Awww yeeee here we go. (first). For the ashes of war stuff, it goes like this: Heavy = Strength scaling. Quality = Strength and Dex. Basically, changing the affinity changes what stat your damage is coming from. If you look at your weapons in the menu, you will see they have grades on which stats they use. For the bloodhound sword, you won't be able to change the ash of war like the normal weapons, since it's a unique weapon. Most boss weapons and stuff are like that -- they usually have really insane ashes of war built in anyway, to make up for the lack of flexibility. The Bloodhound Sword is basically a "quality weapon." Below are all the scalings explained from a reddit post. Also, you can respec later if you don't like a weapon or something you put stats into, or if you want to try something else. Heavy: Changes to Strength-scaled physical Keen: Changes to Dexterity-scaled physical Quality: Changes to even Str/Dex physical Magic: Adds Int-scaled Magic Cold: Adds (less) Int-scaled Magic, and non-scaling Frostbite buildup Fire: Adds Str-scaled Fire Flame Art: Adds Fai-scaled Fire Lightning: Adds Dex-scaled Lightning Sacred: Adds Fai-scaled Holy Poison: Adds Arcane-scaled Physical and scaling Poison buildup Blood: Adds Arcane-scaled Physical and scaling Bleed buildup Occult: Changes to Arcane-scaled Physical and causes innate status effects to scale with Arcane
@@Dudenamedtay np man. We got you lol. This game isn't the best at explaining stuff if you're used to playing more traditional games. Most people don't even understand the story without watching vaatividya's lore videos. I think you're gonna really like it if you just keep playing how you want, with exploring like you are.
I like your videos. I wasn’t planning on making suggestions since I like watching you explore, but I have over 1,800 hours in the game and there are some suggestions I will offer. 1) Buy all cookbooks and maps from merchants, because they allow you to craft items. Also, pick up everything - flowers, herbs, rune fragments, etc. Most things can be crafted into useable items. Get all armor and weapons from slain enemies. You can sell off extras for runes (money). 2) On the Southern Isle (lowest part of Limgrave [the green section] Go to the southern-most merchant (Isolated Merchant Shack) just past the Walking Mausoleum. From him you can buy a Lantern. You can always activate the Lantern, but especially in caves and catacombs and it hangs from your belt, which leaves both your hands free for a shield and a weapon. (Until then I am so glad you moved your torch to your left hand). 3) At the round table, buy the healing incantation from Brother Corwyn. Using the finger seals (in your left hand) you can use the incantation to heal yourself from minor injuries and save your health flasks for when you need a major heal, or use it if you run out of health flasks. 4) Rowa fruit can be crafted into raisins, which can heal Torrent (your horse) while on the fly. Also, You can always dismount and get back on Torrent (he returns at full strength). 5) On your menu screen, you have six pouches in the upper right corner. Use them! If you hold the Y button, the first 4 pouch items will be quick and easy to access using your D tab. Mine are in this order: First I have Spectral Steed Whistle then to the right Rowa raisins. Second row Lantern then my favorite Spirit Ashes to help in most battles (like you said, they can take the heat off you a little). Third row I have things you don’t yet have, but put in any items you want to access quickly without having to scroll through your inventory. 5) Search everything carefully. I have seen you miss a lot (passage ways, etc.) which means you aren’t finding a lot of things. Go behind buildings, look over rampart walls, look over cliffs, plus some places do have hidden walls that you either need to roll into or hit with your sword. 6) The NPC’s have story lines. Some are vital to progress the story, while some are just fun - like Boc (the bush you hit and turned into a monkey man who wants to be a seamstress like his dear old mum). 7) Collect Sacred Tears (which make your flasks more effective) and golden seeds (which give you more flasks). 8) Put on the best armor you can wear (while remaining no more than medium load) and Build up your armor and weapons using smithing stones to make them more effective. 9) I recommend buying the blue and white ciphers from the twin sisters at the round table. The blue cipher allows YOU to be called into another player’s game in order to kill the invader who is ruining their game. If you are successful, you are rewarded with a Rune Arc to use in your game and it enhances your abilities. 10) Go to Third Church of Marika in East Limgrave, where you’ll acquire your flask of Wonderous Physic, which will make you much stronger when taken before or during a boss fight. 11) When you see the white walls blocking an area from your progress, stick a Stonesword key in the gargoyle statue and you can unlock that area. I could go on and on, but I won’t unless you want more tips. You are starting to learn about talismans which are very important in the game. You’ll also want some spells like ‘Flame Cleanse me’ that eradicates poison and scarlet rot when you are inflicted by them. The time of day matters in the game. Some enemies only come out at night, such as Night Cavalry and Death Birds. This is an amazing game and you’ve only uncovered… honestly… about 2% of the game so far. Good luck!
