How To Be A Posture Breaking MONSTER | Strength Build Guide | Still Works On 1.08! | Elden Ring
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- Still works in Patch 1.08! See the pinned comment for details!
Cragblade has been one of the most requested AoW’s for me to try out. After making this guide, I can see why! The posture damage it inflicts easily makes it one of the most powerful Ashes of War in the game! Pair it with a pure strength build for a festival of boss cheeses and bullying!
This is my 12th video in a series of Elden Ring build guides, aimed at helping players explore new builds with step by step walkthroughs.
For all the set up at the start, with a full play-along guide, check out this video: • The Smart Way To Start...
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Cragblade Posture Damage figures for Great Stars:
As standard, this weapon deals 49.5 points of posture damage on a 2 handed charged R2, which is only just beaten by Dragon Maw and the great club. An R1 deals 18 points. But when buffed with Cragblade. These values go to 59.4 for an R2 and 21.6 for an R1.
So theres 3 really cool things here:
First off, many of the bosses in the game like Margit, Morgott, Noble, Malenia, Beast Clergyman and Maliketh have 80 points of poise. So this weapon would stagger them in 2 charged R2’s even without crag blade. But with Cragblade, you can actually stagger these bosses in a charged R2 and an R1, which a lot faster and safer to do.
Secondly 4 R1’s take us above that threshold too, So spamming R1 is actually a viable strategy for staggers.
And thirdly, you’ll notice that two charged R2’s is very close to dealing 120 poise damage. This means that 2 R2’s and an R1 is enough to stagger the big boys like Mohg, Fire Giant and Placidusax.
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PATCH 1.08 UPDATE - TL/DR: The build hasn’t actually been nerfed that much at all!
So until the actual data on great hammers and Cragblade is collected and released by the wonderful Souls scientists, I’ve done some testing with this build in 1.08:
Staggering 80 poise enemies with R2’s:
Greathammer: 2 x 2H charged R2’s (same as 10.7)
w/ Cragblade : 2 x 2H charged R2’s (same as 1.07)
Staggering 80 poise enemies ASAP:
w/ Cragblade: 1 x 2H Charged R2 + 2 R1’s (1 additional R1 needed in 1.08)
Staggering 120 poise enemies in 1.08:
Greathammer: 3 x 2H charged R2’s (same as 1.07)
W/ Cragblade : 3 x 2H charged R2’s (same as 1.07)
Staggering 120 Poise enemies ASAP (see Godfrey fight):
w/Cragblade: 1 x 2H charged R2 + 4 R1’s (1 additional R1 required in 1.08)
So if you follow this build exactly, the worst case scenario for the whole game is needing an additional R1 to break postures. The only exceptions I can think of to that are Placi and Radahn. Placi went down in 3 R2’s on 1.07. Will definitely go down in 4 on 1.08, but maybe quicker with 3 R2’s and a couple of extra R1’s. Radahn is messy due to his hyper armour. Theoretically went down in 4 in 1.07. And 5 would do it in 1.08.
So unless From have buffed colossal weapons to do higher posture damage than great hammers now (seems unlikely), this is still the best build in the game for posture breaking bullying on a strength build, especially now Flame of the Redmanes is dead.
Speaking of FotR, I tried to break Margits stance with it and ran out of FP before he staggered 🤣, so that’s definitely gone.
Hope this helps! Grab your spikey bonk and get bullying!
I tested this out today, the bonk is still good you only need a couple of r1’s to stagger but, I have to say during the malekith fight before the patch I could stun lock him but now it requires a little bit of effort to do so, nonetheless it’s still a very solid build.
Thank you so much for testing it :D
I co-op for maliketh all the time and use cragblade + great mace for the draconic tree sentinel. Can confirm it’s still 2 charges for the first stagger and is still an excellent choice.
Thanks for your work.
Blunt Collosal weapons such as Giant Crusher did get buffed.
Same as Flails.
The top 3 weapons for stagger now are Collosal hammers, great hammers, Flails.
At least for counter attacks.
I'm not sure about Jumping or charged.
Bullying Radahn with his own AoW is so mean I love it.
It was super satisfying. Thanks for watching!
More mean or less mean then defeating him with scarlet aeonia?
@@deadlight88 Definitely less mean. I always feel so bad if I rot him to death in any way, even more since he's so weak to it.
@@ThingfishyGaming which affinity for great stars should I use? Does not using heavy do less poise damage?
