Quick tip: with a lot of these big Strength weapons, especially with Axe-talisman builds, the charged R2 does more damage than the riposte. So you can use the stagger as a chance to quickly heal, rebuff or whatever and then do a charged R2 instead for more damage than a riposte would do. This is a great time to use roped grease on a buffable weapon; faster ones can even get two attacks in afterwards before the boss gets up.
I'm glad I stayed up to watch this right as it came out. Definitely my favorite so far. Going and fighting even the optional bosses was cool to see too. And having the incantations as a back pocket tool was pretty neat. Definitely my favorite types of build. The new format changes make it feel a lot more streamlined as well. Now, just to wait for the strength/int build XD
Hey peeps! Let me know what you think of the new format, without all the set up at the start. Allowed me to spend a little more time on editing and boss strategies. Hope you like it! Something I missed: Before you fight Margit, equip the faith tear, not the strength one!
To be honest I like the setup more because I think it helps players who don’t know where things are on the map but for more experienced players like myself this setup feels a lot better but that’s just my experience with the game. I love seeing the individual pieces of the build being collected to be put together, kinda like collecting the dragon balls to summon shenron
You can skip 99% of Alexander's quest. Meet him at the Radahn festival, exhaust dialogue before and after the festival. Speak to him in the Lava at gelmir, summon him for the fire giant, and he moves to his final location
It's kinda crazy I don't really care for the builds myself but I love watching how you get through the game on various builds with strategies and play by plays Amazing commentary and editing too Truely 10/10 quality content imo
I’ve been getting your build videos recommended for a while now. Loved them all, I especially love this one, as I played a similar build on my first play through too. You’ve got a killer voice for this too. Keep it going!
You can repeatedly farm Greyoll, so if you want to make the most of it don't follow this video. Pop the Golden Pickled Fowl-Foot item when it's around 20%, kill it and as soon as you do run back to the grace. The grace won't get rid of the item buff, and if you made it in time Greyoll should still be alive. Do it again for another 50k runes, rinse repeat.
That intro was so stinking epic. Made me want to run through a freaking wall!! Great work as always Fishy. Also, praise the Erdtree for Alexander's quest. Well played. You can definitely skip the oil part section if you find him at Mt Gelmr. Plus if you summon him at the Fire Giant if you talk to him there before that battle which is kind of fun.
It’s hard to recommend this as an “OP” build, but if you ever consider a Fists video; Barbaric Roar + Roar Talisman + Highland Axe (off hand) + Axe Talisman + Spiked Crystal Tear (and Blue Dancer for good measure). I personally haven’t tried this combo, but they should all work together. People coming from Dark Souls think fists are all about the light attack spam. But fist weapons have a very quick charged R2, and Barbaric Roar changes it to a 3 hit combo with a slight walk forward. There are other AoW for fists that might be better in certain situations. Claw Talisman for jumping attacks. Flame of the Redmanes for poise bullying and and dealing with lots of trash mobs. Lifehunt Steal for the fun of it. But the above combo seems to be the most you can stack anything, on top of the usual spell or grease buffs.
Yeah, give it a few months and I’m sure these guides will descend into challenge builds, so a fist run will almost certainly be on the cards in the future. That set up sounds pretty good! Thanks for posting!
I love this guide, would love to get a written version... I'll have to watch this video like 12 times to essentially write out the step by step instructions to follow (not like I can "watch" the video while I'm playing to follow it....) anywho, thanks for what you do!
Dude, thank you so much for this. I went faith/strength for my second play through and was hard stuck around level 50. Tried your setup and *holy shit* that damage is insane. One-shotted every thing that was annihilating me the day before. Great build, great video, easy sub. Cheers
Haha, yeah, without the set up I had a little more time to work on the intro. Let me know how you get on with the build. Thanks for watching, as always, Kokoro!
Lot of people complaining about the replayability of Elden Ring, but I find it actually very enjoyable setting up your build, before fighting all epic Bosses! The legacy dungeons are superfun too!
