Crafting The Perfect Build: Mastering Stats & Soft Caps in Elden Ring

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Explaining attributes, stats, and soft caps, so you can level your character in the best way possible.
Weapon Scaling Video: • Understanding Weapon M...
Resources:
Stat Scaling Charts: / helpful_charts_for_off...
Weapon Calculator Spreadsheet: / elden_ring_weapon_calc...
AR Calculator/Build Planner: negator13-eldenring.azurewebs...
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Level
02:30 Attributes
06:13 Base Stats
06:27 Equip Load
08:58 Poise
12:30 Discovery
12:54 Memory Slots
13:36 Attack Power
13:59 Defense/Dmg Negation
15:15 Resistances
16:12 Best way to increase defense/resistance
17:55 Part 2: Soft Caps
19:29 Vigor
21:09 Mind
21:21 Endurance (Stamina)
22:26 Endurance (Equip Load)
22:59 Creating a unique build
24:59 SKIP HERE AFTER THE WEAPONS VIDEO
26:28 Physical AP No Infusion/Unique Weapons
27:54 Hitting Soft Caps Example Walkthrough
32:06 Physical AP Heavy/Keen/Occult
32:46 Physical AP Quality
32:56 Non-Physical AP Magic/Fire/Lightning/Holy
33:40 Spell Power Pure Frontloaded Catalyst
35:38 Spell Power Pure Backloaded Catalyst
36:03 List of Pure Catalysts
36:49 Spell Power Hybrid Catalyst
36:59 List of Hybrid Catalysts
37:52 Buildup Poison/Bleed/Madness/Sleep
39:40 Do you need to hit the soft caps?
42:36 FULL SOFT CAP CHEAT SHEET
43:48 SIMPLIFIED SOFT CAP CHEAT SHEET
47:25 Comparing both Cheat Sheets example
48:51 Cost of leveling up
50:10 Outro
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@Dasgewt1 5 ай бұрын

In the early levels, scaling on any weapon will be a very small % of your damage, it really only starts to pick up around +16. On the other hand, going hard on vigor early will get you huge returns. Priority early on should be enough offensive stats to equip whatever you are going to be using (using talismans to hit these numbers is also a great idea), then Vigor to 40, then going back and increasing your damage and end/mind.

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

Exactly

@iRunKids 5 ай бұрын

I put enough into other stats to equip gear and then bring vigor to at least 50

@Anchor-Supreme 5 ай бұрын

I’ve noticed this too. I’m just about to start a playthrough using exclusively the Zwei, and my plan is to get the required 19/11 to wield it, then pump Vigor to 40 or so.

@HitPointPersonal 5 ай бұрын

Direct quote from onlywaifu lol

@Erdbeer_Klumpen 5 ай бұрын

you are 100% right, but even 2y after release ppl. dont invest into vigor 8 out 10 times. as an invader i just love the dumbness of those dude‘s. it just seems that nobody is able to do math these days - perfect.

@iNinjaaz99 4 ай бұрын

I’ve spent literal days studying how stats and scalings work in this game and I’ve never once seen someone explain it as clearly as you have, things are actually making some sense

@wolfiemuse 3 ай бұрын

Small but important note: Dexterity has a side effect that allows you to cast spells and shoot bows and arrows faster the higher it goes. Caps out at 70 where you’ll basically cast spells/incants instantly.

@TheRealJohnHooper Ай бұрын

Nice 😮

@justhair17 29 күн бұрын

Also, I believe if you use the talisman that increases casting speed, it caps around 40. Could be wrong tho

@wolfiemuse 29 күн бұрын

@@justhair17 You’re probably right. 40 is lower than I thought, though. Is the talisman that good that it makes up for 30 levels in Dex? Even though each level doesn’t increase the casting speed much, I’d think it would be like 50 or something. But you may be right.

@TheGhostInitiative 29 күн бұрын

That’s correct. The talisman essentially adds 30 dexterity levels worth of casting speed, so at 40 dexterity it would get you to the cap at 70. Azur’s staff adds 40, so if you use that and the talisman, you can actually hit the casting speed cap without leveling dexterity at all

@justhair17 29 күн бұрын

@@wolfiemuse yeah, its great, because you can basically stop dex at 40 and level int higher for dex/int builds.

