This is such a high quality video. The math, the mic quality, the footage in the background. Also a really detailed analysis. This should have a lot more views
I'll second this wholeheartedly. This video in conjunction with the stats one cover the foundational mechanics of this game perfectly, and also articulated in an easily understandable and digestible manner. Incredible work.
One point on mic: In Audacity you can apply filters to smooth down the sharp edges on your "SS" sounds, for example: SSSomber SSSmithing SStone. If that is a concern for you of course.
It's worth mentioning that cold infused weapons have different scaling than magic infused, even if both deal magic damage. Magic infusions seem to completely mangle pre-existing attribute scaling, and give a big chunk of intelligence scaling instead. The physical and magic base damage will also be the same (unless the weapon already had split damage before.) On the other hand Cold infusions will retain previous scaling to a degree and just add a sizeable chunk of int scaling. The physical base damage will also be a decent bit higher than the magical base damage. However, both base damages will likely be lower than that of a straight magic infusion, as a detriment due to the added status damage. The rule of thumb for weapons that at base scale with STR and DEX is to allocate anywhere 50% to 70% of the levels you want to spend on damage in STR/DEX and the rest in INT. This is actually very practical because int scaling ashes of war (like Carian Grandeur for example) pretty much hard cap at 50 int. Any further investment might not even give you a single point of additional damage in some cases. Example, all weapons at +25: Broadsword has 286 base damage (82/33 scaling), magic is 224/224 (10/5/86), cold is 201/162 (93/36/60) If you mainly want to level STR and INT for this build, a 60/40 split would work really well. I did some testing 60 STR 10 DEX and 40 INT yields 577 combined AR. It actually plateaus at that stat investment. Moving up to 10 points from INT to STR will increase the AR only to 578. Vice Versa will only lower it down to 573 AR. So, if you want to get a lot out of magic/cold scaling ashes of war, you might as well go 50/50. Lordsworn's Straight Sword has 281 base damage(54/54), magic is 220/220 (6/6/79), cold is 198/158 (60/60/64) So, LSS is like a 3 way Quality build. It could be a really strong option in higher new games if you have the levels to spend on STR, DEX, and INT, though I haven't tested it.
Amazing breakdown sir. After 2 years off and on with the game this is the first video that gave me an “aha!” moment of understanding. Please keep these up for any game you’re passionate about. You have a gift of simplifying extremely complex systems and the overlayed lists and equations are sooo helpful! (I do be screenshotting)
Masterpiece of a video, along with your other stat scaling video. Thank you for being so concise and clear, no small feat considering the options available in this game.
Hey I just got my bachelors in mechanical engineering at UofT and I gotta say you are sooooo well spoken and great at conveying points. You are better than 90% of my professors! You earned a sub from both of my channels and I'll tell all my friends about ur vids. As a math nerd I really appreciated the backend calculation rundown. Thanks again!
Very good video. I have seen several Elden Ring videos trying to explain this topic, and while they all say basically the same thing, this one hit the right balance of simplicity and details to make me finally feel I better understand what is going on in the game.
From someone who got the platinum for Elden ring but never really got into weapon affinities and scaling this video is perfect. Thanks for this perfect analysis bro 🙏🙏
I'm new, played 8h, seen many videos read many articles and by far this is the best video that truly explains things, not just abstractly, almost like the wiki, great job.
I've played through all the Soulsborne games and have never really properly understood this stuff, so Elden Ring was additionally confusing for me with the addition of the Ashes of War system. This video did a great job of clearing up a lot of the confusion I had. Thanks and keep up the good work!
I learned a lot, thank you. Additionally, thank you for no spoiler clips. And also your cinematic shots are not lost on us, they look great. I especially liked the idea of the shot at 13:16 Looks good! Said good! Thanks!
Absolutely insane how good this video is. So well laid out, explained in an order that covered each topic and subtopic perfectly. I had trouble grasping certain concepts and why one choice of skill did nothing with another. Keep it up my bro. Awesome content.
Insane quality Video here 👏🏼 thank you very much other then the graphs and stuff cause i struggle with that type of stuff it was otherwise very informative so good job 💯
This is absolutely incredible! I’ve been looking for a breakdown like this for so long and I’ve learned so much from this video. This is my first souls game and I’ve been absolutely grinding my way through in the most basic way possible. This now has me so pumped to hop back in the game and try a ton of new builds! This deserves so many more views and I can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Fantastic work!!
I really don't get why doesn't ER just give me the scaling value directly, instead of the letter grade it's in. The UI has more than enough room to show the information.
fantastic, everything I was looking for in one video and perfectly explained. As someone who prefers to study the game mechanics beforehand I felt I was blind and overwhelmed in my first playthrough, now I have a lot more info to play around with. Thank you.
