Early Game OP GUTS Greatsword Full Build & Guide! (Elden Ring works on 1.10)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Hey all. This is an early game powerful strength build and guide for GUTS Greatsword. This will be utilizing Lion’s Claw as well and how to get it easily. It’s truly an awesome weapon that can carry you through the endgame as well. This early game GUTS build & guide will help you start strong! 💪 🗡️ 🔥 🤘
For this build/setup we used:
-GUTS Greatsword +3
-Lion’s Claw Ash of War
Talismans:
-Axe Talisman
-Starscourge Heirloom
Buffs:
-Golden Vow Ash of War
-Flame Grant Me Strength
Tears:
-Charged Tear
-Faith Tear or any
We used the dragon rune farm to get some levels here easily.
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Timestamps
Intro/Starting Class 00:00
First Map 01:06
Reduvia & Patches 02:00
Mistwood Map 2 05:43
Caelid Rotview Balcony 09:30
GUTS! 10:13
To Dragonbarrow 11:38
Dragon Farm Start 14:19
Roundtable Hold 18:45
Margit’s Shackle 19:38
Fort Gael 1st time 20:00
Journey through Caelid 21:00
Our Cheese 23:10
Fort Gael 2nd time/1st Buff 24:00
Lion’s Claw 27:06
1st Talisman 30:29
Affinity 31:22
Smithing Stones 31:55
Upgrade 32:55
Tears and 2nd Talisman 33:59
2nd Buff 34:55
Margit 36:25
Godrick and Ending 38:21
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Works on Patch 1.10*
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Thanks Owen Wilson!!! Great video!!
I haven't done a str build in a FromSoft game since my very first playthrough of DS1 back in 2011. I was shaking with hype during the ER DLC announcement and since then have had an itch to do another playthrough. Deciding to finally go with str I found your video, and, man, it's awesome. A very different playstyle from my norm and it's been ridiculously fun so far.
Nice! Yeah Lion’s claw is very good 🤘
I’m digging the long format build guide nice work
Thank you! 🤘
Commenting here on 27 of November, and this thing with dragon still works! Really aprecciate that, u explained how to do that really well, liked the video immidiately, maybe i will edit my comment after i will watch the entire vid.
UPD: Really helpful video for me, i didnt played souls games but Elden Ring is a open world that i scare ( not bc of enemies, but bc of its giant scales ), so this really hepled me to became strong and play this in the way i wanted most, great video, thank you for existing in this world author.
Wow! I’ve got 875hrs in this game with multiple play throughs, but never played as a strength build or used colossal weapons. Always played faith, intelligence, dexterity or a combination of those. When i saw this build I decided to give it a chance, OMG compared to the other builds I’ve played this is the “easy” button. I beat bosses and the game with half the levels other builds required (for me anyway). If you’re new to souls style games or elden ring this is the build for your first play through.
Awesome! And yep it is. Lion’s claw is easy mode on GUTS Greatsword. 🤘
Magic is always the easy mode and strength is also pretty easy due to stagger. Strength has always been the less overpowered but more reliable build type.
Faith is just bad though. Holy being resisted by 80% is such a sucky concept even if it makes sense lore wise. Dex is as easy if not easier than strength.
Overall magic builds are bad stat wise and for someone like me who never goes over lvl 100 (because that's too easy) strength is great for that.
@@icebox1954 Faith is really good. You do not have to use holy if you do not want to. Catch flame carries early game, and you can immediately get erdtree seal and get it to +9. You also get Ancient dragon lightning strike immediately with the wrong Warp. The talismans and tears are really easy to get early for faith as well, faith gets frenzy burst to kill erdtree avatars super easily. Faith also unlocks blasphemous blade, one if the best weapons. Faith is the easiest build.
@@spongbobsquarepants3922 Blasphemous Blade is indeed baby mode but I haven't actually touched ancient lightning or frenzy yet. I was mainly talking about holy due to resistances.
