Elden Ring Build Guide: Faith/Dexterity
Faith is a stat that can be dipped in, dabbled with, dedicated to, and slotted. As a stat, it opens up so many avenues for power that no other stat in Elden Ring can really compare. With incantations that can deal damage, buff your stats, and heal, even a few points can make or break a build.
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This is where Faith/Dexterity comes in. Combining some of the strongest weapons in the game, with some of the best buffs can only lead to good things. If you want to become lightning incarnate whilst carrying a big stick, this is the way to go.
Faith Dexterity builds combine the utility of Faith with the overwhelming damage of a Dexterity build. You can cast, buff, debuff, heal and even harness the limitless power of dragons if you want to go all out. You have access to every form of combat, and all it takes is a bit of preparation to pop off.
For stats, you want to have a mostly even split between Dexterity, Faith, and Vigor. This build has pushed them all to 55, which is only 5 points off the soft cap, and with Talismans, it will hit that cap with most of those stats. This maximizes damage output at a range and in close combat, whilst also keeping our HP as high as possible.
This build had to sacrifice Mind to function, but there is enough FP in the tank to cast all your buffs and spells without having to constantly chug on your flask. This will also be fixed, somewhat, with Talismans.
Endurance is as high as you can push it based on starting class. Anywhere between 20 and 25 is good, as this will let you wear heavier armor, and increase your Stamina gauge.
The build focuses on the Scythe as the main weapon for several reasons. Firstly, it has great reach, inflicts bleed, and comes with a fan
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