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@Fextralife I can't find anything about the assassin's cerulean talisman (mentioned around 7:40) that regenerates fp. I'd love to have it :) great videos by the way!
I wish there was an upgraded version. Every ranged spell I've acquired underperforms compared to pebble. Kind of lame that I'm 35 hours in and my best option is still the spell i started with
@@Cr4nched there is. You can get a faster pebble. But the game play remains the same. Transitions to mid game build. I was at 49hrs before finishing first castle.
Yeah, I put a lot of time into my mage build and kept having to go back to that fucking pebble spell because nothing else casts fast enough to keep things off of me. Builds like this will hopefully save my mage and bring him off the bench!
Jumping on the band wagon here. The level of detail they put into the build guides is amazing. I will always come to this channel for informative game guides.
@@rf5510 what are you on? It's not like you can't just go there and get it at some point, like getting the item is some forbidden act because it's not "mid game" enough. People can be line to Rhadan from the start of the game, so I don't know what you think mid game is when he could be the first major boss you kill
Thanks god for these builds and this video particularly. I’m brand new to souls games and went with the prisoner build you made. I wasn’t sure how to level him up and what items to get until know. U are a legend my guy🙏
I've tried several of your builds now, and one thing I learned: The builds all work great, but a lot of it comes down to "which playstyle feels right for me?" I didn't expect this to make this much of a difference, but then again, it's the first Souls game which I've played for more than two hours, and I'm loving every minute of it 😁 Thank you for providing this kind of guidance, I don't know if I would have played as far without it.
I’ve been doing a similar build, using the shamshir and I’ve been DESTROYING fools. Being a mage that can handle themselves up close is such a fun play style… I can casually walk through areas sniping enemies and when some jerk gets up close and thinks I’m weak, I hit ‘em with my crazy sword and massive magic blade and make them regret every life decision that led them to step to me… haha I’m absolutely loving this game! It’s way more fun than Demons Souls which was my first FS game.
5:41 there are exceptions to this, for example the Erdsteel Dagger you can get early on from completing Kenneth Haight's quest, and it has innate split phys/magic damage but can also be buffed with Scholars Armaments
I also thought about other alternatives. Like the Uchigatana katana, or the Misericorde dagger with 140 crit. I dismissed daggers though because of the lack of range compared to swords and katana's. I'm actually considering a Warhawk's Talon sword, but that's mostly because I think it looks awesome and it scales decent with dex. For crit the Rapier simply is the best option. But I'd love to hear how @Fextralife thinks about alternative options. Also what end-game weapons would you pick?
Please don’t burn yourself out man, you’ve been delivering solid content since release and I hope you are getting enough rest and are still able to enjoy the game without it becoming a chore. Your guides and wiki are superb though, thank you so much. 😁
Doing this EXACT build, only difference is I'm using the Misericorde Dagger, not the Rapier. The Misericorde has even more crit than the Rapier at the cost of some range. But I try and thin out ranks with stealth before direct engagement. Like a Nightblade basically.
Yeah, same. I've sunk maybe a couple dozen hours with this build, and the Misericorde is by far the better weapon. The fact that you can't slash with the rapier is just too much of a detriment, and the horizontal swing range of the Misericorde more than makes up for the loss in forward range.
Having my intuition confirmed by you is a big help for alleviating my "build anxiety". Elden Ring's scarcity of runes in the early and midgame and the huge variety of Stuff that gets thrown at you means I'm constantly second-guessing myself in a way the other souls games don't really do to me. So seeing that, actually, I'm most of the way towards a known good build and I'm not actually screwing myself over in any way, and having a roadmap of spells and ashes to go find to complete things, that's immensely helpful. Thank you very much.
Great work on the build video, especially the clear explanations of why for each choice so we can make informed decisions if we want to swap something. Was wondering why you always seemed to go thrust weapon but the 130 critical had passed me by!
I ran a Build Similar to this for the first half of my Playthrough, though i used the Claymore rather than a rapier. It all went out the window after I found the Moonlight Greatsword.... it Fits perfectly into the Build and deals just absurd damage once upgraded, and its weapon art is Easily the Strongest Iv personally found yet. So now I barely ever find myself using Spells at all and am duel-wielding Magic Greatswords like a lunatic......
While I didn’t end up dual wielding I am in the same boat. I’ve since removed all my carrion blade spells and instead got the dark moon and mist and azure comet. Of course pebble always stays. So now I only use the spells for really annoying enemies and otherwise just use the sword with the fp regen talisman. Edit: I actually also keep carrion thrust since it gives me some range and fully charged it knocks people down so I can run up. But slicer and greatsword just do less than moonlight now so they had to go.
@@rf5510 yes it does. Each cast of any of the spells listed requires more fp while moonlight only requires a single cast and repeat hits are free. The only time carian greatsword is better is if you can one shot an enemy with it but if you could do that than you don’t need to buff moonlight for that enemy making the comparison moot. On enemies that require multiple swings of carian the animation lock and fp cost don’t match up to moonlight. Remember that moonlights buff window would allow for well over 40 swings, if done non stop. You claim it doesn’t compare based on cost but even surface level comparisons disprove that. Adulas moonblade at least has an argument due to its longer range higher damage, and the frostbite, but even then it’s only used for cleave aoe.
This build looks really interesting! I had just reached Raya Lucaria, playing as a mage build, but I'm now thinking to dip more into this Magus build. I'll grab the rapier, scholar's armament, and phalanx ash of war, but still up mainly my int to use more stronger spells (was looking forward to eventually using Azure's Comet)
I was using Scholar's armament with Estoc as it's better than Rapier. You can't rely on getting parries or backstabs. Also Rapier is much shorter than Estoc. I recommend Moonveil right hand + Uchigatana Magic infused for left hand. I have 24 dex and 33 int atm destroying everything. The main reason for dropping meele mage was Scholar's Armament. I can't be bothered to shuffle my spells for it and be vulnerable for 2 seconds only to deal less than double Katana magic infused.
@@jackasad2180 Might be the case, haven't used carian slicer that much. You have to keep in mind it's lower range(slicer), no stagger opposed to L2 + R2 skill on moonveil that has very high stagger damage and you can bait bosses that will act a certain way into the moonveil attack. Found using jump, dodge or simple L1 with double katana to be very engaging and fun opposed to buffing my weapon for every trash mob. Pretty sure FP for damage Slicer wins but burst damage at once Moonveil is miles ahead. The greatsword I really disliked as it takes ages for animation and costs too much. Same reason Sword of Night and Flame appears to be useless, it's good if you want to spam farm runes though, no real(difficult boss) will give you time to get an attack out.
