Which Element Damage ONLY Build is Best in Elden Ring?

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  • @FlyingPenguin196
    @FlyingPenguin196 Год назад +2779

    Lightning might be weaker than the other damage types, but you have to admit it looks way cooler, those ancient dragon spells are fabulous.

    • @RanaAhmadDeedatKhan
      @RanaAhmadDeedatKhan Год назад +222

      Lightning is good at deleting late game bosses

    • @RanaAhmadDeedatKhan
      @RanaAhmadDeedatKhan Год назад +92

      There lies the problem, "late game"

    • @alenezi989a3
      @alenezi989a3 Год назад +214

      It's not weaker, you just don't start with the strongest incantation like Catch flame which is arguably the strongest fire spell in the game, or Magic where you can get an an S scaling weapon and tons of magic spells in just the start of the game. Lightning incantations at later stages of the game and require more faith. Holy starts of pretty strong but by the end it gets pretty weak. Early game or late game doesn't shouldn't be a reason to judge whether an element is weak or not but is it accessible or not.

    • @Jasar25
      @Jasar25 Год назад +22

      ​@@alenezi989a3 Prophet, pick up +10fth tear, four belfries, wrong warp to farum azula, profit. But it require using a wrongwarp glitch so if you are against it then its a L for lightning. I say it with a broken heart because i love lightning spells in ER.

    • @_batm.n
      @_batm.n Год назад +4

      @@alenezi989a3 Black blade -_-

  • @Ipherix
    @Ipherix Год назад +1719

    I know it had frostbite and therefore isn't allowed in PURE lightning, but ice lightning spear CARRIED my first playthrough once I got it. So good

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +143

      Yeah, ice lightning is pretty saucy

    • @Tatumisthegoat
      @Tatumisthegoat Год назад +50

      I never used that spell cause I'm deathly afraid of bugs 💀

    • @numetalklass
      @numetalklass Год назад +30

      ​@@Tatumisthegoat Yeah I had a hard time going through Siofra

    • @LowinBayrod
      @LowinBayrod Год назад +54

      @@Tatumisthegoat so... don't try Bloodborne if you haven't already, you're really not gonna like some encounters.🕷

    • @Tatumisthegoat
      @Tatumisthegoat Год назад +23

      @@LowinBayrod l don't own ds2 nor blood borne this reason specificly

  • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
    @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +790

    "If you're trying to say I play favorites, I'll have you know I love all my children equally"
    **earlier that day**
    "I don't care for Holy."

    • @AwesomeWookiee
      @AwesomeWookiee Год назад +24

      Commander Niall NO! Stay away from that Loose Seal!

    • @arcticbanana66
      @arcticbanana66 Год назад +34

      "I love all my children equally. I just love some of them more equally than others."

    • @dmonsterlove
      @dmonsterlove 8 месяцев назад +2

      Poor holly

    • @noahsan92
      @noahsan92 4 месяца назад +8

      hell yeah we love an arrested development reference

  • @SebastianTheSaiyan
    @SebastianTheSaiyan Год назад +1283

    I think this should just be titled "Tulok learns the power of the black flame"

    • @ClarksonNo1
      @ClarksonNo1 Год назад +59

      Its not even the best.
      Catch Flame has absurd DPS and is better apart from on Firegiant and maybe Beast.
      And Burn O FLame can destroy most bosses

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +12

      I already knew it haha

    • @thatsnotgonewellatall5517
      @thatsnotgonewellatall5517 Год назад +16

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 it was the literal only spell i used in my first play through outside of black flame blade. Its so insanely good purely cause its consistent

    • @DingusBoi
      @DingusBoi Год назад +6

      Yeah, Godslayer spells (and weapons) are really good.

    • @thatsnotgonewellatall5517
      @thatsnotgonewellatall5517 Год назад +3

      @@DingusBoi shame the greatsword looks so silly but the Ash of War for spears and twin blades etc is an absolute boss destroyer as it procs the % health effect like 5 or 6 maybe even 7 times

  • @lilitaly44
    @lilitaly44 Год назад +577

    Based on my experience from the game without watching the full video
    Lightning is amazing late game but really struggles early game needing higher faith and dex stat investment
    Holy is good early game but struggles late game due to bosses high resistances late game
    Fire and magic both are great all around having lots of access to many different spells and ashes of war for both throughout all part of the game

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +60

      Pretty much how it went, but holy also wasn't good early game

    • @DanielFerreira-ez8qd
      @DanielFerreira-ez8qd Год назад +43

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 I get a feeling that was because of the added restriction of not doing any physical damage, which is pretty extreme. without that you could've used the GOAT golden halberd lol

    • @paracame8162
      @paracame8162 Год назад +16

      conclusion? start with holy and end with lightning for the best incantation build

    • @michaelbarnes2126
      @michaelbarnes2126 Год назад +6

      Lightening is beast late game and fire damage pretty much every enemy in the game pretty well. Use Giantflame Take Thee on the huge ants that are underground and in Miquella’s Haligtree lol

    • @bloody4558
      @bloody4558 Год назад +2

      ​@@paracame8162I'd d.just that if not for the fact that we are few Str options for Lightning. Meanwhile there are huge options for Str builds in Holy

  • @corbincoleman2314
    @corbincoleman2314 Год назад +587

    I did a lightning based character in my first playthrough, and the anticipation for you to get ancient dragon lightning strike was killing me. Lightning absolutely ⚡ S H R E D S ⚡ in endgame

    • @yxngrayy8821
      @yxngrayy8821 Год назад +15

      You can get that spell early but doing the farum azula wrong warp I do it all the time still working 1.09

    • @Cantthinkofname-rp3iw
      @Cantthinkofname-rp3iw Год назад +9

      I got inspired to play after an ai president video said the word lightning spear and I thought that was the coolest sounding weapon ever anyways 5 hours in and I got my lightning spear incantation and I'm wondering is the spear of gransax is still the best weapon for a lightning build I saw a video about a Raiden build but idk if it's outdated or not

    • @lrwkobra1
      @lrwkobra1 Год назад +7

      ​@@Cantthinkofname-rp3iw bolt is still fantastic!

