Be sure to change to "two handed" prior to mounting your horse. You will receive the two handed str bonus even though the attack animations show single handed in mounted combat.
Hey this was actually really helpful because I wasn’t sure if it worked like that. I’m a glass cannon with strength and dex so two handing has been the main focus.
Another tip that I haven't seen mentioned in a few videos that I'm sure newer players may not catch is Strength requirements. If you have a weapon that has a strength requirement of say 30, you can two-hand it at 20 strength (you only need 66% of the requirement if you two-hand it). The game gives you a message telling you that you can use it effectively two-handed but it can easily be missed if you're just spamming the confirm button. This only works with Strength, not Dexterity or any of the spell based stats.
@@justinbenford9363 Been 2-handing the Tree Sentinels' weapon a lot using this technique, it also works when you mount up, even if the animation only shows you using 1-hand anyway
@@bombomos it increases your strength by 50% therefore increasing damage and posture damage... I'm 2 handing my one 90% of the time... Higher poise/tougher enemies aren't going to let you swing 5 times. Not even close..
@@Doomscrollin Ditto, I 1-shot most regulars even sweeping hits take out small groups, and I do a lot of damage each time I hit bigger guys, I usually break their poise before they have a change to fight back, then just finish them off.
Both Margit and the Tree Sentinel were specifically put in the early game to punish players not respecting the open world of Elden Ring and treating it as a linear game. Also as a challenge for pros. This is also why one of the hardest areas of the game (DragonBarrow and Caleid) is adjacent to the starting location. Its a way of showing the player that the game isnt going to hold your hand and its up to you to figure out how to best develop your character.
I took me a few hours (Maybe 5-8) to finally beat the tree sentinal. After that, although it took me maybe around 5-8 tries, I beat Margit. (Mostly because I decided to get the lone wolves early and got the ranged air slashing ashes of war)
@@clurtzy funny Thing this is my first souls Game. I started did the few must does at the beginning and accendentily stumbled into Margit and the other guy with the Light hammer and Light throwing knifes. Beat them both after a few tries and then i saw a Video telling me to wait with these two and axplore first. Well no i am exploring the game
I'm new to these games and cleared the dude without anything but my sword 😂😂😂 Took me a few hours but was def worth it, very satisfying to take him out once and for all
This is my first souls game besides bloodborne (which I don’t count because I quit within 10 minutes because it was too hard 😂) so I had a buddy help me with the Tree Sentinel and Margitt, then he told me, “just so you know, by asking me to do that, you just made the game a lot harder for yourself” and when I asked him to elaborate, he told me I’d know soon. I in fact knew what he meant within an hour. I tried exploring as if it were a linear game, but quickly had to turn and go back before I even made it through the castle! He told me to head toward the direction of Caelid, but the way he said it sounded suspicious to me, so I did not. Im so glad I didn’t because I just reached Caelid today after a few days worth of leveling and skill and STILL had to turn my ass around 😂 that place is a hellscape for sure 😫
"you don't wanna die 40 times right at the start" Me: sweating perfusely after convincing myself that I could beat the tree sentinel for the 40th tries 😂
I spent the first hour of the game just fighting the Sentinel. Killing him was amazing, just to be greeted with an awesome weapon my character couldn't even hold yet.
My tip is read the messages especially near chests. At first i never listened to the trap ahead messages near chests. I learned my lesson after getting teleported to caelid with no way out 😅
I got I bamboozled by a trap ahead with a liar message nearby, the trapped chest poofed me to sellia crystal tunnel....I died so many times and I had so many runes on me that I lost. 😢
actually i went thru that chest by choice, but first time the dust came to my face, i accidentally pulled shield out to block, and the teleport didnt affect me, idk if it was a bug tho
Yeah idk what the devs were thinking because after grinding my way out of caelid I was way overleved for the actual area i was supposed to be and it had a snoball effect that kinda half ruined the game for me. The enemies were either beat yourself over the head with a stick hard or complete baby mode easy. I actually missed so many cool boss fights because i ended up killing them in 3 seconds and really regretting how easy it was to skip over vast amounts of content on accident because going back to do it later ruins it after leveling honestly.
I was determined to beat that Golden Knight at the beginning. Died to him about 150 times (not an exaggeration) before finally ending his existence. It was glorious.
@@Lord.Caridos mine is that fucking kindred beast in the top right of the red area I’m dedicated to power leveling so I can have the satisfaction of slaughtering him💀
1: Dont repeatedly fight the same enemy, go do something else 2: Remove balachins blessing 3: Dont obsess over classes 4: Do not go east in the start, go north or south instead 5: Do not rush through areas and enemies 6: Different enemies have different resitances, dont use the same weapon on every boss 7: Dont forget to 2 hand weapons 8: Do not forget to do NPC quests 9: Do not forget to change out ashes of war to change the damage scaling on a weapon 10: Dont forget to use spirit ashes
One great tip is that when mounted on your horse, you can attack to the right with R1 and R2 and to the left with L1 and L2. Makes horse combat much easier knowing you can attack on either side.
Another great tip is if your constantly running around with 3 summons all spamming late game boss weapon arts, don’t. Your ruining the game. Especially for players new to this, I’ve talked to 3 different friends who bought this game and won’t pick it up again
On the Spirit Ashes: I'm a veteran Souls player and thought I would not use them, I started Elden Ring 2handing a Greatsword in Light armor. 55hrs in and Jake is 100% correct, the game EXPECTS you to use Spirit Summons in many different instances. I'm now a Spellsword build having tons of fun just casting from a distance while my summons fight every now & then.
@@BarcelonaRussia bruh you play garbage fifa... filled with online gambling, like atleast choose a fun sport like basketball or MMA if you're gonna be that guy.
@@BarcelonaRussia "seek a nearby therapist and touch some grass on the way out..", says the guy shittalking under an Elden Ring video. Ah the hypocrisy.
the biggest tip i can give to a new player is: DON'T BE GREEDY if a boss gave you an opnening to attack, attack once or twice, don't try to full combo them every opening because you will be punished. also, another really important tip: DON'T BE AFRAID if a boss is huge, then thats fine, come close to them, hug their feet and start attacking. If you create distance on big enemies your are giving them the chance to hit you while you can't hit them. They have more range, so you gotta play it close to them. There's a saying in souls games that's "the difficulty of a boss is inversely proportional to their size", you should only fear enemies that are your size or slightly bigger, not the opposite.
I think that my favorite part is that every dungeon is built, seemlessly into the open world. Far too many RPG open worlds just have them behind some loading screen.
It really is incredible. This game has rejuvenated my love for gaming that I had as a little kid and has only came back during Skyrim and fallout 3 & new Vegas. It’s been a years since a games come out that got me back into it
Bought this game two days ago and I must say, this game is just amazing. I’m 15hrs in and still at 0% progress of the main story. It’s just that much to explore. I’m not even into this kinda of genre but this game, damn, to anyone who’s still deciding, just pick up this gem and enjoy
It's actually smarter to rush through an area and get to the next site of grace and activate it. Fighting new enemies that you are unfamiliar with and that may be too powerful for your level without having a close site of grace nearby isn't a good idea. Then you can go right back and explore more thoroughly and not have to worry about respawning too far away if (when) you die. This is my modus operandi with every soulsborne game.
True, but only if you have no runes to lose. Otherwise, you can die in some inconvenient spot and not be able to get them back. It happened a few times to me.
One thing is great about soulslike, the game is usually helping you learn how to ease things up without holding your hand on the way, and that modus operandi is naturally developed throughout the gameplay.
@@HSG4meR Yes, everything about these games, and especially ER is tailored for an unparalleled experience where you can go at your own pace. The world building, with almost nonexistent dialogue, is so complex and deep and it's expertly told through exploration and combat. It's a feast for the eyes and ears. GOTY material for sure, even though it was released at the end of February. LoL.
Idk if this is common knowledge but with the Bloodhound's Fang, it's special has another step. After pressing your special button if you wait until the end of the animation (when your character kind of kneels down) if you press your heavy attack button during that window, you'll do a second step dashing attack that deals a fair amount of damage.
@@DaNoobPlayerthere is an evergail in limgrave that allows you to fight the blood hood which drops the fang. It’s been my main ever since I got it and it is good in any situation other than against stone ock enemies
I've been having a tough week in the real world so playing Eldon Ring has been a great distraction. I'm a first timer to this type of game so having a tough time but having fun learning.
I've played a few Dark Souls and Dark Soul like games and this is probably the funniest so far. It's still a crazy ride, but I love that I can just go do something else if I find a boss to hard at the level I'm at and then come back later when I've leveled up to fight him again.
The blessing you get from Fia is actually beneficial if you use it when you need it, The amount of poise it gives you is actually really nice against certain boss fights
@@ffxikatit gets rid of the debuff while giving a temporary poise buff so use just before entering whatever boss arena to restore health to your normal level while temporarily upping poise
I am addicted to this game. There is a boss I don't think I can beat? I just run into any direction and find something to explore. Playing with friends feels like you are the fellowship of the rings. There is a mage, a heavy hitter and a bandit in your group and everyone has their advantages somewhere in this massive world. Been playing for hours with friends without beating a single boss
2 Handing a single weapon is good, to a point. At early levels you're pressed for equip space so poise and weight have to be used more sparingly. 2 handing will allow you to not flinch as often and do a decent amount more damage with every attack. That however does not mean that 2 handing is a good damage tactic in the mid to late game. If you're a melee build and want damage, 2 handing isn't what you want, dual weilding is. Specificlally dual weilding 2 of the same category of weapon. This will change you left light attack button, to do a different string of attacks, that include both weapons. Effectively doubling your damage, instead of the 50% given from 2 handing. Although 1 attack from a 2 handed weapon does more poise damage, an attack with a dual weild attack, with both of them landing will do alot more. This is even more extreme with jump attacks. Normally with jump attacks you have the option between a light and a strong jump attack, the strong being alot stronger and can stun enemies faster. With dual weidling you only get the option to strong attack, but with 2 weapons you deal just as much poise damage, but twice, while also doubling your damage. I've been 2 handing a collosal sword this entire game until i found out you can hold 2, and use them both together. At level 80 i was 2-4 shotting bosses, no MP required. And this got even more insane with the mimic, because the mimic will naturally prefer to use both at once, over just attack with the right hand. The only time i attack with only 1 sword now is to do the fast couch attack with the collosal sword Granted you do miss out on some poise for yourself, and more importantly you lose the option to block, but damage and stun chance you get from dual weidling is so insanely high that it doesn't make sense for any non-magic build to not have 2 weapons going at once. Atleast have the option queued up behind your sheild for when damage is a go
For the blessing Fia gives you for the hugs, use it in boss fights. Using it removes the health debuff, and you now have increased poise to fight a boss.
