The katana in general are terrible for a lot reason the nagakiba has a terrible fisic damage but good scaling but the uchigatana has a terrible scaling but good fisic damage. (I'm italian my english is terrible sorry)
I love this weapon unconditionally!! Its so cool and you can put any ashe of war on it for different fun builds! Great build in the video btw! Bloody slash is OP
i used the nagajiba for half of my first playthrough but i put unsheathe instead of bloody slash as aow. this helps with stance breaking alot and is a cheatcode for farum azula since the beastman get stancebroken by one heavy aow
@@anonisnoone6125 yeah bro go for it, I literally just killed her yesterday, I'm running samurai dex build with Nagakiba on Unseathe, and on my left I use the Uchi, both with bleeding ashes, I upgraded my mimic tear at +10 and I was able to kill her in less than 5 tries and this is the first time I played Elden ring or any souls like game (I was lvl 130 tho)
Would recommend a faith dex build for the keen Nagakiba. 1. use lightning buff and unsheathe for heavy damage. 2. Use Bloodflame blade and double slash for a rivers of blood equivalent. (It’s probably better) 3. And use black flame blade and double slash for fire giant, Elden beast, plasidusax, etc. It’s a very versatile build. Permanent Talismans Ritual sword Shard of Alexander Swap in talismans Lord of blood (2) Millicents prosthesis or rot winged (2 and 3) Dagger talisman (1) Ritual shield (1 and 3) Flask Opaline hardtear (all) Stonebard tear (1) Thorny tear (2 and 3)
@@Leg1503 thanks for replying early. I’m doing an arcane dex build and I heard occult is better than bleed sometimes so I was trying to do an occult build but since it isn’t possible to stack it with the bloodflame incantation, I tried a keen double slash bloodflame build and now I’m not sure which is better overall or atleast for bleed.
@@randomfellow1483 with the occult and bleed thing, bleed adds more bleed points but deals less damage. Occult adds less bleed points but deals more damage. If you’re doing good damage, then the bleed is more of an extra. That’s why people say to use occult instead of bleed. Bloodflame blade adds a good amount of bleed points but it also gives you fire damage which is one of the best damage types in the game. This specific build is based around changing for each encounter, but a build based solely on bleed would probably not use any faith and just use an occult infused katana. Here’s an example bleed build off the top of my head Weapon Occult scavengers curved sword with seppuku in main hand Bleed bandits curved sword in off hand (any ash of war) Armor Raptor’s black feathers chest piece Talismans Lord of bloods exultation Claw talisman Millicents prosthesis Ritual sword talisman Flask Thorny cracked tear Opaline hardtear Game plan Use seppuku at the start of the battle and focus on using the dual wield jump attack
If you actually want this to be better, use sepukku, golden vow, shabriri howl, rotten insignia, prothesis, blood exultation, whichever other talisman, and then the jellyfish shield
Blood hound step with Poison option is OP with this weapon . You literally can dodge all attacks and poison buildup will do same effect as scarlet rot ..
I agree but adding any ash of war for me is a waste on a nagakiba unsheathe is simply too op. Find the unsheathe ash of war apply it using blood affinity then u have some mad nagakiba.
Power stance two nagakibas have flaming strike on one With quality affinity and sword dance with bleed affinity on the other make a quality affinity build and be a menace in pvp
Same exact setup except Dual wield with Piercing Fang (occult) AOW on the right hand and Spinning Slash (Blood) AOW on the left. Two hand either one depending on if enemy boss has bleed or not. This setup will take on ANY enemy w ease
I use a dex build and have minimal req for faith and arcane to use bloodflame(bleed does not change the amount of bleed just the fire dmg) using a strength build because it actually leads to higher damage due to 2 handing it. (Dex if you want to use 2) and whatever ashe is good I like spinning slash but unsheathe is also good.
I use something similar rn. RL 150, Keen Nagakiba with Double Slash. Same Talismans. White Mask for bleed buff. Bloodflame blade incantation (you need to rebuff in a fight, but it maxes out AR since keen scales dex at A and you dont need arcane for bloodflame). Rallying Standard instead of golden vow and Flame Grant me Strength. Instead of Opaline Tear I use Greenburst Crystal Tear for stamina regen.