    • @envytee9659
      @envytee9659 7 месяцев назад +3

      Honestly, the element doesn't even matter. It's the Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike spell itself that is so busted. If it dealt any other damage type (except maybe holy) it would still shred through all the bosses just as quickly

    • @cyrus6461
      @cyrus6461 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@envytee9659 if it did holy damage it would be great until Malaketh onward, considering 80% damage resistance

  • @tectonical5347
    @tectonical5347 Год назад +375

    i feel lightning only really picks up momentum late game, but once you get there it is absolutely insane from what i have found

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +13

      I found the same thing 😏

    • @hereticFox716
      @hereticFox716 Год назад +18

      After you get the book from the knight in liurnia lightning starts to pick up speed, of course it doesnt scale as fast as fire but its still not terrible, especially if your working on dex and faith

    • @gamingrexshow1832
      @gamingrexshow1832 Год назад +1

      @@hereticFox716get the ancient dragon lighting, every incantation are absolutely diabolical

    • @Ytinasniiable
      @Ytinasniiable 4 месяца назад

      ADLS is stupidly overpowered
      It's hard not to use it, even on ancient dragons it's effective and they get 80% vs lightning

    • @Kenji-117
      @Kenji-117 4 месяца назад

      I 2shotted placidussax with ancient dragon lightning storm without a glasscannon build

  • @ratgameing8307
    @ratgameing8307 Год назад +617

    Lightning will always be the best in my heart mostly because of ancient dragon spells but still

  • @sukugaru5167
    @sukugaru5167 Год назад +177

    You touched on this in the Malenia fight. If you use the uncharged Lightning Spear, human/NPC enemies don’t dodge it. Some of your earlier difficulties with Lightning would have been much simpler with an uncharged Lightning Spear.

    • @gostreiver8036
      @gostreiver8036 Год назад +29

      Even better is to unlock. Fully charge and then only lock on as you throw. This works with many protectiles as malenia only dodges based off an AI script based on your targeting.
      Also she is WAY more aggressive while locked on. But will mostly just walk around slowly if you are not

    • @MinnesotaNumberOne
      @MinnesotaNumberOne 10 месяцев назад

      @@gostreiver8036this is huge information thanks

    • @EnvysWRLD
      @EnvysWRLD 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@gostreiver8036just block parry dodge

    • @ButterscotchPenguin
      @ButterscotchPenguin 4 месяца назад

      block prey dodge?

    • @ButterscotchPenguin
      @ButterscotchPenguin 4 месяца назад

      parry*

  • @pockystyx4087
    @pockystyx4087 Год назад +154

    Fire has: a STR scaling infusion that falls off late game, a FTH scaling infusion, tons of viable weapons, good ashes of war, great incantations, some niche spells, and variety for frenzy/blackflame/pure pyromancy theming.
    Magic has: Cold infusion, INT scaling infusion, another ton of viable weapons, pretty good ashes of war, more spells than you can shake a staff at, and dragon breath incantations if you don't want to be a spellsword or mage.
    Holy has: a FTH scaling, probably the weirdest selection of incantations that require you be fighting the right kind of enemy or invest into INT as well, meme weapons that are actually viable, some surprisingly good ashes of war, and probably the dumbest way to kill the elden beast with an element he SHOULD be strong against.
    Lightning has: a DEX scaling infusion that falls off late game, no FTH scaling infusion to match with Holy/Fire, its weapons all scale with DEX and not FTH, its incantations all scale with FTH and not DEX, no spells, a lack of ashes of war til mid-to-late game, a lack of strong incantations to mid-to-late game, and again; its needs you to REALLY invest into either DEX or FTH exclusively to really make a themed build around it.
    Real talk: Lightning in general, Death Sorceries and their weapons, and Magma Sorceries and their weapons, Sleep weapons, all of them have probably the most confusing, and most inconsistent scaling allocations in the game. I kinda just wish there was a patch to the game that made them normal lol

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +31

      I just think Gravel Stone should scale with dex

    • @pockystyx4087
      @pockystyx4087 Год назад +24

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 it'd at least make all the DEX investment more rewarding to a DEX/FTH; in a similar way to a STR/FTH build using the Clawmark Seal.

    • @iheartblock3792
      @iheartblock3792 Год назад +1

      There’s mods for it, yea

    • @TREVORVADER
      @TREVORVADER Год назад +6

      @@pockystyx4087 seriously. Don’t know why it doesn’t work this way

    • @TREVORVADER
      @TREVORVADER Год назад +16

      Yeah the fact that there’s no lightning art like there is Flame Art sucks.
      I also wish there were more int/fth weapons for death and magma stuff to match.
      Like you know…the death weapons that scale only int or fth. Or Rykard’s sword that’s only faith. You get what I mean.

  • @Platinum-db8rc
    @Platinum-db8rc Год назад +117

    I understand that it makes sense mathematically but I have never thought of black flame in that way. 50 hits to kill any boss just sounds so broken. I knew I loved the black flame stuff in my first playthrough, but wow. Thanks for explaining it like that.

    • @sternguard77
      @sternguard77 Год назад +35

      Usually less since you’re also doing damage with the attack itself against most bosses.

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +35

      Yeah, and 50 is the maximum. It usually more like 25-30.

    • @Sharkamfss
      @Sharkamfss Год назад +12

      Doesn't really sound broken when you account for how long each cast takes and then compare it to different spells and weapons.

    • @zorro8027
      @zorro8027 Год назад +9

      @@Sharkamfss
      Quick tip; fast hitting weapons+black flame blade;
      Fist weapons deal about 10-11 hits on their full combo; you can melt anything in moments. (I know because I use them)

    • @Sharkamfss
      @Sharkamfss Год назад +5

      @zorro8027 wouldn't that only reapply the 2% DOT and not stack it like individual blackflame fireballs would?

