ahhh crap I talked about this on the first recording but I had to rerecord it cause i messed up something. Basically the shield goes from Blue -> Yellow -> Red in color. When it regens your character gets a blue flash that washes over your character.
Also dont forget that Stout Heart sigil which you can buy from the vendor gives you an inherent hidden 25% damage reduction. This is additive with the 5% damage reduction when Stout Heart is active that you get from the defense mastery tree for a total of 30% DR when you have either the sigil, or a buff that grants Stout Heart. Steel Nerves 15% damage reduction is multiplicative with Stout Heart which means it is an effective 0.7*0.15 = +10.5% DR added to the 30% DR for a total of 40.5% DR when these are combined. You can also combine that with that crab sigil that gives you another 10% dmg reduction too. You can also add Stronghold Sigil to make you even more tankier.
Also and whats important, you dont get pushed around when you get hit. I had happen that something hit me, pushed me back and directly into another thing and before i could do a thing i got hit by that too. with Stout Heart you just take the hit.
@@DamonCarter-i5p Hmm I'm not sure that's entirely true. You can buy it, takes a little farming, but transmarvel I've never seen it unlike double class sigils
By far the best GBFR guides on UA-cam. They are in depth but well explained. I am new to this type of game . Most other guides were a bit complicated for me to follow. Also I learned a lot of things that weren’t even mentioned in other videos. Thank you, can’t wait to try these tips out.
@@ericlopez1984for me it was that for a good chunk of the game being aggressive and eating dmg was not as punishing and I still cleared fights. I didn't take the time to teach myself the good habits while the game was easy and by the time I got to proud difficulty I was like CRAP I gotta practice the timings for dodges xD Having a video makes a nice refresher as well as now that you have a better understanding of mechanics you can connect the dots.
I'd caught some of those techniques from your other videos (like the guard-dodge one, or exploiting enemy attacks for invulnerability), but it's better to have a complete explanation, and this guide gives lots of new info too. This is probably the second time (a parry guide for Elden Ring would be the first) that I see a guide teaching defence (granted, I don't watch/read guides that often, but still). Usually it's just "kill them first" or "just dodge". I never liked going full damage because I'm not skilled enough to "just dodge", so I appreciate that a lot.
@@LeaflitAsariagreed. Everyone covers the same stuff, you're one of the only ones actually covering stuff that isn't obvious to most and advanced techniques to improve your gameplay. Most useful tips I saw compared to almost anybody.
Wow, really wish I knew this earlier. I spent so much time memorizing all their attacks that I was pretty confident with raw perfect dodges, but even then, they can still be inconsistent. I'm so excited to try this out now! Thanks for teaching this!
You're a life saver!! I literally just watched your tips and tricks video the other day and already forgot this first technique! you're explanations are simple, and you have great demonstrations and examples. Brilliant video as always. I'm still a bit away from endgame, but I still appreciate the videos! Also the opening to the video was hilarious!!
I Like ur video a lot, keep up the good work, and u solo hard bosses to show your work rather than solo level 80 or 100 boss plus u show building diversity, also put out the different tech for characters👍definitely one of the better GFR content creator's
I m a french girl and i m not speaking english very well and i m not a fan of youtube's video..but..for the first time a really really like yours. You are so useful..so clear..so accurate I for some reason it s just tooo nice to just listen to you Oo thx a lot. Keep doing that wonderful work/help. You are a really good player it s amasing to watch
For people saying that you don't need guarding in this game... Try playing solo. I play with just the captain and I love the challenge. Also, if I reach critical I don't mash to respawn, I restart from the last checkpoint. Makes the game feel like a souls game, just not that ultra punishing. You can make some mistakes and still get away with it. But if you just mash and don't react, it's game over. Makes you really depend on perfect guard and dodge. It's waaay more fun than just destroying everything with a OP 4-man party imo. Try it out on a new save if you like, it's a totally different game.
Some of these I knew, but the stuff didn’t know….. BRO I LEARNED SO MUCH IT BLEW MY MIND!!!! I can’t wait to try these out! And thank you for showcasing with gallanza fight (it stinks 😭) but I think one of the biggest take aways is the blocking while attacking I think will be huge (at least for me since I play percy) farming for terminus
Funny you make this vid. I've been trying to get the dodge sigil with crit or crit with dodge to give me more charges and bigger window. But my luck has been bad. Been telling my friends day one this type of game you need Def and utility not just dmg. They started to understand not long ago.