If you want to wrap in more spell casting in this build, leave your Str at 60 and start scaling up Faith more, get some memory stones to get Ancient Dragon's Lightning to one shot bosses like Elden Beast. Taking this build into NG+ you can run around with Black Blade Spell and Maliketh's Black Blade. The two procs of Death stack with each other, making it on of the strongest combos in the game. That's mostly for NG+ though
If you'd like to save Greyoll for shopping runes etc, you can hit the fowl foot, mount up and finish him off on horseback. Ride to the nearby site of grace and rest before he disappears to reset him. You wind up around 70k runes so I typically kill him off twice. Once for starter levels and once for some spending cash so I can buy the important items from the vendors I encounter at the start of the game.
Tip for greyoll if you need/want more runes. Activate the grace at the fort before attacking him. Stay as close to the grace while attacking greyoll. When he's about to die, hop on torrent and attack till he's dead and book it to the grace and rest at it. You should get 50k runes and greyoll will still be to repeat as many times as you like.
A variant of this build was actually my first blind attempt on the game's release. I didn't use the Blasphemous Blade though because I didn't realize how strong it was until people started posting videos of flattening Malenia. I stuck with a high endurance knight with the Erdtree Shield and the Golden Halberd. The bonus was that most invaders who tried to guard break me couldn't because of the gigantic shield. One of my favourites, but I later transitioned to Treespear sicne trying to take massive swings with this weapon in small spaces ended up with me dying from the recoil of hitting a wall.
First video I saw I subbed but maaaan, normally I don't comment but your intros are so dope!! I haven't tried a build yet (by someone else), basically my first fromsoft game, unless playing with my older brother over college breaks counts, Love this game, Love your channel, Love your videos! Freaking sweet! You and SmoughTown are my favorites for elden ring content! YOU ARE AWESOME
I FINALLY GOT ELDEN RING TO KINDA WORK. Tysm to everyone that stuck with me through helping me resolve my game issues. I really can't appreciate you enough!
Didn't realize the video was made 4 months ago, currently at morgott and realized that the build is completely nerfed. Though it is still OP af just not for bosses 😥
I know in the title of the video it says no summons but if you are struggling at all please for the love of everything good and holy get the mimic tear I cannot stress enough how much this helped me through fights especially Malenia.
I was worried the Lance + Serpent Hunter pokes got nerfed. The last patch slowed the speed of crouching dual wielding attacks, I think. I’m surprised that Golden Halberd was so strong as long as it did. I’ve become a bit biased against Holy damage, considering how many enemies and bosses are resistant to it. But hey, if it works, it works!
You know, I never even gave that a thought. If they have been slowed, it wasn’t noticeable. Yeah the GH is one of the best weapons in the game. Even with the holy damage holding it back it’ll still get you through all the bosses relatively easily. Thanks for watching!
Super cool build, great video and tons of fun watching it. However... The problem with these types of guides is, you essentially are just completing the game at a weird pace to get all these upgrades. You are sequence breaking a bit (maybe not the right term with ER) to get all this. Again, super cool, and fantastic video.
Agreed. But really, you don't have to follow the video 1:1. I used it to get started and past some of the "early grind" and now am following along at my own pace. While also messing around with other weapons and stuff. I'm not exactly into the sprinting through sections.
That Rykard remembrance bit made me laugh. When you popped it, I was like, "wait, that would be super useful for a strength/faith build. Oh well." The fact that it came back was really funny.
3:19 if you cant fight tree sentinel just run clockwise around him as close to him as you can because the animation of him turning will just keep looping and he wont attack while you attack him
Just started this build. Holy Formless Mother I love it. Very stat hungry on NG (I want to run 51 poise, and use greatshield with Miquellan Knight Sword as an addition), but oh my this is my first time using Golden Halberd and it is very strong. I'm a glass cannon about to reach Niall and Fire Giant with 30 HP, but this is big damage. My paladin's name is Morwen, and she's confident in her virtuous strength and holy faith, which does not waiver. Love these builds, man. Keep up the good work.
BEWARE! Morgott strategy is definitely not consistent. He must give you perfect attacks. I remember he didn't even stop once for like 30-35 seconds straight. Kept attacking and jumping around before I even had a chance to punish and of course my buffs wore off. The problem is that happens quite often.So if you feel lucky go for the Thingfishy's strategy. Otherwise make your own one. For the rest of the bosses, his strategies are pretty solid.
