EDIT (7/24/2024): RUclips has reversed an edit that I made on this video YEARS ago, and now the video/audio are both completely out of sync. If you go to the end of the video, y'all will see that the video ends at "25:33/26:18". They re-added 45 seconds of footage that is no longer a part of the video. I'm going to see if this can be fixed, and I apologize for the inconvenient viewing!
@@dangitjm bro honestly if anything with all the resurgence of people playing souls-borne games bc of elden ring; it might be best to make a 2024 edition for people like me who were playing for the first time
@calebchurch9826 Anything is viable in pve if you want to do it. But poison is generally pretty bad. The main issue is that you don't care about slow ticking damage against mobs, because they'll be dead in a few more hits anyway. It would be better against bosses, if most bosses weren't extremely resistant to poison, to the point where you'll kill themselves before you've hit enough to proc it. It's sad. I've wanted to do a poison build, but they just really dont want you to for some reason
I hate chapters so much! I wish RUclips never created them! You try to rewind just a little bit because you didn’t catch a statement clearly enough, and then you end up backtracking to previous chapters or even to the beginning of the damn video by accident. Fuck this shit. Timestamps in a video description or in a pinned comment are fine, but chapters are freaking garbage.
I have a build, but it requires a very specific gameplay loop. 1. Be bad at the game 2. Get frusterated and quit 3. Watch RUclips video about Bloodborne 4. Get hyped and play again 5. Repeat
jjdude00 Lol, first time I played I was killed easily I wasn't getting far as every enemy is dangerous in the game pretty much, but I stuck with it and started getting better and better (hunters axe in range form is still my best weapon) I needed to co op 1 boss but apart from that completed the game eventually, now I'm playing the chalice dungeons after my platinum, have u played anymore or gave up on the game?
@@markwheeler4245 no i kept playing, still haven't finished but I've become quite a bit better. I'm pausing it rn to play Sekiro, but I'll definitely go back to bloodborne.
Now it's almost 5 years since the game's release and I'm still watching this. Edit: I Hope y'all stay healthy during this quarantine, the night never ends Edit 2: heyy it's been three years ! Thx for the likes. Many things happened but we made it through the Nightmare. I now hope someday we get a sequel / remaster /Pc port
@@Heinek_en Definitely play Sekiro. It's a completely different experience but so incredibly fun. It was hard for me to get into Bloodbornes playstyle because it was much slower and so much simpler compared to Sekiro. I'm enjoying it pretty well though
@Dem Lem's I haven't heard much about Eldin Ring. Do they have any gameplay out for the game or some info on how it will play? I've been playing bloodborne for a bit and afterwards might get into the Souls series, but if Eldin Ring comes out first I'll get into that right away. Anything to keep me away from torturing myself with Dark Souls 1
window wax i still play it after 3 years :> every ng+ is fun and good challenges and also go on the bloodborne playstation community and offer boss help my favorite game on the ps4 and still soak so many hours in. Still plenty of chalice dungeons still yet to be explored too
Really wish they’d would just keep coming out with more locations and weapons for the game. That way they don’t make a sequel if there ever is one and possibly screw it up
John Turner yeah why they stop at 1 expansion is crazy. They should have just keeo adding on keeo the same game but kept making expansions. Pretty sure there will be A BB2 this game sold for too well. May not be soon but there will be guarantee that
Yeah I just kinda put points into Vitality, Endurance, and strength at first. Then on new game plus I put points into skill and Arcane. Trying to just use all the weapons.
Is it rare for people like me to only play Soulsborne games for PvE? I've found 300ish hours of enjoyment on DS1 from PvE alone. I never do PvP. Am I missing out much? Or am I alone.
I don’t like PVP. But I won’t back down from an invader. I have only been playing BB for a month (already pkatinumed it too) and I think my record is 8 wins outta 10.
You're not missing anything PvP is just a sucky game mode period in my opinion - it's almost always tacked on and just shit - I have met some cool people while online gaming though.
No kidding, just 2 days ago I was like, "why aren't there any good build guides on RUclips for Bloodborne?" Then I saw this. Fortunately for me, it's Jim's video on Bloodborne builds.
Good ol' JonTron scream. I made a noise similar to that the first time I beat Logarius too. For some reason, he gives me more trouble more consistently than any other boss in the game, even Ludwig or Maria.
only boss i regretted not putting anything in stamina was shadow of yharnam. the orphan just requiers perfect dodges,those fuckers require running and dash spams every time.
I'm one of those people who got the game cause its free for ps plus. This was a very helpful and educational video on the subject. Great job and keep it coming.
As a Bloodborne noob, I can't thank you enough for this immeasurably helpful guide. As a fellow creator, I applaud your ability to find an untapped niche and make a high quality video to meet the demand. You've saved my BB streams from being infuriating to watch. Thank you so much, and great job on this guide. You more than earned my sub.
Lord Trowa I played it for months and loved it. The dlc is the best I've ever experienced in a game. It's the platinum trophy I'm most proud of. I will play it again someday on the inevitable 60 fps remaster on PS5.
People who think save scumming is cheating, are clueless. You want to go through the same dungeon again to get the right gem? All that EXTRA work just for ONE gem, and rng is extremely not in your favor you're out of your mind.
I've been playing Bloodborne for a long time and I STILL haven't experienced every weapon in this game. Every few months, when I inevitably begin a new playthrough to try a build around a particular weapon, I always listen to this video as I'm going through Central Yharnam to remind myself how I should probably plan things out. This video is an immense help for players of all skill levels and I'm glad it's still here for us to use.
TL:DR; Brain DeadGuide Vgr: 40+ End: 20-30 Str: 40+ If you want big boi weapons (Hammers, Greatswords, etc) Skl: 40+ If you want edgelord weapons (daggers, katanas, etc) Bld: 40+ If you want sparky bank weapons (guns, cannons, chikage) Arc: 40+ If you want zip zappo weapons (spells) Keep it below level 120 to pvp
Except 70+ arcane builds. They will have way less hp and way less weapon variety to them. But tbh no one should do any 99 arcane build on their first playtrough imo. It's definitely one of the most niche playstyles to adapt and play, it requires high amounts of knowledge and familiarity to perform well.
That's definitely true. Especially your name influences your character. I tought making a Scholar Knight character for Grand Archives invasions and to be honest I regret making that(Crystal LKGS is just cursed). I decided to change it into Cleric Knight with Blessed LKGS but since my name was Scholar it stuck on me lol.
@@Merty1388 I know exactly what you are saying. I love making characters for a specific purpose also, like I have a character that helps people through the forbidden woods in Bloodborne
Started BB a year ago, wanted to play arcane, leveled arcane early, took that crappy build all the way through blood-starved, and ragequit because I hadn't found a SINGLE SPELL.........two weeks ago, got wise, leveled STR, started blowing through the game, found lots of spells, learned I should have stuck to the arcane path......................seppuku is the only honorable choice.
Exquisite Corpse "spells" It's sad that you quit the game though, that's why i always tell to people to focus on making the game enjoyable for new players... As of today, i'm seeing invaders who prey upon new players like scavengers as cinycal people tbat don't want any new fans of their game, like they should be the only ones to like it, but remember, the more people play and love the game, the more income from soft gets, the more and better games will come out.
Exquisite Corpse also, using a wiki to play isn't that bad, especially in bloodborne which has so few secrets and so many "dead ends" when it comes to build-making.
I don't even know if I count as a 'new player' since I finished all three DS games, 3/4s of Demon Souls, and played quite a lot of PvP in both DS2 and 3. My comfort zone is pure spellcaster (melee hybrids are for weenies!), but trying to aggressively force the magic archetype in Bloodborne will build you into a corner if you don't know what you're doing.
Exquisite Corpse but... Pure spellcasting is hated by miyazaki, that's just not how he envisions sorcerees... Decent full spellcast builds in fromsoft games don't exist afaik
If you want to genuinely optimize your build for PvP, pure spellcasting does not work...but - then again - if you REALLY want to optimize - it's all been worked out. Consult the internet and make 'the build' - there are only 2-3 per game. However, I think of Dark Souls as being fundamentally casual. These matches aren't at EVO for thousands of dollars; they're in the living room among friends having fun. Basically, I want my build to showcase some unique idea while still being 90% as good as the truly optimized players. This was possible in DS2 with pure magic....but, sadly, nowhere else.
