finally a guide that helps beginners rather than showing off how powerful they are at level 120. how do you evolve this build? how do your stats look like at lvl 50? what incarnations/talismans/weapons you are going after ?
The plan is for me to finish off the starter guide type of build videos. Gooshy and Dutchy Tho will now come in to show off some mid game gear / skills set up to add on these starter guides. So make sure to sub and check the playlist often and you will see us evolve on all these starter builds going forwards. Tomorrow Dutchy will come in with some great content on shields and weapons for mid game confessor and vagabond builds !
For those who are interested in a comfortable yet straight forward kind of build, I can recommend the barrier ashes of war (from the southern nights cavalry with the mace) for the shield. You can block anything physical no matter how hard it hits and dont lose any stamina and it uses a very small amount of FP. This way you can put lightning damage on your weapon or the ashes of war which scales with faith, or a weapon with bleeding aow. Very handy especially in group play. Solo I would recommend the good old vintage dark/demon souls dodge roll and 2h strike method for faster kills
Yes! This is the route I’m going exactly. Although the quick step moves he shows look fun, I always struggle with those types of action moves and this other way will hopefully be much easier and safer.
@@TheArtiKle fight on the ground. he will always charge you and try to hit you with his flail. Since the flail is in his right hand, you roll to your right side always (across his front of the horse) and immediately afterwards strike him once with a 2h weapon (or 1h weapon in 2 hands). So you basically use his horse as a shield from his strikes. Then you create safe distance again by rolling away and wait for his next charge. He doesnt have many different kind of attacks so you will quickly learn what he is going to do and how to time the dodge. Also you can just avoid attacks you may have difficulties dodging with by rolling away to the side. Next charge he probably will have another attacking animation. Just be patient. From Softeare games are about surviving first and being patient, waiting for openings. When you killed his horse you can try to interrupt his cast for the new one by striking him. But be careful for his melee attacks.
This is my first souls game and I'm generally not very good at games. I just followed this guide and wow this makes such a difference, before I was panicking around on torrent but this makes facing enemies so much easier, thanks!
@shboomgirl Oh same. I think ER is a little more approachable for people who have never played the dark souls games, but that there's a slight learning curve if you haven't. It's a little intimidating for me getting into these kind of games later on in life. There's a lot of new info for me to absorb and a whole new play style I have to learn!
This is exactly the type of build for the gamestyle I imagine playing with the confessor, quick in and outs with a fireball!!! It's my first dark souls game and I absolutely love it. However, most of the "optimal" builds I found online was for a tanky paladdin so TY for this guide! Can't wait to go on the quest for the quick-step and fire sling.
Elden Ring is my first souls game, and I’m loving it. It’s hard for me to find videos that offer accessible techs for me, so this was a lifesaver! Thank you so much dude I’m so excited to try this out
Its great that this video actually shows a beginner character rather than a maxed one, however, I would like to know what weapons and shields I should work towards that would give a similar effect.
Brass sheild is a great upgrade that carries you throughout the entire game. You get it from soldiers holding them 0.02 percent of the time so good luck
Very very nice way of playing, truly unique. All I see everywhere are variations of Barricade and guard counter or straight up casting. I think this quickstep paired with a katana and blood loss should be nearly unstopable
@@burlapjack1464 samurai is the second best start in the game only behind sorcerer. You get the uchigatana and the long bow from the start, an amazing ash of war on both. You could just upgrade both weapons until end game I believe
@@burlapjack1464 well you can go samurai then pretty early on in gatefront ruins grace site you can farm the brass shield enemies to get that shield which is the best medium shield in the game and only need 16 str. Tbh starting classes are more about equipment you get at the start because you can put points in whatever you want and build what you want
I’m glad that this guide is here because most guides have characters that haven’t STARTED OUT like most of us are, which is why we’re looking for builds in the first place. Thank you for this video.
Been bouncing around trying different things and this build really, really clicked. It’s got style, variety, and feels really purposeful and deadly. Thanks!
Jesus. You breaking every game's mechanics down to a science is something I don't see much of here on RUclips. I had no choice but to subscribe, lol. Keep up the amazing content.
Very helpful! New to these games and wasnt really sure what to do with my confessor… this definitely has made the class way more playable for the large enemies
Watched to many elden videos for something to do tonight because it’s my third time playing it and finally a video that will allow me to get stronger and play better
Yes seriously I've watched so many guys and just couldn't remember where they just weren't in-depth enough this I think actually is going to help me because I'm still playing Horizon and Ragnarok so it's hard for me to switch back and forth but now that I've seen this a couple of times I think I might actually be able to make some progress I've never really been a Dark Souls player so this is all kind of new to me
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is my first souls game, and I knew that I wanted to play Confessor and have a mage knight kind of build, but I had no idea how to make it happen. Thank you for just giving the beginner set up to the build and explaining how it works instead of showing off some level 50+ build with a bunch of crazy gear
I love it, melee caster looks awesome. Currently playing as a straight up vagabond using melee only but this looks so much better and more effective. Definitely doing this!
