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The stats are not a problem if you suggest people to use one of the many RUNE FARM tricks that are out there. At the start of the game: People can *farm* the *big WHITE dragon* at the start of the game. The Dragon that sits close to *Forth Faroth in Caelid.* Teleport to Caelid from Third Church of Marika and make your way to Forth Faroth. Then try to do the *White Mask Varre* quests and if you do everything correctly you get to another END GAME rune farming place called *Mohgwyn Palace* and boom start farming. ____________________________________ Question to you: Don't you think that elden ring has a major development issue in terms of armor, shields and some melee weapons??? 1) *ARMOR* ( my criticism is about PvE i dont care about PvP , so dont bring up PvP balanced or unbalanced issues, or that my suggestions would unbalanced PvP ). Its not about PvP its about PvE They made so many great armor sets, but almost all of them have no passives, and dont offer much protection. And if people say its only for cosmetics, then i find it weird that heavy armor demands so much stamina if it is only for cosmetics. Of course its not for cosmetics but how can they make armor that is so weak while demanding huge stamina investment? I have all armor sets and i'm not impressed with the end game heavy armors. Yes Compared to light armor it protects you more, but the stamina that you have to invest into it is absurdly high for such little protection that it gives you. It's only a luxury at high level to do it ( like i am because i have the level points to put many stats at 99 if i want, ) but thats not the point. The point is that most of the game if you play normaly there is literally no point in investing into heavy armor and THIS in my eyes is a development error. Also we all remember when ELDEN RING came out , people soon saw how OP magic was and still is. ( despite some people were the naysayers ) weird how some people , i dont know why, but just love to argue against the obvious. NOW With ARMOR we have the same issue. A MAGE can get end game MAGIC ARMOR really fast ( if you know how ) and wear it because it does not require much stamina because its weight is low...... while a melee fighter who wants to wear heavy armor simply cant do it because you need high level to have alot ENDURANCE points in the first place, not to mention VIGOR and some damage stats. ( without rune farming tricks ,a melee player would be in a huge disadvantage for most of the game compared to a magic user. A magic users spells are op and a magic user can wear their build specific armor in early game ) So not only is magic OP in terms of game play but also in terms of armor. How can FROMSOFT be so BIASED so unbalanced? Are all the developers some MAGIC FANS or something... really weird. 2) issue with *SHIELDS* With shields i have only two issues. First i find it weird that at the beginning of the game you can get literally 1 of the 4 best greatshields right from the start. I don't complain but i find it weird that the more you get further into the game you wont find any great shields that are much better, with the exceptions of 3 . And the best shield in the game... i find its design really BORING and lame.... i mean it's a HUGE STONE TABLET... like wtf...who was designing this lameness?? I am not impressed and it looks weird to run around with it. i just do it because its the best shield in terms of stats but it looks hideous. 3) issue with MELEE WEAPONs a) their attack animations are all the same... so uncreative. All colossal swords have the same moves, all katanas have the same light attacks etc... LANE design. Also All *COLOSSAL SWORDS* critical attack animation looks really weird its a 2 hit attack that doesn't make sense. First hit doesn't hit you to the ground but the second hit does? It should be a 1 hit full swing rotation slash and the second hit should come from above like a jump attack animation hit over the head to the ground ... this would look cool and make more sense. In fact i like the GREAT SWORD stabbing critical hit animation much more than the COLOSSAL SWORDS critical hit animation. At least GREAT SWORDs do a brutal stab and then push the target off with the foot.. looks badass.. I dont understand, they want to put those big huge swords into the game, but then they lack the imagination and creativity to make their attacks look cool and badass. All the COLOSSAL SWORDS also swing the same. It is just lame to use them... they look badass but what they do looks really LAME. b) Hand of Malenia weapon is almost useless in PvE. Why is that a problem???? It's a problem because they made it so that this weapon you get from one of the hardest bosses after you kill her and then it turns out that the weapon is 98% useless. - it has bad scaling - its damage is mediocre - it doesn't have any special effects or passive ( at least some % lifesteal would be nice ) - its special attack is not a great gap closer like we saw it from the boss - AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE, almost any bigger attack from a boss can hit you out of your weapon skill animation, making the weapon skill almost useless . And even if you pull it off the damage is mediocre like i said. why make this useless weapon to be a reward for beating one of the hardest bosses? Other Katanas like Rivers of Blood or Moonveil are much better than HoM and you get them way easier. So from a development perspective it doesn't make sense that you get better weapons way easier and for beating a hard boss you get a useless weapon. ALSO DARK SOULS 3 has now a mod where you attack and move like Malenia .... why has ELDEN RING nothing like that??? *Why not make the character to have the same attacks and movement like Malenia when you equip that weapon???* really sad how non creative melee combat is in this game. I loved to use katanas but at some point its all the same.... feels lame.
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I think an important aspect to cover on this weapon is the fact that as a colossal sword, is has the crouch r1 poke, which comes out very quickly and does thrusting damage, meaning it is buffed by the spear talisman. It's a useful too if you need some quick damage.
