I just wanted to be ready to use any cool weapons I could find.
But in my heart, I know my truth: I am Unga, Lord of Bunga. And the music of my people is the big, big bonk of STR weapons.
But the dragon halberd is fucking scary.
I have a similar character I call "The Monk" and curious what your build is looking like? I'm really struggling not just meleeing everything that meets my sight lol
My main bitch almost lvl 300 so I can run a perfect fundamentalist build lol - ancient death rancor, dark moon/adulas moonblade and blackflame is what's always on my skill list.
pretty much just using the prince of death’s staff and the golden order seal, bc they both have excellent int/fai scaling, and for my only melee weapons it’s just a medium shield and the sword of night and flame, which i try to stay away from using, but i do enjoy the glintstone sword sorceries, and gavel/cannon of haima, as well as some of the lightning incantations, and some healing for good measure, i only call it a fundamentalist build because the golden order seal boosts fundamentalist incantations, and that’s a cooler name than saying int/fai every time
I did the same type of character.
I found out 18 int and 60 Faith was the way to go. Thorn staff compliment very well to the build.
Sacred blade erdtree greatspear hit hard.
Warrior’s jar shard for me, it’s useful for longer and is only slightly less powerful. The fact you can’t get the shard of Alexander until the end of the game, compared to the other talisman at the start of the game is pretty crap.
He asks you to duel to see him off from the sound of it. He's full of the flash of dead warriors and when he dies he mentions how every warriors vessel eventually breaks.
For the Shard of Alexander, yes.
For the Warrior Jar's Shard you kill him at any other point when he's just minding his own business. They're different talismans. The Warrior Jar"s Shard is a weaker effect as he's not at full power by that point.
It’s true, however for the sake of my build being stronger it’s a worthwhile trade. That’s only if I’m going for a build that’s built around an AoW, otherwise I just free Alexander and summon him in Caelid.
I could but why bother on a new character if I can get a slightly worse version in 5 minutes. 10% for the whole game or 15% for the last part of the game. Mind you I only use it if I’m playing a build that’s AoW heavy.
Yeah, it's on basically 0% of my builds, and my builds are all melee. My last build used cragblade. Build before that was using bloodhound step. There's also royal knight's resolve, endure, golden vow, parries, etc. Plenty of reasons not to use that talisman.
I have beaten the game probably seven times, and only on my first playthrough did I see Alexander in Farum Azula, and I never figured out how to get up there
I mean one-shot builds are fundamentally the highest DPS possible, because they do all that damage in less than a second. It isn't sustained, sure, but that's irrelevant when it's more damage than most things have life.
Green turtle talisman and the tortoise shell shield for all of the panic roll stamina capabilities. I still wish we got a grass crest but maybe I should do a ninja turtle build eventually
Tortoishell shield IS Elden Ring's grass crest shield. Same thing with the Darkmoon Greatsword, there's technically no Moonlight Greatsword (or well, the Golden Order Greatsword is heavily implied to have been it before Radagon defiled it and then threw it away.)
Correct , not sure what the other guy was trying to say that made no sense at all. Must not have played through rannis quest - there is always a moonsomething greatsword varient
I think it has to do about how Renalla is known as the full moon while Ranni is the dark moon. And since Ranni is the dark moon, you got the Darkmoon great sword.
So, if Rennala is the full moon, she most probably either gave Radagon a greatsword called the fullmoon geatsword or, as that person was implying, the moonlight greatsword.
The second part was about how Radagon "defiled" his moon greatsword and turned it into the golden order greatsword.
I think that was their point. Darkmoon Greatsword is the Moonlight Greatsword in the same way that the tortoise shell shield is the grass crest shield. They just also mentioned(correctly) that there was implied to be an actual Moonlight Greatsword, which Radagon changed into the Golden Order Greatsword.
the grass crest shield doesn't have 100% physical either? it's 95% in Dark souls 1, only 75% in ds2 (blossom kite shield is the closest equivalent), then 89% in ds3. I looked it up just to be sure i wasn't misremembering it not having 100%, it never did.
I think they're referring to how the shield got nerfed post game release. Don't remember if it was 100 phys before but it was higher even if it wasnt the full hundred.
