For this build: This is a Strength/Faith build that utilizes their Claymore to destroy the demi-gods with their mastery of weapon skills, flame-based melee techniques and buffs. I wanted to create something that felt like what a canonical Tarnished's arsenal would look like though I did take some personal liberties with it. For one, my weapon of choice was a Claymore as opposed to the Tarnished's Canon weapon, the Bastard Sword. This is for two reasons: 1. The Claymore was the first weapon I used in Dark Souls III, so, nostalgia. 2. The Claymore has some really nice thrusting attacks which is always useful. I use two Claymores interchangeably, usually having one set to Heavy affinity and one set to Fire affinity, though on occasion I will use two Heavy affinity. For basic combat, I buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength and I make consistent use of Black Flame Blade to burn damage over time (D.o.T) with each strike of my Claymore. When using this incantation, I will typically one-hand my weapon though I do still two-hand, particularly if I want to do higher stance damage. The Ashes of War I use with this build are thematic and powerful. Lion's Claw (a technique of Radahn's Redmanes) is a heavy front flip slam that deals high stance damage and can be made even more powerful by buffing with Black Flame Blade to deal lingering D.o.T. Eruption (a technique used by knights of the Volcano Manor), deals a heavy slam and upward strike leaving a pool of lava in its wake to deal D.o.T. Flaming Stirke (another technique of the Redmanes) launches a wave of flame and can be followed up with a sweeping slash, imbuing one's weapon with fire. Storm Blade (a skill with ties to Stormveil and the Storm Lord before the Age of the Erdtree) slashes air releasing a projectile of wind, but its real potential is lies in buffing with Black Flame Blade. Because Storm Blade slashes so quickly, if used at point blank range, I deal the damage of the wind projectile and the blade and since the weapon is coated in Black Flames, it will leave burning over time for every strike, which is particularly devastating if I land so much as 3 Storm Blades in a row. My stats are 50 Vigor for general survivability in high NG+, 15 Mind (FP is mostly used for buffs and weapons skills that do not cost too much), 30 Endurance because I'm aggressive and to have two Claymores while med rolling, Strength is 73 (could be lower if I primarily two-handed, but since I one-hand often to use Black Flame Blade, I wanted more power), Dexterity is 13 for the minimum requirements of the Claymore, Intelligence doesn't matter, Faith is 30 because it is only being used buffing myself or my weapon and Arcane is irrelevant as well. My primary talisman set-up is 1. the Old Lord's Talisman to extend the duration of spell effects. This makes both Golden Vow last for 104 seconds, Flame, Grant Me Strength last 39 seconds and Black Flame Blade last roughly 9.5 seconds. While it is useful on the first two, it is especially useful on Black Flame Blade because those extra 2 seconds means another hit of %-based damage 2. Shard of Alexander because this build is very weapon skill-centric 3. Fire Scorption Charm to increase the power of Fire Damage, because this build is constantly dealing fire damage whether it is with Black Flame Blade slashes, Fire-affinity Claymore attacks or Black Flame-empowered Lion's Claw or Storm Blade, Flaming Strike or Eruption. 4. Carian Filligreed Crest to lower the cost of weapon skills because they are at the center of this build. For Wondrous Physick: the Flame Shrouding Cracked Tear and Stone Barb Cracked Tear (for additional fire damage by 20% and stance damage). The Drip: Raging Wolf Set with Scaled Gauntlets and Greaves for higher poise. How to improve this build: This section is going to be pretty variable if you were to take this build beyond RL150 depending on how you go about it. If you stick with strictly STR/Faith and the Heavy and Fire affinities like I did, you could push Strength to 80 increasing your AR to 682 with a Heavy Affinity and 758 when one handing. That is only a 4% increase in power for Heavy affinity and a 2% increase in power for Fire affinity (before buffs, talismans and physick). Beyond 150, go with Quality affinity and Strength and Dexterity to 80 for a AR of 776. (13% increase from Heavy)
Damn ng+7, it must be fun having all the good loot. I was on my 1st plathrough 2 years ago and then stopped playing. After completing the DS1 plat trophy last week, I will most likely get back into Elden Rings but need to finish DS2 & 3.