Colossal swords are listed as such, whereas the talisman buffs "thrusting weapons" I haven't done any testing myself but it might just be another inaccurate description
This game is goofy. This weapon is one of the most deadliest things in the game when Maliketh uses it, but enemies in the very early stage of the game can't be one-shotted with the weapon art? It's completely illogical.
It´s not that strong but hot DAMN is it cool. 10/10 Aesthetics and concept. It´s also good to have three options to get those two procs of life reduction. Props to you good sir, great job as always.
The idea of life reduction is kinda neat, but I don't think it's really all that great. It's only really helpful on enemies that can heal like Malenia or invaders
Maliketh's stuff is a 11/10 on the style menu. Nice job finding some cool synergies I didn't see anyone else mention. Any idea if you'd do a build that uses the Regal Omen Bairn and the Wraith Calling Bell?
I'm definitely considering this build for my NG+. I'm currently at the end on my second playthrough but I did it as a new game, I haven't done NG+ yet.
This weapon is especially useful if you're terrible at dealing with the Elden beast since destined death is the only status effect that it isn't resisted to but for dealing with radagon I recommend using mhog's spear and then switching to the Black blade because they both have a similar scaling I don't really know how good it is against other bosses because it's slow and I don't know how to use colossal swords that well but this thing shines against the final boss which I find to be a bullshit boss also another tip is that Lord's Divine fortification is absolutely necessary it has a huge holy damage negation which is really useful against both radagon and the elden beast PS I was on new game plus 7 and this thing shatters the elden beast
In my own headcanon, the Foul Tarnished uses either this or the Godslayer's Greatsword to defeat Radagon & Elden Beast. The finality of Destined Death/Black Flame just feels fitting.
I absolutely love these builds. My only regret is doing your Blasphemous Herald build first. It was so fun and so good that I’m having trouble doing any other build!
@@TheEctomancer Both are really, really good weapons so you can't go wrong with either one. Personally I opted for Maliketh's black blade since Blasphemous seems to be what everyone defaults to anyways when they're running a str/faith build.
Great video. It helped me a while ago and I came back to it halfway through ng+ now for some specific scaling information. 60 vigor, 52 endurance for wearing high poise fashion and a blasphemous blade on my back for hp steal. 66 str, and 50 faith for now. Leveling mind until I’m happy with it then faith and str respectively. I also added in black flames protection and the Opaline hardtear for 75% resist across the board on physical and almost 50% elemental resist all when fully buffed. Also using the old lords talisman for increased duration of the buffs. It’s pretty nuts at level 200. Fashion is Veteran’s helm, Banished Knights Armor (un-altered), Bull-Goat Gauntlets and Scaled Greaves.
Damn I love that you're still pumping out builds! Thank you! I would love to see a lvl 150 Flame of Frenzy themed build that builds on the Frenzied Acolyte. RP builds are so much fun
@@mayhem6933 Frenzied Flame incantations do fire damage, and work very well in PvE, despite the long charge-up. It's perfect for PvP, but viable for PvE.
I really like this. I have always been a huge fan of the edgelord archetype of a Dark Knight from Final Fantasy and I have always tried to recreate it in some ways in the Souls series, and this build is really scratching that itch. Thank you for the amazing video and guide!
Just another angle to consider on the Destined Death and Black Blade debuffs: while it's true that the first application is the most rewarding since it scoops out the health immediately, maintaining the debuff creates what is essentially a brief 10% damage buff (or 20% with both going) for as long as the effect is applied. Given, the buff window is pretty brief, but that really adds up for higher health pool targets. This little buff window plays very well with other buffs stacked on top and could be exploited pretty well in tandem with other burst damage tactics.
bro this patch just ruin my gameplay i need to go a place that now crash my game and before dont and i cant play online they say i did something suspicius bro this patch is so bad they just make me cant play and advance. what i do now
I disagree on the weapon art being weak after applying it the first time the percentage based damage that drains off a boss is amazingly good might just be me having higher stats but the build is extremely strong
I used this video as the basis for my Black Blade build, but tweaked the stats (RL150) for max poise to avoid being knocked out of the weapon skill animation. VIG 42 MIN 23 (can summon Tiche) END 45 (equip load) STR 45 (Clawmark soft cap) DEX 13 (Vagabond class) INT 9 FTH 44 (46 with helm) ARC 7 - Maliketh’s BB +10 - Clawmark Seal +25 - Haligtree Knight Helm (FTH +2), Tree Sentinel Chest, Gauntlets, Greaves - Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield, Sacred Scorpion Charm, Bull Goat Talisman - Golden Vow, BotE, Black Blade, Black Flame I’m really enjoying using this in PvE. 101+ poise/golden fashion means you can tank through most enemy hits to deal DD. More HP would be ideal, but that’s what the Physick and Great Runes are for. Thanks for the idea Fex, the wiki is invaluable!
I love your videos they are truly entertaining and useful, i have used multiple builds from your Channel through my First game alone, could you make a frenzied flame/vyke's pike Warrior monk like build? I would love to see It and use It and feel like that kind of build could be really cool, thank you for Reading!