I found the exact same build but with a frost uchigatana in the off hand. It is insane. With the bloodflame buff you reset frost build up after its burst dmg so you can constantly stack that sweet frost 😍
I haven’t tried yet with bloody slash but i did do unsheath with bloodflame blade, it looked sick and it worked really well for me. Especially in pvp. Until the dlc lol
Katana move sets are the best in the game and unsheath is the best ash of war. All you need is one uchi or one naga, unsheath is very versatile and has a few techs like animation canceling.
I love this weapon using it with (bleed infusion) repeated thrust and only focusing on health allowed me to get to the dlc at level 60!!! Amazing god tier weapon
I have a Blood build with nagakiba and uchikatana. But with the ash of war seppukku it’s so broken I ran through every boss within seconds ! Only level 135. Preparing to fight Malenia. I’ve beating Elden beast already.
Are you taking suggestions for these vids pastor? If you are, then i have a suggestion: The Magma Wyrm's Scalesword. Its a super fun and very high damaging weapon, and would make for a great one of these vids i think
This isn’t even a proper Nagakiba build. You’re just using bloody slash and stacking buffs that don’t share any stat categories. 1. Nagakiba with Dex affinity Double Slash AoW 2. 50 Vigor, 20 Endurance, 60 Dex, Level 15 for Faith and Level 12 for Arcane. Should be about 125 overall. 3. Use Bloodflame Blade + Flame Grant Me Strength + Swarm of Flies Incantations. 4. Back pocket a dagger with Golden Vow AoW 5. White Mask helmet, Lord of Blood Exultation, Millicent Prosthesis, Rotten Wing Sword Insignia. Use Thorny Spiked Tear and Fire Tear This will do SO much better for PVE than the build in this video.
this dude legit just picked BS for the bleed proc like what your just shoving shit in a bowl and hoping it comes out good also no reason to use a defence physik either if your trying to show off damage
According to Elden Ring Wiki Milicent’s Prosthesis and Rotten Winged sword insignia are incompatible. But you can get them both from the same quest line.
No. WINGED SWORD Insignia is incompatible with M’ Prosthesis. *ROTTEN* Swing Sword is compatible with M’s Prothesis- and you cannot get both of these in the same playthrough since you have to choose to side with her or her sisters
I actually think it is the single best katana in the game, long reach and a easy to use move set plus being able to change the ash of war and apply buffs makes it the most versatile, spinning slash makes it a whirlwind of blood, truly an underrated weapon for sure
Improvements to build 1: using bloodflame blade weapon buff 2:using old lord talisman instead of rotten wing sword insignia 3: replacing howl of shibiri with flame grant me strength 4: using blood blade instead of blood slash 5: using ansbach set 6: using dex knot tier instead of opaline bubble tear
Great video, I also started using a build similar to this but I was using double slash and blood flame blade Whitch made it just rivers if blood but better
I love seeing someone wielding a nagakiba especially with double slash aow when I invade because it’s the easiest thing to parry. Instant win everytime against nagakiba wielders.
Bloody slash isn’t really good for that weapon, I’d recommend replacing bloody slash with spinning slash with the blood affinity dealing good damage and 2-3 hit proccing bleed, to top it off, I’d use white mask, with the white reed set for light role, and good immunity and +30 percent attack boost when there’s blood loss in the vicinity
Don’t use seppuku use bloody flame , has fire AND Blood dmg. Which is great for enemies who don’t take blood damage but are weak or non resistant to fire damage
It really good when you keep in your second slot and wait till you know it will hit because it takes like 10 percent of you health but does massive dmg
how did nagakiba beat the twins where need blunt weapon to damage them. do to fact all other slashing item do nothing or little damage to body since made out glass or something like that
yeah same. Although i dont know whats wrong with my build since im in volcano manor at lvl 60 and i feel like the weakest man in the world i deal no damaga
@@eppuart3047 if you’re focusing on unsheathe i’d recommend shard of alexander + carian filigreed crest, i also like jump attacks with this weapon so claw talisman is good too imo. and if you feel like buffing you can use bloodflame blade + flame grant me strength together. other than that just keep pumping dex for raw output. love this build
if you’re focusing on unsheathe i’d recommend shard of alexander + carian filigreed crest, i also like jump attacks with this weapon so claw talisman is good too imo. add bloodflame blade + flame grant me strength if you feel like buffing
Ik this is old but I’m just wondering how I’m supposed to get the prosthesis and rot sword at the same time since you can only choose one in millicent’s quest line
I made a new faith/dex character called god&anime and I think this would be the perfect weapon for the build, but I'm debating what ash would be best for practical use and scaling. If anyone can help me out that'd be pretty epic
Nagakiba is hella underrated. It has huge range
Yeah its pretty nuts man I like it
The katana in general are terrible for a lot reason the nagakiba has a terrible fisic damage but good scaling but the uchigatana has a terrible scaling but good fisic damage.