I was most of the time being carried in proud that most of my sigils are just for attacks/damage (I see them in most youtubers) and I'm having a hard time in that icy wolf thing. 🤣 I will now reevaluate my sigils. Thank you for this!
aside from the defensive sigils, ive tried the flight over fight build where your dodges are always perfect dodges and goes so well with nimble sigils and dodge payback. its an immortal build and fun to play
I’m running a flight build with yoda. Probably my favorite character and build in this game. And dodge payback is nice to add up for the ATK increase. (I just use it to stack I frame buffs with nimble tho)
there are some "defensive" skills that actually increase your dps while also being comfy, unless you are speed runner level skilled player, do not run full offense builds
Honestly though. There are still a lot of missinformations flying around when it comes to the depths and numbers for this game. But I have to say: Your channel is so underrated. Your videos are amaizing and you even show off the things you are talking about. And since its easy to get damage cap, sloting in some good defensive skills is really valueable.
Drain is crazy good, with 1 sigil you cap it which is 500 per dmg source with terminus weapon. Also running stoutheart and steel nerves for some dmg reduction you can just ignore alot of attacks and lifesteal it .
this is so helpful! I already know about the Guard+Dodge tech, but I didn't know that you can hold guard while attacking and get a guard out of it. BTW, I wanna know your Narmaya sigil set Thanks!!
I been looking for what improve guard does for the longest time. Everyone just talks about damage, but nothing about defense. As a Vane player this helps me out a lot. I'll be putting improved Guard on me now. I was taking damage when guarding attack as Vane and that ended up with me having a hard time staying in the fight
Thank you once again for such an amazing guide 👍 You have covered a topic that is really dear to my heart in any video game and that is defensive play (my personal play style). This made watching this video even more enjoyable 👌 I have a question though. You mentioned in the Camera Positioning section of the video that there are settings in the game that allow you to tilt the camera. I checked the game settings but could not find such a thing. Which settings did you mean ? Or are you just talking about tilting the camera with the right hand stick of the controller ?
You have to turn all of the camera assists off, it makes it harder since you have to control it though... so play around with it until you find a setting that you like.
11:42 Theres also sigil called stronghold which just flatout increase your defense without any special condition required (low hp for garrison, charging for steady focus, stout heart present for steel nerves) but its rare and only drop in curio box
No it doesn't. It increases defense based on max HP. It's the defensive Stamina, like how Garrison is defensive Enmity. Still really good. But it has a condition.
Thank you for this video. Now I have somewhere to point people to when they try to tell me I’m stupid for telling them you can avoid 90-95% of all damage in this game 😂
would it be better to get a level 15 on each of nimble onslaught, nimble defense, and dodge payback, rather than a level 30 on any of them? That way, each sigil gives 2 seconds of extra invuln.
@@tigrex7403 Figured, didn't seemed like I got as much invicibility as expected, thanks for confirming my doubts. Too bad we don't have a good enough training dummy to test tanking in this game.
Hmm. The extension from nimble+ dodge payback don’t stack? What’s the base length of perfect dodge ? I only have lvl 20 nimble (+2s) and I stopwatched 6s of s after a dodge. Is it usually 4 seconds? I thought dodge added a second for me
@@cloudwalker9572They technically "stack" but in a useless way. They all occur at the same time, so only the longest one (3s) will be relevant. You'll be triple invicible during that 1st second tho lmao.
Awesome guide, just what I needed it! I have a non related doubt and it is about the break mechanic, not sure what is the rule for trigger it, because there is a pretty good damage sigil for that status but it only occurs me like 1 or 2 times per battle
I saw in another comment the extensions don’t stack but I just wanted to know if you could confirm or deny that leaflit? I haven’t got mines leveled up to where it would be over the (6s) mark. I need to get home and test the base duration of dodge s
So they do stack but not in a good way. They occur simultaneously so effectively they don’t stack. Basically you get both effects but you’re already invincible for 3 seconds. So basically you’re double invincible for 3 seconds LOL
@@LeaflitAsari wow that is hilarious 😂. I’ve decided to run glass cannon. Been running it in all end game stuff and doing some solos it’s pretty good. However I don’t think I get a 30% gain on my attacks
@@jpmorgan6146 found a comment on reddit said charged parry count as perfect dodge. Make senses since it gives invincibility but i haven't able to test it yet.