Kudos and praise for another great build video are as Inescapable as the Frenzy! Cosplay, thematic or otherwise lore-heavy builds are absolutely my favourite in this game, and this one is crafted marvelously. Some other awesome cosplay/thematic builds that, for my opinion would make for a great video: - Godslayer/Gloam-Eyed Queen build focusing on Godslayer GS and Black Flame; - Dual Omenkiller Cleaver Occult build focused on good physical protection and bleed-enhanced jump attacks; - Crucible Knight Str/Faith build focusing on their weapons and incantations. As always, thank you again for the great video will be waiting eagerly for the next piece of quality ER content!
The DoT damage from Destined Death and Black Blade is based on enemy's max HP, so it's very effective some bosses that has lot of health like Fire Giant or Elden Beast. Also in these case, spamming Destined Death might be great option, especially you're in higher NG+
Thx, I'm using is but still could not figure it out if the dot was doing max hp damage or just a flat amount. By any chance, you know if said damage have a fixed cap, or scale with faith?
I'm surprised that you didn't once mention the DoT that scales with enemy max HP. I melted almost everything in NG+3 with a build very similar to this, because that DoT gets even stronger when bosses get more health further into NG+. You even melt a bunch of things in this video because of that effect, but you just never mention it lol. The max HP debuff is nice but that DoT is really why this weapon art and incantation shine IMO.
@@petrabanjarnahor229 High poise is good, like the video says (56 at least, but I ran with 61). But I also use the Black Knife's weapon art in situations where I don't have time for Destined Death or Black Blade. Elden Beast went down in less than two minutes on NG+3 by spamming some combination of these.
This build looks like a lot of fun. In PvE do a lot of the bosses heal themselves? The only one I can think of that does is the last one. How about bosses when exploring the land? NPC Invaders are the only ones I can think of. Is the utility of Destined Death builds kind of limited?
Destined death's main advantage is the 10% max hp debuff on bosses, since even when the debuff goes away, the HP does not come back (outside of Malenia ofcourse). So using it at the start of a fight is a guarantied 10% reduction in the Hp pool of a boss. Something that only gets stronger the further into NG+ cycles you go.
You can use 'destined death', the weapon art, to dodge malenia's kick... It also sends her flying a majority of the time (as long as she's not in the air). It's definitely worth having the black knife for this build just to keep destined death applied
Using this build right now with a Gargoyle Blackblade(Doing a saber alter cosplay), very fun, a tad underwhelming in damage but it's the fun factor that matters for me, also using Black Knife to double stack the Destined Death debuff
Yo thank you man I've been trying to make a build around his sword for ages cause he's my favorite boss (p.s this build is actually really good against Melania for anyone struggling with her like i am)
I must express a caviat to Godrick's great rune: to get more out of the great rune you would need to intentionally take 5 points out of both strength and faith so you can use the great rune to hit the 50/50 softcaps. This would free up 10 points to allocate into the stats suffering the most. After hitting NG++ I would imagen that Radahn's great rune would surpass godrick since you would hit the major softcaps for relivant stats making the +5 less valueable overall. Alternatively you could swap out the jar/alex shard for great jar's arsenal to componsate for lower equip load to bring mind up a touch higher and, again, let radahn's % increases to HP, FP, and Stamina bolster them.
Could we get a full dual twinblade build (Eleonora’s/Godskin peeler) similar to what was mentioned in the twin blades are the best weapon video? Btw, great video as always!
After finishing (once) and before jumping into Journey 2, when I think about the main bosses I always remember Malekith: such a cool armor, weapon and fight. I'm used to held a shield, so this would be weird but seems very fun. Thanks for the amazing info
Maybe I missed something but you said when you use the skill it takes 10% off their health permanently for that battle right? But when you were fighting the Nights Cavalry at around 6:50 it was off for a second but then went back to normal. Did I miss you do something to negate that or a camera cut or something? Maybe I just misunderstood 🤷
Awesome video as always! You are the one who keeps motivated to play! Haha Would love to see a Wing of Aistel build!!! Strong int/dex build! I saw the level 150 version, but i think its possible earlier 👀
I made a variant of your version which I love playing so far. Instead of using the destined death I use the black knife's skill, which I can use from a distance and hits very strong as well. My forth talisman is the erdtree favor +2 and the wondrous physic has the holy shrouding and the opaline hard tear. Also I started with a vagabond, so I invested more on vigor (49) and strength (51). Apart from the flame grant me strength and the golden vow, I also use the protection of the erdtree as a buff, and I keep bestial vitality as an option for cheap healing. By the way I'm happy with the mana that the 22 mind gives 😁 Thank you!
This is still my fave channel for Elden Ring builds! Huge congrats, and a well deserved title for all the hard work put in in being one of the biggest Elden Ring content creators on youtube! Thank you for all the hard work you guys have put into the Elden Ring Videos!