Mate just you go and explore. That's the whole point of this fantastic open world. We'll gladly watch what you find. Regarding the hidden path: Yes they do exist. Hitting the wall or rolling against it will reveal it. That being said: Those paths are rare and 99% of those messages are trolls. It doesn't hurt to still try tho. Behind some of these walls are very interesting things. So if you see a message on a wall, just try it. We won't laugh. Better than missing out, right? Great video again. Keep it up!
Much love from a fellow Tarnished! And, from one Tarnished to another, don't get in a big rush. This game rewards exploration like you're doing HEAVILY. Pro-Tip: If you meet a man named Patches, make sure to forgive the poor bastard when he surrenders. The goods at his emporium are to die for. ... *Visions of shackle...*
Nice to see another Elden Ring video from you, seems like you are really starting to get into it now that you've gotten to play for a bit and found some cool stuff. You should just play the way you like to play, get a feel for the world and worry about the main story when the time feels right. You might want to equip a Sacred Seal so that you can use incantations, the class you picked started with one and a couple of incantations, so definitely try it out (casting uses that blue bar, you started with a minor healing incantation which can be nice in early game since you get some extra healing). Certain "cursed" enemies can also be murdered by using healing on them. In fact, there is one particular boss/enemy that is hard as nails to fight unless you heal him to death, just remember the name "Revenant" :D Those fire spewing pillars that are in the catacombs can be hit (weapons, arrows, throwing items all work) and they will most often be deactivated and stay that way between resting at graces. They can be activated again and used to kill stuff too, and sometimes you can even use them to get to new areas by riding them ;) If you find some Crystal Throwing Knives and use those on the stone enemies like the Stone Imps and even that strange Burial Cat-Watchdog (with a cape) boss interesting things will happen. I'm going to let you find out how you can use that to your own advantage ;) There was no hidden path where the message was written, you will find lots of those kinds of "hilarious" trolls. There are hidden paths/illusory walls to find though just so you know :) Also, by the Lamp! It stays on your belt and you don't need to carry around a torch. The Merchant that sells it can be found in a shack near the beach of south western Weeping Peninsula, near that walking mausoleum with a bell (just head west from where it is and you'll find the merchant if you haven't already) If you can't get rid of the red X on weapons by two-handing the weapon is pretty much useless. The Bloodhound Sword is a great weapon, no doubt, but everyone and their grandmother seems to use it, get too attached to it and then just keep using it the whole game so it's actually refreshing seeing someone try other things (and there are so many cool weapons in the game) I hope you keep playing and sharing your adventure, it is a wild one and it will only get more interesting.
12:26 if you ever get confused about the "heavy" "keen" "quality" stuff when changing ash of wars, here is a VERY short explanation. (And it's still gonna be long as shit.) Those are called "affinities" and they change what stats the weapon uses to calculate damage. Each weapon has a base damage value, but it gets a bonus amount of damage based on your stats. A big heavy weapon gets extra damage the more strength you have, and a quick light weapon gets extra damage the more dexterity you have. Upgrading a weapon with smithing stones raises the base damage and raises the scaling. This is called "scaling" damage and becomes more important the further into the game you get. Because the base damage is a flat number, the scaling damage is multiplicative. Meaning the damage increases far more each time you level up, and can reach absolutely criminal numbers if you play your cards right. The scaling has ranking of E/D/C/B/A/S, meaning an E scaling in strength might give you a small damage boost each time you level up strength, but an A or even S can almost double your damage after a few level ups. When applying an ash of war, it lets you change the scaling of your weapons slightly. Specific ashes of war have different scaling options, and you unlock more as the game progresses. They tell you what they do and show you the changes in the menu, blue means an increase, red means a decrease, but in general: Standard: does not change weapons base scaling. Heavy: raises strength scaling, lowers other Keen: raises dexterity scaling, lowers other Quality: balances out strength and dexterity to make them equal Magic: raises intelligence scaling, adds magic damage Frost: slightly raises intelligence scaling, adds weak magic damage and frostbite. Flame: raises strength scaling and adds fire damage. Flame arts: slightly raises strength and faith scaling and adds fire damage. Lightning: raises dexterity scaling and adds lightning damage Sacred: raises faith scaling and adds holy damage. Poison: slightly raises arcane scaling and adds poison Blood: slightly raises arcane scaling and adds blood Arcane: raises arcane scaling and boosts the standard passive effect already present on the weapon (blood, poison, rot, madness, sleep, deathblight) by your arcane stat.