Yeah, this was one of my first runs of NG+7 come to think of it. Have done a lot since then. Part of the perks of that deep of an NG+ is being able to build pretty much whatever you like as long as you have the equipment.
@ironstark917 I'm aiming for at least NG+3 with Elden Rings when I get to it, and that's to create a really strong build, but I have a backlog to clear. The DS Trilogy, Bloodbourne, and possibly Sekiro. Also, my favourite weapon in the early game ER was the Claymore with Bloody Slash. Respected midgame to a 2x bonk build with Royal Knight, and then I left the game with a Moonveil Kitana build with Transient Moonlight and Glintstone Pebble. Do you think if I went back to Claymore build, it could carry me through to the endgame?
@@icandodgebullets7869 To be honest, any of those weapons could carry you through the endgame so long as you build your character around them. Like if you go with Moonveil, you'll want Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm and Magic Shrouding Cracked Tear. If you go with the Claymore, go with high Strength, set it to the Heavy Affinity, get a solid weapon skill like Storm Blade or Lion's Claw or Flaming Strike, get Shard of Alexander, the Axe Talisman, Spiked Cracked Tear and Stonebarb Cracked Tear.
love the build. started elden ring a month ago and fell in love with the Claymore after getting it in Castle Morne. i'm really ass at builds lol, mine is a bit everywhere but primarily focuses on str/fth. thinking of taking some notes from your build as i go in the DLC later today (especially storm blade + black flame), thanks for this! :))
Ok I think you've convinced me to try a sword and board build with the Claymore, I love the concept you have going here and the fashion is on point as well. How did you like the Claymore moveset btw?
Thanks, Lionheart! And I'm looking forward to seeing that run from you. Truthfully, I enjoyed it. As someone who has used numerous greatswords, I found the thrusts were very much a welcome addition into their moveset which really set it apart from other greatswords which is while weapons like the Flamberge or Bastard Sword may get better AR (the Flamberge has innate bleed so my logic is that with Bloodflame Blade and my buffed Stormblade combo would seriously shred and Bastard Sword has better scaling), the Claymore's moveset still leaves more than enough reasons to use it. I think the next unique "normal" Greatsword I want to try is the Banished Knight's Greatsword because of that beautiful Hollowslayer R1 chain.
Nice build. Currently running a strength with claymore as my main. Believe I'll invest in some faith as well (after watching the video) to mix it up a bit and give myself some more AR and survivability. I believe you can cast Black flame blade much faster directly after a roll or dodge.
Thank you! And yeah, Spirit Ashes never really clicked with me since I'm something of a "Souls Vet" (I guess that's what we will call it since I've played and platinumed Bloodborne and Sekiro as well as beaten Dark Souls III 5 times). So by my first playthrough of Elden Ring, I didn't really use them until super late in my playthrough and then after my first playthrough, I didn't use them entirely. I also have a self-imposed rule of capping my builds at 150 in order to maintain the challenge of the game as I go through the NG+ cycles.
For reapplying buffs in combat easier just use the dpad after you buff to unequip the seal and then 2H. So when you need to rebuff its a simple d Pad press mid fight opposed to delayed action queing.
Decent advice and frankly one that I follow when the feeling arises. I also find two handing a bit awkward to switch to as well. This video is nearly a year old now though. Thanks for watching!
@@ironstark917 no problem brother. It too was my first sword. I still have the games with gold dark souls edition on my xbox to this day. The claymore is just a beast. Also this video is really a nice mixup most are one shots this utilized the AoWs and buffs throughout. Im genuinely going to build this when I get home. Thanks brother!
That's really kind of you, man! Thank you. Honestly, feeling pretty blessed by people like you because when I made this showcase, I had no idea people would still be engaging it and talking about it now. The Claymore is such a fun weapon and I'm glad it is so solid in ER. I hope you have fun with the build! To be honest, I might return to a build like this for Shadow of the Erdtree.