What is AoW?
Great Stars is such a beast. I've been doing an "Immortal" Faith/Strength hybrid that runs Great Stars with Prayerful Strike (which has stupid hyper armour and restore so much health), Blasphemous Blade with Taker's Flame, Blessed Dew Talisman, and Rykard's Great Rune. With decent armour, you just regain so much health and can trade for days. Cast Bestial Vitality, or one of the later Blessings and the health regen is ludicrous, too.
That sounds like an incredibly fun build! Thanks for watching!
Tanks are fun to run. I have an STR/END/FTH build I'll try this with. I overlook Rykard's Rune for Morgott's and Godrick's too often, it seems. Thanks for this.
Don't know if it's still good but Prayeful Strike on a tanky mimic was pretty much unkillable.
@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 I've not tried it on the mimic yet, have been running no summons just to try something different. I feel it wouldn't be as good now as the mimic tends to be far less tanky in general after all the patches.
@@KyNiDo I've been out of the game since early on so all I know is mimic got nerfed.
You never disappoint. 10/10 on your production value. Love you guides bro. And I can’t help but chuckle at times. Thoroughly enjoy your content.
Comments like this make it all worth it, Marc. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
Meh
The stunlock potential on this build is INSANE
I'm adding it to the long list of stuff I want to try on Elden Ring
As always, great guide!
I've had so many ideas I've had to make a tier list to justify making all of them. Currently doing the Lawbringer from For Honor and doing Slave Knight Ageail next. Recently just finished a Darth Vader and a Sauron run too.
Glad you enjoyed it, Kokoro. Was a super fun build. Thanks for watching, as always! Hope you’re doing well.
@@Zenoferrum you caught my interest with that Sauron run
What did you use for the weapons and fashion?
@@kokorochacarero8003 tbh I mainly said sauron since nobody really remembers Melkor, I actually did Melkor but used Sauron weapons. For incants I did frenzied burst and flame, the frenzy grab and catch flame. For weapons I used the mace with remane's flame and a greatmace with flaming strike. For armor I used the crucible tree set. Pretty fun but only at the bottom of A tier for my builds.
@@Zenoferrum I'm a big bonk and fire incantation enjoyer myself so that setup sounds like fun. Running into Morgott must've been quite akward from an RP perspective tho, lol
One of the most epic ER videos I have seen. The editing/music/even had some humor! I watched this video 3 times! Great job!
That Khal Drogo you made is perfect. Great job man.
Not my sliders! They’re awesome! Found them on a channel called Creative Trust. There’s a link in the description. Thanks for watching!
@@ThingfishyGaming I'm gonna make him right now. Thanks again 👍
This is the best channel for fun build guides. Even though I probably won’t try all of them they’re still just so interesting to watch! Pure strength has always been my favorite way to play all souls games
These guides are incredible. The amount of work that goes into them really shows. Always kills me when you use/cast the wrong item or spell lol. Keep it up!
This guide convinced me to get the game
20 hours in and I decided to make this build as a thank you. And thank you!
Always happy when you upload a new vid!
And my God I love the Great Stars, probably one my fav weapons in the game - the damage to weight ratio is insane, same goes for posture damage, AND it has bleed and the small healing effect. Also, the chained R1s are surprisingly speedy... Love everything about it. Thanks for a great video
Thanks, Cliche! Yeah it was my first time using a great hammer in the game and it made some of the colossal weapons seem incredible cumbersome! Thanks for watching!
Plus since it’s a smashing weapon you absolutely clap crystallians and annoying enemies like that without having to swap to something
I quite honestly just like it because it looks cool as hell
I used this amazing build guide to do a hitless run including Malenia. Truly epic stuff! thank you sir 🙏🏾
Great video! I love the intro. I've just started this build as I've been wanting to go a Great Stars build.
One change you can make to the set up is to use the teleporter at the top of Fort Gael after grabbing the Starscourge heirloom. It puts you very close to the spot you pick up Cragblade. It's tricky to get past the knight, but is double.
Good to get back to the basics sometimes! Love the content as always brother.
PATCH 1.08 : Trying to figure out exact values currently. I’ll post again when I have them confirmed.
sorry this ones in the bin my man real shame what they did to hammers I dont get the nerf but it is what it is
Oh hang on! Was there a change to hammers!?
