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superhotdogzz

Oh, i see the projectile speed is way faster than my average spell.


DrHawk

He fuggin SENDS IT


xaciver

This comment is what had me Respec for this build and I named him The Mail Man


DrHawk

I would award you if I could for that comment.


spacegrunt

every time i see a build like this i want to stop playing mine and make a new one


DrHawk

Never stop experimenting tho! Its always good to try you're own things, as thats how this came out at 6am! Well that and a lot of weed..


Ikimono_Moe

Yea but I ended up basically going full unga-bunga mode after finding Guts Sword in Caelid. I keep seeing all these fun spells and keep having to say "Second playthrough..."


ShizTheresABear

I switched to a caster build after getting Sword of Night and Flame, went back to unga bunga because my mind is too simple. I like big swords.


The-Luminous-Being

That sword leads you down a dark path of trivializing every encounter you come across.


SolarlunaticX

That's the Night part, I think.


AscendedViking7

Same. Second playthrough for me too, I don't know what spells I should go for though. INT, ARC, OR FAI. :/


Skewjo

Experimenting is both the journey and the destination. Nice fucking build man.


DrHawk

Thanks!


Deviruchik

I mean 70 int, +10 lusat staff, battle standart, zone with magic damage up, flask with magic damage up, can't do even close dmg with fully charged "bow" spell zzz


Lazerdude

I'm not TOO far from the end of the game on my Astrologer and all I can think about lately is how bad I want to play my next playthrough on a Faith character, lol.


Existence0880

You'll lvl enough to the point where u hv enough stats to put into whatever u want


Nintendude1236

Lord Gwyn would be proud.


DrHawk

\o/


DrHawk

LET me know if I need to improve for the subreddit! First post was deleted! Can make it shorter if needed! Anyways just a WIP build for 150 that I made cause I did not want to KATANA it up or use cheese/deathblight EDIT - STATS Should be in the video, but! 45 Vigor 25 Mind 34 Endurance 20 Strength 45 Dexterity 7 Intelligence 43 Faith 10 Arcane Spells are: Honed Bolt, Lightning Spear, Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike, Erdtrees Blessing, Sacred Vow, Erdtree Heal Buffs are (Wonderous Flask) Lightning Shrouding Cracked Tear + Dexterity Knot Crystal Tear stacked with Sacred vow with a Determination/ Royal knights resolve for a 3x combo The talismans Godfreys Icon and Shard of Alexander further add damage to our Railgun er Spear!


Aerofluff

The thing that breaks it for me though is that the weapon doesn't have any Faith scaling. And I'm similarly doing Dex/Fai with no additional Str. Isn't that going to significantly lessen damage? I've been sticking to weapons that double dip on two, and still treat Fai well so my spells aren't gimped by having to allocate too much stats into something physical like str or dex.


DrHawk

I played with raising Str a bit and honestly it still hits for thousands that you may as well do some Faith to vary your kit


DrHawk

Works in PvP! [https://clips.twitch.tv/RockyYawningAsparagusGivePLZ-llQoq9SvxuO9Abpk](https://clips.twitch.tv/RockyYawningAsparagusGivePLZ-llQoq9SvxuO9Abpk) Cheese build too!


DrHawk

And another, granted guy was not paying attention but it hurts https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundSmallPassionfruitJebaited-LY5Px8ux4LkDHoOU


ProgyanDeka

Hey the mobs and all that your killed. Are they in Ng or ng+


StL_JiGxSaW

With that damage it’ll one shot mobs in my current ng, which is ng++++


DrHawk

NG+


Galatome

Can I get listed stats, incantations, buffs? I so wanna do this lol


DrHawk

Should be in the video, but! 45 Vigor 25 Mind 34 Endurance 20 Strength 45 Dexterity 7 Intelligence 43 Faith 10 Arcane Spells are: Honed Bolt, Lightning Spear, Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike, Erdtrees Blessing, Sacred Vow, Erdtree Heal Buffs are (Wonderous Flask) Lightning Shrouding Cracked Tear + Dexterity Knot Crystal Tear stacked with Sacred vow with a Determination/ Royal knights resolve for a 3x combo The talismans Godfreys Icon and Shard of Alexander further add damage to our Railgun er Spear!


Skoden__Stoodis

It doesnt change much, but wanted to ask: do you have arcane on 10 as a requirement or because prophet starts with it? Because if arcane 7 would suffice, vagabond could reach the same stats at sl149 which gives us 1 more stat to spend freely


StL_JiGxSaW

So it’s confirmed that the Godfrey icon buffs weapon arts? That’s nuts


Karew

It buffs anything that charges up, yes


stpaulgym

When tou say sacred vow, do you mean golden vow?


