14 Fun Elden Ring Builds to Try

Elden Ring has been out for a long time and most players have found the best builds among all the options. However, it can be fun to try new and exciting builds that aren't necessarily the best but simply fun as a challenge or a new play style. Here are fourteen fun Elden Ring builds to try.

Bloodborne Hunter

The Bloodborne Hunter is for players that can't get enough Bloodborne. The build wields the Grave Scythe with a Pulley Crossbow, allowing for a similar playstyle to Bloodborne's highly aggressive sword and pistol playstyle.

• Primary Stats: Arcane, Dexterity.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Faith, Mind, Endurance.
• Weapons: Grave Scythe, Pulley Crossbow.
• Shield: N/A
• Armor: Traveler's Hat, Nights Calvary set.
• Talisman: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Old Swaddling Cloth, Shard of Alexander, Arrows Sting Talisman.
• Skills: Phantom Slash.
• Spells: Option to run Bestial Incantations.

God Of War

The God Of War makes an appearance in Elden Ring! This build uses dual Magma Blades, acting as the Blades of Chaos, and the Highland Axe with a Frostbite Ash of War for the Leviathan Axe.

• Primary Stats: Strength, Dexterity.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, 16 Faith, Mind.
• Weapons: Dual Wield Magma Blades, Highland Axe.
• Shield: Brass Shield.
• Armor: Champion Set.
• Talisman: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Fire Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia.
• Skills: Magma Shower, Wild Strikes with Frostbite buildup.
• Spells: N/A.

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Wolverine

The Wolverine is a beast incantations faith build. This build uses the Hookclaws to simulate Wolverine claws, and Bestial incantations for vitality regen and damage.

• Primary Stats: Strength, Faith.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance, Mind.
• Weapons: Hookclaws, Clawmark Seal.
• Shield: N/A
• Armor: Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Claw Talisman.
• Skills: Quickstep.
• Spells: Beast Claw, Bestial Vitality, Bestial Sling, Stone of Gurranq.

The Archer

The Archer switches between a long-range and short-range bow for maximum effectiveness, while using Serpent Arrows and Bloodbone arrows to apply poison and bleed for extra damage.

• Primary Stat: Strength, Dexerity.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance, Mind.
• Weapons: Black Bow, Pulley Bow.
• Shield: N/A
• Armor: White Mask, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Arrow's Sting Talisman, Lord of Blood's Exultation.
• Skills: Barrage, Mighty Shot.
• Spells: N/A.

Enchanted Knight

The Enchanted Knight uses spells for melee attacks, such as Carian Slicer, Carian Greatsword, Carian Piercer, and Adula's Moonblade. Carian Glintstone Staff boosts Carian Sword Sorceries, increasing the overall damage.

• Primary Stat: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Mind, Vigor, and Endurance.
• Weapons: Carian Glintstone Staff.
• Shield: Carian Knight's Shield.
• Armor: Queen's Crescent Crown, Royal Knight Set.
• Talisman: Graven-Mass Talisman, Magic Scorpion Charm, Radagon Icon, Stargazer Heirloom.
• Skills: Barricade Shield.
• Spells: Carian Slicer, Carian Piercer, and Adula's Moonblade.

Paladin

The Paladin is a defense-oriented faith build, focusing on guard countering attacks and using holy damage with the Coded Sword to finish off enemies.

• Primary Stats: Faith
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance, Mind.
• Weapons: Coded Sword, Erdtree Seal.
• Shield: Brass Shield
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Helm, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Sacred Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Flock's Canvas Talisman, Curved Sword Talisman.
• Skills: Unblockable Blade.
• Spells: Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Elden Stars, Lightning Spear.

Long Horn

A Faith build that uses the Envoy's Long Horn weapon to blow bubbles at enemies, which does a surprising amount of damage.

• Primary Stats: Faith, Strength
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance, Mind.
• Weapons: Envoy's Long Horn.
• Shield: N/A.
• Armor: Haligtree Knight Helm, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Sacred Scorpion Charm, Shard of Alexander, Carian Filigreed, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman.
• Skills: Bubble Shower.
• Spells: Golden Vow, Flame Grant Me Strength, Blessing of the Erdtree, Elden Stars, Lightning Spear.