Taker's Flame was the best weapon I ever had until I met Malenia. There, I transitioned to Guts Greatsword with Giant's Hunt AOW and cheese all the end game bosses with the help of Mimic summon.
Stuck on fire giant, idk if its a patch or whatever but 2 charged halberd attacks dont break him when he slams his hand down Edit: okay so you’re not supposed to hit his hand but his lower arm to have him fall over, since he’s leaning on his arms
Used this for my first clear. Killed everything but Malenia without a summon (mostly wanted to just finish the game at that point, Mimic made it pretty easy), and Placi because I summoned Mimic on accident and beat him the only time that happened. Had him to about 10% three times before I did that. Was over leveled because I explored/collected nearly everything but really helped me learn the game. For Mohg I used Lord of Blood's Exultation in place of the Faith Talisman, but probably a wouldn't have mattered much. Looking forward to trying your Maliketh Build next. Thanks for the great videos.
this is my second character. she's a colossal greatsword wielding, giant hunting/lions clawing flamegrant+goldenvow+black flame protec+lords divine protect lass with a silky dress on and no poise LMAO. 60 STR, 35 FTH, 50 VIG at 150. also with some points into mind because i do some spells here and there. the buffs in particular take a lot of FP. i need the FP because i resort to the weapon art to stagger bosses like malenia and mohg. Malenia i crouch poked phase 1 and did lions claw for 2-3 staggers. Phase 2 more of a trade and dodge, run away then lions claw.
WOW That's exactly how i played my first playthrough Golden Halberd then switch to Blasphemous Blade! I remember when everyone had problems with Malenia and i killed her after 3rd try :D. The only problem is Fire Giant, wowww, i spend like 2 hours trying to beat him(i used Blasphemous Blade, i think with his fire resistances it was a bad idea)
Very entertaining. I consider myself a below average gamer who somehow made it through Elden Ring as a mage (with lots of patiently studying the internet). Im now quite a way into my second playthrough with strength and faith and in Volcano Manner.
I don't usually comment on stuff like this but I feel that I need to here. Your new style of skipping through the gathering of the materials is much better. Plus it's so much better that it is all in one video so anyone who wants to know can go watch it. Well done and I hope this channel blows up (not that it already isn't). Glad to be here from the start. As a side note, fai/int when?
Thanks Ashad. That’s really good hear. Glad you’re enjoying the new format. Faith/Int is on the list for the hybrid builds. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
Pro tip: Scarseals and Soreseals make you take massive damage at higher levels. Using one of those talismans past around level 30-50 is not really worth it even if your stats are spread thin.
On the Topic of Strength/Faith Weapons, the Build I first beat Elden Ring with used the Magma Wyrm Scalesword for most of it. You can get it very early (Ruin-Strewn Precipice); It's Weapon Skill hits like a truck and the start-up can duck some attacks; When Two-Handed, it's jumping heavy becomes a quicker, short range slam. Very fun Weapon.
"Scream into a cushion to emotionally recover." Bruh Hahahaha you made me laugh out loud. Btw, you're guides are both the most fun and most informative I've seen on TH-cam for any of these games. Seriously well done. Edit: Forgot to mention... Intros for your videos are freaking incredible. I don't know how you make them so amazing, you're like adding lore with them it's such a great idea and so well executed.
I am doing a Marikas Hammer Play ATM on my Radagon Charakter lol and in the First second i saw the Hair of your Char i thought omg is that a Radagon too? 🤭🤭🤭 Noiice one
@@ThingfishyGaming I look forward to more vids man, I’ve also got an interesting faith int hybrid that uses anything to do with pyromancy, throwing boulders ghostflame and magma on top of the standard incantations if you wanna give that a go sometime.
You can parry the golden horse man, if you can get a parry off the next attack during the open window guarantees stager, just a heads up you can't parry his charging attacks.
You can indeed. Although he’s actually a bit harder to parry than all the other tree sentinels for reasons I don’t quite understand! Thanks for watching!
Apparently I missed part of this walk through where you go and get the smithing stone ball bearing (2) to get all the 3’s and 4’s. Probably a little important tidbit to add.