I just wanted to take the time to say I appreciate the time it must have taken to prep & make this video. And you did so very well. You sir, are a Legend.
Been playing since Dark souls 2, I am finally watching a video to understand how to properly tink around with making my own sort of builds LOL. Appreciate you
If you're going to do a hybrid magic build and planning to use one of the spells that create a magic enchantment over the right hand weapon - like Order's Blande and Scholar's Armament - know that your damage only comes from the scalling of your main stat: intelligence for sorceries and faith for incantantions.
holy shit dude, ive watched years of elden ring youtube, your vids are hands down top of the S tier for ER content. Great production, concise yet thorough, you have a talent for the presenting and VO work and your manner is super welcoming.
Really appreciate the high quality, clear, and understandable video I’ve seen for Elden ring so far. I just started my first play through and am new to soulslikes and this was super easy for me to understand. ⚔️🏹🗡️🛡️
Wow. Thank you, bro. I just started Elden Ring, and I've never played any From Soft game, nor have I ever played anything similar. Needless to say, I'm completely lost. This helps so much.
I just started playing Elden ring a month ago, my first fromsoftware game too, and this was incredibly helpful. Plus I work in analytics so this scratched a nerdy itch for me, I enjoyed the math more than I probably should have tbh
My biggest takeaway from this video is that the Godslayer Greatsword AoW has a follow up attack. I played through the entire game with this weapon and am only now learning of this 😅😭
I got A scaling with uchigatana +25,using double slash ash of war with electrify armament, nice dps and I get to keep heavy armor and strength, defense and stamina buffing talismans. I further buff damage using claw mark seal since I'm using pure strength build. Some weapons perform amazing at +25 even though they seem to only scale via dexterity, but uchigatana gives A scaling in strength too at +25. So u can use fast weapons and also use strength build.
Thank you so much for these videos that you have created. I’m taking these few days before the DLC releases to set my character up, and with this video and your video on the soft caps, I’m learning a lot of things that I never knew about the game, even being level 165. Even you explaining something as simple as damage scaling was super helpful, I never knew what the number on the right meant 😆 I now know that my character is a “strength-dex” character and super overleveled in endurance, I suppose. I just wanted to be strong and swift 😂 I want to learn some spells and incantations which is what inspired me to check out your video so I know how to properly respec my stat points.
You probably won’t see this but thank you. I have never played any other Souls game so everything is so confusing. The game is so complex and you’ve helped a ton, thank you.
You're hardcore. These videos are great and excellent for reference. I hope you're able to complete your walkthrough series because no doubt they'll be the best of their kind for this game.
Hope you get some more subs dude, these vids are excellent. Detailed and edited well. Been going hard on E-Ring recently w/ the DLC coming out soon (hopefully).
this is super helpful! elden ring is my first fromsoft game and its really overwhelming but the video was super informative and answered alot of the questions ive been having. thank you so much 🙏🏾
I don’t really talk a lot in real life and have a pretty quiet, monotone voice, so sometimes when I try to project it just sounds angry. I don’t mean to come across that way, just can’t help it sometimes.
all good! For all I know you were just a little weary from creating such a detailed video. I dunno. I wasn't trying to be critical, but clearly it came across that way. Sorry man. I love your content and have subscribed. Thanks for replying! @@TheGhostInitiative
AN important thing to remember with strength scaling is whether or not you are two handing the weapon. For example, I prefer two handing the uchigatana, it fits the aesthetic. Even though it has better dex scaling, you get more damage when you use a heavy infusion and invest in strength, because every point in strength is worth 1.5 when two handing.
Yeah, it just went down the other day. I’m hoping it’s just temporary while they update it to include dlc weapons, but if not there are lots of other ones if you google elden ring weapon ar calculators. That was just the one I liked using, but I'm not affiliated with it at all.
Its not fair that game hides so much from us, i want to know if letter representing scaling on some weapon is actualy good or not and whether its worth investing points in it
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I feel like I should have earned some college credits after watching this video.
Its almost like creatin a complex combat system is difficult
UA-cam is pretty much free college
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Just put it on your resume with the link to this video
Fr I need this count towards my math requirements 😂
This is such a high quality video. The math, the mic quality, the footage in the background. Also a really detailed analysis. This should have a lot more views
I appreciate it
I'll second this wholeheartedly. This video in conjunction with the stats one cover the foundational mechanics of this game perfectly, and also articulated in an easily understandable and digestible manner. Incredible work.