Lol nvm you said you were gonna do it at the end of the vid. Bro your upload schedule is literally mind reading magic. Always coming out with the exact vid I want! Can’t wait for it,
I'll make one addition. You mention using a shield to parry, there is an ash of war carian something and it works as a regular parry, but if you parry an enemies spell with it it forms 3 of those blades then fires them at a target. So if you wanted to add to the theme you ha e going with magic Swords, that would be a way to add more with a shield, especially if you don't need your staff because you're using an enchanted main weapon.
Thanks for this. I had a build kinda like this but not optimized at all, a little respec later and I’m ripping apart bosses I used to struggle with. And the tip about the smithing stones? Incredible
I’ve been playing this build but with the Guccikatana. You can stack Scholar’s Armament with the blood loss stack passive. I could never get a feel for parry timing in DS so I always chose to either trade damage or roll. Despite playing a melee character. This gives me so many options for mixups and is fun as hell.
Your builds are fantastic. I've tried most of them and they're all a blast. For this build in particular I really like to miscorde because it can do all the things the rapier can do but it has a higher crit rating. The rapier is probably a better all-around weapon and has better range but if you really want to min-max this build I recommend the miscorde for that extra 10% on crits. It can still have keen glintblade phalanx and can be buffed with scholar's armament. I also added a buckler and later the albinauric shield w/ carian retaliation for the razzle dazzle.
Great guide, gonna try this out. Seems more my style than the enchanted knight, more flexibility. My only gripe is your spellblsde video, that I followed to get to mid game on my prisoner, leaned me toward the Estoc. So now I have a +6 Estoc you’re telling me I need to replace with a rapier :(. So many smithing runes gone, I almost bought rapier too when I first got roundtable hold! Oh well, grind time.
I can always rely on Fextralife for these things to give you small info dumps that you need in a condensed 10~15 minute video. Thank you for the video!
Loved the video. I’ll be going with this version of the spellblade but can’t wait to see what this Soul Samurais like. Also please do a update on the dragon pyro build please.
It sounds like the Enchanted Knight and Magus builds are pretty interchangeable, minus some small stat and gear differences. Thanks for the builds as always. Looking forward to more advance builds
it basically comes down to do you want to equip shield/staff or sword/staff. the builds have similar equipment and stats but two very different play styles
@@GemakaiGaming For most of it I've been using Swift glintstone, glintstone arc, carian slicer, and rock swing. With the Metorite staff and a Rapier with phanlanx glintblade. Rock Sling has been my bread and butter bosses. Now I'm running Loretta's Greatbow, magic glintblade, carian slicer, carian greatsword, carian piercer, carian phanlanx, and rock swing. In combo with the Metorite staff and Moonveil.
I have done some testing, and it seems that Scholar’s Armament does not apply to critical hits. It applies only to regular hits. Therefore, on a build looking to take advantage of critical hits, going with magic affinity on your weapon instead of going with Scholar’s Armament seems to be the way to go. Your regular hits will be a bit weaker, but your critical hits will be much, much stronger.
I have a few changes I would make to the build, and have what is IMO the best magus build. first, a few notes on the strenghts/weaknesses of a magus build. The stat spread is pretty MAD. You need vigor, stamina, mind, intelligence, and dex, so as a result, you end up having a lower vigor than other classes at the same level, and having slightly lower damage. This is offset by your versitility. You can use magic, or get in and nuke someone with your weapons. This build is a jack of all trades, but has some serious weaknesses. My build aims to offset some of these. Attributes: 17 vigor, 17 dex, 20 mind, the rest into intelligence. With this spread, you get a decent chunk of health (see talisman's section) while hitting your 20 breakpoints on your other stats. You then don't delay your main attribute progression on intelligence very long so your damage doesn't fall too far behind other classes. Weapons: ugikatana, and claws (you can use the best claws you have access to, but eventually you will want bloodhound claws), and take whatever staff you like. I prefer the carian glintblade staff for the boost to glintblade sorcery. On both melee weapons, take bloodhound step, because the huge mobility is very important with your low health. This also lets you dash around the place throwing spells if you are struggling with a boss. The katana should be either magic or frost, and the claws should be keen. This gives you a powerful weapon that doesn't require FP to use, as well as your claws which when you use scholar's armament on, will have both weapons get the buff instead of just your main hand. This also gives you both huge single target damage (claws) and good crowd clearing (katana)\ Upgrade your staff and katana first as their scaling with intelligence, and so matters more, then upgrade your claws. talismans: Here I like to take radagon's sorseal, graven-school/mass talisman, and pearldrake talisman. The pearldrake talisman and the radagon's sorseal are both used to kind of offset the "increased damage" taken from radagon's. radagon's sorseal is so important, because it gives you +3 to dex and vigor, allowing you to use those 6 points to pump your intelligence. The increased stamina also lets you equip heavier armor, so the increased damage actually doesn't mean much. graven-school talisman is just for increased damage from claws/sorcery. You also rarely will run into FP issues unless you are going full castor for a hard boss, in which case just switch your flasks. You have katana for trash mobs, so you don't need to spend much FP to clear zones. You don't need a talisman for FP increases/cost. armor: Here is where the build gets a little weird. You have low health, but high resistances to non physical attack, so heavy armor will round out your defenses to physical attacks. Because you have bloodhound step on both weapons, you never actually have to dodge, so fat rolling doesn't matter. As such, you can wear the heaviest possible armor available to you as long as you don't go to overloaded. You will still be able to run at full speed, will use bloodhound step instead of rolling to dodge. This makes your small healthpool much less of an issue, and gives you huge poise for a caster. Finally, Morgott's great rune (when you unlock it) is excellent because it rounds out your low health pool, turning you into an extremely tanky boi without spending points on vigor. until you get this rune, radahn's rune is the best before this. Spells: I pretty much only use scholars armament, glintstone peble, and loretta's longbow. Everything else doesn't really do enough damage to justify it's FP cost, and this build really comes down to FP management. You need to save enough FP for your dashes, as you won't be able to dodge anymore when it runs out, so things with low cost are generally better. Loretta's longbow is something I almost never use, but when you do need it, it is nice to have it. Carian retaliation, lucidity, and frozen armament can also be situationally useful, and are worth taking when you get more memory stones. Terra magicus can also be nice when you get it to extra buff your scholar's armament, but this is only worth doing before a fight starts, and not after the boss starts. summary: with this magus build, you get all the benefits of being a caster, while still being tanky in melee range even without a shield, and are incredibly mobile. You also have a good weapon versitility as some bosses are better with a longer weapon, or jumping heavy attacks for stagger with katana, while others the claws will outperform. You also have the option of switching to magic when needed.