Hello there. So as you gave me your overall level and not your stats in Strength and Faith specifically, I cannot give your precise numbers on Fire and Flame Art affinity. However, as you are Level 250, I'm going to assume you probably have 80 Strength and 80 Faith and will use that as the basis of comparison. The short answer is yes, in terms of raw attack power on paper, a Flame Art Claymore with 80 Faith (and 80 Strength) will outperform a Fire Claymore marginally even before buffs. Flame Art would have 817 attack rating and Fire would have 793 (both when two handing). Because Flame Art would also make the Claymore lean more towards Fire damage than Physical damage, that also means it is going to be affected by things that buff Fire damage like Fire Scorpion, Flame Shrouding Cracked Tear and Flame, Grant me Strength to a greater extent than a Fire affinity Claymore which has a even 50/50. The only downside would be a Flame Art Claymore would struggle more against enemies that are resistant to Fire damage (particularly Mohg who has 80% Fire Resistance) but your solution there would be to either rely on your incantations that don't deal fire damage OR temporarily switch to the Heavy affinity.
Hi im lvl 161 should i go with the heavy or quality? And split my strengh with dex (its my first run and i want to use stormblade with black flame on 1 bastard only)
@@Vemto. Hello there! So, at Level 161, I would still go Strength with a Heavy affinity. This is mainly because the Quality affinity doesn't really outclass Heavy until very high levels (like 70 Strength and 70 Dexterity). This is because the Quality affinity tanks a weapon's base damage.
Heavy affinity and either Lion's Claw for stance break potential or Flaming Strike because the initial fire blast combined with the slash can do a lot of damage. Though if you were looking for raw DPS, Storm Blade when combined with Black Flame Blade can melt bosses. Though you would need to be aware of two things: 1. You could only buff with Black Flame Blade if your weapon is set to Heavy affinity, Keen affinity or Quality affinity (basically pure physical damage, you can't weapon buff with a Sorcery or Incantation if you have an elemental affinity) 2. Black Flame Blade only lasts for 7 seconds (9.5 with Old Lord's Talisman)
You can't buff a weapon that has an elemental infusion on it unless you're using an Ash of War to buff it. For example, when I use Flaming Strike to buff a Fire Claymore. I'm using multiple Claymores in this build. The Heavy Affinity one is the one you see me buff with Black Flame Blade.
I want this but im lvl 60. I doubt i can do dmg of i split my lvl to str and faith . But i want to use the tarnished build. Im using zweihander instead of Clamore
So, are you capping the build at Level 60 or going higher than that? Since you should be able to create build with a similar effect once you reach a high enough level. In the mean time, at low levels, weapon upgrade level matters a bit more than stats and scaling, so you could get your Faith to 15 for Flame, Grant me Strength and then just use the Ash of War version of Golden Vow.
@@ironstark917 i will. I just reached the Capital after defeating Radahn . Do you think i can get to this build with zewihander or it should be a faster sword like Claymor . Cuz ngl Claymor is better for fashion but Zwei dmg is sth else
You would have about half of what this build can do with the Zwei. You would have access to Lion's Claw and Eruption, but you wouldn't be able to use Storm Blade or Flaming Strike. Also, if you're going Strength with it, be sure to put the Zweihander to Heavy affinity, it gets an A scaling with Strength. Could also use Giant Hunt with the Zweihander. Personally, I'll admit I'm a bit biased to the Claymore. I like Greatsword movesets better than Colossal Swords and for a Beginner player, Greatswords feel a bit more forgiving to use than Colossal Swords.
@@ironstark917 i would like to change it back to Claymore or the Bastard sword but i used all the smithing 5 and 6 that you can get until now for leveling up Zewi . I also think Tarnished uses a Claymore in trailers with a small shield . I wonder if i can do that and parry bosses
The Tarnished uses the Bastard Sword in the trailers, but the Claymore does have those poking heavy attacks. If I were you, I would defeat Morgott then head to the Mountaintop of the Giants. From there, go to the Zamor Ruins and find the 3rd Smithing Stone Bell Bearing.
I would say very, considering my fights with Maliketh, Hoarah Loux and Radagon weren't very long at all. I think you should also bare in mind this: this is a build I capped at 150 (PvP and Co-op meta) on NG+7, which the game's highest health and damage scaling. I've also regularly used this set-up to assist people in co-op against Radagon and Elden Beast.