I guess most veteran soulsbourne players don't need noob help like us lol but it's absolutely appreciated
@@chrisdoran3673 I consider myself a veteran here but it is still very much appreciated
One point on mic: In Audacity you can apply filters to smooth down the sharp edges on your "SS" sounds, for example: SSSomber SSSmithing SStone. If that is a concern for you of course.
No other video explained this games leveling system better than you. And I’ve watched countless videos. Thank you!!
It's worth mentioning that cold infused weapons have different scaling than magic infused, even if both deal magic damage. Magic infusions seem to completely mangle pre-existing attribute scaling, and give a big chunk of intelligence scaling instead. The physical and magic base damage will also be the same (unless the weapon already had split damage before.)
On the other hand Cold infusions will retain previous scaling to a degree and just add a sizeable chunk of int scaling. The physical base damage will also be a decent bit higher than the magical base damage. However, both base damages will likely be lower than that of a straight magic infusion, as a detriment due to the added status damage.
The rule of thumb for weapons that at base scale with STR and DEX is to allocate anywhere 50% to 70% of the levels you want to spend on damage in STR/DEX and the rest in INT. This is actually very practical because int scaling ashes of war (like Carian Grandeur for example) pretty much hard cap at 50 int. Any further investment might not even give you a single point of additional damage in some cases.
Example, all weapons at +25:
Broadsword has 286 base damage (82/33 scaling), magic is 224/224 (10/5/86), cold is 201/162 (93/36/60)
If you mainly want to level STR and INT for this build, a 60/40 split would work really well. I did some testing 60 STR 10 DEX and 40 INT yields 577 combined AR. It actually plateaus at that stat investment. Moving up to 10 points from INT to STR will increase the AR only to 578. Vice Versa will only lower it down to 573 AR. So, if you want to get a lot out of magic/cold scaling ashes of war, you might as well go 50/50.
Lordsworn's Straight Sword has 281 base damage(54/54), magic is 220/220 (6/6/79), cold is 198/158 (60/60/64)
So, LSS is like a 3 way Quality build. It could be a really strong option in higher new games if you have the levels to spend on STR, DEX, and INT, though I haven't tested it.
Damn the comments are just as useful as the video
Amazing breakdown sir. After 2 years off and on with the game this is the first video that gave me an “aha!” moment of understanding.
Please keep these up for any game you’re passionate about. You have a gift of simplifying extremely complex systems and the overlayed lists and equations are sooo helpful! (I do be screenshotting)
😂 Same!!! This Is Fantastic!!! I Understand A Hellofva Lot More Now!
@@captainxit5573 aw yisss
Lmao same asf
Facts 🎯
Masterpiece of a video, along with your other stat scaling video. Thank you for being so concise and clear, no small feat considering the options available in this game.
I feel like this is the first video in 100s where I learned something new. Well done and thank you!
Hey I just got my bachelors in mechanical engineering at UofT and I gotta say you are sooooo well spoken and great at conveying points. You are better than 90% of my professors! You earned a sub from both of my channels and I'll tell all my friends about ur vids. As a math nerd I really appreciated the backend calculation rundown. Thanks again!
Ayyyyy ME gang. You know how it is with those mechanical engineering professors, we have to teach ourselves everything half the time
@@TheGhostInitiative 😂don't get me started on those profs. And what a coincidence I had no idea u were ME too lol
I am, got my bachelors in 2022
I felt a tingle when you said "Math". Since Chrightt is covering AC6 I've been craving content with equations. Thank you and great content.
Very good video. I have seen several Elden Ring videos trying to explain this topic, and while they all say basically the same thing, this one hit the right balance of simplicity and details to make me finally feel I better understand what is going on in the game.
Gee my boy! This is the most exhaustive, clear and clean video guide i've ever seen on youtube. Great work!
From someone who got the platinum for Elden ring but never really got into weapon affinities and scaling this video is perfect. Thanks for this perfect analysis bro 🙏🙏
This , hands down, is the absolute best break down on scaling I have EVER seen!! You definitely have a new sub here. Well done, excellent!!
I'm new, played 8h, seen many videos read many articles and by far this is the best video that truly explains things, not just abstractly, almost like the wiki, great job.
This vid was so helpful and most of all easy to follow. Best Elden ring weapon guide I’ve seen so far
Absolutely fantastic guide, thank you. Honestly professional grade.
I've played through all the Soulsborne games and have never really properly understood this stuff, so Elden Ring was additionally confusing for me with the addition of the Ashes of War system. This video did a great job of clearing up a lot of the confusion I had. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Perfectly explained everything. You answered so many questioned I had despite looking at the wiki like a mad man. Thank you!
