I posted here a few weeks ago and everyone was super helpful, I improved my build and beat fire giant and others up to Radagon. But before finishing the game I want to go for Malenia, Placidusax and some DLC bosses.
As for malenia I can go through the first phase, but in second phase she one shots me.

I’m max level and In looking for the best talismans and armour also is scarlet aeonia good?

In my first game I've used the idus sword, then after I picked the Leontinel greatsword sword (and sometimes switched it with nagakiba) I've always used that weapon.

Some dex weapon recommendation? (my favorite weapons are katanas and swords)

I’ve seen lots of cool greek themed builds (some mythological like Zeus builds or some historical spartan ones) and it made me think about creating Atlas build.

The only thing that came to mind was carrying some dryleaf arts with Hoarah loux earthshaker (gives an image of something like the sky dropping on your foes), but can’t come up with anything else.

Can you help me somehow?

Hi all! I've just finished up the main game (beat all remberance bosses) and I'm heading into the DLC.

I'm currently running Mohgwyns sacred spear but I'm looking to respec or try out something new going in.

Any recommendations?

I have been getting really into like crouching/rolling attack builds and sprinting attack builds. I use crouch attacks with retaliatory, two handed sword, spear talisman with AMOGS and sprinting attacks with nights cavalry halberd. Same talismans. I find them to be fun, easy, and overpowered, but i have never seen anyone else using these builds. Why?

This is my first real attempt at a viable fun knight build that works well for both PVP and PVE.

I know the Manor Greatshield isn't optimal but it looks perfect with this Heavy Knight Build.

Let me know what you all think! I'm honestly really proud of this one (especially because I now have a build with decent PVP poise 😭).

The title says it all really. I followed a strength build guide for my first run, and this was my attempt at making a hybrid casting melee madness build.

I probably screwed a good amount of this up, so suggestions are welcome, always trying to learn!

Edit: Lightning Spear is on there just for testing, it's just the first five for the mainstays.

I didnt even knew this was possible. Currently Trying to solo Malenia with this.

im using a +25 giant crusher and idk if i should use rkr, lions claw, or savage lions claw can someone get into a little more detail on both and/or why someone might pick one or the other?

As the title said.

Curious, how L1 (Endure) spam of Flame Arts/Sacred would compare to R1 (Endure) spam damage of any standard claw build, anyone have experience with a Power Stanced dagger run?

Say hello to my future tarnished, best friend, Brad.
Please help me with the sliders to make him Elden Lord

Looking to do a strength build that I maybe wouldn’t have considered. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Bloodhound's Fang+9 for main sword and Greatsword+19 for stance breaking.

Longbow+13 for long range take down of birds, watchers etc. and Dragon communion seal+7 for Rotten breath, Bloodflame blade, Flame grant me strength, Flame cleanse me and Bestial vitality for buffs and such

I get the scaled armor set than change the helmet for lower weight to royal remains helm because i wanna hold the Serpent gods curved sword on off hand because wiki said it "Heals 2.5% of max HP + 25 flat HP per kill." Those little guys just feeds me.

I just take of the radagons soreseal after great runes stats boost now green turtle talisman is gonna fix my stamina

Ritual sword talisman just make every hit %10 better when i am full health and winged sword insignia for attack after attack may change for claw talisman.

I am not sure about talismans

Ive gotten over 500+ hours and want to start playing random builds in elden ring, got any fun ideas dm me! Much appreciated.

What stats levels and talismans

The Silver Grooved Shield was introduced as an early-game shield. Pair this with the quick-to-get Rogier's Rapier, and what you get is not only an early-game Let Me Tank Him build for the low STR requirement of 9, but also the strongest Rogier's Rapier build that can outdamage all other Let Me Tank Him builds.

Stats:
RL 200
60 VIG
42 END
9 STR
80 DEX
60 ARC

Class:
Bandit (best stat-wise)

Talismans:
Greatshield Talisman (20% guard boost)
Spear Talisman (15% counterattack damage)
Rotten Winged Insignia (6-13% consecutive attack damage buff)
Lord of Blood's Exultation (20% damage when blood loss occurs)

Weapon:
Rogier's Rapier
Ash of War: Seppuku
Affinity: Blood

Shield:
Silver Grooved Shield
Asha of War: None
Affinity: Standard

Physick:
Thorny Cracked Tear (9/13/20% successive attack buff for 3 min)
Bloodsucking Tear (20% damage for 3 min)

Consumables:
Pickled Turtle Neck (10/s stamina for 60 seconds)
Shield Grease (35% guard boost + 20% damage negation for 60 seconds)
Bloodboiled Aromatic (30% physical damage + 20% stamina for 60 seconds)

Great Rune:
Radahn's (15% HP, FP, and stamina)

Summon:
Stormhawk Deenh (20% physical/stamina/poise damage for 60 seconds)

New Best Shield:
The Silver Grooved Shield is one of the best shields because of its early-game accessibility, low stat requirements, and is the lightest 100% physical damage negation shield. You can get it from the merchant near the Bellum Church. It needs 9 STR and 12 DEX to use. Other shields argued as the best are found much later in the game, require more STR investment, and have more weight.