  • @eggmug562
    @eggmug562 Год назад +200

    Woah dude. Discus of light is pretty great actually. Two hits for 3 fp and it goes through enemies and can be angled on its way back by moving.

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +49

      Two hits that do 1/10th the damage of a straight sword, yippee

    • @lukelofquist3734
      @lukelofquist3734 Год назад +15

      yeah, too bad it deals like, no damage

    • @eggmug562
      @eggmug562 Год назад +55

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 wut? I had it killing things pretty easily in leyndell

    • @eggmug562
      @eggmug562 Год назад +42

      @@lukelofquist3734 I dunno I've had it kill things pretty easily.

    • @lukelofquist3734
      @lukelofquist3734 Год назад +2

      @@eggmug562 very well

  • @BubleBlwin2xBby
    @BubleBlwin2xBby Год назад +156

    Gideon’s scepter could make holy damage more useful against Radagon and Elden Beast. Bad news is you’d also take more holy damage

    • @Aaron-km5sl
      @Aaron-km5sl Год назад +1

      Holy damage heals the elden beast so I wouldn't use it for him.

    • @wilderposey
      @wilderposey Год назад +66

      @@Aaron-km5sl no, the Elden Beast doesn’t heal from holy.

    • @NikLoserkid
      @NikLoserkid Год назад

      Doesn’t the scepter require intelligence tho? Hard investment if so

    • @amberhernandez
      @amberhernandez Год назад

      ​@@Aaron-km5slThis was misinformation someone put on Fextralife, and it spread wayyy too far before being corrected.

    • @paracame8162
      @paracame8162 Год назад +77

      ​@@Aaron-km5sl I love that you had the confidence to say this despite the video showing an Elden Beast kill with pure holy damage

  • @burrito9327
    @burrito9327 Год назад +87

    This builds put into perspective just how easy it was for the Fire Nation to take over.

  • @dontmisunderstand6041
    @dontmisunderstand6041 Год назад +92

    I like how magic only kept up because its primary weapon was melee, and it still had the worst time. And seemed to be the only one struggling with running out of resources, as well. The entire game being curbstomp or lose really affects the rankings, because it means you don't really die as much.

    • @brandandixon3943
      @brandandixon3943 Год назад +44

      hes just a bad magic player, too much hp not enough mind, AND HE LEFT OUT COMET

    • @dontmisunderstand6041
      @dontmisunderstand6041 Год назад +38

      @@brandandixon3943 Every build needs hp, but Mind being a hard limit on the maximum damage you can deal in one life is a major problem for casters. Weirdly, it should have been a problem that every build here shares, except Holy thanks to the pata, but for some reason magic was the one it really came up regularly for.
      Yeah though, regular comet is THE pure magic spell. Highest dps with a respectable damage/FP. Azur is hilarious mega-trash without the hidden tear active, and plain old comet still beats azur's dps even with the tear active.

    • @robodwarf0000
      @robodwarf0000 Год назад +4

      @@dontmisunderstand6041 It's twofold for the mind issue though, in this case because of the sheer amount of mana restored from flasks you end up crippling your own mana regeneration if your mind doesn't keep up with your flask level. Not to say it was the entire issue, but of all the elements magic is the most Mind heavy which means sacrificing some Body for more offense ends up paying off in the longhaul.

    • @dontmisunderstand6041
      @dontmisunderstand6041 Год назад +1

      @@Hestaka Cannon is good, but finding an opening to fire it off isn't really reliable in most fights. Glintblade is an underrated utility spell but has abysmal dps and isn't quite FP efficient enough to make up for that... and still isn't quite accurate enough against the dodgers to make any fight easy. And both of them struggle against aggressive enemies, which make up almost the entirety of the game.
      You're also failing to notice the comparisons between builds. Easy and easier are different things. Elden Ring is a pretty easy game in general, if your build is put together coherently pretty much every boss will be easy. However, there's a pretty big gap between the constant resource management and mental math that a caster or archer has to do, and a sword and board player who holds the block button and occasionally attacks, who barely even has to look at the screen during the fight.

    • @dontmisunderstand6041
      @dontmisunderstand6041 Год назад +1

      @@Hestaka I mean, yeah. I've done the bow run too. It's not hard, you just have to actually learn how to dodge bosses forever. You play defense for extremely long periods of time while your miniscule damage adds up. There are a few bosses where you cannot win unless you learn how to menu mid-fight to equip a 3rd stack of arrows, but not as many as you'd think. IMO, doing the archer run kinda kills the fun of future playthroughs, because you learn the attack patterns so well that you just can't die in future runs. My first 4 runs were a basic magic playthrough, then a sorcery only challenge run, then bow only, and only then did I do my first ever melee build... and I died 3 times total in the process of 100% completion on that build.
      There is one thing I'd like to say as a direct response to the idea of the bow run not being difficult, just requiring patience... that's how all FromSoft games are. Not the builds, just the game. One of the lessons these games teach you is that if you haven't lost yet, you still can win. Play defensively and you will eventually succeed. That's just how it goes.

  • @sammy-6179
    @sammy-6179 Год назад +81

    I'm really surprised you didn't get bolt of gransaxx in lyndel for the lightning run. The ash of war is just lightning spear on steroids and has as much range as frenzied burst.

    • @LFS16409
      @LFS16409 Год назад +3

      it does physical damage
      *I was wrong

    • @Sharkamfss
      @Sharkamfss Год назад +23

      ​@lucastiller4397 The ash of war is 100% lightning

    • @chasepeace191
      @chasepeace191 Год назад +1

      The Dex requirements tho

    • @trazyntheinfinite9895
      @trazyntheinfinite9895 Год назад +6

      ​@@chasepeace191so? Dex and lightning spear mingle well for dakka speed.