Best guide for Elden Ring I've seen anywhere so far - thank you for the excellent work!
I learned a lot, thank you.
Additionally, thank you for no spoiler clips.
And also your cinematic shots are not lost on us, they look great. I especially liked the idea of the shot at 13:16 Looks good! Said good! Thanks!
My man, very talented at conveying complex info. Hats off to you, sir
Absolutely insane how good this video is. So well laid out, explained in an order that covered each topic and subtopic perfectly. I had trouble grasping certain concepts and why one choice of skill did nothing with another.
Keep it up my bro. Awesome content.
Dude this has helped me so much. Great video. It's hard to find explanations that are clear and helpful, and this is both. Thank you
Insane quality Video here 👏🏼 thank you very much other then the graphs and stuff cause i struggle with that type of stuff it was otherwise very informative so good job 💯
Love the high quality and educational content especially since I have recently become obsessed with Elden ring
This is absolutely incredible! I’ve been looking for a breakdown like this for so long and I’ve learned so much from this video. This is my first souls game and I’ve been absolutely grinding my way through in the most basic way possible. This now has me so pumped to hop back in the game and try a ton of new builds!
This deserves so many more views and I can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Fantastic work!!
First time playing and this video is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you so much. So well made!
I really don't get why doesn't ER just give me the scaling value directly, instead of the letter grade it's in. The UI has more than enough room to show the information.
Would it really still be a From Soft game if it wasn't impossibly confusing for new players?
@@TheGhostInitiative ER was my first Fromsoft game. It was very confusing at first. Actually it still is, even after 1200 hours in the game.
Best video I have found on weapons and scaling …thank you, helped me so much.
How have i not seen this incredible video before?
Thank you so much!
Your videos are wonderful and the occasional humor is much appreciated. These deserve more views 👏
fantastic, everything I was looking for in one video and perfectly explained. As someone who prefers to study the game mechanics beforehand I felt I was blind and overwhelmed in my first playthrough, now I have a lot more info to play around with. Thank you.
This game is so complicated that I had to have 20 in intelligence just to buy the game
Also I have never met you but you are my kind of person. Clear, concise, and you obviously love math and logic. Never change.
I just wanted to take the time to say I appreciate the time it must have taken to prep & make this video. And you did so very well. You sir, are a Legend.
Been playing since Dark souls 2, I am finally watching a video to understand how to properly tink around with making my own sort of builds LOL. Appreciate you
If you're going to do a hybrid magic build and planning to use one of the spells that create a magic enchantment over the right hand weapon - like Order's Blande and Scholar's Armament - know that your damage only comes from the scalling of your main stat: intelligence for sorceries and faith for incantantions.
This deserves a million views, thank you finally making it make sense... as much as elden ring can ig
holy shit dude, ive watched years of elden ring youtube, your vids are hands down top of the S tier for ER content. Great production, concise yet thorough, you have a talent for the presenting and VO work and your manner is super welcoming.
I really appreciate the kind words
Great video, content and explanations 👍.
Really appreciate the high quality, clear, and understandable video I’ve seen for Elden ring so far. I just started my first play through and am new to soulslikes and this was super easy for me to understand. ⚔️🏹🗡️🛡️
Wow. Thank you, bro. I just started Elden Ring, and I've never played any From Soft game, nor have I ever played anything similar. Needless to say, I'm completely lost. This helps so much.
Definitely a high quality vid. Great stuff!
Wow. Amazing video. I wish I could sub to you more than once! Now I'm off to binge your other videos! Great job sir!
I love this. Everything about this video is A tier. Except your voice and delivery. That's a fucking S for stoic and sexy.
totally what I needed, explain some basic stuff and I just skip more complicated but maybe one day I will need it. Great video
man thank you. this video was so informative and explained so much i didn't understand!
Oh god, this got me into a huge rabbit hole of trying to figure out what weapons would be best for my current build
Dude, thank you!!
This helps so much.
You rock, man!!
Wonderfully made tutorial. Thank you for making the complex information easy to follow and pleasant to listen to.
I just started playing Elden ring a month ago, my first fromsoftware game too, and this was incredibly helpful. Plus I work in analytics so this scratched a nerdy itch for me, I enjoyed the math more than I probably should have tbh
My biggest takeaway from this video is that the Godslayer Greatsword AoW has a follow up attack. I played through the entire game with this weapon and am only now learning of this 😅😭
OMG, this is so well explained.. Thank you very very much!!!