Most heartwarming outrow ever love this guy. Wat he’s this video years ago on my first play through just got bloodborne on ps5 starting another play through video is still golden.
Not a fan of "how to" vids but this is a good one. Late but better than nothing, especially with the event. Lack a small nod to false depth tho, I know for a fact there are dozens of people farming them(yesterday there were 16 messengers around the lantern) as "unnatural" as they're false depths are part of the game now.
As useful as False Depth chalices are, the best Blood Gems can't be obtained from them alone. They do serve a purpose and I'm thinking of making a smaller video to talk about that.
Rehvion Hi, my Bloodborne got corrupted recently and I have to beat the game to ng+7 all over again and then make a meta character. So I thought it would be fun if you guys joined me on my RUclips streams because I'm really bored. I can give you advices about the game or we can communicate with each other. A lot of people got this game for free on ps plus that I was actually trolling with my friend and we probably will. But if you started the game and you need help just ask me. Overall I just want to have fun and I'm bored beating the game 8 times again so you can join my streams if you want. Bye. No advertising, just bored.
Thank you for this video, I’ve had bloodborne for the longest time but I’ve never really understood how to upgrade my character well enough to beat the game, but this video has definitely helped, thank you
Bloodborne update: thanks to your guide, I got to the moon presence and I’m finally gonna beat the game! Ultra thanks to you, I’m so glad that I was able to understand how to really play bloodborne and understand it’s mechanics and truly experience the whole game at its finest, and I enjoyed every moment of it, so thank you again for making this video, it allowed me to beat the game I’ve always wanted to beat 👍🏻
You heard right MassiveGat. He's widely considered to be the hardest boss in the game. He does have weaknesses though as he's pretty vulnerable to back-stabbing and ripostes if your good at timing. Other than that all I can say is never ever ever dodge straight backwards as he will punish the hell out of you if you do that. Always dodge to the side, preferably the opposite direction he's swinging his weapon.
I recently got into this game, and was struggling with the cleric beast. I rang my bell and waited for some time, but nobody came to help. I went and did a few things while my game was idle. I came back and found a guy named Baked potato had killed every enemy in the stage while I was away, and waited for me to return. If you somehow see this comment, thank you.
VERY well done on the video. I was a little skeptical when you came to me asking about the '6 categories' idea but i think you got the point across very well, it was really well thought out and I don't find myself disagreeing with any of the points. Nice work!
I enjoy the challenge of saying a statement that's completely ridiculous and giving it an argument that's decently sensible. I'm glad you liked it, my dude. Thank you for your help along the way! :)
Late to the party, but as someone who figured all this out myself, I'm glad it's out here. A good guide to an important part of the game! Don't be afraid to try some of those bottom two builds, they can be a lot of fun. I appreciate jm's guides, they seem to be more about "how to be effective no matter your pursuits" than "how to win by copying me". Glad I found them.
ADDENDUM: If you're seeing this, I made a shorter guide on how newer players ought to progress through their first playthrough, if you're curious for more info. It also should be easier to digest as well. Thank you for watching and may the good blood guide your way! ruclips.net/video/uyeUcfQI2MY/видео.html EDIT (4/27/2020): A million views. I can't describe how I'm feeling at seeing such a number. Thank you all so much for viewing and for your support! If you have subscribed, I will do my best to make it worth it. Stay safe out there, strangers and friends! We ain't dead yet. EDIT (7/8/2020): I cut out the beginning minute of this video. I wanted to get quicker to the intro/info as I could. Hope y'all have been keeping well out there! Thanks for watching :D
Dude, you are awesome! I watched this vid when bloodborne was free on ps+ and would call myself a "Veteran" now.. but im not good in explaining and got my gf to play with me so i wanted to show her this vid. Thank you so much for still making content on this subject! I really apprecheat it!
I really appreciate your videos, you give good interpretations about interesting and controversial topics in Souls-Borne games, and this one wasn't different. I have spent something like a year playing the game - I already know some stuff - but it's always nice to see this kind of videos. Thank you for taking the time to gathering all this information and additional links, man!
Jim you're a true gem and you are definitely going to be on your way to the big leagues. You've contributed so much and got me to actually start making real builds which I never did before!
The most common complaint I hear people make about Bloodborne is having to farm for blood vials and bullets, which I find is an easy problem to avoid with proper conservation methods. To save on bullets, just use blood bullets ALL the time! Walk up to an enemy, press up on the D-pad, then mash R1 to get back as much health as possible while the regain window lasts. To save on blood vials, take all the HP restoring gems you find and stack them onto a single weapon that you don't plan on actually using. The base game gives you 4 of these; a radial gem in Cathedral Ward beyond the giant who swing a wrecking ball. The Teardrop Gem which you get from the Doll after giving her the comb from the abandoned workshop. A waning fire gem being guarded by the very first Brainsucker you're likely to find, not far past the Abandoned Workshop. And a triangular gem in the DLC after you reach the Research Hall and give Adeline 2 Brain Fluids. She gives you the key that unlocks the balcony, which allows you to reach it. If you're planning to do chalice dungeons, you can even find circular gems that recover health which you can equip to a firearm. Simply pick any root dungeon and add a rotted offering. Once you find one of those little hunchback guys patrolling around on their long spindly legs surrounded by a group of weaker enemies, keep killing that guy until he drops a pulsing circular gem. The deeper the depth of the dungeon, the more health it will restore.
This is the most convoluted method for dealing with blood vials. You literally just described playing thru most of the game and most of the DLC just to get a minor amount of passive HP regen. A way better tip is just to farm the first area for blood vials and/or farm echoes really early in the game, then buy a ton of vials because they're super cheap at the beginning of the game. If you need them on a late game character, then just port to Ludwig's lamp, run backwards out of his boss room (backwards meaning to the area before his boss room) and kill the one witch sitting there. She always drops 5 (IIRC, might be more) blood vials every time you kill her and the whole thing takes less time than the loading screen.
Hadn't touched this game in two years, then last week I signed onto play some co-op and PvP, and was DELIGHTED to find plenty of people still enjoying the game nearly FIVE YEARS post-launch. Bloodborne might be the greatest RPG of this conaole generation. Anyways, thanks to you I'm off to start a new build, mwahaha!
🤔 .... I think I like this guy? He seems genuine enough and maybe he lost someone special during this video because of what he said at the end. Find the people who mean something to u and tell them. At that moment I hadn’t said that to the ones I loved in a long bit. And he just made me realize that. A youtuber made me realize that I have been neglecting the ones I care about. .. thank u Jim. A thumbs up and a new subscriber to your channel u have found!
Leant something new on the arcane scaling and the visceral attack scaling through skill. Returning for an arcane build after a few years. Much appreciated bro :)
Arcane builds are epic, but it's kinda tricky to get some decent bloodgems to convert weapons early on. Definitely don't sleep on the flame sprayer, it's a beast on early-mid game bosses when upgraded a bit. (Especially if you use bone marrow ash and oil).
@@SunlessSage Yer 100% Ludwig's holy blade was the first real weapon with scaling + now added the elemental runes for a good build. Rosmarius helped a bit but didn't stagger the way i'd hoped.
@@zamasu_777 With my pure arcane build I went absolutely crazy. I only leveled 2 stats: Vitality and Arcane. So now I have a BL120 build with 35 Vit and 99 arc. Max damage with all hunter tools. No boss can stop the cauliflower-man. I do have to use a couple health runes though, 35 vit is a bit squishy compared to the 50 vit I usually go for.
@@zamasu_777 Also, flamesprayer is usually more effective than the rosemarinus since the rosemarinus does arcane damage. It's resisted by some bosses, and does bonus damage mostly to just pthumerians. More enemies and bosses are weak to fire, which means that the flamesprayer hits those bosses harder and usually staggers a bit better. If you have another arcane friend you can stunlock rom with 2 flamesprayers.