I don't get why people use golden vow if you can use rallying standard. I get it lasts less, but it also is stronger and costs less fp to use, and it's also way stronger. Plus doesn't require any faith.
You do get why. haha. You literally hit the reason why. Duration makes a huge difference. Rallying Standard is 5% stronger, sure, but Golden Vow lasts more than double the time (80 seconds vs 30 seconds). Plus, if you invest in Faith, you can also stack Golden Vow with Howl of Shabriri or Flame, Grant me Strength, which would end up being a stronger buff than Rallying Standard alone (if our argument is going to be not needing to both with investing in Faith). Plus, I'm not carrying around 11.5 extra units for a 30 second buff.
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For this build:
This is a Strength/Faith build that utilizes their Claymore to destroy the demi-gods with their mastery of weapon skills, flame-based melee techniques and buffs. I wanted to create something that felt like what a canonical Tarnished's arsenal would look like though I did take some personal liberties with it. For one, my weapon of choice was a Claymore as opposed to the Tarnished's Canon weapon, the Bastard Sword. This is for two reasons: 1. The Claymore was the first weapon I used in Dark Souls III, so, nostalgia. 2. The Claymore has some really nice thrusting attacks which is always useful. I use two Claymores interchangeably, usually having one set to Heavy affinity and one set to Fire affinity, though on occasion I will use two Heavy affinity. For basic combat, I buff with Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength and I make consistent use of Black Flame Blade to burn damage over time (D.o.T) with each strike of my Claymore. When using this incantation, I will typically one-hand my weapon though I do still two-hand, particularly if I want to do higher stance damage.
The Ashes of War I use with this build are thematic and powerful. Lion's Claw (a technique of Radahn's Redmanes) is a heavy front flip slam that deals high stance damage and can be made even more powerful by buffing with Black Flame Blade to deal lingering D.o.T. Eruption (a technique used by knights of the Volcano Manor), deals a heavy slam and upward strike leaving a pool of lava in its wake to deal D.o.T. Flaming Stirke (another technique of the Redmanes) launches a wave of flame and can be followed up with a sweeping slash, imbuing one's weapon with fire. Storm Blade (a skill with ties to Stormveil and the Storm Lord before the Age of the Erdtree) slashes air releasing a projectile of wind, but its real potential is lies in buffing with Black Flame Blade. Because Storm Blade slashes so quickly, if used at point blank range, I deal the damage of the wind projectile and the blade and since the weapon is coated in Black Flames, it will leave burning over time for every strike, which is particularly devastating if I land so much as 3 Storm Blades in a row.
My stats are 50 Vigor for general survivability in high NG+, 15 Mind (FP is mostly used for buffs and weapons skills that do not cost too much), 30 Endurance because I'm aggressive and to have two Claymores while med rolling, Strength is 73 (could be lower if I primarily two-handed, but since I one-hand often to use Black Flame Blade, I wanted more power), Dexterity is 13 for the minimum requirements of the Claymore, Intelligence doesn't matter, Faith is 30 because it is only being used buffing myself or my weapon and Arcane is irrelevant as well.
My primary talisman set-up is 1. the Old Lord's Talisman to extend the duration of spell effects. This makes both Golden Vow last for 104 seconds, Flame, Grant Me Strength last 39 seconds and Black Flame Blade last roughly 9.5 seconds. While it is useful on the first two, it is especially useful on Black Flame Blade because those extra 2 seconds means another hit of %-based damage 2. Shard of Alexander because this build is very weapon skill-centric 3. Fire Scorption Charm to increase the power of Fire Damage, because this build is constantly dealing fire damage whether it is with Black Flame Blade slashes, Fire-affinity Claymore attacks or Black Flame-empowered Lion's Claw or Storm Blade, Flaming Strike or Eruption. 4. Carian Filligreed Crest to lower the cost of weapon skills because they are at the center of this build.
For Wondrous Physick: the Flame Shrouding Cracked Tear and Stone Barb Cracked Tear (for additional fire damage by 20% and stance damage).
