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In the very first area of SotE you can get a LOT of solid weapons that are in the new DLC weapon classes. I'd pick one of them and build around that. Great Katana & Milady are my favorites - backhand blades, black steel greathammer, & beast claws would be great options too.

How about my gravity samurai? https://www.reddit.com/r/EldenRingBuilds/s/99TTRdRHQW

Strength+Faith has loads of good options in the DLC; can try out a specialized lightning damage build with Clawmark Seal + Death Knight equips, they're all very solid IMO. It's one of the builds that has the best mix of consistent theming and simultaneous damage-boosting synergy (all of the Death Knight armor pieces boost lightning damage for both your weapons and your spells)

The generally agreed advice is to get your vigor to at least 20 right away. Maybe even higher.

Then me personally I suggest starting with a single stat build and waiting until high level to try duel stat builds.

I found a straight radiance build very strong for my first playthrough, especially once you find the Mana regen rune and ring.

Most builds are plenty powerful, there are very few "wrong choices". However, I have general tips that apply to all builds, which you can combine with any recommended builds in the other comments.

First of all, never forget you have a ranged weapon, even without spells. The ability to always have a ranged weapon available is a massive boon, especially with status ammo.

Secondly, try to block as much as you dodge. Unlike in classic soulsborne, chip damage from blocking with weapons isn't as big an issue, since you can regain that damage by attacking.

Thirdly, armor does matter. This isn't DS3, wearing heavy armor can give you sizeable damage reduction, especially against elemental damage and status effects.

For first playthrough I would focus on one dmg stat. If u like big sword Bloody glory is excelent Grand sword. Requires 20 str/32 rad, but scales mainly with Rad. Its excelent Choice for Full radiance build and u get not only top tier melee dmg, but Also strong magic and heals. U only need 4 stats - Str 20, vit 40, end 20, rad 75. Rest u Can put wherever u want. str - more phys dmg, end - more stamina, equip load, Inf - more mana. Or u Can Also add agil to meet base requirements for other great rad weapons like judge cleric Spear or pietas sword.

Ok hear me out, as long as you don't try for an umbral magic build in the beginning, bc that requires both radiance and inferno and if you like big swords then it adds strength into the mix. However if you ask me any "element" is worth it, I've seen radiance and inferno be great, I personally like umbral. I'm also a casual player i upgrade whatever I want, play how I want, and these souls elitist can suck a fat 1. I also like to switch it up so I always go for a rounded character knowing I'm probably going to play the game multiple times per character. My 1st 2 characters were a throwing and an umbral magic user. I've also make characters for each "range" based on its "element". On my thrower I did a bleed build and on my bow I'm doing a poison build. Really just find a build you like and enjoy the game. There really isn't a wrong answer on this game, it's not as hard as the souls games.

This game is way easier than Elden Ring + DLC so if u can beat that ur fine. Just run whatever interests you. If you really want the strongest build in the game then yea its radiance, flickering flail and lucent beam specifically.

The notable soft cap in this game for damage stats is 45. No need to push beyond that. 20-30 health stat is fine. Stamina depends on ur weapon as usual

Every ds game I’ve gone for 2 handed strength builds so this game I was like I’m gonna do something different. After accidentally finding the Shade Sabre in those ruins in the Looming Wood I fell in love. Not only does it do dark damage (which is super useful against the Angelicals in the citadels) but the ability to teleport behind an enemy’s shadow that you are targeting is so so op. In PVP it’s even crazier because nobody has caught on to how good this thing is. Calling it now, within two weeks everybody will be wearing the Fallen Halo to negate dark damage.

Pure Stonetinge build for me. If you get Hodir’s Ring of Rejuvination instead of the Halberd it’s pretty much game over for the mobs once you hit midgame.

Naked guy with big stick

First run was the drunk master with angelic offhand cestus and demonic mainhand cestus, with high luck and even higher dex.

Currently loving pacifist run with high charisma and sneak. Trying to complete each npc quest before the bosses to unlock the non-violent boss defeat is a mfer.

Hodir dad, just dump all of your levels into health and strength and you get maximum damage possible from Hodir’s glaive. and make sure to wear the Dryian mask.

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You can’t use blood flame blade (or any weapon buff) on an Occult infused weapon.

If you want to maximize damage, Keen + BFB will be the most optimal damage but I find BFB clunky.

Occult affinity can’t take weapon buffs, but will be a good balance of damage because the arcane scaling it gives will cause Arcane to scale your physical damage as well as boost the damage of your bleed props

What's the armor you're wearing?