Just started following this guide i found this pretty early in my game i literally just made it to that merchant who sold us the quickstep or was really close by when i started following these steps im only level 13 but i have everything i need i just need to practice the quickstep then quick hits block and dodge then repeat. thanks dude just found that Margit character oh boy .....
i was watching another guy who had the same amount of run time in his video but yours is much more simpler and less boastful. I love this video and i feel emboldened by the flame of ambition to set up a good confessor class lmao and thanks for the great guide.
I bought a second Broadsword from the merchant at the beach near the beginning and alternate between sword and shield and dual wielding according to the situation. Sacred Blade AoW has been my bread and butter at the early game. Also buy a shortbow from the beach merchant too, it is a very useful tool to have around. Got vigor to 20 then started alternating Mind, Endurance and Faith, haven't touched STR and DEX but I do have my weapons upgraded and the damage output is good, especially when dual wielding and sacred blade buffed. Have avoided going out of the way to high level zones to get OP stuff.
Don't forget to throw some points into your vigor. A good health bar goes a long way, especially with enemies that surprise, and test your level of patience.
This is especially important for when you get upgrades for your flask. If your flask can heal for 600-700 hp and you only have 500 maximum hp, then you're constantly missing potential hp recovery with each flask you drink,
Did they nerf the quickstep? When I try to light attack after quickstep, it seems to attack almost the same amount of time as a roll into attack and maybe longer than just attacking
Thank you for this guide, *what's the main stats I should focus for confessor though?" * NVM you covered it sorry. I just restarted as my samurai build was terrible and could barely get pass bosses at lvl 80. I'm already enjoying this class more and your guide is going to help me a lot more! Thank you for putting the time in to help us. 🙏 I think Ill make it to NG this time and be ready for the DLC lol
You've convinced me. Though I'm still confused about what stats do and why Dexterity is so important lol. I'm hoping there are other cool incantations I can use and much bigger swords and I wield as I'm going from a Guts/Link mindset for my character hence the desire for magic and big swords.
Holy crap this is amazing! I’m new to Elden Ring (just got it today on my birthday). This guide helped me take my confessor from a middle tier defensive character with meh offence to being able to freely switch between solid spell offence and amazing offence with the sword and shield utilizing quickstep.
I did this and ended up doing my stats on the brass shield, and swapped out quick step with bleed on my +4 broadsword. That bleed is crazy damage, and the fire is a good spam from far. The brass shield has major deflection. With all that I’m only on a medium build. So far it’s carried me far, while I tuck away my Reaper build to scale up faith next to Vigor. Just pumped the min requirements for the brass shield, and to wield a Scythe for latter. But this build is carrying me there for sure. It’s good to experiment early on, but the base weapons with bleed on the Confessor and Brass shield is powerful!!!
This is what I’ve been looking for I want to be able to play melee and do solid dmg but also step back and cast cool spells! Do you have an updated guide for later levels?
Honestly very helpful. I was at a loss on how to progress in a proper way with my Confessor. This definitely helped get me on a decent path without showing me end level gameplay. Great job
I'm typically on the edge of my seat waiting for your NBA 2K defensive settings tutorials, but it now looks like I have yet another reason to anticipate your content. You're the man, Sam.
This is great stuff. I subbed. Any chance you could do a faith build version? I’ve already headed down that path and would like some tips. Thanks again for your great video.
I'm playing this build but basically later. Some notes from my exprience so far: - If you can beat horse enemies, There's one that has bloodhound step. I've been using that because it moves a bit further. I mix in Dodges for aggressiveness and use bloodhound step to back away quickly when I see AoEs coming. - Since you'll most likely be running away to do damage, the upgrade to the flame sling is Black Flame. Scarlet Rot breath is also pretty OP and doesn't require a much to use, other than costing alot of FP. - Don't sleep on those supplemental utility spells. if you find yourself being ambushed by magic, that magic fortification spell has let me overcome fights. Treat it like you're a Monster hunter, or witcher, or whatever. Some buffs can help, even if you swap out another spell for it temporarily. - If you don't mind giving up a talisman slot for this... there's a dungeon that contains a "cerulean dagger" talisman. It gives you FP for critical hits. I can save on FP flasks by backstabbing weak foes between harder ones in certain areas. I run with two weapons that use bloodhound step. I don't need offensive weapon arts, I have a large selection of spells!