I had no idea that putrid avatar does not put scarlet rot smoke right in front of him. You can roll into him instead of going behind him! Much obliged :)
i likely won't be as optimised as still a lot of exploring to do (i had the video going but scrolled down so i could see and skipped a lot of the end bits) but this is similar to my current character who just now is more block counter focused i think its time i work in some more faith as i started as confessor, will come back this video now and then to check it out for hints on what to do if i get stuck
Have a level 145 str/fth build 54 str 31 fth. Using ordovis gs and spear, blasphemous blade but I also have night cavalry halberd,great mace and omen killer axes. I like to have some versatility with some pure physical weapons. Probably the most fun build I've done
Kinda hard to find some of the places like the ruins where the axe talisman is etc if you're new 😕, a way point on the map would really help newbies understand where you're talking about. Other than that, Great video!
Quick tip: with a lot of these big Strength weapons, especially with Axe-talisman builds, the charged R2 does more damage than the riposte. So you can use the stagger as a chance to quickly heal, rebuff or whatever and then do a charged R2 instead for more damage than a riposte would do. This is a great time to use roped grease on a buffable weapon; faster ones can even get two attacks in afterwards before the boss gets up.
Quickswap Misericorde
Ngl ima still do riposte cuz it looks cooler
Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms
Please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near
Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms
Please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near
@@xler3441 go read Matt 6:5 and keep your waggling tongue in your mouth
I'm glad I stayed up to watch this right as it came out. Definitely my favorite so far. Going and fighting even the optional bosses was cool to see too.
And having the incantations as a back pocket tool was pretty neat. Definitely my favorite types of build.
The new format changes make it feel a lot more streamlined as well.
Now, just to wait for the strength/int build XD
So glad you enjoyed it, Bandit! Yeah the build is really fun to play around with. Glad the new format works too. Thanks for watching!
Str/Int, gravity battlemage using bigass weapons to cast spells lol
Love the new format - much leaner and easier to follow
Thanks, James! That’s good to hear. Thanks for watching!
Hey peeps! Let me know what you think of the new format, without all the set up at the start. Allowed me to spend a little more time on editing and boss strategies. Hope you like it!
Something I missed: Before you fight Margit, equip the faith tear, not the strength one!
Could've used the godslayer greatsword for the ash of war it's pretty dope
Saving that for a black flame build I have planned in the future! Thanks for watching!
@@ThingfishyGaming That godskin apostle was so hard to kill that has it
To be honest I like the setup more because I think it helps players who don’t know where things are on the map but for more experienced players like myself this setup feels a lot better but that’s just my experience with the game. I love seeing the individual pieces of the build being collected to be put together, kinda like collecting the dragon balls to summon shenron
@@epikgamer5030 godslayer greatsword scales off *dex*, not str, which goes against a "Str faith" build
Something interesting about Alexander's quest, you can skip the oil pot stuff if you go straight to his mount gelmir location after radahn.
Thanks for posting this, Jason. Saved me some time in my latest guide. Mind if I uses screen grab of your comment in the vid?
@@ThingfishyGaming not a problem, glad I could help out
But how am I supposed to lube up my boy if I skip the oil part?
You can skip 99% of Alexander's quest. Meet him at the Radahn festival, exhaust dialogue before and after the festival. Speak to him in the Lava at gelmir, summon him for the fire giant, and he moves to his final location
@@deadlight88 why would you want to though, he's a real one
It's kinda crazy I don't really care for the builds myself but I love watching how you get through the game on various builds with strategies and play by plays
Amazing commentary and editing too
Truely 10/10 quality content imo
I have been loving your guides, only piece of advice I have to offer is timestamp the video, will make it even easier to follow along!
I’ve been getting your build videos recommended for a while now. Loved them all, I especially love this one, as I played a similar build on my first play through too. You’ve got a killer voice for this too.
Keep it going!
Really glad you’re enjoying the channel, Bird! Yeah, Strength faith is super cool in Elden Ring. Thanks for watching!
Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms
Please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near
You can repeatedly farm Greyoll, so if you want to make the most of it don't follow this video. Pop the Golden Pickled Fowl-Foot item when it's around 20%, kill it and as soon as you do run back to the grace. The grace won't get rid of the item buff, and if you made it in time Greyoll should still be alive. Do it again for another 50k runes, rinse repeat.
If you have a bleed weapon to +4 or 5, with minimal arcane investment, you can get 2x quick farms out of one gold fowl foot. Speeeeed!