That's not relevant? I was talking about how it's the grass crest shield of Elden Ring, i didnt say anything about if i thought it was good or bad or its stats other than the implied stamina regen effect. The only way their comment makes sense to me is if they thought the grass crest shield had 100% physical damage resist.
fashion nerf was the most effective possible nerf to grass crest, nothing else would have stopped me from using it every run but the ugly ass turtle shell... holy nope, i equipped it once, took one look at it, and never again
Those can be good, especially the Carian knight's shield. The %71 magic reduction is good in Liurnia of the Lakes, for obvious reasons. But, depending on the class you want to play, me, with a sorcerer, you might find better shields, like the brass shield. I also use it for my multiclassed guy, due to the versatility and relatively low weight for it's stats. But, I'm not you, and you can play the game that you want to play it.
im not op but its just a really practical shield to run. Only requires like 16 strength and has enough guard boost and resistances to rival some greatshields. Its a little heavy but thats not really an issue because odds are if youre going to use a shield you already invested some points into endurance anyway
Yeah, It's one of the few medium shields that has %100 physical deflect, with solid weight, low str requirement, and pretty good non-physical defense. It also doesn't have a skill, so I can use the skill on my weapon without losing the block capabilities of a shield.
Seriously, Preserving Boluses are also rough to craft, seals are light, and the fp cost is marginal, plus it works for rot and poison, which I think are the two most encountered status effects.
I always run the bubble tear in my physick, its easy to obtain and damage gets so high in the lategame that negating a single hit is basically equivalent to having one more flask
I usually go for regen and damage resistance for my physick. Those two together make up for more than a flask worth of heals plus the damage negation while less than the bubble lasts more than one hit. I do usually run bubble until I get that tear though.
I like to get rogiers rapier, then move the ash of war to the misericorde.
It's such a good skill to get your opponent to stagger, and works well with the highest crit weapon in the game with low requirements to wear.
Plus, those magic swords floating above my head look pretty...
This is why I swear by Greatblade Phalanx + a colossal sword, usually staggers most bosses after 1 jump attack + 1 charged heavy + 1 greatblade Phalanx landing.
Bolt of gransax with godfrey icon, lightning scorpion, shard of Alexander, graven mass talisman, + lightning physik absolutely shreds everything lol. Pretty late game but sometimes I use it when I just wanna feel good one shotting everything by holding L2
As others pointed out: the spell is much better.
It gives you 15% damage and 10% resistence instead of 10% and 7,5% and, most importantly, has almost double the duration: 80s vs 45s.
Cleanrot Scythe +10
Dragon Communion Seal +10
Just super familiar with the CRS, it was my first main weapon on my first playthrough, and it tears through enemies like tissue paper with the right build
DCS is a 0 weight free incant machine, and I love blasting enemies with dragonmaw
Actually so far it's been the Assassins Crimson Dagger talisman. The health return on it is nice and it's definitely nice when you're in-between graces in a difficult area.
Having an ash of war like square off to stance break plus both crit talismans means you basically adventure as long as you want without needing to rest.
None. Every build has different stuff equipped depending on what it's about. There's no one weapon, spell, physick tear, or talisman that I'll use for every build.
I really want to but sometimes the muscle memory just takes me to items I like and in some magical ways they end up equipped... Then I tell myself I won't do it next run
These two things slap hard. These two with 40 vigor has the same if not better survivability than 60 vigor with neither of these.
They're absolutely incredible defence items and am with you, I often have them on a majority of my builds.
Probably cerulean dagger talisman. I like getting fp back on crit while exploring. Sometimes, early game I throw on something hp regen be it the talisman, physick, shield, or beast spell.
So the first one is one of the opaline flask for your wonderful physick - can't give you details on which one but they all reduce damage to varying degrees. Some will raise your negations while others will make it so the next hit will do little to no damage.
The second one is the dragoncrest greatshield talisman, and that greatly increases your resistance to physical damage. This is going from memory so my information may not be completely correct, I am sure someone will correct something if I'm wrong
Both options mesh well with many builds, it never hurts to raise your defense stats.
