Elden Ring: Best Builds For Every Class

Picking your Ashes of War is a bit trickier. Endure and Square Off are natural tanking options, while War Cry and Cragblade can help get you through fights a bit quicker. Generally speaking, I tend to value boosts over special attack abilities with this build, but you’re basically looking to feed into your primary strategy of eating damage, getting the most out of your Stamina, and using big attacks (or a succession of smaller attacks) during brief battle windows. 

Elden Ring: Best Warrior Build – The Dual-Wielding Whirlwind (Greatswords Optional)

Primary Stats: Vigor, Endurance
Secondary Stats: Dexterity, Strength
Weapon: Starscourge Greatsword, Magma Wyrm’s Scalesword, Scimitar, Dual-Wield Weapons of Your Choice
Armor: Bull-Goat Set, Hoslow’s Set, Radahan’s Set
Talisman: Great-Jar’s Arsenal, Erdtree’s Favor, Green Turtle Talisman
Ashes of War: Quickstep, Storm Blade, Sword Dance, Spinning Slash

The best reason to play as a Warrior is the ability to instantly dual-wield weapons, which means that you’ll absolutely want to work your way towards this kind of dual-wield build that is all about becoming a whirlwind of death.

The big question you need to answer before proceeding with this build is whether or not you want to dual-wield smaller weapons or larger/heavier ones. If you’re looking to eventually use large weapons, you’ll need more Strength. If you’re fine with smaller weapons, go for Dexterity, Endurance, and Vigor over Strength.

Both are certainly viable, though I tend to prefer the “Greatsword” route because it looks incredibly cool, is a lot of fun to play with, and allows you to really pump some impressive damage numbers. That said, it might be a slightly better option for Hero players, and using Katanas or Scimitar lets you get your attacks in quicker. 

Regardless, this build basically asks you to use your special “L1/LB” dual-wield attack as often as possible (preferably while jumping or after rolling). While you might want to carry a shield with you for certain scenarios, this is a very aggressive playstyle that demands you find a way to carry multiple weapons, slightly heavier armor, and still be able to maximize your Stamina and dodge roll effectively. That’s why I tend to value Talismans that help with your Equipment Load and Stamina, though you have a lot of room to play with so far as the specifics go. 

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