Did having the sword magic instead result in higher damage than using scholars armament? I found once I got enough points in INT having the sword Keen was just resulting in less potential damage than if it scaled with INT
@@fissefiesta8162 No, I take the sword int so I can kill things without having to spend the FP on scholars armament. it would be more damage as keen with scholars armament, and it would give you more bleed damage, so there is a trade off, but I think it's worth it to be able to consistently kill trash mobs without having to spend FP.
As a note, the cerulean knife is a flat 15 fp on a crit. If you switch out the rapier for the sacrificial axe, add hoarfrost stop and ice quality, and add in the horn talisman, you will not only get 15 fp per crit, but an additional 7 fp per enemy that dies. Try it out, it's amazing. If you want to keep Scholars Armament, then change the axe to a keen axe or use as is.
@@Kiosade I wouldn't consider it wasting 5 level ups at all, but if you are wanting to keep your level and Str low, remember that two-handing this weapon with your Str (assuming it's 11 from your comment) allows you to wield it. So staff in left, use phalanx like the video and two hand for your crits and actual attacks. You also don't have to USE the axe to gain it's passive, just be holding it. It works whenever ANYTHING dies near you. Here is a quote from the wiki. "FP regen happens when ANYTHING dies while you have it on an active weapon slot. So if enemies are fighting each other and die? You get FP. If your Ash summons die? You get FP. You kill anything, even random animals? You get FP."
@@reaverraziel223 I actually did try it 2H and it works great! I also heard you can have it in your left hand and 2H a staff or other weapon, and it still gives you the FP per kill, so I'm going to test that out next.
But then come the omens in Subterranean Shunning Grounds, the reposts weren't doing very much damage at a time. Even using my best spells it either got me killed, or took me forever. The only solution I could come up with was ditching the rapier for the Darkmoon Greatsword. That sword kicks ass, especially combined with Greatblade Phalanx. However, I prefer the look of the rapier + Spellblade. I just want to suggest a build that addresses this weakness without having to permanently put down the Rapier.
it's just more simple,, you can grab bunch of spells and pump up ur int and mind.. but sometimes, there is enemies that have high resist with magic such as renalla boss, and you want to use physical attack instead of magic
Currently doing a build like this with my Samurai. Using the starting katana and currently leveling intelligence. builds like this are perfect hybrid builds.
I think it's very similar to this build besides the weapon. You just don't get to use the phalanx glintblade on your weapon, but instead you get the op skill of the moonveil. You should also mainly invest in intelligence, dexterity and mind.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb Only level 41 but I have a video fighting Crucible Knight after switching to Moonveil on my channel. I am not great at the game but love it. My stats are Vigor 20, Mind 20, Endurance 11, Strength 12, Dex 18, Int 26, Faith 6, Arcane 9. Started as prisoner. My Katana is +2. I also have an imp mask (cat) that gives me +2 int.
I remember my DkS1 run where I just use a regular (upgraded) sword and buffing it with magic.. No usage of other magic skills, just the sword buff. Fun times. Didn't know it's called a "magus" build.
First off, great content! Love it! I might be doing something wrong since I can’t seem to combine the Glintblade Phalanx with the Keen trait. It only gives me the options for normal and magic. Even if the blade is Keen already :(
@@Boterhamzak1 I just found this out yesterday, actually. There are various whetstones/whetblades in the game that allow you to add specific affinities to Ashes of War. The specific whetblade that lets you put Keen affinity on all ashes is in Stormveil Castle, different from the whetstone you got at Gatefront. It's called the Iron Whetblade.
I prefer using rogier's rapier with bloodhound dash. You loose that extra crit, but this can be fixed by taking the fp on kill talisman. bloodhound dash is just so strong, and is probably the best ash of war in the game. rogier's rapier is better than a rapier because you get the double hit for the strong attacks, which is super strong in combos with light + heavy repeat. You can get 3 very quick hits off and then dash away. You also get the fade away hit with light + heavy/roll so you can dash in, hit, and fade attack for free.
Can confirm, Bloodhound Dash is perfect for this build. And if you use Ancestral Spirit's Horn like you said, you'll get the FP you spend on the Dash returned to you after a kill.
@@ParvulaUniversum You can also power stance rapiers after you use scholars armament, and it makes you even more of a threat because of how far forward you get on each hit. You also can take this into PVP
Jellyfish is from Roderika in after talking to her there a few times Stormhill Shack or from a corpse that is northwest, theres a bunch of graves and jellyfish I believe.
Great Guide! One quick question: The sorcery scaling on other staffs like carian staff seems way better than on the acadamy glintstone staff. Why do you still prefer this one?
There are maybe like 3 staffs that outscale meteor for sorcery, but they all require to be at least around +7 or +8 to outscale it, and 2 of those staffs need 60+ int to even use
Just want to point out that putting a magic ash of war and not making it a magic weapon isnt only available to phalanx in fact after you get the upgraded smithing knife you can select any damage type with any ash of war as long as you have the damage type already
I think you need really high faith for that so you couldn't go for a dex build and would struggle to spec much into VIT, which is super important as a low defensive melee build
Yeah it should, it just will have a bit higher stat requirement since the sword needs such high int and faith. I haven't personally used it, but it looks like it destroys everything so you should be g2g.
Im running a build like this swapping the rapier for hookclaws.. Spellclaw wolverine is brutal and has 2 methods of dodging. Stacking bloodloss on the enemies that the magic doesnt hurt is beautiful.
@alt alt fighting a troll can take 5 or 6 hits with claws to get a bleed hit while moonveil takes 3-4. Might have to run the numbers more. Maybe not all my claws are hitting. Maybe its not stacking bleed for each claw, only every other hit? Is bleed a % of weapon damge or a flat modifier for damage? Im not sure, how things work. Claws are fun but, for me, Moonveil just lands better hits. I will do further testing.