@@muhammadlutfiabdulaziz5924 Poise is your resistance to stagger. If you have high poise your attacks usually wont be interrupted by enemy attacks for example.
This, I'm so tired of people acting like it's a curse. It isn't some silly thing to be thrown away, and as a magic caster the FP cost is small enough for use.
A great tip for anyone struggling to fight bosses. Even if it takes 100 deaths, keep attempting to dodge the bosses attacks, learn how fast/slow the boss weapon tries to attack you and eventually you'll beat the boss. Doesn't matter how many times you die because its part of the process ❤💪
Also when you go through you kinda get used to that level of enemy. So until that point in the game everything feels just that bit easier in comparison
@@utisti4976 Agreed his arrows if not blocked by ibsticles are undodgeable. Had an enemy I was trying to snipe but kept doing my bolts. Summon the ancestor the enemy could not dodge. I was out of reach so I let the ancestor do the work for me.
There are 2 skeleton guys that act exactly as the skeletons you found: When the enemy takes them down after a couple of seconds the came back to life given that the enemy doesn't hit their corpses in the ground. They are stupid aggressive too. You just have to NOT BE besides them and keep attacking the boss to distract him so he never hits them when they are in the floor and there you have it: Infinite punishment from the afterlife.
Baldachain's blessing increases your poise stat, so it's a really good consumable item for characters with low poise. Also you need to consume/use the blessing to start its effects. After the status effects ends, your health should come back to normal.
Wait so the health debuff doesn't occur until you use it and goes back to normal after? In the video they make it seem like just holding it in inventory drops your health.
@@Palaecro Having it in your inventory decreases your health. Consuming it spends FP to boost your poise, and returns your health to normal. It’s great to use in certain situations, but this video doesn’t point that out.
@@Palaecro no, the health debuff occurs when she holds you and gives you the blessing. But only when you consume/use the blessing is when your poise increases for a certain duration.
I made like 80% of these mistakes all opening weekend. Never could get into Souls games, but I think I am getting it now, It is getting better thanks for all the videos!
@@blissfulhydra4399 maybe, but the cockiness that also accompanies the grinding will change that. Sure you can fuck up “more”, but only noticeable difference I’ve seen is just how hard I hit, still get smacked around one way or another lol 😆
On the blessing, she does mention taking your vigor. Gotta really pay attention to what NPCs say in the souls games. A lot of the time something a npc says that seems innocuous actually means something.
@@StygianIkazuchi Well, considering it's a short buff when you use it, but you have less health the entire time you don't use it, that does seem like a net negative to me. BTW, net negative means it's more bad than good, not that there is no good. An example of a net negative would be having great sex with someone. That's great! A week or two later, you realize you have herpes. Well, the sex was good but you're going to be dealing with herpes for a long time. Hence, more bad than good.
Something huge I found for my friends like me that wandered into the wrong area. If you run in grab your runes then save and quit you will be outside the boss room with your runes in hand again.
@@oddishguy6618 no not necessarily. You miss out on a quest line, that will lead to a nice farming spot and boss early, but can still get to that area later in the game. Impressive you defeated Varre early on! Hes a pain to deal with...
@@AOKellyJr his damage input wasn't to bad but the bleed build up was insane, and his frequent attacks was difficult to overcome, but I was able to do it, I'm happy I impressed you. I've leveled up a bit since then and now I have the Dragonmaw incantation, along with the Aspects of the Crucible: Tail incantation. So, I'm happy with how far I progressed, sucks I missed out on a questline tho.
it's a good entry for souls games, for the amount of resources it gives you to handle enemies and to explore the world, I haven't play much souls games but Dark Souls 3, I know you can easily get stuck in certain zones in Dark Souls 3 (stucked skill wise at least in my case), in contrast you always have something to do in Elden Ring and its more forgiven when you do odd stuff. In both games you aren't handhold though.
For people who are new to souls games in general, make sure to manage your weight and encumbrance, theres a lot of heavy weapons in this game that can tip your load weight higher and cause you to fat roll. Good luck everyone!
@@Joreel I have never played a souls game. Picked up elden ring. I’m literally hooked like crack. I haven’t felt this way about gaming in a long time. I’m definitely checking out dark souls after I beat elden ring
I got stuck in Dark Souls 1 a long time ago. I'm not particularly good, so Elden Ring took me by surprise how much I like it. I can fast travel and explore a lot easier so I don't feel stuck in one place in this game. And the horse is great to use. Enemies are brutal and scary, but it's fun when you manage to beat them.
@@finnneilson6229 I picked the religious dude cuz I enjoyed lightning in dark souls 3. So far I'm high level and no lightning. I want to shoot lightning dammit
Baldachins Blessing is actually a really good buff to use before bosses, people just hear less HP and assume it’s bad. Plus health means nothing if you can get your dodges down pat
Elden ring tip 11: Sometimes horseback combat is better than on-foot combat. Elden ring tip 12: If a weapon is good, use it. Don't let people tell you *not* use a weapon because it's too good.
@@georgejones5019 One thing I like about the difficulty is that it’s fair it’s your fault if you die. Cheesing is so fucking boring I rather actually play the game and overcome challenges.
After defeating Margit, I pressed pause on the main quest, farmed runes for 4 days and leveled up my spirits and defeated Godrick on first try. Summons are too OP.
statistics show that Elden Ring plavers are failures in life and are incredibly stupid. Fifa helps build teamwork and friendship and you learn from it because of the tactical gameplay.
@@BarcelonaRussia then you must not play FIFA. Isn't it a wide known fact that FIFA recycle the games year after year it kind of seems like you're an idiot if you buy a year after year
@@VaporShock1 straight facts lol. They legit keep reviving the same old game every year and people still waist their money Lmao. Y’all FIFA need to start play
*Another tip:* Mind the _"Weight Limit"_ try to manage equipment so you don't go into Heavy Weight, since then you'll nerf your dodge/roll a hell'uv a lot! Movement is usually always key in defeating bosses, this like all other souls games this isn't a game that lets you tank bosses or even regular mobs by taking the hits willy nilly!
One of the best qol changes this game's added was showing your weight load - being able to quickly and easily see if i'm at med or heavy when considering new gear is so helpful, and saves having to manually test every time
Getting “Margit’s Shackle” from Patches at “Murkwater Cave” for 5000 runes will help a lot in the fight against ”Margit the Fell Omen”. Also using it outside the fight has the added benefit of uncovering “illusion walls”.
When stunning enemies, in particular bosses, sometimes you can actually do significantly more damage by spaming special attacks or doing a combo string rather than going for a critical hit, this is especially true if you are dual wielding or have weapons with high bleed.
So true. I'm at level 70 and I fought my first Crucible Knight, the one in Limgrave. I kept WANTING to do him critical damage when his stance broke, but the Bloodhound fang just melted through the guys armor to the point that the critical hit didn't make sense, me hitting him made much more sense
I was quite far in this game before i figured this out. This is particularly true for enemies who have super long recoveries from staggers like the Giants. But less true for enemies who have short staggers like the ice enemies you first encounter in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
I would definitely say no shame in using the spirit ashes. I wouldn't even consider it calling in backup, you use your FP (which doesn't replenish without using a flask) to use a spell that summons something. Completely different from doing it co op etc. (which also should have no shame)
Great list! I think Number 10 is the one that stuck out the most strongly to me - whether for Elden Ring, or any other FromSoft title, you should play the game how you want in order to enjoy yourself. Especially for newer players, it's easy to get taken in by all the internet buzz about min-max builds, and seeing all the clips of FromSoft veterans or streamers perfectly i-framing their way through fights, and I think that contributes a lot to the "gamer pride" thing that keeps people from just backing down from a fight and going somewhere else in Elden Ring. Just play the game as you want in order to enjoy everything the game has to offer - overlevel, underlevel, stack vigor and poise to facetank enemies, or go light, learn the fights to a tee, and never get hit once - it's really all up to you, and you should do what you have to to enjoy this masterpiece of a game to its fullest. FromSoft games are *objectively* difficult relative to most games, so every approach is fair game.
I'm one of those people and I just can't help it. When I get games like this I want to have the best possible build for my character, so I do tons of research. I don't want to waste time sinking points into stats that don't matter, just so I can "play it how I want" and then struggle during the late game.
I feel like you’re just hurting yourself if you don’t use Spirit Ashes, they are extremely helpful. I would personally recommend using them on Margit if you feel underleveled because not only do they provide a little extra damage, they also provide a distraction for the boss, giving you those needed breaks to heal up or restore FP/Stamina.
@@FairtrynumberIforgot I personally have mine split 11/1 for my ashes of war. I also use the mimic for cannon fodder though so it’s not like I’m using FP on my summons int he first place XD.
There's no quest log but the game gives you the tools to track them. When you return to an NPC that gave a request, they'll remind you of it. So place a map marker on those NPCs to track that you haven't done the request yet.
@@ExpectedBoythere are pictured markers and I've found I only really have 5ish on a map at a time, If there's a boss that's too strong I put a skull one down so I know to go back there later, if it's a cave I haven't explored fully I stick a diamond (to show items I likely missed) There's other random pics but I guess you could attribute your own meaning to any of them and that may help :)
Fat rolling actually helped me figure out my dodge windows better and to utilize it in a way that doesn't just avoid the oncoming attack, but those after as well. That being said, don't fat roll if you don't have to lol but it did help me get a better understanding of enemy moves, when they hit and where it's safe for you to be even when it looks like it shouldn't be a safe spot.
If you end up missing out on getting the spirit calling bell from the witch, you can buy the bell from the Twin Maiden Husks in the Roundtable Hold! It only costs 100 Runes
a mate of mine saw the witch than the witch got attacked by the tree sentinel and she then vanished and now even if he goes to the twin maidens they don't have the bell any tips on that?
@@azazelthelazyone damn that sucks, I’ve got nothing for you there, sounds like maybe that event triggered a non-discovered bug since that sounds like a really unique thing to happen
Make sure to utilize mechanics like, jump attacks, guard contering, and switching up attacks from just the basic R1, it will stun bosses a lot more and made the margit fight much easier for me
You forgot to mention, when you use the baldachin's blessing, you get a small poise buff for a limited time. So for example, you could use it right before a boss that has been staggering you a lot or breaking your poise. So you get your original hp back and the poise buff, and you can get that item from Fia as many times as you want.
Are you saying that you keep the poise buff even after deactivating the blessing? Yeah he showed the poise buff on screen but never physically mentioned that there is any upside to it so I was a bit confused
This tip may have been mentioned before in the comments and in the video (haven't finished it yet, still watching it when typing this), but weight of armor doesn't matter on Torrent. You can equip stronger, heavier armor while riding Torrent and move at the same speed without hindering movement while fighting. Could be helpful when fighting on horseback against stronger opponents.