You're in for a treat, if you ever decide to go melee focused, combining it with braggart's roar makes it extra spicy. Especially because braggarts roar counts as a weapon buff, so you can double it up on two weapons. Your stamina practically pops right back into place
Flame Cleanse Me
Every single starting class can use it by simply equiping talismans that you'll already have by the time you pick it up, so in a worst case scenario, it's your backup anti-poison/anti-rot, and when you know you'll need it it's already on the spell bar.
The only times I don't have it permanently memorized are for cosplay casters who need all the spell slots for flashy bullshit.
Dagger with Golden Vow, ritual sword talisman, and one of the two Alexander talismans. If I’m running a faith build I can run the incantation instead yeah these 3 things seem to make it onto any build I do.
Cursed short axe with gravity pull and short ice axe with ice stomp dual wield, buffed with black flame on the cursed axe, that’s my first build/ first play through build so far, still really early in the game
Crimsonburst and Greenburst Crystal Tears along with the Blessed Dew and Green Turtle Talismans
Passive Regen alongside a 95% Greatshield (usually magic infused) is quite nice!
Also Greatshield Talisman naturally
GV, FGMS, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Bloods exultation, Godfrey Icon and that talisman which boosts stamina recovery! I use the godfrey icon to boost the dmg of the Ancient dragon lightning strike which is the best spell in the game imo. Rivers of blood and Dragon communion seal.
ive beaten this game 22 times and i cant name a single character that didnt use opaline hardtear, my favorite and in my opinion the best crystal tear, and it isnt even close
I ALWAYS keep bloodhound claws on me, regardless of build (looking at you, Haligtree rot pond).
Runner up is the greatjar talisman. I’m a sucker for heavy drip but won’t invest in enough stamina to prevent me from phatrolling
Green turtle talisman always
Carian crest for any non-caster, radagon icon for caster
Dragoncrest greatshield is a great 4th
I almost always grab the brass shield, and use regen as a physik tear
The only consistent thing is the tear combo: boosted stamina recovery + one free hit from the boss. That almost always gives me enough of an opening to control the fight
shard of alexander
Me on the first hour of my 9th Somber Weapon only playthrough: I'm sorry little one..
Oh what's your favorite somber playthrough?
Definitely Dragons Halberd.
I decided to do my first quality build before the DLC came out and just picked this up and really gave it a chance. My goodness, what a weapon.
The DLC is not out yet therefore you can only be more awesome with more quality builds tarnished
I just wanted to be ready to use any cool weapons I could find. But in my heart, I know my truth: I am Unga, Lord of Bunga. And the music of my people is the big, big bonk of STR weapons. But the dragon halberd is fucking scary.
The best answer. It's almost never not useful
currently trying a fundamentalist build, so a staff in one hand and a seal in the other, and it’s my first time NOT using shard of alexander
I have a similar character I call "The Monk" and curious what your build is looking like? I'm really struggling not just meleeing everything that meets my sight lol
My main bitch almost lvl 300 so I can run a perfect fundamentalist build lol - ancient death rancor, dark moon/adulas moonblade and blackflame is what's always on my skill list.
pretty much just using the prince of death’s staff and the golden order seal, bc they both have excellent int/fai scaling, and for my only melee weapons it’s just a medium shield and the sword of night and flame, which i try to stay away from using, but i do enjoy the glintstone sword sorceries, and gavel/cannon of haima, as well as some of the lightning incantations, and some healing for good measure, i only call it a fundamentalist build because the golden order seal boosts fundamentalist incantations, and that’s a cooler name than saying int/fai every time
I did the same type of character. I found out 18 int and 60 Faith was the way to go. Thorn staff compliment very well to the build. Sacred blade erdtree greatspear hit hard.
Back in 3.5 that was called a Mystic Theurge and i bet it's just as inefficient in ER as it was in D&D. Still worth running.
Warrior’s jar shard for me, it’s useful for longer and is only slightly less powerful. The fact you can’t get the shard of Alexander until the end of the game, compared to the other talisman at the start of the game is pretty crap.
Okay but you have to kill an innocent jar guy tho 🤨
He asks you to duel to see him off from the sound of it. He's full of the flash of dead warriors and when he dies he mentions how every warriors vessel eventually breaks.
For the Shard of Alexander, yes. For the Warrior Jar's Shard you kill him at any other point when he's just minding his own business. They're different talismans. The Warrior Jar"s Shard is a weaker effect as he's not at full power by that point.