I'm having a hard time deciding between 2 paths I can take now: -keep going mixed dex/int like this video suggests and using rapier with sholar arms -keep dex at 18 and full int while using the moonveil katana How big is the damage difference between full int moonveil and mixed int/dex scholar enchantment rapier?
what’s stopping you from using the moonveil with dex/int? It primarily scales off of INT, but it also has a great scaling with DEX. So, you can use the rapier and the moonveil if you feel like it. 👍
@@veyrx5351 Moonveil katana at +10 is B scaling for INT as well as DEX so my question still stands, why choose one (dex and int equally) over the other (18 dex and full int)
@@glennvanhoeck7846 with dex int you get more cast speed, and once you hit the soft cap for int, you will get diminishing returns on damage, so spreading into dex will do more in the long run.
I really really love your videos! Even when I'm not specifically going for the build in a specific video, I still watch it because t's just so informative and fun! Also found this next level build series really interesting! I hope you can make one for the earlier mage build you posted. I'm curious to see how you would take that up a notch and what stats/spells it would use going forward. Or maybe a hybrid of sorcery and incantations would be cool!
The more I level and try different things the more I end up playing like this. It’s effective. Not saying I don’t still die but I’m comfy with it and it hits like a truck.
Magus is my favorite class in Pathfinder, so I'm probably gonna make a build of this at some point, but right now I'm doing a Guts build with a bit of Faith.
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May i know what clothes/cosmetics your character is wearing? Looks dope
Yo ur wiki page for the ash of war featured in this video is down or something. It 404s you.
@@sunshine6352 Carian Knight Set.
Am I the only one having trouble putting glintstone phalanx on a keen rapier?
@Fextralife I can't find anything about the assassin's cerulean talisman (mentioned around 7:40) that regenerates fp. I'd love to have it :) great videos by the way!
Perfect timing. I must’ve slung 100,000 glint stone pebbles by now. Phasing into carian sword build now and its just so much more fun. Thanks.
I wish there was an upgraded version. Every ranged spell I've acquired underperforms compared to pebble. Kind of lame that I'm 35 hours in and my best option is still the spell i started with
@@Cr4nched there is. You can get a faster pebble. But the game play remains the same. Transitions to mid game build. I was at 49hrs before finishing first castle.
@@Cr4nched I switched back to my melee character because I was getting a bit tired of Pebble to win 😅
Yeah, I put a lot of time into my mage build and kept having to go back to that fucking pebble spell because nothing else casts fast enough to keep things off of me. Builds like this will hopefully save my mage and bring him off the bench!
The fact that nearly every spell makes the same exact sound every single time drives me mad.
The quality and frequency of these builds are impressive! This content is 🔥🔥🔥
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Jumping on the band wagon here. The level of detail they put into the build guides is amazing. I will always come to this channel for informative game guides.
wtf do those emotes mean
@@chunkymilk he's saying the builds are "fire" meaning like hot or good. At least I think lol
Agreed bro
You can also get the ancestral spirits horn that restores fp on kill. Very useful for builds like this that don't spam spells all the time
Imma have to look into this
yeah you get it from a kinda late game boss though, this is an early/midgame build
@@alexandersong5753 it depends on how quickly you can beat Rhadan, and the subsequent area you unlock isn't that tough
@@fakeigniz13 regardless of how quickly you kill him, this is still a midgame build and that doesnt fit into this logically.
@@rf5510 what are you on? It's not like you can't just go there and get it at some point, like getting the item is some forbidden act because it's not "mid game" enough. People can be line to Rhadan from the start of the game, so I don't know what you think mid game is when he could be the first major boss you kill
Thanks god for these builds and this video particularly. I’m brand new to souls games and went with the prisoner build you made. I wasn’t sure how to level him up and what items to get until know. U are a legend my guy🙏
I've tried several of your builds now, and one thing I learned: The builds all work great, but a lot of it comes down to "which playstyle feels right for me?" I didn't expect this to make this much of a difference, but then again, it's the first Souls game which I've played for more than two hours, and I'm loving every minute of it 😁 Thank you for providing this kind of guidance, I don't know if I would have played as far without it.
Your builds are very straightforward and give really good info. I'm highly anticipating your Arcane Archer build!
YES!!
@@Mauywowie bby girl
I’ve been doing a similar build, using the shamshir and I’ve been DESTROYING fools.
Being a mage that can handle themselves up close is such a fun play style… I can casually walk through areas sniping enemies and when some jerk gets up close and thinks I’m weak, I hit ‘em with my crazy sword and massive magic blade and make them regret every life decision that led them to step to me… haha
I’m absolutely loving this game! It’s way more fun than Demons Souls which was my first FS game.
5:41 there are exceptions to this, for example the Erdsteel Dagger you can get early on from completing Kenneth Haight's quest, and it has innate split phys/magic damage but can also be buffed with Scholars Armaments
I also thought about other alternatives. Like the Uchigatana katana, or the Misericorde dagger with 140 crit.
I dismissed daggers though because of the lack of range compared to swords and katana's.
I'm actually considering a Warhawk's Talon sword, but that's mostly because I think it looks awesome and it scales decent with dex. For crit the Rapier simply is the best option.
But I'd love to hear how @Fextralife thinks about alternative options.
Also what end-game weapons would you pick?
I’d love to see a “rogue” build that focuses on back stabs with dagger and maybe using some of the crafting stuff to poison blade/fire bombs, etc
That'll be Arcane/Quality or Dex build type
Thanks for the build! It's my first souls and I'm a little overwhelmed with all the options out there. I love this character type
Please don’t burn yourself out man, you’ve been delivering solid content since release and I hope you are getting enough rest and are still able to enjoy the game without it becoming a chore. Your guides and wiki are superb though, thank you so much. 😁
Doing this EXACT build, only difference is I'm using the Misericorde Dagger, not the Rapier. The Misericorde has even more crit than the Rapier at the cost of some range. But I try and thin out ranks with stealth before direct engagement.
Like a Nightblade basically.
Yeah, same. I've sunk maybe a couple dozen hours with this build, and the Misericorde is by far the better weapon. The fact that you can't slash with the rapier is just too much of a detriment, and the horizontal swing range of the Misericorde more than makes up for the loss in forward range.