Tip for armor, get the drip. I don't consider first playthrough early to end game really that punishing for your lack of armor damage reduction benefits. So just feel cool and fight cool. Alright now for the real tip, rolling have a set amount of i-frames, so sometime just dodging into the attack works out better than your usual instinct to dodge out. Of course there are some game attacks that will still catch you, but it's safer to dodge in than out. It's all really just how you look at the attacks.
yo im loving your play through i started elden ring 2 weeks ago i gave up because i suck but watching you made me jump back on it i just beat malenia i prey your playthrough is a enjoyable one ❤❤❤
Two things you need to know. 1. The community has declared that the watchdogs to be cats 2. Turtles 🐢 are officially dubbed dogs :P Ok now a serious few tips lol. One thing you need to know is to use your camera to scan a room for imps. They can be behind and on walls, on the ceiling and most importantly… on top of the arc where you enter to attack you from behind. Another is to try to think logically when it comes to using elemental damage, for example, plants and tree people burn (as well as doing extra damage to those wearing cloth), lighting does more damage to people with armour (due to electricity conducting metal) and ice can easily frost most bare skinned enemies. One more tip is to focus on increasing your endurance as it helps with increasing equip load, stamina AND the ability to equip better armour without sacrificing too much movement. Hope this helps :)
A tip about weapon scaling: As you level weapons up the scaling grade increases with certain stats which makes the weapon do more damage as you increase that stat. So if a weapon scales D with strength and C with dexterity it'd be better to only level dexterity since you get more added damage from it. The Dectus Medallion is for the area after Liurnia of the Lakes (the next main area after the first 2 main bosses). Also you'll be able to respec your stats after defeating the main boss in Liurnia, so you'll be able to change your stats for a specific weapon you want later in the game. The Walking Churches are for duplicating Rememberances which you get from killing main bosses for boss weapons/spells. You hit the bones at their feet until they fall. Keep it up! You've already gotten pretty good at combat so im excited to see how you do against the first main bosses, especially Godrick.
To get on the walking building 28:24 you need to attack the skull like things on its feet. Those are used for healing your horse 2:46 You can jump off the balcony in the round table to fight npc guy
with the bhf the ash of war is where it shines. it has a follow up to it as well if you hit R2 after L2 and u get invincibility frames during the move too. plus it has innate bleed
Crucible knights suck. The best way to kill them is learning to parry. (I suck at that.) Next best option is having a decently upgraded weapon, and have the “Kick” ash of war on it. When the Crucible Knight is blocking, or doing a shield bash if you kick, it will stance break them letting you get a critical hit. This is for Melee fighting anyway. If you are like me and use magic/Faith spells. Rock sling is great, or Halo Scythe Ash of War if you are lucky enough to get it works great. Black flame is decent as well.
Don't worry about rushing story on your first playthrough, the first time should be about exploration and learning mechanics. The second playthrough is when you start going for specific things you want and streamlining where you go and what you do. You didn't have the stats to use the bloodhound fang, on the icon when you have it equipped you can see a little red X in the corner, when you see that the weapons will do basically no damage, have slower animations, and use more stamina. Try it again when you have the stats. You're doing great, keep it up 👍
Protip: if you don't meet the minimum requirements for the weapons, you'll use WAY more stamina to swing them and do no real damage. Your dexterity is too low to use Bloodhound's Fang. Strength is less of an issue. When you're under the minimum strength level, you can usually offset that by two-handing. BHF has a minimum strength requirement of 18, so you have to two-hand it.
Agree with @alphaomega1580. I think most of us who are here have probably finished multiple play throughs already. Hence, we’re here to relive that first time experience with you. Please do explore, chill, and just enjoy. Play the game the way you want to. And hopefully at the same time we get more content from you. 🙏
@@phoenixsui I never said he should solely use bloodhound fang.. I said it was worth it... and not even just because of the bleed... I mean I'm sorry you find it boring but.. that's your opinion.. I mean you can have 2 people with the exact same build.. and still have 2 very different playthroughs
Pro tip: the best way to play the game is to be flexible. Use different weapons and spells to see which ones are best for the specific situations, be willing to change your armor to resist different damage types. Don't worry too much about 'wasting' upgrade materials. As you play you unlock infinite upgrade materials one level at a time so you can max out a bunch of different weapons. Sticking to one weapon or playstyle is fun, but the game is teeming with all sorts of fun stuff. Each item you pick up is a "tool" to use somewhere in the game. Look at it like a bit tool box for you to play with. People have beat the entire game with every single weapon/spell/item. People have beat this game only using their dodge roll, everything is viable if you can get creative.
Some people probably told you that you have to use the bloodhound’s fang. While it is a good weapon, you should use whatever weapon you like the most. This game had hundreds of different weapon possibilities, so just go wild trying new things. What I do recommend you get good at is understanding ashes of war and weapon scaling. Once you do that, leveling will make a lot of sense and you’ll be slapping everybody around. Also, if you have a three or four “main@ weapons, you can use those to try out things, like the bloody slash you just got.