Meh, sorry but there is no build for this sword, there aren't enough stats to fit in a "125 build" which sucks because I really like this blade and this makes me feel that this blade needs a massive change so it wouldn't feel awkward,
I dunno about this weapons damage. This thing does a lot of damage, like more than it says it does. Mohg has equal resistance to magic and holy yet malikeths black blade does more damage than royal greatsword both on their ideal 55/55 hybrid builds, not to mention theyre both evenly split in terms of damage type. Does destined death even count as holy damage or is it its own thing, like the black flame thats literally fire but it does extra damage to demigods/gods
Currently using one of your builts , the way you thought me how to use them, really changed the way i play this game , thank you so much!! 👏 Worth subbed!! 😄
Hey just curious does the Raptor chest piece or Claw talisman boost attacks where the attack animation has you jump like Black Blade or the Assassin's Daggers special attack
I would love to see another Gransax Bolt build in ng+. It’s such a uniquely designed weapon and it can dish out really good damage. Love your content as always!
I’m use a “Sir Crocodile” build cosplay, using venomous fang with bleed/occult affinity, dragon communion seal, and bestial incantation plus the phisical damage dragon spell. With blue dancer charm, rot exaultation charm, ritual sword talisman end Radagon icon/Godfrey icon i litterally shred everything. The venomous fang cause incredibly fast strong poison, and that massively increased the damage of phisical attack and all bestial incantation. You can even use bloodboil aromatic for even more damage and the classic “flame grant me strength” for even more increase. Watching your beast claw doing 2k damage in a spread area tearing apart a group of enemy is really a good, and even rock sling litterally destroy everything. And thanks to the last patch now you are absurdly fast rolling.
Can ya teach me on how to make a Necruid Build(Half-Druid, Half-Necromancer)? Also I love the Black Blade Spell, were we can briefly summon a large red glowing sword.
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The stats are not a problem if you suggest people to use one of the many RUNE FARM tricks that are out there.
At the start of the game:
People can *farm* the *big WHITE dragon* at the start of the game. The Dragon that sits close to *Forth Faroth in Caelid.*
Teleport to Caelid from Third Church of Marika and make your way to Forth Faroth.
Then try to do the *White Mask Varre* quests and if you do everything correctly you get to another END GAME rune farming place called *Mohgwyn Palace* and boom start farming.
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Question to you:
Don't you think that elden ring has a major development issue in terms of armor, shields and some melee weapons???
1) *ARMOR* ( my criticism is about PvE i dont care about PvP , so dont bring up PvP balanced or unbalanced issues, or that my suggestions would unbalanced PvP ). Its not about PvP its about PvE
They made so many great armor sets, but almost all of them have no passives, and dont offer much protection.
And if people say its only for cosmetics, then i find it weird that heavy armor demands so much stamina if it is only for cosmetics.
Of course its not for cosmetics but how can they make armor that is so weak while demanding huge stamina investment? I have all armor sets and i'm not impressed with the end game heavy armors.
Yes Compared to light armor it protects you more, but the stamina that you have to invest into it is absurdly high for such little protection that it gives you. It's only a luxury at high level to do it ( like i am because i have the level points to put many stats at 99 if i want, ) but thats not the point. The point is that most of the game if you play normaly there is literally no point in investing into heavy armor and THIS in my eyes is a development error.
Also we all remember when ELDEN RING came out , people soon saw how OP magic was and still is.
( despite some people were the naysayers ) weird how some people , i dont know why, but just love to argue against the obvious.
NOW With ARMOR we have the same issue.
A MAGE can get end game MAGIC ARMOR really fast ( if you know how ) and wear it because it does not require much stamina because its weight is low...... while a melee fighter who wants to wear heavy armor simply cant do it because you need high level to have alot ENDURANCE points in the first place, not to mention VIGOR and some damage stats.
( without rune farming tricks ,a melee player would be in a huge disadvantage for most of the game compared to a magic user. A magic users spells are op and a magic user can wear their build specific armor in early game )
So not only is magic OP in terms of game play but also in terms of armor.
How can FROMSOFT be so BIASED so unbalanced?
Are all the developers some MAGIC FANS or something... really weird.
2) issue with *SHIELDS*
With shields i have only two issues.
First i find it weird that at the beginning of the game you can get literally 1 of the 4 best greatshields right from the start.
I don't complain but i find it weird that the more you get further into the game you wont find any great shields that are much better, with the exceptions of 3 .
And the best shield in the game... i find its design really BORING and lame.... i mean it's a HUGE STONE TABLET... like wtf...who was designing this lameness??
I am not impressed and it looks weird to run around with it. i just do it because its the best shield in terms of stats but it looks hideous.
3) issue with MELEE WEAPONs
a)
their attack animations are all the same... so uncreative. All colossal swords have the same moves, all katanas have the same light attacks etc... LANE design.
Also All *COLOSSAL SWORDS* critical attack animation looks really weird its a 2 hit attack that doesn't make sense.
First hit doesn't hit you to the ground but the second hit does?
It should be a 1 hit full swing rotation slash and the second hit should come from above like a jump attack animation hit over the head to the ground ... this would look cool and make more sense.
In fact i like the GREAT SWORD stabbing critical hit animation much more than the COLOSSAL SWORDS critical hit animation.
At least GREAT SWORDs do a brutal stab and then push the target off with the foot.. looks badass..