    • @chasepeace191
      @chasepeace191 Год назад

      @trazyntheinfinite9895 yes but then he might not have enough faith for his incantations

  • @thomasdevlin5825
    @thomasdevlin5825 Год назад +30

    "The mimic is actually good and could have been the whole time! But after Maliketh so only for the last three bosses" Considering Radagon and Elden Beast are both incredibly strong against holy damage though that is actually still pretty great. Not sure how big of a difference the black blade incantation would have made for the run, but it could have cut out a bit of time

  • @KreatorKid6622
    @KreatorKid6622 Год назад +38

    It's fire, it's always fire, it was fire is Dark Souls, and so few things in Elden Ring can defend it

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +11

      Fire definitely cooks, no denying that

    • @EldenRingBuildsArchive
      @EldenRingBuildsArchive Год назад

      ??? It has always been Lighting>Dark>Magic> Fire in pve.
      Ds1 has tons of bosses that resist, or are outright immune to fire, no scaling weapons and spells like chaos storm are a goofy attempt at WoG, DS2 even introduced the wet aspect to make fire even weaker, and its strongest spell, forbidden sun, costs lots of slots and cannot be farmed, flame weapon is bugged and inferior to other buffs, straight up, if you were building a pyromancer, you would unequivocally switch to a hexer, since they have similar setups and are a direct upgrade, ds3 they got better with chaos bed vestiges obtainable (relatively) early, but again, a chaos infusion is inferior to a dark infusion, even in pvp too, as dark defense only rises through faith, fire had it rough in dark souls, demon souls too, as magic there hits majority of enemies for good damage.

    • @skoogadoo
      @skoogadoo Год назад +1

      in ds it was always either lightning or dark overall

    • @sanlorenzo7896
      @sanlorenzo7896 8 месяцев назад

      My uncle always told me fire is the universal element that beats monsters in scary movies. 😂

    • @soleo2783
      @soleo2783 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@skoogadoo I think it was lightning in 1, dark in 2, and fire in 3

  • @StanleyG23
    @StanleyG23 Год назад +40

    When a weapon like the Death's Poker exists, it makes Magic seems like the most obvious answer as the best element.
    However, Fire really is the way to go in most scenarios unless you're fighting the Fire Giant or any of the Godskins. But still, having said all that, Black Flame really has the potential to overpower everything. Plus, some of the most powerful weapons in the game like the Blasphemous Blade or Mohgwyn's Sacred Spear do Fire damage as well having really powerful Ashes of War that also do Fire damage.

    • @R-XI_Sulla
      @R-XI_Sulla Год назад +4

      Dont forget the Godslayer GS
      That shit burns trough everything
      I used it against foreskin duo
      That dmg was bonkers

    • @evantheatheist
      @evantheatheist Год назад

      Godslayer sword is the best weapon in the game dont @ me

    • @asdergold1
      @asdergold1 Год назад

      Fire Giant is fine with Black Flame. You're thinking of Mogh's 80% Fire Resistance.

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist Год назад +22

    You continue to be one of my favorite Elden Ring content creators, for a number of reasons:
    1. You don't take shit too seriously, so these videos are always fun.
    2. You demonstrate a lot of build variety, so I'm often actually learning things about the game that I might not normally encounter otherwise.
    3. You have a very friendly voice, which makes it very easy to throw one of these videos on in the background.
    4. Cosplay in Fromsoft games is like, 97% of the reason why they exist in the first place.

    • @sethescope
      @sethescope Год назад +7

      #4 reminds me of my hot take that most people aren't ready for: elden ring is a dress up game, and that's why I love and respect it

    • @RamadaArtist
      @RamadaArtist Год назад +6

      @@sethescope I mean, if you've been around longer than just Elden Ring, you'll know it isn't even that much of a hot take. "Fashion Souls is the real endgame" has been a consistent mantra so much in the older games that it's only beaten out in popularity by "git gud" and "try tongue but hole."

    • @sethescope
      @sethescope Год назад +2

      @@RamadaArtist nope, this is my first FromSoft game lol I've heard of the phrase "fashion souls" but to me, there's caring about your characters aesthetic and a dress up game, if that makes sense. also, the fact ER is just a bigger game than anything that came before means there's more potential for dressing up because there's even more armor choices lol

  • @scienceviking4490
    @scienceviking4490 Год назад +22

    If black flame is allowed, I'm betting fire will be the strongest, because the damage over time effect from black flame deals %HP damage, so you have an easier way of getting past enemies that resist fire, like the Fire Giant. On the other hand, the damage over time could be considered a status effect, since it's %HP damage rather than elemental damage.
    If black flame isn't allowed, then fire could still be the best, but there's a good chance that magic will be better.

  • @AceAviations2
    @AceAviations2 Год назад +43

    Grabbing the Coded Sword when you first got access to Leyndell would have been a strait upgrade over the Cipher Pata, also Triple Rings and Radagon's Rings of Light are really good spells. The range on the latter is surprising when fully charged, which can be viable.
    The Holy Damage run could have gone better if you used that and got the Black Blade Incantation sooner.

    • @VileLasagna
      @VileLasagna Год назад +4

      I kept thinking of Coded Sword all of the time, especially for the mimic tear

    • @blackhat4206
      @blackhat4206 9 месяцев назад

      He didn’t have the INT. (For Triple Rings at least)

  • @grahamrevare
    @grahamrevare Год назад +16

    Tip for hardswapping-after you’ve swapped, you can close the menu immediately with the start button (or whatever button you use to open the menu) instead of clicking through three different menus to get back to the game

  • @kimbyd24
    @kimbyd24 Год назад +28

    Definitely would have made more use of night comet on the magic build myself. It does great damage with the right build, but the fact that enemy AI ignores it makes the spell god-tier.