(I'm italian my english is terrible sorry)
@@miglio2151nagakiba and uchigatana have like 10 or 20 ar difference
@@Bonsoir945 what do you mean with ar?
@@miglio2151 arcane
Now I'm excited to see what the move is to get the antspur rapier to max effectiveness
I love this weapon unconditionally!! Its so cool and you can put any ashe of war on it for different fun builds! Great build in the video btw! Bloody slash is OP
dude 100%
i used the nagajiba for half of my first playthrough but i put unsheathe instead of bloody slash as aow. this helps with stance breaking alot and is a cheatcode for farum azula since the beastman get stancebroken by one heavy aow
Do u think it would help with Malenia as well?
@@anonisnoone6125 yeah bro go for it, I literally just killed her yesterday, I'm running samurai dex build with Nagakiba on Unseathe, and on my left I use the Uchi, both with bleeding ashes, I upgraded my mimic tear at +10 and I was able to kill her in less than 5 tries and this is the first time I played Elden ring or any souls like game (I was lvl 130 tho)
@@francariglinoim going to try this thank you
Would recommend a faith dex build for the keen Nagakiba.
1. use lightning buff and unsheathe for heavy damage.
2. Use Bloodflame blade and double slash for a rivers of blood equivalent. (It’s probably better)
3. And use black flame blade and double slash for fire giant, Elden beast, plasidusax, etc.
It’s a very versatile build.
Permanent Talismans
Ritual sword
Shard of Alexander
Swap in talismans
Lord of blood (2)
Millicents prosthesis or rot winged (2 and 3)
Dagger talisman (1)
Ritual shield (1 and 3)
Flask
Opaline hardtear (all)
Stonebard tear (1)
Thorny tear (2 and 3)
This is dope
Bloodflame Keen double slash nagakiba or occult double slash nagakiba for bleed damage?
@@randomfellow1483 occult brings in arcane scaling and that’s too many stats to split between. Keen lets you focus on dex and faith.
@@Leg1503 thanks for replying early. I’m doing an arcane dex build and I heard occult is better than bleed sometimes so I was trying to do an occult build but since it isn’t possible to stack it with the bloodflame incantation, I tried a keen double slash bloodflame build and now I’m not sure which is better overall or atleast for bleed.
@@randomfellow1483 with the occult and bleed thing, bleed adds more bleed points but deals less damage. Occult adds less bleed points but deals more damage. If you’re doing good damage, then the bleed is more of an extra. That’s why people say to use occult instead of bleed. Bloodflame blade adds a good amount of bleed points but it also gives you fire damage which is one of the best damage types in the game. This specific build is based around changing for each encounter, but a build based solely on bleed would probably not use any faith and just use an occult infused katana.
Here’s an example bleed build off the top of my head
Weapon
Occult scavengers curved sword with seppuku in main hand
Bleed bandits curved sword in off hand (any ash of war)
Armor
Raptor’s black feathers chest piece
Talismans
Lord of bloods exultation
Claw talisman
Millicents prosthesis
Ritual sword talisman
Flask
Thorny cracked tear
Opaline hardtear
Game plan
Use seppuku at the start of the battle and focus on using the dual wield jump attack
If you actually want this to be better, use sepukku, golden vow, shabriri howl, rotten insignia, prothesis, blood exultation, whichever other talisman, and then the jellyfish shield
0o0o0o0o0o dope
Blood hound step with Poison option is OP with this weapon . You literally can dodge all attacks and poison buildup will do same effect as scarlet rot ..