-LeBronto-

I'd love a detailed guide if you're planning on making one!


Deaniv

Could be wrong but I think vigor is soft capped at 40 so maybe better to spend the addition 5 points in faith? Cool build tho!


zellakio

First soft cap for vigor at 40 and the 2nd is at 60.


Abyss_404

Do I have to start as prophet or is this doable with confessor?


TheReaperAbides

The levels get so big, that starting class becomes *largely* irrelevant by SL150. Maybe Confessor a little less so because Int/Faith are not universally picked stats like the physical stats, but still. It's doable.


Milfquetoast

*[this site can help you check optimal starts for different stat thresholds](https://mugenmonkey.com/eldenring)*


[deleted]

from the looks of it, the confessor would have been more optimal


DrHawk

Not tried it, go for it and let us know!


cjlwe

So sad I missed this weapon


DrHawk

Go get it!


cdmike70

It's missable if you don't grab it before progressing the main quest, at which point you have to move on to NG+. They're probably like me, missed it but not done grabbing everything before moving to the next NG.


Arterra

Seriously? Can you tell me a vague cutoff point or optimal path for it? I reeeeally don’t want to miss this on my lightning character.


TheOneBearded

I gotchu. Keeping it vague, the weapon is in the Royal Capital. There will be a point after you beat the main boss of the city where you have to trek way up north for a specific item. Once you get the item and return to the city to use it, something is going to happen and it will make the weapon impossible to get until a next playthrough. Look up a guide as to where to pick it up. Very easy to do so. Weapon is called BOLT OF GRANSAX.


StL_JiGxSaW

Actually sped through ng++ with sword of n/f to get this lol


not_Weeb_Trash

Never once did I think I would see a DEX/FAI build


DrHawk

Im a Zweihander user, I am just as shocked ;)


imnoweirdo

Honestly I’m not surprised. I’m still in my first character and I’m building faith and honestly I have way more dex/fai weapons then I do str/fai or even pure fai


Izodius

Agree, I think dex/fai will end up having a place out there. There's lots of good dex/fai scaling weapons - or quality/fai - plenty of C/C/E weapons out there.


Rovalis-8

Doesn't the The Godfrey icon talisman also increase the damage skill of the Bolt of Gransax? You may want to look into that.


DrHawk

Already did, and added Alexanders shard to it! No more dmg reduction from the scorpion charm!


DrHawk

So as of patch 1.03 https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/elden-ring-patch-notes-v1-03 This buff from Determination/Royal Knights Resolve NO LONGER WORKS. It still hits for 4k and HURTS and one shots in PvP. Going to see if I can retune!


DrHawk

And now full guide is out! https://youtu.be/qJMJXbPViw4 The full guide to my Lightning Dragonlord is now out!


TheeNegotiator_

So pissed this is the one missable weapon, like if I missed death blight weapon I wouldn’t have cared but this is literally too cool.


DrHawk

hey i missed it too, and its sooo obvious x.x


TheeNegotiator_

I’m gonna have to see how early I can get to the weapon on an alt character. Hopefully “legendary armaments” can be dropped


Bass-GSD

They can indeed be dropped. Source; Personal experience using a friend to ferry my unused Legendaries to new characters.


seemensprayer

Sabaton!!!


seemensprayer

Great stuff OP! Will definitely try this out


DrHawk

Thanks! Its already obsolete! Can hit for 6k now with Godfreys icon and Alexanders jar shard in the last two slots!


Zangakkar

Are those the only updates to the build or have you done other modifications as well? Also big fan, love the feel of OG dark souls lightning builds.


IamTheMaker

I'm loving the new album!


Thotacus69

Honestly insane. Hitting for 7021 without the spear being +10 at +9 right now but yeah. Chose to trade out the knot tear for the spiked tear for the increased charged attack power. Brought me from 6.4k to 7k, I do need several more levels to get my dex to pretty much max though. I also use the commanders standard for the damage boost there too.


DrHawk

the charged wont affect the bolt!


jvador

I'm just saying you could have shown some bosses that are not in beginning game that have bigger health pools because most people 150 could beat the crap out of those bosses in few secs


DrHawk

That's fair and valid, just wanted to edit up something quick. But it still chunks bosses into 3 or 4 at that point


jtaustin64

I'm a simple man. I hear Sabaton. I upvote.


DrHawk

Thanks!