@Zeppie32 4 ай бұрын

There is another soft cap for mind which is 38. This is the point where you have 221 mana and a fully upgraded flask gives you 220 mana. So before level 38 you get a total mana increase of the base increase + the base increase × the amount of flask you have. While after 38 your total mana pool will only go up by the base increase

@xyzavenger 2 ай бұрын

I would still say to get around 40 because this assumes you’re going to be using spells that completely drain your FP (you’ll have some FP left over unless you use continuous spells like comet azure)

@CasperTheGhost64 5 ай бұрын

Everybody focuses on the finish line, but not how they get there. Very informative video. I learned a good bit from this.

@mave2431 5 ай бұрын

Completely underrated videos. I just watched both and I thought they had like hundreds of thousands of views. The pace at which you explained was great. Thanks for your work, really appreciate it!

@landoncamara93 5 ай бұрын

how are the only 2 videos of eldenring on your aocount the most useful guides ive seen like XD id been trying to find this shit for ages and you made it sound so simple

@TroyButtsoupBarnes42 17 күн бұрын

@Lyscha23 5 ай бұрын

You're really good at going in depth in your guides I can easily see your channel getting loads of success if you keep maintaining this quality and type of content.

@bippy515 4 ай бұрын

This video has helped me out a ton. You explained everything very well and it easy to understand even for someone who’s only a few hours in the game to get ready for that insane looking DLC. Definitely will be coming back to this video to help on my journey to become the Elden Lord

@dadj3681 3 ай бұрын

Complete. Comprehensive. Clear and Concise. Great job buddy you’re a master of your craft ! 🙏🏽

@markforsey547 2 ай бұрын

By the way you are amazing at making videos for us stat nerds who love to see the numerical value associated with leveling your attributes. Very detailed and easy to understand with all information concisely yet meticulously explained. You should do more of these definitely got yourself a new subscriber.

@kibido7373 3 ай бұрын

so simple and straight to the point in a cohesive manner. great video

@rockandrollbit 10 күн бұрын

This is probably THE best guide to stats in ER I have ever seen

@svenlandgraf6851 7 күн бұрын

i keep coming back to this video to look up the softcaps for any new build/ the coming levels of my current build. Thx for the extensive work with the graphs.

@aenionaenion9079 5 ай бұрын

You have wonderful guides my friend! Accurate information, no diddling, good and clear audio coupled with concise speech, ery noice

@CrimsonxBlades 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks for the graphs. I love to theory craft builds with people. Finding out what they want to do and pull off. This helped me immensely.

@daladams 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video possible, it was very helpful and easy to understand. For some reason, my brain struggles to comprehend the more nuanced and heady aspects behind certain gameplay mechanics and this helped me a lot.

@argonaught 4 ай бұрын

This video is great! You did a fantastic job explaining everything even as complex as it all is. Well done!

@Probe97 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic guide, thank you for the easy to follow explanations in one video! I've played Elden Ring since release and I still forget about all the numbers like poise threshold 😂😂

@aaronpatterson2582 3 ай бұрын

Your ability to explain everything in detail, while also being easy to follow are top notch! You deserve way more subs! Thank you for the hard work, time, and research you put in to your videos. I hope you are blessed by the algorithm! You deserve it.

@kylekramer7290 5 ай бұрын

Hey man I truly appreciate this video! This is my first souls game and I am getting near the end of the game, but I have never truly understood the scaling. This is a truly remarkable breakdown and you deserve so many more people to see this video and subscribe to your channel. I can't wait for the next video!

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, glad it helped!

@zrevival3818 3 ай бұрын

The fact it takes 50 minutes to start understanding how a stats system works is both amazing and annoying at the same time lol

@Deniz_50 2 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the exact same thing lol

@Audio041194 2 ай бұрын

Making a system that looks so simple but is actually incredibly complex is an artform FromSoftware has down to a science, I really think other rpg's even the MMORPG's could learn a thing or two from Miyazaki and his team.