A true chad uses the unsheathe
LOL true, slowest way to attack but hits like a truck
@@pastorgainzgamesnot slowest its pretty fast and op i beat malenia with uchi unshesthe so its good
@@pastorgainzgames huh unsheate is not slow at all what
@@Burning_the_toast ur right im wrong
I agree but adding any ash of war for me is a waste on a nagakiba unsheathe is simply too op. Find the unsheathe ash of war apply it using blood affinity then u have some mad nagakiba.
I always forgot about that ash but it’s broken lol
There is a way to give blood afinity to unsheathe??????? WHAT AM I LACKING THAT I CAN'T DO THAT?
@@starvinghavocyou have the get black Wheatstone so when you apply ash of wat next time u will be able to apply bleed on it
@@humangaming2024 THANK YOU VERY MUCH
The start still says antspur rapier
OH DANG IT my bad I missed that thanks
And it still says that
@@The_man_in_the_dark-u3zhe can’t change it
Power stance two nagakibas have flaming strike on one With quality affinity and sword dance with bleed affinity on the other make a quality affinity build and be a menace in pvp
Dude that makes u the elden lord I think
Same exact setup except Dual wield with Piercing Fang (occult) AOW on the right hand and Spinning Slash (Blood) AOW on the left. Two hand either one depending on if enemy boss has bleed or not. This setup will take on ANY enemy w ease
I use a dex build and have minimal req for faith and arcane to use bloodflame(bleed does not change the amount of bleed just the fire dmg) using a strength build because it actually leads to higher damage due to 2 handing it. (Dex if you want to use 2) and whatever ashe is good I like spinning slash but unsheathe is also good.
Double Slash would probably be a better option in terms of stacking successive hits and bleed. Bloody Slash is just a singular hit.
That’s fair that’s how I did my uchi build
I swapped bloody slash into lightning slash, it was quite powerful with lightning somehow
Oooooo dude nice
I use something similar rn. RL 150, Keen Nagakiba with Double Slash. Same Talismans. White Mask for bleed buff. Bloodflame blade incantation (you need to rebuff in a fight, but it maxes out AR since keen scales dex at A and you dont need arcane for bloodflame). Rallying Standard instead of golden vow and Flame Grant me Strength. Instead of Opaline Tear I use Greenburst Crystal Tear for stamina regen.
I found the exact same build but with a frost uchigatana in the off hand. It is insane. With the bloodflame buff you reset frost build up after its burst dmg so you can constantly stack that sweet frost 😍
@@Singo222 that's a godly combination, I haven't been dual wielding, but you convinced me to pull out the Uchigatana lol
Like the sound of this build. I have been using the blasphemous blade build for ages . Need a change going to try this 1
I haven’t tried yet with bloody slash but i did do unsheath with bloodflame blade, it looked sick and it worked really well for me. Especially in pvp. Until the dlc lol
I'm more of a strength Uchigatana enjoyer, tbh. But yeah, the default high dex scaling is gonna make it work really well for an arcane build. :)
I’ve done like 5 different playtroughs with this katana and I gotta say my favorite build was the blood flame blade build
Katana move sets are the best in the game and unsheath is the best ash of war. All you need is one uchi or one naga, unsheath is very versatile and has a few techs like animation canceling.
I love this weapon using it with (bleed infusion) repeated thrust and only focusing on health allowed me to get to the dlc at level 60!!! Amazing god tier weapon
I have a Blood build with nagakiba and uchikatana. But with the ash of war seppukku it’s so broken I ran through every boss within seconds ! Only level 135. Preparing to fight Malenia. I’ve beating Elden beast already.
Dude rock on well done!
Are you taking suggestions for these vids pastor? If you are, then i have a suggestion: The Magma Wyrm's Scalesword. Its a super fun and very high damaging weapon, and would make for a great one of these vids i think
Yes I am indeed but like the armor sets I only have so many hours a day I can film lol so it will come out eventually
This isn’t even a proper Nagakiba build. You’re just using bloody slash and stacking buffs that don’t share any stat categories.