I havent tested it on Percival, but it should count as perfect guard. Narmaya's and Charlotta's built-in parries count as perfect guards. Lancelot's counts as perfect dodge (makes sense, as he is literally dodging). Yodarha has no built-in parry so the other commenter was probably talking about his counter skill. Those don't count as either perfect defense.
It’s when two things occur at the same time that covers multiple options. So in this case if you dodge too late you will instead block since you will get hit which locks you as blocking. But if you dodge at the right time then you dodge since you’re not being hit at the moment you dodge. It protects you in the case you fail.
Ougi/SBA has an flaw thats involves the substitute buff. The substitute user may die on middle of ougi animation if the friend get hurt. Stout heart has an flaw thats makes Guts fails often.
she says perfect guard is bad but if she had precise wrath sigil on her Daigo moment she wouldve filled her SBA and reset all her cds (even if she had 0% SBA) lulz
I was playing Vane for a while and got really frustrated in Proud because blocks would either break in one hit or the chip damage would still one-shot me through block for most attacks when fighting Gallanza and the Black Dragon, even with Improved Guard. Made me pick Io back up. If I'm being honest I've been thinking of dropping some damage in favor of more defensive sigils as a melee.
Do it lol. Works pretty well. You out here running glass cannon basically without it on a melee 😂. Unless playing someone like yoda where dying is a skill issue because of all his s
You keep mentioning your shield being down and regening it, gow does block work exactly and where on the ui we see it?
ahhh crap I talked about this on the first recording but I had to rerecord it cause i messed up something. Basically the shield goes from Blue -> Yellow -> Red in color. When it regens your character gets a blue flash that washes over your character.
you can kinda see it at 4:39 - 4:44 if you look at the color of her guard, it goes down to yellow and then red
Thanks, this was sooo puzzling
Also dont forget that Stout Heart sigil which you can buy from the vendor gives you an inherent hidden 25% damage reduction.
This is additive with the 5% damage reduction when Stout Heart is active that you get from the defense mastery tree for a total of 30% DR when you have either the sigil, or a buff that grants Stout Heart.
Steel Nerves 15% damage reduction is multiplicative with Stout Heart which means it is an effective 0.7*0.15 = +10.5% DR added to the 30% DR for a total of 40.5% DR when these are combined.
You can also combine that with that crab sigil that gives you another 10% dmg reduction too.
You can also add Stronghold Sigil to make you even more tankier.
Noted. Thanks 👍
Also and whats important, you dont get pushed around when you get hit. I had happen that something hit me, pushed me back and directly into another thing and before i could do a thing i got hit by that too. with Stout Heart you just take the hit.
I haven’t got it yet myself cuz I saw in proud difficulty you can get it through transmarvel. I’ll just wait until then. But that’s good to know.
Yes. That. Honnestly, Stout Heart + Steel Nerves + not gimping your Health with Tyranny is all the mitigation you need, atm.
@@DamonCarter-i5p Hmm I'm not sure that's entirely true. You can buy it, takes a little farming, but transmarvel I've never seen it unlike double class sigils
By far the best GBFR guides on UA-cam. They are in depth but well explained. I am new to this type of game . Most other guides were a bit complicated for me to follow. Also I learned a lot of things that weren’t even mentioned in other videos. Thank you, can’t wait to try these tips out.
You are so knowledgeable. Every video teaches me a lot of really useful and practical info, so thanks! 😊
It’s basic info if you just read and play the game nothing crazy honestly, it’s a easy game
@@ericlopez1984for me it was that for a good chunk of the game being aggressive and eating dmg was not as punishing and I still cleared fights. I didn't take the time to teach myself the good habits while the game was easy and by the time I got to proud difficulty I was like CRAP I gotta practice the timings for dodges xD Having a video makes a nice refresher as well as now that you have a better understanding of mechanics you can connect the dots.