@@icebox1954 That is fair enough, but you can still deal a lot of damage to bosses with the envoys long horn, especially large bosses.
I love Greatsword! I've always used it in all dark souls titles. I just got eldenring and didn't know it was in the game. Now I can't wait to get home and follow this guide. Keep up the good work bud
Thanks! Be sure to sub. The guide should help you a fair bit. 🤘
hay dude I did everything step by step but the great sword doesn't appear the chest is empty do you know why
Very clear video thank you. Also drinking game idea. Take a shot every time he says "this will make your life easier" haha
Thanks haha 🤘
More like this. Just coming back for DLC and walk thru's like this and showing where to get things over just listing strong builds is much better!
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Just followed the whole video, really happy with the results!! Hope this channel gets more recognition 🙌
Thank you! 🙏 🤘
Thanks for this video. Just Getting into elden ring and really wanted to be just a crazy 2 handed monster and this is perfect!!! I did mess up and only get the dragon kill once but messing around and following this guide. Really appreciate it!
Thanks! 🙏 glad the guide helped. As long as you have enough levels to 2 hand it (21 STR) you’re good 👍
Crazy good build and awesome video. So clear and well made, 10/10. Thanks a ton.
Thank you! 🤘
Appreciate it your help. Really do. Now i need a badass early game armor for the build 😂
The banished knight set is a great set and you can get it early in Stormveil. Needs to be farmed though.
Quick tip for dog carriage when grabbing the greatsword. Run up the hill to the right from the sight of grace and jump directly on top of the carriage then down. You will not aggro the dogs and you'll be safe. It's a nice way to save a loading screen! Great videos man! Love your content. I'm just waiting for this channel to blow up
Haha thanks! Probably when dlc hits lol hopefully not too long. 🤘
thank you lol i did that in my run
hay dude I did everything step by step but the great sword doesn't appear the chest is empty do you know why
Cool build thx:)
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Love your content dude! Can’t wait to see what you do when the DLC comes out
Thanks! 🤘 me too, can’t wait!
You could also use the teleporter behind the church of marika so you can go to the dragon much faster. Not to mention you also pick up a golden seed. There is also a gold-pickeld fowled foot right at the beginning of the game. You could also pick Radagons soreseal which is stupid good early game.
Yeah I mentioned the soreseal but the 15% extra damage taken can be rough for new players. And nice 👍
Very very awesome guide, helped me a lot thanks bro
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Great video, I made a new character for the DLC and I wanted to go with the UNGA BUNGA build
Excellent video, instant subscriber!
Appreciate it! 🙏
I just got the game and holy bro thank you so much. Took me some time to get him to rot but such a good, detailed guide. Will def be subbing.
Awesome! Enjoy, it’s a great build late game too. DLC in 4 weeks! 🤘
@@TheKingofRedLightningyessir cant wait!!
For mistake it’s also really nice to switch to Bleed and use Braggarts Roar. Charged R2 will bleed pretty much anything that can bleed in 1 hit initially then the full 2 hit charged r2 combo will bleed basicslly anything after that. Tho sticking to lion claw for things that can’t bleed is probably best
Yeah true lions claw is always OP though, even late game 👍
Nice video as always 👍
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This made my life a lot easier!
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I subbed a couple days ago. Great content, explained simply. Well done, and thank you
Thank you! 🤘
@@TheKingofRedLightning No. Thank you. 🤘
Slap Giant Hunt instead of Lion's Claw on the Greatsword and call it a day. Most enemies in the game are larger than you and Giant Hunt flips them into the air allowing you to chain stunlocks. Malenia can be killed without her being able to Waterfowl this way.
Later on sure but this is for the start of the game. You get giant hunt in the end section of the lakes. They’re both good imo.