1. Nagakiba with Dex affinity Double Slash AoW
2. 50 Vigor, 20 Endurance, 60 Dex, Level 15 for Faith and Level 12 for Arcane. Should be about 125 overall.
3. Use Bloodflame Blade + Flame Grant Me Strength + Swarm of Flies Incantations.
4. Back pocket a dagger with Golden Vow AoW
5. White Mask helmet, Lord of Blood Exultation, Millicent Prosthesis, Rotten Wing Sword Insignia. Use Thorny Spiked Tear and Fire Tear
This will do SO much better for PVE than the build in this video.
This is the way
this dude legit just picked BS for the bleed proc like what your just shoving shit in a bowl and hoping it comes out good also no reason to use a defence physik either if your trying to show off damage
I think unsheathe AoW is better
Thank you for the new build, random stranger in the comments
@@Burning_the_toastI was thinking that aswell lol
Should I use this build or a more updated one from another video????
According to Elden Ring Wiki Milicent’s Prosthesis and Rotten Winged sword insignia are incompatible. But you can get them both from the same quest line.
No. WINGED SWORD Insignia is incompatible with M’ Prosthesis. *ROTTEN* Swing Sword is compatible with M’s Prothesis- and you cannot get both of these in the same playthrough since you have to choose to side with her or her sisters
I actually think it is the single best katana in the game, long reach and a easy to use move set plus being able to change the ash of war and apply buffs makes it the most versatile, spinning slash makes it a whirlwind of blood, truly an underrated weapon for sure
May I ask what this song is you have playing in the background. Really was loving that build up, thanks!
Don't forget to equip Mohgs Great Rune for Blood Lost effect
Ah yes indeed!
Improvements to build
1: using bloodflame blade weapon buff
2:using old lord talisman instead of rotten wing sword insignia
3: replacing howl of shibiri with flame grant me strength
4: using blood blade instead of blood slash
5: using ansbach set
6: using dex knot tier instead of opaline bubble tear
Great video, I also started using a build similar to this but I was using double slash and blood flame blade Whitch made it just rivers if blood but better
How are you able to use blood flame? For me it only works if the ash of war affinity is non blood, what affinity did you use for the nagakiba?
I believe blood flame puts blood and fire on your weapon without needing an affinity
Super dope
@@pastorgainzgames oh yeah i just texted it out on default affinity and it works
@@Healy5 well, cause it need to be non elemental dmg, if you add magic, cold, lightning, fire, bleed, occult or poison affinity it won't work
I love seeing someone wielding a nagakiba especially with double slash aow when I invade because it’s the easiest thing to parry. Instant win everytime against nagakiba wielders.
I prefer to use blood flame with it, keen build. But yeah it's a great weapon.
What are you’re stat’s looking like? Mine isn’t doing nearly as much damage as yours
80 dex is what I got to make it hit like a truck. Level 150
I would ad the bloodflame incantation for the extra bloodloss and flame damage personally
Take a drink everytime he mentions shard of Alexander
Use spinning slash with it, spins so fast and with crazy range
Bloody slash isn’t really good for that weapon, I’d recommend replacing bloody slash with spinning slash with the blood affinity dealing good damage and 2-3 hit proccing bleed, to top it off, I’d use white mask, with the white reed set for light role, and good immunity and +30 percent attack boost when there’s blood loss in the vicinity
Add Bloodflame Blade to this and its game over for the entire game
Go double slash hits faster and harder causes bleed loss faster.
From the beginning to the end.my mane sword 🗡️
Blood flame blade goes crazy with that build too
Agreed
Spinning Slash with Keen and Bloodflame Blade.
better this or bloodhond? i am currently running blood.
Just found that thing today was wondering why it was a mile long. Hahaha well now I gotta upgrade it.
