yourself to play a very strong arcane build. And you can swap some talismans and be as good at sorceries or incantations as those dedicated builds with the right seal/staff.
@@AlexanderVRadevthanks a lot
After a pretty tedious 3 hours in the Sealed Tunnel, I just got very lucky and had the full armour set drop from the cleanrot knights in under 30 minutes. well chuffed. great guide btw :D
wow, I grinded it out today and I think I got my first arrmor drop after killing 50 of them and dying even more
Definitely the best elden ring guides
It took a while to farm smithing stone 5 and the cleanrot armour, but man this build is so worth it you are the goat
In the sealed tunnel they miners are only dropping cracked crystal and not smithing stone 5 any help?
@@CarsonDaniels It took me about 20 tries before they even dropped the first smithing stone 5, just keep at it they will drop them eventually. I didn't have much luck so it took me a while to get the amount needed but just keep reseting :D
Finally got into Elden Ring myself. I started off with Vaga. Finished at level 81. Wasnt getting anywhere. Maybe cause i really wasnt trying to "cheat" by looking up RUclips, etc. LOL! But, came across your video somehow. And, loving the samurai build so far. 31 hours in!
now if only I could figure out how to get to the academy to kill the second boss to get the katana. Took a bit to find but in the swamp to the west outside of rya lucaria academy there is a dragon. If you sneak or run in behind the dragon you’ll find the key for unlocking the academy once inside you don’t have to clear it you can make it to the second invasion needed to complete part two of obtaining the katana.
You can bypass the second boss
your videos on op builds are awesome and help me a lot
I only got the game a couple of weeks ago and this build has changed my tarnished life! Many thanks!
cleanrot set is fire. also video is dope bro, found you during BG3 hype and you make the best guides hands down. anyone unable to follow this is throwing, keep it up g
Man u make the best guides bro !! I appreciate all the hard work u put into them . I was having such a hard time when I first started I bout quit. So I got on RUclips and found your channel fairly quick and after studying your guide (slowed down a bit) lol I'm finally having a great time I can see why this game is highly praised. So yea I'm def subscribed and I'm gonna catch up on your other vids thank you.
Getting the gear was one of the hardest parts for me because they kept using long range attacks and the scarlet rot would always get me
and they keep dropping gauntlets
Yeah I've been farming for almost 2 hours and they won't drop the chest
This man is singlehandedly carrying the entire elden ring community
I subbed and thanks to u I have so much motivation to create many characters In this game. This game has given me a rollercoaster of emotions and has been so immensely fun. When I came across this video i was curious and now I feel so great. I'll admit this wasn't my first souls game but looking back at my ds3 days man...it keeps me going to play all the other games From software has to offer.
Thank you sir!!
glad I can help out my friend, it's my pleasure :)
Thank you for this build! I just started playing this game and was pretty lost at what to do first and not die every few minutes!
I finally retried Elden ring and this by far has been the most helpful video I’ve ever seen on it. I had no clue you had to upgrade your weapons with smithing stones let alone the bosses that drop them to help you purchase them haha
Thanks for the lvl 5 farm place now i can upgraded my staffs :P
Great video. I’m fairly noob with this game but thankfully I have already built stats as per your advice, all except arcane which I will focus on now. Looking forward to getting the new katana & armour. Thanks
Incredible video Nizar , thanks for all the amazing tips !
Just started a new game a few days ago and went with the samurai now I came across this video.....just got the nagikiba so im running this build now with bloody slash its fun. Nice guide.
Took me all day to do this realized I discarded radagon soreseal, restarted today and got farther in 1 hr 30 mins this time thank you 🙏🏾
recommend using nightriders flail or spiked mace for clearing smithing stone tunnels, just two hand and upgrade with the bell bearing stones
I just use the standard mace I found at the very beginning of the game, no alters just the wild strikes Ashes of war.
I'm only level 50 currently though so it will probably need some smithing soon to keep up with the enemies difficulty scaling as I get higher levels
@@SoloKyoto get bell bearings one and two if you can and then you can buy stones to upgrade blunt damage weapons
A tip for farming Smithing stone 5, you can use blood blade but instead of using it as a projectile, go close to the enemy and use it as a melee. If you do this, bleed will proc after 2 hits.
thank you bro
For real I just now tried that method wayyyy better than projectile
First of all, thank you for the great work on the guide! All the info has been spot on and it's helped me immensely as I'm new to the game. Looking forward to a continuation of this if there's more to learn!