What's your attribute points put into? I went with the other mage class astrologer and I have a hard time at late game im finding it hard to decide what to put my points into cuz i get instant death a lot from like say scarlot rot and such. But I read the explanation tab thing in game and it states under thr arcane stat is the 1 that affects resistance to instant death which many ppl Over look i haven't seen anyone mention this actually i learned it from thr game itself lol. Bjt yeah itd be very helpful to get a general at least idea of where to put points for this build or if ya know of any others???
@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial a very noobie question but how do I equip the skills into my weapons? I’ve been trying find the option, tried sitting at a grace and don’t seem to see the option either
I’m late to playing this masterpiece of a game, and I know TONS of people already said it; this build really clicked for me aswell! Nothing extremely over the top overpowered, takes some thinking to use properly, and it’s really fun! Thanks man! :)
@1:27 lol Are we playing the same game? As far as I can ascertain through the game tutorials, testing in-game, searching the internet, and searching the wiki, there is no "Block into Light Attack Counter Swing" which can be performed with the R1 button instead of the R2 button. There is only 1 form of Block counter, and it's with the R2/Right Trigger button. I asked my Discord, and they reported the same. EDIT: Also, I still really love the build and didn't mean this question as a call-out or anything. I'm just legitimately confused.
@@kybalion5205 Yes, we know... The reason there is confusion is that the guide emphasizes the use of a Light Attack variant of the Shield Block Counter Attack which uses R1 instead of R2, which doesn't exist.
I'm building a Faith based confessor but until I get the required encantations to make it work, I'm relying too much on melee and getting clapped. This should be a huge game changer for me so thank you for the tips. Great video. Now I just need to practice this approach to close combat.
I'm 30 hours in on first run and I picked confessor and I've been getting my ass handed to me! I feel with this quick step strategy I'll be able to beat the boss needed to unlock repesc because I totally fudged up my stats in the beginning lol.
@@pedrofontes8441 str/faith is most certainly for the traditional paladin build, meaning you buff yourself (and allies/summons) before hand, buff weapon, etc and then go melee the whole fight given the slow casting time. You still can certainly do shit tons of dmg with str/faith but it is a bit slower gameplay wise yeah
Just a tip from me as confessor is my top class to pick, go find scavengers curved sword and if bleeding ability it has doesn't fit to you find ashes of was sword dance put it on your sword and after you truly that thank me later
Are there certain stats in my confessor build that I shouldn’t worry to level up as much? And if so, what’s a good stopping point for those specific stats?
There's a ton of fun builds that let you use almost any combination of stats. There's a lot of good weapons that scale off of faith + strength, which is what I've been running. You can find the beastial claw spell seal from Gurranq that adds strength scaling to your incantations, which I personally find to be hilarious. "Oh yeah, that person is one of the most powerful spellcasters in the land. Their most powerful spell is 'throw rocks'." You can also lean more towards faith + arcane which leans you more towards dragon communion incantations and bleed builds. If you lean heavy into the dragon communion stuff you can even find an spellcasting seal that boosts dragon sorceries while also adding arcane scaling to your incantations. If you're aiming for a more pure spellcaster direction, a lot of really powerful incantations/sorceries have pretty high faith and int requirements, and you would have to ignore a lot of your melee stats in order to meet the high faith/int requirements if you're going that direction, but I personally like the flexibility of a hybrid melee/caster playstyle so I just ignore int for the most part. In general, you're always going to want to be putting points into vigor so you have enough health to survive some hits, put points mind so you have enough FP to cast the spells you want to use, and then you can kind of just set targets for how high you want to pump up your other stats based off of what the stat requirements are on the weapons you want to use. If you find a cool weapon that you want to run around with, just look at what the stat requirements for that weapon are and then that can give you some targets for where you want to start spending your points if you feel like you don't have a direction you want to go in. And if you want to change the direction you're building your character, you will unlock the ability to reset stat points after you beat the second boss, so your choices aren't permanent. But most weapons and spellcasting seals are only going to get most of their scaling off of 2 stats at most, so I would just pick 2 stats to be your primary damage stats out of str/dex/int/faith/arcane and find weapons/spellcasting implements that give you the best scaling for the stats that you chose. But you're going to want vigor in basically any character build, as well as some mind in any build that uses spells. You don't have to worry too much about weapon choice, since you can always change the scaling on a weapon by applying a new ash of war, so your weapon choice should primarily be decided by which weapons feel the most fun for you to use.
I’m a noob to this game, the Souls series altogether. After watching some of your vids, I really like this Confessor or the Prisoner as they are both lethal from a casting and melee standpoint. I’m only a few hours of play into so gonna give these tips a shot. Thanks.
God I hate and love this game xD Thanks for the awesome build. I'm lvl 40 now, really loving the playstyle. What weapon do you recommend? Can you just use the starting weapon and lvl it up alot for it to be good late game?
the barricade shield ash of war would be better imo. just slot an ash of war to make weapon sacred so it scales with int, or use a faith scaling weapon like winged scythe. should yield better results since winged scythe also has bleed.
