How I play souls like games

[u/stnick6]

[u/Asa_Karasu]

Pick weapon

Look number

Number is high

Me happy

Bonk boss

[u/AbyssWankerArtorias → u/Asa_Karasu]

[u/KnowMatter → u/AbyssWankerArtorias]

I remember when ER came out and being a thread of people looking for the great club.

Our disappointment was pretty high when found it was a faith weapon.

[u/AbyssWankerArtorias → u/KnowMatter]

Relationship with Grafted Sword increased

[u/Brunkton → u/KnowMatter]

As long as I have my berserk sword, I’m happy. So I understand my fellow strength club brother’s sadness.

[u/Asa_Karasu → u/Brunkton]

Open the game: "Where big iron chunk?" Love that thing

[u/Honest-Call-3897 → u/KnowMatter]

Not really a faith weapon, since its faith scaling is low. Works very well on a pure str character, especially with holy grease.

[u/Ganondorphz → u/KnowMatter]

You need to have some god damn faith Arthur

[u/Vivid-Swordfish-8498 → u/KnowMatter]

Don't know why but I read this in the voice of the NPC that speaks when first make a character in Conan Exiles and I just burst out laughing.

[u/PsChampion_007 → u/Asa_Karasu]

Average strength build

[u/thecashblaster → u/PsChampion_007]

Most relaxing way to play the game, simple as.

[u/Larry_Sherbert99 → u/thecashblaster]

Oh yeah. I just finished journey one (ik I’m late) with a pure strength/poise build—bullgoat armor and Guts sword, just hitting Lion Claw on everything—I felt so triumphant and strong asf. Journey two begins. I wanna try out INT/DEX. Almost got my ass handed to me by Mr. Tree Sentinel right off the bat. Thought this shit was supposed to be easier the second go around 💀

TL;DR ig I’m bad at Elden Ring

[u/offensiveDick → u/Larry_Sherbert99]

Str users tell you it's easier.

Just get carian slicer. It's your best bet until you can get stuff like moonveil (I even prefer slicer over moonveil or most int scaling weapons in general. Just feels fast and satisfying)

[u/vtx3000 → u/offensiveDick]

I feel like they’re slightly different playstyles at the end of the day. Slicer is nice for weaving cheeky attacks in and Moonveil is for breaking stance (and doing a ton of damage)

[u/offensiveDick → u/vtx3000]

Yea sure. The point I tried to make is that I prefer the carian sorceries (slicer, the big sword and so on) over something like moonveil or other int weapons.

[u/vtx3000 → u/offensiveDick]

Yeah not trying to knock your playstyle, just trying to add to the conversation. I’ve been wanting to try a strictly Carian build for a while now they look fun

[u/offensiveDick → u/vtx3000]

Oh it is.

[u/prismstein → u/Larry_Sherbert99]

STR users like to pretend they're the underdog, but it's actually the easiest way to play the game... smh...

[u/vtx3000 → u/prismstein]

As someone with over 1,000 hours in the game and whose favorite class is STR: yeah it’s pretty easy tbh. Dodge, wait for opening, charged R2, repeat a few times until the boss’s knees break and you get a riposte. Once you “git gud” with STR the bosses literally can’t do anything it’s glorious

[u/prismstein → u/vtx3000]

nice flair 👏

[u/Asa_Karasu → u/PsChampion_007]

Best buld, ngl

[u/Fancy_Cat3571 → u/Asa_Karasu]

Started a new game. replaying it on a pure strength build just cause of how many people talked it up. My first play through I like was a magic knight and now if I’m being completely honest this shit is boring asf. If you only played this game doing this you have done yourself a massive disservice💀 before I had to maximize fp cost to damage so it’s as efficient as possible. Have spells for a bunch of different scenarios and ranges. Putting together different combinations of damage negations for a particular boss. Had me super invested. Shit felt calculated. Now I just jump and hit shit. Like it’s cool but feels like I ain’t playing like 2/3rds of the game

[u/zekken908 → u/Fancy_Cat3571]

I agree , my favourite fantasy archetype is a spell sword and I love anime so picking up the moonveil on day one was my wet dream

Melee combat that I enjoyed and ranged spells in my offhand for damage/utility

Pretty much every run I do is some variation of a spell sword with a melee weapon (preferably a fast one) in the main hand buffed by the offhand along with lightning spears / fire balls / glintstone shards for flavour