Bell bearings are to unlock more stuff to purchase at the twin sisters. You can find them in the world and some NPCs have them. All traders has them. So technically you cam kill the merchants so you can have them all in one place. But honestly i dont kill the merchants. But i did kill santa he drops an emote.
12:25 you can select different affinitys basicallyfor certain ashes. Try them out. Some ashes are super good and or cool. You can find i belive 6 small blades that unlock more of the affinitys. So weapons become more intelect or arkane or faith responsiv for example. But you might miss some if you dont look around everywhere.
There is no rush, so take your time and explore. Also, I don't know if you know but you can press a button to show an item's lore description. It's not just the up front, short description of it's effects.
If you like greatswords, you should definitely get the Claymore and upgrade it. It's my favorite weapon in all the souls games. It's extremely versatile and my favorite ash of war to put on it is Quickstep. You can find it in Castle Morne
Idk if anyone else said this but builds have cap points you usually wont get anything beneficial passed 80 and the big increases stop at 60 the only stat with a real benefit to the cap is strength since a strength weapon also gets a stat increase by two handing
Try attacking the fire spitting pillars with a range attack next time. Are you planning to use the faith casts? If yes there is one you can find that heals you from poison and other stuff. Also a ash that throws holy blast on enemys. Love that one for the early came.
Hope you get the levels to use the bloodhound fang, it’s my personal fav weapon, I used it from before I beat the 1st main boss all the way to the final boss of the game
you want to play with str sword?? Zweihander castle Morne, and then you can progress to the big GUTS sword in Cealid (look at the attribute of weapon bro, the standard, quality change that) dual weild will increase str 1,5x , that's why you can use sword 2 handed even when you dont have enough str
You need to have 18 Strength and 17 Dex to use the Bloodhound Fang properly, it's doing crap damage because you don't have the stats to be able to wield it, even two handed. Once you hit 18 Strength and 17 Dex just concentrate on levelling up your Dex.
Yo one tip mate, your Flamedrake Talisman improves fire damage NEGATION, meaning it helps you take less fire damage from enemies. Use it when fighting a pyromancer or dragon, maybe. You are doing great mate, keep paying attention to the game, you will be rewarded handsomely! And by the way, take a close look at this giant thing's legs the next time ;)
Like to watch you, but could you cut out your face a bit so it has not covering half the scren with your background? Also definitly dont rush the game. Its worth exploring a lot. you would miss a lot of items too or dungeons.
@@kennethshaw2619 I think he means that he only takes 20% of the facecam, there's a lot of empty space that could be cropped out, not too big of a deal. Editing is really good, deserves bigger numbers.
So… it’s not “good content” but you know what… it is…(all I’m saying is, you don’t have to rush the game for our benefit… we beat the game already, we want you to as well, and experience the WHOLE game) Bro… you need to take your time playing these games and talk to the NPCs or you’re going to miss out on large chunks of the game… Go back often… repeatedly talk to people and always exhaust all the dialogue… This is how quests are done in a FROMSOFTWARE game
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Awww yeeee here we go. (first). For the ashes of war stuff, it goes like this: Heavy = Strength scaling. Quality = Strength and Dex. Basically, changing the affinity changes what stat your damage is coming from. If you look at your weapons in the menu, you will see they have grades on which stats they use. For the bloodhound sword, you won't be able to change the ash of war like the normal weapons, since it's a unique weapon. Most boss weapons and stuff are like that -- they usually have really insane ashes of war built in anyway, to make up for the lack of flexibility. The Bloodhound Sword is basically a "quality weapon." Below are all the scalings explained from a reddit post. Also, you can respec later if you don't like a weapon or something you put stats into, or if you want to try something else.
Heavy: Changes to Strength-scaled physical
Keen: Changes to Dexterity-scaled physical
Quality: Changes to even Str/Dex physical
Magic: Adds Int-scaled Magic
Cold: Adds (less) Int-scaled Magic, and non-scaling Frostbite buildup
Fire: Adds Str-scaled Fire
Flame Art: Adds Fai-scaled Fire
Lightning: Adds Dex-scaled Lightning
Sacred: Adds Fai-scaled Holy
Poison: Adds Arcane-scaled Physical and scaling Poison buildup
Blood: Adds Arcane-scaled Physical and scaling Bleed buildup
Occult: Changes to Arcane-scaled Physical and causes innate status effects to scale with Arcane
Wow that’s a lot to take in lol, I appreciate you for giving the helpful tips and for being first 😂
@@Dudenamedtay np man. We got you lol. This game isn't the best at explaining stuff if you're used to playing more traditional games. Most people don't even understand the story without watching vaatividya's lore videos. I think you're gonna really like it if you just keep playing how you want, with exploring like you are.