Just came to update the fact that after DLC the Ash of War for the Carian Phalanx does not break poise that easily any more it seems
Yup, just made this build about a month ago and. Ow it’s completely useless. Time for a change 😢
@@makivelimike24 I wouldn't call it completely useless, but yeah it had a huge advantage that's no longer there. Luckily, respec is always an option.
Yeah I’m probably gonna switch it out for like a parry, something that destroys poise better
@@_bludie_what did you end up going with? I might do the same
I miss the good old days when games didn't constantly change with updates. At least my PS1 games will always be there for me.
Having my intuition confirmed by you is a big help for alleviating my "build anxiety". Elden Ring's scarcity of runes in the early and midgame and the huge variety of Stuff that gets thrown at you means I'm constantly second-guessing myself in a way the other souls games don't really do to me. So seeing that, actually, I'm most of the way towards a known good build and I'm not actually screwing myself over in any way, and having a roadmap of spells and ashes to go find to complete things, that's immensely helpful. Thank you very much.
Great work on the build video, especially the clear explanations of why for each choice so we can make informed decisions if we want to swap something. Was wondering why you always seemed to go thrust weapon but the 130 critical had passed me by!
I ran a Build Similar to this for the first half of my Playthrough, though i used the Claymore rather than a rapier. It all went out the window after I found the Moonlight Greatsword.... it Fits perfectly into the Build and deals just absurd damage once upgraded, and its weapon art is Easily the Strongest Iv personally found yet. So now I barely ever find myself using Spells at all and am duel-wielding Magic Greatswords like a lunatic......
While I didn’t end up dual wielding I am in the same boat. I’ve since removed all my carrion blade spells and instead got the dark moon and mist and azure comet. Of course pebble always stays. So now I only use the spells for really annoying enemies and otherwise just use the sword with the fp regen talisman.
Edit: I actually also keep carrion thrust since it gives me some range and fully charged it knocks people down so I can run up. But slicer and greatsword just do less than moonlight now so they had to go.
@@SH1NK1R01 moonlight doesnt do more damage when you compare FP costs.
@@rf5510 yes it does. Each cast of any of the spells listed requires more fp while moonlight only requires a single cast and repeat hits are free. The only time carian greatsword is better is if you can one shot an enemy with it but if you could do that than you don’t need to buff moonlight for that enemy making the comparison moot. On enemies that require multiple swings of carian the animation lock and fp cost don’t match up to moonlight. Remember that moonlights buff window would allow for well over 40 swings, if done non stop. You claim it doesn’t compare based on cost but even surface level comparisons disprove that. Adulas moonblade at least has an argument due to its longer range higher damage, and the frostbite, but even then it’s only used for cleave aoe.
Can't wait for the Astrologer mid build to give me some guidance. These build guides are so helpful for this game and make it more fun.
This is amazing, I love the builds you're putting out! Everything just looks so fun. Thank you for this.
Plz make a end game version of this build. Nice build
Frrr, he’s doing lvl 100 builds now so it shouldn’t be long yess
This build looks really interesting! I had just reached Raya Lucaria, playing as a mage build, but I'm now thinking to dip more into this Magus build. I'll grab the rapier, scholar's armament, and phalanx ash of war, but still up mainly my int to use more stronger spells (was looking forward to eventually using Azure's Comet)
I would like to see the further development of the mage build
I was using Scholar's armament with Estoc as it's better than Rapier. You can't rely on getting parries or backstabs. Also Rapier is much shorter than Estoc.
I recommend Moonveil right hand + Uchigatana Magic infused for left hand. I have 24 dex and 33 int atm destroying everything.
The main reason for dropping meele mage was Scholar's Armament. I can't be bothered to shuffle my spells for it and be vulnerable for 2 seconds only to deal less than double Katana magic infused.
but i tested moonveil skill is doing less damage compare when you are using carian slicer or greatsword
@@jackasad2180 that's not the point, its the surprise that gets people.
@@jackasad2180 Might be the case, haven't used carian slicer that much. You have to keep in mind it's lower range(slicer), no stagger opposed to L2 + R2 skill on moonveil that has very high stagger damage and you can bait bosses that will act a certain way into the moonveil attack. Found using jump, dodge or simple L1 with double katana to be very engaging and fun opposed to buffing my weapon for every trash mob.
Pretty sure FP for damage Slicer wins but burst damage at once Moonveil is miles ahead. The greatsword I really disliked as it takes ages for animation and costs too much. Same reason Sword of Night and Flame appears to be useless, it's good if you want to spam farm runes though, no real(difficult boss) will give you time to get an attack out.
@@jackasad2180 I feel you are more vulnerable when using Carian Slicer or Greatsword because of the wind up casting time before the attacks release.
Frost stomp uchigatana is just * chef's kiss * two stomp to stagger ennemies and here you have the opportunity to do a special with monveil.
Thank you so much! Would love to see a Level 100 update for this character.
Elden Ring Dark Moon Greatsword Build Guide search for this, he made one
Awesome. Can you do level 50 paladin next? I’m stuck lol.
Lol nvm you said you were gonna do it at the end of the vid. Bro your upload schedule is literally mind reading magic. Always coming out with the exact vid I want! Can’t wait for it,
I'll make one addition. You mention using a shield to parry, there is an ash of war carian something and it works as a regular parry, but if you parry an enemies spell with it it forms 3 of those blades then fires them at a target. So if you wanted to add to the theme you ha e going with magic Swords, that would be a way to add more with a shield, especially if you don't need your staff because you're using an enchanted main weapon.
there is no shield in this build. You need ur staff and glintblade phalynx goes on ur weapon so there is no need for the ash of war on the shield.
Im going for this one, but I am also very interested in the soul samurai.
Great quality video!
Thanks for this. I had a build kinda like this but not optimized at all, a little respec later and I’m ripping apart bosses I used to struggle with. And the tip about the smithing stones? Incredible
I’m loving this build guides! Keep up the great work. They are amazing!!
I've gone back to this build 3 times,it's so fun
I’ve been playing this build but with the Guccikatana. You can stack Scholar’s Armament with the blood loss stack passive. I could never get a feel for parry timing in DS so I always chose to either trade damage or roll. Despite playing a melee character. This gives me so many options for mixups and is fun as hell.
