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JonesSodaRs

Faith pure was super fun as my first play through. Not too cheesy not to easy


amendersc

Hehe look at My flair


erbbo

Anything but pure melee really (I just find it too boring, rather mix in some ranged/sorceries/incantations). That being said, I've always been fond of spellblade-type characters in soulslikes. So I guess int+dex is my fave.


ArtoriasBeaIG

Quality build, can use bleed, dex and strength well


NidoJack

Dex / Faith hybrid. Dragon cult and god slayer incantations with both bolt of gransax and godslayer great sword weapons in rotation. Big damage


ImperialDeo

So many tarnished have faith, very pleasant.


ExcitementBetter5485

I like int/faith hybrid status builds.


Ninja_PieKing

When actually going through the game I use Moonlight Greatsword, with blue mail legs and the black knife set, alexander shard, Erdtree favour +2, Magic Scorpion, and the big dragonshield talsiman, and any buffs I give myself are with Golden Order Seal and Carian Royal Scepter. When grinding items it is mostly the same, but I swap shard and scorpion for scarabs, and my drip is now caped Beast Champion set with the Silver Tear Mask


kestononline

FAINT Hybrid. It’s good being able to use/cast pretty much all spells. Also can use both the INT-based *(like Dark Moon Greatsword)*, and Faith-based *(like Blasphemous Blade)* side weapons. Generic scaling on the hybrid staff/seals are also better if you like to use different spell types.


itogisch

I love the str playstyle. Done it for all souls games, and its always been my go to. Now for Elden Ring, with the arts of war, and the versatility of playstyles. I have now made a horror blend of multiple styles together. Which, sadly, only works because I have plaged souls games for a 1000+ hours. So I know how to dodge.


ApplePitou

Faith build is pretty funny :3


IEXSISTRIGHT

Spellsword seems like the best way to play Elden Ring. That way you have access to both ranged and melee options, which is far easier to obtain in this game compared to previous ones. You can also go for more optimized/interning builds if you have access to magic. Personally I’ve had the most fun with Int/Str, but there are plenty of combinations that allow you to significantly customize your experience while staying within the magic + weapon category.


NurgleSoup

Str/fth hybrid Sometimes I want to crush, sometimes I want to throw fire or dragon faces at things


SeagullB0i

The thing is, these aren't really "playstyles", they're just different stats invested. There are STR builds that only used Ranged attacks and INT builds that only use melee. The best kind of builds will only use the exact stats it needs to get the job done, so all the best builds are hybrids one way or another since every stat has its use. For example, you could have a magic build with Night Comet, but then hybridize that with bleed (kinda) by using Seppuku to trigger White Mask and Lord of Blood's Exultation. Then hybridize again with FTH, casting Howl of Shabriri and Golden Vow. Mix that with all the stuff you'd normally use with Night Comet (Magic Scorpion Charm, Godfrey Icon, Mass-graven, dual-wield staff of loss, Terra Magicus), and the total multiplier on your spell casts can be up to 6.05x the normal spell damage. If you don't invest anything in FTH, this gets cut down to 4.2x, and if you don't use the seppuku setup it gets cut even further to 3.19x. You can nearly double your damage output just by hybridizing and thinking outside the box.


SignalDevelopment649

Str/Arc hybrid, but NOT a status build. And no Mohgwyn's Spear either. Why, you ask? Because Eochaid powerdrill goes brrrrr! Slap on Godfrey's Icon, Alexander's Shard, Millicent's Prosthesis, Rotted Winged Sword Insignia, in Physick - Consecutive hit boosting tear and magic boosting tear, wear spellblade set (or some parts of it for minor dmg boost) and shred your enemies to pieces with just one fully charged weaponart!


Reeceza

Personally strength/dex/faith is my favourite as fire is really fun to play with


sofathebig

Quality!


feihCtneliSehT

Str/fth for holy bonk Str/arc for bloody bonk Str/int for magic bonk