Especially if you choose warrior and wanna stick to the dual wield left bumper cheese. Helps a lot when you're against two or more shielded foot soldiers.
It's kinda like with drinking when someone says "they had a one to many." Well in Elden Ring it's all fun and games collecting all those runes... until you've met a enemy or exploring to many and end up somewhere you shouldn't be. Perhaps going somewhere underleveled and underequiped with some runes that's a alien fungus ridden hellscape with Trex dogs and dinosaur birds isn't the best idea... Bosses in sealed areas are the most dangerous because I haven't found an item yet that teleports you without losing runes? Damn guess I'll just come back later for those runes... NOPE I die everytime when I go for a "stroll" in the world thinking about those runes sitting in that boss room 💀
@@joshrakestraw3319 Yeah it really hurts knowing you lost a treasure trove of runes to a boss because you got too greedy and didn't want to used them first.
@@joshrakestraw3319 if your runes are stucked inside a boss room, just run in, retrieve your remains, and quit. The next time you log in, you'll be outside the boss room with your beloved runes, you greedy bastard.
Definitely want to emphasize switching up your weapons. I was struggling with one of the Night Riders, then I switched to a +7 spear I got from a joke boss/merchant guy, and I easily beat them. If your struggling try a different weapon, keep a bunch on you, its helped me a lot.
Absolutely I keep every non duplicate weapon that I get, it’s fun trying them out and seeing all the different skills on them. Some will be better for pvp as opposed to pve
Something I noticed get very good in this game - USE WEAPON ARTS (or weapon skills, however it is called - thosse special moves that come with ashes of war) - they do insane damage, much more then regular strikes. FP got really important to "martial" builds! Also, try jump-attacks -> simply jump and use HEAVY attack to smash into the ground with our weapon. It does a lot of damage
best weapon for my current build that I have and can use is the Meteorite Ore Katana, which unfortunately can't change its weapon art (and lets be honest, gravity moves kind suck, especially early/mid game). Definitely need to beat Rennala and get a respec in
@@TheCokee47 But it has something Moonveil doesn’t which is good Str scaling. Two hand it at 27 Str and you can hit like it’s 40 and easily fit it into a mage build. Gravity Well is also great utility to have on the weapon alongside the other spells a mage would have. It’s a sleeper hit tbh. I’ve been using it since I found it.
that last speech about "have fun as u want to have it" was great man, it inspires me to try new things in this game, i was worried or having in mind that i need to beat this the old fashioned way, great video btw u got a like and sub c:
Souls vet here. One thing I recommend to new players is trying your first run "blind." Don't look up questlines or guides until you fight the boss at least 1 time. A lot of the vets know half the fun is exploring, figuring out puzzles, and finding cool new things. Souls games have a lot of replay value and you're destined to find something new even with a guide!
I would do that if Elden Ring is structured like any Souls game, but the game is huge, if you fully explore and don't do any quest it will take at least 100 hours for the first playthrough, I ran NG+10 on DS3 and did every questline but I don't know if I can do NG+7 in Elden Ring cause the game is huge
Idk it depends on who’s playing, I tried what you said (before I saw your comment obviously) and I rage quit a bit, but luckily after watching some other guides, I’m actually now enjoying the game.
I'll usually watch someone else fight a boss if I've struggled with him for awhile to see if I'm missing something obvious and see if they're struggling too of if they're doing something I'm not doing inorder to beat him. Other than that I'm doing as much of a blind play as I can.
only problem with that is you may miss out on a lot. thats why for the most of the souls games ive played, ive done a "semi blind" run as my first run. i try to everything myself and only use guides if im stuck in an area or to see if i missed a boss in any area before i progress to the next. i do this because i went through bloodborne completely blind on my first playthrough and i knew something was wrong when it took me 14 hours. didnt know that the upper cathedral ward, the old abandoned workshop, iosefkas clinic, the nightmare frontier, and cainhurst existed. outside of those areas, i didnt know that the cleric beast, paarl, and moon presence existed either. i had sorta the same experience with ds1 playing through that blind (although not missing nearly as much), because of how non linear it is. was stuck in the catacombs for 5 hours. i miss way too much to play blind.
Caelid is a good place to start with as long as you are a sourcer and are careful of enemies. There is a very overpowered staff called the “meteorite staff” and a spell which fires powerful rocks at an enemy. You can easily get there on horseback. This staff will last you from early to mid game through elden ring. You will outgrow this staff as you get new spells and the staff from Renella but you will not have to worry about that for some time.
As a guy that has never played any FromSoftware games before, I am in love with this game. I’m just at level 45. But I would definitely follow the tips here. This all checks out. Just starting head south and once you are capable of beating everything south pretty easily. Then go beat the castle boss. And use the soul summons, they make monster bears much easier.
If this is your first game then you need to know this: You saw a cool rare enemy with cool looking armor? Keep grinding him and with time his entire set including weapons and shields will drop for you. Every enemy's gear is something you can get with the exception of bosses. It takes time so use the silver talon thingy to boost your drop rate chance to spare you some trouble. I mean c'mon, one needs to look badass while slaying monsters amirite?
I love being able to explore and actually get away from most enemies when I need to, if I played it without farming I would rage quit. I’m not great at souls games (didn’t even know I was fatrolling until my friend told me) but the vastness of the world gives me less anxiety than knowing I can make it past these 3 mini bosses in a row by just running. I’m also glad I can see all the other players who died so I don’t feel like I suck at the game. Boosts morale.
Seeing bloodstains makes me feel better knowing someone died on the first step. No idea how, but there are blood spots there. Also, make sure you talk to the girl in the red cloak at the storm shack north of gate front. She gives you a jellyfish spirit, it’s very tanky and helpful against margit and godrick.
@@mushroomduck1345 One of my favorite things is to touch the bloodstains to see how others have perished. Some of them are so silly and it makes me laugh. Just edited to say I'm terrible at the game btw lol so I'm not trying to be mean by laughing at them. I'm relating lol
Hidden faint mechanic on certain weapons. To use, start a charged heavy attach then press the dodge button. Also don't roll through poison or what not, just sprint. If you roll you cover yourself and will continue to take damage even after leaving the poison or what not
I don't know who will see this, but the poise/posture damage is so damned important. If you can, do jump attacks! If you have the time, do charged R2 attacks even more! I went from struggling with Margit to beating him with the Claymore (the Baemore) and it's amazing charged R2s. If you're reading this far, they do a massive amount of poise damage for a charged R2. Just three of them with a Heavy infused Claymore brought him down for a critical hit.
Works on R2 based ashes of war too. Forgot the name, my favorite is the one where you sheathe your sword and do an overhead blue strike, staggers a lot of shit.
Honestly one of the biggest mistake that new players often make in all souls games (Not only Elden Ring) is players not leveling their health. I see a lot of people complain that they get oneshot by certain bosses but then I look at their health bars and they have little to no points invested in vigor.
@@robertjagiel8222 I usually like to have enough points to twohand my main weapon and then dump the rest into vigor until I have my desired amount (I usually run 26 vigor in the early game + Radagon's scarceal for 1000 hp.)
@@robertjagiel8222 I tend to spread it out a bit between vigor, endurance, and whatever my offense stat is, but I always make sure to have at least 5-10 more levels in vigor by the time I am ready to take on margit and start stormveil castle
Yeah you only do that if you are really good. That's how I was by the time I played through DS1 for like the 3rd/4th time. Actually did a no armor run throughout near entirety of the game. The skill translated over to ER to where I was able to level into dex/end more than completely vigor for the start. Minimal difficulty, died a few times but nothing that made me aggravated.
About the Baldachin's blessing, it's not really a bad thing so much as it's kind of a fair trade. Early game there is very little to no good armors that have a high poise value and the armors that are good are either far out of the way or really only available mid to late game. Popping the blessing boosts your poise so it makes it harder for enemies to interrupt your attacks or stagger you and as soon as you use it you get your hp back, so just use the blessing before any fights if you don't have any good armor yet and it can help out a lot, frankly it's really good early game.
I hated this game at first. I kept finding myself coming back even though I had no idea what I was doing. About 12 hours in right now, I love this game lmao
Some of the underground miners have a flammable sack on their back, you hit it with the torch and they'll quickly go boom. Roll away! That and switching to a strike weapon (club/mace) are big keys to them.
The only 2 torches worth a damn are the beast torch and steel wired torch. Beast torch keeps the beasts at bay unless they have red eyes. This includes wolves, the T Rex crows, etc.
I highly recommend switching the jump and interact buttons. Being able to hold down a to use any shortcuts or switch how you hold a weapon feels so much easier.
I changed it as soon as i started playing. Using Y to jump just feels way more natural to me, especially after playing so many hours of breath of the wild and using X to jump
Nice guide, thanks! A few key lessons you could also consider: 1) Don't overload your character (max Med Load) or your rolls will be too slow in combat. Try it. Equip only what you need and consider armour decoration only. 2) Don't carry runes into a site you are not prepared to lose. Spend it first: level up, buy stuff or upgrade weapons. 3) Don't use the golden runes until you need to to afford something - this is a useful way to top up for something you need and get your runes balance low before combat. 4) Find a rune farm you can jump to for little top-ups (like Lenne's Rise ball farm) 5) Avoid night unless you need it to trigger a boos fight. Rest at Sources of Grace to wait for morning. 6) If you are unfamiliar with fighting, 1) Learn how to lock on. 2) Practise skill moves, jump/rush/roll and charged attacks, 3) find a soldier you can kite away from the rest and practise with (like at Gatefront). 7) A lot of buffs stack - so try to get your weapons, ashes, medallions, physics to buff the same thing - like a charged attack.
If you go to the Third Church of Marika there is a warp that takes you to the NE part of Caelid and all the enemies there give a ton of exp. Might have to grind a on one or two at first to power up but it definitely makes leveling faster by getting there early and finding specific places. Also getting the Meteorite staff from Caelid is amazing for early game.
Lol same. I found that two handing the broadsword and using the R2 arts (impale I think?) when there was an opening helped out a lot. It did a decent chunk of damage and left the boss open for a charged up R2 when he stumbled (couldn't figure out where his critical hit spot was). For the charging attack where he runs toward you and sweeps with the halberd, just a simple roll backward will make him miss and put you in a position to punish him for it. Hope this helps!
Tell her to cheese that guy. I beat him first time I saw him as a wretch with a club. I just waited for him to use ONE attack; the Charge(running) attack swing. Roll to the right with the Boss. Hit him 2 times. Avoid till he uses charge(running) attack. Repeat.
Tree sentinel is designed to teach the player to back off and try going somewhere else when needed. Think a lot of people new to these types of games though just hear "oh it's very hard," and then don't figure this out.
People really having a hard time figuring out they don't have to fight a random enemy in the middle of an open field where you can easily run away in ANY direction?