Hey Jim, just wanted to thank you for this video. As you said it was the only video that went in depth on build making at the time, and I was one of the players who got bloodborne when it was f2p and it was my introduction to the souls series. This video has helped me love the entire souls series and I'm even planning on returning to bloodborne when I can. Love the video and keep up the work man
This is by far the most comprehensive, complete, and user friendly guide I have ever seen. Among the mountains of bloodborne “guides” this is the best. I know cause I’ve seen a lot, and they’re pretty much all the same 🙃
Thank you VERY much for this. I purchased Bloodborne about 2-3 months ago so just before it was released for free on PS4+ so I've gotten a bit of a head start over those new guys. I fell in love with the game right away and for the most part it's my first SoulsBorne game (I briefly played DS1 but stopped temporarily because it was too much for me) and so Bloodborne is serving as the perfect intro to this genre for me. Anyway over the last couple of months I was searching everywhere for a guide like this and didn't quite find what I was looking for so I had to get my answers through trial and error and through hours of studying things I sometimes only half understood lol. Every once in a while I got into the habit of searching "Bloodborne Build" in youtube and in google search. I just happened to search that again today and BOOM! I find you uploaded this just a couple of days ago! So thanks man I really appreciate it. I liked the vid and I'll subscribe if the rest of your content is up my ally. Keep up the good work man!
Arkenholm Hi, my Bloodborne got corrupted recently and I have to beat the game to ng+7 all over again and then make a meta character. So I thought it would be fun if you guys joined me on my RUclips streams because I'm really bored. I can give you advices about the game or we can communicate with each other. A lot of people got this game for free on ps plus that I was actually trolling with my friend and we probably will. But if you started the game and you need help just ask me. Overall I just want to have fun and I'm bored beating the game 8 times again so you can join my streams if you want. Bye. No advertising, just bored.
No worries man yeah I'd be interested in joining you. The only problem is I'm really only available at nighttime unless it's a weekday and I'm not busy in the evening. Go ahead and add me on Playstation if you want, it's the same username as my youtube account.
Bloodborne is a great intro to the soulsborne series because its fast and rewarding. Good for people who are used to faster games and once they learn this game learning Dark Souls is just a little bit easier.
I literally bought a ps5 off Facebook marketplace last week pretty much exclusively for Bloodborne. It is my first PlayStation since the ps2. Played all the soulsborne on PC, and yes that includes Bloodborne by using PS+ on my PC last year. Sadly I couldn’t play the DLC that way, and even with it just being the base game, it quickly became my favorite FromSoft game and possibly my favorite game of all time, I am so freaking excited to hit the DLC and get them juicy DLC weapons!
Kazuhira420 in the game though. Let me be clearer: bloodborne is one of the most frustrating games in the serie s for first time players due to particularly aggressive early bosses and blood vial farming, add on top of that blood gems and people will easily get discouraged at thr second boss that troubles them, i believe in my own way, that inaders shall be invading not with an intent of utterly destroying the enemy, but of provimg them how much they can improve, how much more is there to see... Nasically, these them into going forward and learning the game rather than make them think "so if i don't waste 100 hours in the dungeons i might as well quit the game"(to be fair, i did just that) make them see and learn that they can love the game even if at the start they suck, that they can improve and that bloodgems and being overpowered with your build isn't everything
Kazuhira420 its ok bro get oneshot a couple of times until you find out that you cant progress through the game or you have two choices 1-quit BB 2- play offline. I DONT feel bad by the way its fun to kill casuals
My man YOU just made my fucking day, so evil and sooooooooo mmmmmmm i jjst love seeing those newbies get their asses haded to them then aummoning me to kick some ass
As a side note the blood atk up gems that suck obtaining are the radials. But the circle ones are easy (usable on a Lost Chikage with 2 27% radials is still beastly)
DarkBlood Souls Yep, I confirm this. The ones who truly depends only of RNGsus are the off shape 31.5 Bloodtinge from the Root Isz Watcher. Two 27 ATK UP and one 31.5 Blood ATK UP on the Lost Chikage and you deal massive damage. I destroyed bosses with my friends with my 25 SKIL/50 BLT build and won many invasions.
13:25 curious fact: while Dex builds, and thus, weapons, favor Visceral attacks damage, strength weapons are the only ones to have an R2 (strong attack) follow-up to double the damage you can do once you've landed a strong attack. This was done by FromSoftware in order to actually put the damage output of both sets of different builds on a par.
Just wanna let you know I watch this every now and then mostly to listen to the outro bit where you talk about remembering what and who is important to you. Good words for life in general 🙏
You know I have a pretty weird build myself. Basically I just stumble around helplessly until I run into loot or a boss and I just keep doing until I build some weird mix of stats and weapons
Gotta say, this video is GOLD!! When I started Bloodborne, a friend of mine was holding my hand through this game. He told me what to do, got me certain key items or sets if he thought it'd be too difficult for me at that moment, etc. He also recommended what skills to level up without any explanation. I'm thankful he got me into the game, but he is also the reason I am at Mergo's Wet Nurse without having a clue of what weapons scale with what, different playstyles and above all: different build types. I should both thanks and curse you, as you may have just doomed my time with Bloodborne to last 4x longer than it needed to... I HAVE OTHER GAMES TO PLAY AS WELL!!! :')
Just so everyone knows if you go to BL150 you can still PvP BL120s but you can also have the cooler builds like STR/ARC, STR/BLT, SKL/BLT, and 99 ARC. You can also make some of these work at BL130 as long as you don’t level endurance :)
Great video. I've finished Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3 and Elden Ring. Finally playing Bloodborne and despite the shocking performance on the PS5 I can't put this game down. Even after playing the other games it feels totally fresh!!! From Software never fail.
Nolan Picardo its a pain in the ass to farm the gems but bloodtinge weapons are very good and arcane just destroys some bosses with the hunter tools and the bonus item discovery helps with farming
Ps5 just came out, and plenty of players, or at least a few, are very thankful to the work you’ve put in here. I’m enjoying bloodborne a ton, and somehow it’s still active. Gotta love the souls games for making dedicated players who will stick with their games until the end of days.
For quality weapons, I find that hitting the hardcap of the major stat and the softcap of the the lesser stat and Vitality, while not as effective as 50/50/50, is a good starting point because of the softcaps. From there, you can adjust your Vitality, Endurance, and the lesser stat to get the balance of HP, stamina, and damage you desire. Most of my favorite weapons are quality, and this approach has worked very well for me. Unlike other Soulsborne games, the base stamina is fairly forgiving in Bloodborne, so it's alright to neglect leveling it if you can handle yourself with a lower stamina cap.
Coming back to this, the one thing I really feel it was missing is an acknowledgement of builds meant to remain within NG invasion/co-op range. The BL 43-59 builds. Outside of events (this PS+, Return to Yharnam, streamers), the best place to catch multiplayer that isn't duels and isn't in chalice dungeons is at low levels. The levels that catch the majority of people making a new build or picking up the game for a single playthrough with friends. BL 120 will put you in a place where you'll find plenty of duelists in Frontier, Loft, and maybe a chalice fight club, but the only co-op you'll be able to find semi-reliably is via random chalice search or external websites (r/huntersbell). Likewise, invading people actually going through the level is seldom seen at BL 120 anymore. An updated version of a video like this could also mention the false depth and altered chalice dungeons made explicitly to make gem farming less of a chore. I think those came into being after you made this video, and iirc you made a video on them when they became known.
My group is thinking about starting, and maybe half of us have already played. I showed them this guide. Also I love how obnoxiously loud the Logarius Wheel is so I'm going STR ARC
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EDIT (7/24/2024): RUclips has reversed an edit that I made on this video YEARS ago, and now the video/audio are both completely out of sync. If you go to the end of the video, y'all will see that the video ends at "25:33/26:18". They re-added 45 seconds of footage that is no longer a part of the video. I'm going to see if this can be fixed, and I apologize for the inconvenient viewing!