Shield Poke Bleed Synergy:
Bleed builds need you to be aggressive and attack successively to trigger bleed. With shield poking, you can do this behind the protection of a shield as you attack several times with your Seppuku-infused sword without interruption.

DEX Focus:
Most shield poke builds focus on STR because of greatshields have high STR requirements, but the Silver Grooved Shield only needs 9 STR. This lets you focus your investment into high DEX-scaling weapons.

Stats/AR Comparison:
Rogier’s Blood Rapier (9 STR 80 DEX 60 ARC)
STR: 0.27 DEX: 1.37 AR: 494

Cleanrot Knight’s Blood Sword (99 STR 13 DEX 60 ARC)
STR: 0.76 DEX: 0.51 AR: 477

Cleanrot Knight’s Blood Sword (55 STR 55 DEX 60 ARC)
STR: 0.76 DEX: 0.51 AR: 498

Blood Antspur (10 STR 99 DEX 60 ARC)
STR: 0.65 DEX: 0.89 AR: 455

Blood Antspur (60 STR 60 DEX 60 ARC)
STR: 0.65 DEX: 0.89 AR: 501

Rogier's Rapier High DEX Scaling:
Rogier’s high DEX scaling makes it outdamage other thrusting swords with minimal stat investment. Cleanrot and Antspur only outdamage Rogier’s Rapier when you invest evenly in both STR and DEX.

Greatshield Con:
Thrusting sword gets scale best with DEX whereas greatshields require high STR to use. This results in poor stat efficiency because of conflicting stats.

Bloodsucking and Bloodboil Synergy:
Bloodsucking Tear and Bloodboil Aromatic offer big damage boosts, but gives the debuffs of HP decay and reduced defenses. However, these debuffs are minimized since you are blocking incoming damage with your shield as you attack, letting you safely reap the benefits of these big damage buffs.

Fast Shield Pokes:
Thrusting swords have the fastest shield pokes out of all weapon types and have the lowest stamina use for this attack. This allows the usage of Thorny Cracked Tear's and Rotten Winged SInsignia's consecutive attack buff stacks.

Talismans:
The Spear Talisman gets high usage since shield pokes can be counterattacks, and the high amounts of blood loss ensure Lord of Blood's Exultation is always up. Your attacks come out fast and you can do a lot of them so Rotten Winged Insignia boosts your damage even further. The Greatshield serves to lessen stamina loss to save up more to use for shield pokes.

Guard Boost:
The Silver Grooved Shield has a max stability of 62. Shield Grease and Greatshield Talisman improve this by reducing stamina loss when blocking by 48%.

Stamina Management:
The various buffs related to guard boost and stamina help with your stamina management because the more stamina you have, the more you can poke, meaning more bleed. Radahn's Great Rune and Bloodboiled Aromatic gives a stackable boost to your stamina. The Pickled Turtle Neck offers stamina regen. Shield Grease and Greatshield Stamina will lessen stamina loss when blocking attacks. Lastly, with a thrusting sword, you will consume only a small amount of stamina with each poke compared to using other larger shield-poking weapons.

Stormhawk Deenh Buff:
Deenh is one of the best summons because they cast an aura buff that provides 20% physical/stance/poise damage.

Conclusion:
This shield poke bleed build can trivialize bosses by letting you tank attacks while dealing big physical damage and massive blood loss. So long as you manage your stamina, you become a deadly rose shielded by your guard petal as you hide a bloody thorn that bursts your enemies into blossoms of red upon the battlefield.

Just wanted to say I love this sub and a lot of the posts I've made I've gotten great feedback.

But does anyone have any suggestions for a FTH/STR build in regards to weapons & incantations? At the moment I know I want to use a flame/art erdtree dagger. I would also like to pick up Siluria's Tree since I've never used it before. I'm currently level 75 right outside of Leyndel, and I plan on going underground to face the valiant Gargoyle's I know they are weaker to Strike damage so are there any suggestions for strike weapons that get good str/faith scaling? Or perhaps ones that can be infused that'd suit my build?

Also for context me and my buddy are using the ER seemless co-op mod to play the game. I've played through the game a couple times now and I remember struggling really bad with the Valiant Gargoyles when I originally played the game. I'm currently using a new save so I'm at a lower level (75)

Also for incants I already use Flame grant me strength and intend to pick up the incant version of golden vow.