I knew I couldn’t take Tree Sentinel in the beginning but Margot was a different story. Thought cause of the cut scene I had to go that way, I ended up taking him but took me about an hour 😂
I never skip enemies, especially in dungeons or big dense areas. I like to fight them once, and then if I die, I'll run pass to resume where I died and grab my runes in the process
There's a stonesword key in Caelid on the giant tower you can parkour too, also it's good to just hit torches for later. Exploring is the best bit in this game.
Great video for the most part, I do think you probably should of mentioned what you actually get in return for hugging Fia. Its not just a slight health de-buff like a curse, you gain Poise, which for Boss fights will keep you from being completely staggered when you get hit.
yeah but i cant seem to beat radahn no matter how many times or how many guides i watch and even if i level up i just cant get to his second stage, i got there once but then die immediately because of his meteor strike. This guy is no joke he is the hardest boss ive fought.
@@nehorai9884 not sure if you're still on him, but I just ran around on the horse summoning the heros mostly. Would get a quick cheap shot in once in a while if he was busy with the helpers. It took about 30 tries, but finally got him.
This is very helpful for me. I've never played a Dark Souls game and wanted to get some play time in with this because of the open world yet still experience what Dark Sould players go through. I'm having a blast with it so far!
the blessing is an item, you are not "getting rid of it" you are using it, it boosts poise, i didn't know it lowered your health while you carried it, but it is an item you can use.
When bosses fight like they have infinite stamina, I don't care what anybody say, spirit ashes can make a helleva difference drawing bosses away to allow you to recover health or stamina.
One tid bit of advice I received that greatly changed my Dark souls experience back in the day: Don't be afraid to dodge INTO attacks, invincibility frames are real. And I don't know for sure but it feels like ER's i-frames are massive
they seem that way.. until you find a zombie/skeletal fiend that lunges at you and pulls you out of a tumble to gnaw at your shoulder. happened to me in in the 'impaler's catacombs"
People have to keep in mind that a lot of these bosses were made with two people fighting it in mind using the coop feature. Summoning spirits is fromsofts way of easing that for solo players
when it comes to conversations with npcs the best thing you can do is exhaust their dialogue until they start repeating themselves that means you have all the relevant info from that encounter then rest and try again sometimes its something new if you feel stuck try talking to someone else that is involved sometimes its pretty forward but other times you gotta bounce around a bit
Fantastic vid! Souls Vet here; I went East after a ..certain reccurring character from Demon Souls.. "fooled" me and I had one hell of a time lol. If you manage to get through a bit of it, you'll get a really powerful summons that practically solo'd the first boss for me. Fuck those snipers. Also, in regard to exploring (within the first castle in particular), look for certain spots you may be able to jump down to..soOo many secwets!
I recommend newer players travel south to the weeping peninsula before doing anything even related to the castle lmao. And other big tip for veterans: switch your interact button and jump button. You’ll see that it helps your your muscle memory a lot(A for interact, Y for jump)
About the blessing, the buff to poise it gives can actually be nice in pvp if you use super heavy weapons like great swords or colossal swords. If you can spare the health (I think it only drops your hp by 40) consider keeping it around to use if you’re getting knocked out if hits too often
The inherent issue I've had with Spirit Ashes is that it makes fights feel less satisfying and less rewarding when you beat them using ashes. Some ashes can be so OP that you can just summon them, sit back and watch, and that's my biggest problem - I don't want to watch AI beat the boss for me, *I* want to be the one to defeat the boss. I don't judge people who use ashes, but what I'm saying is that there's a very good reason that I personally avoid them when I can. Certain boss fights (especially ones that have multiple enemies) feel like they demand use of spirit ashes - I make an exception then, because I don't find it fun to fight 2 or 3 enemies at once, but when it comes to single bosses, I don't like using spirit ashes.
Rule of thumb: The more the enemy's looks make you go "wtf is that?!" The higher level it is.
Yea those crows in Caelid made me say that then I realized i should not be here lol
Accurate asf
What if Enemy looks make me say "That's a dragon."
@@xPapiDanny the crows? WHAT about the rabid maingey hyena-alpaca-rat-rex hybrids????
@@Sorrowdusk yeah i was about to say something like that 😂
Be sure to change to "two handed" prior to mounting your horse. You will receive the two handed str bonus even though the attack animations show single handed in mounted combat.
Hey this was actually really helpful because I wasn’t sure if it worked like that. I’m a glass cannon with strength and dex so two handing has been the main focus.
🤨 I didn't think it worked that way
@@Sorrowdusk yep, check your weapon damage while in 2H in the status menu then mount your horse. It's doesn't change.
Really?! I didn’t know this!! Thanks!! This was actually helpful
Oh wow nice find
Another tip that I haven't seen mentioned in a few videos that I'm sure newer players may not catch is Strength requirements. If you have a weapon that has a strength requirement of say 30, you can two-hand it at 20 strength (you only need 66% of the requirement if you two-hand it). The game gives you a message telling you that you can use it effectively two-handed but it can easily be missed if you're just spamming the confirm button. This only works with Strength, not Dexterity or any of the spell based stats.
Now that is a great tip, thanks for that!
@@justinbenford9363 Been 2-handing the Tree Sentinels' weapon a lot using this technique, it also works when you mount up, even if the animation only shows you using 1-hand anyway
Two handing takes more Stamina to swing. It's honestly not worth it. I can get 5 swings one handed out of my colossal sword vs two handed
@@bombomos it increases your strength by 50% therefore increasing damage and posture damage... I'm 2 handing my one 90% of the time... Higher poise/tougher enemies aren't going to let you swing 5 times. Not even close..
@@Doomscrollin Ditto, I 1-shot most regulars even sweeping hits take out small groups, and I do a lot of damage each time I hit bigger guys, I usually break their poise before they have a change to fight back, then just finish them off.
Both Margit and the Tree Sentinel were specifically put in the early game to punish players not respecting the open world of Elden Ring and treating it as a linear game. Also as a challenge for pros. This is also why one of the hardest areas of the game (DragonBarrow and Caleid) is adjacent to the starting location. Its a way of showing the player that the game isnt going to hold your hand and its up to you to figure out how to best develop your character.
I took me a few hours (Maybe 5-8) to finally beat the tree sentinal. After that, although it took me maybe around 5-8 tries, I beat Margit. (Mostly because I decided to get the lone wolves early and got the ranged air slashing ashes of war)
@@clurtzy funny Thing this is my first souls Game. I started did the few must does at the beginning and accendentily stumbled into Margit and the other guy with the Light hammer and Light throwing knifes. Beat them both after a few tries and then i saw a Video telling me to wait with these two and axplore first. Well no i am exploring the game
I'm new to these games and cleared the dude without anything but my sword 😂😂😂 Took me a few hours but was def worth it, very satisfying to take him out once and for all
This is my first souls game besides bloodborne (which I don’t count because I quit within 10 minutes because it was too hard 😂) so I had a buddy help me with the Tree Sentinel and Margitt, then he told me, “just so you know, by asking me to do that, you just made the game a lot harder for yourself” and when I asked him to elaborate, he told me I’d know soon. I in fact knew what he meant within an hour. I tried exploring as if it were a linear game, but quickly had to turn and go back before I even made it through the castle! He told me to head toward the direction of Caelid, but the way he said it sounded suspicious to me, so I did not. Im so glad I didn’t because I just reached Caelid today after a few days worth of leveling and skill and STILL had to turn my ass around 😂 that place is a hellscape for sure 😫
To be honest, the tree sentil was really a pain, but I defeated margit in about 30 min (astrologer build)
"you don't wanna die 40 times right at the start"
Me: sweating perfusely after convincing myself that I could beat the tree sentinel for the 40th tries 😂
I tried once, and then immediately left
If you are a samurai, there is a little platform which you can climb onto and rain arrows on the sentinel and his attacks won't reach you
I spent the first hour of the game just fighting the Sentinel. Killing him was amazing, just to be greeted with an awesome weapon my character couldn't even hold yet.
@@venomousgaming3270 hold it two handed you can use it if your strength is 66% of the overall required strength
@@cozy_2X That's good to know. I wish I had back then, I'd have put less stats into Strength. Now I can one hand most weapons.
My tip is read the messages especially near chests. At first i never listened to the trap ahead messages near chests. I learned my lesson after getting teleported to caelid with no way out 😅
I got I bamboozled by a trap ahead with a liar message nearby, the trapped chest poofed me to sellia crystal tunnel....I died so many times and I had so many runes on me that I lost. 😢
@@twiggy2495 The same one with me 😂
actually i went thru that chest by choice, but first time the dust came to my face, i accidentally pulled shield out to block, and the teleport didnt affect me, idk if it was a bug tho
Yeah idk what the devs were thinking because after grinding my way out of caelid I was way overleved for the actual area i was supposed to be and it had a snoball effect that kinda half ruined the game for me. The enemies were either beat yourself over the head with a stick hard or complete baby mode easy. I actually missed so many cool boss fights because i ended up killing them in 3 seconds and really regretting how easy it was to skip over vast amounts of content on accident because going back to do it later ruins it after leveling honestly.
@@patricknorris9334 Sounds like an anime plot 😂
I was determined to beat that Golden Knight at the beginning. Died to him about 150 times (not an exaggeration) before finally ending his existence. It was glorious.
And also a waste of time. But you do you
@@IvaN-cf7qt agreed. Finally defeating him felt so good.
@@masonharris7132 dark souls 3 is the only other souls game I've played.
he was my arch nemsis, the reason I Travel around the map to grow stronger.
beating himn was one of the more satisfying gaming achievement I Had
@@Lord.Caridos mine is that fucking kindred beast in the top right of the red area I’m dedicated to power leveling so I can have the satisfaction of slaughtering him💀
1: Dont repeatedly fight the same enemy, go do something else
2: Remove balachins blessing
3: Dont obsess over classes
4: Do not go east in the start, go north or south instead
5: Do not rush through areas and enemies
6: Different enemies have different resitances, dont use the same weapon on every boss
7: Dont forget to 2 hand weapons
8: Do not forget to do NPC quests
9: Do not forget to change out ashes of war to change the damage scaling on a weapon
10: Dont forget to use spirit ashes
For number 6. I immediately failed lol I've been using the blood thronnblade for every boss 😅
@@Its_spectersame I didn't know different enemies have different resistance😂😂😂
One great tip is that when mounted on your horse, you can attack to the right with R1 and R2 and to the left with L1 and L2. Makes horse combat much easier knowing you can attack on either side.
bless u. Maybe i can actually win horse fights now. I hate horse enemies
I learned this by accident WAYYY too late into the game.
But this was inconsistent if we target lock is it not?