The Drip: Raging Wolf Set with Scaled Gauntlets and Greaves for higher poise.
How to improve this build:
This section is going to be pretty variable if you were to take this build beyond RL150 depending on how you go about it. If you stick with strictly STR/Faith and the Heavy and Fire affinities like I did, you could push Strength to 80 increasing your AR to 682 with a Heavy Affinity and 758 when one handing. That is only a 4% increase in power for Heavy affinity and a 2% increase in power for Fire affinity (before buffs, talismans and physick). Beyond 150, go with Quality affinity and Strength and Dexterity to 80 for a AR of 776. (13% increase from Heavy)
Wow, that's alot of words, too bad Im not readin em
The lore accurate tarnished build
@@Lantize Glad it has your stamp of approval
Couple of great AoW for the Claymore.
Sword Dance.
Flaming Strike.
Double Slash.
Storm Blade
Storm Assault
Storm Stomp.
Roar buffing.
Piercing Fang.
Impaling Thrust.
Glintblade Phalanx.
Stamp Sweep / Uppercut.(really nice hyper armor trades)
It's the ultimate swiss army knife!
Needs more attention tbh this is some serious content holy
Thank you, friend!
I'm actually finishing up the next run I'll be posting here today.
Damn ng+7, it must be fun having all the good loot. I was on my 1st plathrough 2 years ago and then stopped playing. After completing the DS1 plat trophy last week, I will most likely get back into Elden Rings but need to finish DS2 & 3.
Yeah, this was one of my first runs of NG+7 come to think of it. Have done a lot since then. Part of the perks of that deep of an NG+ is being able to build pretty much whatever you like as long as you have the equipment.
@ironstark917 I'm aiming for at least NG+3 with Elden Rings when I get to it, and that's to create a really strong build, but I have a backlog to clear. The DS Trilogy, Bloodbourne, and possibly Sekiro. Also, my favourite weapon in the early game ER was the Claymore with Bloody Slash. Respected midgame to a 2x bonk build with Royal Knight, and then I left the game with a Moonveil Kitana build with Transient Moonlight and Glintstone Pebble. Do you think if I went back to Claymore build, it could carry me through to the endgame?
@@icandodgebullets7869 To be honest, any of those weapons could carry you through the endgame so long as you build your character around them. Like if you go with Moonveil, you'll want Shard of Alexander, Magic Scorpion Charm and Magic Shrouding Cracked Tear. If you go with the Claymore, go with high Strength, set it to the Heavy Affinity, get a solid weapon skill like Storm Blade or Lion's Claw or Flaming Strike, get Shard of Alexander, the Axe Talisman, Spiked Cracked Tear and Stonebarb Cracked Tear.
Your dodges are on point
Thank you!
love the build. started elden ring a month ago and fell in love with the Claymore after getting it in Castle Morne. i'm really ass at builds lol, mine is a bit everywhere but primarily focuses on str/fth. thinking of taking some notes from your build as i go in the DLC later today (especially storm blade + black flame), thanks for this! :))
Dat Malenia fight damn...she have never known defeat or stagger for that matter lol
Yeah, she is pretty tough to stagger in NG+7. That is unless you parry her, which I have taken lately.
excellent build i'm gonna give it a try for dlc
Did it workkk??
Ok I think you've convinced me to try a sword and board build with the Claymore, I love the concept you have going here and the fashion is on point as well. How did you like the Claymore moveset btw?
Thanks, Lionheart! And I'm looking forward to seeing that run from you.
Truthfully, I enjoyed it. As someone who has used numerous greatswords, I found the thrusts were very much a welcome addition into their moveset which really set it apart from other greatswords which is while weapons like the Flamberge or Bastard Sword may get better AR (the Flamberge has innate bleed so my logic is that with Bloodflame Blade and my buffed Stormblade combo would seriously shred and Bastard Sword has better scaling), the Claymore's moveset still leaves more than enough reasons to use it.
I think the next unique "normal" Greatsword I want to try is the Banished Knight's Greatsword because of that beautiful Hollowslayer R1 chain.
Amazing work.
Thanks, mate!