A tip about incantations and sorceries: they’re a lot harder to get than effective weapon skills are. While they do have the greatest potential for devastating enemies, it can be hard and time consuming and expensive to get incantations and sorceries. Don’t be afraid to focus on melee while increasing faith or intelligence and some mind as you progress until you have what you need. Being effective with weapons does not need nearly as much of a stat point investment as casting does. Get a good weapon skill, upgrade the weapon, and you’ll do very well even if your points are very heavily invested in non-melee stats. And don’t worry yourself about scaling options for ashes of war for the same reason. Min-maxing is completely unnecessary.
That moment YT recommends this video because you've started as a Wretch and been accidently building your char the same... btw thanks mate! . . . fort, night
Hey there, it looks like when you quickstep it uses your stamina instead of your fp but when I quick step it uses my fp, how do you get it to use your stamina instead?
Great guide iv been using the build but i honestly think quick step is terrible it just fails all the time and i just keep losing all my health. Its way easier to just roll
Quick question, I just started playing elden ring and I’ve never played a souls game before. How do you get the camera to lock onto enemyies so you can block? I always end up dodging and then ending up facing the wrong way with my shield and getting hit in the back
Great guide! Never disappointed. Been enjoying your guides since AC and Tsushima. I was wondering, what do you think about picking Bloodhound Step over Quickstep? Have you considered it? Really torn on them personally. You're the man Sam!
i am about 9 hrs into my first playthrough as a confessor, and I have upgraded only strength and vigor up to this point, and cant get passed Margit lol. (Yes I've got the wolves and the shackles) I guess I am restarting from scratch ugh
finally a guide that helps beginners rather than showing off how powerful they are at level 120. how do you evolve this build? how do your stats look like at lvl 50? what incarnations/talismans/weapons you are going after ?
The plan is for me to finish off the starter guide type of build videos. Gooshy and Dutchy Tho will now come in to show off some mid game gear / skills set up to add on these starter guides. So make sure to sub and check the playlist often and you will see us evolve on all these starter builds going forwards.
Tomorrow Dutchy will come in with some great content on shields and weapons for mid game confessor and vagabond builds !
I started this way and when I reached liurna y got some frenzy flame stuff going and ended with a sweet frenzy build
@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial love this plan
How do I equip it to my shield lol
@@alexanderjames1565 lol Fr idk how to😂😂
3:20 - Get Quickstep & No Skill
5:02 - Flame Sling
For those who are interested in a comfortable yet straight forward kind of build, I can recommend the barrier ashes of war (from the southern nights cavalry with the mace) for the shield. You can block anything physical no matter how hard it hits and dont lose any stamina and it uses a very small amount of FP. This way you can put lightning damage on your weapon or the ashes of war which scales with faith, or a weapon with bleeding aow. Very handy especially in group play. Solo I would recommend the good old vintage dark/demon souls dodge roll and 2h strike method for faster kills
Yes! This is the route I’m going exactly. Although the quick step moves he shows look fun, I always struggle with those types of action moves and this other way will hopefully be much easier and safer.
I feel this route is more noob friendly as well. If you miss step you're in for a world of pain.
I wanted to go this route but Im a noob and cant kill the knight. I might have to go the route in the video instead.
@@TheArtiKle fight on the ground. he will always charge you and try to hit you with his flail. Since the flail is in his right hand, you roll to your right side always (across his front of the horse) and immediately afterwards strike him once with a 2h weapon (or 1h weapon in 2 hands). So you basically use his horse as a shield from his strikes. Then you create safe distance again by rolling away and wait for his next charge. He doesnt have many different kind of attacks so you will quickly learn what he is going to do and how to time the dodge. Also you can just avoid attacks you may have difficulties dodging with by rolling away to the side. Next charge he probably will have another attacking animation. Just be patient. From Softeare games are about surviving first and being patient, waiting for openings. When you killed his horse you can try to interrupt his cast for the new one by striking him. But be careful for his melee attacks.
Don’t you lose the ashes after you put them on your shield? What if you want that effect on a shield later in the game?
This is my first souls game and I'm generally not very good at games. I just followed this guide and wow this makes such a difference, before I was panicking around on torrent but this makes facing enemies so much easier, thanks!
Same here. I'm SUFFERINGGG
you will be a pro in no time just keep playing
@@draco2xx Wolf of Ragadon...... Has been slained.....
Same, I didn't grow up with a console and I suck SO hard haha
@shboomgirl Oh same. I think ER is a little more approachable for people who have never played the dark souls games, but that there's a slight learning curve if you haven't.
It's a little intimidating for me getting into these kind of games later on in life. There's a lot of new info for me to absorb and a whole new play style I have to learn!