Jesus christ this is my natural blind playthrough almost to the T :D :D I rerolled to bandit because I couldnt beat margit and I learned to parry him instead, found reduvia by accident (I looked up the sword tho because I really wanted it) and then just naturally progressed as far as I could
Thanks for making my life a whole lot easier
Happy to help! 🤘
@@TheKingofRedLightning btw which stats do you suggest leveling up when using this build? You may have mentioned it somewhere but I forgot
The radagon soreseal will be way more useful. The additional strength, endurance and vigor more than make up for the increased damage taken. The greatsword is extremely heavy and you can save a lot of levels with it. Also, you can start with hero or prophet which is way more stat optimized for your build which seems to gear towards str and faith.
Yep but you’d need arcane for the rot to easily get lions claw. I mentioned the soreseal but don’t recommend it for the 15% additional damage you take while using it (for new players). Also starting with a bleed weapon can farm the dragon for you easily as well and slightly quicker with the reduvia. Faith is only for buffs.
@@TheKingofRedLightning Actually, no need arcane and rot. Just use giant hunt first and it works pretty well on the greatsword. Easily melee killed the lion with giant hunt. Just make it standard infusion as you don't have heavy infusion yet.
@@jasonsoh79 this is for starting out. Giant hunt is a drop later in the lakes.
@@TheKingofRedLightning I remember my game that i got the giant hunt pretty early and killed the lion using giant hunt. In fact i was quite undecided btw both at that point. Anyway, it's not too far a run to lake liurnia.
@@jasonsoh79 that’s not going to help them get it right away and it’s at the far end of the lake. That nights Calvary can be tough as well.
Awesome vid. Thx a lot man. Now I just need armor to fit the sword 💀
Any armor will do but the Knight’s set at the Roundtable hold is good. It has reasonable defense and hits 51 poise (the first poise threshold). 🤘
Took me 2 hours to poison the lion and 20 seconds to beat Margit 🤣🤣🤣. Newb to the souls games and I followed to the T. Thank you for the video! Keep up the great work!
At least you got him! And awesome will do 🤘 💯
I'm following your guide for the lion's claw part. Just wanted to know if the mobs and bosses scale in ER or not... coz my rot damage seems wayyy too low than yours. Can't even kill him with all the FP flask charges (I have 8). I'm level 40, vagabond class. Thanks in advance!
The third church of Marika has a teleport to the north eastern side for that big dragon.
I just bought this game today and am excited to try this build as my first play through
look at the timing 1 day ago and i downloaded game 1 day ago nice
Haha awesome! 🤘
2024 and the tutorial still holds up no issues
I'm late to the party - great vid but for newer players why not just direct them to the 3rd church of Marika teleport - get radagon's soreseal and then loop over to the carriage from behind (no need to sneak thru doggos). That way, on a Hero, they can use the Greatsword w/o leveling at all. Then they can either cheese the dragon or just play normally. Even at base Hero level Margit is really easy. Seems like a waste of stats to invest in FTH/ARC just to beat the Lion. Lion dropped really easy with the stamp upward cut from GUTS with a little distraction from my wolves. I enjoy your videos btw. EDIT: I see others mentioned Radagon's as well - fwiw I've had no issues taking hits, even in the basic Hero armor. I was able to drop the seal around lvl 20-25
Thanks! And while that’s true I generally avoid the extra damage for new players. It’s sort of a glass cannon talisman. As per starting class, sometimes it’s easier to start with an easy weapon. Plus if they ever want to start OP early the Bandit class can use the Reduvia from the start, if they opt not to go GUTS.
You didn't lie! Time for people to roll through the game lol
Haha yep! 🤘
Love the content man has helped me learn how to build
Awesome! 🤘
Lmao..following this I got everything what u said in this video...keep doing what u doing..side note. Oh yeah he jumped up there like u said..I ran the wrong way into the pit lol I got what I needed though
I'm trying to use this Feb '24 and the rot doesn't seem to be applying the damage over time to the lion with 2 hits, it took me 4 direct hits. What worked for me was to back into the corner of the platform on the side with the wooden structure by the barrels. If I backed up by the barrels, the lion would de-aggro and just start walking straight away leaving him open for an easy direct hit.