Nice build. Currently running a strength with claymore as my main. Believe I'll invest in some faith as well (after watching the video) to mix it up a bit and give myself some more AR and survivability. I believe you can cast Black flame blade much faster directly after a roll or dodge.
Thank you!
And do it! Also, Black Flame Blade also comes out fast when sprinting into it. I used that technique a bit on Mohg.
@@ironstark917 I forgot about the sprint, thanks. That was definitely some good gameplay. I need to stop using my Mimic Tear and learn boss move sets.
Thank you!
And yeah, Spirit Ashes never really clicked with me since I'm something of a "Souls Vet" (I guess that's what we will call it since I've played and platinumed Bloodborne and Sekiro as well as beaten Dark Souls III 5 times). So by my first playthrough of Elden Ring, I didn't really use them until super late in my playthrough and then after my first playthrough, I didn't use them entirely. I also have a self-imposed rule of capping my builds at 150 in order to maintain the challenge of the game as I go through the NG+ cycles.
Great explanation and skillful build. I am using lions claw on a guts greatsword atm but looking for different builds.
Thank you!
Funny you mention that: one of my first melee-centertic builds in Elden Ring was a Heavy Greatsword with Lion's Claw.
For reapplying buffs in combat easier just use the dpad after you buff to unequip the seal and then 2H. So when you need to rebuff its a simple d Pad press mid fight opposed to delayed action queing.
Decent advice and frankly one that I follow when the feeling arises. I also find two handing a bit awkward to switch to as well. This video is nearly a year old now though. Thanks for watching!
@@ironstark917 no problem brother. It too was my first sword. I still have the games with gold dark souls edition on my xbox to this day. The claymore is just a beast. Also this video is really a nice mixup most are one shots this utilized the AoWs and buffs throughout. Im genuinely going to build this when I get home. Thanks brother!
That's really kind of you, man! Thank you. Honestly, feeling pretty blessed by people like you because when I made this showcase, I had no idea people would still be engaging it and talking about it now.
The Claymore is such a fun weapon and I'm glad it is so solid in ER. I hope you have fun with the build!
To be honest, I might return to a build like this for Shadow of the Erdtree.
I love your build bro but is it still powerful today in the dlc?
@@mastilcivil4276 Thank you and I imagine it would be, mainly because all the buffs this build uses would also stack with the Scadutree Blessings.
@@ironstark917 ok i will try it and thanks for answering me
Hey! Great video and build, but how can I find a second Claymore? Or there is no way to get it?
@@IamDocta Hello there!
So, yeah, you would need to play NG+ to get a second Claymore or have a friend drop you one in co-op.
@@ironstark917 Thank you for info!
if i already have a lvl 250 str/fai build, wouldn’t flame art scale better over fire affinity?
Hello there. So as you gave me your overall level and not your stats in Strength and Faith specifically, I cannot give your precise numbers on Fire and Flame Art affinity.
However, as you are Level 250, I'm going to assume you probably have 80 Strength and 80 Faith and will use that as the basis of comparison.
The short answer is yes, in terms of raw attack power on paper, a Flame Art Claymore with 80 Faith (and 80 Strength) will outperform a Fire Claymore marginally even before buffs. Flame Art would have 817 attack rating and Fire would have 793 (both when two handing). Because Flame Art would also make the Claymore lean more towards Fire damage than Physical damage, that also means it is going to be affected by things that buff Fire damage like Fire Scorpion, Flame Shrouding Cracked Tear and Flame, Grant me Strength to a greater extent than a Fire affinity Claymore which has a even 50/50. The only downside would be a Flame Art Claymore would struggle more against enemies that are resistant to Fire damage (particularly Mohg who has 80% Fire Resistance) but your solution there would be to either rely on your incantations that don't deal fire damage OR temporarily switch to the Heavy affinity.
Hi im lvl 161 should i go with the heavy or quality? And split my strengh with dex (its my first run and i want to use stormblade with black flame on 1 bastard only)
@@Vemto. Hello there!
So, at Level 161, I would still go Strength with a Heavy affinity. This is mainly because the Quality affinity doesn't really outclass Heavy until very high levels (like 70 Strength and 70 Dexterity). This is because the Quality affinity tanks a weapon's base damage.