    • @TalhahIsARunner
      @TalhahIsARunner Год назад +2

      Night comet becomes an s tier build during the second playthrough when you can get 2 staffs of loss and enough levels for some basic faith buffs

    • @kylefulton4713
      @kylefulton4713 6 месяцев назад +1

      In my first playthrough, INT level 80, staff of lass in off hand and Carian regal scepter casting, night comet became my best sorcery. It did as much damage as Ranni's dark moon, but casts way faster. Most enemies were 1-shot kills. On my NG+1 now, INT 80 and FTH 80, using only incantations, of which I have all of them, and still none have the DPS and usefulness of staff of loss + regal scepter - but lightning looks cool!

  • @dylanmatthews4727
    @dylanmatthews4727 8 месяцев назад +3

    Instructions unclear; balls are now smashed

  • @kajnicholson241
    @kajnicholson241 Год назад +7

    1:41 um actually, you can get lighting without dealing any damage. Use Rejection (which deals no damage) to push the knight who drops the Dragon Cult Prayerbook off of a cliff. You’ll need to cast it a few times to get him close to the cliff, but it’s completely doable. I’ve done it.

  • @jmell458
    @jmell458 Год назад +17

    Between the Beast Clergy spells and Rock Sling/Meteor I feel like a Physical element would've been cool to see as well

    • @trazyntheinfinite9895
      @trazyntheinfinite9895 Год назад +7

      Physical is every weapon, its the easiest magic. the magic of massive bonk.
      Its cast stat is multirole and its ressource replenishes itself.

    • @eeyun5279
      @eeyun5279 6 месяцев назад

      Yea why no rot or poison either? Maybe even blood could work but probably not

    • @Lanthardol
      @Lanthardol 4 месяца назад

      @@trazyntheinfinite9895just change the rules for the physical one that all the damage must be done via spells or ashes of war, problem solved, limits your options and it requires resource management (for the fp)

    • @thekeening3778
      @thekeening3778 3 месяца назад

      Because those arent damage types.they are status effects.there are no weopons or spells that do bleed or poison "damage" they usually do physical(or fire in bloods case)damage and status buildup.​@@eeyun5279

  • @godofmisfortune992
    @godofmisfortune992 8 месяцев назад +4

    I have a holy build currently and discuss of light is like my go to incantation. Him immediately calling it doggy doo hurt a little

  • @fishnutz5196
    @fishnutz5196 Год назад +16

    Im a sucker for magic purely due to Carian Slicer

  • @bjeremy5583
    @bjeremy5583 Год назад +5

    The most fun I've had on an elden ring run was smol holy discus of light spam with the erdtree great shield. Use golden retaliation when your ring returns and you have a chunky blast with high range, high damage and low fp cost overall. The starter discus scales really well into the end game too compared to its more expensive kin

  • @alexandrusava6131
    @alexandrusava6131 Год назад +11

    The "Google _____ on your work computer" are geting progressively more shameless and need more setup but I'm here for that. Always crack me up

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +5

      Yeah, I've kind of dug myself into a hole, and should probably try to pull out if I don't want things getting messy. To find out more, google-

  • @akajesusx
    @akajesusx Год назад +7

    Love to see Stars of Ruin get the love it deserves. Lusat's Crown boosts its damage as well. Also I have to say fire would be even more busted if Flame Grant Me Strength was included. Granted it only boosts the initial burst of Black Flame.

  • @kohrakthehorriblebionicle6187
    @kohrakthehorriblebionicle6187 Год назад +4

    I love the concept of this! Great fun to see you get through all these different runs. The farum azula wrong warp for early Ancient dragon incants would really have given lightning a well needed boost imo

  • @MadHeart-rw9xh
    @MadHeart-rw9xh 11 месяцев назад +1

    Fire being so overpowered explains why I was able to basically lean on Flames of Frenzy throughout the entire game... Which I'm perfectly happy about, since that's one of my favorite spells in any fantasy media ever!

  • @Suntoria236
    @Suntoria236 Год назад +36

    I didn’t think it was possible to use Shard Spiral incorrectly on Rykard, but here we are. Just stand in the lava, hug his body, and Rykard dies within 45 seconds each phase. If you’re medium distance away, the Shard Spiral doesn’t get it’s full damage going through the body

  • @krishnansubramoni7801
    @krishnansubramoni7801 8 месяцев назад +1

    A lot of people talking about end game lightning spells and here I am using the basic Lightning spear because it is just good in any scenario. (Also because the feel of this version of Lightning spear is what I wanted since Dark Souls 1 😅)

  • @jacksonpillow7309
    @jacksonpillow7309 Год назад +3

    lighting gets way better early game if you're not against some glitches. specifically wrongwarping to farum azula makes it much better cause you can grab the ancient dragon prayerbook. plus there's a somber 7 there which combined with dragonbarrow, igi, and volcano manor, gets you to +9 on the erdtree seal. you can also do varres questline really early to get the ancient smithing stone at moghwyn

  • @quantumshenanigans
    @quantumshenanigans Год назад +1

    More than a year after release, I think surely I must've seen all the good 'longform post-commentary over Elden Ring runs' channels there are. But then for whatever reason the algorithm decides to reveal you to me, and I couldn't be happier. Great video, excited to watch more.