That intro was so stinking epic. Made me want to run through a freaking wall!! Great work as always Fishy.
Also, praise the Erdtree for Alexander's quest. Well played. You can definitely skip the oil part section if you find him at Mt Gelmr. Plus if you summon him at the Fire Giant if you talk to him there before that battle which is kind of fun.
Do you know what the music for the intro was. I have heard it befor but I cant remember what it was.
It’s hard to recommend this as an “OP” build, but if you ever consider a Fists video;
Barbaric Roar + Roar Talisman + Highland Axe (off hand) + Axe Talisman + Spiked Crystal Tear (and Blue Dancer for good measure). I personally haven’t tried this combo, but they should all work together.
People coming from Dark Souls think fists are all about the light attack spam. But fist weapons have a very quick charged R2, and Barbaric Roar changes it to a 3 hit combo with a slight walk forward.
There are other AoW for fists that might be better in certain situations. Claw Talisman for jumping attacks. Flame of the Redmanes for poise bullying and and dealing with lots of trash mobs. Lifehunt Steal for the fun of it. But the above combo seems to be the most you can stack anything, on top of the usual spell or grease buffs.
Yeah, give it a few months and I’m sure these guides will descend into challenge builds, so a fist run will almost certainly be on the cards in the future. That set up sounds pretty good! Thanks for posting!
Love hos optimism. "Its easy. Just land a fully charged heavy on the the quickest boss in the game"
I love this guide, would love to get a written version... I'll have to watch this video like 12 times to essentially write out the step by step instructions to follow (not like I can "watch" the video while I'm playing to follow it....) anywho, thanks for what you do!
THE CONFESSOR CLASS
the most poetically Gothic way to start on this Journey
Dude, thank you so much for this. I went faith/strength for my second play through and was hard stuck around level 50. Tried your setup and *holy shit* that damage is insane. One-shotted every thing that was annihilating me the day before.
Great build, great video, easy sub.
Cheers
Yoooo I really liked that intro. The dialogues fit so well
You totally sold me out on this build, I've gotta give it a try sometime!
Haha, yeah, without the set up I had a little more time to work on the intro. Let me know how you get on with the build. Thanks for watching, as always, Kokoro!
Lot of people complaining about the replayability of Elden Ring, but I find it actually very enjoyable setting up your build, before fighting all epic Bosses! The legacy dungeons are superfun too!
If you want to wrap in more spell casting in this build, leave your Str at 60 and start scaling up Faith more, get some memory stones to get Ancient Dragon's Lightning to one shot bosses like Elden Beast. Taking this build into NG+ you can run around with Black Blade Spell and Maliketh's Black Blade. The two procs of Death stack with each other, making it on of the strongest combos in the game. That's mostly for NG+ though
If you'd like to save Greyoll for shopping runes etc, you can hit the fowl foot, mount up and finish him off on horseback. Ride to the nearby site of grace and rest before he disappears to reset him. You wind up around 70k runes so I typically kill him off twice. Once for starter levels and once for some spending cash so I can buy the important items from the vendors I encounter at the start of the game.
Tip for greyoll if you need/want more runes. Activate the grace at the fort before attacking him. Stay as close to the grace while attacking greyoll. When he's about to die, hop on torrent and attack till he's dead and book it to the grace and rest at it. You should get 50k runes and greyoll will still be to repeat as many times as you like.
i think they fixed it recently, i've never been able to proc this
It's not patched, as soon as his tail twitches boogie back to the grace and rest
@@olsirmonkey They didn't, I did it yesterday
This still works for anyone wondering 🙂
A variant of this build was actually my first blind attempt on the game's release. I didn't use the Blasphemous Blade though because I didn't realize how strong it was until people started posting videos of flattening Malenia. I stuck with a high endurance knight with the Erdtree Shield and the Golden Halberd. The bonus was that most invaders who tried to guard break me couldn't because of the gigantic shield. One of my favourites, but I later transitioned to Treespear sicne trying to take massive swings with this weapon in small spaces ended up with me dying from the recoil of hitting a wall.