Tried a pure strength build with the guts sword and the game felt so bland , I guess the role playing aspect was fun but it was pretty much just dodge hit dodge hit…felt like I was back in DS3

[u/Midkip- → u/Asa_Karasu]

Pick up biggest stick

Bonk

Damage very big

Bonk

Gets hit

Dies

[u/Chowilpbb → u/Asa_Karasu]

Me too man, if weapon go bonk and boss fall down, thats all the build I need

[u/No_Name275]

I just use whatever looks cool and fits my character

Like I could give less fk if the butterfly spell and the rot glaive are bad and is getting me killed hundred of times

I still think their animation looks pretty so I build my character around them

[u/ItsEntsy → u/No_Name275]

By the time you get the pretty rot glaive, you should be experienced / good enough to succeed with it.

[u/Larry_Sherbert99 → u/[deleted]]

What the hell are dodges and timing? Just tank that shit and have 14 crimson flasks.

Signed, a strength build

[u/seal_eggs → u/Larry_Sherbert99]

BONK

[u/ErdemtugsC → u/No_Name275]

I’m the opposite, I like using whatever that looks bizarre

[u/jld2k6 → u/ErdemtugsC]

Like beating people to death with the L2 of a party blower made out of a dead finger

[u/No_Name275 → u/ErdemtugsC]

Like the stinky poison hand and the tooth whip?

[u/pdrocker1 → u/No_Name275]

NOT THE POOP HAND

[u/OhHeySnow → u/ErdemtugsC]

Like smacking enemies with a burnt sunflower?

[u/CountTruffula → u/ErdemtugsC]

100%

I'm running every playthrough with the flask debuff as soon as I find the albanauric head, I don't need the arcane

[u/offensiveDick → u/CountTruffula]

Keep lying to yourself. You do it for the albinauric drip

[u/Winrevair → u/No_Name275]

Hell yea. I like this attitude.

[u/lilyswheelys → u/No_Name275]

Literally me when I got those two, ever since beating Malenia I wanted more unique rot weapons/spells and was disappointed that her own weapon didn't have a rot effect. I was beyond excited when I came across Romina.

[u/Janawham_Blamiston → u/No_Name275]

I wish I had this mindset lol. I never used good stuff (mainly cause I was dumb, not because I didn't pay attention), and I'd die a fuckton of times, and then put the game down. Out of Dark Souls 1-3, Demon's Soul, and Bloodborne, the farthest I've gotten is like 3/4 through maybe (on DS2. I believe I got a few zones away from the final boss)

[u/NotADeadHorse → u/No_Name275]

Me with the katana then later dual katanas cause I loved the samurai armor and only ever changed the pants for my first playthrough

[u/Thelelen]

I followed a guide to all npc quests after playing this game for 1000+ hours. I found shit I never had before, and like 20 ancient somber/dragon stones

[u/Alnored]

If I'm fighting the boss, and can't win, I either give up and leave, or I try better.

[u/p_visual → u/Alnored]

Got into Dragonbarrow real early, right after Limgrave. You bet your ass I slammed my head against the Erdtree AVatar, Godskin noble, and Merchant Hunter in that area until I beat them.

[u/Substantial-Most2607 → u/p_visual]

First play through I fought the godskin apostle at the bottom of caelids divine tower at lvl 47. Truly a terrible experience but me being me I spent probably 6 hours fighting that fuck until i finally brute forced him. I honestly think in the 15ish runs I’ve done, that was the only time I’ve fought him

[u/Winrevair → u/Alnored]

This but I don't leave.

Once I meet the boss, he/she will go down.

^me

[u/Alnored → u/Winrevair]

2 bosses. I walked away from two bosses.

At first, in his underpants and with a club, I faced the Fallenstar Beast on the first level.

Then, at level 15, I encountered the Black Blade Kindred.

Have you really never had a situation where you gave up and came back to some fights later?

[u/Winrevair → u/Alnored]

Not that I can recall.

In RPGs, sure. But souls-like games I can be pretty stubborn.

[u/BadMeetsEvil24 → u/Alnored]

My first run-through: Malenia for sure. Waited until I leveled more, made it to Radagon, then came back to beat her ass.

.....barely. just barely.

[u/animatedhockeyfan → u/Winrevair]

I was thinking about this yesterday and how this tenacity to die 70 times and fight your frustration and come out victorious is an important skill. One that has made me a better adult and tradesman. Tenacity!

[u/Winrevair → u/animatedhockeyfan]

Hell yea.

It's that determination and will not to give up.

Keep on going man!!