@markojovanovic9651 2 ай бұрын

I find the leveling system pretty easy, no xp and picking skills or such, but I have been playing ds1 since I was like 12 since my older brother played it a lot. I remember that for a good chunk of time I didnt even know I should level up or how to do it hahahah

@TheBfutgreg Ай бұрын

Even then, understanding the stat system to this amount of depth is kinda incongruent with the idea that the ethos of the game is about being "good" at the game (GIT GUD), most of this is just chopped liver in the grand scheme of things, when choosing a level just do what you need as you go Larval tear complete resets are a bit different if you want to do a build 180 I guess NG+ and onward is also its own cup of tea, things get harder and optimization is more important

@smitty215able Ай бұрын

It's by design. The series is meant to be challenging. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is the same in that regard

@corv6005 5 ай бұрын

i watched the entire video and got so much useful information explained clearly with no bs in between. keep making stuff like this and im sure you'll blow up.

@CourierSixGaming 4 ай бұрын

Okay, that actually gave me a better understanding of building a character, thanks.

@Waterprooftoaster1 Ай бұрын

Just picked up the game and you made this complicated aspect of the game easy. Thanks!

@RedCrusader-ph2vk Ай бұрын

My Intro to Analytics class is paying off! I can understand these stat charts perfectly! See!? College isn't useless!

@matterinthehatter Ай бұрын

This is brilliant! I've been a fairly casual player up to this point, but I want to get a better understanding of these kinds of details ahead of the DLC. I'm definitely saving this video and my screenshots.

@TheLoneSpartan1128 17 күн бұрын

I am on ng7, but between your voice and straightforward info, I stayed for the whole video. Amazing qork

@shinobi_1978 5 ай бұрын

Nice info ,dude. Thanks a lot!

@CrzYbaDmutha2245 5 ай бұрын

I began watching this bc it seemed interesting. Come to find out this information is extremely beneficial to my level 260 character with 99 Vigor, and 90 Endurance. Meaning I have so many runes to play with to really make my character a pvp monster. Definitely subscribed.

@solcerer0006 5 ай бұрын

You can only pvp with people similar level to you meaning you would have to find someone who is also 260… There are “pvp metas” in the souls games usually capping from 125-150 anything past that just causes builds to blur together because you have too much stat investment

@jamesn0va 4 ай бұрын

@solcerer0006 eldenring is so popular you can just ignore the prescribed metas and still fine people easily. It's not dark souls 3 you don't have to play that way. Some builds require level 200 easily as well. They don't start losing there uniqueness by then at all. Especially wizards who want 80 int can easily go to 200. This is a very dark souks 3 mindset and things change.

@CrzYbaDmutha2245 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesn0va I agree. Pvp arena is intense! I enjoy seeing all the crazy builds people come up with. My pvp build is purely strength and intelligence. Both capped at 80. I have 3 weapons to hot swap with. It's the b@$t@r& sword. Great sword. And the collosal one with wolfs assault. 113 poise. A Glintstone staff. And it's extremely good with spam builds. Mostly I just stick to a my sword for a fair fight. But the amount of chaos I can unleash upon someone trying to spam is ridiculous. I'm so excited for dlc. The rumors are we should hear something about it this month. But another online source says we won't see anything until the year 2025.

@sneaky5141 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesn0valiterally not a dks3 mindset at all its a 2 chromosomes mindset dks3 is 90-120 and elden ring is 120-180 anything over that you are not part of the community literally so you dont need to communicate here.😊

@ChuckFinelyForever 4 ай бұрын

@@solcerer0006Is that true? My buddy was level 300 with a +3 normal weapon and we got invaded but a seemingly low level player, he had little health and was doing like 70-100 dmg per hit, this was yesterday.

@CJM-ri7fp 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video, extremely informative and with a nice touch of humor. Well done!

@CliffyDoesDallas 2 ай бұрын

I really love your explanation. Going to add this video to my channel's Elden Ring playlist for my viewers. You got my sub. Great work and i now understand it a lot more. Going to be sending people with questions to this vid.

@Sn4pped 6 күн бұрын

Amazing guides I've learnt so much more from watching your videos appreciate it!

