When you have built as powerful as these, it won't be long before you rule the Lands Between. The character-building system in Elden Ring is strikingly similar to that found in previous action RPGs developed by FromSoftware, despite the many ways in which Elden Ring departs from those games. When a player visits a Site of Grace, they will be able to level up their essential statistics if they have accumulated enough runes throughout the game by vanquishing foes and bosses. Players can improve their health, stamina, and maximum equipped load by carrying out this action. Additionally, they can raise their damage output, unlock the ability to cast powerful magic spells and open up additional gameplay options. It is necessary to devise an efficient build that makes use of these stat points to achieve success in the Lands Between. The best builds in Elden Ring are the ones that strike a healthy equilibrium between their primary statistics, such as Vigor, Mind, and Endurance, and their secondary attributes, such as Strength, Dexterity, Faith, and Intelligence, which increase your damage output and give you access to more powerful weapons and spells. Arcane also plays a significant part in many builds because it is necessary for the casting of certain spells and that it enhances the capacity of any weapon that scales with it to build up status effects.
In this walkthrough, we will cover everything you need to know to successfully construct an Elden Ring build-in. This includes an explanation of what makes a good build, as well as a detailed overview of all of the best builds in the game, including the statistics and weapons you'll need to make them work properly for you. Note that these builds operate under the assumption that your characters will reach an end level of 125, which is the current recommended level for both PvP and cooperative play in the endgame. When creating your character in Elden Ring, you can choose from a wide variety of viable and powerful builds; however, the majority of these builds share certain commonalities that you should be aware of to ensure that your build is successful. The provision of a sufficient number of health points in each build should be regarded as the primary concern among these aspects. If you want to stop levelling at level 125, you should have at least 50 Vigor regardless of whether you are a ranged magic caster or a heavily armored melee fighter (60 is good on simpler builds that primarily use one stat, but more complicated builds work better with 50-55).
You should never have less than this unless you are making an Intelligence or Faith build that needs lots of points in both of those stats as well as the Mind stat for mana, and if you are planning on levelling up to approximately 150, the first thing you should do is raise your Vigor to 60. If you are making a build that requires lots of points in both of those stats as well as the Mind stat for mana, you should never have less than this. Second, when building a character with a pure attribute (such as pure Dexterity, pure Intelligence, etc.), you should always strive to have at least 50-60 points in the primary damage stat. Especially when using pure magic builds, players who want to level up to 150 should increase this to somewhere in the 70-80 range. When creating a hybrid build that uses two different stats for damage (such as Strength and Faith, for example), you should plan for your character to have at least 40-45 points in each stat by the time they reach level 125 (or something like 50/25 in situations where a weapon scales more with one stat than the other).
This will allow your character to deal the maximum amount of damage possible with their build. If you want to reach level 150, raise this to 50.
Having 60 points in both of these stats can be very powerful, but you'll likely have to sacrifice some points from either your Vigor, Endurance, or Mind stats to make that happen.
Last but not least, make sure you search for the most powerful talismans that are compatible with your build.
There are a large number of talismans available in Elden Ring, and although some of them are not very good (I'm looking at you, Crucible Knot Talisman), the vast majority of them can be extremely beneficial if used in conjunction with the appropriate build.
For instance, the Graven-Mass Talisman increases the amount of damage that can be dealt by sorcery by 8%, and the Magic Scorpion Charm raises the amount of damage that can be dealt by any form of magic by 12%; this makes both of these talismans extremely useful for sorcery mages.
You should also keep an eye out for pieces of armor that provide passive benefits such as increases to stats and damage buffs. We recommend that you go with a Strength build if you are a new player and are unsure what type of build to use while you are learning the ropes of the game. When compared to other, more complicated builds, Strength builds are simple, straightforward, and easy to understand. They also rely on only a small number of different attributes. Because of this, they are ideal for first-timers. In the early game, you should focus on levelling up your Vigor, Endurance, and Strength. The information you need to know about class choice and stat allocation can be found in the section that follows on the best build setup to use for Strength. If you have more health, stamina, and equip load, you will be able to take some hits and wear heavier armor sets. If you have more strength, however, you will be able to use most early weapons and also wield shields, including large great shields that will allow you to confidently block most physical attacks.
Conveniently, the Heavy infusion is one of the earliest upgrades you can get your hands on in Elden Ring. This infusion causes weapons to scale highly with Strength, and it is also one of the earliest upgrades you can get your hands on. The Iron Whetblade is all that is required to turn a weapon into a Heavy one, and it can be discovered in Stormveil Castle, which is the game's first major dungeon. Because it is possible to upgrade the majority of Elden Ring weapons with Whetblades in this manner, nearly every piece of armour in the game can be transformed into a powerful Strength weapon.