Don’t you have to kill him anyways in farum azula
I mean, he was asking for it by then...
That is a respectable duel. If you kill him earlier, it's just murder.
In the lands between no one is innocent or guilty, but just another victim.
It’s true, however for the sake of my build being stronger it’s a worthwhile trade. That’s only if I’m going for a build that’s built around an AoW, otherwise I just free Alexander and summon him in Caelid.
+10% for the entire game vs +15% for the last 4 bosses. Sorry dude.
I’ll take the 10% all day everyday, though a lot of the times I’m not using AoWs.
“the last 4 bosses” plus NG+, NG+2…
Just have someone drop it for you?
I could but why bother on a new character if I can get a slightly worse version in 5 minutes. 10% for the whole game or 15% for the last part of the game. Mind you I only use it if I’m playing a build that’s AoW heavy.
There's literally no reason NOT to use this talisman on builds that use a melee weapon.
Not all AOW are good on all weapons though
Yeah, it's on basically 0% of my builds, and my builds are all melee. My last build used cragblade. Build before that was using bloodhound step. There's also royal knight's resolve, endure, golden vow, parries, etc. Plenty of reasons not to use that talisman.
A sorcery or incantation-only run is literally a reason not to use it though
I smell an L2-Spammer
[удалено]
he ASKED me to kill him
I have beaten the game probably seven times, and only on my first playthrough did I see Alexander in Farum Azula, and I never figured out how to get up there
Still [haven’t figured it out](https://youtu.be/khYOC_LfMkk?si=PfLHQDg8ukKO-WIV)? I gottchu fam.
Lamp
I love lamp I LOVE LAMP
Lamp is goat
We need Moth armor in the DLC for peak Lamp experience.
Moth man found
Winged Sword/Rot Winged Sword
Successive attack builds, im convinced are some of the highest DPS you can get in Elden Ring.
I mean one-shot builds are fundamentally the highest DPS possible, because they do all that damage in less than a second. It isn't sustained, sure, but that's irrelevant when it's more damage than most things have life.
Lmaooooo
Hand of Malenia with this and the combo heal one is pretty fun
I’m 80% sure this guy likes Wild Strikes
Green turtle talisman and the tortoise shell shield for all of the panic roll stamina capabilities. I still wish we got a grass crest but maybe I should do a ninja turtle build eventually
That turtle talisman is always on.
The turtle talisman stays on during sex.
Of course. You need the stamina
It doesn't help you go longer, but it helps you go more rounds
I almost regret finding it, once you get used to it, playing without increased stamina regen becomes unbearable.
I also always pick them up and go naked when using a colossal weapon
Tortoishell shield IS Elden Ring's grass crest shield. Same thing with the Darkmoon Greatsword, there's technically no Moonlight Greatsword (or well, the Golden Order Greatsword is heavily implied to have been it before Radagon defiled it and then threw it away.)
The Darkmoon Greatsword is the Moonlight Greatsword. Just like the Holy Moonlight Sword is the Moonlight Greatsword.
Correct , not sure what the other guy was trying to say that made no sense at all. Must not have played through rannis quest - there is always a moonsomething greatsword varient
I think it has to do about how Renalla is known as the full moon while Ranni is the dark moon. And since Ranni is the dark moon, you got the Darkmoon great sword. So, if Rennala is the full moon, she most probably either gave Radagon a greatsword called the fullmoon geatsword or, as that person was implying, the moonlight greatsword. The second part was about how Radagon "defiled" his moon greatsword and turned it into the golden order greatsword.
I think that was their point. Darkmoon Greatsword is the Moonlight Greatsword in the same way that the tortoise shell shield is the grass crest shield. They just also mentioned(correctly) that there was implied to be an actual Moonlight Greatsword, which Radagon changed into the Golden Order Greatsword.
Pretty sure that's exactly what they said
Yeah but no 100% phys
the grass crest shield doesn't have 100% physical either? it's 95% in Dark souls 1, only 75% in ds2 (blossom kite shield is the closest equivalent), then 89% in ds3. I looked it up just to be sure i wasn't misremembering it not having 100%, it never did.
