Elden Ring: Best Strength Builds (2024)

It is no surprise that Elden Ring has a large focus on its magic system, giving players plenty of versatile spells. However, some players may want to take a more direct approach and decimate their foes point-blank with overwhelming power behind every swing. This is where the Strength stat comes into play. There are a lot of powerful Strength-orientated weapons, but players will need to know what builds can bring the most out of a weapon.

Most Strength builds play the same way, running up and staggering enemies that survive the first hit with a colossal weapon such as Giant-Crusher. However, some will mix in other stats to achieve levels of power that normally would never be within their reach. This can include dipping into magic-orientated stats such as Intelligence or Faith. Some even dip into Dexterity to make what is known as a Quality build.

Crucible Axe Armor & Ordovis Greatsword Build

For Fans Of Eochaid Playstyle

Greatswords are great at melting bosses, making them a great choice for Strength builds. Ordovis's Greatsword has a Faith requirement of 15, meaning it just covers enough points to pair with the Flame, Grant me Strength incantation. It also comes with the weapon skill of Ordovis's Vortex Skill. Using Ash of War: Golden Vow will stack with Flame, Grant me Strength. However, the incantation version of Golden Vow will not stack. Godfrey Icon will boost the damage of Ordovis’s Vortex when players charge it, while Shard of Alexander will grant it a flat damage increase.Flock's Canvas Talisman will increase the potency of Flame, Grant Me Strength. Taker's Cameo will give players' health back as they make their way between Sites of Grace and delving through dungeons.

Optionally, players can reduce their other stats to increase their Faith high enough for the listed optional incantations below. These incantations will give them more options in combat. This set will provide an increase in damage output regardless of Faith, justifying its use. However, it will also boost the damage of the listed Optional Incantations and make for a great stance-breaking build. This also makes Flock’s Canvas Talisman an even better pairing than it already is.

Golem Halberd Bull-Goat Armor Build

Obliterate Enemies At Point Blank

The playstyle for this build is just to walk up and destroy anything in a player’s way — being mindful that this does not mean they cannot die from being reckless. Players will make use of the Golem's Halberd colossal weapon, which requires a rather high Strength requirement. This will work by putting Ash of War: Royal Knight's Resolve on the Halberd and using charged attacks to unleash an eye-widening amount of damage per hit. The Bull-Goat Set allows one to have the highest poise in the game and lets one just keep hammering away at their target with charged attacks until it becomes staggered.

Players will want the vast majority of their flasks allocated to restoring HP and topping up their health to keep clear of the danger zone. This build’s talismans will be the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman to improve survivability, Axe Talisman to further boost damage from charged attacks, and Bull-Goat's Talisman to increase poise to its highest levels. The Curved Sword Talisman is great for clearing away smaller enemies using block counters, but can also be useful to return damage after being hit by a boss when a player does not have enough time to commit to their next Royal Knight's resolve charged attack.

Dragon-Hunter Build

A Quality Build Using DLC content

Most Strength Builds follow the same formula of ramping up damage and smashing enemies point-blank — and a prime example of this can be found using Giant-Crusher. This build offers players the option of putting points into both Strength and Dexterity to create a Quality build with faster attacks and more dodge windows. A lot of the pieces in this set will require players to have the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC — which introduced some great Strength-focused weapons. This is also a great option for players who don’t want to buff themselves up before a fight or put together a setup before they can make their next attack.

The weapon skill of the Dragon-Hunter's Great Katana means players can fight at a bit more of a distance, and prevent getting hit by their enemies as frequently — or even not at all. The Rakshasa Set, Shard of Alexander, Two-Handed Sword Talisman, and Godfrey Icon will all ramp up this build’s damage to drop enemies as fast as possible. The Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman will help with survivability for the attacks that do connect with the player. Good Quality weapons like this can help players feel like they keep getting stronger and not soft-capped.

Elden Ring

RPG

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Platform(s)

PS5 , Xbox One , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , PC

Released

February 25, 2022

Developer(s)

From Software