I dont understand, they want to put those big huge swords into the game, but then they lack the imagination and creativity to make their attacks look cool and badass. All the COLOSSAL SWORDS also swing the same.
It is just lame to use them... they look badass but what they do looks really LAME.
b)
Hand of Malenia weapon is almost useless in PvE.
Why is that a problem????
It's a problem because they made it so that this weapon you get from one of the hardest bosses after you kill her and then it turns out that the weapon is 98% useless.
- it has bad scaling
- its damage is mediocre
- it doesn't have any special effects or passive ( at least some % lifesteal would be nice )
- its special attack is not a great gap closer like we saw it from the boss
- AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE, almost any bigger attack from a boss can hit you out of your weapon skill animation, making the weapon skill almost useless . And even if you pull it off the damage is mediocre like i said.
why make this useless weapon to be a reward for beating one of the hardest bosses?
Other Katanas like Rivers of Blood or Moonveil are much better than HoM and you get them way easier.
So from a development perspective it doesn't make sense that you get better weapons way easier and for beating a hard boss you get a useless weapon.
ALSO DARK SOULS 3 has now a mod where you attack and move like Malenia .... why has ELDEN RING nothing like that???
*Why not make the character to have the same attacks and movement like Malenia when you equip that weapon???*
really sad how non creative melee combat is in this game.
I loved to use katanas but at some point its all the same.... feels lame.
Is black blade a jump attack?
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I want to make this build but i do not have have the black blade should i even bother to make this build if I don't have the black blade?
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The way these guides are made and all the data and the wiki, and the thumbnails its just so perfect. Amazing job!.
I think an important aspect to cover on this weapon is the fact that as a colossal sword, is has the crouch r1 poke, which comes out very quickly and does thrusting damage, meaning it is buffed by the spear talisman. It's a useful too if you need some quick damage.
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Colossal swords are listed as such, whereas the talisman buffs "thrusting weapons" I haven't done any testing myself but it might just be another inaccurate description
@@janebtar2167 it works on any counter thrusting damage dealing weapon except bows and crossbows. it is an inaccurate description, indeed.
it wont buff the holy damage part, so it benefits less from spear talisman than pure physical swords.
Your channel and the wiki are what keeps me playing Elden Ring. Loving all the different builds! Thank you!
Thanks so much! Glad we helped you!
Yeah, his videos are amazing, and the wiki has carried me through the game when I need smithing stones, spells, talismans, weapons, ect.
This game is goofy. This weapon is one of the most deadliest things in the game when Maliketh uses it, but enemies in the very early stage of the game can't be one-shotted with the weapon art? It's completely illogical.
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the skill does a percent of the total health
@@crook7575 Yeah it does, but it should do more chunk damage.
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It destroys bosses
Can't stop playing this game since it's out. Thanks for all these vids.
I love this weapon and Maliketh all together. He is my current favourite boss in all Fromsoft games, and Onikage is a pretty tough act to beat!
Maliketh is my favorite boss, so this cosplay is something I look forward to doing! Amazing video as always!
My favorite as well.
Mine too and he's coolest boss
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It´s not that strong but hot DAMN is it cool. 10/10 Aesthetics and concept. It´s also good to have three options to get those two procs of life reduction. Props to you good sir, great job as always.
The idea of life reduction is kinda neat, but I don't think it's really all that great. It's only really helpful on enemies that can heal like Malenia or invaders
@@danielkretsch8204 oh it´s definitely not optimal, but at one point style supercedes meta, otherwise you melt through everything and it´s boring
Thank you for the great build.
Thanks so much!
Fextralife pls do a scarlett rot build or something like that Plsss, I think that it would be a good option in NG+
I have an idea. Needs testing, but I think I got you.
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You could try using the quad status build. That’s how I beat Malania and it would probably work in NG+ as well
Maliketh's stuff is a 11/10 on the style menu. Nice job finding some cool synergies I didn't see anyone else mention. Any idea if you'd do a build that uses the Regal Omen Bairn and the Wraith Calling Bell?
I'm definitely considering this build for my NG+. I'm currently at the end on my second playthrough but I did it as a new game, I haven't done NG+ yet.
This weapon is especially useful if you're terrible at dealing with the Elden beast since destined death is the only status effect that it isn't resisted to but for dealing with radagon I recommend using mhog's spear and then switching to the Black blade because they both have a similar scaling I don't really know how good it is against other bosses because it's slow and I don't know how to use colossal swords that well but this thing shines against the final boss which I find to be a bullshit boss also another tip is that Lord's Divine fortification is absolutely necessary it has a huge holy damage negation which is really useful against both radagon and the elden beast PS I was on new game plus 7 and this thing shatters the elden beast
Trying this one out for sure. As soon as I saw the black blade at the beginning of the Malaketh fight I was like I WANT THAT!!!
In my own headcanon, the Foul Tarnished uses either this or the Godslayer's Greatsword to defeat Radagon & Elden Beast. The finality of Destined Death/Black Flame just feels fitting.
Or blasphemous
what would be some good weapons leading up to this build?
I absolutely love these builds. My only regret is doing your Blasphemous Herald build first. It was so fun and so good that I’m having trouble doing any other build!