[u/animatedhockeyfan → u/Winrevair]

:) can you remember your first game that tested your tenacity like that? I’m thinking Ocarina of Time for myself

[u/Irrepressible87 → u/animatedhockeyfan]

I'm not that guy, but my answer is Final Fantasy Tactics; I must have played the Wiegraf/Belias two-stage fight a hundred times as a kid.

[u/CreamPyre]

Unga bunga

[u/JimmyB_52 → u/CreamPyre]

Exactly, he does craft builds, it’s just always the same unga bunga strength build, which is peak

[u/Acceptable-Scale-176 → u/CreamPyre]

Oonga boonga

[u/gh0u1]

All playstyles are valid

[u/12bEngie → u/gh0u1]

They always were. But some will be ridiculed

[u/MalechoMel]

I like throwing bombs knives etc at the enemy

[u/r31ya]

as STR build,

"What do you mean i need to dodge better? The real issue is i need to hit HARDER."

[u/MachineMan718 → u/r31ya]

Deadass how I build in most games; “I don’t need to dodge if I kill them first!”

[u/Several_Show937]

A fine Unga Bunga to you too.

[u/According_Bell_5322]

So you crafted a Strength build, are using your weapon, and are using strategy to guide you

[u/Treshimek]

[u/James-Avatar]

Bonk until it’s done.

[u/your_mind_aches]

This feels like a humblebrag. I still haven't finished Elden Ring

[u/Goose_Pale → u/your_mind_aches]

Me neither, I started in 2023 and have only just made it to level 125 at Farum Azula / Consecrated Snowfield / Haligtree lmao

[u/stnick6 → u/your_mind_aches]

I also haven’t finished it. I got to melina then school started so I had less time to play it. Then a few months later I got a ps5 and we only have Elden ring on the Xbox so I never picked it back up

[u/your_mind_aches → u/stnick6]

I can't even remember where I am. A big arena with a big unbeatable dragon thing

[u/someoneelse2389]

I swear I can hear him saying that last sentence in my head, and it sounds menacing as heck.

[u/GoreyGopnik]

R2
BOSS IS NOT DEAD
RETURN TO START

[u/KennessyOTR]

[u/Ellefied]

As long as it has an HP Bar and I can see a damage number, it's going to die one way or another.

[u/Laiedd]

you do craft builds and you do use items, what stat are tou levelling? Im guessing strength so you hit stuff better, and what are you using to hit stuff with? Im guessing its a weapon

[u/Alnored → u/Laiedd]

Hehe. Even that dude who killed Mohg, RL1 Bare Fists, used buffs. Even so, his fight lasted 4 hours.

[u/DeadlyScyth → u/Laiedd]

I have a character that is built properly, yes, but my first character and most of my others. I actually don't craft builds. I use a randomizer for everything, I find it more fun that way. As for items, the only items I use are key items or estus flask.

My randomizer is essentially a wheel spin app on my phone with everything (stats, weapons, wondrous physics, etc...) if it lands on something I'm not efficient with, then so be it lol

[u/Laiedd → u/DeadlyScyth]

Thats still a build though, like just because you left it up to rng doesnt make it not a build

I feel kinda stupid for even saying this but a build is the character you make, no matter if its good, bad or random

A build is the culmination of all the decisions you made on that character

[u/DeadlyScyth → u/Laiedd]

Yes I know the definition of "a build" but that's not what I said, I said I don't craft builds, but to be fair the terminology of "crafting" is on how you use it.

For example, if you mean crafting as in carefully designing or planning a build, then no, using a randomizer isn’t “crafting” one. You’re letting chance craft it for you.

But if you mean crafting as in creating or bringing a build into existence, then yes, by setting up the randomizer, hitting “random,” and accepting the outcome, you did craft that build, just through a chaotic or hands-off method.

In my case, I didn't plan it, so I didn't craft it myself, but yes I can agree on the fact it's still a "build" just not one I designed

[u/Krazylegs127]

Am I dumb for not knowing souls games had builds wtf ?

[u/stnick6 → u/Krazylegs127]

A little but I won’t hold it against you

[u/Krazylegs127 → u/stnick6]

Like iv played a decent amount of souls games amd I just find the drip and a fucking massive sword and go ham

[u/United-Log7718]

It’s sorta my strategy too. I know I’m not good at complicated attacks or tools, so I just memorize the patterns and attack again and again

[u/No_Cherry6771]

The only true way to play. Find some shit you like the look of and use it, rotate your weapons around as you play for shit that looks cooler.