I like your videos. I wasn’t planning on making suggestions since I like watching you explore, but I have over 1,800 hours in the game and there are some suggestions I will offer.
1) Buy all cookbooks and maps from merchants, because they allow you to craft items. Also, pick up everything - flowers, herbs, rune fragments, etc. Most things can be crafted into useable items. Get all armor and weapons from slain enemies. You can sell off extras for runes (money).
2) On the Southern Isle (lowest part of Limgrave [the green section] Go to the southern-most merchant (Isolated Merchant Shack) just past the Walking Mausoleum. From him you can buy a Lantern. You can always activate the Lantern, but especially in caves and catacombs and it hangs from your belt, which leaves both your hands free for a shield and a weapon. (Until then I am so glad you moved your torch to your left hand).
3) At the round table, buy the healing incantation from Brother Corwyn. Using the finger seals (in your left hand) you can use the incantation to heal yourself from minor injuries and save your health flasks for when you need a major heal, or use it if you run out of health flasks.
4) Rowa fruit can be crafted into raisins, which can heal Torrent (your horse) while on the fly. Also, You can always dismount and get back on Torrent (he returns at full strength).
5) On your menu screen, you have six pouches in the upper right corner. Use them! If you hold the Y button, the first 4 pouch items will be quick and easy to access using your D tab. Mine are in this order: First I have Spectral Steed Whistle then to the right Rowa raisins. Second row Lantern then my favorite Spirit Ashes to help in most battles (like you said, they can take the heat off you a little). Third row I have things you don’t yet have, but put in any items you want to access quickly without having to scroll through your inventory.
5) Search everything carefully. I have seen you miss a lot (passage ways, etc.) which means you aren’t finding a lot of things. Go behind buildings, look over rampart walls, look over cliffs, plus some places do have hidden walls that you either need to roll into or hit with your sword.
6) The NPC’s have story lines. Some are vital to progress the story, while some are just fun - like Boc (the bush you hit and turned into a monkey man who wants to be a seamstress like his dear old mum).
7) Collect Sacred Tears (which make your flasks more effective) and golden seeds (which give you more flasks).
8) Put on the best armor you can wear (while remaining no more than medium load) and Build up your armor and weapons using smithing stones to make them more effective.
9) I recommend buying the blue and white ciphers from the twin sisters at the round table. The blue cipher allows YOU to be called into another player’s game in order to kill the invader who is ruining their game. If you are successful, you are rewarded with a Rune Arc to use in your game and it enhances your abilities.
10) Go to Third Church of Marika in East Limgrave, where you’ll acquire your flask of Wonderous Physic, which will make you much stronger when taken before or during a boss fight.
11) When you see the white walls blocking an area from your progress, stick a Stonesword key in the gargoyle statue and you can unlock that area.
I could go on and on, but I won’t unless you want more tips. You are starting to learn about talismans which are very important in the game. You’ll also want some spells like ‘Flame Cleanse me’ that eradicates poison and scarlet rot when you are inflicted by them.
The time of day matters in the game. Some enemies only come out at night, such as Night Cavalry and Death Birds. This is an amazing game and you’ve only uncovered… honestly… about 2% of the game so far. Good luck!
I appreciate you for taking the time to explain all of this. Thanks 😂
Mate just you go and explore. That's the whole point of this fantastic open world. We'll gladly watch what you find.
Regarding the hidden path: Yes they do exist. Hitting the wall or rolling against it will reveal it. That being said: Those paths are rare and 99% of those messages are trolls. It doesn't hurt to still try tho. Behind some of these walls are very interesting things. So if you see a message on a wall, just try it. We won't laugh. Better than missing out, right?
Great video again. Keep it up!
Thanks for pointing that out😂 and I appreciate your support
Much love from a fellow Tarnished! And, from one Tarnished to another, don't get in a big rush. This game rewards exploration like you're doing HEAVILY.
Pro-Tip: If you meet a man named Patches, make sure to forgive the poor bastard when he surrenders. The goods at his emporium are to die for.
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*Visions of shackle...*
My favorite line of the stream “I gotta level up intelligence. I’m too stupid to use this” lol. It’s been fun watching you progress and git gud
I am very much enjoying this journey
Edit: the red square is an indicator that you have a health buff, it appeared due to the talisman
Glad you’re enjoying the vids and thanks for pointing that out !
Use the bloodhounds fan L2 followed by a heavy attack. Unstoppable move that helps you dodge and close distance
BHF
the best bleed beginning weapon.