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Another great tip is if your constantly running around with 3 summons all spamming late game boss weapon arts, don’t. Your ruining the game. Especially for players new to this, I’ve talked to 3 different friends who bought this game and won’t pick it up again
The REASON the Tree Sentinel patrolls the main road, is to "encourage" you to go off the main path immediately
I never thought of it that way
Also that it's ok to run away, get stronger and come back!
huh
I did 😅 saw big boi said oh stuffing, turn it around 😂
🤯🤯🤯
On the Spirit Ashes: I'm a veteran Souls player and thought I would not use them, I started Elden Ring 2handing a Greatsword in Light armor. 55hrs in and Jake is 100% correct, the game EXPECTS you to use Spirit Summons in many different instances. I'm now a Spellsword build having tons of fun just casting from a distance while my summons fight every now & then.
@@BarcelonaRussia bruh you play garbage fifa... filled with online gambling, like atleast choose a fun sport like basketball or MMA if you're gonna be that guy.
@@BarcelonaRussia you should touch some grass man
@@BarcelonaRussia "seek a nearby therapist and touch some grass on the way out..", says the guy shittalking under an Elden Ring video. Ah the hypocrisy.
I still haven't used them yet lol
@@BarcelonaRussia id rather touch grace
the biggest tip i can give to a new player is: DON'T BE GREEDY
if a boss gave you an opnening to attack, attack once or twice, don't try to full combo them every opening because you will be punished.
also, another really important tip: DON'T BE AFRAID
if a boss is huge, then thats fine, come close to them, hug their feet and start attacking. If you create distance on big enemies your are giving them the chance to hit you while you can't hit them. They have more range, so you gotta play it close to them.
There's a saying in souls games that's "the difficulty of a boss is inversely proportional to their size", you should only fear enemies that are your size or slightly bigger, not the opposite.
i don't think that's really a tip, it's the kind of thing that you should find out on your own
Malenia in a nutshell
Yup, dodge rolling away is dumb, theyre made to catch you. Left, right and forward is better
Bruh people don't know this? 😂 Wtf
Biggest noob mistake is big equala scary. Big equals easy, its the human sized target that will wipe the floor with your ass
I think that my favorite part is that every dungeon is built, seemlessly into the open world. Far too many RPG open worlds just have them behind some loading screen.
That's what was great about the Witcher 3
@johanan J.J if you hide behind the little wall the dragon will jump down to attack you, then you can run past and get the bonfire :) hope that helps.
Indeed the only time you actually see the loading screen is if you either die or fast travel or trapped by a chest or the one abductor
@@xCDF-pt8kj yeah but you get cool dragon powers by defeating them and using their hearts to unlock them
It really is incredible. This game has rejuvenated my love for gaming that I had as a little kid and has only came back during Skyrim and fallout 3 & new Vegas. It’s been a years since a games come out that got me back into it
Bought this game two days ago and I must say, this game is just amazing. I’m 15hrs in and still at 0% progress of the main story. It’s just that much to explore. I’m not even into this kinda of genre but this game, damn, to anyone who’s still deciding, just pick up this gem and enjoy
Thank u..i only have the ps4pro so i held off. I like rpgs, i didn't play any souls game, besides bloodborne which i honestly didnt like
Got it this morning, downloaded and ready for this weekend.
@@rhern845 enjoy bro, have fun 😊
@@xavierlugo5296 its really not bad on ps4 pro. Loading times are decent and the game doesn't look bad
There is a main story?
It's actually smarter to rush through an area and get to the next site of grace and activate it. Fighting new enemies that you are unfamiliar with and that may be too powerful for your level without having a close site of grace nearby isn't a good idea. Then you can go right back and explore more thoroughly and not have to worry about respawning too far away if (when) you die. This is my modus operandi with every soulsborne game.
This is great advice and it's more important in ER than any Fromsoft game yet
True, but only if you have no runes to lose. Otherwise, you can die in some inconvenient spot and not be able to get them back. It happened a few times to me.
One thing is great about soulslike, the game is usually helping you learn how to ease things up without holding your hand on the way, and that modus operandi is naturally developed throughout the gameplay.
@@HSG4meR Yes, everything about these games, and especially ER is tailored for an unparalleled experience where you can go at your own pace. The world building, with almost nonexistent dialogue, is so complex and deep and it's expertly told through exploration and combat. It's a feast for the eyes and ears. GOTY material for sure, even though it was released at the end of February. LoL.
It’s also easier to beat enemies when you approach from the opposite way the game wants in some cases.
Idk if this is common knowledge but with the Bloodhound's Fang, it's special has another step. After pressing your special button if you wait until the end of the animation (when your character kind of kneels down) if you press your heavy attack button during that window, you'll do a second step dashing attack that deals a fair amount of damage.
and has invincibility frames.
It carried me through the first 30 hours of the game 😂. I switched to the great hammer now and I want to dual wield it in New game plus.
Idk how to get blood hounds fang
@@DaNoobPlayerthere is an evergail in limgrave that allows you to fight the blood hood which drops the fang. It’s been my main ever since I got it and it is good in any situation other than against stone
ock enemies
I like this type of random cool stuff in fromsoft games
I've been having a tough week in the real world so playing Eldon Ring has been a great distraction. I'm a first timer to this type of game so having a tough time but having fun learning.
👍🏼
Same! Life has been shit but this game has been a small glimpse of light even though im not very good im taking it very slow
@@rudyyeye7812 For me too my first souls game i'm not very good but i'm also learning and these tips help
love to see more people enjoying the series 😁
I've played a few Dark Souls and Dark Soul like games and this is probably the funniest so far. It's still a crazy ride, but I love that I can just go do something else if I find a boss to hard at the level I'm at and then come back later when I've leveled up to fight him again.
The blessing you get from Fia is actually beneficial if you use it when you need it, The amount of poise it gives you is actually really nice against certain boss fights
I thought the baldachin blessing got rid of the Fia debuff...
@@ffxikatit gets rid of the debuff while giving a temporary poise buff so use just before entering whatever boss arena to restore health to your normal level while temporarily upping poise
"Some of the bosses already don't play fair, so go ahead and beat them at their own game a little bit." Best way I've ever heard this described!
The amount of fear i have while exploring new areas in this game is crazy
I think the music in the game has a lot to do with that too XD
Caelid holy mother of fck
I had to disable music😂. Otherwise I would have quit@@blakebilodeau6005
I am addicted to this game. There is a boss I don't think I can beat? I just run into any direction and find something to explore. Playing with friends feels like you are the fellowship of the rings. There is a mage, a heavy hitter and a bandit in your group and everyone has their advantages somewhere in this massive world. Been playing for hours with friends without beating a single boss
which boss bruh
With the bro's!🙏
Sounds like you’d love Dragon’s Dogma
This game is baaaad for me, im way too stubborn to stop when I lose I keep trying till I win lol
What are you doing with your friends? I can only summon my friend before a boss room. Are there other things you can do?
2 Handing a single weapon is good, to a point. At early levels you're pressed for equip space so poise and weight have to be used more sparingly. 2 handing will allow you to not flinch as often and do a decent amount more damage with every attack. That however does not mean that 2 handing is a good damage tactic in the mid to late game. If you're a melee build and want damage, 2 handing isn't what you want, dual weilding is. Specificlally dual weilding 2 of the same category of weapon. This will change you left light attack button, to do a different string of attacks, that include both weapons. Effectively doubling your damage, instead of the 50% given from 2 handing. Although 1 attack from a 2 handed weapon does more poise damage, an attack with a dual weild attack, with both of them landing will do alot more. This is even more extreme with jump attacks.
Normally with jump attacks you have the option between a light and a strong jump attack, the strong being alot stronger and can stun enemies faster. With dual weidling you only get the option to strong attack, but with 2 weapons you deal just as much poise damage, but twice, while also doubling your damage. I've been 2 handing a collosal sword this entire game until i found out you can hold 2, and use them both together. At level 80 i was 2-4 shotting bosses, no MP required. And this got even more insane with the mimic, because the mimic will naturally prefer to use both at once, over just attack with the right hand. The only time i attack with only 1 sword now is to do the fast couch attack with the collosal sword
Granted you do miss out on some poise for yourself, and more importantly you lose the option to block, but damage and stun chance you get from dual weidling is so insanely high that it doesn't make sense for any non-magic build to not have 2 weapons going at once. Atleast have the option queued up behind your sheild for when damage is a go
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This is one of the most helpful comments on elden ring I have read so far
👏did an amazing job explaining this👏
For the blessing Fia gives you for the hugs, use it in boss fights. Using it removes the health debuff, and you now have increased poise to fight a boss.
What is poise?
@@muhammadlutfiabdulaziz5924 Poise is your resistance to stagger. If you have high poise your attacks usually wont be interrupted by enemy attacks for example.
This, I'm so tired of people acting like it's a curse. It isn't some silly thing to be thrown away, and as a magic caster the FP cost is small enough for use.
Can't you just rest at a grace site and it's gone? Now you have a pose buff? I know this is 5 days old but cmon man
@@xyzzyxzyxxyz ahh I see, thanks for the information!
A great tip for anyone struggling to fight bosses. Even if it takes 100 deaths, keep attempting to dodge the bosses attacks, learn how fast/slow the boss weapon tries to attack you and eventually you'll beat the boss. Doesn't matter how many times you die because its part of the process ❤💪
Ah yes. The meat grinder method.
Or just use scarlet rot dogs and run away
The beauty of roaming into hard areas is that there are plenty of sweet items you can just pick up without fighting from scarabs and corpses.
Indeed, such as the seeds you need to increase flask number
Also when you go through you kinda get used to that level of enemy. So until that point in the game everything feels just that bit easier in comparison
This is part of the open world concept. Braving the dangers of strong area to get sweet loot.
Wolf Summon is OP; level that up as high as you can. They attack quickly and can stun lock certain bosses :)
The ancestor bow guy is really good too. Very versatile.
Wolves annoying they get it the way
@@utisti4976 Agreed his arrows if not blocked by ibsticles are undodgeable. Had an enemy I was trying to snipe but kept doing my bolts. Summon the ancestor the enemy could not dodge. I was out of reach so I let the ancestor do the work for me.
There are 2 skeleton guys that act exactly as the skeletons you found: When the enemy takes them down after a couple of seconds the came back to life given that the enemy doesn't hit their corpses in the ground. They are stupid aggressive too. You just have to NOT BE besides them and keep attacking the boss to distract him so he never hits them when they are in the floor and there you have it: Infinite punishment from the afterlife.
I've been using my imps. If it can bleed, my imps will bleed it.😂
Baldachain's blessing increases your poise stat, so it's a really good consumable item for characters with low poise. Also you need to consume/use the blessing to start its effects. After the status effects ends, your health should come back to normal.
Wait so the health debuff doesn't occur until you use it and goes back to normal after? In the video they make it seem like just holding it in inventory drops your health.
@@Palaecro Having it in your inventory decreases your health. Consuming it spends FP to boost your poise, and returns your health to normal. It’s great to use in certain situations, but this video doesn’t point that out.