Your builds are fantastic. I've tried most of them and they're all a blast. For this build in particular I really like to miscorde because it can do all the things the rapier can do but it has a higher crit rating. The rapier is probably a better all-around weapon and has better range but if you really want to min-max this build I recommend the miscorde for that extra 10% on crits. It can still have keen glintblade phalanx and can be buffed with scholar's armament.
I also added a buckler and later the albinauric shield w/ carian retaliation for the razzle dazzle.
Oh and I swapped out glintstone for rock sling. It's nice to have the physical option and the stagger effect works phenomenally with this build
Need that updated strength/faith paladin build soon fextra!
I 2nd this!
Wow, this is the playstyle I naturally leaned into. Great!
Really loving this build! Cant wait for the update.
Elden Ring Dark Moon Greatsword Build Guide this is the evolution of his magnus build
Great guide, gonna try this out. Seems more my style than the enchanted knight, more flexibility. My only gripe is your spellblsde video, that I followed to get to mid game on my prisoner, leaned me toward the Estoc. So now I have a +6 Estoc you’re telling me I need to replace with a rapier :(. So many smithing runes gone, I almost bought rapier too when I first got roundtable hold! Oh well, grind time.
I can always rely on Fextralife for these things to give you small info dumps that you need in a condensed 10~15 minute video. Thank you for the video!
Loved the video. I’ll be going with this version of the spellblade but can’t wait to see what this Soul Samurais like. Also please do a update on the dragon pyro build please.
I have the game but I was not going to start it until you made your builds I have been waiting for this for weeks
It sounds like the Enchanted Knight and Magus builds are pretty interchangeable, minus some small stat and gear differences.
Thanks for the builds as always. Looking forward to more advance builds
it basically comes down to do you want to equip shield/staff or sword/staff. the builds have similar equipment and stats but two very different play styles
@@yaboiii775 yea, definitely. But its nice to know that you can effectively change out the styles relatively painlessly
I basically ended up doing a build similar to the EK, but with the Moonveil. It’s way better than using the spell.
@@DragonKnightX12 I'm curious, what spells did you set?
@@GemakaiGaming For most of it I've been using Swift glintstone, glintstone arc, carian slicer, and rock swing. With the Metorite staff and a Rapier with phanlanx glintblade.
Rock Sling has been my bread and butter bosses.
Now I'm running Loretta's Greatbow, magic glintblade, carian slicer, carian greatsword, carian piercer, carian phanlanx, and rock swing. In combo with the Metorite staff and Moonveil.
You are a blessing to a new player. thanks for these guides. This stuff can be overwhelming LOL
I was kind of aimless until I came across this with my Prisoner build. I'm just about to enter the academy for all those sweet magical items.
I haven't conformed to a certain mageblade build yet, but the rapier + Glintblade Phalanx Ash combo has been a lifesaver for me!
Hey guys wanted to spread the word since you mentioned the set in this video. Rogers set apparently doesn't buff spells, it buffs ashes of war.
Does the same go for alberich set? (the one that buff thorn spell)
either way that sounds good, I'm keen to get to it when I do
Your work does not go unnoticed sir! 👏🏻
High quality content! These guides are amazing.
Looking forward to the paladin build but have been watching all vids quality is insane!!
I have done some testing, and it seems that Scholar’s Armament does not apply to critical hits. It applies only to regular hits. Therefore, on a build looking to take advantage of critical hits, going with magic affinity on your weapon instead of going with Scholar’s Armament seems to be the way to go. Your regular hits will be a bit weaker, but your critical hits will be much, much stronger.
I think it's still worth using armament because your regular hits gain A LOT of damage from it. It easily makes up for the reduced crit.
You guys are truly on fire. You are fucking nailing this Elden Ring content.
I have a few changes I would make to the build, and have what is IMO the best magus build.
first, a few notes on the strenghts/weaknesses of a magus build. The stat spread is pretty MAD. You need vigor, stamina, mind, intelligence, and dex, so as a result, you end up having a lower vigor than other classes at the same level, and having slightly lower damage. This is offset by your versitility. You can use magic, or get in and nuke someone with your weapons. This build is a jack of all trades, but has some serious weaknesses. My build aims to offset some of these.
Attributes: 17 vigor, 17 dex, 20 mind, the rest into intelligence. With this spread, you get a decent chunk of health (see talisman's section) while hitting your 20 breakpoints on your other stats. You then don't delay your main attribute progression on intelligence very long so your damage doesn't fall too far behind other classes.
Weapons: ugikatana, and claws (you can use the best claws you have access to, but eventually you will want bloodhound claws), and take whatever staff you like. I prefer the carian glintblade staff for the boost to glintblade sorcery.
On both melee weapons, take bloodhound step, because the huge mobility is very important with your low health. This also lets you dash around the place throwing spells if you are struggling with a boss. The katana should be either magic or frost, and the claws should be keen. This gives you a powerful weapon that doesn't require FP to use, as well as your claws which when you use scholar's armament on, will have both weapons get the buff instead of just your main hand. This also gives you both huge single target damage (claws) and good crowd clearing (katana)\
Upgrade your staff and katana first as their scaling with intelligence, and so matters more, then upgrade your claws.
talismans: Here I like to take radagon's sorseal, graven-school/mass talisman, and pearldrake talisman. The pearldrake talisman and the radagon's sorseal are both used to kind of offset the "increased damage" taken from radagon's. radagon's sorseal is so important, because it gives you +3 to dex and vigor, allowing you to use those 6 points to pump your intelligence. The increased stamina also lets you equip heavier armor, so the increased damage actually doesn't mean much. graven-school talisman is just for increased damage from claws/sorcery. You also rarely will run into FP issues unless you are going full castor for a hard boss, in which case just switch your flasks. You have katana for trash mobs, so you don't need to spend much FP to clear zones. You don't need a talisman for FP increases/cost.
armor: Here is where the build gets a little weird. You have low health, but high resistances to non physical attack, so heavy armor will round out your defenses to physical attacks. Because you have bloodhound step on both weapons, you never actually have to dodge, so fat rolling doesn't matter. As such, you can wear the heaviest possible armor available to you as long as you don't go to overloaded. You will still be able to run at full speed, will use bloodhound step instead of rolling to dodge. This makes your small healthpool much less of an issue, and gives you huge poise for a caster.