@@ironstark917 Bro that black flame with stormblade slaps! Love the combo ty for the build!
@@Vemto. Sure thing, my man! Honestly, I feel like I need to revisit this build concept some time.
which of the claymore setups (AoW and Affinity) do you recommend using for ng?
Heavy affinity and either Lion's Claw for stance break potential or Flaming Strike because the initial fire blast combined with the slash can do a lot of damage.
Though if you were looking for raw DPS, Storm Blade when combined with Black Flame Blade can melt bosses. Though you would need to be aware of two things: 1. You could only buff with Black Flame Blade if your weapon is set to Heavy affinity, Keen affinity or Quality affinity (basically pure physical damage, you can't weapon buff with a Sorcery or Incantation if you have an elemental affinity) 2. Black Flame Blade only lasts for 7 seconds (9.5 with Old Lord's Talisman)
Giant’s hunt is also really good, deals pretty big posture damage and it can send smaller enemies flying into the air (you can bully malenia with it).
I thought you couldn’t buff a weapon that has an ash of war ??? Someone explain please.
You can't buff a weapon that has an elemental infusion on it unless you're using an Ash of War to buff it. For example, when I use Flaming Strike to buff a Fire Claymore. I'm using multiple Claymores in this build. The Heavy Affinity one is the one you see me buff with Black Flame Blade.
I want this but im lvl 60. I doubt i can do dmg of i split my lvl to str and faith . But i want to use the tarnished build. Im using zweihander instead of Clamore
So, are you capping the build at Level 60 or going higher than that? Since you should be able to create build with a similar effect once you reach a high enough level.
In the mean time, at low levels, weapon upgrade level matters a bit more than stats and scaling, so you could get your Faith to 15 for Flame, Grant me Strength and then just use the Ash of War version of Golden Vow.
@@ironstark917 i will. I just reached the Capital after defeating Radahn . Do you think i can get to this build with zewihander or it should be a faster sword like Claymor . Cuz ngl Claymor is better for fashion but Zwei dmg is sth else
You would have about half of what this build can do with the Zwei. You would have access to Lion's Claw and Eruption, but you wouldn't be able to use Storm Blade or Flaming Strike. Also, if you're going Strength with it, be sure to put the Zweihander to Heavy affinity, it gets an A scaling with Strength. Could also use Giant Hunt with the Zweihander.
Personally, I'll admit I'm a bit biased to the Claymore. I like Greatsword movesets better than Colossal Swords and for a Beginner player, Greatswords feel a bit more forgiving to use than Colossal Swords.
@@ironstark917 i would like to change it back to Claymore or the Bastard sword but i used all the smithing 5 and 6 that you can get until now for leveling up Zewi . I also think Tarnished uses a Claymore in trailers with a small shield . I wonder if i can do that and parry bosses
The Tarnished uses the Bastard Sword in the trailers, but the Claymore does have those poking heavy attacks.
If I were you, I would defeat Morgott then head to the Mountaintop of the Giants. From there, go to the Zamor Ruins and find the 3rd Smithing Stone Bell Bearing.
How effective is claymore in late game
I would say very, considering my fights with Maliketh, Hoarah Loux and Radagon weren't very long at all.
I think you should also bare in mind this: this is a build I capped at 150 (PvP and Co-op meta) on NG+7, which the game's highest health and damage scaling.
I've also regularly used this set-up to assist people in co-op against Radagon and Elden Beast.
I don't get why people use golden vow if you can use rallying standard. I get it lasts less, but it also is stronger and costs less fp to use, and it's also way stronger. Plus doesn't require any faith.
You do get why. haha. You literally hit the reason why. Duration makes a huge difference. Rallying Standard is 5% stronger, sure, but Golden Vow lasts more than double the time (80 seconds vs 30 seconds). Plus, if you invest in Faith, you can also stack Golden Vow with Howl of Shabriri or Flame, Grant me Strength, which would end up being a stronger buff than Rallying Standard alone (if our argument is going to be not needing to both with investing in Faith).
Plus, I'm not carrying around 11.5 extra units for a 30 second buff.