I'd caught some of those techniques from your other videos (like the guard-dodge one, or exploiting enemy attacks for invulnerability), but it's better to have a complete explanation, and this guide gives lots of new info too.
This is probably the second time (a parry guide for Elden Ring would be the first) that I see a guide teaching defence (granted, I don't watch/read guides that often, but still). Usually it's just "kill them first" or "just dodge". I never liked going full damage because I'm not skilled enough to "just dodge", so I appreciate that a lot.
This is the best Relink video on UA-cam, incredible breakdown, explanation and showcase.
Thank you so much!!!
@@LeaflitAsariagreed. Everyone covers the same stuff, you're one of the only ones actually covering stuff that isn't obvious to most and advanced techniques to improve your gameplay. Most useful tips I saw compared to almost anybody.
Wow, really wish I knew this earlier. I spent so much time memorizing all their attacks that I was pretty confident with raw perfect dodges, but even then, they can still be inconsistent. I'm so excited to try this out now! Thanks for teaching this!
You got this!
Your guard/dodge OS video really helped me out.
You're a life saver!! I literally just watched your tips and tricks video the other day and already forgot this first technique! you're explanations are simple, and you have great demonstrations and examples. Brilliant video as always. I'm still a bit away from endgame, but I still appreciate the videos! Also the opening to the video was hilarious!!
Wow. The Guard Block I knew about...... but the Block-Attack is a nice addition to my kit!!! Thanks!!!!
Holding guard while in combos is a huge game changer
That option select tip was real good, thanks alot!
Never even considered you can block and dodge or attack at the same time, thats insane!
Great video
Thank you so much for these guides and play tips. Super helpful for us new players.
I Like ur video a lot, keep up the good work, and u solo hard bosses to show your work rather than solo level 80 or 100 boss plus u show building diversity, also put out the different tech for characters👍definitely one of the better GFR content creator's
Wow these have been actually amazingly useful tips! didn't expect so many good ones, thank you very much!
Honestly most useful granblue tips thanks!
I m a french girl and i m not speaking english very well and i m not a fan of youtube's video..but..for the first time a really really like yours. You are so useful..so clear..so accurate
I for some reason it s just tooo nice to just listen to you Oo thx a lot. Keep doing that wonderful work/help. You are a really good player it s amasing to watch
Thank you so much! merci beaucoup!
Guard + Dodge . Nioh player approved 👍
Your guides have been so incredibly helpful for me. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
For people saying that you don't need guarding in this game... Try playing solo. I play with just the captain and I love the challenge. Also, if I reach critical I don't mash to respawn, I restart from the last checkpoint. Makes the game feel like a souls game, just not that ultra punishing. You can make some mistakes and still get away with it. But if you just mash and don't react, it's game over. Makes you really depend on perfect guard and dodge. It's waaay more fun than just destroying everything with a OP 4-man party imo. Try it out on a new save if you like, it's a totally different game.
Daigo parry moment
Some of these I knew, but the stuff didn’t know…..
BRO I LEARNED SO MUCH IT BLEW MY MIND!!!!
I can’t wait to try these out!
And thank you for showcasing with gallanza fight (it stinks 😭) but I think one of the biggest take aways is the blocking while attacking I think will be huge (at least for me since I play percy) farming for terminus
I said all that to say.
Thank you. 😌
Thank you so much!!
I literally never used guard until maniac mode and boy does it help !
Funny you make this vid. I've been trying to get the dodge sigil with crit or crit with dodge to give me more charges and bigger window. But my luck has been bad. Been telling my friends day one this type of game you need Def and utility not just dmg. They started to understand not long ago.
I was most of the time being carried in proud that most of my sigils are just for attacks/damage (I see them in most youtubers) and I'm having a hard time in that icy wolf thing. 🤣
I will now reevaluate my sigils.
Thank you for this!
I tried it again with some defensive sigils and it's really good!
Didn't die once. 🤣
Thanks!
aside from the defensive sigils, ive tried the flight over fight build where your dodges are always perfect dodges and goes so well with nimble sigils and dodge payback. its an immortal build and fun to play
I’m running a flight build with yoda. Probably my favorite character and build in this game. And dodge payback is nice to add up for the ATK increase. (I just use it to stack I frame buffs with nimble tho)
10/10 guide, Big thanks for this!