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@@dangitjm bro honestly if anything with all the resurgence of people playing souls-borne games bc of elden ring; it might be best to make a 2024 edition for people like me who were playing for the first time
Are poison build viable in bloodborne as i was thinking of making a plague doctor like build
@calebchurch9826 Anything is viable in pve if you want to do it. But poison is generally pretty bad. The main issue is that you don't care about slow ticking damage against mobs, because they'll be dead in a few more hits anyway.
It would be better against bosses, if most bosses weren't extremely resistant to poison, to the point where you'll kill themselves before you've hit enough to proc it.
It's sad. I've wanted to do a poison build, but they just really dont want you to for some reason
Man watching this vid again after years takes me back.
Integrating timestamps into a video that’s over 2 years old about a video game’s 5 year old pvp? True MVP here
And the best off all, When i get the Money to buy an ps and bloodborne, The game will be 12 years old
@@keyman245 f- best of luck to you
3*...
@@shaggysmortalvessel8297 well yeah, NOW it's 3. Wasn't at the time of commenting.
I hate chapters so much! I wish RUclips never created them! You try to rewind just a little bit because you didn’t catch a statement clearly enough, and then you end up backtracking to previous chapters or even to the beginning of the damn video by accident. Fuck this shit.
Timestamps in a video description or in a pinned comment are fine, but chapters are freaking garbage.
I have a build, but it requires a very specific gameplay loop.
1. Be bad at the game
2. Get frusterated and quit
3. Watch RUclips video about Bloodborne
4. Get hyped and play again
5. Repeat
@@Ruhrich92 well I don't have DS3 but ill add you anyways, my psn is jjdude00
rofl thats me
jjdude00 Lol, first time I played I was killed easily I wasn't getting far as every enemy is dangerous in the game pretty much, but I stuck with it and started getting better and better (hunters axe in range form is still my best weapon) I needed to co op 1 boss but apart from that completed the game eventually, now I'm playing the chalice dungeons after my platinum, have u played anymore or gave up on the game?
@@markwheeler4245 no i kept playing, still haven't finished but I've become quite a bit better. I'm pausing it rn to play Sekiro, but I'll definitely go back to bloodborne.
That is terrifyingly accurate
Now it's almost 5 years since the game's release and I'm still watching this. Edit: I Hope y'all stay healthy during this quarantine, the night never ends
Edit 2: heyy it's been three years ! Thx for the likes. Many things happened but we made it through the Nightmare. I now hope someday we get a sequel / remaster /Pc port
Same brother
Even after 100% ing it i still play it.
@@deen7052 I have got the Platinum trophy but I think I will only stop playing it when I can afford Sekiro
@@Heinek_en Definitely play Sekiro. It's a completely different experience but so incredibly fun. It was hard for me to get into Bloodbornes playstyle because it was much slower and so much simpler compared to Sekiro. I'm enjoying it pretty well though
@Dem Lem's I haven't heard much about Eldin Ring. Do they have any gameplay out for the game or some info on how it will play? I've been playing bloodborne for a bit and afterwards might get into the Souls series, but if Eldin Ring comes out first I'll get into that right away. Anything to keep me away from torturing myself with Dark Souls 1
so what is the build for whirlgig saw..... and burial sythe??
People keep telling me to "git gud" so I kept putting all my points in Skill.
I did the same. Now I am "gud". Lulz
I spent 1 hour of grinding to get 40000 blood echos and I only because I got stuck on the 3rd boss. Now I'm Gud.
Hey-o!
@@kaccotime damn 40000 for blood starved beast or vicar?
resonance galeblade blood beast. After that I beat all the bosses and I got the secret ending.
Oh lord no
ymfah Quit breaking Souls, damn it
My lord Ymfah we need bloodporn how to OP
dangitjm nice video.
What did I miss...
Ymfah!
So, the guide was cool, but can we talk about how satisfying it was seeing that fog wall hiding shitter finally die?!
Late, but that was fucking satisfying
I meant I'm late btw, :p
It's nice to see this video at the top when you search for "bloodborne builds".
Probably because this video has hella rewatch potential. I've beaten this game more times than I have bones and I still come back to watch it lmao
And then there's my method, where you Mister Magoo your way until you discover you're fighting the final boss.
Just Some Guy with a Mustache We meet again!
Just Some Guy with a Mustache im legit getting scared of seeing you everywhere we share to much of the same interests
Boi
Just Some Guy with a Mustache dude I saw you in another comment section I can’t remember which comment section but I remember you.
Just Some Guy with a Mustache your all over RUclips
Who are you
What are you
Who am I
2024 anyone?
Here
Sure, just started playing the game. Before Elden Ring DLC is released 😂
@@maxfactor1841 same here lol
Yeah I’m here lmao
Getting some review before March 24
With bloodborne being free this month its bringing in alot of new players. Good to see the community is still alive
TheGhoffa if Its reminding you of Resident Evil right now, just Wait till you get to the Upper Cathedral Ward
window wax i still play it after 3 years :> every ng+ is fun and good challenges and also go on the bloodborne playstation community and offer boss help my favorite game on the ps4 and still soak so many hours in. Still plenty of chalice dungeons still yet to be explored too
Really wish they’d would just keep coming out with more locations and weapons for the game. That way they don’t make a sequel if there ever is one and possibly screw it up
John Turner yeah why they stop at 1 expansion is crazy. They should have just keeo adding on keeo the same game but kept making expansions. Pretty sure there will be A BB2 this game sold for too well. May not be soon but there will be guarantee that
I wish I discovered Bloodborne when it first came out, I also bought the DLC because I fell in love with this game
Everyone is talking about “builds” while I was out there leveling up vitality and stamina and occasionally strength to get the cool looking weapons
Same
Yeah I just kinda put points into Vitality, Endurance, and strength at first. Then on new game plus I put points into skill and Arcane. Trying to just use all the weapons.
Totally Fair at the end
Tho Bloodtinge + Skill builds are damn cool for me
"I know it's a time sink."
March,2020-Time is all we have.
Toxic Thunder ikr i've been playing for 3 weeks now, my first playthrough too
I started my first game 2 weeks ago. Cant believe im so late to this amazing game
"Don't let these days slip through your fingers" bro didn't know what was coming.
Is it rare for people like me to only play Soulsborne games for PvE? I've found 300ish hours of enjoyment on DS1 from PvE alone. I never do PvP. Am I missing out much? Or am I alone.
Bloodborne pvp is still good, it just has a few flaws:
-lack of wpn variety in blt and arc
-the pvp community is kinda dead
-BLOOD GEM FARMING
I don’t like PVP. But I won’t back down from an invader. I have only been playing BB for a month (already pkatinumed it too) and I think my record is 8 wins outta 10.
You're not missing anything PvP is just a sucky game mode period in my opinion - it's almost always tacked on and just shit - I have met some cool people while online gaming though.
Obamagon you’re not alone, I’ve put over 400 hours in bloodbornes pve, ds1, and ds3’ s pve.
@@joebk44did you play through it in one month?
Ds1 took me like 3 monts,and in bloodborne iam 1 month in and still at bloodstarved beast...
No kidding, just 2 days ago I was like, "why aren't there any good build guides on RUclips for Bloodborne?"
Then I saw this. Fortunately for me, it's Jim's video on Bloodborne builds.
i thought the same thing just recently, and here i am.
Who you gaming dark soul?
13:40
"I think i can also parry"
*Knocks down Logarius*
"OOOOOOHHHHHHHH"
Man, i lost it there
Good ol' JonTron scream. I made a noise similar to that the first time I beat Logarius too. For some reason, he gives me more trouble more consistently than any other boss in the game, even Ludwig or Maria.
Is it missing? It's not on the timestamp anymore, it's on 12:55, my old comment has the same time, what's going on
Why am I watching this? I don’t even own a playstation wtf
I used to do that too. Then I got a PS4
I finished bloodborne ages ago when it was free. Its 2019 now and idk y im watching
@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey you actually beat this game?
