Elden Ring Build Guide: Strength

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Sometimes you just need to hold onto a big hammer and wamma-jamma something into oblivion. Other times, you just want to cosplay as Guts from Berserk. Heck, you might just want to grab the biggest, baddest weapon around, and play whack-a-mole. If this is you, then going for a Strength build in Elden Ring will be right up your alley.

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Strength builds are one of the lesser-played builds in Elden Ring. Why? Because having the guts to go toe-to-toe with the titanically large monstrosities that litter the Lands Between is hard to muster. For every meaty swing you take, another build could take two, three, or even more. It’s a playstyle that requires confidence, knowledge, and a big whopping stick.

Strength builds, as the name implies, are builds in Elden Ring that focus on the Strength Stat first and foremost. Big weapons require bigger muscles, and praying for that one thunderous blow to land is all part of the fun. It doesn’t matter how big, small, fast, or slow your opponent is, you are going to pump your Strength as high as possible, fill up your Stamina bar, and get to swinging.

Since we are mostly focusing on pure Strength with very little - if any - investment in other areas, you want to pump Strength to 80. This is the hard cap for Strength, and you want to reach it fairly quickly.

That’s not to say you want to neglect your other stats, however. Vigor and Endurance are incredibly important as you need HP to tank hits, and the Stamina and Equip Load to carry your stick. Neglect these, and you’ll find yourself dying before you get any of your damage through.

As a general rule, you want to pick a weapon(s), and then quickly stack stats until you reach the minimum requirements