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InElden Ring, there are endless opportunities to marry a range-based magic build with a melee build. Playing a Spellblade is one such method. By combining magic and melee, and focusing on using spells to enhance your physical attacks (quite similarly to ourPaladinbuild), you may create something truly devastating in the endgame build. This build is good for players who enjoy the versatility of being ranged and melee at the same time, as well as enjoy approaching combat with tactics in mind. Let’s get into it.
Character Creation
To get us closer to our endgame stats, I recommend picking eitherPrisonerorAstrologerfor this build. Of course, you’re able to always respec later, so if you want to pick something that’s a bit tanky for an easier beginning to the game, you can do that just as well.
Stat Distribution
For this build, I don’t recommend putting any points in Faith or Arcane at all. Unless you need it to use specific spells or items, it will not do much for you. Our target level lands quite high, so this build will keep you busy for a while. Keep in mind, if you feel more confident with combat, you can probably drop some of those points in Vigor. Vigor only matters if you get hit, after all. Otherwise,our primary states are Intelligence and Strength, as those will be our damage-dealing attributes with the gear we will be choosing.
Attributes
Intelligence
Endgame Gear
This build is highly flexible, so you can pick whatever weapon you feel most comfortable with. However, for our purposes, we preferred a heavier sword like theClaymore. The Claymore’s thrusting attack is just very nice for stance breaking in general, and this weapon is good all game long. However, if you prefer a faster weapon, you could go for something like theMoonveil(you’ll want more dexterity for this, though), which scales well with intelligence, or theCarian Knight’s Sword. Pick what you are most comfortable with.
Carian Knight’s Sword
You are also going to need a decent Talisman for your build. There’s a lot of choices you could pick from, but our three that we recommend are these:
1.Magic Scorpion Charm- it increases the power of magic attacks. This pairs well especially if you enchant a Claymore with magic damage using a skill likeScholar’s Armament.
Magic Scorpion Charm
2.Carian Filigreed Crest- this reduces the FP cost of skills, and gives you a bit more freedom with your weapon arts and spells.
Carian Filigreed Crest
3.Green Turtle Talisman- this one increases your stamina recovery rate, which is very valuable if you plan on doing a lot of melee too.
Green Turtle Talisman
Other than these, youcanbring a Shield, but it’s optional for this build. You should probably not focus on blocking during combat, but if you are newer to the game, they can be quite nice to have in a pinch. To this end, we recommend something like theCarian Knight’s Shield, which is a great shield that fits in thematically with our build.
Carian Knight’s Shield
As for our armor set, we have some freedom here. Basically, you want to aim for armor with decent protection that gets your poise above 50. You could go with theCarian Knight Set, which would be our choice as well for this build. It looks extremely good and fits in thematically, once again.
Carian Knight Set
If you prefer something more lightweight, though, you could also go for something like theRaya Lucarian Sorcerer Set. It won’t offer as much protection, but it’s still a good looking set for the build. The helmet is a bit memey, too, if you’re into that kind of thing.
Raya Lucarian Sorcerer Set
Skills and Spells
If you’re going with the Claymore, you’re going to want to verify you pick upScholar’s Armamentas well. This will make your weapon do Magic damage, and with all your intelligence, this is basically necessary. You should also pick upGlintblade Phalanx, to make your life easier and do a little bit of extra damage.
Elden Ring: Level 100+ Paladin Build Guide
These builds focus on producing a tanky character capable of some spellcasting but, more importantly, of dealing huge amounts of weapon damage.
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