Elden Ring Hero Build Guide – The Best Hero Builds

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The Hero is a class that is well-suited for Strength-based builds. They have high starting Strength, Vigor and Endurance, with a decent Arcane stat as well. A Hero will come with a Battle Axe and a Large Leather Shield, but you can quickly obtain heavier weapons, such as Greatswords or Greataxes, eventually aiming for Colossal Weapons if you are interested.

You can also fit your Hero with some magical options later in the game if you want more flexibility, without having to invest points in Intelligence or Faith.

The Hero comes in with the following starting stats:

Early on, focusing on a Strength would be the best idea, but putting a few points into Dexterity for some weapon usage won’t go to waste.

The Hero’s best builds will lean towards Strength at the start. You can throw some magic in if you would like, but that usually happens after you have chosen a Strength build and can make minor adjustments for magical items.

If you are starting out, here’s a build to get you on the right track.

The Hero can start out with a Greatsword/Greataxe at first, but they should think about finding a Colossal Sword (ie. a Zweihander) or another Colossal Weapon (ie. a Duelist Greataxe) as soon as they can.

Once you have your Colossal weapon of choice, you need to find the Ash of War called War Cry. This will increase your damage by 10% for 20 seconds. It also applies the Heavy affinity and increases Strength scaling, which is perfect for the Hero.

Your main method of dealing damage is using War Cry to boost your attack damage, then use the charged R2 attack