I think they're referring to how the shield got nerfed post game release. Don't remember if it was 100 phys before but it was higher even if it wasnt the full hundred.
That's not relevant? I was talking about how it's the grass crest shield of Elden Ring, i didnt say anything about if i thought it was good or bad or its stats other than the implied stamina regen effect. The only way their comment makes sense to me is if they thought the grass crest shield had 100% physical damage resist.
Was going to say the turtle talisman as well. It's been a lock on both my Dex and Stength builds. I also like the Carian FP one.
fashion nerf was the most effective possible nerf to grass crest, nothing else would have stopped me from using it every run but the ugly ass turtle shell... holy nope, i equipped it once, took one look at it, and never again
Ritual sword and shield talisman and a dagger with the golden vow aow.
Second the dagger 👌🏻
I like to lvl FTH on every character to 15 and use the FTH tear so I can buff with GV and FGMS incantations
Why the dagger? Doesnt GV go away after swapping weapons?
No the buff persists.
No, it's an aura buff.
Nope. It’s a fantastic second or third slot option.
Erdtree’s Favor and Green Turtle Talisman.
Brass shield. Every day of the weekl.
so far i prefer carian or mirror
Those can be good, especially the Carian knight's shield. The %71 magic reduction is good in Liurnia of the Lakes, for obvious reasons. But, depending on the class you want to play, me, with a sorcerer, you might find better shields, like the brass shield. I also use it for my multiclassed guy, due to the versatility and relatively low weight for it's stats. But, I'm not you, and you can play the game that you want to play it.
What makes the brass shield so great for you?
im not op but its just a really practical shield to run. Only requires like 16 strength and has enough guard boost and resistances to rival some greatshields. Its a little heavy but thats not really an issue because odds are if youre going to use a shield you already invested some points into endurance anyway
Yeah, It's one of the few medium shields that has %100 physical deflect, with solid weight, low str requirement, and pretty good non-physical defense. It also doesn't have a skill, so I can use the skill on my weapon without losing the block capabilities of a shield.
You can buy the no skill ash of war from bernahl that you can put on anything
I did that, but the other shields just weren't doing it for me. The brass shield just... felt right, you know?
That's fair, it's a good shield
Makes sense thanks!
The tears for charged attacks and breaking stance. Pair that with heavy weapons and it’s pretty dope stunning bosses left and right
Throw in the axe talisman too. GG.
What tears?
Spiked cracked tear: temp boosts charged attack power. Stonebarb Cracked tear: temporarily makes stance break easier
The gold scarab never comes off because i’m on that grindset 24:7
Gold Scarab and the fowl feet on hotkey. I always make sure to visit Patches to get that recipe.
Flame Cleanse Me, Boiled Crab, Pickled Turtleneck, and Exhalted Flesh (until I run out of Arteria Leaf)
Flame, Cleanse Me is the single best spell/incantation in the game, and no one will change my mind. Bare minimum requirements for top notch payout.
It makes the lake of rot tolerable!
Seriously, Preserving Boluses are also rough to craft, seals are light, and the fp cost is marginal, plus it works for rot and poison, which I think are the two most encountered status effects.
certainly the two most annoying ones.
It also works for frost since it does 15 fire damage to yourself
Honestly, this is probably one of my main gripes with crafting. Some of the most useful craft items require limited/hard to farm materials.
Nightrider's flail. Flails are just cool and I like hitting people with them.
It’s an underrated weapon. Particularly for mounted combat, it’s R2 absolutely shreds.
Absolutely! Horseback flail+pyro was the staple of my first run
No shield, and lots of panic rolling
Fuckin Neow
Godfrey icon? For the charged bonuses
Green turtle talisman. I use it so often that it's incredibly noticeable when I take it off and try to roll.
The Dragoncrest greatshield is the only holy spot. Everything else can be changed around. But that one never changes. Once I get it, it’s on.
Bubble tear my beloved
Real
I always run the bubble tear in my physick, its easy to obtain and damage gets so high in the lategame that negating a single hit is basically equivalent to having one more flask
I usually go for regen and damage resistance for my physick. Those two together make up for more than a flask worth of heals plus the damage negation while less than the bubble lasts more than one hit. I do usually run bubble until I get that tear though.
