Cowboy please... It has more Ichor becuase of the passive boost you gained from having the 4 ichor passive(you can turn off passive bonus' by hitting Y/Triangle)... Furthermore Blast bolt, Fourfold Verdict, Dark shout, execution and purging thorn all get scaling from both mind and willpower. So using Queen begets you a higher base mobility, the same ichor count(afaik no ichor base goes over 30), extra scaling to over half of your spells AND you can use the Ivory Grace line of veils to get yourself scaling for both mind and willpower while having quick mobility with pretty much all the go to swords.
@@Newby1 False. Dark gifts scale solely on Willpower and light gifts scale solely on Mind. The stats you may be referring to (in the gift descriptions) simply show what's needed to slot the gift.
so can you not get all the codes on the first playthrough? or did i miss hear that? i wanna be a caster to, i just got confused when you mentioned about not regaining all the memories you get a certain blood code and regaining all the memories you get a different blood code? how do you get them both? sorry its just a sily question lolxxx
The Ivy drain attacks are slow because they’re long range; holding down the drain button will make an AoE cursor show up (it’s a dark cloud on the ground) and you can move it with the left stick. This is great for alpha strikes.
FightinCowboy thanks for the build cowboy! I got another you might like. It’s Fionn blood code. Weapon drain rating up, health stimulant, vow of ichor, perseverance up for passives. For attacks it’s ice barrage, foul blood barrier, shifting hollow, cleansing light, iron will, any kind of elemental weapon, restorative offering, and antibody generation. For gear I just have argent wolf kings blade devour +10 and gxm variant fortification +10. If you try it, thanks! And I hope you like it!
Your build videos are absolutely the best. Been watching your build videos all the way back to DragonAge Inquisition. Keep them coming. You explain the builds right on point.
I’ve ended up using an Atlas rifle, Brodiaea, and The Queen Blood Code. This is because I can get better damage using passives. This allows me to use Swift Destruction for a 20% damage boost without using the second passive for reduced weight. The rest of my passives are different. I can switch to the argent blade if I really need to for drain. Aside from those changes, my build is mostly the same. The increase of 20% to all types of damage is worth the ~40 less willpower. Also both Queen and Harmonia have the same Ichor, 30(60), the Queen’s increased Weight let’s me use Swift Destruction with only one passive slot, so long as I am using Brodiaea. This build gives me a bit more damage along with slightly more survivability. In addition, the basic rifle shot does more damage for 1 Ichor than the 2 Ichor Blood Shot, making it a more efficient way of dealing with small enemies and finishing off nearly dead bosses. It can even be buffed to change the damage type to match enemy weaknesses.
Drain attacks with ivy is actually the best because you can move the attack marker and stretch it to longer than most enemies detection distance I always use ivy to clean out minions before heading to boss room, and I can remain undetected the whole time unless the charged drain doesn't take them out in one shot
ivy can be used to drain at very long range. charge it then you can move it to where you want to attack.l so you can drain enemies that cant even see you
I started off going for a caster build myself using the Bayonet as well as spells, but after taking the Zweihander for a swing I'm not sure I ever want to go back.
I missed restoring Nicola's last vestige before knowing about the possible differences, which sucks, because I restored everyone else after and before. So now I have to play the game 2 more times to even get all of the codes.
Same fam. I'm nearly done with my second playthrough, where Nicola was the only one I didnt fully restore, so now I"m doing the opposite this playthrough, but Ima have to do it again, while restoring everyone AND Eos in order to get the last code that I need.
Interesting. I guess when I thought my mage build was OP I wasn't even scratching the surface. Also very interesting to see that the Devour upgrade is actually worth using. Great video!
Also i think Ivory grace and its color variant is just better than the Spur variant, it got more same dark + more light for your passive, also mobility for all 1-handed are "Quick" instead of Normal when eqiup the spur (for the swift destruction)
Caster is OP for some bosses but man so far my favorite is fighter, i always keep going back with my longsword. That and the darkseer, but I haven't unlocked all blood codes yet so i'm sure i'll switch but so far fighter/tanking is my favorite.
@@iamergoproxy3476 that executioner in the howling pits was begging for a few fireballs lol. This video got me even more psyched to go get all the blood veils
Fextralife already has all that info in it. It's impossible to get all blood codes in one run because 4 of the bosses drop 2 different blood codes depending on if you save them or not.
It's such a pain in the ass for the casting times. I run a pure caster management build, one of the upsides being that merciless reaper never goes away due to not swinging any weapons. Managing cleansing light, blood sacrifice, and regeneration makes up for the long cooldown on your spells, so I spam ember reversal and plan to interchange blast bolt with ichorous ice on my second playthrough. Dodge spam is my defense, sometimes combined with defense buffs, like iron will, foulblood, or dammerung's charged heavy defense buff, or valiant heart to spam dodge more. AOE is nice, but in the tower of trials it's hard asf to even cast with the absurd wind up time.
One thing like about you build it creative :). I use Mia blood code. I call bayonett mage. Mia skill buff both bayonett damage and dark gifts. So it similar you build but little less damage still great late game build ^_^
Awesome this is what I’ve run for most of the game except some of the spells you get late game. I prefer this playstyle aswell going for backstabs and dodging attacks over just standing there blocking and then melee.