@@Palaecro no, the health debuff occurs when she holds you and gives you the blessing. But only when you consume/use the blessing is when your poise increases for a certain duration.
@@kishaloyb.7937 the debuff is on from the moment she holds you until you dont have it in your inventory. Using it grants poise
@@Palaecro When she asks to hold you she asks for some of your vitality in exchange for a boon so she said so from the start
I made it to level 98 before I realized I had to use the lantern, not just put it in a slot.
😭😭
Wait huh
I did not know and im in ng+2
what lantern
@@ad16 one of the merchants sell it in lurnia
Edit- by the shore grace
I made like 80% of these mistakes all opening weekend. Never could get into Souls games, but I think I am getting it now, It is getting better thanks for all the videos!
Im right with ya
Same. The key is to get super OP and breeze your way through bosses.
@@JapChaeJan if you don't want a challenge, sure.
Same here
@@blissfulhydra4399 maybe, but the cockiness that also accompanies the grinding will change that. Sure you can fuck up “more”, but only noticeable difference I’ve seen is just how hard I hit, still get smacked around one way or another lol 😆
On the blessing, she does mention taking your vigor. Gotta really pay attention to what NPCs say in the souls games. A lot of the time something a npc says that seems innocuous actually means something.
also saying it's a "net negative" is false because if I remember correctly, doesn't it actually do something beneficial when you use it?
@@StygianIkazuchi Well, considering it's a short buff when you use it, but you have less health the entire time you don't use it, that does seem like a net negative to me. BTW, net negative means it's more bad than good, not that there is no good.
An example of a net negative would be having great sex with someone. That's great! A week or two later, you realize you have herpes. Well, the sex was good but you're going to be dealing with herpes for a long time. Hence, more bad than good.
@@jimmysthoughts8571 or voting for Biden last year 😱
@@jimmysthoughts8571 I got to be held, it was worth it. Maidenless endeavor.
Something huge I found for my friends like me that wandered into the wrong area. If you run in grab your runes then save and quit you will be outside the boss room with your runes in hand again.
How do you save your game?
For an extra layer of security equip a white tree branch looking talisman sold by many merchants!
@@Sorrowdusk by clicking quit game
The Chad of all Chad's! Great advice!
@@Makikakaoco Yes! The Sacrificial Branch or something
This was my first souls game, I was told it was good for beginners so I got it, I was lied too, but this was incredibly helpful thanks
And I killed the white mask guy and I'm wandering if that was bad or not
@@oddishguy6618 no not necessarily. You miss out on a quest line, that will lead to a nice farming spot and boss early, but can still get to that area later in the game. Impressive you defeated Varre early on! Hes a pain to deal with...
@@AOKellyJr his damage input wasn't to bad but the bleed build up was insane, and his frequent attacks was difficult to overcome, but I was able to do it, I'm happy I impressed you. I've leveled up a bit since then and now I have the Dragonmaw incantation, along with the Aspects of the Crucible: Tail incantation. So, I'm happy with how far I progressed, sucks I missed out on a questline tho.
check out fightingcowboy elden ring walktrough
it's a good entry for souls games, for the amount of resources it gives you to handle enemies and to explore the world, I haven't play much souls games but Dark Souls 3, I know you can easily get stuck in certain zones in Dark Souls 3 (stucked skill wise at least in my case), in contrast you always have something to do in Elden Ring and its more forgiven when you do odd stuff. In both games you aren't handhold though.
For people who are new to souls games in general, make sure to manage your weight and encumbrance, theres a lot of heavy weapons in this game that can tip your load weight higher and cause you to fat roll. Good luck everyone!
This is my first From Software game and I’m absolutely hooked, have not been able to put it down
Now you can branch out and play the original Dark Souls trilogy as well as Nioh 1&2, The Surge 1&2, Sekiro, and Mortal Shell 😍
@@Joreel I have never played a souls game. Picked up elden ring. I’m literally hooked like crack. I haven’t felt this way about gaming in a long time. I’m definitely checking out dark souls after I beat elden ring
I got stuck in Dark Souls 1 a long time ago. I'm not particularly good, so Elden Ring took me by surprise how much I like it. I can fast travel and explore a lot easier so I don't feel stuck in one place in this game. And the horse is great to use. Enemies are brutal and scary, but it's fun when you manage to beat them.
Welcome! Glad you found a From game you can enjoy.
So far I found the fights way harder than dark souls 1. I got to lvl 30 and every fight is brutal
This is so accurate for me lol!
@@magicmanscott40k when character/class did you choose? I have spent about 2 hours trying to decide.
@@finnneilson6229 I picked the religious dude cuz I enjoyed lightning in dark souls 3. So far I'm high level and no lightning. I want to shoot lightning dammit
Baldachins Blessing is actually a really good buff to use before bosses, people just hear less HP and assume it’s bad. Plus health means nothing if you can get your dodges down pat
You don’t need health if you don’t intend on getting hit
Elden ring tip 11: Sometimes horseback combat is better than on-foot combat.
Elden ring tip 12: If a weapon is good, use it. Don't let people tell you *not* use a weapon because it's too good.
I cheese o'neil just running around with torrent lol
Horseback combat is kinda sleeper though it turns the fights into a boring jousting match.
@@namelesss1338 i agree, o'neil is the only boss that i cheese with horse. It feels wrong man lol
Cheesing is the name of the game. Souls games will cheapshot you, so return it in favor.
@@georgejones5019 One thing I like about the difficulty is that it’s fair it’s your fault if you die. Cheesing is so fucking boring I rather actually play the game and overcome challenges.
After defeating Margit, I pressed pause on the main quest, farmed runes for 4 days and leveled up my spirits and defeated Godrick on first try. Summons are too OP.
statistics show that Elden Ring plavers are failures in life and are incredibly stupid. Fifa helps build teamwork and friendship and you learn from it because of the tactical gameplay.
@@BarcelonaRussia It must feel amazing to have no brain cells
@@BarcelonaRussia then you must not play FIFA. Isn't it a wide known fact that FIFA recycle the games year after year it kind of seems like you're an idiot if you buy a year after year
@@BarcelonaRussia I refuse to believe that this would be serious.
@@VaporShock1 straight facts lol. They legit keep reviving the same old game every year and people still waist their money Lmao. Y’all FIFA need to start play
*Another tip:* Mind the _"Weight Limit"_ try to manage equipment so you don't go into Heavy Weight, since then you'll nerf your dodge/roll a hell'uv a lot! Movement is usually always key in defeating bosses, this like all other souls games this isn't a game that lets you tank bosses or even regular mobs by taking the hits willy nilly!
One way to reduce your weight is to try to two hand your weapon more often. This will mean you dont need a secondary weapon
One of the best qol changes this game's added was showing your weight load - being able to quickly and easily see if i'm at med or heavy when considering new gear is so helpful, and saves having to manually test every time
Adding to endurance stat ups your weight load, letting you be light with heavier gear
Getting “Margit’s Shackle” from Patches at “Murkwater Cave” for 5000 runes will help a lot in the fight against ”Margit the Fell Omen”. Also using it outside the fight has the added benefit of uncovering “illusion walls”.
Wish I knew that second bit about margits shakle before my 3rd official run.
When stunning enemies, in particular bosses, sometimes you can actually do significantly more damage by spaming special attacks or doing a combo string rather than going for a critical hit, this is especially true if you are dual wielding or have weapons with high bleed.
So true. I'm at level 70 and I fought my first Crucible Knight, the one in Limgrave. I kept WANTING to do him critical damage when his stance broke, but the Bloodhound fang just melted through the guys armor to the point that the critical hit didn't make sense, me hitting him made much more sense
I was quite far in this game before i figured this out. This is particularly true for enemies who have super long recoveries from staggers like the Giants. But less true for enemies who have short staggers like the ice enemies you first encounter in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
I would definitely say no shame in using the spirit ashes. I wouldn't even consider it calling in backup, you use your FP (which doesn't replenish without using a flask) to use a spell that summons something. Completely different from doing it co op etc. (which also should have no shame)
Shame
@@TrainandGame Nah man
@@TrainandGame booooo 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
I used my spirit wolves to tank the first boss. Playing as astrologer is nice but I squishy ash. Got him on my 20th try.
how do you use spirit ashes? sorry for the dumb question, i’ve just started playing and all the UI is overwhelming
Great list! I think Number 10 is the one that stuck out the most strongly to me - whether for Elden Ring, or any other FromSoft title, you should play the game how you want in order to enjoy yourself. Especially for newer players, it's easy to get taken in by all the internet buzz about min-max builds, and seeing all the clips of FromSoft veterans or streamers perfectly i-framing their way through fights, and I think that contributes a lot to the "gamer pride" thing that keeps people from just backing down from a fight and going somewhere else in Elden Ring. Just play the game as you want in order to enjoy everything the game has to offer - overlevel, underlevel, stack vigor and poise to facetank enemies, or go light, learn the fights to a tee, and never get hit once - it's really all up to you, and you should do what you have to to enjoy this masterpiece of a game to its fullest. FromSoft games are *objectively* difficult relative to most games, so every approach is fair game.
I'm one of those people and I just can't help it. When I get games like this I want to have the best possible build for my character, so I do tons of research. I don't want to waste time sinking points into stats that don't matter, just so I can "play it how I want" and then struggle during the late game.
I feel like you’re just hurting yourself if you don’t use Spirit Ashes, they are extremely helpful. I would personally recommend using them on Margit if you feel underleveled because not only do they provide a little extra damage, they also provide a distraction for the boss, giving you those needed breaks to heal up or restore FP/Stamina.
I agree
Yes. There is only one problem I need all my 12 flasks for healing so I need evry fp for my ash of war.
@@FairtrynumberIforgot I personally have mine split 11/1 for my ashes of war. I also use the mimic for cannon fodder though so it’s not like I’m using FP on my summons int he first place XD.
Dude I ignored the lady that gives you that cuz I just wanted to get my loot back and now idk how to get her back
It feels like cheating to me, because I think Elden Ring become very easy with Spirit Ashes
There's no quest log but the game gives you the tools to track them. When you return to an NPC that gave a request, they'll remind you of it. So place a map marker on those NPCs to track that you haven't done the request yet.
Useful
Can you name markers? If not there would be so many you would get confused.
@@ExpectedBoythere are pictured markers and I've found I only really have 5ish on a map at a time,
If there's a boss that's too strong I put a skull one down so I know to go back there later, if it's a cave I haven't explored fully I stick a diamond (to show items I likely missed)
There's other random pics but I guess you could attribute your own meaning to any of them and that may help :)
Awesome tips thanks guys
Fat rolling actually helped me figure out my dodge windows better and to utilize it in a way that doesn't just avoid the oncoming attack, but those after as well. That being said, don't fat roll if you don't have to lol but it did help me get a better understanding of enemy moves, when they hit and where it's safe for you to be even when it looks like it shouldn't be a safe spot.