@@Sammie_Topsky lol yeah of course
@@FriendlyNeighbourhoodSpidey WTF bruh.
I'm stucked
"Never get endurance above 40"
Me with every other stat at 99:
Welp shit mine is 45
@Nate my dumbass is over here with 60
Im the one insane to have endurance at 23 while skill is at 86?
I mean full leveled character isn't bad
And you still can do other characters
*[99 Endurance]*
"I dont need stamina"
- kos starts to laugh
only boss i regretted not putting anything in stamina was shadow of yharnam.
the orphan just requiers perfect dodges,those fuckers require running and dash spams every time.
some people call him Kosm
Guys - Orphan of Kos is not Kos...
Kos screams looked like if i was at a Led Zeppelin concert
This myth.
I'm one of those people who got the game cause its free for ps plus. This was a very helpful and educational video on the subject. Great job and keep it coming.
@@JoeKing69 at least there's a discount now. Imma buy it today. Just 15 euros.
@@JoeKing69 I mean he technically didn't get it for free.
As someone who has never played a souls game I understood maybe 50% of this
As a Bloodborne noob, I can't thank you enough for this immeasurably helpful guide.
As a fellow creator, I applaud your ability to find an untapped niche and make a high quality video to meet the demand.
You've saved my BB streams from being infuriating to watch. Thank you so much, and great job on this guide. You more than earned my sub.
Well done. There's a lot of great info here. I would have loved this when I started the game on release.
Dustin Marett go back and play, it's much better than launch
Lord Trowa I played it for months and loved it. The dlc is the best I've ever experienced in a game. It's the platinum trophy I'm most proud of. I will play it again someday on the inevitable 60 fps remaster on PS5.
Late 2024 here. That outro was dope. Wasn’t expecting the simple reminder but I appreciate it.
I LOVEEEE how even though this game at this point was already 3 y/o ir still gets 600k views, goes to show the awesome community
Well Bloodborne is already considered a timeless classic and one of the greatest games ever made, I try to play through it once a year myself.
@@JoeKing69
Wut?
Don’t worry about it nigga
souls community is cancer whether you like the games or not
Hey. Guess what.
People who think save scumming is cheating, are clueless. You want to go through the same dungeon again to get the right gem? All that EXTRA work just for ONE gem, and rng is extremely not in your favor you're out of your mind.
All that extra work will help you git gud lol
Vloopy And don’t forget farming for more ritual materials, that shit’s a bitch
@@dongbong7405 you dont use ritual materials when you enter chalice glyphs
@@DedmanDoesStuff that makes up for the massive time sink that grinding normally is?
It is cheating, but if the grind was balanced we wouldn't have to do it.
I've been playing Bloodborne for a long time and I STILL haven't experienced every weapon in this game. Every few months, when I inevitably begin a new playthrough to try a build around a particular weapon, I always listen to this video as I'm going through Central Yharnam to remind myself how I should probably plan things out. This video is an immense help for players of all skill levels and I'm glad it's still here for us to use.
These builds might not be for beginners, but their so much fun to do (Especially the "Kosplay" ones)
*Old Hunter Jonah*
Starting Class: Violent Past
Right Hand Weapons: Beast Cutter/Whirligig Saw. Left Hand Weapons: Pistol Or Blunderbuss.
Build: Level 100
Vit: 45
End: 30
Str: 50
Skill: 12
BL (Bloodtinge): 6
Arc: 7
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (1 and 2) +15% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina.
Hunter Tools: (Your Choice)
*Forgotten Madman*
Starting Class: Military Veteran
Right Hand Weapons: Ludwig's Holy Blade. Left Hand Weapons: Ludwig's Rifle.
Build: Level 100-120
Vit: 40
End: 20
Str: 31
Skill: 30
BL: 9
Arc: 20 Or 40
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +10% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina, Formless Oedon (2) +4 Max Bullets
Hunter Tools: Empty Phantasm Shell, Augur of Ebrietas, A Call Beyond (If 40 Points in Arcane)
*Madman's Escort* (Gank Summon Build with Forgotten Madman)
Starting Class: Violent Past
Right Hand Weapons: Kirkhammer. Left Hand Weapons: Flamesprayer
Build: Level 100
Vit: 46
End: 30
Str: 50
Skill: 10
BL: 6
Arc: 8
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (1 and 2) +15% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina
Hunter Tools: (Your Choice)
*Madman Wallar*
Starting Class: Violent Past
Right Hand Weapons: Amygdalan Arm/Logarius' Wheel. Left Hand Weapons: Ludwig's Rifle.
Vit: 45
End: 24
Str: 50
Skill: 12
BL: 9
Arc: 10
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (1 and 2) +15% Health, Anit-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina.
Hunter Tools: (Your Choice)
*Brador*
Starting Class: Violent Past
Right Hand Weapons: Bloodletter. Left Hand Weapons: Ludwig's Rifle.
Build: Level 100
Vit: 45
End: 20
Str: 28
Skill: 10
BL: 40
Arc: 7
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +10% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina, Deep Sea (2) 200+ Frenzy Resist
Hunter Tools: (Your Choice. Brador However does use the "Lead Elixir")
*Younger Madaras Twin* (Cosplay Invasion Build)
Starting Class: Violent Past
Right Hand Weapons: Hunter Axe. Left Hand Weapons: Hunter Blunderbuss.
Build: Level 60
Vit: 30
End: 18
Str: 28
Skill: 9
BL: 18
Arc: 7
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (1 and 2) +15% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina.
Hunter Tools: Madaras Whistle (Fire Paper Optional)
*Edgar, Choir Intelligencer* (Cosplay Invasion Build)
Starting Class: Cruel Fate
Right Hand Weapons: Ludwig's Holy Blade. Left Hand Weapons: Rosmarinus.
Build: Level 75
Vit: 34
End: 20
Str: 24
Skill: 24
BL: 5
Arc: 18
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (1 and 2) +15% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (2) +15% Stamina.
Hunter Tools: Augur of Ebrietas
*Micolash* ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Starting Class: Cruel Fate
Right Hand Weapons: Threaded Cane/Kos Parasite (Fist Version) Holy Moonlight Sword Optional. Left Hand Weapons: Fist/Rosmarinus.
Build: Level 110-145
Vit: 25-40
End: 12-20
Str: 10-16
Skill: 9-12
BL: 5
Arc: 99
Runes Include: Clockwise Metamorphosis (3) +15% Health, Anti-Clockwise Metamorphosis (3) 20% Stamina, Formless Oedon (3) +5 Max Bullets (Can Stack Oedon 1, 2 and 3 for Max Spam)
Hunter Tools: All Arcane Tools (Especially Augur of Ebrietas And A Call Beyond)
Requires 35+ Hours of Chalice Dungeon Grinding ;-;
*END OF BUILDS*
I made these builds as soon as "Zullie The Witch" managed to datamine the official face values of these NPC's (Besides Jonah)
Link to the video's are here:
Base Game NPC Face Data: ruclips.net/video/I7dHlA_aUC8/видео.html\
DLC NPC Face Data: ruclips.net/video/hyL6r510ib0/видео.html
Sorry for the huge wall of text, my eyes hurt from typing now. *Somebody please grant me their eyes...*
Micolash, Host of bad boss design gotta farm me for 5 more hours for my right eye and 10 more for my left eye
Whoa, this is awesome, unlike your boss fight. Thanks :D
Micolash, Host of bad boss design How about the Cainhurst Crow dude
Micolash, Host of bad boss design Any ideas on a Iosefka build ?
Jesus dude that is such a long comment
This is the best build guide I've ever found for any of the Souls-Like games EVER!
TL:DR; Brain DeadGuide
Vgr: 40+
End: 20-30
Str: 40+ If you want big boi weapons (Hammers, Greatswords, etc)
Skl: 40+ If you want edgelord weapons (daggers, katanas, etc)
Bld: 40+ If you want sparky bank weapons (guns, cannons, chikage)
Arc: 40+ If you want zip zappo weapons (spells)
Keep it below level 120 to pvp
Except 70+ arcane builds. They will have way less hp and way less weapon variety to them. But tbh no one should do any 99 arcane build on their first playtrough imo. It's definitely one of the most niche playstyles to adapt and play, it requires high amounts of knowledge and familiarity to perform well.