The stats you're looking at in the gift description have nothing to do with scaling and are simply what's required to slot the gift. All gifts of the same type have the exact same damage multiplier and the only difference is the type of damage being done.
Hey cowboy considered making a halberd mind build? or halberd in general? was fiddling arround with Light magic but there arent an that many offensive Light gifts to justify S+
Unfortunately I didn't get Harmonia, so I'm using Isis instead. Does anyone know if these two compare, or is there something else I should be using? It seems to be the best when I compare stats, but I'm not so sure anymore.
U can also buff ur spells with the spell that levels up ur willpower and mind and stays active for a time... I have a challenge for any sorcerer, have u tried to beat those 2 fast enemies on the snow white depths map? with the npc help only or without... There is where u need to try if ur builds are competent
@@mehlyn6599 at all... Ive seen a lot of people die there. Reason 1. U have to lock to cast while the other is free to do whatever without u can dodge it 2. Once they activate their shield ur damage decrease. The best there is a strength build to kill em faster
@@rubieras8233 fire breaks the ice shield just as easily as strength. However they are always dead for my dark mage before they can even cast the shield. Flame reversal, dancing blaze, cleansing light and blood sacrifice = massive fire spam and melts pretty much anything including the magic resistant final boss
The only reason to use the harmonia code over queen is for supernatural blood and you aren't even using it. Queen has like 12 less dark power in exchange for better stats in like literally everything else. It gives you so many more options for weapons with the stat and weight improvements and also meets requirements for more spells. Namely buffs that will be useful in NG+. Also you are completely overlooking the reversal line of spells with instant cast times, good range, cheap cost, and high damage.
@@FightinCowboy If you are wanting to use swift destruction to get a 20% damage increase then you'd basically have to or you can't wear suicide spur and have quick movement. And I assume you were only not using it cause you didn't know it buffs spell damage. The extra damage from swift destruction far outweighs the measly 12 dark power btw. So you are actually wrong. For what you are doing queen is better. I'll leave it at that. Lol
@@danro7593This build didn't use Swift Destruction as I wasn't aware of it at the time, but Harmonia is still better regardless. You CAN still get quick movement speed /w Harmonia and Suicide Spur. 41082 /w Harmonia vs. 39283 /w Queen. "I'll leave it at that. Lol". Jackass.
My dex build (yes I know, don't tell anyone I leveled that up), can do around 16k damage per full stamina bar, more with combos. Overall I think they did a good job on the balance
by balance you mean making magic suck again trying to use those spells on a boss fight with no partner is the same as asking to die sigh i wonder if there will ever be a souls game were i can play a good mage
@@leonarkwing5878 And if he doesn't want to get rid of a skill slot for it, there's also a consumable item that grants the same effect for a good 12 seconds. (It's a rough estimate.)
Is it possible to be a magic knight build with strength and will power as my main two stats? Cuz i want to be able to hit like a truck with my two handed weapons but have buffs and spells also.
@@iamergoproxy3476 Ive managed to be able to mix super strong caster with some pretty decent melee strenght, using a 1 hander sword and 2hander. Its amazing it fits the way i like to play so much, i dont like being tied to either of the two i like being able to mix it.
@@iamergoproxy3476 ohh why then you are really early in the game. Im on my 4th playthrough, ng+3. Only one of those are enhanced difficulty. Once the game is over you can pick same or enhanced difficulty for your following playthrough to get different blood codes which i highly advise to do once you get there.
Hey Cowboy. How did you managed to max all spells so quickly. Are you farming the items for maxing and where or are you equipping the blodecodes with the spells u want and kill mobs with it until the spells are maxed out?
I want you to say “fuck efficiency/my own safety, I’m nuking everything even if I die trying”. Make the Ultimate mage of damage/AoE build. I mean go all in. If a move costs Absurdly high Ichor and high level(like 200+) to pull it off/ use more than once or other moves in accompany with it, then do it. If the cast time is trash but when it’s casted the damage is insane, do it. I just want to see full on massive AoE, Queen level worthy damage.
It's most likely probably won't get nerfed mainly because it's not a competitive game and the bosses are already stacked against you plus New Game Plus exist
I wish mage builds weren't quite as risky as they are in NG+ enhanced. With all the enemies buffing themselves and nearly 1 or 2-shotting you, there's rarely enough time to get off more than an instant cast every 5 seconds.
Where did you get Jupiter's Flash (I think that's the name of the gift where you attack with a lightning blade like Dusk Edge) I've been mainly using Lighting gifts through the whole game and didn't even know there was a blade one.
I died like 3 times on the first boss lmao. Only played the demo so far aaaaand i like it quite a bit. Gonna get the full game next week. The demo crashed when i beat him. Not sure if it was end of demo or not 🤔
Queen blood code is better: Increased base mobility, more weapon damage, same ichor stock, more health (as far as I remember) and, most importantly, you get the short teleport with bayonet which makes you pretty much immune against flailing bosses and AOEs when spammed. The worst downside is about 60 dark gift less, but who cares when you have 1500+ dark gift.. I figured that you only really need Blast Bolt and Fourfold Verdict (besides one of the sand AOEs for trash mobs). Two hits of Blast Bolt do the same (or slightly more) damage as Purging Thorn but you have almost no risk of missing and no cast time. My strategy for boss fights is to regularly send off some Fourfold Verdict and spam Blast Bolts in between while doing hit and run with the bayonet teleport to refill my ichor stock. And I don't really think that it's overpowered. Sure, it does a lot of burst damage, but the ichor stock is depleted very fast. Regaining ichor during boss fights takes quite some time because you can only land a few hits before having to zap away again.