  • @lukelofquist3734
    @lukelofquist3734 Год назад +21

    WE NEED MORE LOVE FOR LIGHTNING
    GRAVEL STONE SEAL SHOULD SCALE WITH DEXTERITY

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +5

      Fact! *ignore the last half of this video, lightning needs more damage

    • @WalmartBlackGuy
      @WalmartBlackGuy Год назад

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033like it or not, he’s telling the truth

  • @rachnussouldrinkerlibraria5640
    @rachnussouldrinkerlibraria5640 7 месяцев назад +2

    Fire just because it has so many variants, we got regular fire, we got black fire, we got ghost fire, we got BLOOD fire

  • @Phantom_of_Black
    @Phantom_of_Black Год назад +6

    A few things to consider for those who want to make actual comparisons: Tulok is not using Magic optimally. For certain bosses Crystal Torrent may end up being just a better Comet Azur since it actually tracks a little. Shattering Crystal can kinda similarly chunk big enemies since its a shotgun-blast of individually hitting projectiles and since it's just a single cast you don't have to worry about said big enemy hitting you mid-channel.
    Stars of Ruin is actually nerfed - it now has worse tracking than Star Shower (what is supposed to be a weaker version of Stars of Ruin). One can probably get better results with Ancient Death Rancor if you invest the 24 needed faith. If not for the self-imposed limit of not using statuses, Ranni's Dark Moon is just a flatly better version of her Mom's Spell because it has REALLY high Frostbite build-up. Also Night Comet is just flatly the best projectile spell in the game.
    Also, if you are having trouble with your fp going away too fast on your sorcerer, switch to the Carian Regal Scepter. It does less damage than the Lusat sure but it has a much more efficient damage to fp-consumption ratio.

    • @a.t.6610
      @a.t.6610 Год назад +4

      To be fair, from my understanding, he couldn't use Frostbite since that's a status effect, so Ranni's Dark Moon is out of question. So with that in mind, and considering Rennala's slightly higher damage for slightly less FP, it's totally understandable. It's part of the challenge. So that I get.
      But yeah some of the other choices...don't make as much sense considering what was available.
      My first thought was also that the Carian Regal Scepter would have been better since the Lusat Staff only out-damages it by about...maybe 11%, yet basically make your spells cost 50% more FP, and Tulok didn't seem like he prioritized investing into the flasks upgrades. Like running out of FP in the late bosses of the game seems crazy to me, that has never happened to me. Not to forget he's using the Mimic which takes HP rather than FP, and also basically double the amount of spells fired at the bosses.
      Didn't really understand the Stars of Ruin strategy either because since the nerf, but honestly...even before that if you want my opinion, it always had the reputation of having pretty poor damage for its FP consumption. If you add the 50% increase from the Lusat Staff....... Yikes. That's just so much FP consuption for so little damage. Literally he'd be better off firing some Night Comet with the Staff of Loss in his off hand. You don't need better tracking when the bosses isn't even trying to evade the Night Comet.

    • @AlexisFloofer
      @AlexisFloofer Год назад +6

      Tulok didn't really run 3 of these even close to optimally.
      Magic had the issues you mentioned.
      Holy should have used Discus to reach the better spells instead of the Cipher Pata, as well as swapping from Cipher Pata to the Coded Sword when he got to Leyndell. It may have also been a good idea to pick up the Erdtree Greatshield for it's projectile reflecting, pure holy AoW, especially because it can trigger from the Discus and Triple Rings on return.
      Lightning he should have gone straight for the Leyndell Knight with the prayerbook the moment he got the Lightning Strike spell, then put that spell away for the rest of the run. It's not a hard fight if you know how to dodge the bolt it calls down. Doing that cuts most of the deaths in the first 2 hours, and lets you get started on bosses much faster. He probably could have finished all remembrances with that extra time.
      Fire was pretty close to optimal, Catch flame is probably the best non-Blackflame fire spell in the game, so most of his time losses are pretty minor.

  • @SirSkyro
    @SirSkyro Год назад +7

    I can already tell this will be good

  • @MorizonPlays
    @MorizonPlays Год назад +4

    For the very beginning of the holy run you could have used any smithing stone weapon with the ash of war sacred blade. It deals a decent amount of damage and the scarab with it is directly next to the third church of marika saving a lot of running

  • @brndondabest2452
    @brndondabest2452 2 месяца назад +1

    So I started this video and didn't look and the channel name and was legit like THATS TULOK THE BARBARIAN!!!!! love your character creations for dnd man!!!!

  • @theenbee8222
    @theenbee8222 Год назад +6

    I was expecting an A:TLA reference at the start of the video and was not disappointed, good job ^w^
    (Also Crimsonwhorl is good against Elden Beast and BS AoE elemental attacks you see coming since it basically just cancels their damage; it's a get out of jail free card)

  • @Sam-fq5hc
    @Sam-fq5hc Год назад +1

    That bit about searching “getting naked with bad dragon” is way funnier than it should be

  • @ethanhritz2035
    @ethanhritz2035 Год назад +43

    Over an hour of elden ring, my day is already good

  • @arellajardin8188
    @arellajardin8188 Год назад +3

    Currently playing a lightning paladin, ala DS2. Not a "pure" damage type, granted. But early game, I'm finding Electrify Armament + Repeating Thrusts to be a formidable dps burst, and Lightning Spear is always a good range option.

  • @davidleedecker9889
    @davidleedecker9889 Год назад +3

    This popped up and my immediate response was "OH RIGHT IT'S FRIDAY" and I clicked without hesitation. Favorite part of the week.

  • @slimloco2917
    @slimloco2917 Год назад +2

    That vine boom sound effect got me every goddamn time.

  • @KatrinaAmaxas
    @KatrinaAmaxas Год назад +5

    Personally, I would say that Magic is the best damage-type since anything that isn't SPECIFICALLY Fire, Holy or Lightning deals magic damage and I mean literally ANYTHING. Like, for example, did you know that the NIHIL AoW on Mohg's trident deals magic damage? Or both of the Thorn sorceries? Or even most gravity-based spells or AoWs?
    And that's not even going into how busted the stronger sorceries in the game are. Night Comet hits like a freight train with powerstanced Staff of Loss, has good range, can penetrate through multiple targets, can be buffed by Godfrey Icon and, best of all, enemies that are coded to auto-dodge spells won't dodge it because, like all Night Sorceries, it's described as being "semi-invisible".

  • @Oathk3eper
    @Oathk3eper Год назад +1

    Loved all of the KH call outs. Have you considered posting challenge runs in that series? Magic only is usually fun

  • @TheGreatSquark
    @TheGreatSquark Год назад +4

    So, Tulok sent a bunch of us here from his stream if we hadn't seen the video. And I gotta say, this was impressive.