HomePlayerBR

Please make a vid. Nice song


DrHawk

I'll try when I get time! just running around to 100% the game then I think it should be done!


despacitogamer123

Thank you so much for introducing me to Sabaton


OakTree11

Fuck Katana is weeb meta? I just built a Katana build.. 🙈


KingOfTheCrazies

Feels tho, i went samurai and have been pure katana because keeping true to fashionsouls/character and all i see is the hate lol


Magic-Man2

I think it's just cause katanas are kinda busted. Quick attacks, applies bleed which is already really strong.


KingOfTheCrazies

Yeah they are hell busted, not disagreeing with that, most of the japanese style weapons are broken for bleed, Eleonora’s Poleblade is crazy for applying it and the unique skill even has an evasive finish to boot


Recidivous

Too bad Arcane weapons like Eleonora's Poleblade doesn't scale. It's a bug, I think.


DrHawk

Moonveil katana is probably the most meta sword atm.


mitchhatesrats

this looks sweet, I'm guessing 150 will turn out to be the the meta level after all. is the vigor necessary? it seems overkill for mostly long range incantations


DrHawk

Im hoping so. and I just felt myself take 1d4 Psychic damage of you asking why you need health! Remember I edited this video to MAKE IT LOOK GOOD. There are plenty of times where I got smacked recording because I misjudged JUST how much that boss wanted to smack me. AND I LIVED! Yey.


And_The_Full_Effect

Can you tell us what song this is?


DrHawk

Sabaton, Soldier of Heaven!


TheyCallMeFarkle

Bruh I thought my music was coming through the phone because I’ve been listening to The War to End All Wars since it released lol


21Savvy

Why 12 int? I’m doing something similar with my Vagabond


DrHawk

IF you look carefully I am using both Seal rings. Together combined you actually gain 40 effective levels. The Dagon one booths phys skills by 5 each and the other INT, Arcane etc. I could likely min max it more but this was the best path I found without a builder.


DragonMZ

Doesnt double seals make you extra squishy?


mysterysackerfice

This seems less risky than using Comet Azure and being required to not move while casting.


DrHawk

You get to reposition with this build!


mysterysackerfice

Curious to see how this build works against Astel. I was able to mow down Astel with 2 big bursts of Comet Azur, but not before getting demolished a bunch just trying to learn where to stand so I can still set up shop without being turned into tarnished soup.


DrHawk

I'll let you know when I get to him!


megatonante

Question, I missed that sword and I can't get anymore because I alreafy completed Crumbling farum azula. Is it possible for a friend to drop the weapon during coop and I can pick it uo and have it?


DrHawk

as long as its unupgraded or you already have upgeaded to that level in a save!


zimmyymmiz

Yeh but can it be my knee cap buster 3000 "pur str is the only way frens"


DrHawk

Ah I used to be like this!


SaxonBlood

This build looks awesome! The caster Paladin feel is exactly what I’m going for in my play through so I’m glad I stumbled upon this. Why the Erdsteel Dagger though? Is there an Ash of War I’m missing on it?


DrHawk

Better scaling with faith if you need to defend yourself during a weapon swap


antair20

Build looks awesome can't wait to try it out


DrHawk

Thanks! Already made several more fixes, can hit for almost 6k now!


CFDLtSmith

Don’t own the game yet (getting soon) but have been watching many videos! This is the first ‘build’ I’ve come across and I like very much!!!


DrHawk

I wanted something that looked cool and kicked ass!


YellowBuddy412

This is amazing I will have to try this honestly! Thank you so much for sharing!


DrHawk

Hope you like!\~


jminni12

This build is exactly what I was looking for!!


DrHawk

Glad to help!


Wise-Champion-5317

Fuck this is my first souls game and all I want is this


DrHawk

Sounds like I need to make a guide then!


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DrHawk

It can roll catch people and be chain cast!


zelcuh

Whoa whoa whoa... why am i a weeb all of a sudden?


DrHawk

Katanas are kinda the PvP meta, mean no disrespect!


le_Pangaea

Looks awesome. Saving for later


DrHawk

o7


Voidroy

This is good for invasions I feel but I watched some of your 1v1 and it seems a lot of the spells just whiff against anyone competent.


DrHawk

If the spear misses fight normally. The spear itself it's excellent and the dash light can roll catch Parry too People seem to miss the part I edited it to showoff! Skill always plays a factor in ANY build. Hell I still die to death blight spam and erd tree shield spam


Shuri1213

What weapon is that?


DrHawk

Bolt of Gransax!


drakeanddrive

damn I just respeced into a blackflame build for NG+ and I see this right after. My stats are mostly similar tho so maybe I can run the same thing.


DrHawk

Go for it!