I disagree. Identical mobility, and a pinch of more weapon damage & health. You gain 60 weapon damage in exchange for losing 60 spell damage....in a spell build. Think about what you're saying.
@@FightinCowboy Nah, I just checked with identical skills to be certain. Worsening: - Balance -1 - Gift Dark -60 Improvements: - HP +97 - Stamina +3 - Weight Limit +23 -> Bayonet weight turning mobility to Quick, giving short teleport ability (though have mistaken Harmonia base mobility with that one of Isis) - Secondary damage +101 - Gift Light +53 - Drain Attack +50 - Pierce Defense +1 Total Gift Dark: 1536
Bayonet has less drain than the sword I'm using making it inferior imo, especially since you have no need for the ranged attack the bayo offers, if you're using a sword mobility is still Normal. Light gift is irrelevant since our damage is all dark. You're basically getting 97 health & 3 stamina + a minor increase to weapon/drain damage in exchange for sacrificing spell damage, in a spell build. Health/stam aren't focus points here, spell damage is. Weapon is strictly for draining and not a source of any measurable damage. I mean feel free to do whatever floats your boat but to suggest it's better is outright incorrect.
@@FightinCowboy I'm not trading insignificant 60 dark magic for some insignificant amount of health and stamina, I'm doing it for the insane mobility. I don't know why you assume that the sword has an higher effective drain rating since the base weapon drain rating and attack speed are identical, I even played it side by side against the bayonet. So no, the Queen Code gives 8% higher drain attack, even when ignoring that I'm much faster at the enemy to land some melee hits as I would be with a sword. I say it again: The mobility is not "still Normal", it's Quick. The range attack isn't useless either since it can replace skills like Blood Shot to make space for another active skill. Queen Code easily outperforms Harmonia, unless you are parsing at a stationary punchbag..
If you have both a Sword and a Bayonet augmented for Drain, Sword has a a higher drain. You're confusing weapon drain with veil drain. If you want to use your veil a ton it could be valuable but that's asking to get booped with Ivy/Thorns imo. In the time it takes to cast a charged drain I could have gained twice the ichor just swinging my sword. Given that sword is gonna be more efficient at pulling in ichor, Queen has no change to mobility. Let me re-itterate. Bayonet is inferior to Sword for drain, Sword has identical mobility with Queen. At the end of the day you're sacrificing a ~4% spell damage boost for more health and stamina. With a playstyle that involves staying in the back and dealing massive deeps, I'd rather have that damage.
It is a drop from the mobs in the last area before the last boss, make sure to have the passive Revenan'ts greed to make it a lil smother in you farm, look for mobs with the sword and shield or the sword solo, and kill them to try get the sword to drop, im still trying for the Hammer before i go into Ng+
@@cordyceps182 She isn't the strongest lol. Eva/mia do the most damage, Louis is the most balanced, yakumo does the best tanking, IO is the one that has the support, and I cant say much for jack.
The build isn't sustainable and mana cost remains high. Damage is okay but won't work on group ganks. Is there a way to make it more sustainable and burst? Ps: finished the game with queens code
@@FightinCowboy I see nothing wrong to call it weak. Your fight with queens knight shows it, long cd in average, requires long window for casting (without eva's or Mia's fast cast), straggering not seen in boss fight = no window, ichor drains to 0. Damage for thorn is at 14k, which take 30secs to cd and 10 ichor. 2 close barrage could already equal it, no cast time, lower ichor. This build is obviously weak and weaker than triple barrage. Unless you are an expert at backstab plus you do cd reset, or else, this won't work in ng+ ...
@@trianglechokeU Do you remember where you got the activation thing for your regeneration? If so the sword drop by the White Knight guy that's by the chest took me like 20+ kills to get it to drop hope that helps.
There is no level cap, I'm just using 120 as a baseline for showing off the potential cause other I'd be 200+ by now and all I'd hear is "My DaMaGe IsNt ThAt HiGh"
Queen's Throat blood code, you have too fail saving the 4th Successor to get it, saving the 4th gives you Harmonia Blood code do, so i decided o save all on my firs playtrue and to not save them on 2nd
It irritates me that mages aren't better. With a half decent bayonet build, you can hit for almost 25k with fusillade rondo, and around 7k per (charged) shot. It's easier on ichor, and stomps with dmg.
@@charliemonnery9736 For each successor you'll find the vestiges somewhere in that level, talk to the attendants before each successor, fully restore the memory, then after the boss fight you'll revive them. For Eos vestige each piece if left by the attendant you talked to after you've left that area if you revived the successor.
