Your videos are very good friend 👍, I hope that one day you make a video about magma spells because I have doubts about creating that build since I don't know where I should invest my points.
er-build-planner.nyasu.business/?b=d42dcf086d4396 I threw this together pretty quickly so it's almost certainly not optimal, but it should work out pretty well. You'll see there are two talisman sets (one for if you have the DLC and one for if you don't have it), and I also included a bunch of extra talismans in the inventory in case you don't have them or want to swap something out. I also included two armor sets, again one with DLC and one without DLC, but you can wear whatever armor you want as long as you're in medium equip load. Preferably you'd use *two* Gelmir Staffs to cast the sorceries, holding one in each hand so you get the buff from both of them. You could also use the Staff of the Great Beyond to cast both the Sorceries and Incantations, but if you don't have access to it (DLC) then you can use the Gelmir Glintstone Staff and the Golden Order Seal instead. If you DO use the Staff of the Great Beyond, then you want to hold the Gelmir Staff in your offhand so that you get the magma spell bonus from it. So you'd actually cast the spells with the Staff of the Great Beyond, and hold the Gelmir Staff in your other hand. I also included a Magma Blade in the build because it goes with the theme, but it's not gonna be optimal because that's mostly a strength weapon, not a faith one. If you don't want to use it then you can swap it to whatever else you want. This build has a good amount of Int and Faith so something like the Sword of Night and Flame should work pretty well with it too. Try it out and let me know how it goes!
well you can use the bloodboil aromatic instead of flame grant me strength to deal even more physical damage holds 60 seconds instead of 20 and the damage increase is the same i think you can also use shabriris howl instead of the bloodboil aromatic lower your faith down to 20 and use marikas soreseal or the finger heirloom talisman instead of the dragoncrest greatshield talisman to get up to 25 faith to be able to cast colden vow and lut the 5 points into dex or something since the increase in arcane would not be worth it i reckon marikas soreseal also increases arcane so this is even a greater damage buff then use ansbachs armor set to increase the damage for like 15% for the ash of war instead of the 6% of rakshasas set and the 5% from the white mask so there is much room for impreovement here also i would go for 60 vigor instead of 50
- Bloodboil Aromatics are nice but they increase the damage you TAKE as well, and even worse than that is that they require Arteria Leaves to craft which means it's a major pain in the ass to actually make em. Also FGMS lasts for 30 seconds, not 20 - Howl of Shabriri is nice too but again, increases damage taken, and the extra 8 points into faith (which goes against your suggestion to lower faith) are not particularly worth it for this build imo - Wasting a talisman slot on the Two Fingers Heirloom, or even worse, Marika's Soreseal would be a fucking terrible idea. Especially the Soreseal which increases the damage you take, and would defeat the purpose of getting 60 Vigor which again, is something you suggested. Furthermore, the 5 Arcane from the Soreseal is NOT gonna noticeably increase your damage or bleed buildup, and definitely not enough to make up for the extra damage taken - I talked about Ansbach's set in the guide, and even included it in the build planner. It does kinda boil down to personal preference, but I'd rather have the extra poise, damage negation, and ALL of my damage be buffed by the Rakshasa armor instead of having just the ash of war be buffed by Ansbach's. Also, White Mask gives a 10% damage bonus, not 5%. - I specifically recommended going to 60 Vigor in the video Quite frankly if I didn't know better I'd say you didn't even watch the video or listen to any of my reasoning or explanation for why these things work. Furthermore, you're telling me that there's "much room for impreovement here" but you don't even know the basic numbers or synergies between the various items in the build. I appreciate your feedback but I think you've got a lot of learning to do, and much room for impreovement too.
You might as well it’s an early game item you can confidently build and then just experience the full game. I’m currently using it to collect every item in the game for a lvl 150 PvP save.
Yeah of course, you can see in the gameplay during the build overview section that when I use it against common enemies it like 2 shots everything. Basically anything smaller than a troll will explode as soon as you hit them.
A fashion set I like for bleed builds is the Rakshasa set with the BANDIT Mask instead of the White Mask. You lose the White Mask buff, but it looks really good for a blood bandit character, you still hit the 51 poise threshold, and you’re still more than strong enough to play comfortably. 🩸 If you want a light set, the Dancer’s Set also matches a bleed build pretty well because of its red and black color scheme. It even buffs Eleonora’s Poleblade’s Bloodblade Dance skill, so it fits the weapon both aesthetically and mechanically. 💃
Crazy build my guy. Might have to try this after my dex/arcane 1st playthrough.
Your videos are very good friend 👍, I hope that one day you make a video about magma spells because I have doubts about creating that build since I don't know where I should invest my points.
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I threw this together pretty quickly so it's almost certainly not optimal, but it should work out pretty well. You'll see there are two talisman sets (one for if you have the DLC and one for if you don't have it), and I also included a bunch of extra talismans in the inventory in case you don't have them or want to swap something out.