This is exactly the type of build for the gamestyle I imagine playing with the confessor, quick in and outs with a fireball!!! It's my first dark souls game and I absolutely love it. However, most of the "optimal" builds I found online was for a tanky paladdin so TY for this guide! Can't wait to go on the quest for the quick-step and fire sling.
There's another fire skill, fire hands or ignite I think, that's pretty fun for a hit and run playstyle as it's a very quick cast.
How was confessor for you?
Elden Ring is my first souls game, and I’m loving it.
It’s hard for me to find videos that offer accessible techs for me, so this was a lifesaver! Thank you so much dude I’m so excited to try this out
Awesome video guide that doesn’t flaunt a build, but shows WHY it works and HOW to achieve it without an info overload. Thank you! =)
Its great that this video actually shows a beginner character rather than a maxed one, however, I would like to know what weapons and shields I should work towards that would give a similar effect.
Brass sheild is a great upgrade that carries you throughout the entire game. You get it from soldiers holding them 0.02 percent of the time so good luck
Very very nice way of playing, truly unique. All I see everywhere are variations of Barricade and guard counter or straight up casting. I think this quickstep paired with a katana and blood loss should be nearly unstopable
I indirectly am doing that
So would it be best to start as a samurai just so you don't have to hunt for a katana or straight up confessor?
@@burlapjack1464 samurai is the second best start in the game only behind sorcerer. You get the uchigatana and the long bow from the start, an amazing ash of war on both. You could just upgrade both weapons until end game I believe
@@madestro oh wow didn't know that, but I kinda like blocking so I might just stay confessor for this playthrough. Whats the best starter though?
@@burlapjack1464 well you can go samurai then pretty early on in gatefront ruins grace site you can farm the brass shield enemies to get that shield which is the best medium shield in the game and only need 16 str. Tbh starting classes are more about equipment you get at the start because you can put points in whatever you want and build what you want
I’m glad that this guide is here because most guides have characters that haven’t STARTED OUT like most of us are, which is why we’re looking for builds in the first place. Thank you for this video.
That’s my plan and approach when I make build content. Happy to help !
Been bouncing around trying different things and this build really, really clicked. It’s got style, variety, and feels really purposeful and deadly. Thanks!
Confessor definitely uses all of the build’s resources and can do it in melee, range, and use stamina for defense. I find it the most fun.
Three minutes into this video and it’s already more helpful than other guide videos.
Omg finally a guide that is really useful for a noob in souls game like me. Someone give a medal to this guy
Thank you for sharing👍🙏
Jesus. You breaking every game's mechanics down to a science is something I don't see much of here on RUclips. I had no choice but to subscribe, lol. Keep up the amazing content.
Very helpful! New to these games and wasnt really sure what to do with my confessor… this definitely has made the class way more playable for the large enemies
Watched to many elden videos for something to do tonight because it’s my third time playing it and finally a video that will allow me to get stronger and play better
Yes seriously I've watched so many guys and just couldn't remember where they just weren't in-depth enough this I think actually is going to help me because I'm still playing Horizon and Ragnarok so it's hard for me to switch back and forth but now that I've seen this a couple of times I think I might actually be able to make some progress I've never really been a Dark Souls player so this is all kind of new to me
Ewwww I hit the jackpot with this video!! Thank you so much! Elden Ring is my very first Dark Souls game and I'm sure this will be a game changer
Great video. Thank you. I’ve been running a confessor but haven’t really realized how to use it effectively.
Happy to help.
Very nice guide! I chose confessor and needed some tips and all others I've seen, were already leveled up like a mofo. Thanks for this man
Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is my first souls game, and I knew that I wanted to play Confessor and have a mage knight kind of build, but I had no idea how to make it happen. Thank you for just giving the beginner set up to the build and explaining how it works instead of showing off some level 50+ build with a bunch of crazy gear
The quick step really helps alot not over dodging
I love it, melee caster looks awesome. Currently playing as a straight up vagabond using melee only but this looks so much better and more effective. Definitely doing this!
Same, am lvl 25 with a Vagabond sword and board build and it's already starting to feel a bit samey and limiting. This looks like fun!
Just want to say tkx, really enjoyed this big tip. I thought I would give up but now I think My character has a chance
This tutorial was fire 🔥. You explained and showed with the camera slowdowns so we’ll
Just started following this guide i found this pretty early in my game i literally just made it to that merchant who sold us the quickstep or was really close by when i started following these steps im only level 13 but i have everything i need i just need to practice the quickstep then quick hits block and dodge then repeat. thanks dude just found that Margit character oh boy .....
i was watching another guy who had the same amount of run time in his video but yours is much more simpler and less boastful. I love this video and i feel emboldened by the flame of ambition to set up a good confessor class lmao and thanks for the great guide.
Been waiting for a guide like this for some time. Thank you.
Hope you enjoy this. Confessor class really allows for smooth melee caster gameplay with shield as bonus
Aboutv5 days!
