Breaking Elden Ring with the Broad Sword: The Ultimate Overpowered Build Guide

Elden Ring is known for its challenging bosses, complex combat mechanics, and huge variety of weapons, but sometimes, the simplest things can create the most powerful builds. Today, we're taking a deep dive into a unique and powerful build using one of the most basic weapons in the game: the Broadsword. Despite its simple design, average stats, and lack of special effects, the Broadsword's potential is extraordinary if built and set up correctly. MMOexp is the perfect place to get the Elden Ring Items you need. Whether you’re after powerful gear, rare materials, or just need a little extra help gathering runes, MMOexp offers a fast and reliable service to fuel your journey.

In this guide, I'll show you how to use this humble weapon to break the Elden Ring and defeat every major boss in the base game and DLC — without taking a single hit.

Why the Broad Sword?

The Broad Sword is a straight sword that may seem underwhelming at first glance, with its average scaling and straightforward design. But, it has a secret weapon: Square Off, one of the most broken Ashes of War in the game. Square Off deals incredible stance damage and can quickly melt enemy HP bars when used correctly. It’s perfect for exploiting enemy weaknesses and making quick work of bosses, especially when combined with the right buffs and talismans.

We’ll be taking this weapon to +25, infusing it with the Flame, M Affinity or Sacred Affinity for maximum damage potential. This build will rely on buffing up your stats, increasing your damage output, and maximizing the efficiency of Square Off to deliver devastating hits.

Key Build Components

Here’s a breakdown of everything you’ll need for this powerful build:

1. Weapon: Broad Sword (Plus 25)

· Infusion: Flame, M Affinity or Sacred Affinity (depending on whether you want fire or holy damage).

· Ash of War: Square Off (this is the key to dealing massive stance damage).

2. Armor: Rasas Armor Set + Black Dumpling

· Rasas Armor: Provides a 6% damage boost.

· Black Dumpling: Adds a 10% damage boost when you have Madness buildup.

3. Talismans

The right talismans are crucial for optimizing damage:

· Radagon’s Scarseal: Increases strength, which will help boost your weapon’s effectiveness.

· Shard of Alexander: Boosts Ash of War damage (Square Off) significantly.

· Fire Scorpion Charm: Increases fire damage output.

· Exultation Talisman: Increases damage when an enemy's HP is reduced (perfect for keeping up aggression).

· Sacred Scorpion Charm (optional): If you're using holy damage, this talisman will further increase your holy damage.

4. Flask of Wondrous Physick

· Bloodsucking Crack Tier: Heals a portion of your HP, useful for staying alive during fights.

· Flame Shrouding Crack Tier: Adds a significant boost to your fire damage. Replace it with Holy Shrouding Crack Tier if you're dealing holy damage.

5. Buffing Strategy

Properly buffing yourself is key to maximizing your damage output. Here's a step-by-step guide to getting your character buffed and ready to take on even the toughest bosses:

1. Use the Flask of Wondrous Physick to activate the Bloodsucking Crack Tier and Flame Shrouding Crack Tier (or the Holy Shrouding if dealing holy damage).

2. Cast Golden Vow for an additional 15% damage boost.

3. Immediately cast Blessing of the Erd Tree to increase your overall defense and mitigate any potential HP drain.

4. Consume a Pickle Turtleneck to boost stamina regeneration — stamina is crucial to maintaining the pace of combat.

5. Midra Frenzy Flame: Use this to build Madness and keep the pressure on enemies. You want to trigger Madness as quickly as possible, so spam it until the Madness bar fills.

6. If needed, Hal of Shabi can also be used to build Madness even faster. Keep your FP and HP topped off before using it.

Once all buffs are in place, you're ready to deal massive damage to anything that stands in your way.

Key Stats for the Build

Here’s how to distribute your stats for maximum effectiveness:

· Vigor: 23 (enough to survive most encounters)

· Mind: 50 (required for proper use of the buffs and skills)

· Endurance: 16 (ensures you have enough stamina for sustained combat)

· Strength: 14 (for weapon scaling and damage output)

· Dexterity: 14 (to meet the minimum requirements for the Broad Sword)

· Faith: 99 (Faith is the most important stat for this build, especially for buffing and scaling your damage)

Golden Vow and Hal of Shabi are your primary buffs, with Blessing of the Erd Tree helping mitigate the drain from the Bloodsucking Crack Tier. Keep your Madness bar filled for extra damage and be ready to roll out when things get intense.

Fighting Bosses with the Broad Sword Build

With this build fully optimized, you should be able to breeze through every major boss in Elden Ring, including DLC bosses. The key is utilizing Square Off for stance damage, staying aggressive, and managing your buffs effectively. Here are some tips for specific bosses:

· Radahn: Watch out for his slide explosion attack, which can be dodged easily with the Raptor Optimist AAR (which helps you avoid knockback and rolling effects).

· Malenia, Blade of Miquella: Keep your buffs up and stay aggressive. Use Midra Frenzy Flame to build Madness quickly, and remember, the Pickle Turtleneck will help you maintain stamina when you're under pressure.

· Godfrey: Square Off is fantastic for breaking his stance and keeping him in a stun lock, allowing you to deal significant damage before he can react.

You should also consider using Hefty Oil Pots for extra fire damage if you’re running a flame-infused weapon.

Stamina Management

This build consumes a lot of stamina, so you need to be mindful of your stamina regeneration. The Pickle Turtleneck will help, but you may also want to use Large Glintstone Scraps to boost your stance damage, especially in longer fights where you’re using Square Off constantly. Managing your stamina will be key to consistently dealing damage without running out of resources.

Final Thoughts

With this Broadsword, you'll be able to take on Elden Ring's toughest challenges with ease, conquering the game and its DLCs. The Broadsword's low-profile nature makes it the perfect choice for high damage, low maintenance. Combine it with the right buffs, amulets, and Embers of War, and you'll be able to break the game in the most satisfying way possible.

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