He still rots. You can hold it down for a longer duration. You just have to hit him with it a decent amount. Switch most of your flasks to FP.
W build
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Now I Have Become Guts!
I get on horseback when I know it’s gonna need one more proc so I don’t miss an extra step
Yep perfect 👍
great guide, i wanted to make a greatsword build properly this times (was my first fromsoft char ever but respeced to a rob build lol) and this gets u to get going fast. thanks
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@@TheKingofRedLightning i am already
Any recommendations on what stats to keep building? Vigor strength and endurance I’m assuming? Should I respec when I get up higher level? Thanks!🙏
Yep! Just keep going for strength, vigor, endurance & maybe some faith for buffs. 🤘
You can just kill the Lion Guardian with the bleed weapon from range easily. Worked with even just 1 Flask. No need to get rod at all
Nice! Rot helps though as a general cheese. You can beat him at level 1 with most weapons (it’s not too bad) but cheesing some stuff early helps.
Great vid, Im going to use this in a new game and get up to the DLC. Any recommendations for what to level up stat wise throughout the game? (DARGON GLITCH STILL WORKS) 05/21/24
Yep! Check out my latest video. RL 150 build for this is in it. 🤘
So just a quick question, following this build do I keep levelling up strength, endurance and vigor? Apologies for the silly question, new Elden ring player and wanting to change my build, just gotten past rennala
does anyone know how to make this build better during the mid game, idk why but it feels pretty weak now againt some bosses
Very late to this video but just wondering, how should I go about leveling as I progress in the game? Like what stats should I focus on
There’s a late game version in my top 20 OP builds. It’s under “best videos”. 🤘
im genuinely so ass at souls games that even gettin the reduvia is like a hour job
I'm writing out this guide for myself to follow while I play. Is there anything that I can do if I fail the dragon farm and it doesn't come back? Can I just load a save?
On PC there’s ways (I’m not sure how though). On console no not really lol you gotta try your best to farm it at least a few times. Still works on 1.10 too. 🤘
Hey there, I am a big ass fan of Berserk and always wanted to play as guts in Elden Ring. But smh i cant use the Reduvia’s special blood technique because i am new to this game
You don’t have to use that weapon, it’s just easy early too. You need about 13 arcane & Dex to use it.
What would be the late game build for this going into the dlc? Thanks for the videos
Check out my latest video! Should be the first one GUTS RL 150 build. 🤘
Yo i missed up the dragon killing what to do now???
how should you allocate your points in the end?
Lmao, I paused the video to fight and kill patches. Imagine how I felt when you said you keep him alive as a merchant. 😂
Think it can go good against the fire gaint
Can you do another one for patch 1.10? or does this still work without nerfs?
There were basically no nerfs on 1.10 for PvE. This whole setup is solid 👍
In all my recent playthroughs I always farm Greyoll until level 70-75. It maybe a bit boring but this would make your run a lot easier as you gather the equipment for whatever build you want to go with.
Same bro every ng I start I always stack up on blood grease and hit up daddy greyoll until I’m near lvl 50 plus
For me about level 50. After that you can naturally level through the game imo.
@@TheKingofRedLightning I usually go after Rennala after I finished grinding on Greyoll since she has the most straight forward route to the boss room and she is quite a pushover after all that grinding. My main goal is to progress with Varre's quest to the point where I have access to Mohgwyn's Palace. From there I can easily grind all the way up to level 125 or 150 depending on which meta level I want to go with. You can do all of this within the first few hours of game and turn your early playthrough a cakewalk.
@@henta.i.3838 yep for sure. We each have our ways. But for me around 50 and I’m good to go plus the dragon can get boring lol in this case we needed a dragon heart as well also.
Same
Thank goodness the dragon rune farm still works 😭.
It’s helpful for sure 👍
@@TheKingofRedLightning I messed up what do i do now lol
@@kermit2681 either start over or level up as you fight bosses. If you have 21 strength you can 2 hand the weapon.
If i get a dollar everytime you said "make your life a lot easier" I'd be elon musk by now.