First video I saw I subbed but maaaan, normally I don't comment but your intros are so dope!! I haven't tried a build yet (by someone else), basically my first fromsoft game, unless playing with my older brother over college breaks counts, Love this game, Love your channel, Love your videos! Freaking sweet! You and SmoughTown are my favorites for elden ring content! YOU ARE AWESOME
I used this build for my first ever Elden Ring win. Thanks man!
the shot running away from the explosion in the intro was a nice touch
On my first playthrough I used a strength/faith build using the golden order greatsword and the blasphemous blade.
love the new way of just summing up the early part! Keep up the good work! Especially like the boss strategies!
I FINALLY GOT ELDEN RING TO KINDA WORK. Tysm to everyone that stuck with me through helping me resolve my game issues. I really can't appreciate you enough!
First impression is that I REALLY like the intro. Good work. Got the blood pumping :)
Didn't realize the video was made 4 months ago, currently at morgott and realized that the build is completely nerfed. Though it is still OP af just not for bosses 😥
I know in the title of the video it says no summons but if you are struggling at all please for the love of everything good and holy get the mimic tear I cannot stress enough how much this helped me through fights especially Malenia.
30:33 Fortissax: "Fire cannot kill a dragon"
ThingFishy: *B it might*
😂 Thanks for watching!
On my first playthrough and currently following this build, hunting myself some snake lord tomorrow!
"or scream into a pillow to emotionally recover . . ." LMMFAO that was gold bro 😂
Honestly best one yet, great job fishy ❤️
Glad you like it, Fromsoftfanatic! Thanks for watching!
Bro you’re so good you’re editing is amazing and you’re video quality is amazing
Thanks, Rio! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
I went a bit further with faith but this build is just amazing. Really enjoyed it
I was worried the Lance + Serpent Hunter pokes got nerfed. The last patch slowed the speed of crouching dual wielding attacks, I think.
I’m surprised that Golden Halberd was so strong as long as it did. I’ve become a bit biased against Holy damage, considering how many enemies and bosses are resistant to it. But hey, if it works, it works!
You know, I never even gave that a thought. If they have been slowed, it wasn’t noticeable. Yeah the GH is one of the best weapons in the game. Even with the holy damage holding it back it’ll still get you through all the bosses relatively easily. Thanks for watching!
This is probably one of your best ones yet man, keep up the awesome work!
Thank you so much dude, I had been stuck on Radagon/Elden Beast for a long time, this made it so much easier
Dude that guy is next level. I never tried melania but if she’s harder than him I ain’t bothering lmao that guy was a pain.
Golden Vow can be much easier picked up in Limgrave from a mounted knight near the Limgrave Coliseum
it’s also on the halberd
Super cool build, great video and tons of fun watching it. However... The problem with these types of guides is, you essentially are just completing the game at a weird pace to get all these upgrades. You are sequence breaking a bit (maybe not the right term with ER) to get all this.
Again, super cool, and fantastic video.
Agreed. But really, you don't have to follow the video 1:1. I used it to get started and past some of the "early grind" and now am following along at my own pace. While also messing around with other weapons and stuff. I'm not exactly into the sprinting through sections.
That Rykard remembrance bit made me laugh. When you popped it, I was like, "wait, that would be super useful for a strength/faith build. Oh well." The fact that it came back was really funny.
DUDE! That Intro left me speechless. Amazing.
Enjoyed every build video. Waiting for the hybrid builds :D
Glad you’re enjoying them, Adrian. Thanks for watching!
3:19 if you cant fight tree sentinel just run clockwise around him as close to him as you can because the animation of him turning will just keep looping and he wont attack while you attack him
Just started this build. Holy Formless Mother I love it. Very stat hungry on NG (I want to run 51 poise, and use greatshield with Miquellan Knight Sword as an addition), but oh my this is my first time using Golden Halberd and it is very strong. I'm a glass cannon about to reach Niall and Fire Giant with 30 HP, but this is big damage. My paladin's name is Morwen, and she's confident in her virtuous strength and holy faith, which does not waiver.
Love these builds, man. Keep up the good work.
BEWARE! Morgott strategy is definitely not consistent. He must give you perfect attacks. I remember he didn't even stop once for like 30-35 seconds straight. Kept attacking and jumping around before I even had a chance to punish and of course my buffs wore off. The problem is that happens quite often.So if you feel lucky go for the Thingfishy's strategy. Otherwise make your own one. For the rest of the bosses, his strategies are pretty solid.