I bought a second Broadsword from the merchant at the beach near the beginning and alternate between sword and shield and dual wielding according to the situation. Sacred Blade AoW has been my bread and butter at the early game. Also buy a shortbow from the beach merchant too, it is a very useful tool to have around. Got vigor to 20 then started alternating Mind, Endurance and Faith, haven't touched STR and DEX but I do have my weapons upgraded and the damage output is good, especially when dual wielding and sacred blade buffed. Have avoided going out of the way to high level zones to get OP stuff.
i picked this guy cause he looks the coolest, and this video really helped
Confessor is the coolest looking starter
Yay! A build that makes sense. Ty for making this video, it really helped.
This was actually full of useful, practical advice. Thanks!
Don't forget to throw some points into your vigor. A good health bar goes a long way, especially with enemies that surprise, and test your level of patience.
This is especially important for when you get upgrades for your flask. If your flask can heal for 600-700 hp and you only have 500 maximum hp, then you're constantly missing potential hp recovery with each flask you drink,
Did they nerf the quickstep? When I try to light attack after quickstep, it seems to attack almost the same amount of time as a roll into attack and maybe longer than just attacking
DUDE THANK YOUUUUUU. I WAS LIKE.... WHY DO I SUCK AT BLOCKING. now I'm getting by alot more efficiently. You're a godsend. Onwards Tainted!
A lot*
Would love to see what your follow up build is to this one! Love it so far
Will be doing follow up content for all these builds yes. First I will do prisoner and then likely bandit and then go into confessor after 👍
I think I love you. This was so informative. I'm excited to work towards this. Thanks a million. ❤
Yo this build lookin fire!🔥 Keep up the amazing work guys! Can't wait to see what else is in store!💚
Appreciate it!!
the confessor armor is the best looking drip in the game its the herald class all over again
good this makes my character better
Thanks for that explanation and keep posting more.👍
Your movement is perfect 😍
Thank you for this guide, *what's the main stats I should focus for confessor though?"
* NVM you covered it sorry.
I just restarted as my samurai build was terrible and could barely get pass bosses at lvl 80. I'm already enjoying this class more and your guide is going to help me a lot more! Thank you for putting the time in to help us. 🙏 I think Ill make it to NG this time and be ready for the DLC lol
Just what I've been looking for, looks like a great build.
SAME!
You've convinced me. Though I'm still confused about what stats do and why Dexterity is so important lol. I'm hoping there are other cool incantations I can use and much bigger swords and I wield as I'm going from a Guts/Link mindset for my character hence the desire for magic and big swords.
dude thanks, I'm new so this is really eye opening.
Holy crap this is amazing! I’m new to Elden Ring (just got it today on my birthday). This guide helped me take my confessor from a middle tier defensive character with meh offence to being able to freely switch between solid spell offence and amazing offence with the sword and shield utilizing quickstep.
Flame sling is a god send against the big knights in Stormveil castle
As a street fighter 2 player of 25 years, and a first time souls player… this REALLY clicked for me, and now I’m enjoying the game much more.
Thanks!
Same dude!
As a dance dance revolution player, this build is great
Thanks for this guide. 👍👍
I did this and ended up doing my stats on the brass shield, and swapped out quick step with bleed on my +4 broadsword. That bleed is crazy damage, and the fire is a good spam from far. The brass shield has major deflection. With all that I’m only on a medium build. So far it’s carried me far, while I tuck away my Reaper build to scale up faith next to Vigor. Just pumped the min requirements for the brass shield, and to wield a Scythe for latter. But this build is carrying me there for sure.
It’s good to experiment early on, but the base weapons with bleed on the Confessor and Brass shield is powerful!!!
Really good guy my friend, exactly how I want to play this character
This is what I’ve been looking for I want to be able to play melee and do solid dmg but also step back and cast cool spells! Do you have an updated guide for later levels?
Honestly very helpful.
I was at a loss on how to progress in a proper way with my Confessor.
This definitely helped get me on a decent path without showing me end level gameplay.
Great job
From 2k to Elden ring. Sam Pham 🐐
I'm typically on the edge of my seat waiting for your NBA 2K defensive settings tutorials, but it now looks like I have yet another reason to anticipate your content.
You're the man, Sam.
Thank you ! I appreciate that a lot
Incredible guide
This is great stuff. I subbed. Any chance you could do a faith build version? I’ve already headed down that path and would like some tips. Thanks again for your great video.
I'm playing this build but basically later.
Some notes from my exprience so far:
- If you can beat horse enemies, There's one that has bloodhound step. I've been using that because it moves a bit further. I mix in Dodges for aggressiveness and use bloodhound step to back away quickly when I see AoEs coming.