Yep there was. Ok I’ll update post
Shame that they nerfed Craigblade aswell
Cragblade nerf didn’t really bother me as greathammers were so OP on their own. Be interesting to see what they’ve done to them. Unless they’ve changed the values of weapon types this should still come out as the best posture damage build but we’ll see!
I really like how u did this. Your style is so much more chill and u can get into it. Its not all obnoxious memes and screaming over an overused free song. Appreciated. U cud do good on any in demand topic with this delivery style.
Yeah, I feel like if he was making these videos a year ago he would have the subs he deserves. If he were to move towards a more popular topic or game he would definitely be rewarded for it, however you can feel his passion for the game and making content for it which is where the quality comes from
The Redmane Castle Bridge was my first rune farm before I knew about rune farms. It was nice to let the soldiers and dogs fight it out.
Man your skill at this game is very high. And that is reflective in the difficulty of following along with some of these guides at times. But this looks like a run through. Completely devastate each boss and stunlock them. Well except for “Her”
Great stuff man. Thank you for the content. Love playing along with you
Thanks, Gost! Really kind of you. I do worry sometimes that because I’ve played the game so much, at some point I’ll start calling things easy that definitely weren’t for me before I’d beat everything dozens of times. I do have some things in mind for the future to remedy this though! Yeah this was a really fun one. Thanks for watching and let me know how you get on with the build!
You can probably make me a fan of any set up. But I’m already a big fan of Great stars. So i love this one haha
It’s actually possible to get two great stars in one play through. By doing the Varre quest and fighting the Recusant offline, which is also how you get to the somber 10 at like lvl 40
And since we are talking. And I am not one to ever butt in or nag a content creator to make any specific video.
But I think a Ghostflame ignition death poker build would be a lot of fun for the play along :)
Pretty sure we can cheese the death bird in Caelid with a bow or something and just start off with it
Or Rock sling him with arrows reach talisman equipped from the left hand. Which has literal sniper range
This was a fantastic str build video, you made the game and using this build look easy. Well done!
Beat the game two nights ago with this build. Super fun. Bullied Radagon harrrd. Great vidro. Will most likely replay ER using your next 1.08 guide.
I love this build so much, I liked the fist build too but idk something about carrying a big stick with a spike ball on it feels so good
That intro was hype af
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Just a truly solid build! I just played trough elden ring for the third time using this build and had no major problems. Maliketh was a bit of a grind but managet to get through it with minimal effort after fully upgrading the star and equipping alexanders talisman. Really fun!
Bro thank you I was struggling with maliketh but then I tried this weapon and beat him first try with it
Got this on my recommendations. Love the voice, the vibe and the build. Good stuff dude
Just used this strat (12:08) for Draconic Tree Sentinel on my (first) RL1 playthrough (I'm following your guide for that as well!) - couldn't quite manage it using the greatsword so switched out for a Cold Great Stars +19 and after several attempts got him down. I'm so excited! Thanks =)
Looks like I'm starting a new strength build tonight. Great stuff. New sub gained 🤘
Bro I’ve done so many builds pure int with some dex, dex arcane bleed, strenght Int, pure faith, and right now my absolute fave is pure strenght with faith, the strenght and posture breaking blows are just fantastic you feel so powerful. 🔥🔥
Brilliant pal, well played. Such a good guide! 10/10
Thanks a lot!
Perfect timing of seeing this video ^_^
I am currently doing no-death all-bosses 40+ hours run (I am not hardcore enough to do it fast and on a low level but very close to doing it in a long way ^_^).
Might change my strength build a little based on your video.
Hope it will help me to beat Astel 2.0 and Malenia on a first try.
I know I’ve already put way too many comments on this vid today. But your music stays stuck in my head all goddamn week. It seriously gives me chills when the action peaks and valleys
Haha, you’re fine! Really good to hear that! It’s amazing music. I actually remembered to make a note of what I used this time, so all the tracks are in the description.
Ahhh yes. Another masterpiece after work with your calming voice and this perfect fitting music. Thanks bud foe the amazing work. Keep it up 😁
Glad you enjoyed it, Simon! Thanks for watching!
That strategy for Loretta made me laugh out loud! Your sense of humor and great editing are a joy to watch!
my wife hates ER. but likes your videos. bravo! hahaha. your suggestions on keeping your controllers safe are appreciated
Yes. This is one of two builds I've been waiting for. I've tried several different methods to break posture and land devastating criticals consistently and I definitely look forward to trying your build.
