Elden Ring Clip Shows Why the Samurai is the Most OP Starting Class

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Elden Ring is not an easy game by any stretch of the imagination. While some builds will cut through the game faster than others, it is and always will be an enormous game filled with huge challenges, easily warranting the official Elden Ring guide coming out in Japan.

Every step along the road of Elden Ring expects more of the player than the previous part, with higher stats and more powerful builds being necessary. For all that though, a huge part of the game is decided by the starting build that a player chooses, and one player makes a convincing argument about which one is best: the Samurai.

Elden Ring Enemy Dodges Player's Attack in Most Epic Way Possible

Players in Elden Ring frequently push themselves to find the limits of what the game can handle. Sometimes this is hitting the actual rune cap of the game, sometimes it's finding the absolute best build for every boss. And sometimes, as is the case with Redditor Noraje_, it's demonstrating the power of the Samurai. Rather than a detailed argument, Noraje_ used a video for evidence showing their Samurai taking down the first boss of the game, a Grafted Scion, using its starting equipment.

This is impressive for a couple of reasons. The first is that the Grafted Scion is meant to be a scripted loss at the start of the game. On a starting playthrough, very few players can bring it down, even knowing what to expect. The second reason is that not only does Noraje_ take down the Scion, but they also take it down easily using the Samurai. Utilizing the skill Unsheathe and a couple of well-placed jumping attacks, the Samurai staggers, bleeds, and destroys the Scion. All of this without even resorting to the Samurai's other weapon, the bow. It's so one-sided it's almost enough