Elden Ring: The Best Vagabond Build
The Vagabond class is one of the stronger starting options for new players in Elden Ring, but it also happens to be the best option for a tank build because of its higher stats. Those who choose the Vagabond class will start the game off with vigor, strength, and dexterity stats than most other classes, but at the cost of lower faith, intelligence, and arcane stats. Vagabonds also start at level nine with a Heater Shield, which has a 100% physical damage reduction.
The Vagabond class is also perfect for any veteran souls players who have no plan to use any spells throughout Elden Ring. Much like the best Hero build in Elden Ring, Vagabond builds primarily focus on increasing strength, vigor, and endurance stats. Dexterity definitely shouldn't be forgotten about entirely, but the Vagabond class doesn't rely upon it as heavily as some of the other classes do. Strength is definitely the most important stat to increase, however, as the better shields have higher strength stats as their main prerequisite to use them.
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One of the other nice features of the Vagabond class is that it gives players the freedom to choose their weapons and shields more so than other classes do. Many Greatswords and Colossal weapons require a large amount of strength that the Vagabond is perfectly set up for, with some of the Colossal weapons requiring players to reach 30+ in their strength stat alone. Additionally, like the best Warrior build in Elden Ring, players will want to search for the highest damage resisting armor overall. Where some classes have a few different options for playstyles, the Vagabond class promotes the singular tanky playstyle in exchange for a greater weapon, shield, and armor
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