@plasterr 10 күн бұрын

i already knew all this but i just wanted something to watch and MAN your voice is AMAZING!! love the vid keep it up brother.❤

@maikerukazukii 18 күн бұрын

This video is so detailed and great

@1siege 4 ай бұрын

This video is so good btw W guide

@lol_histicall4289 5 ай бұрын

For those wondering if black flame has scaling it scales on max HP for some reason and faith if you’re casting it as an incantation

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

I might just be misinterpreting the way you phrased this, but I think you might be slightly off. Black flame initial hit damage scales with faith but it does have a damage over time effect that does a percentage of the target’s max hp. The community consensus is that the damage over time does 2-5% of the max health, but I honestly have no idea what determines exactly where in that range the damage will be because the DoT itself doesn’t seem to scale with anything. My bad if I read the comment wrong and you already knew that.

@wolfiemuse 3 ай бұрын

@@TheGhostInitiativeI believe you are correct.

@Myskae_ 13 күн бұрын

I'm new on elden ring. It was very informative and nice to understand more about this. Thank you for this excellent video 👍

@BlackFlameMonk 5 ай бұрын

Best explanation on YT. 👍

@Stratocaster42 5 күн бұрын

Fantastic video thank you so much!

@dificulttocure 10 күн бұрын

Always level up ur vigor first, take it to 40 asap, only level up ur damage stats for weapon requirements, NOT for scaling damage. Once you have 40 vigor, do whatever you want, but 40 vigor should be your n°1 priority in the early game

@andereperson5059 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir, both videos are not only informative and without any bs inbetween. They're giving me the strength to attempt this game once more, maybe this time with success =)

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

Best of luck

@OnixDDixon 4 ай бұрын

i am so ready for this

@gunjinrieper4062 5 ай бұрын

A very helpful guide indeed

@tofermartinez4114 17 күн бұрын

As a new player this helps TREMENDOUSLY, thank you so much

@HanzsKlopek 4 ай бұрын

I clicked because of the thumbnail, I stayed because it was informative (even if I completed Elden Ring 7-8 times...) and I subscribed because of the Cowboy Bebop banner on your page. See you space cowboy !

@TheGhostInitiative 4 ай бұрын

Stepped in all 3 traps I laid. Too easy 😏

@in2deep41 4 күн бұрын

25:38 as a fellow kind of dark mode enthusiest, you have my deepest thanks and appreciation. Thank you for bejng a shining beacon of darkness in this light mode world.

@ArawnOfAnnwn 17 күн бұрын

Excellent guide sir!

@TheRealJohnHooper Ай бұрын

What an amazing guide 😮

@mkoneuk2012 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!❤

@markforsey547 2 ай бұрын

I love this video just because I know this shit can get complicated so for some people it’s confusing and frustrating even though I know all the information within it’s still nice to see actual numbers in relation to caps and your build.

@SteveBowman-ng9eb 3 ай бұрын

Really well explained ,should have 100k subs

@lukefrost6907 15 күн бұрын

thanks! very informative

@joeyjones9041 5 ай бұрын

Early game I always prioritize Vigor and Endurance over damage. I don't put any levels into damage stats until I get Vigor to 35 or 40 and Endurance to 25 or 30, the damage I get from upgrade materials will get me by until I can start putting points into damage stats. I honestly don't worry about meta levels, I just naturally level through the entire game and see where I end up. In Elden Ring 180 seemed to be the sweet spot, 60 Vigor, 80 Damage Stat, 50/50 for a split build. Weapon requirements, and enough Mind and Endurance to be comfortable melee builds will have roughly 25 Mind and 35 Endurance, Caster builds will be the reverse 35 Mind and 25 Endurance, or if a hybrid build it might be an even 30/30. Quite a few levels will be in weapon requirements because I like to have a good variety of options on a build. I have 10 builds/characters and for all of them 180 seemed to be the sweet spot. I still get plenty of action with pvp. The soft caps are much higher in Elden Ring than Dark Souls 3 and it's a much larger game so I think doing New Game, New Game Plus and whatever DLCs at 180 is fine. I can always delete my builds and make 150 meta builds if needed, but I honestly ain't worried about it. All my Dark Souls 3 builds were at 150 and I still get plenty of action in pvp with them as well. Bloodborne same thing, 150 is where I stopped but could have probably stopped at 125, it's not a very stat hungry game.

