Princess' Sting, Stamina Ring, and the ring that gives Regen after using a healing item

I've got many hours of pvp experience with invasions in many different level brackets. I'd be happy to help you craft a build and play style suited for pvp, just message me

I actually just picked ER back up (500h for my original play through + DLC) with the hopes of getting into PVP this time.

I can’t explain it, ER is my happy place. After playing a handful of games post-ER, nothing could fill the void, so I started a new character a few days ago.

Questions for y’all -

1. is ER PVP still active and thriving? I’m attracted more to “real world PVP” like invasions or playing with the taunters tongue active, rather than arena dueling

2. What rune level has the most amount of active players?

3. What console is best for PVP community longevity? My 500h were on PS5 but I read that PC has the best longevity (although I believe PC is more open to cheaters which is off-putting)

Thanks in advance!

Do your thing and youll get there man. Honestly it may be trash advice but thats the only one ive got, youll have to experience any build you use against your opponent.  Might as well be something you're used to and that you can still twick.

https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=chasethebro Chase is making elden ring pvp videos from the release date until now. Every setup, build or weapon combination that you can think about is on his channel. You can learn a lot from him.

It’s unclear what you’re actually asking for.

At 300+ you can just whip out anything and give it a try until you find something you like.

You are in a completely different pvp field at that level. You match with anyone 301-713, so everyone has everything.

If you want a different style of pvp with more focus necessary on build, you probably want to make a new character and play in the 150 range. It’s a level most players get to with one play through and can reach quick enough to build and has a reasonable limitation on how maxed out anything can be.

It's because 300+, you don't really have a build; you have basically unrestricted access to everything and hit most if not all softcaps. That means in pvp, everyone's just going to use the same weapons, gear, and strategies. With an actual build, there's a focus in creating a playstyle that's effective and will generally carry you through multiple NG cycles because no one needs to go beyond 150-160, but you can definitely make later NG cycles easier by doing so.

You should make a new character and stick between like 120-160 if you want to pvp.

If you’re over lvl 301 you are matched with players up to max level. There’s no build variety at that point; everyone can use everything. Which might be your thing, it’s fine, but most people don’t think that’s interesting.

Most people who are more involved in the pvp community plays at lvl 125-150, which is coincidentally around the lvl people end at when they finish a playthrough, so there’s a lot of activity around this lvl

Because they have a range advantage against other weapons you can outspace your opponents. Plus the stagger potential on the halberds is very good

One of the halberds , offhand dagger , something to shoot phantoms running away and you'll be OK

PvP is around level 150, the best PvP is at level 50 I think. I have multiple character level 50, 100 and 150 just to do PvP, I don't only play with one character i like to test new build and not to be overskilled

I think you might be too overlevelled for most PvP

Successive attack builds are insane with certain dex weapons. Recently been playing with a basic sword and shield build and it’s been one of my fav play throughs so far.

I would start a new character and go and collect all the weapons and items for a start

You might want to go into NG+ and collect two of everything

Stop levelling up I would say between RL100-120

spears and halberds will win you more invasions than not but you'll still be going up against 2-3 people so you sometimes have to be nasty to win

I just used the sword that the gordrick soldiers use and banish night black and white shield. Sorry I don’t know the names off the top of my head. I just wanted a basic ass knight build to kinda challenge myself. I wanted to learn parrying i thought it was going to be a challenge don’t get me wrong it still is but parrying is so fun once you get the timing. I also use the dagger with the 140 critical damage whenever they stagger to get some really good damage.

Most people dont bother levelling up that high since a viable build is complete much earlier

I'd check out this website:

https://eso-pvp-builds.com

I'm surprised you find builds hidden behind gates) I think there's a lot of easy access to really good builds, or something to start with and adapt.

There's also a set tier list on there that gives you some ideas on what is popular.

Heavy chest then either 511 or a mix of light and med, depending on what passives you want.

Healing. Be able to keep up your heals, ideally a hot - vigor and then maybe a burst heal.

Defence. 25k+ resistances ideally 30+, keep up your buffs. 30k hp.

Sustain. The sustain mundus is usually enough if you need it. Keep a stack of tri pots equipped if you need.