Don’t use seppuku use bloody flame , has fire AND Blood dmg. Which is great for enemies who don’t take blood damage but are weak or non resistant to fire damage
Everything is good but I feel like the blood slash ash of war gets out scaled from later into mid game onwards
Use blood flame blade and double slash and make rivers of blood but better
really think Double Slash and Black Flame Blade would be better than Bloody Slash. It's basically Rivers of Blood but still busted
If u put poison on Angelina and use bloody flame u get fire poison and Blood damage 😮
The preview said it is antspur rapier😂
Yeah I was working so fast I forgot to change then name on this one 😒
@@pastorgainzgames still good work and videos, live ur channel
We need the dragon claw
Can we do ome for the moonveil katana? Really wanna fix my build
Really wish this thing got Swift Slash
I love the Nagakiba! Its an amazing katana!
Yeah dude!
Blood tax with it is amazing but sometimes it whiffs.
Nagakiba beast roar
You could swap out the lord of bloods exultation for the age one’s exultation
One winged angel intensifies
Are all of these things for the weapon things that I can get early on? The only main boss I’ve beat is Margit and have the base Nagakiba
Blood slash is also amazing in pvp
Yes dude!
It really good when you keep in your second slot and wait till you know it will hit because it takes like 10 percent of you health but does massive dmg
Would this be better with the rivers of blood?
I think you should use double slash ash of war
how did nagakiba beat the twins where need blunt weapon to damage them. do to fact all other slashing item do nothing or little damage to body since made out glass or something like that
Using nagakiba trying to make faith dex lightning build atm
What stats are you using max arcane or dex?
So Arcane Max's out damage wise around 40-45 so I would crank Dex and keep arcane lower
unsheathe with keen affinity 👍
yeah same. Although i dont know whats wrong with my build since im in volcano manor at lvl 60 and i feel like the weakest man in the world i deal no damaga
@@eppuart3047 if you’re focusing on unsheathe i’d recommend shard of alexander + carian filigreed crest, i also like jump attacks with this weapon so claw talisman is good too imo. and if you feel like buffing you can use bloodflame blade + flame grant me strength together. other than that just keep pumping dex for raw output. love this build
if you’re focusing on unsheathe i’d recommend shard of alexander + carian filigreed crest, i also like jump attacks with this weapon so claw talisman is good too imo. add bloodflame blade + flame grant me strength if you feel like buffing
@@TheUltimater72 level 60 volc manor waste of time focusing for shard since thats not until malikith may aswell just get warrior jar shard
Can you do bloodhound fang with the bloodflame?
I can try
Ik this is old but I’m just wondering how I’m supposed to get the prosthesis and rot sword at the same time since you can only choose one in millicent’s quest line
varre's bouquet or wing of astel. I'm especially curious on that second one
I did the wing it should be on the channel already
I’d put seppuku in it instead of bloody slash
I made a new faith/dex character called god&anime and I think this would be the perfect weapon for the build, but I'm debating what ash would be best for practical use and scaling. If anyone can help me out that'd be pretty epic
mate please make a dual kitana build with nagakiba and uchikitana
I can work on something
@@pastorgainzgames thank you bro ur a legend
What would the stats look like for this?
What does millicents prosthesis do?
please do the rusted anchor it's my darling
Best katana
Super dope
double slash works better for bleed
And as per usual people forget flame grant me strength
Howl and Flame Grant me strength do not stack. Howl gives more damage.
I prefer double slash on nakakiba but this is great too
Yeah that’s a good idea too
why not white mask
This is not the Antspur rapier
what are the stats for this build???
I go with arcane for the extra blood loss and dex
Shard of alex
Solid
What about the godslayer greatsword
Thats on my TikTok right now. PastorgainzGames on tiktok if u wanna check it
I would use Crystalburst Tear over Opaline. Stamina Regen is soooo nice to have
Try Barbaric roar on it
Can you do blot of grandsax
better than river of blood?
What’s the armor set?
Ronin
I think 15% resist better than 1 95% resist
Bro I thought it was anspur rapier
What is that helmet he has?
yo what’s the armor set?
Ronin armor set. You can kill the npc wearing it right outside of the zamor ruins in the mountaintops of the giants
Wrong ash of war single use for multiple set up, double slash is way better because of the multiple hits it can do
You scale your damage negation wrong Elden ring has a multiplicative system for damage negation not additive
Stats?
What armor is that?
Ronin
In my opinion the weapon is only good if it looks cool
I mean that’s fair