@UndefeatedEagle 4 ай бұрын

Im level 300+

@Mc_Jordan2000 3 ай бұрын

My base is to always go for 40 Vigor, 20 Mind & 20 endurance first for any build, if you wanna use alot of weapons I'd go for at least 20 strength and dex to get a high variety of weapon choices if not u dont need to bother with this, with 2 hand u can get wield 30 strength weapons too, from there I go from where I need, am I power stancing, two handing, using spells, incantation.

@Mc_Jordan2000 3 ай бұрын

20 strength and Dex would be high priority for a newer player as I'm assuming they want to use as many weapons as possible, but for expirenced players u will know what u need off the bat.

@dklien6443 3 ай бұрын

@@Mc_Jordan2000Facts

@falsebeliever8079 3 ай бұрын

While listening to this I realized that the Knight Set gives exactly 51 poise

@syed22 5 ай бұрын

Great video keep it up bro

@pat_mcooterski 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking time out from banging super models to make this vid

@TheGhostInitiative 3 ай бұрын

No problem man, and you can keep borrowing my lambo for as long as you need it

@KhaosDCrab Ай бұрын

Today I learned light roll doesnt have extra I frames

@yazan80 4 ай бұрын

Just found a new content creator to follow. Great vid.

@native21rogue6 5 ай бұрын

129 hours into the game and I feel like I don't know anything, hints why I'm here. This video definitely breaks it down the way I can understand how the stats work. I thought Vitality was to increase HP, time to replace that Vitality Boosting Talisman.

@prestigeproductions2551 2 ай бұрын

fantastic video 👍

@Fekimeki 11 күн бұрын

⚜️THE INFORMATION IVE BEEN LOOKIG FOR⚜️

@BU66E 2 ай бұрын

Hey thx bro 4 a great video! ♥️🤝🏽

@gojambe3957 8 күн бұрын

Good sir you are very well spoken

@Dude357 4 ай бұрын

Very good video

@CoffeeRumble 12 сағат бұрын

Thank you. I finished the main and DLC, still had no idea about the soft and hard, just adding attribute to what I feel

@pieceofwax5828 2 ай бұрын

For anyone curious the tiny defence bonuses from specific attributes appear to have a soft cap at 32 and another somewhere between 50 and 60 This is useful for me because of my level 365 character on ng+8 that I’m currently trying to get every weapon and armour piece on the game on (and then fully upgrade those weapons) and I want to know what to level with the rune gain from bosses (I need 1.4million per level atm so it takes like half the early story bosses for 1 level (and 2-3 late game ones))

@chrisparkhurst5158 Ай бұрын

The Level stat actually does matter a lot. It determines the amount of runes required to upgrade the stats again. I don't know the formula, but after the first few levels it starts getting expensive, and when you're over level 100 it starts getting extremely expensive

@APimpinNarwal 8 күн бұрын

Dude thankyou I finally get it xD

@thethridking6432 5 ай бұрын

This is really good content wish a guide like this was around when i ft irst started now i play these really complex build in pvp some times i get smoked but when i come on top its awesome i pvp at 125 and 150 since shields are kinda bad athe moment i actually use like 40 endurance and about 50 str 57 vigor 14 dex 17 intelligence on my vagabond the only reason for 17 intel is so can get a little more damge out of the phalanx ash of war because i love that thing on the pike

@Kryptnyt 5 ай бұрын

The bit about the rolling I frames and recovery frames makes me think that for the purpose of rolling and queueing up a drink or an attack, the roll is using two different animations for the roll (or three? you can definitely skip the last chunk of recovery frames with some actions) and that's why when I roll and push the button to drink he doesn't always drink. It gets more annoying if I want to drink twice and think "Ok I'll roll and push the drink button twice that makes sense" only for the game to eat some or all of the inputs seemingly at random, and it seems like attacking after rolling always follows different rules. If I gain a more concrete understanding of when I've gotta push the button I think I can control the character better, of course. It's also nice to confirm that Vitality isn't as important early as it might seem from the urge to "make red bar bigger." As your durability from damage block and damage resistance goes up, increasing your hp becomes more valuable. This means that in the very early levels Vitality won't be giving you as big of a return as something that gets you to your next intended weapon and also increases your level defenses. Even leveling endurance early could increase your early durability more than leveling vitality early would if you can then slip on some heavier armor without fatrolling; and then as your hardness increases those vitality levels become more attractive.