@@fadoraarmed9674 I’m almost through the DLC with it, slap bloodflame on it
@@rossravello8403 nice. I use it sometimes But for dex builds the nagakibas are my go to. Or the god skin peeler's
@@fadoraarmed9674 yeah it’s a bit of a unique weapon, definitely hybrid strength but mostly dex! Peeler is awesome
Nice to see another Elden Ring video from you, seems like you are really starting to get into it now that you've gotten to play for a bit and found some cool stuff. You should just play the way you like to play, get a feel for the world and worry about the main story when the time feels right. You might want to equip a Sacred Seal so that you can use incantations, the class you picked started with one and a couple of incantations, so definitely try it out (casting uses that blue bar, you started with a minor healing incantation which can be nice in early game since you get some extra healing). Certain "cursed" enemies can also be murdered by using healing on them. In fact, there is one particular boss/enemy that is hard as nails to fight unless you heal him to death, just remember the name "Revenant" :D
Those fire spewing pillars that are in the catacombs can be hit (weapons, arrows, throwing items all work) and they will most often be deactivated and stay that way between resting at graces. They can be activated again and used to kill stuff too, and sometimes you can even use them to get to new areas by riding them ;)
If you find some Crystal Throwing Knives and use those on the stone enemies like the Stone Imps and even that strange Burial Cat-Watchdog (with a cape) boss interesting things will happen. I'm going to let you find out how you can use that to your own advantage ;)
There was no hidden path where the message was written, you will find lots of those kinds of "hilarious" trolls. There are hidden paths/illusory walls to find though just so you know :)
Also, by the Lamp! It stays on your belt and you don't need to carry around a torch. The Merchant that sells it can be found in a shack near the beach of south western Weeping Peninsula, near that walking mausoleum with a bell (just head west from where it is and you'll find the merchant if you haven't already)
If you can't get rid of the red X on weapons by two-handing the weapon is pretty much useless. The Bloodhound Sword is a great weapon, no doubt, but everyone and their grandmother seems to use it, get too attached to it and then just keep using it the whole game so it's actually refreshing seeing someone try other things (and there are so many cool weapons in the game)
I hope you keep playing and sharing your adventure, it is a wild one and it will only get more interesting.
Thanks for the tips, I would’ve never known that I was getting trolled 😂
Your videos are really entertaining. It’s fun to watch someone discovering the joy of playing this game.
The Bloodhound fang is one of the greatest Swords in the game I almost finished the whole game with that One Sword 🔥
Yeah I’m almost through DLC with it
12:26 if you ever get confused about the "heavy" "keen" "quality" stuff when changing ash of wars, here is a VERY short explanation. (And it's still gonna be long as shit.)
Those are called "affinities" and they change what stats the weapon uses to calculate damage.
Each weapon has a base damage value, but it gets a bonus amount of damage based on your stats. A big heavy weapon gets extra damage the more strength you have, and a quick light weapon gets extra damage the more dexterity you have.
Upgrading a weapon with smithing stones raises the base damage and raises the scaling.
This is called "scaling" damage and becomes more important the further into the game you get.
Because the base damage is a flat number, the scaling damage is multiplicative. Meaning the damage increases far more each time you level up, and can reach absolutely criminal numbers if you play your cards right. The scaling has ranking of E/D/C/B/A/S, meaning an E scaling in strength might give you a small damage boost each time you level up strength, but an A or even S can almost double your damage after a few level ups.
When applying an ash of war, it lets you change the scaling of your weapons slightly. Specific ashes of war have different scaling options, and you unlock more as the game progresses.
They tell you what they do and show you the changes in the menu, blue means an increase, red means a decrease, but in general:
Standard: does not change weapons base scaling.
Heavy: raises strength scaling, lowers other
Keen: raises dexterity scaling, lowers other
Quality: balances out strength and dexterity to make them equal
Magic: raises intelligence scaling, adds magic damage
Frost: slightly raises intelligence scaling, adds weak magic damage and frostbite.
Flame: raises strength scaling and adds fire damage.
Flame arts: slightly raises strength and faith scaling and adds fire damage.
Lightning: raises dexterity scaling and adds lightning damage
Sacred: raises faith scaling and adds holy damage.
Poison: slightly raises arcane scaling and adds poison
Blood: slightly raises arcane scaling and adds blood
Arcane: raises arcane scaling and boosts the standard passive effect already present on the weapon (blood, poison, rot, madness, sleep, deathblight) by your arcane stat.
I didn’t know any of this 😂thanks
Tip for armor, get the drip. I don't consider first playthrough early to end game really that punishing for your lack of armor damage reduction benefits. So just feel cool and fight cool.
Alright now for the real tip, rolling have a set amount of i-frames, so sometime just dodging into the attack works out better than your usual instinct to dodge out. Of course there are some game attacks that will still catch you, but it's safer to dodge in than out. It's all really just how you look at the attacks.
yo im loving your play through i started elden ring 2 weeks ago i gave up because i suck but watching you made me jump back on it i just beat malenia i prey your playthrough is a enjoyable one ❤❤❤
My only complaint with this series is I wish it was daily uploads 🔥🔥 keep it up brother
Two things you need to know.