Superb video. Informative, succinct. I only wish I could have watched this two years ago 😅
I got A scaling with uchigatana +25,using double slash ash of war with electrify armament, nice dps and I get to keep heavy armor and strength, defense and stamina buffing talismans. I further buff damage using claw mark seal since I'm using pure strength build. Some weapons perform amazing at +25 even though they seem to only scale via dexterity, but uchigatana gives A scaling in strength too at +25. So u can use fast weapons and also use strength build.
Finally !!! I finally understand, and I didn't even have to do and differential equations.
Thank you so much for these videos that you have created. I’m taking these few days before the DLC releases to set my character up, and with this video and your video on the soft caps, I’m learning a lot of things that I never knew about the game, even being level 165. Even you explaining something as simple as damage scaling was super helpful, I never knew what the number on the right meant 😆
I now know that my character is a “strength-dex” character and super overleveled in endurance, I suppose. I just wanted to be strong and swift 😂 I want to learn some spells and incantations which is what inspired me to check out your video so I know how to properly respec my stat points.
You probably won’t see this but thank you. I have never played any other Souls game so everything is so confusing. The game is so complex and you’ve helped a ton, thank you.
Amazing job researching and presenting all this! Thank you.
This video was extremely helpful, thank you for making it!
You're hardcore. These videos are great and excellent for reference. I hope you're able to complete your walkthrough series because no doubt they'll be the best of their kind for this game.
Amazing video, man! Super helpful! I wish I had found it earlier!
Hope you get some more subs dude, these vids are excellent. Detailed and edited well. Been going hard on E-Ring recently w/ the DLC coming out soon (hopefully).
Dude, I've been looking for this exact video for so long. Thank you. Everyone else is like 'Blas blade go burr, Trust me'.
Thank you my good sir!. Best of the best video explenation ever made!
Thanks I’m new to the game definitely a great teacher
Amazing quality video. well done Mr.
Insane quality video. Subbed and liked.
Awesome
Job
Excellent video and helpful guide! Thank you!!
this is super helpful! elden ring is my first fromsoft game and its really overwhelming but the video was super informative and answered alot of the questions ive been having. thank you so much 🙏🏾
Tks! Videos like that makes me believe in humanity once more.
For anyone curious, there's 8 somber dragon stones per playthrough and 13 regular dragon stones.
Awesome vid. Perfect for me just getting in to ER.
For real this is a piece of (guide) art
Great video. Keep doing this people will sub don’t quit
In the weapon type section maybe include a blurb about power stancing similar weapon types
Thank you, that was very helpful.
Bro did mankind a great service for making this epic video
cheers man. cleared up Affinity's for me, lol
super underrated man well done
Very well explained thumbs up for this explanation, although is it me hearing some thunderstorms background or its only my imaginations
I just found your channel today and subbed bc of this great presentation. I look forward to lots of Elden Ring content from u
So incredibly useful.
Thanks for this. A well earned sub
Elden Ring should use this video as the official manual. Brilliant!
the transitions make me feel like i accidentally started my elden ring everytime it happens lmfao
This is great. Thank you!
Yes very well put together. ✌✌
Great video! You sounded frustrated as you talked about everything, but I imagine that’s just because of how much work you had to put into this video?
I don’t really talk a lot in real life and have a pretty quiet, monotone voice, so sometimes when I try to project it just sounds angry. I don’t mean to come across that way, just can’t help it sometimes.
all good! For all I know you were just a little weary from creating such a detailed video. I dunno. I wasn't trying to be critical, but clearly it came across that way. Sorry man. I love your content and have subscribed. Thanks for replying! @@TheGhostInitiative
You’re good, I appreciate it
This was awesome! Thanks you!
You just got yourself a sub awesome video
AN important thing to remember with strength scaling is whether or not you are two handing the weapon. For example, I prefer two handing the uchigatana, it fits the aesthetic. Even though it has better dex scaling, you get more damage when you use a heavy infusion and invest in strength, because every point in strength is worth 1.5 when two handing.
Excellent guide sir!
Holy crap this video is so useful!
Great video! Thanks :)
masterclass !! thx !
I'm gonna leave another comment here for the algorithm. More tarnished need to see this before the DLC drops.
damage calulator is not working, is there a new link? great video!!
Yeah, it just went down the other day. I’m hoping it’s just temporary while they update it to include dlc weapons, but if not there are lots of other ones if you google elden ring weapon ar calculators. That was just the one I liked using, but I'm not affiliated with it at all.
Its not fair that game hides so much from us, i want to know if letter representing scaling on some weapon is actualy good or not and whether its worth investing points in it
This got my insight past 60
You can see the truth (just level strength)