Damage a front bar damage set and weapon/spell damage glyphs should be enough

Sets really doesn't matter. Good staple build is trainee chest a monster set a front bar damage set and then a back bar set with a mythic.

In PvP you need to manage your buffs sustain and spacial awareness. Knowing where to kite and when to attack is important.

Oakensoul is great if you don’t want to constantly micromanage your buffs

Aim for 9 or 11k aim pen

What are you trying to do? That's the real question.

If youre on PC, Just look out for cheaters.

Personally I prefer taunters tongues for pvp as I have seen more fun/non-meta builds around and about compared to arena fights however arena gets more fights more often so I'd recommend that as a starter getting into it.

I'd also heavily recommend watching some guides online looking at combos and spacing, especially if youre looking to run greatswords or heavier weapons as any experienced players will run absolute rings around you to begin with.

Most of all though is just have fun :) Elden Ring is my favorite PVP game so its good to see more players coming into it!

Edit: by fun and non meta i mean i tend to see more creative builds in invasion pvp (This may not be the same experience for you however)

If you prefer melee based— anything level 40 and under is peak

60 is the lowest tiered meta js

You want tips from the best checkout Rust Buckets guide on Spacing

Since PvP is practically a turn-based game learning when to strafe, trade, and counter-attack properly is 1/2 the battle

PvP in FromSoftware games is broken up into level brackets, meaning level cutoff points where, if you go too far past it, you won’t be able to matchmake with people at that level.

Example: RL 139. 139 is a popular level bracket because it can match with people down to RL 125 (prob the most popular dueling level bracket) and up to RL 150 (a common upper cutoff point for most people’s hybrid builds, such as your STR/FTH build). If your main interest is activity, then 125/139/150 are the best brackets because these tend to be the most popular for the reasons listed above.

For invasions, I personally have two characters. One at RL 60 with +12/+5 weapons (this is important. If you’re making a lower level character, keep in mind matchmaking looks at BOTH your level and the upgrade level of your weapon. If you’re level 60 with max weapons, you prob won’t get any matches at all because nobody else is likely to have max weapons by level 60). My other invasion character is at RL 175 with max weapons (175 isn’t exactly a matchmaking breakpoint, I just picked it so I could run a STR/ARC build and use the Bayle incantations because they’re fun lol).

So yeah, just pick a level bracket you have fun with (the higher up you go, the more likely you are to see busted shit so keep that in mind) and make sure your weapon upgrade levels match that bracket

You need to get good at dodging spam if your doing invasions as it's very, very common I practiced by doing arena with my mate and got him to spam ancient death rancor and sacred rings of lights

First off a bow, then, praise the battle!

could try a mage build mages aren't usually targeted in pvp and if you have a firestaff/icgauntlet combo you can start pumping numbers plus its meta enough to where its needed in wars

Medium Sns hatchet w tumblers as the armor artifact is a good middle ground build, and takes basically minimal skill

My fallingstar beast jaw build is good against mages. Mh jaw, oh turtle shield with holy ground and cold katar with cragblade on a lv 125 34 str/34 dex/20 int build. Use gravity bolt if they go for spells. If they run, just pop holy ground until they stop being so passive. If they get low, you can easily chase em down with katar.

My most successful build is my meteoric ore spellblade, which I posted a video of earlier today.

PS coded is the best ladder legal build in the game hands down.

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I feel like dual large clubs are the greatest thing in the game

Against mages? Faith build with barrier of gold. Completely shuts down mages, though some would say it’s a little overtuned with the magic damage negation because it pretty much invalidates magic damage.

For dueling/pvp, I usually prefer a str/int build with min int for weapons, 60 str and 60 vigor, min mind and the rest into endurance. Weapons cold infused and all talismans going to health or stamina, sometimes one for more damage. This is a strong meta build using lots of different weapons from greatswords to great spears and collosal swords.