Finally finished my first run of elden ring, thank you bro. I’ll probably do the cursed sword build next time I come back to this game.
Great guide, really dig this format. Keep them coming!
Thanks, Terk. Glad you like it. Thanks for watching, as always!
20:55 - Always. Subbed just for this reference 🤣
Taker's Flame was the best weapon I ever had until I met Malenia. There, I transitioned to Guts Greatsword with Giant's Hunt AOW and cheese all the end game bosses with the help of Mimic summon.
Thank you so much for you guide, i enojyed my second playtrough so much with this build.
If Rusty ever does a ranking of Thingfishy intros, this will be number one.
Stuck on fire giant, idk if its a patch or whatever but 2 charged halberd attacks dont break him when he slams his hand down
Edit: okay so you’re not supposed to hit his hand but his lower arm to have him fall over, since he’s leaning on his arms
Used this for my first clear. Killed everything but Malenia without a summon (mostly wanted to just finish the game at that point, Mimic made it pretty easy), and Placi because I summoned Mimic on accident and beat him the only time that happened. Had him to about 10% three times before I did that. Was over leveled because I explored/collected nearly everything but really helped me learn the game. For Mohg I used Lord of Blood's Exultation in place of the Faith Talisman, but probably a wouldn't have mattered much.
Looking forward to trying your Maliketh Build next. Thanks for the great videos.
this is my second character. she's a colossal greatsword wielding, giant hunting/lions clawing flamegrant+goldenvow+black flame protec+lords divine protect lass with a silky dress on and no poise LMAO. 60 STR, 35 FTH, 50 VIG at 150. also with some points into mind because i do some spells here and there. the buffs in particular take a lot of FP. i need the FP because i resort to the weapon art to stagger bosses like malenia and mohg. Malenia i crouch poked phase 1 and did lions claw for 2-3 staggers. Phase 2 more of a trade and dodge, run away then lions claw.
2:54 "Go up the ladder while trying to resist the urge to sing Snake Eater" challenge impossible to me lol
WOW That's exactly how i played my first playthrough Golden Halberd then switch to Blasphemous Blade! I remember when everyone had problems with Malenia and i killed her after 3rd try :D. The only problem is Fire Giant, wowww, i spend like 2 hours trying to beat him(i used Blasphemous Blade, i think with his fire resistances it was a bad idea)
Very entertaining. I consider myself a below average gamer who somehow made it through Elden Ring as a mage (with lots of patiently studying the internet). Im now quite a way into my second playthrough with strength and faith and in Volcano Manner.
I've been getting really annoyed with this game but this build has helped so much thank you!
The music used in the Mohg fight gives me mad studio ghibili and my childhood lmao
I don't usually comment on stuff like this but I feel that I need to here. Your new style of skipping through the gathering of the materials is much better. Plus it's so much better that it is all in one video so anyone who wants to know can go watch it. Well done and I hope this channel blows up (not that it already isn't). Glad to be here from the start.
As a side note, fai/int when?
Thanks Ashad. That’s really good hear. Glad you’re enjoying the new format. Faith/Int is on the list for the hybrid builds. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
I beat the game already, but gave up 20 mins into new game+. However, your videos make me want give it another go. Thanks!
Thanks, James. Really glad you’re enjoying the channel. Thanks for watching!
I really want to see a INT/FAI build because I've never seen anyone do one especially as a guide
nice! do a dark moon greatsword/ice build next!
Not next, but it’s definitely on the list! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your startup guides..I usually start each ng build following your prep path
Glad they’re helpful, Answer! Thanks for watching!
Pro tip: Scarseals and Soreseals make you take massive damage at higher levels. Using one of those talismans past around level 30-50 is not really worth it even if your stats are spread thin.
They are completely fine till endgame like 75-100 tbh
Tht intro was top teir, some badass editing!!!!!!
Its a struggle to follow this guid, instructions are very clear but the locations are difficult to find
Great content man. Your voice reminds me of mambo jumbo, except you actually tell people how to do things.
What is that incredible piece of music at the start of the video?!!!?