Arcane is so good but requires so much chalice abusing I mean farming. Blood tinge is kinda the same. Except Chikage is the most edgelord weapon.
Addendum:
50 vig
20-40 end
50 (up to 99 for arc) of anything else based on what you use.
Recommend gems
Or
99 vig
20-40 end
Min stat req
Flat gems
@@Merty1388 oof thats me. First playthrough arcane build. It's fun though, first try everything
awesome
That feel when you know they're not going to make a BB2, so you watch videos on it and play it again with tears coming out of your eyes.
You're in the know, right?
Halo Theft Auto 4 what's that suppose to mean?
old joke in the game left in messages. It was a way to separate the casual newfags and the vets
"Newfags"? Really?
@@r.babylon2885 you can't take the child out of someone just because they're a vet/try hard.
Kids say the damnedest things. 🙄
@@kurossive5150 casual vets hmmmm
Hardest part about making your build:
Character Creator, and coming up with a cool name ;)
That boss always takes an hour or more SMH
@@aletaris minimum an hour
That's definitely true. Especially your name influences your character. I tought making a Scholar Knight character for Grand Archives invasions and to be honest I regret making that(Crystal LKGS is just cursed). I decided to change it into Cleric Knight with Blessed LKGS but since my name was Scholar it stuck on me lol.
@@Merty1388 I know exactly what you are saying. I love making characters for a specific purpose also, like I have a character that helps people through the forbidden woods in Bloodborne
I just called my self big daddy and picked a random face and didn’t care about the face because it doesn’t matter it’s a souls game
Started BB a year ago, wanted to play arcane, leveled arcane early, took that crappy build all the way through blood-starved, and ragequit because I hadn't found a SINGLE SPELL.........two weeks ago, got wise, leveled STR, started blowing through the game, found lots of spells, learned I should have stuck to the arcane path......................seppuku is the only honorable choice.
Exquisite Corpse "spells"
It's sad that you quit the game though, that's why i always tell to people to focus on making the game enjoyable for new players... As of today, i'm seeing invaders who prey upon new players like scavengers as cinycal people tbat don't want any new fans of their game, like they should be the only ones to like it, but remember, the more people play and love the game, the more income from soft gets, the more and better games will come out.
Exquisite Corpse also, using a wiki to play isn't that bad, especially in bloodborne which has so few secrets and so many "dead ends" when it comes to build-making.
I don't even know if I count as a 'new player' since I finished all three DS games, 3/4s of Demon Souls, and played quite a lot of PvP in both DS2 and 3. My comfort zone is pure spellcaster (melee hybrids are for weenies!), but trying to aggressively force the magic archetype in Bloodborne will build you into a corner if you don't know what you're doing.
Exquisite Corpse but... Pure spellcasting is hated by miyazaki, that's just not how he envisions sorcerees... Decent full spellcast builds in fromsoft games don't exist afaik
If you want to genuinely optimize your build for PvP, pure spellcasting does not work...but - then again - if you REALLY want to optimize - it's all been worked out. Consult the internet and make 'the build' - there are only 2-3 per game.
However, I think of Dark Souls as being fundamentally casual. These matches aren't at EVO for thousands of dollars; they're in the living room among friends having fun. Basically, I want my build to showcase some unique idea while still being 90% as good as the truly optimized players. This was possible in DS2 with pure magic....but, sadly, nowhere else.
I actually learned something new today! only i can't remember what it was... Nice work as always man!
Most heartwarming outrow ever love this guy. Wat he’s this video years ago on my first play through just got bloodborne on ps5 starting another play through video is still golden.
Glad I was able to help you gather the information for this video, turned out great as always 👌
Not a fan of "how to" vids but this is a good one.
Late but better than nothing, especially with the event.
Lack a small nod to false depth tho, I know for a fact there are dozens of people farming them(yesterday there were 16 messengers around the lantern) as "unnatural" as they're false depths are part of the game now.
As useful as False Depth chalices are, the best Blood Gems can't be obtained from them alone. They do serve a purpose and I'm thinking of making a smaller video to talk about that.
Rehvion probably the best gems you can get from the false depths are 22.3% +8 flat damage. Good for twinks, buuuttt not for 120's.
Rehvion Hi, my Bloodborne got corrupted recently and I have to beat the game to ng+7 all over again and then make a meta character. So I thought it would be fun if you guys joined me on my RUclips streams because I'm really bored. I can give you advices about the game or we can communicate with each other. A lot of people got this game for free on ps plus that I was actually trolling with my friend and we probably will. But if you started the game and you need help just ask me. Overall I just want to have fun and I'm bored beating the game 8 times again so you can join my streams if you want. Bye. No advertising, just bored.
Rehvion hey man I'm just wondering why not get each of the upgradeable stats to the max? Would that not work ...
spencer rombough today I think the enemies scale up with you, so the diminishing returns wouldnt be worth it whatsoever.
I got distracted with what was happening in the background and missed everything
Thank you for this video, I’ve had bloodborne for the longest time but I’ve never really understood how to upgrade my character well enough to beat the game, but this video has definitely helped, thank you
Bloodborne update: thanks to your guide, I got to the moon presence and I’m finally gonna beat the game! Ultra thanks to you, I’m so glad that I was able to understand how to really play bloodborne and understand it’s mechanics and truly experience the whole game at its finest, and I enjoyed every moment of it, so thank you again for making this video, it allowed me to beat the game I’ve always wanted to beat 👍🏻
To add to bloodborne being free with ps+, the old hunters dlc is on sale for $5.99
-Mufasa - Bought the DLC...
I don't regret it!
Ethan Orozco did you beat ludwig yet? Lmao
I want to buy it but I've heard the Orphan of Kos is fucking insane.
You heard right MassiveGat. He's widely considered to be the hardest boss in the game. He does have weaknesses though as he's pretty vulnerable to back-stabbing and ripostes if your good at timing. Other than that all I can say is never ever ever dodge straight backwards as he will punish the hell out of you if you do that. Always dodge to the side, preferably the opposite direction he's swinging his weapon.
-Mufasa - Second best DLC in any Fromsoft in my opinion. Ringed city wins for me.
I recently got into this game, and was struggling with the cleric beast. I rang my bell and waited for some time, but nobody came to help. I went and did a few things while my game was idle. I came back and found a guy named Baked potato had killed every enemy in the stage while I was away, and waited for me to return. If you somehow see this comment, thank you.
The ending of this video was really cool. I needed that, thanks.
VERY well done on the video. I was a little skeptical when you came to me asking about the '6 categories' idea but i think you got the point across very well, it was really well thought out and I don't find myself disagreeing with any of the points. Nice work!
I enjoy the challenge of saying a statement that's completely ridiculous and giving it an argument that's decently sensible. I'm glad you liked it, my dude. Thank you for your help along the way! :)
Late to the party, but as someone who figured all this out myself, I'm glad it's out here. A good guide to an important part of the game! Don't be afraid to try some of those bottom two builds, they can be a lot of fun. I appreciate jm's guides, they seem to be more about "how to be effective no matter your pursuits" than "how to win by copying me". Glad I found them.
ADDENDUM: If you're seeing this, I made a shorter guide on how newer players ought to progress through their first playthrough, if you're curious for more info. It also should be easier to digest as well. Thank you for watching and may the good blood guide your way!
ruclips.net/video/uyeUcfQI2MY/видео.html
EDIT (4/27/2020): A million views. I can't describe how I'm feeling at seeing such a number. Thank you all so much for viewing and for your support! If you have subscribed, I will do my best to make it worth it. Stay safe out there, strangers and friends! We ain't dead yet.
EDIT (7/8/2020): I cut out the beginning minute of this video. I wanted to get quicker to the intro/info as I could. Hope y'all have been keeping well out there! Thanks for watching :D
Dangit Jim. To think I just spent half an hour rewatching this for the umpteenth time, too!