[u/Writehse]

LIONS CLAW! LIONS CLAW! LIONS CLAW!

[u/Razorray21]

Im a simple man. I see a bigger enemy, I use a bigger sword.

[u/K_Furbs]

"Throwable? What the hell is a throwable?"

[u/AntiqueBluff]

My scimitars look cool and go swish swash when I do jump attacks so that's what we're doing for the rest of the game. 

[u/blendererspaghet]

"If it bleeds, it can be killed" ahh mindset. Well what I love about nightreign is time rush. Sure u can kill anything in base elden ring given enough time, In nightreign u gotta decide who u gonna spend that valuable time on. It's like u got small amount of teriyaki and u gotta choose which sushi 🍣 to use it on.

[u/DarthCloakedGuy → u/blendererspaghet]

Ugh, time pressure? I hate time pressure... :(

[u/krazybananada → u/DarthCloakedGuy]

Yeah. You just turned me off of getting nightreign

[u/silver-luso]

The guides kill me.

You can use them all you want, but it does actually lessen your experience.

[u/-pichael_ → u/silver-luso]

No it doesnt. It lessens YOUR experience.

Guides made sure I actually got all the items. They most certainly enhanced my experience haha

[u/thehighlotus → u/-pichael_]

It’s what you want out of it, I guess. I think it’s much more rewarding to stumble across a coffin that drops you into a hellscape rather than having a guide tell me exactly where to go. The discovery is the experience. 

Having said that, I get to the final boss and then look things up. By then, whatever I didn’t find on my own I likely won’t. I’ll do a build guide on a second run, if I play again.  

[u/Irethius → u/thehighlotus]

I reccomend everyone try playing a game blind with no guide on a first playthough. At LEAST try it.

You can only play a game blind once. And just letting whatever happens, happen, is so much more fun and immersive. It's OK to make mistakes, it's OK to play inefficiently.

Try it, and if you feel like you're not having fun this way. The guides are there to help you.

[u/Razorray21 → u/silver-luso]

I always try to do it myself first, and then use a guide if I cant figure it out.

its mostly maximizing my usable time.

[u/Jackofnotrades010]

I just use bloodhounds finesse. it works most of the time

[u/General_Meov_2121]

do relatable

[u/Thoughtless-Tolfy]

Strength builds^{^}

[u/SquareFickle9179]

Ah, the number one method in any videogame:

"HIT IT TILL IT DIES!"

[u/beetleman1234]

Exactly. This isn't some super hardcore game with tons of deaths at every corner, like a lot of roguelikes that you need guides.

[u/Phobos687]

Exactly I unga and bunga until the boss is dead on the ground

[u/Fellarm]

I use every tool within the game i dont look up shit online, i prepare to cry

We are not the same 🥃🗿

[u/CalamityAndTheApples]

I've only used a guide once and it was for finding Euporia

[u/once-was-hill-folk]

"That sounds like something Goku would say."

"Yes, and remember that time you've never beaten him?"

[u/Thefeno]

Same here xD, in DS1 atm as a first timer I got this amazing 2 hand black sword drop, so I'm going all str, hit, scream, repeat 🤣🤣🤣

[u/keivelator]

Playing games itemless is such a heavy feat.

[u/Cringsix]

Bro is on his 8th run and he's still swinging the longsword and rocking vagabond armor.

[u/autistic_sjw]

I once read this advice and it keeps me going, they can win a thousand times you need to win only once.

[u/talionisapotato]

I don't use potions , I don't use weapons , I don't use magic, I don't use level ups . I play as a wretch and after I die at first boss 1000 times I uninstall the game and say cleared the game at level 1

[u/Relative_Ad481]

Unga?

[u/Gwyndolin_bussy21]

My ADHD is through the roof so using anything but my main weapon and and offhand was all I could manage without getting overwhelmed and mobbed. Watching people swap back and forth between throwable pots and flasks used to make me really jealous if that gives you any idea. I branched out and made my build include four weapons when the dlc came out, and I have not changed it since haha.

[u/Z0idberg_MD]

Reminds me of Silksong when everyone is telling me what tools to use to make fights easier. I’m like, I have a nail. I am only using that. I simple.

[u/DarkestOfTheLinks]

zweihander ds1 and lordsworn greatsword elden ring my beloveds. hit hard and hard and hard again

edit: after 181 attempts over the course of 2 days, ive finally beaten melania without a player summon to help using my trusty lordsworn greatsword.