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +1

      Yeah, it was more interesting than us 2 shotting everyone with my fire stick

  • @dragoon3219
    @dragoon3219 Год назад +1

    "Back up and cast. Riveting game play. I see why you all like casters."
    Roll left, press r1. Riveting game play. I see why you like melee.

  • @yKuroKenshi
    @yKuroKenshi Год назад +5

    man just ignored Wind ;-;

  • @MasterofLaziness
    @MasterofLaziness Год назад +2

    I think lightning would have benefitted from an early Dragon Communion seal, assuming there were levels to spare after reaching minimum faith for lightning spear. It does insane damage, especially compared to the finger seal, and since the proper boosting seal is in Leyndell, you get at least 2 demigods worth out of it. Could even get away with "wandering" the knight carrying it into the nearby chariot, or just coming back with a basic seal to fight him normally if that's illegal for this run.

  • @ethan4life732
    @ethan4life732 Год назад +4

    As a pure Holy build, I can say, hitting end-game and getting the Black Blade is just the most satisfying feeling cause you just get to delete anything that exists with like 3 strikes.
    P.S: Holy Water Pots are fun.

  • @Brendanvideos
    @Brendanvideos Год назад +2

    Idk about a lightning only build because I've never tried it. But a lightning heavy build is pretty fun. The red lightning aoe spell that takes awhile to cast hits like a truck on steroids.

  • @mason-.
    @mason-. Год назад +6

    Is this the kind of stuff you learn in Elementary school? I never went, but that sounds right

  • @AwesomeWookiee
    @AwesomeWookiee Год назад +2

    Didn't even include my boy Osmium. SMH
    Tulok, you absolute hero and madlad. This is incredible.

  • @acid2415
    @acid2415 Год назад +5

    you should do a madness only playthrough (the spells, vykes spear, and the fingerprint shield)

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад

      I kinda did that with the Lio Fotia run?

    • @acid2415
      @acid2415 Год назад

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 i didnt watch that run lol, sorry

    • @acid2415
      @acid2415 Год назад

      ill make sure to watch it later

  • @SelkieGirl
    @SelkieGirl Год назад +2

    The famous Xion quote: "wash your balls."

  • @dieguy3080
    @dieguy3080 Год назад +7

    Holy being so widely resisted probably has something to do with the fact the black blade exists and could trivialize a lot of endgame bosses if you built fully around it and they only had around 10-20% resistance.

  • @noahpenman3493
    @noahpenman3493 Год назад +2

    A tip that I figured out a little while ago. You don’t have to unlock the academy to get to Altus plateau. There is a spirit jump near the first stone bell bearing cave. Just use that jump and you can get up to the belum church.

    • @cavemanbuddyolpal
      @cavemanbuddyolpal Год назад

      You can also just run up the hill south from the path to ruin strewn village and get straight to bellum church

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад

      The warp is faster than the running

  • @luxiken6719
    @luxiken6719 Год назад +5

    Hey, discus of light is actually crazy good. It has one of the best range of any spell in the game, it does really good damage and costs a whopping 3 fp. And it can be chain casted while also hitting 2 times max. So yeah, discus of light is kinda busted

    • @asdergold1
      @asdergold1 Год назад

      ​​@cody5631 Which seal? Did you bother to offhand the Golden Order Seal and wear the Goldmask Mask? Or ever use the Holy Tear or anything to boost the spell's damage?
      Also it absolutely should do better than rock sling, it's a you problem.

  • @enlongjones2394
    @enlongjones2394 Год назад +1

    19:11 this might show up later, but for Rennala, you could always stock up on Fire Pots to hit the kids.

  • @redbowrose4831
    @redbowrose4831 Год назад +4

    Honestly shocked that you didn't go for the Bolt of Gransax! That Weapon art with the matching dexterity is insane, and I'm pretty sure it's pure lightning damage as well! Carried me through the endgame.

    • @malpheus4299
      @malpheus4299 Год назад +3

      It is strong as well as the placidusax great thrusting sword but I think the general issue with lightning is that it has you going all in on either pure faith or pure dexterity, you don't get good results mixing both.

  • @Yueff
    @Yueff Год назад +2

    It’s kinda hilarious that lightning spells are slow considering the spells are… you know, LIGHTNING.

  • @piersonfisher4919
    @piersonfisher4919 Год назад +3

    Awesome work, love the content!

  • @Twilight5007
    @Twilight5007 9 месяцев назад +1

    We all know it's fire and always has been in almost every game. Lightning is the coolest though

  • @johndipietro9301
    @johndipietro9301 Год назад +4

    I promised I'd be here when the video went up. I am glad to keep that promise.

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +2

      🫡🫡🫡 hell yeah

    • @johndipietro9301
      @johndipietro9301 Год назад

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 Post-video commentary: as awesome as I expected.
      I do wonder if doing a "Four Elements" run (only Elemental damage, but can use all four elements) would be smoother than the four separate runs. Lightning, Fire, and Holy all work off Faith, so in theory, they could cover each other (Cipher Patas would be great for those times when a boss was a loss early game due to no mana, using ADLStrike for Rykard to keep from having to use Black Flame, etc). But then Magic kind of gets left out since it's Intelligence only and throws the stats. Still, may have to try an "Avatar" run myself in the future.

  • @Mare_Man
    @Mare_Man 9 месяцев назад +1

    The faith frisbees have always been good

  • @lyinarbaeldeth2456
    @lyinarbaeldeth2456 Год назад +3

    An entire hour! Oh, happy day!