That second build I'm waiting for is, yes, a robust tank build. I appreciate showing how to level up endurance and add some light armor for the Khal Drogo build. How early can I get a durable, high poise, and resistant character so I'm not so easily knocked down and one-shotted, while also doing viable damage? Being able to naked side-step demi-god heavy attacks is skillful, but there'd be something satisfying about tanking through those attacks instead.
Wow, what a video, fantastic work.
Found your channel last night, your videos are so chill I fell asleep listening to them +1 subscriber my good man
That’s awesome! Thanks for the sub. Hopefully you didn’t fall asleep to a video with a loud dubstep montage in it. Thanks for watching!
That’s awesome! Thanks for the sub. Hopefully you didn’t fall asleep to a video with a loud dubstep montage in it. Thanks for watching!
Just a heads up for anyone not in the know-- you can actually run to the Site of Grace before Greyoll dies to reset her, while still getting the runes. It's surprisingly lenient, so it's a great way to farm runes without too much work.
Edit to add: You have to be on Torrent as you'll be too slow otherwise (as far as I know). Also you won't get the 5 dragon hearts until you let it disappear.
Bro what
Time to go become a god
@@richardbarbaros5868 Make sure you're on Torrent before it dies, forgot to add that part
Her
@@smeep6846 my fault
The music you use in your videos is epic.
Top notch editing! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
damn. I always struggled with those valiant gargoyles. you wrecked their shit. nice vid. even if I'm never gonna do this build as it seems too easy, the vid was still entertaining.
first time seeing one of your videos. Sub earned, great video mate, such a pleasure watching it
Great video, thanks.💪
Just beat the game with this build
Definitely recommend
Love your work I swear always learn something
Thanks, Varm! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
19:32 i was jumping by the tomb stones i never knew that way lol
Gonna try this out on the last two bosses. Thanks man.
Thanks for watching!
Hey Thingfishy... another terrific video, esp as I'm new to Souls. The idea that a fight can almost be scripted is so counter-intuitive to a new player because the game adapts to your inputs: the more you faff, the more it adapts eventually closing you down. What I'm really learning though *isn't* how to kill bosses but what the limits and attributes of setups are, to 'read" your opponent's weaknesses vs your strengths and how that can flow into intuitive play. And that's high-level stuff (even if that isn't your 'hook" into the video). The music is also excellent- esp those tracks from Hopp. Love it. Keep it up! ❤
Splendid video. Upped & subbed.
This video is oddly relaxing
i love all the builds in the game but honestly strength is just the best... so simple yet so effective. BONK
Bonk is best! Thanks for watching!
Amazing stance intro ^^
Another great build! Can't wait for the DLC!
Amazing!!!
Finally been craving a vid🙌
Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching!
I felt like I just watched a rust whip you got my sub keep out the cool videos. It’s like a story for your heroes lol
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching!
That opening was beautiful
Great video
I'm gonna try this build
Love u and your content man keep going
Best Elden Ring video I've seen! Not because of the build, but cause it kept me intrigued and hooked till the end. I'm logging in today and will give this a try. gg
The intro for this was dope!
Loving this build.
i'm using this build. it's amazing. i'm still level 10, and running in the tutorial area though.
cool vid 😄✨✨✨✨
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
A real change up from faith, which had like 100 steps as opposed to 10 before the Renala fight.
I'm subbing before I even watch the video. The intro was just too awesome.
The Radahn fight with the music was epic
Started doing build like this but with Great Mace instead of Great Stars, since not really getting bleed anyway and the Mace is stronger. Very strong and fun
When the game first came out I tried a poise-focused greatsword build but it didn't really work that well for the last bosses. I don't how much has changed with patches since then, but even if greatswords don't work for that it's cool that something does.
Great stars plus wild strikes is absolutely hilarious. 10/10 would recommend
the intro alone deserves a sub
The most soothing gaming video I have watched since Flower.
Been doing my own thing with this guide, having a blast bullying these bosses that bullied me on my first playthrough. I didn't think I'd be able to play the game without ashes at first, but thanks to this guide, I have more fun without them!