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

Yeah the older dark souls games were really bad about letting you queue up a ton of inputs and would really punish you if you were panic spamming roll/heal. I feel like it has gotten better over time and your character’s actions are a little bit more predictable in Elden Ring if you queued up multiple actions, but that could just be me being more conscious of not spamming the buttons when possible. It would definitely be interesting to see exactly what the timings are for all those animations.

@wolfiemuse 3 ай бұрын

Vigor*

@Chefwayurk 3 ай бұрын

Omg thank you for your hard work brother. I couldn’t figure out the defense stats. I love the game but it feels like work sometimes 😂

@1siege 4 ай бұрын

My first play through I had no idea you could get more Memory Slots and I played through the whole game with like 4 slots lol

@Journey1968 4 ай бұрын

Seriously… that helped so much. Thank you for caring enough to put out this Elden Ring content. This game is deep.

@nastytechniquez9685 5 ай бұрын

I played a bunch of Elden Ring when it was brand new on Xbox series x. It was my first ever souls like game and I never beat the story. About a year ago I got a pc and waited for a sale to get Elden Ring again, holiday sale I got it again on steam. Looking for a refresher on the mechanics and found this. Damn dude this is the most in depth breakdown of stats and mechanics I’ve seen for any game potentially. Mad props for the time you must’ve taken to do videos like this. They’ll help tons of new and players like me returning to the game. You’re clearly very dedicated to what you do. You got my sub 100%

@QuantumDoyle 10 күн бұрын

Man if only something like this existed in the dark souls days when i really needed it 😂

@Troublesome-one 4 күн бұрын

Your channel logo is cool af. "Ghost" is spelled out in every layer starting from the outermost. 🔥

@yamo511 3 ай бұрын

thanks man parts of this were a good refresher course after not playing the game for a few months

@hedon89 4 ай бұрын

The Mike Tyson part from out of left field took me the fuck out ngl lmao.

@RoninBlade-ls5ex Ай бұрын

Dudeeeeeee I just need to say thank you ur tip about 51 poise literally just helped me beat malenia on my second play through rn. I was able to trade and deal the final blow Bc her hit didn’t stagger me

@TheGhostInitiative Ай бұрын

That’s sick haha

@erasmus_locke 16 күн бұрын

99 intelligence and Azure's glintstone staff? Understood.

@th-zu1dl 2 күн бұрын

Vigor also levels fire resistance because esoterically fire is associated with vigor, the etheric flame behind metabolism, will,etc. aries

@conqueeftador4021 23 күн бұрын

Thanks

@m0002856 Күн бұрын

The discovery stat isn’t as misleading as it might seem, but it may be unintuitive for somebody new to a game with a discovery type stat. Its simply showing you the total normalized drop chance of items. If an item has a 40% chance to drop, 100 discovery means the item’s drop chance isn’t affected at all. It will remain 40. It’s 100% of 40%. Not sure if it can go negative (most item discovery stats cannot) but if it COULD, then you’d see a reduction. 50 discovery would mean all your drops are cut in half so that item with a 40% chance to drop now has a 20% chance to drop. It is just as simple as said in the video- 109 discovery means you’re at 109% total normal percent or an item’s drop chance multiplied by 1.09.

@nedbigby9694 3 ай бұрын

I'm currently doing a bonk build, with the brick hammer, heavy affinity, with cragblade... I either 1 shot most things, or stagger them after 2-3 hits. Almost 60 poise to, so I just can't be stopped.

@TheGhostInitiative 3 ай бұрын

Did you write about it in your declassified lands between survival guide?

@nedbigby9694 3 ай бұрын

@@TheGhostInitiative I am in the process yes.

@Ancient_Path 2 күн бұрын

Me who has finished the base game coming back to the drawing board since the DLC is rocking me. I love katanas because I loved the book of 5 rings growing up, but my stats are pretty random.