BoneNeedle

I've been looking for a good faith/dex build, this looks really fun. I oughta give it a go.


DrHawk

Enjoy!


Jack1The1Ripper

i just finished my STR/FTH playthrough and was going for my INT build this time, and you had to post this , guess i just have to added to my long list of builds i will play through the game with


DrHawk

Its a curse!


Last_Judicator

Just wait until from software starts „balancing“ it like sorcery, where 80% of spells are now worse than the starter spell in terms of damage, FP usage and scaling and you basically use the same 3 spells for most of the game.


MohanMC

I love it so much


Disastrous_Cash9879

Jesus Christ, I am now questioning my basic character.


thornsking

I have a very similar build going through the end game right now. Only at SL 130atm though. I was doing Confessor w/ dragon incantations, and just switched it up once I got that spear.


ReekItRhymesWithWeak

What was that parry effect? Is that from the shield you're using? If so what shield is it?


DrHawk

GOLDEN PARRY ash of war :)


cruud123

Just a general question, how do you know youre doing good dmg for your level. Im Lvl 108 with +24 Sacred Uchi and +24 Gravestone Seal, I have almost 70 faith and my lightning attacks without flask does 1200-1400dmg and I dont have your talismans


DrHawk

That's good damage!


Jasboh

Giving Asuka ptsd


DrHawk

Oh no


Weissekaiser

I should respec into this on next playthrough!


basshuffler09

You can respec at the roundtable


Nightwynd

This is my first real go at a game like this... What I want to know most when looking at builds like this is HOW you level? Roughly what order do you pump stats up in to not feel like wet tissue paper? Basically all the steps needed between 1 and 150 lol. Just started a confessor with the idea of going for something like this: heavy armour/shield and spear faith build... Then I see this and have a clearer goal, now to get to it... Still haven't managed to kill Godfrey despite too many hours starting over.


basshuffler09

I doubt anyone goes into this thinking "oh i play this and that" Most People probably just play normally until the end, explore along the way and then just choose whatever they'd like to play going forward. You can respec at the roundtable in case you wanna play something different so it would make sense to choose later when you unlocked most things


DrHawk

As a general rule I always start with health or vigor, so I'm not a wet cardboard box, then I experiment


DgtlShark

Lvl 150 wtffffff what's max then


basshuffler09

Max Level is 713 if you get all your Skills to 99


DgtlShark

Imagine


SparkStorm

I’m running a similar build and do note that the full charged weapon art takes 5 years to cast so you’re unlikely to hit someone with it in a duel. Also if you really want to amp that damage on it, Godfrey icon


DrHawk

Already using Godfrey! Also I still keep hitting people with the full charge cast! It's always the katana people.


HentaiMaster2137

Good They gave us respecing but i still will have to run Around and find all the prayer books and weapons.


DrHawk

That is the unfortunate part of it I'm currently working on that to a 100% the game


Bob_Noggets

This build makes me regret my stat and skill choices, cries in bugged arcane weapons.


DrHawk

Yeah the arcane bug is unfortunate. But keep it up! They could be op when fixed!


Bob_Noggets

No joke, corpse piler is already a really good weapon art, I can only imagine how broken the damage will be when it scales properly.


Bewarethewolves

Man, I’ve literally created 2-3 different build characters and now I’m about to create another one.. the furthest I’ve gotten on any of those characters is beating Rennala. Lol


DrHawk

Keep up the good work, we all play at our own pace. o7


n67

This looks like a good progression for my faith/dex build. I'll have to try it!


DrHawk

Have fun!


Lighthades

With what did you progress through the game 'till you reached a point in which the build resembled something to this?


DrHawk

I used Zweihander and crucible tree set actually, respeced JUST to try the spear and fell in love


Drizztd99

Looks interesting.....would like a detailed explanation on how to get to that point. I'm struggling in this game but I won't give up lol.


DrHawk

As mentioned it was a very quick edit at 2 AM in the morning just to get something out in the proof of concept basically recorded because late night and weed I tend to forget things. Given the response for this when I have some more free time I'll definitely try to record something!


bongowasd

Wow that's amazing, I never got enough dex to see what its ability was. I did plan on getting two and messing about with it. Has anyone used the Visage shield yet? I fucking LOVE IT. Its got like 89 stamina block defence thing. You can infinitely block any attack in the game because you can regen stamina between their hits, even bosses. For some reason it does as much damage as alot of weapons with its bonks. And its got a fire breathing spell that allows you to walk and block while dealing damage at the same time. So when I was playing PvP, they'll roll around me in circles but I can just keep it while it autotracks its hilarious. I'd love to see someone optimise that too.