Spells are from the following codes:
Sands of Depravity & Dark Shout = Queen's Throat
Fourfold Verdict & Blast Bolt = Isis
Purging Thorn = Queen
Ichorous Ice = Queen's Ribcage
Execution = Hades
Cowboy please... It has more Ichor becuase of the passive boost you gained from having the 4 ichor passive(you can turn off passive bonus' by hitting Y/Triangle)... Furthermore Blast bolt, Fourfold Verdict, Dark shout, execution and purging thorn all get scaling from both mind and willpower. So using Queen begets you a higher base mobility, the same ichor count(afaik no ichor base goes over 30), extra scaling to over half of your spells AND you can use the Ivory Grace line of veils to get yourself scaling for both mind and willpower while having quick mobility with pretty much all the go to swords.
@@Newby1 False. Dark gifts scale solely on Willpower and light gifts scale solely on Mind. The stats you may be referring to (in the gift descriptions) simply show what's needed to slot the gift.
Do you by chance know of a MJ310 farm?
so can you not get all the codes on the first playthrough? or did i miss hear that? i wanna be a caster to, i just got confused when you mentioned about not regaining all the memories you get a certain blood code and regaining all the memories you get a different blood code? how do you get them both? sorry its just a sily question lolxxx
You need NG+ for all codes
I've seen the light and put together something even more OP... Mage Build 3.0 is here! ua-cam.com/video/VC9MApP7M9g/v-deo.html
I'm never displeased with Cowboys builds/videos. Keep it up man! Cant wait to try this build out.
The Ivy drain attacks are slow because they’re long range; holding down the drain button will make an AoE cursor show up (it’s a dark cloud on the ground) and you can move it with the left stick. This is great for alpha strikes.
I just finished the game last night, never knew this. T_T-
This would be a nice class to use when joining randoms where the boss isn’t agro on you :)
All the discussion on the other video had me play through the game a 2nd time just to unlock everything. Now we have reached true OPness.
FightinCowboy thanks for the build cowboy! I got another you might like. It’s Fionn blood code. Weapon drain rating up, health stimulant, vow of ichor, perseverance up for passives.
For attacks it’s ice barrage, foul blood barrier, shifting hollow, cleansing light, iron will, any kind of elemental weapon, restorative offering, and antibody generation.
For gear I just have argent wolf kings blade devour +10 and gxm variant fortification +10. If you try it, thanks! And I hope you like it!
WTF that build is not even fair cowboy lol
Where does the 1 hand argent wolf drop?
^This
Izaiya off enemies that have use it, the earliest can be found in the dried-up trenches
Your build videos are absolutely the best. Been watching your build videos all the way back to DragonAge Inquisition. Keep them coming. You explain the builds right on point.
Literally went glass cannon after modifying your build and ended up with 1.8k health and 1.5k Dark gift lol
Here you oneshot bosses while little old me lags behind on damage when it comes to using gifts
I’ve ended up using an Atlas rifle, Brodiaea, and The Queen Blood Code. This is because I can get better damage using passives. This allows me to use Swift Destruction for a 20% damage boost without using the second passive for reduced weight. The rest of my passives are different. I can switch to the argent blade if I really need to for drain. Aside from those changes, my build is mostly the same.
The increase of 20% to all types of damage is worth the ~40 less willpower. Also both Queen and Harmonia have the same Ichor, 30(60), the Queen’s increased Weight let’s me use Swift Destruction with only one passive slot, so long as I am using Brodiaea. This build gives me a bit more damage along with slightly more survivability. In addition, the basic rifle shot does more damage for 1 Ichor than the 2 Ichor Blood Shot, making it a more efficient way of dealing with small enemies and finishing off nearly dead bosses. It can even be buffed to change the damage type to match enemy weaknesses.
Drain attacks with ivy is actually the best because you can move the attack marker and stretch it to longer than most enemies detection distance
I always use ivy to clean out minions before heading to boss room, and I can remain undetected the whole time unless the charged drain doesn't take them out in one shot
ivy can be used to drain at very long range. charge it then you can move it to where you want to attack.l so you can drain enemies that cant even see you
I started off going for a caster build myself using the Bayonet as well as spells, but after taking the Zweihander for a swing I'm not sure I ever want to go back.
Just use Promethius code, pair it with multi stat passives, and a Veil with good scaling then bam. You're now a Greatsword Mage.
That sounds horribly suboptimal
@@Roguhr it may be, it may not. And yet it works.
I missed restoring Nicola's last vestige before knowing about the possible differences, which sucks, because I restored everyone else after and before. So now I have to play the game 2 more times to even get all of the codes.
Same here:-(
Same fam. I'm nearly done with my second playthrough, where Nicola was the only one I didnt fully restore, so now I"m doing the opposite this playthrough, but Ima have to do it again, while restoring everyone AND Eos in order to get the last code that I need.
That's okay, thier are 3 endings to the game anyways. Worth seeing all 3.
@@greatwyrm85 yeah I just wish I saved the neutral ending for last
@@greatwyrm85
I have to play it 4x to see all 3 endings. :C
Interesting. I guess when I thought my mage build was OP I wasn't even scratching the surface. Also very interesting to see that the Devour upgrade is actually worth using. Great video!
You can actually almost double that combo damage with bit different spell choice using swift destruction passive.
@@BarokaiRein Swift Destruction affects spells? Wow, didn't know that.