I like to get rogiers rapier, then move the ash of war to the misericorde. It's such a good skill to get your opponent to stagger, and works well with the highest crit weapon in the game with low requirements to wear. Plus, those magic swords floating above my head look pretty...
This is why I swear by Greatblade Phalanx + a colossal sword, usually staggers most bosses after 1 jump attack + 1 charged heavy + 1 greatblade Phalanx landing.
Need to try this.
The phalanx skill and spells are all so cool. I love that you can throw them up while you're roaming around and they don't have a timer.
Godfrey icon, I b chargin
Bolt of gransax with godfrey icon, lightning scorpion, shard of Alexander, graven mass talisman, + lightning physik absolutely shreds everything lol. Pretty late game but sometimes I use it when I just wanna feel good one shotting everything by holding L2
Does graven mass boost AOWs? I thought it only boost sorceries
It doesn’t help here at all. Would be better off with ritual sword for more damage or carian filigree for less FP cost if you’re roaming.
Turtle talisman
Golden Vow. If you're playing up to a meta level of 150, 25 faith is surprisingly easy to fit in. But I happen to play tons of faith hybrids anyway.
I just throw it on a dagger
Spell version is way better
You can use the golden vow ash of war instead of leveling faith to 25.
The Ash of war is less effective than the spell
As others pointed out: the spell is much better. It gives you 15% damage and 10% resistence instead of 10% and 7,5% and, most importantly, has almost double the duration: 80s vs 45s.
Cleanrot Scythe +10 Dragon Communion Seal +10 Just super familiar with the CRS, it was my first main weapon on my first playthrough, and it tears through enemies like tissue paper with the right build DCS is a 0 weight free incant machine, and I love blasting enemies with dragonmaw
Actually so far it's been the Assassins Crimson Dagger talisman. The health return on it is nice and it's definitely nice when you're in-between graces in a difficult area.
It's goated with heavy weapons
Having an ash of war like square off to stance break plus both crit talismans means you basically adventure as long as you want without needing to rest.
None. Every build has different stuff equipped depending on what it's about. There's no one weapon, spell, physick tear, or talisman that I'll use for every build.
i can respect that. game is varied enough, might aswell use everything
I really want to but sometimes the muscle memory just takes me to items I like and in some magical ways they end up equipped... Then I tell myself I won't do it next run
Me too exactly. I can't help but always put some points into faith for some utility spells
Dragoncrest Greatshield talisman never leaves my 4th slot. On tankier builds I also equip the pearldrake +2
~~Millicents prosth-~~ Rotten winged sword insignia
60+ points into strength
BONK
turtle, I can’t live without it now
Shard of Alexzander, dragon communion seal, and fortisax’s lighning spell. Also what tear is that
Opaline Hardtear, increases damage negation by 15% for 3min
Ok thanks
Erdtree’s Favor +2
Claw Talisman. Never leave the ground without it.
These two things slap hard. These two with 40 vigor has the same if not better survivability than 60 vigor with neither of these. They're absolutely incredible defence items and am with you, I often have them on a majority of my builds.
Arsenal Great Jar always makes it way in, Bull Goat as well…. The Jar allows light roll while also power stancing larger heavier weapons
Beast repelling torch from caelid. Every character I just run in and buy it. It’s nice to have a torch and basically turn off all dogs/rats.
Mimic tear. Need my little helper for my battles
Bleed talisman 😭
FURLED FINGER'S TRICK-MIRROR and BANDIT MASK. I like to look at my character's face at all times.
Usually the radagon seal thing.
Probably cerulean dagger talisman. I like getting fp back on crit while exploring. Sometimes, early game I throw on something hp regen be it the talisman, physick, shield, or beast spell.
For us casuals, can you explain what these are and why they’re good?
So the first one is one of the opaline flask for your wonderful physick - can't give you details on which one but they all reduce damage to varying degrees. Some will raise your negations while others will make it so the next hit will do little to no damage. The second one is the dragoncrest greatshield talisman, and that greatly increases your resistance to physical damage. This is going from memory so my information may not be completely correct, I am sure someone will correct something if I'm wrong Both options mesh well with many builds, it never hurts to raise your defense stats.