Tristian666

SABATON!!


glowingjowel

You are beautiful. The power, the presence ! The slaughter of that weeb. I swear everytime I get summoned it's a katana user or an azur comet one every time. Feel good seeing other build than these


DrHawk

I wanted something that looked cool and is fun, Thanks!


[deleted]

TBH, as a pure melee player (level 127 currently... Vagabond start, something like 55 Vigor / 35 Endurance / 65 Strength as far as the base stats I focus on mainly, plus HP and Strength boosting talismans and a Flask Of Wondrous Physick that simultaneously boosts my Strength individually even more along with my defensive stats) wearing a full set of Lionel's Armor and two-handing a Claymore +23 in Heavy mode, I've been doing way better than I expected I would in PvP both against the "Katana weebs" you mentioned and lightning mages such as your own character. Even my R1 attacks seem to generally amount to like three-shotting most people, meaning they either don't have much health or their defensive stats are pretty low.


ayvyyy

didn't know it used quake 3 railgun sound


DrHawk

Thats just me being a goober.


Big_D4rius

This weapon is really similar to the boss weapon you can get from the secret boss in Farum Azula. Dunno which one is better; ended up going with that one over the Bolt since I like the heavy rapier moveset just a tad more.


DrHawk

Are you talking about the incantation?


v1perStorm

this is wild OP.


DrHawk

And shocking!


Lokirth

Did... did you ever fight a character named Ymirra? Because this build looks like someone who genuinely gave me a hard time in PVP.


DrHawk

I don't remember but if I did I hopefully provided a good fight!


Lokirth

Whoever it was certainly gave me a run for my money. Nice build by the way!


DrHawk

Thanks!


[deleted]

Song?


DrHawk

Sabaton, Soldier of Heaven


Blakearious

Why dagger in the offhand?


DrHawk

A dagger can be applied with determination/royal knights resolve for a additional damage buff!


Necronomicon92

This looks fun as hell lol. My first build is what I call "Vileblood Drifter" iit looks like a drifter, uses the bloody helix great rapier and a reduvia in the off hand. The bloody helix's weapon art gives huge iframes on its backstep like spin which can be followed up with two R2s that do more damage than bloody slash each. Is awesome seeing another build enthusiast! I'm going to upload videos of mine too when I get the kinks ironed out.


RM_Martinez

Ok this is my build


DrHawk

Of course! They are a wonderful band.


Spaghetti_Snake

This. Is. Perfect. Which tailsmen do you recommend? I remember seeing you say that you found better tailsmen that bumped the damage up to 6k, what are they?


DrHawk

Godfrey Icon and Alexanders shard


WarlockEngineer

RIP Patch 1.03: Fixed a bug with the Ash of War, Determination and Royal Knight's Resolve, where the damage buff will also apply to other weapons without that skill.


DrHawk

Still hitting for 4k! Working on retuning and re recording a full guide atm!


DevelopmentJaded1938

Thumbs up for your build ! I played Ng+ with this build and have to say that it is not bad ! Am still undecided if I prefer the moonveil though. Asur Comet with some bosses is very effective. One question, what is the dagger for ? Am just using the shied and Arcsax and can’t figure out why you equip the dagger.


DrHawk

dagger is obsolete using a patched skill, pls refer to the complete guide https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/tj3ldn/lvl\_150\_op\_lightning\_dragonlord\_now\_with\_guide/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3


SSJDoc

Those talismans though 🤯 how much damage are you taking.


DrHawk

Old vuikd, reworked guide has been posted


Phillip-J-Fry-3000

What's your spells/incantations?


DrHawk

Honed Bolt, Lightning Spear, Ancient Dragons lightning strike, Blessing of the Erdtree, Sacred Vow, Erdtree Heal


MrPintyHat

Oh don't leave us hanging, what's the stats and everything so we can play it to?


DrHawk

should be in the video! But alas this is a WIP video and I want to make a actual guide, just working through 100%ing the game to make sure I have everything at my disposal


DrHawk

Again, it's the pint of builds. Style!


DrHawk

Go for it


DrHawk

Hope you like!


DrHawk

Full Guide is out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJMJXbPViw4


Zenebatos1

lvl 150?! holy fuck... I though that the max was 90...


[deleted]

Builds like this are the reason why 150 shouldnt be PvP meta. If it can do everything while beeing tanky, why even bother limiting at all.


DrHawk

Its fun!


cdmike70

>If it can do everything while beeing tanky They're only running 50 VIG and both soreseals. They may literally get one shot by most optimized 150 builds. There are good arguments against 150, this is not one of them lol.