Glad it helped!
there are some "defensive" skills that actually increase your dps while also being comfy, unless you are speed runner level skilled player, do not run full offense builds
Honestly though. There are still a lot of missinformations flying around when it comes to the depths and numbers for this game. But I have to say:
Your channel is so underrated. Your videos are amaizing and you even show off the things you are talking about. And since its easy to get damage cap, sloting in some good defensive skills is really valueable.
Yea, tried this fight not knowing anything about. It uh... me and the randoms I was with failed it. We all went down like 5+ times lmao. Good guide
Drain is crazy good, with 1 sigil you cap it which is 500 per dmg source with terminus weapon. Also running stoutheart and steel nerves for some dmg reduction you can just ignore alot of attacks and lifesteal it .
That intro was so relatable
most useful guide i've seen by miles
Awesome guide!
You just earned a sub for this. Holy game changer!
Amazing video! Just subscribed and will try to join you live sometime! Keep up the awesome work
Perfect guard is for the pros who don't use assist mode and for defensive based characters like Vane, Siegfried, or Vaseraga.
this is so helpful! I already know about the Guard+Dodge tech, but I didn't know that you can hold guard while attacking and get a guard out of it.
BTW, I wanna know your Narmaya sigil set
Thanks!!
Yeah but be careful not to guard cancel your combo by accident
@@Aiden-iy9du thanks, I'll keep that in mind when trying it out. Find out the windows where I can do it
blocking while attacking is a big brain gamer move
"Well, this changes everything..."
Ok Mtashed
I been looking for what improve guard does for the longest time.
Everyone just talks about damage, but nothing about defense. As a Vane player this helps me out a lot. I'll be putting improved Guard on me now.
I was taking damage when guarding attack as Vane and that ended up with me having a hard time staying in the fight
Thank you once again for such an amazing guide 👍 You have covered a topic that is really dear to my heart in any video game and that is defensive play (my personal play style). This made watching this video even more enjoyable 👌
I have a question though. You mentioned in the Camera Positioning section of the video that there are settings in the game that allow you to tilt the camera. I checked the game settings but could not find such a thing. Which settings did you mean ? Or are you just talking about tilting the camera with the right hand stick of the controller ?
You have to turn all of the camera assists off, it makes it harder since you have to control it though... so play around with it until you find a setting that you like.
YOU ARE AWESOME! ❤❤❤
I can’t believe you exposed my one trick I didn’t want them to know D:
11:42 Theres also sigil called stronghold which just flatout increase your defense without any special condition required (low hp for garrison, charging for steady focus, stout heart present for steel nerves) but its rare and only drop in curio box
Stronghold is inverse garrison, it gives you defense the higher your hp so its really good for making you live that first attack
No it doesn't. It increases defense based on max HP. It's the defensive Stamina, like how Garrison is defensive Enmity.
Still really good. But it has a condition.
Haven't even bought the game yet. Damn this fight looks awesome.
The fights vs Id were a real challenge Defence wise. The attacks come out of nowhere…
Have you tried untouchable sigil from curio its very good if you already at DMG cap. it will make you a perfect dodge monster xD
Thank you for this video. Now I have somewhere to point people to when they try to tell me I’m stupid for telling them you can avoid 90-95% of all damage in this game 😂
Well EXCUSE ME Ms Slime. Perfect guard is essential.
You style on the enemy like a badass. Smh, nobody played DMC here? syle>utility ALWAYS
U putting in work
would it be better to get a level 15 on each of nimble onslaught, nimble defense, and dodge payback, rather than a level 30 on any of them? That way, each sigil gives 2 seconds of extra invuln.
They dont stack, you only get +3 seconds
@@tigrex7403 ah! I see, thank you!
@@tigrex7403 Figured, didn't seemed like I got as much invicibility as expected, thanks for confirming my doubts. Too bad we don't have a good enough training dummy to test tanking in this game.
Hmm. The extension from nimble+ dodge payback don’t stack? What’s the base length of perfect dodge ? I only have lvl 20 nimble (+2s) and I stopwatched 6s of s after a dodge. Is it usually 4 seconds? I thought dodge added a second for me
@@cloudwalker9572They technically "stack" but in a useless way. They all occur at the same time, so only the longest one (3s) will be relevant.