(You can't run Bloodflame Blade on Occult)

• Stat Allocation: This depends on whether you run Quality + BFB, Occult or Blood. I don't think Quality + BFB offers much leeway for scaling. Blood is slightly stronger than Occult, but I prefer Occult as it offers much more in the form of spells and AoWs to help support your build. Blood is likely stronger without sacrificing support at 250+.
  • 57 Vigor
  • 18 Mind
  • 25 Endurance (assuming you're keeping your current drip + some leeway)
  • 18 Strength
  • 22 Dexterity
  • - Intelligence
  • 28 Faith
  • 80 Arcane
  • 24 spare stat points:
    • Faith for much better incantation damage (43 is a softcap, then arcane)
    • Dexterity for better Nagakiba damage (40 is a softcap, then arcane)
    • Vigor (up to 60)/Mind/Endurance for QoL.
• Talismans: For damage, order of importance: Shard of Alexander > Lord of Blood's Exult > RWSI > Millicent's.
  • Highly recommend a defensive/utility talisman over one or more of these, notably Dragoncrest Greatshield.
  • Swap out Lord of Blood if opponent doesn't bleed.
  • Don't ever run Radagon's lmao
• Off-hand Weapon: I might have hinted at it already, but Dragon Communion Seal is probably your best option, as buffs are the best option to scale damage/defense when softcaps are reached. I chose 28 faith because of Golden Vow, with access to Greyoll's Roar if you need it. You can even cast regular incantations with great spell scaling, comparable to dedicated faith builds.
  • It also weighs nothing, so nothing's stopping you from running another Occult weapon - perhaps a ranged sidearm running Blood Blade or Spectral Lance, or if you want to powerstance, Braggart's Roar on Occult Uchi.

Leveling up your strength and dexterity is fine, but early on you're going to want to prioritize upgrading your weaponry. Also it's super super important to level vigor. You're going to want at least 50 vigor by the end of the game.

Also Elden Ring is an open world game (I'm sure you know) but there are barriers to that you have to deal with. If you're in the Siofra River at level 18, you've gone a bridge too far. I'd turn back. You can generally know when you need to turn back when you're absolutely getting your ass kicked with no hope of doing any ass kicking yourself.

Anything made of crystal doesn't like strike type damage, so find a weapon that does that. Should say what kind of damage it does just below the name in the menu. Or you could just eyeball it. Strike type weapons are generally clubs or hammers or what have you.

Only level strength and swing the biggest stick you can find. If you can make your way through the game doing that you will be better than 95% of the folks playing the game.

You new to souls?

Upgrade your weapons... it's about weapon upgrade level, not how early or late you get a weapon

That's the main progression here

Get outta siofra

Might be a bit early for siofra river at level 18. That early you should only meet the minimum weapon requirements in dex and str and concentrate on vigor and some endurance. Weapon upgrades help you a lot more at that point than leveling up dex and str so don't worry about those stats yet.

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It looks like u r leaning towards a flame(faith) build. If u r gonna main the blasphemous blade then I would suggest only leveling up strength and faith apart from of course ur vigour and endurance. Ur spells purely scale with faith so it should complement ur build well. However using a flame build will probably give u a very hard time when tackling a boss in the 2nd half of the game. So I suggest investing in a purely strength weapon for that fight or one that does holy cuz holy scales with faith too. Also side note, blasphemous blade only can be leveled up to lvl 10 max i believe as it uses somber smithing stones to level up and not the normal stones. Oh yeah, level up mind too to have more fp to use ur AoW on blasphemous blade more.

There are some weapon options that may be worth considering. From the base game the Blasphemous Blade, Maliketh's Black Blade, and the Sword of Night and Flame would work well for your build. There are a lot of options from the DLC- black steel greathammer, devonia's hammer, fire knight greatsword, shadow sunflower blossom, anvil hammer, rellana's twinblades, any of the smithscript weapons. Lots of DLC weapons reward overlevelling with three or four stats for scaling. Scaling four stats at D is relatively weak at RL 150 but you can get a base AR over 900 on NG + 6 or 7.

There’s nothing too difficult about that. You’re Level 300, as you say. We don’t know your starting class, but even if it were Wretch, you could go VIG 60 MIND 19 END 40 STR 80 DEX 80 INT 10 (or whatever your base Int was) FAI 80 ARC 10 (or whatever the starting number was).

If you want more Mind or Endurance, you take points away from Str, because you can still cross 80 Str as long as you have at least 54 Str and you two-hand your weapon.

That’s it really.

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What was the starting class that you chose?

If it was Vagabond, at level 300 you should be able to have this stat spread:

60 Vigor 34 Mind 45 Endurance 70 Strength 70 Dexterity 10 Intelligence 80 Faith 10 Arcane

If you are higher level than 300, put your remaining levels into Strength and Dexterity to reach 80 on both. Then level Intelligence so you can also use weapons that scale with both Faith and Intelligence, such as Rellanas Twinblades.

Since you are scaling both Strength and Dexterity, I assume you are sticking more to a Quality/Faith build, so I prioritized your Faith scaling over Strength or Dexterity individually. This is to keep your armament options versatile while still maintaining high incantation scaling.