If you end up missing out on getting the spirit calling bell from the witch, you can buy the bell from the Twin Maiden Husks in the Roundtable Hold! It only costs 100 Runes
a mate of mine saw the witch than the witch got attacked by the tree sentinel and she then vanished and now even if he goes to the twin maidens they don't have the bell any tips on that?
@@azazelthelazyone damn that sucks, I’ve got nothing for you there, sounds like maybe that event triggered a non-discovered bug since that sounds like a really unique thing to happen
@@azazelthelazyone press right bumper on the controller
@@okalright3941 that’s just the attack button. How does that help?
@@mushroomduck1345 it's like an out of game msg troll lol
Make sure to utilize mechanics like, jump attacks, guard contering, and switching up attacks from just the basic R1, it will stun bosses a lot more and made the margit fight much easier for me
You forgot to mention, when you use the baldachin's blessing, you get a small poise buff for a limited time. So for example, you could use it right before a boss that has been staggering you a lot or breaking your poise. So you get your original hp back and the poise buff, and you can get that item from Fia as many times as you want.
Are you saying that you keep the poise buff even after deactivating the blessing? Yeah he showed the poise buff on screen but never physically mentioned that there is any upside to it so I was a bit confused
@@monhi64you don’t get the buff until you use the blessing, then the rebuff goes away
This tip may have been mentioned before in the comments and in the video (haven't finished it yet, still watching it when typing this), but weight of armor doesn't matter on Torrent. You can equip stronger, heavier armor while riding Torrent and move at the same speed without hindering movement while fighting. Could be helpful when fighting on horseback against stronger opponents.
That’s actually a really good tip. Starting to regret selling the heavy armor I’ve found now
@@blueoctopus8 SELL, ITEMS?!! You should only sell copies you don't need.
This is a great tip. May your red beard live a glorious life.
The jumping attack is underrated, it is really helpful against alot of enemies
It's FANTASTIC for pvp. Nobody knows what to do against it... yet.
Wouldn't say under rated everyone does it
@@happilyisolated roll forward, Bloodborne style
@@dakodabaldur3037 I've been invaded countless times. I've seen two people attempt it. Two. You must be gettin the froggy ones.
Especially if you choose warrior and wanna stick to the dual wield left bumper cheese. Helps a lot when you're against two or more shielded foot soldiers.
I like to think of using Spirit Ashes and NPC summons as "Normal difficulty". Not using them can be "Hard difficulty".
I think the biggest mistake any of us can make is getting a lil too ballsy while carrying 50K+ souls/runes. I still call it souls and bonfires 😁
It's kinda like with drinking when someone says "they had a one to many." Well in Elden Ring it's all fun and games collecting all those runes... until you've met a enemy or exploring to many and end up somewhere you shouldn't be. Perhaps going somewhere underleveled and underequiped with some runes that's a alien fungus ridden hellscape with Trex dogs and dinosaur birds isn't the best idea...
Bosses in sealed areas are the most dangerous because I haven't found an item yet that teleports you without losing runes? Damn guess I'll just come back later for those runes... NOPE I die everytime when I go for a "stroll" in the world thinking about those runes sitting in that boss room 💀
@@joshrakestraw3319 Yeah it really hurts knowing you lost a treasure trove of runes to a boss because you got too greedy and didn't want to used them first.
I did not Play any Dark Souls game earlier,but such comments of calling it that way appears many times 🤣
@@joshrakestraw3319 if your runes are stucked inside a boss room, just run in, retrieve your remains, and quit.
The next time you log in, you'll be outside the boss room with your beloved runes, you greedy bastard.
@@grzo6917 It is very cheering comment,in many games you loose Exp/gold when you Die and you lost it permanently.
Definitely want to emphasize switching up your weapons. I was struggling with one of the Night Riders, then I switched to a +7 spear I got from a joke boss/merchant guy, and I easily beat them. If your struggling try a different weapon, keep a bunch on you, its helped me a lot.
Do you mean Patches? Hes in all of fromsofts games. Look him up on UA-cam! Awesome character.
@@urglegruebum3770 yup! Thats the one, couldn't remember his name and I didn't have time to look it up, lol. That was a super funny encounter.
Absolutely I keep every non duplicate weapon that I get, it’s fun trying them out and seeing all the different skills on them. Some will be better for pvp as opposed to pve
underrated comment, thanks!
When i saw the name, i was like so the time has come to face the interdimensional menace.
Something I noticed get very good in this game - USE WEAPON ARTS (or weapon skills, however it is called - thosse special moves that come with ashes of war) - they do insane damage, much more then regular strikes. FP got really important to "martial" builds!
Also, try jump-attacks -> simply jump and use HEAVY attack to smash into the ground with our weapon. It does a lot of damage
This. Guard crush is great as well.
best weapon for my current build that I have and can use is the Meteorite Ore Katana, which unfortunately can't change its weapon art (and lets be honest, gravity moves kind suck, especially early/mid game). Definitely need to beat Rennala and get a respec in
And poise damage which breaks a lot of enemies posture. It’s the secret cheat code of ER.
@@TheCokee47 But it has something Moonveil doesn’t which is good Str scaling. Two hand it at 27 Str and you can hit like it’s 40 and easily fit it into a mage build. Gravity Well is also great utility to have on the weapon alongside the other spells a mage would have. It’s a sleeper hit tbh. I’ve been using it since I found it.
that last speech about "have fun as u want to have it" was great man, it inspires me to try new things in this game, i was worried or having in mind that i need to beat this the old fashioned way, great video btw u got a like and sub c:
Even though I die a lot, I love the game immensely. It's so beautiful
Souls vet here. One thing I recommend to new players is trying your first run "blind." Don't look up questlines or guides until you fight the boss at least 1 time. A lot of the vets know half the fun is exploring, figuring out puzzles, and finding cool new things. Souls games have a lot of replay value and you're destined to find something new even with a guide!
I would do that if Elden Ring is structured like any Souls game, but the game is huge, if you fully explore and don't do any quest it will take at least 100 hours for the first playthrough, I ran NG+10 on DS3 and did every questline but I don't know if I can do NG+7 in Elden Ring cause the game is huge
Idk it depends on who’s playing, I tried what you said (before I saw your comment obviously) and I rage quit a bit, but luckily after watching some other guides, I’m actually now enjoying the game.
I'll usually watch someone else fight a boss if I've struggled with him for awhile to see if I'm missing something obvious and see if they're struggling too of if they're doing something I'm not doing inorder to beat him. Other than that I'm doing as much of a blind play as I can.
This is the way.
only problem with that is you may miss out on a lot. thats why for the most of the souls games ive played, ive done a "semi blind" run as my first run. i try to everything myself and only use guides if im stuck in an area or to see if i missed a boss in any area before i progress to the next.
i do this because i went through bloodborne completely blind on my first playthrough and i knew something was wrong when it took me 14 hours. didnt know that the upper cathedral ward, the old abandoned workshop, iosefkas clinic, the nightmare frontier, and cainhurst existed. outside of those areas, i didnt know that the cleric beast, paarl, and moon presence existed either.
i had sorta the same experience with ds1 playing through that blind (although not missing nearly as much), because of how non linear it is. was stuck in the catacombs for 5 hours. i miss way too much to play blind.
I just can’t believe how perfect this game really is. Congrats to FromSoft on another masterpiece.
Are you f serious? It's weak, copy paste from the past games...
@@PauloR2T it is not
@@PauloR2T Someone doesn't have enough money to buy it lol
Just wish there was a bit more story
It's very good I just wish it was a bit harder with some better dungeons
Caelid is a good place to start with as long as you are a sourcer and are careful of enemies. There is a very overpowered staff called the “meteorite staff” and a spell which fires powerful rocks at an enemy. You can easily get there on horseback. This staff will last you from early to mid game through elden ring. You will outgrow this staff as you get new spells and the staff from Renella but you will not have to worry about that for some time.
As a guy that has never played any FromSoftware games before, I am in love with this game. I’m just at level 45. But I would definitely follow the tips here. This all checks out. Just starting head south and once you are capable of beating everything south pretty easily. Then go beat the castle boss. And use the soul summons, they make monster bears much easier.
gladd you like it welcome to the community if you need help the community are very nice btw
If this is your first game then you need to know this: You saw a cool rare enemy with cool looking armor? Keep grinding him and with time his entire set including weapons and shields will drop for you. Every enemy's gear is something you can get with the exception of bosses. It takes time so use the silver talon thingy to boost your drop rate chance to spare you some trouble.
I mean c'mon, one needs to look badass while slaying monsters amirite?
@@blinkq_530 Yup, well everyone except Toraso. That guy was/is a dick lol
I love being able to explore and actually get away from most enemies when I need to, if I played it without farming I would rage quit. I’m not great at souls games (didn’t even know I was fatrolling until my friend told me) but the vastness of the world gives me less anxiety than knowing I can make it past these 3 mini bosses in a row by just running.
I’m also glad I can see all the other players who died so I don’t feel like I suck at the game. Boosts morale.
BOOSTS MORALE
What's fatrolling?
@@ren9143 if your weight exceeds 70% you have a clumsier roll and it's harder to dodge
Seeing bloodstains makes me feel better knowing someone died on the first step. No idea how, but there are blood spots there. Also, make sure you talk to the girl in the red cloak at the storm shack north of gate front. She gives you a jellyfish spirit, it’s very tanky and helpful against margit and godrick.
@@mushroomduck1345 One of my favorite things is to touch the bloodstains to see how others have perished. Some of them are so silly and it makes me laugh. Just edited to say I'm terrible at the game btw lol so I'm not trying to be mean by laughing at them. I'm relating lol
Hidden faint mechanic on certain weapons. To use, start a charged heavy attach then press the dodge button. Also don't roll through poison or what not, just sprint. If you roll you cover yourself and will continue to take damage even after leaving the poison or what not
It's on rapier and scimitar class weapons
@@nicholaslind9148 I don't understand what you mean, elaborate please?
@@Makikakaoco he never elaborated
I don't know who will see this, but the poise/posture damage is so damned important. If you can, do jump attacks! If you have the time, do charged R2 attacks even more! I went from struggling with Margit to beating him with the Claymore (the Baemore) and it's amazing charged R2s.
If you're reading this far, they do a massive amount of poise damage for a charged R2. Just three of them with a Heavy infused Claymore brought him down for a critical hit.
Works on R2 based ashes of war too. Forgot the name, my favorite is the one where you sheathe your sword and do an overhead blue strike, staggers a lot of shit.
Playmore with Claymore! Mighty weapon, never lets me down in any of the games.