Finally, Morgott's great rune (when you unlock it) is excellent because it rounds out your low health pool, turning you into an extremely tanky boi without spending points on vigor. until you get this rune, radahn's rune is the best before this.
Spells: I pretty much only use scholars armament, glintstone peble, and loretta's longbow. Everything else doesn't really do enough damage to justify it's FP cost, and this build really comes down to FP management. You need to save enough FP for your dashes, as you won't be able to dodge anymore when it runs out, so things with low cost are generally better. Loretta's longbow is something I almost never use, but when you do need it, it is nice to have it. Carian retaliation, lucidity, and frozen armament can also be situationally useful, and are worth taking when you get more memory stones. Terra magicus can also be nice when you get it to extra buff your scholar's armament, but this is only worth doing before a fight starts, and not after the boss starts.
summary: with this magus build, you get all the benefits of being a caster, while still being tanky in melee range even without a shield, and are incredibly mobile. You also have a good weapon versitility as some bosses are better with a longer weapon, or jumping heavy attacks for stagger with katana, while others the claws will outperform. You also have the option of switching to magic when needed.
Did having the sword magic instead result in higher damage than using scholars armament? I found once I got enough points in INT having the sword Keen was just resulting in less potential damage than if it scaled with INT
@@fissefiesta8162 No, I take the sword int so I can kill things without having to spend the FP on scholars armament. it would be more damage as keen with scholars armament, and it would give you more bleed damage, so there is a trade off, but I think it's worth it to be able to consistently kill trash mobs without having to spend FP.
looking forward for a followup from this build, if you make them ofc. curious what weapons you are thinking of.
I recommend checking a dragon warrior build, using dragon incantations and things like the tail swipe along with a relatively fast strength weapon.
Claws if you’re feeling spicy
As a note, the cerulean knife is a flat 15 fp on a crit. If you switch out the rapier for the sacrificial axe, add hoarfrost stop and ice quality, and add in the horn talisman, you will not only get 15 fp per crit, but an additional 7 fp per enemy that dies. Try it out, it's amazing. If you want to keep Scholars Armament, then change the axe to a keen axe or use as is.
I just got that, but it says it needs like 16 strength. Is that worth wasting 5 levelups on?
@@Kiosade I wouldn't consider it wasting 5 level ups at all, but if you are wanting to keep your level and Str low, remember that two-handing this weapon with your Str (assuming it's 11 from your comment) allows you to wield it. So staff in left, use phalanx like the video and two hand for your crits and actual attacks. You also don't have to USE the axe to gain it's passive, just be holding it. It works whenever ANYTHING dies near you. Here is a quote from the wiki. "FP regen happens when ANYTHING dies while you have it on an active weapon slot. So if enemies are fighting each other and die? You get FP. If your Ash summons die? You get FP. You kill anything, even random animals? You get FP."
@@reaverraziel223 I actually did try it 2H and it works great! I also heard you can have it in your left hand and 2H a staff or other weapon, and it still gives you the FP per kill, so I'm going to test that out next.
Do you plan to do a continuation of the Astrologer build focusing purely on casting?
This build, wearing the entire spellblade set, is my Cup. O. Tea! It kind of makes me feel like a magic Zorro.
But then come the omens in Subterranean Shunning Grounds, the reposts weren't doing very much damage at a time. Even using my best spells it either got me killed, or took me forever. The only solution I could come up with was ditching the rapier for the Darkmoon Greatsword.
That sword kicks ass, especially combined with Greatblade Phalanx. However, I prefer the look of the rapier + Spellblade. I just want to suggest a build that addresses this weakness without having to permanently put down the Rapier.
I love how min max this build is!
Could you do advanced pure int build for mages? Very curious.
it's just more simple,, you can grab bunch of spells and pump up ur int and mind.. but sometimes, there is enemies that have high resist with magic such as renalla boss, and you want to use physical attack instead of magic
@@jackasad2180 Rock Throw deals Physical damage. It destroys Rennala.
@@skeltaldelegate5408 yeah it demolishes her. I think I beat her in 3 tried spamming sling rock. My faith build friend couldn't believe it lol.
Yeah, I'd like to know what's the space between pebble spam and azur comet memes for mages
@@jackasad2180 Yeah my two straight swords demolished her quite quickly, was quite surprised!
Don't know if you read this but i hope to see a "Belmont" like build and an assassin one, really appreciate this build videos, thanks for them.
Just went through Siofra River region last night. Those snipers can go to hell.
The heavy hitting barbarian build you published is awesome fun.
Misericorde has 140 crit, insane for backstabs too
Currently doing a build like this with my Samurai. Using the starting katana and currently leveling intelligence. builds like this are perfect hybrid builds.
Good video, this is pretty much my build but thinking of switching to the Moonveil Katana. Can't wait for the soul samurai build!
same, when u modify it, could u share?
Im using the moonveil. That weapon is amazing but most of the time youll be using spells
I think it's very similar to this build besides the weapon. You just don't get to use the phalanx glintblade on your weapon, but instead you get the op skill of the moonveil. You should also mainly invest in intelligence, dexterity and mind.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaabbbb Only level 41 but I have a video fighting Crucible Knight after switching to Moonveil on my channel. I am not great at the game but love it. My stats are Vigor 20, Mind 20, Endurance 11, Strength 12, Dex 18, Int 26, Faith 6, Arcane 9. Started as prisoner. My Katana is +2. I also have an imp mask (cat) that gives me +2 int.
@@BlekPowers thanks!
Love this build. Keep them comin! Can’t wait to see end game versions of this
looks like rogier had it all figured out
I remember my DkS1 run where I just use a regular (upgraded) sword and buffing it with magic.. No usage of other magic skills, just the sword buff. Fun times. Didn't know it's called a "magus" build.
First off, great content! Love it!
I might be doing something wrong since I can’t seem to combine the Glintblade Phalanx with the Keen trait. It only gives me the options for normal and magic. Even if the blade is Keen already :(
good to see i'm not the only one with this issue
Same
Gotta have the whetstone from storm veil castle
@@pleaseno4098 I have the wet stone, but it doesn’t solve my problem
@@Boterhamzak1 I just found this out yesterday, actually. There are various whetstones/whetblades in the game that allow you to add specific affinities to Ashes of War. The specific whetblade that lets you put Keen affinity on all ashes is in Stormveil Castle, different from the whetstone you got at Gatefront. It's called the Iron Whetblade.