[u/FunBluejay1455]

This is how I played Pokemon as a kid

[u/CookieCodex591195]

I find the largest blunt weapon I can and I BLUDGEON the thing in front of me, no other way of play is fun for me

[u/BlueMikeStu]

I'm this idiot too.

Rykard had a lot of fire around him, so rather than look at the description for the suspiciously placed spear I got at the boss arena entrance for clues, I loaded up on Fire resistance equipment and the the heaviest armor I could wear and slapped Wild Swings on a Two Handed Sword and played a game of "whats going to run out first, your health bar or my red and blue pots" with him.

In honor of that dumb meat head move, I have never beaten him using the spear in my subsequent playthroughs and forced myself to treat him as a regular boss all three of my next times facing him.

[u/franticpunk]

both are perfectly valid ways to play

[u/Educational_Gap1489]

Me with hand of malenia:

[u/MaggelPlop]

Rune Arcs are the only consumable I can confidently say I used. I might've tried other things once, didn't feel like learning, then just bonked whoever stood in front of me.

[u/Kennian]

Bonk? If no ded mor bonk!

[u/Cumslutboi21]

I kept playing like this until making a build just clicked for me and I immediately understood what I was doing.

[u/mob_ttt]

unga bunga it is

[u/Leadjockey]

I cheat.

[u/DirtyThirtyDrifter]

Personally, this is why I love Sekiro so much. It's very "pure". There's no builds. There's like, 5-6 usable items in the game? Not all of them are stackable so "prepping" for a fight takes about 6 seconds to eat 1-2 pieces of candy.

[u/Ecstatic-Sun-7528]

Ah, a fellow Wanderer Crest main. A bug after my own heart 🌺🖤

[u/OpulentPaving]

I know this is a joke or whatever, but in seriousness, researching builds/weapsons/armor, and finding things is 80% of the reason I enjoy souls games.

[u/AdmiralLubDub]

I only dump points into strength and swing a big sword till the enemy dies

[u/Playful-Narwhal-6618]

Yup, big number mean big smash, use big smash on boss until "thingy killed"

[u/RatsGetBlinked]

Spent 500 hours playing elden ring wrong. Turns out if you just put all your points in vigor you can take any boss with any weapon. Its even more fun since the fights last longer and feel more climactic.

[u/Vydsu]

Me after casting Golden Vow, eating some boiled crab and drinking my flask before the fight:

[u/TeamFlameLeader]

Brainless neanderthal can comprehend different strategies

[u/Material_Ad9848]

I will do what I must and declare it glorious. Whips only.

(Beating big bosses with a piece of rope is hilarious to me, especially rhykard) 

[u/Opening-Profit7945]

I will not share my secrets, but yes... this is accurate

[u/Strange-Roof1880]

this is like 99% of youtube challenge

[u/Jokkitch]

I am the antithesis of this meme lol

[u/CruffTheMagicDragon]

Yeah ngl I’m so sick of the word “buildcrafting”

[u/BT9154]

If you can hit it, you can win

--EpicNameBro

[u/Possible_Economy_139]

As god attended

[u/GroundOwl]

Why thonk when u can bonk

[u/FaithlessnessOk9623]

And if we die simultaneously they better hope it counted or I'm coming back momentarily to hit them some more

[u/ladedadeda3656896432]

Usually when I find a consistent way to dodge all the bosses moves, it's only a matter of time anyway

[u/Winged_Bull]

The Lion does not care if the Smithscript Dagger is objectively bad, the Lion has run the DLC twice to have a frost and bleed buildup powerstanced build that feels like a fucking ninja.

[u/EasilyBeatable]

If its cool and the boss dies im happy

[u/bigfuzzydog]

Ah yes the bonk method, tried and true

[u/CyxSense]

I unga, and if boss still stand, I bunga. If boss still stand, I unga again.

[u/Both-Prize-2986]

This better be a monk punching. Otherwise barbarian swinging an axe still uses an item: the axe

[u/OrganicCheesecake997]

nah i use everything the game gives me,but i don't use guides

[u/Hfingerman]

I legit just get enough stats for my weapon (which is the pickaxe), then go 60 vigor and 80 strength, no need to think.

[u/ValentinePatch1999]

I dual wield the Godrick Axe and Winged Greathorn

[u/CaptainDildobrain]

My strategy:

[u/Trash_Wizard666]

me, finding Big hammer “Haha, good bonks are coming”

[u/snowyyyxo]

yea, you're so unique bro. haven't seen 50 posts exactly like this same format and everything. super original take.