Which would you say is better, Maliketh's Black Blade Build or Blasphemous Herald build?
@@TheEctomancer Both are really, really good weapons so you can't go wrong with either one. Personally I opted for Maliketh's black blade since Blasphemous seems to be what everyone defaults to anyways when they're running a str/faith build.
I wish they introduced some sort of mechanic so we can use our favorite looking armor sets with the stats of something else
Transmog needs to be added
Great video. It helped me a while ago and I came back to it halfway through ng+ now for some specific scaling information. 60 vigor, 52 endurance for wearing high poise fashion and a blasphemous blade on my back for hp steal. 66 str, and 50 faith for now.
Leveling mind until I’m happy with it then faith and str respectively. I also added in black flames protection and the Opaline hardtear for 75% resist across the board on physical and almost 50% elemental resist all when fully buffed. Also using the old lords talisman for increased duration of the buffs. It’s pretty nuts at level 200.
Fashion is Veteran’s helm, Banished Knights Armor (un-altered), Bull-Goat Gauntlets and Scaled Greaves.
0:59 - What do you mean by the softcaps of the Clawmark Seal being 45 Str / 45 Faith, where does it state it? Thanks!
Damn I love that you're still pumping out builds! Thank you!
I would love to see a lvl 150 Flame of Frenzy themed build that builds on the Frenzied Acolyte. RP builds are so much fun
Madness is only for PvP
@@mayhem6933 Frenzied Flame incantations do fire damage, and work very well in PvE, despite the long charge-up. It's perfect for PvP, but viable for PvE.
2:52 that sound effect 😂
The prrrrr
I cracked up when I heard it
I really like this. I have always been a huge fan of the edgelord archetype of a Dark Knight from Final Fantasy and I have always tried to recreate it in some ways in the Souls series, and this build is really scratching that itch. Thank you for the amazing video and guide!
I was thinking Dark Knight too lol
Have you tried having a black knife assassin as a spirit summon they could potentially add a third 10% health limit pool
I was not expecting another NG+ build this quick! Well done man!
Just another angle to consider on the Destined Death and Black Blade debuffs: while it's true that the first application is the most rewarding since it scoops out the health immediately, maintaining the debuff creates what is essentially a brief 10% damage buff (or 20% with both going) for as long as the effect is applied. Given, the buff window is pretty brief, but that really adds up for higher health pool targets. This little buff window plays very well with other buffs stacked on top and could be exploited pretty well in tandem with other burst damage tactics.
I want to use the gargoyle black two blades with this build.
Seriously, can’t thank you and everyone for all the hardwork. You give so many ideas on playing this game. Really appreciate it.
If you are only using the debuff from the knife you do not need a lot of dex. The weapon art only scales with holy and it provides a nice dot
Just recently rolled a new Confessor character. Might just take him into this route. Thank you for sharing! =)
bro this patch just ruin my gameplay i need to go a place that now crash my game and before dont and i cant play online they say i did something suspicius bro this patch is so bad they just make me cant play and advance. what i do now
Can you do an axe str/faith build? Btw love these videos, these make me more creative on how I make my builds.
I disagree on the weapon art being weak after applying it the first time the percentage based damage that drains off a boss is amazingly good might just be me having higher stats but the build is extremely strong
I raised faith to 46 and replayed the game twice to get Malekith's weapon and the ability, but it didn't work
Did u get a seal and the incanta from the finger reader??? It should work if u listen to the video
Brodie go to the finger reader at the round table hold and collect rememberance
MALIKETH BLACK BLADE GO BRRRRR. Right on time. I defeated maliketh like a couple of days ago and was trying out his equipment.
I tried to double wield these it’s almost impossible I do not recommend lmao
Use this and dual wield the black knives. Way more fun
I used this video as the basis for my Black Blade build, but tweaked the stats (RL150) for max poise to avoid being knocked out of the weapon skill animation.
VIG 42
MIN 23 (can summon Tiche)
END 45 (equip load)
STR 45 (Clawmark soft cap)
DEX 13 (Vagabond class)
INT 9
FTH 44 (46 with helm)
ARC 7
- Maliketh’s BB +10
- Clawmark Seal +25
- Haligtree Knight Helm (FTH +2), Tree Sentinel Chest, Gauntlets, Greaves
- Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield, Sacred Scorpion Charm, Bull Goat Talisman
- Golden Vow, BotE, Black Blade, Black Flame
I’m really enjoying using this in PvE. 101+ poise/golden fashion means you can tank through most enemy hits to deal DD. More HP would be ideal, but that’s what the Physick and Great Runes are for. Thanks for the idea Fex, the wiki is invaluable!
I love your videos they are truly entertaining and useful, i have used multiple builds from your Channel through my First game alone, could you make a frenzied flame/vyke's pike Warrior monk like build? I would love to see It and use It and feel like that kind of build could be really cool, thank you for Reading!