- Since you'll most likely be running away to do damage, the upgrade to the flame sling is Black Flame. Scarlet Rot breath is also pretty OP and doesn't require a much to use, other than costing alot of FP.
- Don't sleep on those supplemental utility spells. if you find yourself being ambushed by magic, that magic fortification spell has let me overcome fights. Treat it like you're a Monster hunter, or witcher, or whatever. Some buffs can help, even if you swap out another spell for it temporarily.
- If you don't mind giving up a talisman slot for this... there's a dungeon that contains a "cerulean dagger" talisman. It gives you FP for critical hits. I can save on FP flasks by backstabbing weak foes between harder ones in certain areas.
I run with two weapons that use bloodhound step. I don't need offensive weapon arts, I have a large selection of spells!
can you share your attribute point spread?
What's your attribute points put into? I went with the other mage class astrologer and I have a hard time at late game im finding it hard to decide what to put my points into cuz i get instant death a lot from like say scarlot rot and such. But I read the explanation tab thing in game and it states under thr arcane stat is the 1 that affects resistance to instant death which many ppl Over look i haven't seen anyone mention this actually i learned it from thr game itself lol. Bjt yeah itd be very helpful to get a general at least idea of where to put points for this build or if ya know of any others???
You are doing gaurd counter not light attack counter no...?
Very helpful, thanks!
Bro sick tutorial, I’m doing a new file. Thanks big dogg
This is exactly how I built my confessor
So much fun
Yes a very proper melee caster build. I feel this class really is the most fun
@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial a very noobie question but how do I equip the skills into my weapons? I’ve been trying find the option, tried sitting at a grace and don’t seem to see the option either
I’m late to playing this masterpiece of a game, and I know TONS of people already said it; this build really clicked for me aswell! Nothing extremely over the top overpowered, takes some thinking to use properly, and it’s really fun! Thanks man! :)
tks bro, hope you give more advice video for newbie.
Thanks for this, seems I’ve focused on different elements of my Confessor and struggled with speed. This will help massively 👍
I just want to know what I should upgrade on a confessor but there’s like no videos on it
Awsome guide, thank you
@1:27 lol Are we playing the same game? As far as I can ascertain through the game tutorials, testing in-game, searching the internet, and searching the wiki, there is no "Block into Light Attack Counter Swing" which can be performed with the R1 button instead of the R2 button. There is only 1 form of Block counter, and it's with the R2/Right Trigger button. I asked my Discord, and they reported the same.
EDIT: Also, I still really love the build and didn't mean this question as a call-out or anything. I'm just legitimately confused.
I am also confused... as this does not happen when I try it :)
@@piotrpanzer4233 once you block an attack you can counter by pressing R2 straight after
@@kybalion5205 Yes, we know... The reason there is confusion is that the guide emphasizes the use of a Light Attack variant of the Shield Block Counter Attack which uses R1 instead of R2, which doesn't exist.
@@King_WhiteWolf Exactly.
I'm building a Faith based confessor but until I get the required encantations to make it work, I'm relying too much on melee and getting clapped. This should be a huge game changer for me so thank you for the tips. Great video. Now I just need to practice this approach to close combat.
Interesting. Thank you. I'll try it.
How about the best armor for the confessor?
How much heavy could be?
Thank you!
I love this guide! But is there a way to avoid the boss by the Castle to get the Fire Sling?
so usewfull thank you
I'm 30 hours in on first run and I picked confessor and I've been getting my ass handed to me! I feel with this quick step strategy I'll be able to beat the boss needed to unlock repesc because I totally fudged up my stats in the beginning lol.
im in the same scenario... I didnt know dex made me cast spells faster, so dumped all lvls in str
@@pedrofontes8441 str/faith is most certainly for the traditional paladin build, meaning you buff yourself (and allies/summons) before hand, buff weapon, etc and then go melee the whole fight given the slow casting time. You still can certainly do shit tons of dmg with str/faith but it is a bit slower gameplay wise yeah
Thank you so much!
i keep wanting to start new game and class only to respec 10 times before leyendell , helllllpp!!!!
By the way, would you say that katanas are a good alternative to the sword as it is already dex scaling?
Just a tip from me as confessor is my top class to pick, go find scavengers curved sword and if bleeding ability it has doesn't fit to you find ashes of was sword dance put it on your sword and after you truly that thank me later
Are there certain stats in my confessor build that I shouldn’t worry to level up as much? And if so, what’s a good stopping point for those specific stats?
There's a ton of fun builds that let you use almost any combination of stats.
There's a lot of good weapons that scale off of faith + strength, which is what I've been running. You can find the beastial claw spell seal from Gurranq that adds strength scaling to your incantations, which I personally find to be hilarious. "Oh yeah, that person is one of the most powerful spellcasters in the land. Their most powerful spell is 'throw rocks'."