You'll be triple invicible during that 1st second tho lmao.
You earned a sub damn Thank you!
Thank you!
What are your camera settings? I struggle against the camera alot
0:09 I thought these exact words as you said them lmao
Awesome guide, just what I needed it! I have a non related doubt and it is about the break mechanic, not sure what is the rule for trigger it, because there is a pretty good damage sigil for that status but it only occurs me like 1 or 2 times per battle
break on boss happen when overdrive bar depleted
That sigil would be great if damage cap didn't exist
Your videos are goated
💙
I saw in another comment the extensions don’t stack but I just wanted to know if you could confirm or deny that leaflit? I haven’t got mines leveled up to where it would be over the (6s) mark. I need to get home and test the base duration of dodge s
So they do stack but not in a good way. They occur simultaneously so effectively they don’t stack. Basically you get both effects but you’re already invincible for 3 seconds. So basically you’re double invincible for 3 seconds LOL
@@LeaflitAsari wow that is hilarious 😂. I’ve decided to run glass cannon. Been running it in all end game stuff and doing some solos it’s pretty good. However I don’t think I get a 30% gain on my attacks
Oops. That reply was for a different video based on yodarha my bad ! And thank you very much !
Thumbnail: Stop Dying
Me: I can't these bosses breath and I lose 99% of my hp. 😂
Question: Does Percival's charged parry count as perfect guard? Can it trigger things such as Precise Resilience sigil?
Most likely not. As I play yoda and he has a parry move, however it does not count as a perfect guard
@@jpmorgan6146 found a comment on reddit said charged parry count as perfect dodge. Make senses since it gives invincibility but i haven't able to test it yet.
I havent tested it on Percival, but it should count as perfect guard.
Narmaya's and Charlotta's built-in parries count as perfect guards.
Lancelot's counts as perfect dodge (makes sense, as he is literally dodging).
Yodarha has no built-in parry so the other commenter was probably talking about his counter skill.
Those don't count as either perfect defense.
Does id’s move where he takes damage to do damage work with steel focus
What do you mean when you say option select? I’m out of the loop when it comes to the lingos.
It’s when two things occur at the same time that covers multiple options. So in this case if you dodge too late you will instead block since you will get hit which locks you as blocking. But if you dodge at the right time then you dodge since you’re not being hit at the moment you dodge. It protects you in the case you fail.
yea they use this term alot in fighting games
I like this slime
Ougi/SBA has an flaw thats involves the substitute buff. The substitute user may die on middle of ougi animation if the friend get hurt.
Stout heart has an flaw thats makes Guts fails often.
I wish the screen would stay tilted with the camera
Just perfect dodge/block with the sigls that help. kay.
she says perfect guard is bad but if she had precise wrath sigil on her Daigo moment she wouldve filled her SBA and reset all her cds (even if she had 0% SBA) lulz
TRUE lollllll
I was playing Vane for a while and got really frustrated in Proud because blocks would either break in one hit or the chip damage would still one-shot me through block for most attacks when fighting Gallanza and the Black Dragon, even with Improved Guard. Made me pick Io back up.
If I'm being honest I've been thinking of dropping some damage in favor of more defensive sigils as a melee.
Do it lol. Works pretty well. You out here running glass cannon basically without it on a melee 😂. Unless playing someone like yoda where dying is a skill issue because of all his s
How lol. Vane even has innate extra damage cut with his sigil. That man should never die.
Lmao i like how they try us to play like OG granblue when we do some soloing content. Ur turn my turn
why your nermaya deal much damage?? :cc
Just regular noncheated build. 4x DMG Cap+, 1 Crit+, 3 Supplemental, War Elemental, Awakening Sigil, 3 damage mods (life on the line, stamina x2)
Im so addicted to this game. I need help.
Please. Send help
She perfect dodges so good which is much more impressive than these tips lol.
Can't deal damage if your to busy being dead *taps head*
never used guard to be honest xD
Ahh you probably play fighting games like me lol, OS
I used to play a lot!
@@LeaflitAsari soon as I heard option select I knew you were pro at this game xD
or dont get hit like a god that i am
leaflit im love w u
hahahah
Yo what’s with these cringe v tubers?