This build only for PvP cos madness build up works only in PvP
Can you do a build using the Ringed finger hammer? I think it could be a funny stagger build
Kudos and praise for another great build video are as Inescapable as the Frenzy! Cosplay, thematic or otherwise lore-heavy builds are absolutely my favourite in this game, and this one is crafted marvelously. Some other awesome cosplay/thematic builds that, for my opinion would make for a great video:
- Godslayer/Gloam-Eyed Queen build focusing on Godslayer GS and Black Flame;
- Dual Omenkiller Cleaver Occult build focused on good physical protection and bleed-enhanced jump attacks;
- Crucible Knight Str/Faith build focusing on their weapons and incantations.
As always, thank you again for the great video will be waiting eagerly for the next piece of quality ER content!
Guess who's watching this after doing NG+ and not duplicating maliketh's remembrence? Yessir i am
Black knife do the job just fine
@@davidkirk3215 nevermind, i'm doing shadow hunter build, fuckin cool and underrated lol
The DoT damage from Destined Death and Black Blade is based on enemy's max HP, so it's very effective some bosses that has lot of health like Fire Giant or Elden Beast.
Also in these case, spamming Destined Death might be great option, especially you're in higher NG+
Thx, I'm using is but still could not figure it out if the dot was doing max hp damage or just a flat amount.
By any chance, you know if said damage have a fixed cap, or scale with faith?
Used this build to beat Malenia
So much fun 🤩🤩🤩
How difficult was it using the back blade with her ?? 😊
@@ImIncluded166not too hard
This is damn awesome! And if u don't mind, could u please consider doing halberd-using frostbite/bleed build please?
I have a hablerd build lined up, it does have frostbite but no bleed, though you could add bleed to it easily.
Oh, thank you very much!
I'm surprised that you didn't once mention the DoT that scales with enemy max HP. I melted almost everything in NG+3 with a build very similar to this, because that DoT gets even stronger when bosses get more health further into NG+. You even melt a bunch of things in this video because of that effect, but you just never mention it lol. The max HP debuff is nice but that DoT is really why this weapon art and incantation shine IMO.
Is there any trick to land destined death better?
@@petrabanjarnahor229 High poise is good, like the video says (56 at least, but I ran with 61). But I also use the Black Knife's weapon art in situations where I don't have time for Destined Death or Black Blade. Elden Beast went down in less than two minutes on NG+3 by spamming some combination of these.
I hate that they got rid of the second wave for the incantation, it was so cool
This build looks like a lot of fun. In PvE do a lot of the bosses heal themselves? The only one I can think of that does is the last one. How about bosses when exploring the land? NPC Invaders are the only ones I can think of. Is the utility of Destined Death builds kind of limited?
Destined death's main advantage is the 10% max hp debuff on bosses, since even when the debuff goes away, the HP does not come back (outside of Malenia ofcourse). So using it at the start of a fight is a guarantied 10% reduction in the Hp pool of a boss. Something that only gets stronger the further into NG+ cycles you go.
You can use 'destined death', the weapon art, to dodge malenia's kick... It also sends her flying a majority of the time (as long as she's not in the air). It's definitely worth having the black knife for this build just to keep destined death applied
I recommend using beast incantations as well for gurranq.
Using this build right now with a Gargoyle Blackblade(Doing a saber alter cosplay), very fun, a tad underwhelming in damage but it's the fun factor that matters for me, also using Black Knife to double stack the Destined Death debuff
Yo thank you man I've been trying to make a build around his sword for ages cause he's my favorite boss (p.s this build is actually really good against Melania for anyone struggling with her like i am)
I think Black Flame is a good spell to use with this - it's a similar percentage based option at range
I must express a caviat to Godrick's great rune: to get more out of the great rune you would need to intentionally take 5 points out of both strength and faith so you can use the great rune to hit the 50/50 softcaps. This would free up 10 points to allocate into the stats suffering the most. After hitting NG++ I would imagen that Radahn's great rune would surpass godrick since you would hit the major softcaps for relivant stats making the +5 less valueable overall. Alternatively you could swap out the jar/alex shard for great jar's arsenal to componsate for lower equip load to bring mind up a touch higher and, again, let radahn's % increases to HP, FP, and Stamina bolster them.
Dayum! Where was this build ?! Lol great video Fextra!
Could we get a full dual twinblade build (Eleonora’s/Godskin peeler) similar to what was mentioned in the twin blades are the best weapon video? Btw, great video as always!
Definitely on my list of things to make!
Oh I am not worthy of this build!
I will try it out, looks amazing
I think I'll take this build to the DLC instead of NG+ hoho we'll see
its been working for me
I love to see a Bloodhound Knight build with the Bloodhound Fang, BHS, & Claws with Incantations.
After finishing (once) and before jumping into Journey 2, when I think about the main bosses I always remember Malekith: such a cool armor, weapon and fight.
I'm used to held a shield, so this would be weird but seems very fun. Thanks for the amazing info
Gotta try this so I can cosplay Elric of Melnibone.
For some reason Godfrey is immune to destined death, I only managed to proc it once, but it automatically went away.
Godfrey is such a chad that even DEATH ITSELF doesn’t affect him
I wonder if it has lore implications or devs just forgot
@@alihorda I think it's bugged it triggered when phase 2 happened but then disappeared
Exact same build I'm playing with now, absolutely love it.