  • @Lzund
    @Lzund Год назад +1

    Fun idea for a run...
    Dragon Hunter
    Rules
    - Kill all dragons
    - You cant leave an area until you beat all dragons within that area
    - No lift, you gotta go kill magma wyrm to reach altus plateau
    - You can only level when you acquire a dragon heart (23 hearts in a NG cycle so 23 level ups)
    - Use dragon killing weapons that gain the bonus and dragon wound grease

  • @__lifeline__
    @__lifeline__ Год назад +5

    I’m not sure when I got them but I’m surprised you didn’t use the the lightning tear for the lightning play through. Also why not use any of the lightning ashes of war?

    • @tulokthebarbrarian2033
      @tulokthebarbrarian2033 Год назад +1

      I did use the lightning tear, and the lightning ashes of war that are good (bolt of gransaxx) are capital locked. By the time we get there we're already built as a caster, not a dex fighter.

    • @apex_plus8073
      @apex_plus8073 Год назад

      @@tulokthebarbrarian2033 If you’re okay with wrong warping you can get bolt of gransaxx without fighting a single boss. Through the trap chest in weeping peninsula wrong warping into the capital. Then you just make a few easy jumps to get bolt. You don’t even need to kill Godfrey.

  • @babzm.1666
    @babzm.1666 Год назад

    55:58 You say the Cleanrot Knight didn’t stand a chance… she was kicking your ass, dude! fjfhdhdjjdj

  • @dumpsterfire6992
    @dumpsterfire6992 Год назад +4

    Yeah but,atleast lightning looks coool

  • @charwyrm8702
    @charwyrm8702 Год назад +1

    Been binging your channel for a while, you don't know how chuffed I am to see an hour and ten minute long video from you. I'm grinning like an idiot

  • @PACKS-m2x
    @PACKS-m2x Год назад +3

    Awesome vid

  • @glazdont1382
    @glazdont1382 Год назад +1

    I'm not gonna lie I was pretty surprised that lightning was bad at first, but then I realized I never tried lightning until NG+ and already had access to all of the good stuff.

  • @deltad994
    @deltad994 Год назад +5

    Fun fact: red lightning is super affective against dragons.

  • @plecology
    @plecology 8 дней назад

    When your chosen damage type was not working on a particular enemy, I was reminded of Boris the Blade selling a (broken) gun to Tommy in the film Snatch.
    His advice to Tommy was, 'Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work... you can always hit him with it'

  • @oskarthenarrator
    @oskarthenarrator Год назад +3

    Imagine basing your early lightning opinions on Lightning Strike and not Lightning Spear
    Edit: Oh my godskin how could you disrespect Discus of Light, it is literally the most efficient damaging spell in the game

  • @Ashtarte3D
    @Ashtarte3D Год назад +2

    Shame you didn't mess with the Frenzied Flame spells for more fun factor, cause those things were so much fun to build around. Before the nerfs they were legit OP.

  • @TroyColey
    @TroyColey Год назад +4

    Tulok and Mango, thank you for you’re hard work, we all appreciate it. You’re an amazing, wonderful, incredible, and awesome person. ☺️☺️😄😃🤩😍😎 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @S.A.F.T.I
    @S.A.F.T.I Год назад +1

    The Cold Greatsword is an auto 'I win' button.
    Funnily enough despite Radagon being immune to statuses/elements but apparently he can still be affected by Frostbite... Yeah I don't know why either.

  • @6-Snorlax-9
    @6-Snorlax-9 Год назад +3

    Nice vid

  • @CarbonKnights
    @CarbonKnights Год назад +1

    Didn't expect and Eve 6 joke, but I would swallow my pride and say I enjoyed it.

  • @AndresD.deLeon
    @AndresD.deLeon 8 месяцев назад +1

    This man just throws one-liners in non-one-liners fashion. I not only respect him. I fear him

  • @mismagia
    @mismagia Год назад +2

    Lightning spear carried my first playthrough love that spell
    Also interesting that you grab meteorite staff but not the dragon communion seal

  • @barrackobama7962
    @barrackobama7962 Год назад +2

    i've been watching this channel for 2 weeks now and i've always thought he had 2 million subscribers or so, his videos are superb

  • @That__Guy
    @That__Guy Год назад +1

    Damn, your commentary is on a different level. Perfect blend of information and jokes. Also your puns are .. and I'm a dad, so I know one or two things about puns.

  • @totallynotcass7732
    @totallynotcass7732 Год назад +2

    Lightning being a late game thing to be good is honestly fine in my opinion, having a damage type that kicks ass but is hard to get to is a good way to design it in my opinion, it's like the opposite of holy damage, cleaning house early game but getting obsolete later on

    • @adronius147
      @adronius147 Год назад

      It honestly makes sense narratively, considering your final boss is God, so of course the closer you get to God the less useful holy damage becomes.

  • @DieSpielhoelle
    @DieSpielhoelle Год назад

    I love that even if you showed als Basic Elements, thanks to the variety in Spells, you were only scratching the surface.

  • @Boba80223
    @Boba80223 Год назад +2

    Two things. Cerulean hidden tear should have been a must for comet azur and that tear could’ve been used for unendurable frenzy which should have been used for late game for fire.

  • @werbearjack
    @werbearjack Год назад +2

    That was fun. The end result wasn't that surprising but the way there was entertaining.
    But we all know the best element is a club to the head.

  • @georgiocostavan1244
    @georgiocostavan1244 Год назад

    i can’t remember the last time i watched an hour long youtube video but your videos are very well put together and entertaining i also love the comedy thrown in definitely subscribing

  • @kasa4501
    @kasa4501 Год назад

    Really like the music references that you do for basically every video I've seen

  • @ilikespagett1514
    @ilikespagett1514 Год назад +2

    51:29 Placidusax doesn't resist lightning because fromsoft is allowed 1 new idea per game

  • @weskintime4177
    @weskintime4177 Год назад +2

    Haven’t watched the video but Lightning is the most fun. Also seeing mimic pullout shit like Fortissax’s Lightning Bolt and Lanneasaxx’s Glaive is funny. Also also Frozen Lightning Spear.