@@ludwigziffer6895 yeap,flat +20% increase in damage when using it. Different spells combo into each other better too.
Also i think Ivory grace and its color variant is just better than the Spur variant, it got more same dark + more light for your passive, also mobility for all 1-handed are "Quick" instead of Normal when eqiup the spur (for the swift destruction)
I've never been this early to a Cowboy video, Damn.
Caster is OP for some bosses but man so far my favorite is fighter, i always keep going back with my longsword. That and the darkseer, but I haven't unlocked all blood codes yet so i'm sure i'll switch but so far fighter/tanking is my favorite.
I like the idea of not getting hit and clapping everything at a distance but up close n personal is satisfying too.
@@iamergoproxy3476 that executioner in the howling pits was begging for a few fireballs lol. This video got me even more psyched to go get all the blood veils
@@tvbuu I feel ya. I'm glad I got this game....now if I could only get parry timing down
@@iamergoproxy3476 saaame it's rewarding to get that parry kill but when you fail...you faaail lol
@@tvbuu and by fail you mean getting cheeks clapped by a pack of sword wielding lost n 2 dogs
Can you make a guide on getting all blood codes? Location etc...?
I think he'll make 100% walkthrough just like Dark Souls series.
Fextralife already has all that info in it. It's impossible to get all blood codes in one run because 4 of the bosses drop 2 different blood codes depending on if you save them or not.
It's such a pain in the ass for the casting times. I run a pure caster management build, one of the upsides being that merciless reaper never goes away due to not swinging any weapons. Managing cleansing light, blood sacrifice, and regeneration makes up for the long cooldown on your spells, so I spam ember reversal and plan to interchange blast bolt with ichorous ice on my second playthrough. Dodge spam is my defense, sometimes combined with defense buffs, like iron will, foulblood, or dammerung's charged heavy defense buff, or valiant heart to spam dodge more. AOE is nice, but in the tower of trials it's hard asf to even cast with the absurd wind up time.
One thing like about you build it creative :). I use Mia blood code. I call bayonett mage. Mia skill buff both bayonett damage and dark gifts. So it similar you build but little less damage still great late game build ^_^
Awesome this is what I’ve run for most of the game except some of the spells you get late game. I prefer this playstyle aswell going for backstabs and dodging attacks over just standing there blocking and then melee.
Currently following this build
You mad man, you really did it! Now I can buy this game without worrying about getting mollywhopped by everything!
You will still get whopped. This is end game content afterall
Not to mention how similar it is to dark souls, it's inevitable that you're going to get beat so bad to where you feel like rage quitting lmao
final journey
The stats you're looking at in the gift description have nothing to do with scaling and are simply what's required to slot the gift. All gifts of the same type have the exact same damage multiplier and the only difference is the type of damage being done.
Not quite. Fire bolt and blast bolt are similar spells yet blast bolt is vastly stronger due to the higher scaling
You can actually aim the Ivy devour attack, it's very long range.
but only the charged drain attack as far as i know
Could increase this damage even further using the passives Swift destruction and Revenant ambition.
Man I missed your build videos
Hey cowboy considered making a halberd mind build? or halberd in general? was fiddling arround with Light magic but there arent an that many offensive Light gifts to justify S+
Which enemies in the final area drop the blade? I keep getting the brand.
Nevermind. Thought the outskirts was the final zone lol.
Can’t believe the game cock blocked me from getting Harmonia.
Now that hellnnight is out, can you cover the builds you use. Your first mage build allowed me to finally beat him.
I use the drain attack with that veil at the start of a fight on weaker dudes since its very long range you can control
Unfortunately I didn't get Harmonia, so I'm using Isis instead. Does anyone know if these two compare, or is there something else I should be using? It seems to be the best when I compare stats, but I'm not so sure anymore.
I always love your builds! 😍
How did you get the sword? I have the 2 handed one but not one hand
I think there are some shield & sword dudes on the same location, probably drops from them.
(be sure to have drop rate+ passive)
AceDreamer yeah I managed to get it y2day aswell as all the other weapons them guys have, hammers pretty cool
U can also buff ur spells with the spell that levels up ur willpower and mind and stays active for a time... I have a challenge for any sorcerer, have u tried to beat those 2 fast enemies on the snow white depths map? with the npc help only or without... There is where u need to try if ur builds are competent
the duel boreal brutes is easy as caster
fire is the answer
@@mehlyn6599 at all... Ive seen a lot of people die there. Reason 1. U have to lock to cast while the other is free to do whatever without u can dodge it 2. Once they activate their shield ur damage decrease. The best there is a strength build to kill em faster
@@rubieras8233 fire breaks the ice shield just as easily as strength. However they are always dead for my dark mage before they can even cast the shield. Flame reversal, dancing blaze, cleansing light and blood sacrifice = massive fire spam and melts pretty much anything including the magic resistant final boss
I have queen's throat on my first play through. Is there a reason it was mentioned as needing a second play through?
This is pretty sweet I was doing an atlas tank build but this looks alot more fun lol
The only reason to use the harmonia code over queen is for supernatural blood and you aren't even using it. Queen has like 12 less dark power in exchange for better stats in like literally everything else. It gives you so many more options for weapons with the stat and weight improvements and also meets requirements for more spells. Namely buffs that will be useful in NG+. Also you are completely overlooking the reversal line of spells with instant cast times, good range, cheap cost, and high damage.