Great video btw
Haha thanks!
what do you continue to level up on this build?
Strength, vigor mind & endurance.
I messed up the run dragon twice in 2 different saves
It happens. It’s a very short window. You can do the last hit on horseback.
I hit the lion in the fort with the rot spell like 6 times and he didn't get poisoned :c
Is there any reason behind not going to +4 and above? Or was it just because of materials?
Just materials I could get early.
Why wont guts's sword appear when i open the chest? It literally doesnt spawn, ive opened it hundreds of times, same result
what stats should be mainly upgraded after godrick?
Vigor, endurance & strength. 🤘
Anybody else mess up the dragon rune farm the first try and now cant follow along anymore?
If you have rot breath, you can cheese most bosses in Caelid. Including knight’s Calvary in Dragonbarrow, & the dragon on the bridge. Just rot them then run until they reset. Rinse & repeat.
Nice guide. It's still so weird watching people play on consoles I always forget. It looks like it's slow motion with the movement and camera angles and some graphics turned down a bit. I actually considered using one in the beginning but quickly realized it was lack of skill on my part lol the controller made me much worse personally
This was also not one of my 4k vids and downgraded to 1080p to save space. And yep I’m on console, haven’t had many issues personally with controllers.
@Your Average Gamer yea I probably could adjust the video up it keeps defaulting to 1080 or lower for some reason even on fast wifi so weird I set it to top quality but it was on low again but the controller look does take a minute to adjust to even watching it so weird but the keyboard controls are odd stock got to adjust lol eathier way its impressive that any console can push elden ring to 4k or 1440. Personally I don't think anything above 1440 makes a difference especially with a high refresh rate 2k all day lol
I'm sorry, my dude, but Radagon's Soreseal is a beast early and midgame. Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 5 is A LOT and it basically negates the 15% damage that you'll get, because you'll be able to put some more armor, on top of your boosted health. Otherwise nice guide - some nice shortcuts there. 👍
I just don’t like recommending it for new players. It turns you into a glass cannon from the start. The 5 extra vigor doesn’t negate the 15% (the math works differently/isn’t as straightforward). It can basically negate your armor early on, even better armor. For example without it you may have 15%-20% defense, with it maybe 5%-10%. And at around level 70-80 it becomes less useful too. Just my opinion on it though. And thanks 👍
@@TheKingofRedLightning OK, let's say the damage is too much, but early on everything kills you with couple of hits anyway, so it's pretty much whatever. But 5 Endurance can allow you to double wield really early on in the game and this can be the difference between 3 hit kills an 4 hit kills, not to mention the Stagger. When I was just starting the game, this talisman helped me immensely. Had a hard time parting ways with it, if only for the 5 extra Endurance points.
Does this work with Vagabonds too or are they differences?
Any class is fine tbh. It’s just easier to start with a bleed weapon and the bandit can be OP pretty early.
Didn't realize npc could invade. Kept checking to see if i was online. What clues did i miss?
NPC will invade at the ravine offline or online. Yura comes to help either way too.
dying to bosses when i nearly killed it doesn't annoy me as much as rotting the lion does
It takes a minute, don’t forget you can hold down the button for a longer duration.
So uhh👉🏾👈🏾… the dragon died… but I’m at the lions claw part right now lol
Do i need to use reduvia to killcthe dragon? What if i just use my main weapon?
Anything with bleed will do 👍
Im so glad i made a mule on my 2nd account. Never any need to mess around at the start farming runes, weapons or whatever.
Starting out for the first time, farming can be fun though/an important part. But that’s just imo. You have ppl rune dropping left and right now and it kinda defeats the first elden ring experience to start at 100+ lol but after multiple characters it makes more sense to do that to speed things up a bit for sure.
@@TheKingofRedLightning yeah thats what i did for the 1st couple of runs/builds. But then i decided to keep dumping anything unused onto 1 character for future hassle free playthroughs. I then farmed all other weapons etc. Ive only ever collected my own stuff and only dupe to myself.