Dude, you are awesome! I watched this vid when bloodborne was free on ps+ and would call myself a "Veteran" now.. but im not good in explaining and got my gf to play with me so i wanted to show her this vid. Thank you so much for still making content on this subject! I really apprecheat it!
I need help please am struggling in the unseen village really bad
@@gargola1887 die you go there After killing Rom? Or with the Sack Boys?
@@DasBienchenThea rom and then went there and everyone is almost one shotting me and everything is scary i need to farm please where to go??
I've beat the game twice and now I'm ready to make a new build with the knowledge, Thankyou sir!
after all these years im still hoonting
Hoonter must hoont!
I’m still hoonting my brethren
holy shit it's already been 2 years !?
I really appreciate your videos, you give good interpretations about interesting and controversial topics in Souls-Borne games, and this one wasn't different. I have spent something like a year playing the game - I already know some stuff - but it's always nice to see this kind of videos. Thank you for taking the time to gathering all this information and additional links, man!
"Let's Philip DeFranco right into it"
I already love you
I just started playing bloodborne for the first time with my partner and we are so excited. This is an awesome video thanks!
5 years later 🙏, thank you. I’m ready for the hunt tonight
its now 2023 and I have decided to try blood borne and this video was very helpful truly timeless.
Jim you're a true gem and you are definitely going to be on your way to the big leagues. You've contributed so much and got me to actually start making real builds which I never did before!
"Its been 3 years since that video"
And its been 3 years since this video as well
and 3 years since this comment
@@bladesofmercy4lifeand 3 months since this comment
The most common complaint I hear people make about Bloodborne is having to farm for blood vials and bullets, which I find is an easy problem to avoid with proper conservation methods. To save on bullets, just use blood bullets ALL the time! Walk up to an enemy, press up on the D-pad, then mash R1 to get back as much health as possible while the regain window lasts.
To save on blood vials, take all the HP restoring gems you find and stack them onto a single weapon that you don't plan on actually using. The base game gives you 4 of these; a radial gem in Cathedral Ward beyond the giant who swing a wrecking ball. The Teardrop Gem which you get from the Doll after giving her the comb from the abandoned workshop. A waning fire gem being guarded by the very first Brainsucker you're likely to find, not far past the Abandoned Workshop. And a triangular gem in the DLC after you reach the Research Hall and give Adeline 2 Brain Fluids. She gives you the key that unlocks the balcony, which allows you to reach it.
If you're planning to do chalice dungeons, you can even find circular gems that recover health which you can equip to a firearm. Simply pick any root dungeon and add a rotted offering. Once you find one of those little hunchback guys patrolling around on their long spindly legs surrounded by a group of weaker enemies, keep killing that guy until he drops a pulsing circular gem. The deeper the depth of the dungeon, the more health it will restore.
This is the most convoluted method for dealing with blood vials. You literally just described playing thru most of the game and most of the DLC just to get a minor amount of passive HP regen.
A way better tip is just to farm the first area for blood vials and/or farm echoes really early in the game, then buy a ton of vials because they're super cheap at the beginning of the game.
If you need them on a late game character, then just port to Ludwig's lamp, run backwards out of his boss room (backwards meaning to the area before his boss room) and kill the one witch sitting there. She always drops 5 (IIRC, might be more) blood vials every time you kill her and the whole thing takes less time than the loading screen.
Using echoes to buy vials is so much smarter.
Playing the game for the first time (stuck on Shadows of Yharnam) you actually gave me a bunch of tips I didn’t know
I come back to this regularly to organise my builds
Thanks a lot man
Hadn't touched this game in two years, then last week I signed onto play some co-op and PvP, and was DELIGHTED to find plenty of people still enjoying the game nearly FIVE YEARS post-launch. Bloodborne might be the greatest RPG of this conaole generation. Anyways, thanks to you I'm off to start a new build, mwahaha!
Olmstead Runyon True, still a great game
24:37 this is kinda chilling in retrospect. Keep it up with the good info and the good vibes mate.
"The chalice dungeons serve as a barrier to entry"
Me: Laughs in False Depth Dungrons
🤔 .... I think I like this guy? He seems genuine enough and maybe he lost someone special during this video because of what he said at the end. Find the people who mean something to u and tell them. At that moment I hadn’t said that to the ones I loved in a long bit. And he just made me realize that. A youtuber made me realize that I have been neglecting the ones I care about. .. thank u Jim. A thumbs up and a new subscriber to your channel u have found!
420gaiden yeah I agree... that message at the end earned a sub from me
Hats off for making the best build video that’s still relevant just about 5 years out of release 👏🏾
2019 and this helped me better than anything else. Got my beast build optimized baby
Upvoted for Nujabes
Heck yea!
This isnt reddit
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Leant something new on the arcane scaling and the visceral attack scaling through skill. Returning for an arcane build after a few years. Much appreciated bro :)
Arcane builds are epic, but it's kinda tricky to get some decent bloodgems to convert weapons early on. Definitely don't sleep on the flame sprayer, it's a beast on early-mid game bosses when upgraded a bit. (Especially if you use bone marrow ash and oil).
@@SunlessSage Yer 100% Ludwig's holy blade was the first real weapon with scaling + now added the elemental runes for a good build. Rosmarius helped a bit but didn't stagger the way i'd hoped.
@@zamasu_777 With my pure arcane build I went absolutely crazy. I only leveled 2 stats: Vitality and Arcane. So now I have a BL120 build with 35 Vit and 99 arc. Max damage with all hunter tools. No boss can stop the cauliflower-man.
I do have to use a couple health runes though, 35 vit is a bit squishy compared to the 50 vit I usually go for.
@@zamasu_777 Also, flamesprayer is usually more effective than the rosemarinus since the rosemarinus does arcane damage. It's resisted by some bosses, and does bonus damage mostly to just pthumerians. More enemies and bosses are weak to fire, which means that the flamesprayer hits those bosses harder and usually staggers a bit better.
If you have another arcane friend you can stunlock rom with 2 flamesprayers.
Hey Jim, just wanted to thank you for this video. As you said it was the only video that went in depth on build making at the time, and I was one of the players who got bloodborne when it was f2p and it was my introduction to the souls series. This video has helped me love the entire souls series and I'm even planning on returning to bloodborne when I can. Love the video and keep up the work man
Yooo, shoutout to that sweet lofi playlist!
This is by far the most comprehensive, complete, and user friendly guide I have ever seen. Among the mountains of bloodborne “guides” this is the best.
I know cause I’ve seen a lot, and they’re pretty much all the same 🙃
Thank you VERY much for this. I purchased Bloodborne about 2-3 months ago so just before it was released for free on PS4+ so I've gotten a bit of a head start over those new guys. I fell in love with the game right away and for the most part it's my first SoulsBorne game (I briefly played DS1 but stopped temporarily because it was too much for me) and so Bloodborne is serving as the perfect intro to this genre for me. Anyway over the last couple of months I was searching everywhere for a guide like this and didn't quite find what I was looking for so I had to get my answers through trial and error and through hours of studying things I sometimes only half understood lol. Every once in a while I got into the habit of searching "Bloodborne Build" in youtube and in google search. I just happened to search that again today and BOOM! I find you uploaded this just a couple of days ago! So thanks man I really appreciate it. I liked the vid and I'll subscribe if the rest of your content is up my ally. Keep up the good work man!
Arkenholm Hi, my Bloodborne got corrupted recently and I have to beat the game to ng+7 all over again and then make a meta character. So I thought it would be fun if you guys joined me on my RUclips streams because I'm really bored. I can give you advices about the game or we can communicate with each other. A lot of people got this game for free on ps plus that I was actually trolling with my friend and we probably will. But if you started the game and you need help just ask me. Overall I just want to have fun and I'm bored beating the game 8 times again so you can join my streams if you want. Bye. No advertising, just bored.
No worries man yeah I'd be interested in joining you. The only problem is I'm really only available at nighttime unless it's a weekday and I'm not busy in the evening. Go ahead and add me on Playstation if you want, it's the same username as my youtube account.