Already had this discussion once but Queen isn't better than Haromina for what I wanted to do here. I'll leave it at that.
@@FightinCowboy If you are wanting to use swift destruction to get a 20% damage increase then you'd basically have to or you can't wear suicide spur and have quick movement. And I assume you were only not using it cause you didn't know it buffs spell damage. The extra damage from swift destruction far outweighs the measly 12 dark power btw. So you are actually wrong. For what you are doing queen is better. I'll leave it at that. Lol
@@danro7593This build didn't use Swift Destruction as I wasn't aware of it at the time, but Harmonia is still better regardless. You CAN still get quick movement speed /w Harmonia and Suicide Spur. 41082 /w Harmonia vs. 39283 /w Queen. "I'll leave it at that. Lol". Jackass.
My dex build (yes I know, don't tell anyone I leveled that up), can do around 16k damage per full stamina bar, more with combos. Overall I think they did a good job on the balance
by balance you mean making magic suck again trying to use those spells on a boss fight with no partner is the same as asking to die sigh i wonder if there will ever be a souls game were i can play a good mage
@@fakebunny1272 You know there is a buff skill that speeds up casting time right?
@@leonarkwing5878 And if he doesn't want to get rid of a skill slot for it, there's also a consumable item that grants the same effect for a good 12 seconds. (It's a rough estimate.)
Hi cowboy I'm sorry I've been so inactive lately I'm gonna try my best to watch your vids more.
Stay fightin
You know it's only 120 cuz that is invasion meta for ds3
Literally was about to post the same!
I found out that with enough willpower ups you can actually get S+ willpower instead of just S
Since you've been through the game. Is there like a ng+or no?
Yes
@iori1391 this game isn't hard 😂 idk why people summon other people for help, takes away the reward.
@@lachlan4534 Because it's fun to play with people?
Is it possible to be a magic knight build with strength and will power as my main two stats? Cuz i want to be able to hit like a truck with my two handed weapons but have buffs and spells also.
My Queen Blood Code build has a two-handed weapon as secondary that does around 1400 attack damage while having 1500+ dark magic.
@@1TomAhs1 that's what im interested in but imma have to beat the game to get it right??
Which sword is better? The one from Ice bearer or the one from Emily?
good to see you took the time to get the queen code 😉
Buil has high burst, yes, but abysmal ichor gain. Better fit hunting feast somewhere.
what about the DLC Items and Codes
How do I get weapon drain up?? Im more annoyed that I can't find out what codesl do these gifts come from
I want this power but I also think tanking would be fun....decisions, decisions
Its code vein do both, you can change whenever you want that is the beauty of this game.
@@mortenlarsen7220 so far I'm loving the smashmouth playstyle but will give caster a go at some point
@@iamergoproxy3476 Ive managed to be able to mix super strong caster with some pretty decent melee strenght, using a 1 hander sword and 2hander. Its amazing it fits the way i like to play so much, i dont like being tied to either of the two i like being able to mix it.
@@mortenlarsen7220 that's pretty damn good. Maybe I'll figure out my way to that hybrid madness. For now I'm lost in the cathedral of sacred blood
@@iamergoproxy3476 ohh why then you are really early in the game. Im on my 4th playthrough, ng+3. Only one of those are enhanced difficulty. Once the game is over you can pick same or enhanced difficulty for your following playthrough to get different blood codes which i highly advise to do once you get there.
Hey Cowboy. How did you managed to max all spells so quickly. Are you farming the items for maxing and where or are you equipping the blodecodes with the spells u want and kill mobs with it until the spells are maxed out?
I want you to say “fuck efficiency/my own safety, I’m nuking everything even if I die trying”. Make the Ultimate mage of damage/AoE build.
I mean go all in. If a move costs Absurdly high Ichor and high level(like 200+) to pull it off/ use more than once or other moves in accompany with it, then do it. If the cast time is trash but when it’s casted the damage is insane, do it. I just want to see full on massive AoE, Queen level worthy damage.
Great vid but u could have said where to get the spells from spent some time trying to find em and what codes i didnt have lols
You should work for namco
It's most likely probably won't get nerfed mainly because it's not a competitive game and the bosses are already stacked against you plus New Game Plus exist
Ah. NG+ The perfect challenge for any souls veteran. The more you beat it, the harder it becomes.
I wish mage builds weren't quite as risky as they are in NG+ enhanced. With all the enemies buffing themselves and nearly 1 or 2-shotting you, there's rarely enough time to get off more than an instant cast every 5 seconds.
Where did you get Jupiter's Flash (I think that's the name of the gift where you attack with a lightning blade like Dusk Edge) I've been mainly using Lighting gifts through the whole game and didn't even know there was a blade one.
Depths probaby
I died like 3 times on the first boss lmao. Only played the demo so far aaaaand i like it quite a bit. Gonna get the full game next week. The demo crashed when i beat him. Not sure if it was end of demo or not 🤔
Queen blood code is better: Increased base mobility, more weapon damage, same ichor stock, more health (as far as I remember) and, most importantly, you get the short teleport with bayonet which makes you pretty much immune against flailing bosses and AOEs when spammed. The worst downside is about 60 dark gift less, but who cares when you have 1500+ dark gift..