I finished my first playthrough with a similar build, but I also used the Cinquedea dagger and more Bestial incantations along with the Black Blade
2:52 That "HGRRRRR" was for some reason hilarious.
Fuck yeah
The incantation black blade is not worth it for 46 faith,its cool but just reduce health and no damage at all at ngplus 6
I'm currently on my second NG doing faith str build specifically to try out malikeths stuff in NG+
150 Moonveil plz?😢
I’ve been looking for a fun build to switch to was thinking Blasphemous Blade or this!
You guys make the best builds by far.
Thank you for all your hard work!
All I'm gonna say is I loved playing this build, and it inspired me to make copy builds on ESO and warcraft lol 😅
Very good video, it helped me because it was one of the only well-explained videos I found, hugs from Brazil!
This is an awesome build if you want to role play as Maliketh gunning for the perfect order ending.
is it worth to use Howl of Shabriri instead of Blessing of the erdtree?
While I love how awesome some of the holy weapons are and look, it hurts my soul how useless they are in end game bosses.
Maybe I missed something but you said when you use the skill it takes 10% off their health permanently for that battle right? But when you were fighting the Nights Cavalry at around 6:50 it was off for a second but then went back to normal. Did I miss you do something to negate that or a camera cut or something? Maybe I just misunderstood 🤷
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*YAH DAT MALIKETH. HE'S TOO SICK*
*MALIKETH DESERVES HIS OWN SOLO GAME*
is this a good build for the final boss(es)?
Awesome video as always! You are the one who keeps motivated to play! Haha
Would love to see a Wing of Aistel build!!! Strong int/dex build! I saw the level 150 version, but i think its possible earlier 👀
That's how i manage malenia... destined death to limit her heal & spam blood flies.
I made a variant of your version which I love playing so far. Instead of using the destined death I use the black knife's skill, which I can use from a distance and hits very strong as well.
My forth talisman is the erdtree favor +2 and the wondrous physic has the holy shrouding and the opaline hard tear. Also I started with a vagabond, so I invested more on vigor (49) and strength (51).
Apart from the flame grant me strength and the golden vow, I also use the protection of the erdtree as a buff, and I keep bestial vitality as an option for cheap healing. By the way I'm happy with the mana that the 22 mind gives 😁
Thank you!
This is still my fave channel for Elden Ring builds! Huge congrats, and a well deserved title for all the hard work put in in being one of the biggest Elden Ring content creators on youtube! Thank you for all the hard work you guys have put into the Elden Ring Videos!
Ng plus, ha jokes on you, I had a friend dropped me one for my new play through.
Dude you just need a friend to drop any weapon,this does not need to be an ngplus weapon
I JUST started a Black Blade build last night and this drops! Yessssss Fextra
Meh, sorry but there is no build for this sword, there aren't enough stats to fit in a "125 build" which sucks because I really like this blade and this makes me feel that this blade needs a massive change so it wouldn't feel awkward,
Thx so much for taking my recommendation! It's very cool to see your view.
I dunno about this weapons damage. This thing does a lot of damage, like more than it says it does. Mohg has equal resistance to magic and holy yet malikeths black blade does more damage than royal greatsword both on their ideal 55/55 hybrid builds, not to mention theyre both evenly split in terms of damage type. Does destined death even count as holy damage or is it its own thing, like the black flame thats literally fire but it does extra damage to demigods/gods
Currently using one of your builts , the way you thought me how to use them, really changed the way i play this game , thank you so much!! 👏 Worth subbed!! 😄
If you want to sacrifice protection for more poise, you can always swap out the dragoncrest for the bull goat tailsman.
bruuh this build has so much potential to screw malenia
Hey just curious does the Raptor chest piece or Claw talisman boost attacks where the attack animation has you jump like Black Blade or the Assassin's Daggers special attack
I would love to see another Gransax Bolt build in ng+. It’s such a uniquely designed weapon and it can dish out really good damage. Love your content as always!
I can give you my lightening build absolutely one shots most bosses from beginning to abkut NG+4 or 5
Endgame build for Twin Blade bro, nice video.
I’m use a “Sir Crocodile” build cosplay, using venomous fang with bleed/occult affinity, dragon communion seal, and bestial incantation plus the phisical damage dragon spell. With blue dancer charm, rot exaultation charm, ritual sword talisman end Radagon icon/Godfrey icon i litterally shred everything. The venomous fang cause incredibly fast strong poison, and that massively increased the damage of phisical attack and all bestial incantation. You can even use bloodboil aromatic for even more damage and the classic “flame grant me strength” for even more increase.
Watching your beast claw doing 2k damage in a spread area tearing apart a group of enemy is really a good, and even rock sling litterally destroy everything. And thanks to the last patch now you are absurdly fast rolling.
Great Video! Any way you could make a Lorettas war sickle pve build?
That video is actually done. It's not the next build, but should be the one after.
Can ya teach me on how to make a Necruid Build(Half-Druid, Half-Necromancer)? Also I love the Black Blade Spell, were we can briefly summon a large red glowing sword.