Your Incantation Seal will obviously be the Erdtree Seal, unless you are prioritizing specific types of spells. Make use of Golden Vow and Flame Grant me Strength to keep your damage high, as the latter also boosts physical damage even without a fire weapon. Also use the Greenspill Crystal Tear in your Physick to keep your Stamina topped off so you can deal as much DPS as possible. Your other crystal tear is a matter of preference, but I usually use an element shrouding tear, like flame, lightning, or holy.

For your weapons, I would recommend sticking to a Fire weapon and a Holy damage weapon, both of which will scale the most with your stats. The Banished Knight Greatsword scales well with both Strength and Dexterity, and also has a very fancy scabbard. Its moveset is also buttery smooth. It’s definitely one of my favorite weapons though so I’m a little biased. I’ve also had a lot of fun with weapons like the Death Knight Longhaft Axe or Devonia’s Hammer, but options like the Blasphemous Blade and Messmer’s Spear are always gonna be stronger. Fire is just so damn strong. If you are using a Holy weapon, have the Sword of Light on hand in order to use its skill like a Flame Grant Me Strength buff but for Holy damage. The Euporia Twinblade would be a great contender for a Holy weapon, as it scales evenly with Strength and Dexterity and the most with Faith, which would align with your stats. It’s also much stronger than when the DLC launched. as it has received some buffs.

As for your armor, you can wear whatever fashion you like, but I’ve loved using the Death Knight set, Tree Sentinel set, Cleanrot set, Malenia’s set, Night Maiden armor with Nox set, and Leda’s Armor with Oathseeker set for Faith builds. Rakshasa’s Armor is also OP, but everyone and their mother uses that.

Talismans are really gonna depend on what weapons you use the most, but I generally run with the Shard of Alexander, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Two headed Turtle Talisman, and then my flex slot is either Crimson Seed Talisman +1, Godfrey Icon, Rellanas Cameo, an elemental scorpion talisman, Talisman of the Dread (for Blasphemous Blade), or Bullgoat Talisman.

Not easiest but fun and pretty good, like if the build is really good and fun but you have to stay close range the whole time or some that’s fine

After defeating both Malenia & Elden beast multiple times, I would say Stoneshield + Thrusting sword (Blood) is the most broken/ easy build for this game

Add in Swarm of Flies and you will be invincible vs any boss

Here's mine

https://www.reddit.com/r/fromsoftware/comments/tno0j7/blood_tank_build_never_die_to_a_boss_again/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Blood Arc build. Get Rot Breath and Dragon Seal. Start warrior and use scimitars till you get elanoras, use elanoras till you get rivers. Rot breath with trivialize half the game, blood loss will trivialize the back half of the game.

When in doubt, go Giant Dad build.

There is no "best build", every build reach a point where you say "Fuck I wish I had X instead of being Y".

For a build to not suck, however, try focusing on one or two stats from "STR, DEX, INT, FTH, ARC", that will dictate weapons you can use and normal weapons can be infused with an "Ash of War" you like and infuse for the stats of your choice.

Don't spread your stats too wide, and never forget to pump vigor, endurance, only to be able to avoid fat roll with your gear of choice.

10 normal weapons can be upgraded to +25 per game cycle.

8 somber weapons can be upgraded to +10 per game cycle.

I usually two hand the strongest str weapon I have, and level life, end, and str in all souls games. I use no shields. Use heavy infusion for more str scaling. Level up the weapon of course.

Sounds like you wanna play from range, so a mage build most likely. There are various bosses tho that basically render that playstyle completely useless. I suggest just practicing. You also prob inflict no damage at all because either you haven't upgraded your weapons and/or you're very early in the game.

What’s your level? And current stats. And starting class.

And a tip: the best stats in the world won’t mean shit if you don’t know how to use em. At the same time, you can beat the game at level 1 if you’re good enough.

There is no “best build”

I felt a similar way, again, practice helps. There are also various points where the game wants you to pause, explore the open world, and level up before tackling the main path again. That’s what I had to do for stormveil. Cant play it like dark souls or sekiro unfortunately.

Arcane build lvl arcane to 60-80. Use bleed infusion. When boss is resistant to bleed infuse weapons with occult to gain more physical dmg. Overall arcane and vigor are too best stats in this game. Try to use double katanas or double curved swords. Double twinblade are very good too. Running r1 and jump attacks Procs bleed instantly. Use dragon communion seal for blood incantations and dragon spells. Rotten breath is a way to go. Blood spells are late game spells. Try to find Eleonora’s poleblade, rivers of blood, nagakiba, scavengers curved swords, godskin peeler, Mohgwyn spear. Top tier weapons. Also Reduvia dagger with insane ranged weapon art will melt annoying bosses like godskins, hell any boss without bleed immunity. Dagger can be found in starting area at lvl 1! Don’t forget to raise mind to 20 at least for early mid game you are gonna spam that l2 a lot on each weapon. Bleed is very fun in pve, trust me.