I'm modifying this a bit with STR/FTH, and using Flame Arts to put Cragblade on my Great Stars. I can double dip in my Physick with Spiked and Flame Shroud, and you double dip again with Flame Grant Me Strength. To really get enough stats it'll be a NG+ build, but it's working pretty solid so far.
did it again man like always keepem comming
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
@@ThingfishyGaming always i found your channel and have built all your builds and enjoyed them very fun and informative just gotta work on parrying lol
One of the most entertaining channel ı have ever seen. Keep up the work. Greetings from Turkey!
Thanks, Inanc! Really glad you’re enjoying the channel. Thanks for watching!
my eyes popped out of my head when I saw the Maliketh fight. holy jeebus, that's actually ridiculous. thanks for the build mate
I've been waiting for this
Hope you enjoy it, Kristopher! Thanks for watching!
Dude your guides a freaking amazing
Really glad you’re enjoying the channel, Shamrock. Thanks for watching!
@@ThingfishyGaming no problem. Keep up the good work. 🤜🤛
Great video!
Did a similar build for my first run through the game, only differences are, i used the greatsword (i know, roast me all ya want), and i used no buffs aside from the cragblade AoW.
It's really easy to play the game with a build like this, i would say even easier than the OP magic/bleed builds, and it provides a much more satisfying experience.
As for fighting Malenia, having the AoW you get from one of the Night Cavalry you can stun lock her just by throwing her up into the air repeatedly, since she is a smaller enemy.
STR builds are still OP in FromSoft games xD
The healing is actually pretty nice if you pair it with the heal on crit trinket and the mana one you get a lot of sustain
I mostly followed the easy start up and this up to Renalla, though it wasn't super clean by any stretch. I accidentally lost my night's cavalry runes because he killed me in his jumping attack and fell off, leaving my runes on the bridge edge, then of course I fell off trying to get them back. I didn't follow your stats since my fight knowledge is a lot more limited (I've only played through the game on New game and New Game +, no fresh starts past Godrick). Now I'm in Renalla's room at level 43 and my bonk stick after about 4 hours. I'm a little worried that my fight knowledge isn't good enough to really follow this guides path any further, but even if I break off and start playing more normally I'm well set up. Thanks for the content!
amazing content as always. Check those settings my dude!
Thanks, Jed. Glad you enjoyed it. Haha, yeah that was a bad morning. Thanks for watching!
That montage of smacking bosses in the face over and over and over was so satisfying.
talismans are radagons soreseal, axe talisman, starscourge heirloom, and dagger talisman
So much fun, I am a strength player (Guts-like) so I need to play that way !! Thank you for this new vid ! See you soon !
Glad you liked it, Super! Thanks for watching!
Glad you liked it, Super! Thanks for watching!
Great video. What was a music in the beginning?
Defenders Unite by Niklas Johansson. Absolute banger! Thanks for watching!
The smash on the face intro totally got me oh god
« I feel quite good about it, I didn’t get hit last time » 😂😭
I would love to see flame of the redmanes and Miséricorde. one of my favorite combinations!!
I was literally thinking about the Golden Vow/Flame Grant Me Strength/Cragblade combo today, I guess this is what I'm doing with it
Greatly stuff, how about a poison build?
Quick question. Why did you not use the stone barb cracked tear? Awesome video man!!
The 1% heal is actually massive if you have a multi-hit AoW such as prelates charge, golden land or eruption since it can heal multiple times per cast.
ok fr though how is the music pairing so damn good.
imagine From made it so that every time you hit enemies with spiky featured weapon, you can see the holes on their bodies. now imagine you are using this rough, stony, massive morning star.
also, great editing as always! here's to seeing more build guides to come!
This would be a particularly gruesome video! Glad you liked the vid, Dycaruz. Thanks for watching!
Basically Doom Eternal but medieval
(I love it)
I've been using the flame of the redmanes on great stars, this is a good build, I might switch it to a dagger and use cragblade instead
Yeah definitely give it a try! Left hand great stars, 2 hand it to buff cragblade, right hand ROTR dagger. Stagger city! Thanks for watching!
you could also later once you hit 60 strength switch to the giant colossal great hammer for the highest physical damage hammer. also you can get the boiled crab for 20% physical damage reduction.
I recently got elden ring, and in my first playthrough I did a 'humble' build where I just used a heavy infused greatsword with lions claw ash of war.
Let me tell you this about gideon: his backwards stepping was stepping right into reach of the lions claw, so he didn't even make me heal a single flask on my first attempt. I was somewhere close to but not quite level 100 at that point.
Great video, absolutely destroyed Radahn 😂