Bloodborne is a great intro to the soulsborne series because its fast and rewarding. Good for people who are used to faster games and once they learn this game learning Dark Souls is just a little bit easier.
Who's here in 2024
I am.
@@dangitjm so am i playing my first souls game bloodborne was the cheapest so here we go.
I literally bought a ps5 off Facebook marketplace last week pretty much exclusively for Bloodborne. It is my first PlayStation since the ps2. Played all the soulsborne on PC, and yes that includes Bloodborne by using PS+ on my PC last year. Sadly I couldn’t play the DLC that way, and even with it just being the base game, it quickly became my favorite FromSoft game and possibly my favorite game of all time, I am so freaking excited to hit the DLC and get them juicy DLC weapons!
Me
New player of about two days so I caught this at the perfect time. Thanks for the help!
My favorite build that I've done so far would have to be my Arcane build, it's so interesting and-
and...
WAIT, WHAT DID HE JUST SAY???!!!
Same reaction, it reminded me of Speed Lee’s video on arcane builds XD
12:55 that noise gave me so much joy x)
Also fantastic video man, much appreciated
*I see you're a Scholar as well...*
I fixed my grammar, I was too busy running away so I made a mistake.
Micolash, Host of bad boss design you should change your name to habitat of the canary
*you’re
Klaudia Brudnicka no its your
Chikara AMV its You're* though.
Oh, I see YOU'RE also a scholar?
4:25 I never lvld up vitality, now many things make sense
445 hours and counting and i just payed attention to the soft caps and payed attention to what the stats do. Worked out pretty well. No video needed
I replayed bloodborne again recently and still my favourite fromsoft game
It’s so awesome!
Don't teach the normies
*_Let us old hunters taste the new blood._*
Someone somewhere
HELL YEAH
Kazuhira420 in the game though.
Let me be clearer: bloodborne is one of the most frustrating games in the serie s for first time players due to particularly aggressive early bosses and blood vial farming, add on top of that blood gems and people will easily get discouraged at thr second boss that troubles them, i believe in my own way, that inaders shall be invading not with an intent of utterly destroying the enemy, but of provimg them how much they can improve, how much more is there to see... Nasically, these them into going forward and learning the game rather than make them think "so if i don't waste 100 hours in the dungeons i might as well quit the game"(to be fair, i did just that) make them see and learn that they can love the game even if at the start they suck, that they can improve and that bloodgems and being overpowered with your build isn't everything
Kazuhira420 its ok bro get oneshot a couple of times until you find out that you cant progress through the game or you have two choices 1-quit BB 2- play offline. I DONT feel bad by the way its fun to kill casuals
My man YOU just made my fucking day, so evil and sooooooooo mmmmmmm i jjst love seeing those newbies get their asses haded to them then aummoning me to kick some ass
Oh the sweet blood it sings to me
It enough to make a man sick
What's even crazier than it being 3 years since Bloodborne was released, is it being 6 years since this video was released.
As a side note the blood atk up gems that suck obtaining are the radials. But the circle ones are easy (usable on a Lost Chikage with 2 27% radials is still beastly)
DarkBlood Souls Yep, I confirm this. The ones who truly depends only of RNGsus are the off shape 31.5 Bloodtinge from the Root Isz Watcher. Two 27 ATK UP and one 31.5 Blood ATK UP on the Lost Chikage and you deal massive damage. I destroyed bosses with my friends with my 25 SKIL/50 BLT build and won many invasions.
13:25
curious fact: while Dex builds, and thus, weapons, favor Visceral attacks damage, strength weapons are the only ones to have an R2 (strong attack) follow-up to double the damage you can do once you've landed a strong attack. This was done by FromSoftware in order to actually put the damage output of both sets of different builds on a par.
Chikage stg attack follow
Just wanna let you know I watch this every now and then mostly to listen to the outro bit where you talk about remembering what and who is important to you. Good words for life in general 🙏
Seems like the video is delayed as if March 2024
This video is super useful and fun I just started playing bloodborne and needed more insight about the whole pvp scene 😊👍
i’m coming back to this video after a long break from bloodborne and it is STILL helpful. great job dude seriously, and thanks a bunch
You know I have a pretty weird build myself.
Basically I just stumble around helplessly until I run into loot or a boss and I just keep doing until I build some weird mix of stats and weapons
me
I will never stop playing this game
Me too
9/2021 & just started it again for my new PS5...
Gotta say, this video is GOLD!! When I started Bloodborne, a friend of mine was holding my hand through this game. He told me what to do, got me certain key items or sets if he thought it'd be too difficult for me at that moment, etc. He also recommended what skills to level up without any explanation. I'm thankful he got me into the game, but he is also the reason I am at Mergo's Wet Nurse without having a clue of what weapons scale with what, different playstyles and above all: different build types.
I should both thanks and curse you, as you may have just doomed my time with Bloodborne to last 4x longer than it needed to... I HAVE OTHER GAMES TO PLAY AS WELL!!! :')
Thank God for this video. Because I had just recently got bloodborne and I don't know how to use most of the stuff
Just so everyone knows if you go to BL150 you can still PvP BL120s but you can also have the cooler builds like STR/ARC, STR/BLT, SKL/BLT, and 99 ARC. You can also make some of these work at BL130 as long as you don’t level endurance :)
Great video. I've finished Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3 and Elden Ring. Finally playing Bloodborne and despite the shocking performance on the PS5 I can't put this game down. Even after playing the other games it feels totally fresh!!! From Software never fail.
Me too+Sekiro (all Platinum) only Bloodborne left-Fromsoftware is my favourite games EVER!
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Great video btw!
Bloodtinge, arcane you say well goodbye weekends I guess.
sinclair21 ikr im going to do a bt/arc build, arcane alone is one of the most versatile builds, after the weeks of grinding atleast
Joppiseni is bloodtinge and arcane good?
Nolan Picardo its a pain in the ass to farm the gems but bloodtinge weapons are very good and arcane just destroys some bosses with the hunter tools and the bonus item discovery helps with farming
Ps5 just came out, and plenty of players, or at least a few, are very thankful to the work you’ve put in here. I’m enjoying bloodborne a ton, and somehow it’s still active. Gotta love the souls games for making dedicated players who will stick with their games until the end of days.
Moonlight blade is part of the "hard" builds.
I have an obsession with that weapon I have to use it in every Soulsborne game.
Challenge accepted.
For quality weapons, I find that hitting the hardcap of the major stat and the softcap of the the lesser stat and Vitality, while not as effective as 50/50/50, is a good starting point because of the softcaps. From there, you can adjust your Vitality, Endurance, and the lesser stat to get the balance of HP, stamina, and damage you desire. Most of my favorite weapons are quality, and this approach has worked very well for me. Unlike other Soulsborne games, the base stamina is fairly forgiving in Bloodborne, so it's alright to neglect leveling it if you can handle yourself with a lower stamina cap.
Coming back to this, the one thing I really feel it was missing is an acknowledgement of builds meant to remain within NG invasion/co-op range. The BL 43-59 builds.
Outside of events (this PS+, Return to Yharnam, streamers), the best place to catch multiplayer that isn't duels and isn't in chalice dungeons is at low levels. The levels that catch the majority of people making a new build or picking up the game for a single playthrough with friends. BL 120 will put you in a place where you'll find plenty of duelists in Frontier, Loft, and maybe a chalice fight club, but the only co-op you'll be able to find semi-reliably is via random chalice search or external websites (r/huntersbell). Likewise, invading people actually going through the level is seldom seen at BL 120 anymore.
An updated version of a video like this could also mention the false depth and altered chalice dungeons made explicitly to make gem farming less of a chore. I think those came into being after you made this video, and iirc you made a video on them when they became known.
My group is thinking about starting, and maybe half of us have already played. I showed them this guide. Also I love how obnoxiously loud the Logarius Wheel is so I'm going STR ARC
13:40 that made me spit my coffee, well done for putting in there! 🤣
It's a school night. This video is 5 years old what am I doing bruh