@c4n0 18 күн бұрын

very good job, the detailed information with graphs in this 50 minute video can save you a week of confusion on google

@maserati4000 Күн бұрын

Hey dude idk if youll read this but i just wanted to thank you for this video and the ashes one as well. Ive stayed away from playing Elden Ring not because of the difficulty, but specifically because of the convoluted stats system. When you look at it at first it looks like a vomit of random numbers. Just when you get the hand of the barebones basics, then you have to understand how those numbers change in relation to your attributes, weapon scaling, armor weight and effects, infusions, talismans, flasks, incantation debuffs/buffs, skills, status effects, etc. The vague descriptions of items/equipment's also doent help because they dont give specific numbers. Simply put, its not beginner friendly. Ive probably watched a dozen hours at this point just trying to understand the basics of this game, and i dont even own it on Steam yet. I left a like and saved it to my ER playlist for when i get the game so i can come back to it. There is a certain way i would like to play (daggers or beast claw build) so i want to be able to focus on that as im playing instead of constantly having to experiment with things i dont want to and waste my time.

@dredge1879 14 күн бұрын

Really helpful video man. Gonna make me build craft like how I do in Destiny lol😂😂😂

@spence6195 24 күн бұрын

Was wondering why the Prince of Death staff started doing much less damage, I didn't know it was backloaded and going from 80 to 60 in both Int & Fai significatly decreased it's power. Thanks for the guide 👍

@mwperk02 16 күн бұрын

I havent seen anyone mention it yet but you can skip out on your strength stat to some extent if your only interested in the 2 handed moveset. By 2 handing a weapon your strength gains a 1.5x virtual increase allowing you to meet the requirements to use it as well as increasing your strength saturation. This effect will always apply to bows since you need to 2 hand them to even attack with them and at 66 strength or higher 2 handing will effectively grant you 99 strength for your weapon damage this does make 66 strength something of a secret softcap for 2 handing as you really do start getting big diminishing returns from 2 handing beyond that point as even virtual strength will never go above 99 total strength. At 99 strength you won't see any total ar increase at all from 2 handing. A weapons 2h attacks will still probably do more damage but thats due to an invisible value built into each individual attack a weapon can do which accounts for things like heavy attacks doing more damage than light attacks and stuff.

@TheGhostInitiative 16 күн бұрын

Yeah absolutely. If you’re ok with not being able to use the weapon with one hand you can definitely go for minimum strength requirements.

@asiadmajeed 5 ай бұрын

Firat timme here. Great video easy to follow and understand. I see myself as a noob:) so this is helpful

@l.l.d.2129 5 ай бұрын

I could've used this when i started playing. 💀 Great video

@ysryashraj 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m sharing this video to anyone who starts playing Elden Ring. Wish this video was out before. Would’ve helped me out a lot

@BastianUllr Ай бұрын

What do you do for a living good sir? This level of detail and organization of ideas... quite the talent. Thanks for your time. Very valuable.

@TheGhostInitiative Ай бұрын

I’m a grad student studying mechanical engineering and industrial design

@Wadacup 3 күн бұрын

@@TheGhostInitiative checks out

@FlyingFox86 4 ай бұрын

I'm surprised how little those front loaded catalysts drop off after 80, compared to the backloaded ones. That could have meant that front loaded catalysts are better if you go all the way up to level 99 for your casting stat, but that's not the case. Back loaded catalysts are still much better in that case.

@staticwolfblogson8154 10 күн бұрын

Embarassing confession. Iv played every souls game except sekiro coz i cant parry for shit. And i never bothered to understand atributes until ER. And this is by far one of the most simple and digestable videos in the topic iv found. Thanks man

@ezcyberpup 4 ай бұрын

can you do a video explaining how sorcery scaling affects spell damage?

@StarShade0 5 ай бұрын

It’s worth noting that dexterity also scales with casting speed of spells and incantations. No idea if there are soft caps, but the hard cap is 70 dex for the fastest casting. Azur’s staff has a virtual dex (casting speed dexterity equivalent) of 40, Radagon’s Icon has a virtual dex of 30.

@TheGhostInitiative 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, hardcap at 70 and soft cap at 60, so if you’re focusing dex you’ll probably hit it anyway without both of those extra items, but if you do stack azur’s staff and radagon icon you can get away with almost no dexterity which is pretty nice.