You can also lean more towards faith + arcane which leans you more towards dragon communion incantations and bleed builds. If you lean heavy into the dragon communion stuff you can even find an spellcasting seal that boosts dragon sorceries while also adding arcane scaling to your incantations.
If you're aiming for a more pure spellcaster direction, a lot of really powerful incantations/sorceries have pretty high faith and int requirements, and you would have to ignore a lot of your melee stats in order to meet the high faith/int requirements if you're going that direction, but I personally like the flexibility of a hybrid melee/caster playstyle so I just ignore int for the most part.
In general, you're always going to want to be putting points into vigor so you have enough health to survive some hits, put points mind so you have enough FP to cast the spells you want to use, and then you can kind of just set targets for how high you want to pump up your other stats based off of what the stat requirements are on the weapons you want to use. If you find a cool weapon that you want to run around with, just look at what the stat requirements for that weapon are and then that can give you some targets for where you want to start spending your points if you feel like you don't have a direction you want to go in. And if you want to change the direction you're building your character, you will unlock the ability to reset stat points after you beat the second boss, so your choices aren't permanent. But most weapons and spellcasting seals are only going to get most of their scaling off of 2 stats at most, so I would just pick 2 stats to be your primary damage stats out of str/dex/int/faith/arcane and find weapons/spellcasting implements that give you the best scaling for the stats that you chose. But you're going to want vigor in basically any character build, as well as some mind in any build that uses spells. You don't have to worry too much about weapon choice, since you can always change the scaling on a weapon by applying a new ash of war, so your weapon choice should primarily be decided by which weapons feel the most fun for you to use.
@@ferristriangle3514 as someone that is new to souls games, thank you
@@ferristriangle3514 thank you so much!
I’m a noob to this game, the Souls series altogether. After watching some of your vids, I really like this Confessor or the Prisoner as they are both lethal from a casting and melee standpoint. I’m only a few hours of play into so gonna give these tips a shot. Thanks.
Great video man
Thank you !
Sooo like what weapons are a must use with this class
God I hate and love this game xD Thanks for the awesome build. I'm lvl 40 now, really loving the playstyle. What weapon do you recommend? Can you just use the starting weapon and lvl it up alot for it to be good late game?
the barricade shield ash of war would be better imo. just slot an ash of war to make weapon sacred so it scales with int, or use a faith scaling weapon like winged scythe. should yield better results since winged scythe also has bleed.
Its guard into heavy attack for guard counter not light attack
A tip about incantations and sorceries: they’re a lot harder to get than effective weapon skills are. While they do have the greatest potential for devastating enemies, it can be hard and time consuming and expensive to get incantations and sorceries. Don’t be afraid to focus on melee while increasing faith or intelligence and some mind as you progress until you have what you need. Being effective with weapons does not need nearly as much of a stat point investment as casting does. Get a good weapon skill, upgrade the weapon, and you’ll do very well even if your points are very heavily invested in non-melee stats. And don’t worry yourself about scaling options for ashes of war for the same reason. Min-maxing is completely unnecessary.
*expects a video about gear and weapons*
*gets a video about quick stepping for 8 minutes*
*eye twitch* what...the....fuck...
That moment YT recommends this video because you've started as a Wretch and been accidently building your char the same... btw thanks mate!
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Man that confessor drip is still the best looking in the game
I literally can’t put any of the armaments onto my sword or shield how do I put them on . Flame sling to the hand to wtf !
I can't figure out how to put it on my sword and shield. I purchased them....
Yeah same
Why he not tellin us how to use the moves
Hey there, it looks like when you quickstep it uses your stamina instead of your fp but when I quick step it uses my fp, how do you get it to use your stamina instead?
Great guide iv been using the build but i honestly think quick step is terrible it just fails all the time and i just keep losing all my health. Its way easier to just roll
Perfect for me
Quick question, I just started playing elden ring and I’ve never played a souls game before. How do you get the camera to lock onto enemyies so you can block? I always end up dodging and then ending up facing the wrong way with my shield and getting hit in the back
If you’re on console click the right stick. Flick the stick left or right if there are multiple enemies to switch who you’re locked on to.
@@MrBones105 thanks!!
Great guide! Never disappointed. Been enjoying your guides since AC and Tsushima. I was wondering, what do you think about picking Bloodhound Step over Quickstep? Have you considered it? Really torn on them personally.
You're the man Sam!
i am about 9 hrs into my first playthrough as a confessor, and I have upgraded only strength and vigor up to this point, and cant get passed Margit lol. (Yes I've got the wolves and the shackles) I guess I am restarting from scratch ugh
Didn’t this guy do stuff for 2k? Like badge videos?
Will this still work without quickstep? I killed that NPC last night 🤣
Take ball to the lady in the round table, give her the ball bearing and you can access his shop from there
Nice build
Thanks ! yes the confessor is a very user friendly beginner's build.