25:32 personal bookmark :)
Brother I don't found The gate in the cave 32:15.. I hope you respond and thank you for everything
It’s in there. As long as you’re in murkwater cave. It’s on the right side. Good luck 👍
which affinity do you use for the lions claw?
Heavy for sure 👍
Why didn't you grab the medallion piece while you were at the fort
I take the precipice in the lakes usually, so no medallion needed. 🤘
This is great for people starting out in Elden Ring. Help Your Average Gamer by subscribing. It's free and he just gave you a build that will get you through the game.
Haha thanks! 🤘
They way he emphasizes early game makes me think this build is OP for the first hour or two only
GUTS/Lion’s Claw can carry you from start to finish easily. It’s one of the best physical damage options in the game.
Is there a mid late game continuation ?
Check out either of my latest videos, they both have what a RL 150 Lion’s Claw build (endgame/NG+) should look like. Very good build btw even for the endgame. 🤘
How would we go about this build going in to the mid / late game?
Vigor, strength (54 at least) and endurance. Eventually you’ll get the ritual sword talisman and shard of Alexander. 2 great talismans for this build.
I say first step is finding out what armor you want to wear.
The sword is so heavy you start off not wearing much.
Build up endurance to equip what you want and enough faith to cast the buffs you need.
I personally put a lot of points into stamina and wear heavier armor. Banished knight’s early on.
The slow wind up and hyper armor on attacks mean you’ll take hits and the extra poise and damage mitigation helps.
You get the added benefit of more endurance so you can swing for longer. Often you can stagger lock enemies with your light attack provided your green bar doesn’t run out.
I know this an older vid..but yeah he jumped up where I was lmao and I'm a NEW player that was following this lol
Haha yeah he can do that. But it’s worth Lion’s Claw. Hope this helped you and if it did be sure to sub 🤘
@TheKingofRedLightning I'm on the game right now...trying to get it lol
@TheKingofRedLightning and using your vid as a tutorial
how about stat build after this video? should i focus on strength only or what
For GUTS yep. 60 strength. When 2-handing you’ll have 90 (1.5x bonus). Heavy affinity or fire affinity. 60 vigor. 25-30 endurance. 20 mind minimum. Eventually you’ll get the shard of Alexander & ritual sword talismans, which are both great for Lion’s Claw. Fire scorp if you’re using fire affinity. 🤘
@@TheKingofRedLightning thanks bro👊🏻
Does farming and overleveling cause the enemies/bosses to be harder to kill ?
You may have gotten an answer by now, but just in case you haven't... No. Your characters level does not change anything about the enemies in the game. The only thing that does, is starting NG+. So starting a brand new character at level 1 and farming/powerleveling to 100 before fighting Margit, will make that fight easier because Margit will have the same stats as when you *woke up* as a level 1 character.
Hope that helps.
I fucked up and the dragon died😭
Why I’m not doing any damage
how in the hell do you use the golden vow i have it equipped on my katar but i have no clue how to use it
If it’s the ash L2/LT. The incantation version needs a seal.
dude i can’t rot the lion for the life of me i did it one time and now i can’t do it again
You can hold it down for longer, also switch all your flasks to FP. Resistances go up as you use status effects during a fight, so the second proc is slightly harder than the first.
does the rotting still work on the lion? hit him a bunch but it doesnt rot him
Yep the second application just takes a bit more time and you gotta hit him with most of it. You can hold it down for a longer duration.
@@TheKingofRedLightning didn’t know I could hold it down lol thanks bro
Is there a armor to use for this build?
Any works. Armor doesn’t really matter too much in ER. There is poise thresholds for PvP though at 51 & 101. Aside from that it’s up to you/pick any with some defense and reasonable weight. The knights set at the Roundtable hold has 51 poise and decent defense for reasonable weight.
Pick what you think looks cool. I will say the hyper armor and charged heavy attack lends towards heavy armor that becomes a huge investment though. Just pick what you like the look of.