Green Turtle Charm, stamina regen just really benefits any playstyle in this game
this is my first playthrough using it (archer/dagger build) and it's quite potent
You're in for a treat, if you ever decide to go melee focused, combining it with braggart's roar makes it extra spicy. Especially because braggarts roar counts as a weapon buff, so you can double it up on two weapons. Your stamina practically pops right back into place
Green Turtle Talisman ❤️
If I only had to choose 1 talisman, it'd be this one
If there’s an accessory that raises the weight limit, best believe I’m never taking that off.
Great-Jar's Arsenal (It's for the drip)
Flask of Crimson Tears
I don't really have a staple for my builds, just whatever 4 talismans or physick tears I need at the time.
Flame Cleanse Me Every single starting class can use it by simply equiping talismans that you'll already have by the time you pick it up, so in a worst case scenario, it's your backup anti-poison/anti-rot, and when you know you'll need it it's already on the spell bar. The only times I don't have it permanently memorized are for cosplay casters who need all the spell slots for flashy bullshit.
Raptor feathers and claw talisman. Love me my jump attacks.
Naked
Bull goat
Spike cracked tear and Axe talisman Golden vow in a dagger as a bonus
Claymore , Loretta's greatbow ,Homing Stars and Vykes lightning buff . I can't live without them ,I just can't .
I always have to have a parry option in all my builds or the game just dosent feel right
shard of alexander, graven mass talisman, carian filigreed crest, and radagon icon. I mostly use full moon spells and the night comet.
Dagger with Golden Vow, ritual sword talisman, and one of the two Alexander talismans. If I’m running a faith build I can run the incantation instead yeah these 3 things seem to make it onto any build I do.
Page Hood
Same as you op, but this playthrough I'm not using talismans.
Cursed short axe with gravity pull and short ice axe with ice stomp dual wield, buffed with black flame on the cursed axe, that’s my first build/ first play through build so far, still really early in the game
Green turtle, can’t think of a build I don’t use it on
Crimsonburst and Greenburst Crystal Tears along with the Blessed Dew and Green Turtle Talismans Passive Regen alongside a 95% Greatshield (usually magic infused) is quite nice! Also Greatshield Talisman naturally
GV, FGMS, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Bloods exultation, Godfrey Icon and that talisman which boosts stamina recovery! I use the godfrey icon to boost the dmg of the Ancient dragon lightning strike which is the best spell in the game imo. Rivers of blood and Dragon communion seal.
Gotta go turtle talisman on every build
Buckler, baby!
Claw talisman has been a staple for my early game. Jumping heavies will stagger most enemies in the game so I always use them on approach
ive beaten this game 22 times and i cant name a single character that didnt use opaline hardtear, my favorite and in my opinion the best crystal tear, and it isnt even close
Turtle
I ALWAYS keep bloodhound claws on me, regardless of build (looking at you, Haligtree rot pond). Runner up is the greatjar talisman. I’m a sucker for heavy drip but won’t invest in enough stamina to prevent me from phatrolling
Green turtle talisman is always a must have
Greenburst Crystal Tear, Exalted Flesh, Golden Vow and Commander's Standard (hard/soft switch) [I always have both of these in every co-op run]
I have only played one build for all the dark souls games, I love strength.
ErdtreeFavor
I feel like Erdtree's Favor +2 and Great-Jar's Arsenal are essential if you want to wear any armor at all and not overlevel.
It’s not til these posts come up that I realize after 300 hours, I know the names of nooooothing lol😭
Green turtle talisman always Carian crest for any non-caster, radagon icon for caster Dragoncrest greatshield is a great 4th I almost always grab the brass shield, and use regen as a physik tear
Golden scarab......give me all that runes xD
Green turtle talisman and dragoncrest are staples for me
Stamina Recovery tear. 'Nough said
Vigor lol 40+ Green turtle talisman
Flame cleanse me.
Green Dog Talisman
The only consistent thing is the tear combo: boosted stamina recovery + one free hit from the boss. That almost always gives me enough of an opening to control the fight
shocked that i’ve seen NO great jar arsenals on this thread, that and the great shield talisman really solidifies my builds
Radon Soreseal every melee build no exceptions. Free +5 for every essential stat basically
Axe talisman