On the Topic of Strength/Faith Weapons, the Build I first beat Elden Ring with used the Magma Wyrm Scalesword for most of it. You can get it very early (Ruin-Strewn Precipice); It's Weapon Skill hits like a truck and the start-up can duck some attacks; When Two-Handed, it's jumping heavy becomes a quicker, short range slam. Very fun Weapon.
damn is that still very early? i just got this weapon today and thought i was a decent bit through the game by now lol
wow this is pretty much identical to my first play through. I used the the same two weapons
Let’s be honest, the intro absolutely slaps
"Scream into a cushion to emotionally recover."
Bruh Hahahaha you made me laugh out loud. Btw, you're guides are both the most fun and most informative I've seen on TH-cam for any of these games. Seriously well done.
Edit: Forgot to mention... Intros for your videos are freaking incredible. I don't know how you make them so amazing, you're like adding lore with them it's such a great idea and so well executed.
I am doing a Marikas Hammer Play ATM on my Radagon Charakter lol and in the First second i saw the Hair of your Char i thought omg is that a Radagon too? 🤭🤭🤭 Noiice one
I need to do a NG+ playthrough at some point to do this! Haven’t used the hammer once yet. Thanks for watching!
I just came here looking for a quick guide to getting up to where I could grind two giant doots out of llyendel but I had a laugh, cheers
Absolutely losing my shit at the neologism "chargies"
Dex faith with gods layer greatsword and frenzied flame seal, 40 dex 42 faith for black flame stuff, try it out
Godskin build is definitely on the cards! Thanks for watching!
@@ThingfishyGaming I look forward to more vids man, I’ve also got an interesting faith int hybrid that uses anything to do with pyromancy, throwing boulders ghostflame and magma on top of the standard incantations if you wanna give that a go sometime.
It’s weird, in every souls game I’ve played (ds1, ds3, er) I’m drawn to str/fth builds
You can parry the golden horse man, if you can get a parry off the next attack during the open window guarantees stager, just a heads up you can't parry his charging attacks.
You can indeed. Although he’s actually a bit harder to parry than all the other tree sentinels for reasons I don’t quite understand! Thanks for watching!
Apparently I missed part of this walk through where you go and get the smithing stone ball bearing (2) to get all the 3’s and 4’s. Probably a little important tidbit to add.
Yeah bro I lost all my runes that I got from the dragon trying to find it and now I’m thinking about just quiting this build
Missed out on the Alexander quest after following the first guide
Ordovis greatsword got a massive buff. I made this one and added it to the mix.
Man love your content can't to see your strength/Dex build like my character
Amazing video. Thank you for doing this. Thingfishy you rock!
Btw the reason you kill him in the quest is cus the talisman he gives you is way better than if you just kill him normally
Still doing the bleed build and learning to parry :). 👌
Glad to hear it, Jxs. Let me know how you get on. Thanks for watching!
Instructions unclear, I'm using the rivers of blood build again
Loved the new format! Could you do one for quality build?
Such a chill and well done video
I had no idea that putrid avatar does not put scarlet rot smoke right in front of him. You can roll into him instead of going behind him!
Much obliged :)
the casual pass over rykard is killing me haha. i don't know how to do the crouch and poke! it's not working lol
Yo the snake eater ladder joke caught me off guard 😂😂
I love it... Keep them coming...
Why not more followers?! Your videos are so great and relaxing to watch
Subscribers*
This isn’t TikTok bro
i likely won't be as optimised as still a lot of exploring to do (i had the video going but scrolled down so i could see and skipped a lot of the end bits) but this is similar to my current character who just now is more block counter focused i think its time i work in some more faith as i started as confessor, will come back this video now and then to check it out for hints on what to do if i get stuck
Have a level 145 str/fth build 54 str 31 fth. Using ordovis gs and spear, blasphemous blade but I also have night cavalry halberd,great mace and omen killer axes. I like to have some versatility with some pure physical weapons. Probably the most fun build I've done
Sounds like a super fun build! Thanks for watching!
Kinda hard to find some of the places like the ruins where the axe talisman is etc if you're new 😕, a way point on the map would really help newbies understand where you're talking about. Other than that, Great video!
Just search the name of the place you want to go on yt and you will find a whole walk through
I did something similar but I used the Magma Wyrm Scalesword after taking the mine to reach Altus
Love the guide bro this help me beat Godfrey