I figured that you only really need Blast Bolt and Fourfold Verdict (besides one of the sand AOEs for trash mobs). Two hits of Blast Bolt do the same (or slightly more) damage as Purging Thorn but you have almost no risk of missing and no cast time.
My strategy for boss fights is to regularly send off some Fourfold Verdict and spam Blast Bolts in between while doing hit and run with the bayonet teleport to refill my ichor stock.
And I don't really think that it's overpowered. Sure, it does a lot of burst damage, but the ichor stock is depleted very fast. Regaining ichor during boss fights takes quite some time because you can only land a few hits before having to zap away again.
I disagree. Identical mobility, and a pinch of more weapon damage & health. You gain 60 weapon damage in exchange for losing 60 spell damage....in a spell build. Think about what you're saying.
@@FightinCowboy Nah, I just checked with identical skills to be certain.
Worsening:
- Balance -1
- Gift Dark -60
Improvements:
- HP +97
- Stamina +3
- Weight Limit +23 -> Bayonet weight turning mobility to Quick, giving short teleport ability (though have mistaken Harmonia base mobility with that one of Isis)
- Secondary damage +101
- Gift Light +53
- Drain Attack +50
- Pierce Defense +1
Total Gift Dark: 1536
Bayonet has less drain than the sword I'm using making it inferior imo, especially since you have no need for the ranged attack the bayo offers, if you're using a sword mobility is still Normal. Light gift is irrelevant since our damage is all dark.
You're basically getting 97 health & 3 stamina + a minor increase to weapon/drain damage in exchange for sacrificing spell damage, in a spell build. Health/stam aren't focus points here, spell damage is. Weapon is strictly for draining and not a source of any measurable damage. I mean feel free to do whatever floats your boat but to suggest it's better is outright incorrect.
@@FightinCowboy I'm not trading insignificant 60 dark magic for some insignificant amount of health and stamina, I'm doing it for the insane mobility. I don't know why you assume that the sword has an higher effective drain rating since the base weapon drain rating and attack speed are identical, I even played it side by side against the bayonet.
So no, the Queen Code gives 8% higher drain attack, even when ignoring that I'm much faster at the enemy to land some melee hits as I would be with a sword. I say it again: The mobility is not "still Normal", it's Quick.
The range attack isn't useless either since it can replace skills like Blood Shot to make space for another active skill.
Queen Code easily outperforms Harmonia, unless you are parsing at a stationary punchbag..
If you have both a Sword and a Bayonet augmented for Drain, Sword has a a higher drain. You're confusing weapon drain with veil drain. If you want to use your veil a ton it could be valuable but that's asking to get booped with Ivy/Thorns imo. In the time it takes to cast a charged drain I could have gained twice the ichor just swinging my sword.
Given that sword is gonna be more efficient at pulling in ichor, Queen has no change to mobility. Let me re-itterate. Bayonet is inferior to Sword for drain, Sword has identical mobility with Queen.
At the end of the day you're sacrificing a ~4% spell damage boost for more health and stamina. With a playstyle that involves staying in the back and dealing massive deeps, I'd rather have that damage.
Where do you get devour chrome I can’t seem to find it. I just killed the winged poison boss
Trade with Mia
Are you on pc? If so contact me on discord my name is Ríce#0053
My God. Praise Cowboy.🙌
Where did you get Dark Shout from and what does it do?
I googled it and found no info about it.
Big damage buff to your next cast, I believe it's harmonia but I'll edit this if it's something else
@@FightinCowboy It's not Harmonia.
Dark shout is in Queens Throat Gifts , i missed it as i saved every one first playttrue
Where is dark shout can’t seem to find it in the blood codes I’ve got nor can I find it on the google machine
It comes from breath of the queen code
Queen's Throat has Dark Shout as well as Sands of Depravity for the build
Fantastic thanks guys
Wait so does that mean that if I get Isis I won't get the queen blood code that it could be?
Where is the argent wolf blade?
If I go on to new game plus enhanced do I get more haze from the start than I would from the first playthrough?
Yes you do, and everything hits harder and have more HP.
@@mortenlarsen7220 Thanks!
Can't find that sword argent one handed
Where do you find the argent wolf blade?
Maybe I should upload a build.. I hit 42k in a 4 ability rotation with a two attack rep with a bayonet build.
Pls do that would be great id love to see it
How fine collateral spur?
same question
You pick up Suicide Spur from the Crown of Sands and it will be available in Murasame's shop
Where did you get that Argent wolf blade? Haven't found it anywhere.
It is a drop from the mobs in the last area before the last boss, make sure to have the passive Revenan'ts greed to make it a lil smother in you farm, look for mobs with the sword and shield or the sword solo, and kill them to try get the sword to drop, im still trying for the Hammer before i go into Ng+
@@NeonDragoon Ah okay. Gonna try it out. Thanks.
is there any build that good against multiple enemies?
Where can we find those weapons? Maybe you could make a video about it?
So would the first mage video be good for someone only doing one playthrough?