1. The community has declared that the watchdogs to be cats
2. Turtles 🐢 are officially dubbed dogs :P
Ok now a serious few tips lol.
One thing you need to know is to use your camera to scan a room for imps. They can be behind and on walls, on the ceiling and most importantly… on top of the arc where you enter to attack you from behind.
Another is to try to think logically when it comes to using elemental damage, for example, plants and tree people burn (as well as doing extra damage to those wearing cloth), lighting does more damage to people with armour (due to electricity conducting metal) and ice can easily frost most bare skinned enemies.
One more tip is to focus on increasing your endurance as it helps with increasing equip load, stamina AND the ability to equip better armour without sacrificing too much movement. Hope this helps :)
A tip about weapon scaling:
As you level weapons up the scaling grade increases with certain stats which makes the weapon do more damage as you increase that stat. So if a weapon scales D with strength and C with dexterity it'd be better to only level dexterity since you get more added damage from it.
The Dectus Medallion is for the area after Liurnia of the Lakes (the next main area after the first 2 main bosses).
Also you'll be able to respec your stats after defeating the main boss in Liurnia, so you'll be able to change your stats for a specific weapon you want later in the game.
The Walking Churches are for duplicating Rememberances which you get from killing main bosses for boss weapons/spells. You hit the bones at their feet until they fall.
Keep it up! You've already gotten pretty good at combat so im excited to see how you do against the first main bosses, especially Godrick.
That’s super helpful thanks 🙏🏾
To get on the walking building 28:24 you need to attack the skull like things on its feet.
Those are used for healing your horse 2:46
You can jump off the balcony in the round table to fight npc guy
with the bhf the ash of war is where it shines. it has a follow up to it as well if you hit R2 after L2 and u get invincibility frames during the move too. plus it has innate bleed
Crucible knights suck.
The best way to kill them is learning to parry.
(I suck at that.)
Next best option is having a decently upgraded weapon, and have the “Kick” ash of war on it.
When the Crucible Knight is blocking, or doing a shield bash if you kick, it will stance break them letting you get a critical hit.
This is for Melee fighting anyway.
If you are like me and use magic/Faith spells.
Rock sling is great, or Halo Scythe Ash of War if you are lucky enough to get it works great.
Black flame is decent as well.
Don't worry about rushing story on your first playthrough, the first time should be about exploration and learning mechanics. The second playthrough is when you start going for specific things you want and streamlining where you go and what you do.
You didn't have the stats to use the bloodhound fang, on the icon when you have it equipped you can see a little red X in the corner, when you see that the weapons will do basically no damage, have slower animations, and use more stamina. Try it again when you have the stats.
You're doing great, keep it up 👍
At the shore to the left of santaclause is another trader and a dungeon that leads to another place if you continue the path.
Noooo way my favorite eldenring TH-camr is back hehe, thanks for the new episode!
Welcome back ! Im glad you’re enjoying the vids lol
I can't wait to see him fight the Black Blade.
Protip: if you don't meet the minimum requirements for the weapons, you'll use WAY more stamina to swing them and do no real damage. Your dexterity is too low to use Bloodhound's Fang.
Strength is less of an issue. When you're under the minimum strength level, you can usually offset that by two-handing. BHF has a minimum strength requirement of 18, so you have to two-hand it.
Agree with @alphaomega1580. I think most of us who are here have probably finished multiple play throughs already. Hence, we’re here to relive that first time experience with you.
Please do explore, chill, and just enjoy. Play the game the way you want to. And hopefully at the same time we get more content from you. 🙏
Bloodhound fang is worth it... trust me... literally carried my first playthrough
But its boring, seen it so many times :D.
@@phoenixsui Ok?
And the moveset he is using now is really that rare? Not too mention its his playthrough
@@obiwanshinobi87 well he has nothing better yet. I just hope he is more creative in his build then bloodloss.
@@phoenixsui I never said he should solely use bloodhound fang.. I said it was worth it... and not even just because of the bleed... I mean I'm sorry you find it boring but.. that's your opinion.. I mean you can have 2 people with the exact same build.. and still have 2 very different playthroughs
@@phoenixsui He's completely new to soulslike so don't expect too much regarding "unique builds" and It's a fun weapon.
Pro tip: the best way to play the game is to be flexible. Use different weapons and spells to see which ones are best for the specific situations, be willing to change your armor to resist different damage types. Don't worry too much about 'wasting' upgrade materials. As you play you unlock infinite upgrade materials one level at a time so you can max out a bunch of different weapons. Sticking to one weapon or playstyle is fun, but the game is teeming with all sorts of fun stuff. Each item you pick up is a "tool" to use somewhere in the game. Look at it like a bit tool box for you to play with.