Then get a health bar and play the game. Armor isn’t the most important.
I like going with wretch then bee lining for the great sword and building up the strength and stamina needed.
No need to cheese levels just play the game and explore the early game.
Just normal attacks stagger the knights. Lion’s claw isn’t needed. Most enemies are easy if you are aggressive. You might take one hit starting off.
The running light attack is a really good opener. Staggers most enemies and has good range.
Last thing I’ll add is if you’re going to go out of your way for flame grant me strength, you should also use flame grease.
Also, if this is intended for beginners, you might mention you ended some quest lines. The arsenal charm is very useful for this weapon and should have been mentioned. It’s missable if you don’t talk to a certain npc before fighting the boss.
You can find upgraded versions later but early on it helps your equip load
That’s all great, but GUTS and Lion’s claw is still an easy way to start out. Also you can get the Arsenal charm upgrade later and great jars which are better (and both by mid game). FGMS also boosts physical damage by 20%, so it’s useful for any builds that do physical, fire damage or both. The build (if you ever tried guts + lions claw) can carry people through the endgame. One of the most reliable combos there is for PvE.
You just did so much side stuff like reduvia and didn’t even kit out the damage all the way.
Reduvia isn’t needed for the build but flame grease with flame grant me strength is just extra damage.
You also got the rot breath. Dunno man. I think a lot of what you did goes against unga bunga mindset. Just start with a big stick and hit stuff and upgrade with the bigger weapon.
The way you said enemies were hard or showed how to kill banished knights were easy shows you didn’t really play with the weapon much.
R1 will stagger knight enemies. They’ll get stagger locked. If you sneak up on them you can flatten them with a charged R2.
They can certainly be dangerous and kill you but shouldn’t be a problem 1v1 especially if you get the drop on them.
Lion’s Claw is not really required for anything. It’s very strong but early on I’d say learning the spacing for your basic attacks is more important.
Lion’s claw is also something I feel like the game leads you to. It’s a big castle in an obvious spot and a couple different NPC’s mention the place.
But good job with the pacing and delivery. I dunno if you included the maps because of feedback but I don’t know if they fit in the guide.
The only parts super relevant are the sword, flame grant me strength, lion’s claw and charms.
I think I’d have liked the structure more if you included the pieces needed and locations. Then showcased the build.
But I guess it depends on who you expect to find the video.
If I were new and was having a hard time, I just need the stat break points and relevant equipment. A whole farming method is irrelevant.
The lion can be killed without cheese and there’s the whole weeping peninsula that will get you about the same level as your farm.
But keep doing you man. You’re doing a good job.
Ok, be real with me, should I follow this guide as a new player? Or should I just play the game at my own pace and do this for like, another build later?
It’s pretty easy with lions claw, depends really. If you like to explore with some challenge use the guide. If you roll on your own it’s more difficult but that can be rewarding. So it’s really whether you want a chill playthrough with some challenge (guide), or if you want it to be more difficult (solo). Hope that helps 🤘
@@TheKingofRedLightning Thank you kindly! Great video!
Can this be used throughout the entire game or would it be insufficient?
All game. Lions claw on guts is fantastic imo. Posture damage and good strength scaling/damage.
@@TheKingofRedLightning You also have some very nice hyper armor when using lion's claw too, very good on GUGS for sure
You can beat the game with pretty much every weapon - they are pretty well balanced. And Colossal Swords are one of the best classes. It kinda also depends on your play style, but I'd say this will be close to a Easy Mode. Till you face Malenia, she can be a bit pricky, but at this point you'll be pretty much at the end game and she is an optional boss. You can also buy the Zweihander even before the Guts Sword and dual wield. Your jump attacks will DESTROY pretty much everything in front of you.
@@parcaleste malenia isnt hard
@@joltzdude "Malenia isn't hard" is a really elitist thing to say. :o)
Does the rune farm still work?
Yep! Just gotta be really quick with running to the Grace is all.
Anyone else hear Owen Wilson?