All depends which codes you got in your playthrough, most builds are designed with NG+ in mind
im probs considering to swap out 2 abilities for cleansing light and the other ability that takes health for ichor lol
How do you get the Wolf Blade?
Why use Yakumo instead of Io?
Cause Yakumo is best boy
@@FightinCowboy Yakumo is great early and mid game. Io got me the final boss's head, though. So points for her.
Io can be pretty dope
@@FightinCowboy I found her to be the most useful and powerful companion of all.
She's also the cutest
@@cordyceps182 She isn't the strongest lol. Eva/mia do the most damage, Louis is the most balanced, yakumo does the best tanking, IO is the one that has the support, and I cant say much for jack.
The build isn't sustainable and mana cost remains high. Damage is okay but won't work on group ganks. Is there a way to make it more sustainable and burst? Ps: finished the game with queens code
Your AoE literally murders everything in a gank and it's infinitely sustainable from weapon drain.
Compared to triple barrage this is weak. Probably should focus on light gifts
It's definitely not weak lmao, triple barrage is stronger sure but saying this is week makes you sound dumb
@@FightinCowboy I see nothing wrong to call it weak. Your fight with queens knight shows it, long cd in average, requires long window for casting (without eva's or Mia's fast cast), straggering not seen in boss fight = no window, ichor drains to 0. Damage for thorn is at 14k, which take 30secs to cd and 10 ichor. 2 close barrage could already equal it, no cast time, lower ichor. This build is obviously weak and weaker than triple barrage. Unless you are an expert at backstab plus you do cd reset, or else, this won't work in ng+ ...
I see you're doing a normal difficulty playthrough cause that kind of build will not last in enhanced difficulty NG+
Except it will lol.
you dont tell us where to get the skills from which blood code
Queen, Haromina, Throat, Hades are the primary ones
Where do you get the argent wolf blade from?
You can farm it off any enemy using it.
@@FightinCowboy and where is the first spot they start using it sorry for asking more
Nvm found the guy thx again
@@deathmage5 hey where did you find the farm spot for the sword?
@@trianglechokeU Do you remember where you got the activation thing for your regeneration? If so the sword drop by the White Knight guy that's by the chest took me like 20+ kills to get it to drop hope that helps.
How many games is it now that you have broken so hard you made the devs nerf something?
Really man, you couldn't keep the 120 level cap out of here? Dark Souls elitists are Kreygasm now lol
There is no level cap, I'm just using 120 as a baseline for showing off the potential cause other I'd be 200+ by now and all I'd hear is "My DaMaGe IsNt ThAt HiGh"
120 is just baseline.
An early game op builds?
Atlas 2h zwrihander. You can't make a good mage until you save Eva, since the passives and actives making good mage are only available at that point
i'm confused how is he still uploading new story videos when he already beat the game!?
New game plus, just like soul series, all enemy are much harder to kill.
Unless he is streaming, they could be pre-recorded or they might be uploads of previous streams
@@DeleteExistence There is new game plus my guy.
@@Raydr62 I'm on NG+3 myself
How do you get dark shout?
Queen's Throat blood code, you have too fail saving the 4th Successor to get it, saving the 4th gives you Harmonia Blood code do, so i decided o save all on my firs playtrue and to not save them on 2nd
@@NeonDragoon So you can't actually use the build until NG++.. Sweet.
NG+, not sure where you're getting ++ from. A lot of builds require NG+ since 8 codes total come from the successors
It irritates me that mages aren't better. With a half decent bayonet build, you can hit for almost 25k with fusillade rondo, and around 7k per (charged) shot. It's easier on ichor, and stomps with dmg.
I thought ud be higher but nvm im already nr+ enhanced
Artemis is just so much better than Harmonia ... Way more dmg ... And infinite ichor without having to hit anyone ...
Artemis isn't even close to Haromina for casts, it's strictly inferior. You have lower Willpower scaling & less top end Ichor by 10.
anyone know where to get the argent wolf blade?
Enemy drop.
welp ng+ for me didnt restore anyone lol
De queen is de way
LOL Nerfs in a SP/Coop game, silliest thing ever.
Wouldn't be the first time it's happened
Balance is still important. Balance doesn't only matter in multilayer you know?
@@mustaphachedid6013 You do know bosses in true NG+ have stupid amount of hp this burst will tickle some bosses in the game then.
Dark souls did the same thing.
@@Raydr62 Because of pvp, some things were too strong for pvp as they would 1 hit you.
My spells deal way less damage than yours even tho i have better blood veil state !! 😧
i killed everyone in my playthrough as the "revive" option never promted and when it did it was greyed out >.
You need to have found the vestiges to be able to revive
@@FightinCowboy ahhhh, thats where i have gone wrong hahaha, thank you. guess on my replay ill just spend my time searching everywhere
@@charliemonnery9736 For each successor you'll find the vestiges somewhere in that level, talk to the attendants before each successor, fully restore the memory, then after the boss fight you'll revive them. For Eos vestige each piece if left by the attendant you talked to after you've left that area if you revived the successor.
Oh shoot i didn’t get queens ribcage 🙀
Tfw you have a similar build but are gonna be called a copycat now that the video's out.😭