I also included two armor sets, again one with DLC and one without DLC, but you can wear whatever armor you want as long as you're in medium equip load.
Preferably you'd use *two* Gelmir Staffs to cast the sorceries, holding one in each hand so you get the buff from both of them. You could also use the Staff of the Great Beyond to cast both the Sorceries and Incantations, but if you don't have access to it (DLC) then you can use the Gelmir Glintstone Staff and the Golden Order Seal instead. If you DO use the Staff of the Great Beyond, then you want to hold the Gelmir Staff in your offhand so that you get the magma spell bonus from it. So you'd actually cast the spells with the Staff of the Great Beyond, and hold the Gelmir Staff in your other hand.
I also included a Magma Blade in the build because it goes with the theme, but it's not gonna be optimal because that's mostly a strength weapon, not a faith one. If you don't want to use it then you can swap it to whatever else you want. This build has a good amount of Int and Faith so something like the Sword of Night and Flame should work pretty well with it too.
Try it out and let me know how it goes!
@DIABETOR Thanks for the science friend I really appreciate it, I'm going to try it thanks for everything.
well you can use the bloodboil aromatic instead of flame grant me strength to deal even more physical damage
holds 60 seconds instead of 20 and the damage increase is the same i think
you can also use shabriris howl instead of the bloodboil aromatic
lower your faith down to 20 and use marikas soreseal or the finger heirloom talisman instead of the dragoncrest greatshield talisman to get up to 25 faith to be able to cast colden vow and lut the 5 points into dex or something since the increase in arcane would not be worth it i reckon
marikas soreseal also increases arcane so this is even a greater damage buff
then use ansbachs armor set to increase the damage for like 15% for the ash of war instead of the 6% of rakshasas set and the 5% from the white mask
so there is much room for impreovement here
also i would go for 60 vigor instead of 50
- Bloodboil Aromatics are nice but they increase the damage you TAKE as well, and even worse than that is that they require Arteria Leaves to craft which means it's a major pain in the ass to actually make em. Also FGMS lasts for 30 seconds, not 20
- Howl of Shabriri is nice too but again, increases damage taken, and the extra 8 points into faith (which goes against your suggestion to lower faith) are not particularly worth it for this build imo
- Wasting a talisman slot on the Two Fingers Heirloom, or even worse, Marika's Soreseal would be a fucking terrible idea. Especially the Soreseal which increases the damage you take, and would defeat the purpose of getting 60 Vigor which again, is something you suggested. Furthermore, the 5 Arcane from the Soreseal is NOT gonna noticeably increase your damage or bleed buildup, and definitely not enough to make up for the extra damage taken
- I talked about Ansbach's set in the guide, and even included it in the build planner. It does kinda boil down to personal preference, but I'd rather have the extra poise, damage negation, and ALL of my damage be buffed by the Rakshasa armor instead of having just the ash of war be buffed by Ansbach's. Also, White Mask gives a 10% damage bonus, not 5%.
- I specifically recommended going to 60 Vigor in the video
Quite frankly if I didn't know better I'd say you didn't even watch the video or listen to any of my reasoning or explanation for why these things work. Furthermore, you're telling me that there's "much room for impreovement here" but you don't even know the basic numbers or synergies between the various items in the build. I appreciate your feedback but I think you've got a lot of learning to do, and much room for impreovement too.
Im on my first playthrough, do you recommend beginning with this build?
That's up to you! It's a very strong build and bleed builds are very popular for that reason, so if it looks fun to you then go for it!
You might as well it’s an early game item you can confidently build and then just experience the full game. I’m currently using it to collect every item in the game for a lvl 150 PvP save.
I´ve been thinking about using a reduvia build. Is this build good for exploring as well?
Yeah of course, you can see in the gameplay during the build overview section that when I use it against common enemies it like 2 shots everything. Basically anything smaller than a troll will explode as soon as you hit them.
A fashion set I like for bleed builds is the Rakshasa set with the BANDIT Mask instead of the White Mask. You lose the White Mask buff, but it looks really good for a blood bandit character, you still hit the 51 poise threshold, and you’re still more than strong enough to play comfortably. 🩸
If you want a light set, the Dancer’s Set also matches a bleed build pretty well because of its red and black color scheme. It even buffs Eleonora’s Poleblade’s Bloodblade Dance skill, so it fits the weapon both aesthetically and mechanically. 💃
U can stack golden vow? Both from incantation and ash of war
No they don’t stack. The incantation gives a stronger buff and lasts longer.
@ i see, thanks.
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Your build is bad. It has the varre mask.
Agreed, the -100% drip ruins it
@DIABETOR the rest of the build is great
You can always just swap out the mask for something more fashionable. Missing out on the White Mask buff won’t make or break a bleed build.