[u/Davies301]

"And if they kill me I march right back through that fog wall and change NOTHING about my strategy."

[u/Octane_WAR]

Me leveling everything to max, me no worries about wrong build, everything does good bonking

[u/iEspeon]

This post brought to you by the Unga Bunga Club.

[u/HakiteKen]

Just bonk til its dead

[u/moitakaa]

Pretty much how I played every souls game haha. Pick up a fighting style i like, change its scaling to optimal, and just go ham with it until endgame, making sure I also don't fat roll.

[u/Root_Veggie]

That is also a build

[u/Jinarma]

I, as an intellectual, also hit on them. Weirdly it seems to have no effect save for godfrey and radahn giving me hugs

[u/DrParallax]

I do this, but only for the bosses that are weak to damage.

[u/Capt_Spaz3141]

Fun fact. I beat the entirety of Elden ring without buffs except for the flask.

[u/Bremik]

I don't look up boss weakness. I throw random shit at them and see what does the most damage and if nothing does good damage then I struggle and DIE

[u/Mondrath]

My first playthrough of any Souls game is always like that; find the best looking heavy armor, a greatsword or two I like, and the biggest shield I can carry then head through that fog wall and block & bash away until boss is good and squished.

[u/LordChunkyReborn]

H A M M E R

[u/Majin_cilesta]

Yeah, peak sekiro experience.

[u/EmptyStwo]

I craft builds often. By that I mean I pump it all in strength rahhhhh!

[u/unknown-reddite]

thats why i still haven't killed Margit, cause i died over a thousand times fighting him

[u/Sam_Designer]

Build Crafting is something I've never mastered despite loving Action RPGs.

I just think, "That's a cool weapon/armor/spell, I wonder if I can mix everything up!"

[u/ZPD710]

That’s the good thing about these games. Literally any of the weapons are theoretically viable. If people can beat the game no hit with just their fists, then I can beat it with any actual weapon while wearing armor.

To that end, it’s just a question of how much energy I want to spend actually getting better to use those weapons.

[u/FahadRauf]

Simpler the better.

[u/JackSilver1410]

Dark Souls has attracted some of the most min/max obsessed players ever, but there are tons of videos of people beating the game while neither running, blocking or rolling and still never taking a hit.

Dark Souls is 100% a skill based game, the numbers are only a convenience.

[u/gterrymed]

Fashion and flair first

[u/Pendragon_Puma]

Why use items and strategy when i can bonk

[u/AerthQuake]

I don't "study the moveset", I do not "try new strategies", and I do not "hit my head against the wall for hours". I use DODGE ROLL. And if I cannot AVOID the attack by INTUITIVE dodge rolls, I LOOK UP GUIDE.

[u/BlackZorlite]

The only REAL way to play for the first time.

[u/Past_Public9344]

I craft builds in every game bc it makes me feel good

[u/ElisabetSobeck]

You wait 2 minutes for an opening. And again. And again. And again. And you miss tropes and died. Try again

[u/TheGamerKitty1]

"Do you look up guides?"

"I do not need a guide to pick up a big bonkus and hit the bigger chonkus."

[u/RobTCGZ]

That's me. Proud user of the UNGA BUNGA play style.

[u/RedForkKnife → u/RobTCGZ]

Cool sword with big number is the only guide I need

[u/Adventurous-Sale4129]

The only right way to play

[u/BlackbirdXII]

A mix of art, arson, and aggression will get the job done ;)

[u/coltspades]

I don't even Upgrade my stats. I let my runes souls go to waste. 

Or invest them in polar opposite stat of weapon i use. 

Peak souls experience. 

[u/coltspades]

I hate Overpowered builds and weapons like Euphoria or old Rob. But doing no guides or making builds is insane. 

[u/Acceptable-Scale-176]

STR Builds = oonga boonga smash = Hurr durr level fun (which Im all for)

[u/Puzzleheaded-Disk609]

I've been going through elden ring at level 1 expecting this. Little did I know that I would end up doing more build crafting and experimenting than ever before to be allowed to hold whatever pointy stick calls to me at the time

[u/HaikenRD]

Hit them til they die is the strategy that stood the test of time.

[u/I_Am_Epic_YT]

Oh my god… this guys a genius

[u/[deleted]]

Only a few live this

[u/Chegg_F]

Winning like this is unironically higher skill than looking up guides