Reaper

The Reaper wields a Grave scythe and uses Death sorceries with the Prince of Death's Staff to defeat enemies with style.

• Primary Stats: Strength, Intelligence.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Faith, Mind.
• Weapons: Grave Scythe, Prince of Death's Staff.
• Shield: N/A
• Armor: Royal Remains set.
• Talisman: Shard of Alexander, Godfrey Icon, Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Radagon Icon.
• Skills: Spinning Slash.
• Spells: Ancient Death Rancor, Explosive Ghostflame, Fia's Mist, Rancorcall, Tibia's Summons.

Starscourge

The Starscourge Build uses the unique Starscourge Greatsword. This greatsword can be two-handed to wield two with unique light and heavy attack combos. The Claw Talisman and Raptor's Black Feathers will further increase your damage when jump attacking.

• Primary Stats: Vigor, Strength.
• Secondary Stats: Intelligence, Endurance, Mind.
• Weapons: Starscourge Greatsword (Two-Handed).
• Shield: No Shield.
• Armor: Raptor's Black Feathers Chest and Highest Poise Armour (Bull-Goat set once obtained).
• Talisman: Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Claw Talisman, Great-Jar's Arsenal.
• Skills: Starcaller Cry.
• Spells: No Spells.

Scavenger

This Arcane build dual-wields Scavenger's Curved Swords, and curved swords have the best chain L1 attacks to quickly apply blood loss buildup. You can also add Poison to the blades for both poison and blood loss buildup in one.

• Primary Stats: Arcane, Dexterity.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance.
• Weapons: Dual-wield Scavenger's Curved Sword
• Shield: No Shield.
• Armor: White Mask, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Millicent's Prothesis, Green Turtle Talisman.
• Skills: Seppuku x2.
• Spells: None.

Frost Mage

The Frost Mage build plays similarly to the Moonveil Samurai, except using the Dark Moon Greatsword Ash of War Moonlight Greatsword. This skill will imbue your greatsword with frost and add a unique effect to your heavy attack (R2), which will throw a frost wave in front of you.

• Primary Stat: Intelligence
• Secondary Stats: Mind, Vigor, and Endurance, Strength.
• Weapons: Carian Regal Scepter, Dark Moon Greatsword.
• Shield: No Shield.
• Armor: Snow Witch Hat, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Carian Filigree Crest, Green Turtle Talisman, Godfrey Icon.
• Skills: Moonlight Greatsword.
• Spells: Adula's Moonblade, Zamor Ice Storm, Glinstone Iceberg, Loretta's Greatbow, Greatblade Phalanx.

Cursed Blade

The Cursed blade is an arcane build that uses Morgott’s Cursed Sword while leaning into its Cursed-Blood Slice Ash Of War, which does bleed and fire damage to enemies.

• Primary Stats: Arcane, Dexterity.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance.
• Weapons: Morgott’s Cursed Sword.
• Shield: No Shield.
• Armor: White Mask, Any that allows you to med roll.
• Talisman: Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm, Lord of Blood's Exultation.
• Skills: Cursed-Blood Slice.
• Spells: None.

Giant Crusher

This build used the Giant Crusher, which is the highest scaling Strength weapon in the game. It has a unique R2 that smashes enemies into the ground, then combines with Braggarts Roar to further increase damage (as well as change the R2 of the weapon again).

• Primary Stat: Strength.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor, Endurance.
• Weapons: Giant-Crusher.
• Shield: N/A.
• Armor: Bull-Goat Set.
• Talisman: Roar Medallion, Shard of Alexander, Assassin's Cerulean Dagger, Assassin's Crimson Dagger
• Skills: Braggarts Roar
• Spells: No Spells.

Sekiro

This build is themed after Wolf from Sekiro Shadow's Die Twice. By two-handing the Nagakiba, you can get great damage and poise damage with Unsheathe Ash Of War. As this build doesn't use any magic, you can apply grease to your blade for additional status effects.

• Primary Stats: Dexterity, Strength.
• Secondary Stats: Vigor and Endurance.
• Weapons: Nagakiba.
• Shield: N/A.
• Armor: White Mask, Land of Reeds Set.
• Talisman: Lord of Blood's Exultation, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Kindred of Rot's Exultation, Godskin Swaddling Cloth.
• Skills: Unsheathe.
• Spells: N/A.

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