I rarely comment or like a video, but ur guides are literally the best
Bro, love you. you aint leaving no detail behind
He left alot of details behind
Thanks Nizar, I was in need of #5 smithing stones.
Great tutorial. Straight to the point and very valuable
For the crystalline boss I take out a flail or mace that you can get really early on, jump attacks smash this boss very easily, just incase people are struggling to beat the boss, same in the sealed tunnel against the ads, I know it's about the swords but it helps to speed up the farm😁
Yeah don’t know what this guys smoking
Brilliant guide for an absolute killer build, 10/10
Wow, It is still useful Today!!! I did it. I got two katana all ready. Whoo!!! Great Start!!!
the editing and the tone of this video is very entertaining. well done
For the boss in the cave to get smithing stones 1 and 2, I just used the pickaxe from the cave and it was unbelievably easy
Where did you get it?
@@8xvi837 pickaxes are dropped by the miners
Great guide, especially for newbies! The exploring to find each location and the skill increases due to fighting tough enemies, for example I just got the first ash of war last night after getting gud against that knight. Can’t wait to complete this build to finally play the game!
Brand new player followed your guide when I got teleported couldn't find a way out of the cave now I'm in a never ending death loop, trying going more in depth for the new players
I know I'm late to the party but I hope you get this .I just want to say Ty I've progressed more with the build you made than what I did with my moonveil build
Just letting you know that your video was super helpful, well realized and I liked it a lot!
Like always best explanation, incredible guide, you do really good work dude! keep going 💪🏻
This is the best elden ring channel on RUclips, no cap!
Finally got the hole build done and even more upgraded with my states im like 217 now I beat Godrick first try thanks man
Just picked the game up last week. Didn't think I was going to like it....but I'm hooked. I chose Samurai as my character and followed an early game build using The Blood Fang or whatever it's called. Was powerful but really slow and frustrating to use for me. So I was searching for a build that suited me better. I've followed your video, and I have got the 2 weapons and both Ashes of War, and I have them levelled up to 6 & 5 at the moment. So I am now grinding out the S stones and runes to get both weapons levelled up. My character is at 41 and has a good amount of each of the stats you recommended. After a quick 10 min test, I can tell it's going to suit me much better and be loads more fun. Cheers 👍.
your editing is dope
Thank you. This video gave me lots of great advice and ideas. =)
How do you increase bloody slash damage?
For anyone doing this guide rn here are a few missing points that helped me doing the run as a new player;
- For the academy u need to get a key, search a guide for it, the location isnt too far away.
- Use a blunt weapon for the cave boss it helps with the sealed tunnel mobs too.
- I did this guide after defeating godrick but if iirc, theres a way to skip the castle and go directly to liurna, look for another video to do it.
so yeah i just got this game and this video is going to do me a justice. you are something great
each time i see one of you build, i want to make an other run :-) great job as always, the quality of the video is great.
Amazing guide as always man! What’s the other talisman you suggest? Maybe claw talisman to increase jump attack damage?
Imo the jump attack isn't amazing for applying bleed with Katanas like it is for curved swords (not enough hits).
Maybe Prostheses wearer's talisman. Winged sword is nice. Def Lord of Blood's exultation, but you need to get to the capital for that.
Otherwise just go defensive.
@@joeparas good advice, thanks.
I ended up getting the raptor feathers armour in Altus and the Claw Talisman before grinding the stones and it shreds
Really cool build, i just started, got a tip to run in a catacomb and get a second katana. Two bleed katanas is awesome. But will Def change to the one you showed now 🙂
Rivers of blood is the best sword in the game. I really don't get why he's using the naga either. The Uchi scales way better with arcane. Also if you want something good for ranged, the Serpent bow also scales with the same stats and is light...plus procs poison super fast and you can just buy the highest poison arrows.
Man, not to talk about the build, you just made an awesome video, funny and cool. Respect!!!
bro u made the game 100x better for me much love