Really any build can be good, just be mindful of where you put your stats and what you actually need. For instance i feel comfortable with 11 mind on a melee build but some people might want 20 because they use an aow that takes a lot of fp.

you really don't need all that mind unless you're spamming ashes. default 9-12 mind is just fine. reallocate elsewhere.

btw what pvp are we talking about? because I'm still pretty certain 125-150 is the right range for duels and invasions (invasions have varied activity and can be more common at lower levels ie lvl25 or lvl80). it makes little sense to go past that level range as you're going to run into players who aren't constrained by build choice. giving them more options for spam and stuff you can't counter with your weapon choice.

go to 70 Arc min str/dex, infuse to occult, get rid of sacred dagger replace w misrecord, get at least 90 poise

seems like youre gunnin for one shots, put on royal knights resolve on blood fiends arm.

“nit picky” but keep your satchel (bottom d pad item bar) relatively clean. No multiplayer items, only utilities and such

Axe tali highly unnecessary here. The odds you hit someone with a charged heavy vs an uncharged heavy are exponentially lower and for not that much reward compared to pve where stance dmg matters. You could drop it for whatever you want really: erdtree favor +2 is always a good one, or shard of alexander. Bloodfiend’s Arm is one of the few weapons where RKR still actually rules as it allows it to absolutely punch through shields and brings the damage up to 1 shot levels. I’d say since you’re not really casting you could afford to lose some mind - there’s not really a good reason for you to have more than like 15-18 here even at level 180. Redistribute those to other stats as needed. You also have a bunch more endurance than you’re making use of here. If your fashion can bear it, switch out the night’s cavalry armor for something with better negations. That dmg negation can be a deciding factor in the dynamic of a fight: you win trades or lose them based on how much dmg you take in return.

54 str.

Why 25 FP? Take those points out and put them into arcane.

Is that the only weapon you plan to use? Do you ever change your armor during PvP?

If you don't swap armor and you don't swap to a heavier weapon, I think you might change some of your endurance points for something else, e.g., strength or arcane.

Or you could instead choose some heavier armor for more protection. Just remember that you can go up to 70% of your max equip load and you're good to go

I would experiment with more blood oath incantations since you have the stat requirements to cast all of them. Beastial incantations are great damage too with the dragon seal’s high scaling

How optimal are you trying to be? That’s the real question. If your answer is maximum sweat, then there’s a few problems. At level 200 there’s no excuses to not hit the last poise breakpoint that matters at 123. Idk if you can do it with white mask on, maybe, but the 123 poise for fighting lgs is better. So you need more endurance. As for weapon, bloody helice is just not as good as other hts. The ash is bad and very easy to parry, and the bleed isn’t as good as something actually blood infused. You’d be way better off with a bleed sword lance, 54 strength and as much arcane as you have left over, up to 60. Shouldn’t be a problem at 200. And the 25 faith for golden vow is just meh, you can get half the effect with a crab or flesh, and you have like 15 points to put somewhere else. And talis, with hts you are playing mostly unlocked, doing jumping attacks, and free aiming bc you can “sweep” the hts jump attack hitbox in an arc. So obviously, claw talisman. Also two handed sword, bc it’s just the best for anything two handed. Also learn to swap talis. Just organize your inventory, the swapping is honestly easier than organizing lol

Stat distribution is fine for what you're using. Watching the video you posted before this, your problem is the way you utilize it. Relying on your high passive poise to try to mash it out with BH for a bleed proc to do your work for you is just not a reliable strategy.

If you’re gonna use a thrusting sword put on the spear talisman.

I like a quality build for the 200 bracket PvP. No fancy procs but you get to try out TONS of weapons, anything non somber basically, and some somber. Focus more on the movesets of the weapons, how to parry, getting backstabs, when to fight locked vs unlocked, jumping over certain attacks. You will be mopped at first but you learn to be pretty good that way.

Sadly got to go for boink.

Personnal favorite, Blasphemous Blade X/Faith build.

I love full str, and lion claw is just so good. It carried me through half of the bosses

a simple Long sword and a great shield. Square off carried me.

Bubble gang for life

The best PvE build is "whatever works for you".

I personally go full strength, using swords like Blasphemous Blade and Maliketh's Black Blade. I also work my way up to heavy armor and a high defense shield for those times I get a little greedy/careless.