Crystal Daggers are really easy to make, and a fantastic way to keep up the stagger damage when you can't easily use a different attack.
I prefer using rogier's rapier with bloodhound dash. You loose that extra crit, but this can be fixed by taking the fp on kill talisman. bloodhound dash is just so strong, and is probably the best ash of war in the game. rogier's rapier is better than a rapier because you get the double hit for the strong attacks, which is super strong in combos with light + heavy repeat. You can get 3 very quick hits off and then dash away. You also get the fade away hit with light + heavy/roll so you can dash in, hit, and fade attack for free.
Can confirm, Bloodhound Dash is perfect for this build. And if you use Ancestral Spirit's Horn like you said, you'll get the FP you spend on the Dash returned to you after a kill.
@@ParvulaUniversum You can also power stance rapiers after you use scholars armament, and it makes you even more of a threat because of how far forward you get on each hit. You also can take this into PVP
Really looking forward to the new Soul Samurai build!
Once again, thank you fextra!
Where can I find some poison and the jellyfish summon in order to beat the fallingstar beast?
Jellyfish is from Roderika in after talking to her there a few times Stormhill Shack or from a corpse that is northwest, theres a bunch of graves and jellyfish I believe.
Your right about the rapier that does so much damage to a crucial knoght when you parry them and follow up with the critical hit
Can you do a TANKY spell-blade build? Like Rahdans armor, with hand of manila + seal or staff?
Could you do a endgame build for this playstyle i really love it
Great Guide! One quick question: The sorcery scaling on other staffs like carian staff seems way better than on the acadamy glintstone staff. Why do you still prefer this one?
There are maybe like 3 staffs that outscale meteor for sorcery, but they all require to be at least around +7 or +8 to outscale it, and 2 of those staffs need 60+ int to even use
Just want to point out that putting a magic ash of war and not making it a magic weapon isnt only available to phalanx in fact after you get the upgraded smithing knife you can select any damage type with any ash of war as long as you have the damage type already
dude I love these build guides, btw do you think something like the Sword of Night and Flame could work in one of these spellblade type builds?
Doesn't that sword scale with fate?
I think you need really high faith for that so you couldn't go for a dex build and would struggle to spec much into VIT, which is super important as a low defensive melee build
Yeah it should, it just will have a bit higher stat requirement since the sword needs such high int and faith. I haven't personally used it, but it looks like it destroys everything so you should be g2g.
Im running a build like this swapping the rapier for hookclaws.. Spellclaw wolverine is brutal and has 2 methods of dodging. Stacking bloodloss on the enemies that the magic doesnt hurt is beautiful.
@alt alt and then I found moonveil. Does bleed better and no spell. Doesnt have quick dodge though.
@alt alt fighting a troll can take 5 or 6 hits with claws to get a bleed hit while moonveil takes 3-4. Might have to run the numbers more. Maybe not all my claws are hitting. Maybe its not stacking bleed for each claw, only every other hit? Is bleed a % of weapon damge or a flat modifier for damage? Im not sure, how things work. Claws are fun but, for me, Moonveil just lands better hits. I will do further testing.
I'm having a hard time deciding between 2 paths I can take now:
-keep going mixed dex/int like this video suggests and using rapier with sholar arms
-keep dex at 18 and full int while using the moonveil katana
How big is the damage difference between full int moonveil and mixed int/dex scholar enchantment rapier?
I would like to know as well. The rapier build seems more fun
what’s stopping you from using the moonveil with dex/int? It primarily scales off of INT, but it also has a great scaling with DEX. So, you can use the rapier and the moonveil if you feel like it. 👍
@@veyrx5351 Moonveil katana at +10 is B scaling for INT as well as DEX so my question still stands, why choose one (dex and int equally) over the other (18 dex and full int)
@@glennvanhoeck7846 with dex int you get more cast speed, and once you hit the soft cap for int, you will get diminishing returns on damage, so spreading into dex will do more in the long run.
I was slowly upgrading to this build anyways. Now to find all of the stuffs!
I really really love your videos! Even when I'm not specifically going for the build in a specific video, I still watch it because t's just so informative and fun!
Also found this next level build series really interesting! I hope you can make one for the earlier mage build you posted. I'm curious to see how you would take that up a notch and what stats/spells it would use going forward. Or maybe a hybrid of sorcery and incantations would be cool!
Glad you like them!
The only problem with all those build videos is I want to play them all xD amazing content!
We are pumping Dex with this build....Continues to show a build with 33 int and 18 dex. I am confused.
Amazing stuff as always! Can't wait for the magical samurai build video
Very nice but i want a pure magic build. Like just only magic not blade skills :p
he has a mage guide
@@yoyodragons That is a beginner buide, a lot of people are ready for the more advanced guides. I'm sure it is coming.
When I saw the other midgame build I was hoping for this! You never disappoint 🔥
Just curious if there is a specific reason to go with the rapier over the misericorde? Seems to fit the build better.
more range
@@sabdulka29 I would stick with the dagger, looks cooler
@@Majorblack Also I hate that the rapier can only thrust.
better dex scaling
I used this guide, but switched to a longsword instead. Glintblade Phalanx Ash of war staggers enemies still without Rapier😊
Trying this one out now! Great guide!
Have fun!
yeah started off with spellblade style but definitely after picking up moonveil leaning more towards using it. cant wait for soul samurai video
This is exactly the build I was passively building towards albeit with a several points in faith for my heals and dragon’s breath
Very excited for this soul samurai build, keep up the great work!
Would love a level 50 updated mage build, just know all the best gear, weapons, ext.
The more I level and try different things the more I end up playing like this. It’s effective. Not saying I don’t still die but I’m comfy with it and it hits like a truck.
You sir are crushing it. Thanks so much
I can’t wait for that moonviel video! I got got it last night. Lvl 52
I know it's a bit late. But just got Elden Ring and plan on running a paladin so thanks for the info!
I love your videos man. Can’t wait for the updated paladin!
I want your job. Haha
I’m going for the Moonveil. Mainly because it’s so cool and I love the katanas. Great move set and incredible range.
Magus is my favorite class in Pathfinder, so I'm probably gonna make a build of this at some point, but right now I'm doing a Guts build with a bit of Faith.
Please do a quality build next. Most ppl are playing as quality on their first runs and I haven't found a good video that showcases that build.