People have beat the entire game with every single weapon/spell/item. People have beat this game only using their dodge roll, everything is viable if you can get creative.
Some people probably told you that you have to use the bloodhound’s fang. While it is a good weapon, you should use whatever weapon you like the most. This game had hundreds of different weapon possibilities, so just go wild trying new things. What I do recommend you get good at is understanding ashes of war and weapon scaling. Once you do that, leveling will make a lot of sense and you’ll be slapping everybody around. Also, if you have a three or four “main@ weapons, you can use those to try out things, like the bloody slash you just got.
Bell bearings are to unlock more stuff to purchase at the twin sisters. You can find them in the world and some NPCs have them. All traders has them. So technically you cam kill the merchants so you can have them all in one place. But honestly i dont kill the merchants. But i did kill santa he drops an emote.
You killed Santa ?😟
@@Dudenamedtay only once he has a emote you can't get no were els
12:25 you can select different affinitys basicallyfor certain ashes. Try them out. Some ashes are super good and or cool.
You can find i belive 6 small blades that unlock more of the affinitys. So weapons become more intelect or arkane or faith responsiv for example. But you might miss some if you dont look around everywhere.
There is no rush, so take your time and explore.
Also, I don't know if you know but you can press a button to show an item's lore description. It's not just the up front, short description of it's effects.
If you like greatswords, you should definitely get the Claymore and upgrade it. It's my favorite weapon in all the souls games. It's extremely versatile and my favorite ash of war to put on it is Quickstep.
You can find it in Castle Morne
I’ll look for it in a future upload. Thanks 🙌🏾
@@Dudenamedtay np homie, I hope you like it!
I think we had the same first playthrough 😂
Idk if anyone else said this but builds have cap points you usually wont get anything beneficial passed 80 and the big increases stop at 60 the only stat with a real benefit to the cap is strength since a strength weapon also gets a stat increase by two handing
Oh also another fun little trick I like is you can turn while doing jump attacks and hit behind a shield if you do it from a good enough angle
I’ll try that next vid, thanks 🙏🏾
If you want to do status build like bloodloss, you need to focus your stats in Arcane.
vert nice editing and video! Just do what's fun gameplay wise, and don't force yourself to use weapons the comments recommend 👍
Try attacking the fire spitting pillars with a range attack next time.
Are you planning to use the faith casts? If yes there is one you can find that heals you from poison and other stuff.
Also a ash that throws holy blast on enemys. Love that one for the early came.
Hope you get the levels to use the bloodhound fang, it’s my personal fav weapon, I used it from before I beat the 1st main boss all the way to the final boss of the game
I recommend leveling dexterity once you have to requirements to use it with 1 hand tho
level that vigor dude so you don't die in a few hits
Will do 😂
you want to play with str sword?? Zweihander castle Morne, and then you can progress to the big GUTS sword in Cealid (look at the attribute of weapon bro, the standard, quality change that) dual weild will increase str 1,5x , that's why you can use sword 2 handed even when you dont have enough str
Radagon soreseal is good for now. Try this talisman
You need to have 18 Strength and 17 Dex to use the Bloodhound Fang properly, it's doing crap damage because you don't have the stats to be able to wield it, even two handed. Once you hit 18 Strength and 17 Dex just concentrate on levelling up your Dex.
I love your videos man! (second)
Appreciate it
Yow lets go!
Yo one tip mate, your Flamedrake Talisman improves fire damage NEGATION, meaning it helps you take less fire damage from enemies. Use it when fighting a pyromancer or dragon, maybe. You are doing great mate, keep paying attention to the game, you will be rewarded handsomely! And by the way, take a close look at this giant thing's legs the next time ;)
Ahhh ok makes sense thanks and I will be sure to check out its legs lol
Like to watch you, but could you cut out your face a bit so it has not covering half the scren with your background? Also definitly dont rush the game. Its worth exploring a lot. you would miss a lot of items too or dungeons.
Not everyone has a green screen. What are you missing out on anyway? He is fine. The editing is great btw.
@@kennethshaw2619 I think he means that he only takes 20% of the facecam,
there's a lot of empty space that could be cropped out, not too big of a deal.
Editing is really good, deserves bigger numbers.
So… it’s not “good content” but you know what… it is…(all I’m saying is, you don’t have to rush the game for our benefit… we beat the game already, we want you to as well, and experience the WHOLE game)
Bro… you need to take your time playing these games and talk to the NPCs or you’re going to miss out on large chunks of the game…
Go back often… repeatedly talk to people and always exhaust all the dialogue…
This is how quests are done in a FROMSOFTWARE game