Honestly one of the biggest mistake that new players often make in all souls games (Not only Elden Ring) is players not leveling their health. I see a lot of people complain that they get oneshot by certain bosses but then I look at their health bars and they have little to no points invested in vigor.
On every character your first ten levels should be vigor
@@robertjagiel8222 I usually like to have enough points to twohand my main weapon and then dump the rest into vigor until I have my desired amount (I usually run 26 vigor in the early game + Radagon's scarceal for 1000 hp.)
@@robertjagiel8222 I tend to spread it out a bit between vigor, endurance, and whatever my offense stat is, but I always make sure to have at least 5-10 more levels in vigor by the time I am ready to take on margit and start stormveil castle
Yeah you only do that if you are really good. That's how I was by the time I played through DS1 for like the 3rd/4th time. Actually did a no armor run throughout near entirety of the game.
The skill translated over to ER to where I was able to level into dex/end more than completely vigor for the start. Minimal difficulty, died a few times but nothing that made me aggravated.
Another tip, check your weapon descriptions, there are additional inputs u can use with your ash of war to extend your combos.
About the Baldachin's blessing, it's not really a bad thing so much as it's kind of a fair trade. Early game there is very little to no good armors that have a high poise value and the armors that are good are either far out of the way or really only available mid to late game.
Popping the blessing boosts your poise so it makes it harder for enemies to interrupt your attacks or stagger you and as soon as you use it you get your hp back, so just use the blessing before any fights if you don't have any good armor yet and it can help out a lot, frankly it's really good early game.
And does the HP only dip when you use it? In the video they make it sound like you're permanently lower HP until you use it.
@@Palaecro it’s permanently lowered as long as you’re carrying it in your inventory and the debuff is removed when you use it
I got the blessing asap and just left it there. Just beat the queen of the moon. Doing just fine with it, don't see what the fuss is about
@@blissfulhydra4399 having extra health is always better and it doesn’t really specify how the debuff works
I hated this game at first. I kept finding myself coming back even though I had no idea what I was doing. About 12 hours in right now, I love this game lmao
Using a torch as a weapon is incredibly effective against monsters weak to fire, like those creeping flesh bags found on the beach and river gorge.
Some of the underground miners have a flammable sack on their back, you hit it with the torch and they'll quickly go boom. Roll away! That and switching to a strike weapon (club/mace) are big keys to them.
The only 2 torches worth a damn are the beast torch and steel wired torch. Beast torch keeps the beasts at bay unless they have red eyes. This includes wolves, the T Rex crows, etc.
The steel wire torch is the only weapon I use. Spam that flamethrower so good.
Poison plants to
There can never be enough videos for this game, keep em coming!
I highly recommend switching the jump and interact buttons. Being able to hold down a to use any shortcuts or switch how you hold a weapon feels so much easier.
I changed it as soon as i started playing. Using Y to jump just feels way more natural to me, especially after playing so many hours of breath of the wild and using X to jump
Nice guide, thanks!
A few key lessons you could also consider:
1) Don't overload your character (max Med Load) or your rolls will be too slow in combat. Try it. Equip only what you need and consider armour decoration only.
2) Don't carry runes into a site you are not prepared to lose. Spend it first: level up, buy stuff or upgrade weapons.
3) Don't use the golden runes until you need to to afford something - this is a useful way to top up for something you need and get your runes balance low before combat.
4) Find a rune farm you can jump to for little top-ups (like Lenne's Rise ball farm)
5) Avoid night unless you need it to trigger a boos fight. Rest at Sources of Grace to wait for morning.
6) If you are unfamiliar with fighting, 1) Learn how to lock on. 2) Practise skill moves, jump/rush/roll and charged attacks, 3) find a soldier you can kite away from the rest and practise with (like at Gatefront).
7) A lot of buffs stack - so try to get your weapons, ashes, medallions, physics to buff the same thing - like a charged attack.
If you go to the Third Church of Marika there is a warp that takes you to the NE part of Caelid and all the enemies there give a ton of exp. Might have to grind a on one or two at first to power up but it definitely makes leveling faster by getting there early and finding specific places. Also getting the Meteorite staff from Caelid is amazing for early game.
My sister tried to beat the Tree Sentinel for 3 hours as soon as she saw him, I sent her the link to this video hoping it helps
Lol same. I found that two handing the broadsword and using the R2 arts (impale I think?) when there was an opening helped out a lot. It did a decent chunk of damage and left the boss open for a charged up R2 when he stumbled (couldn't figure out where his critical hit spot was). For the charging attack where he runs toward you and sweeps with the halberd, just a simple roll backward will make him miss and put you in a position to punish him for it.
Hope this helps!
Tell her to cheese that guy. I beat him first time I saw him as a wretch with a club. I just waited for him to use ONE attack; the Charge(running) attack swing. Roll to the right with the Boss. Hit him 2 times. Avoid till he uses charge(running) attack. Repeat.
Markiplier did it in only 80 minutes. With no mount. At level 1.
60hrs in and I just learnt that you can two hand weapons. Thanks Jake!
I’ve never played a game where I’ve seen new enemies and went « nope « and turned around as much as this and I’m only 10h in lol
Keep Elden ring content going guys thanks !!!
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The game is awful… just play fifa before the world ends
@@BarcelonaRussia You recommend the worst game of the worst series of games?
im fully addicted to this game and i previously was never a souls fan. such a good game
Tree sentinel is designed to teach the player to back off and try going somewhere else when needed.
Think a lot of people new to these types of games though just hear "oh it's very hard," and then don't figure this out.
People really having a hard time figuring out they don't have to fight a random enemy in the middle of an open field where you can easily run away in ANY direction?
I knew I couldn’t take Tree Sentinel in the beginning but Margot was a different story. Thought cause of the cut scene I had to go that way, I ended up taking him but took me about an hour 😂
I never skip enemies, especially in dungeons or big dense areas. I like to fight them once, and then if I die, I'll run pass to resume where I died and grab my runes in the process
There's a stonesword key in Caelid on the giant tower you can parkour too, also it's good to just hit torches for later. Exploring is the best bit in this game.
In reference to the first advice. That tree sentinel was east once when you poison him with the rotted dog summon 💯.
Or come back once you get Torrent. I demolished him once I fought him on horseback.
1:10 when i hit that tree sentinel with my strongest attack just to see that i tickled him. I just skipped him immediately
Tree sentinel: I think I felt a tickle
Great video for the most part, I do think you probably should of mentioned what you actually get in return for hugging Fia. Its not just a slight health de-buff like a curse, you gain Poise, which for Boss fights will keep you from being completely staggered when you get hit.
Baldachin Blessing isnt a mistake, use it during a boss fight to raise your poise
Regarding the spirit ashes, if you've beat Redahn then I recommend anyone to get the mimic tear spirit ash, it's op since it mimics your character.
I fought the mimic boss naked and had a bare knuckle fight with them
@@yaboithatboi4428 You didn't need to - you can come in nude and then quickly equip all your gear and clap yourself lol
Mimic Tear ashes are a meme they're so good/busted
yeah but i cant seem to beat radahn no matter how many times or how many guides i watch and even if i level up i just cant get to his second stage, i got there once but then die immediately because of his meteor strike. This guy is no joke he is the hardest boss ive fought.
@@nehorai9884 not sure if you're still on him, but I just ran around on the horse summoning the heros mostly. Would get a quick cheap shot in once in a while if he was busy with the helpers. It took about 30 tries, but finally got him.
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That’s where you’re wrong kid. You underestimate my farming abilities.
This is very helpful for me. I've never played a Dark Souls game and wanted to get some play time in with this because of the open world yet still experience what Dark Sould players go through. I'm having a blast with it so far!
Absolutely loving this game! Thanks for all the coverage.
the blessing is an item, you are not "getting rid of it" you are using it, it boosts poise, i didn't know it lowered your health while you carried it, but it is an item you can use.
Biggest Tip is Hold 'Dodge' to sprint ... the amount of people i know who never knew you could sprint is insane.
When bosses fight like they have infinite stamina, I don't care what anybody say, spirit ashes can make a helleva difference drawing bosses away to allow you to recover health or stamina.
Exactly this annoys me bosses have infinite stamina and magic and can spam attacks and spells constantly and we can't do that
@@RadiantNova159 just dodge their attacks eventually you’ll get and opening to do damage. Then just rinse and repeat
One tid bit of advice I received that greatly changed my Dark souls experience back in the day: Don't be afraid to dodge INTO attacks, invincibility frames are real. And I don't know for sure but it feels like ER's i-frames are massive
they seem that way.. until you find a zombie/skeletal fiend that lunges at you and pulls you out of a tumble to gnaw at your shoulder. happened to me in in the 'impaler's catacombs"
Did this to beat Magma Wyrm Makar and several dungeon bosses, saved a lot of time lol
People have to keep in mind that a lot of these bosses were made with two people fighting it in mind using the coop feature. Summoning spirits is fromsofts way of easing that for solo players
when it comes to conversations with npcs the best thing you can do is exhaust their dialogue until they start repeating themselves that means you have all the relevant info from that encounter then rest and try again sometimes its something new if you feel stuck try talking to someone else that is involved sometimes its pretty forward but other times you gotta bounce around a bit
Fantastic vid! Souls Vet here; I went East after a ..certain reccurring character from Demon Souls.. "fooled" me and I had one hell of a time lol. If you manage to get through a bit of it, you'll get a really powerful summons that practically solo'd the first boss for me. Fuck those snipers.
Also, in regard to exploring (within the first castle in particular), look for certain spots you may be able to jump down to..soOo many secwets!
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I recommend newer players travel south to the weeping peninsula before doing anything even related to the castle lmao.
And other big tip for veterans: switch your interact button and jump button. You’ll see that it helps your your muscle memory a lot(A for interact, Y for jump)
First thing i did was switch jump and action. Pro tip for sure
About the blessing, the buff to poise it gives can actually be nice in pvp if you use super heavy weapons like great swords or colossal swords. If you can spare the health (I think it only drops your hp by 40) consider keeping it around to use if you’re getting knocked out if hits too often
The inherent issue I've had with Spirit Ashes is that it makes fights feel less satisfying and less rewarding when you beat them using ashes. Some ashes can be so OP that you can just summon them, sit back and watch, and that's my biggest problem - I don't want to watch AI beat the boss for me, *I* want to be the one to defeat the boss.
I don't judge people who use ashes, but what I'm saying is that there's a very good reason that I personally avoid them when I can.
Certain boss fights (especially ones that have multiple enemies) feel like they demand use of spirit ashes - I make an exception then, because I don't find it fun to fight 2 or 3 enemies at once, but when it comes to single bosses, I don't like using spirit ashes.
I've yet to find a spirit summon that can't be one shot by a boss.
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I haven’t gone through a lot of spirit ashes but a fully upgraded mimic tear will not get one shot anymore than you yourself would