Elden Ring: Mastering the Backhand Blades Build

Welcome to an Elden Ring guide. Today, we're going to dive into a build that's not only fun to play, but powerful as well: the Backhand Blade build. This setup uses three pairs of identical weapons, each with a unique purpose, to create a powerful and versatile character. Let's break down why this build is so effective and how to master it. Finally, whether you are a novice or an old hand, if you want to complete the task easily, it is a good choice to buy Elden Ring Runes in exchange for powerful weapons and equipment through MMOexp. At the same time, MMOexp has the advantages of high transaction efficiency and more discounts compared with other platforms.

Why Backhand Blades?

Backhand Blades are introduced with the DLC, featuring excellent dexterity scaling and a versatile move set. One unique aspect of Elden Ring is that paired weapons used in two-handed mode have a lower status effect buildup than separate weapons used in each hand. This means you can maximize status effects like bleed and frostbite more effectively by wielding two separate weapons.

The Setup

Weapons

1. Primary Right Hand: Backhand Blades with Swift Slash (Cold Affinity for Frostbite buildup).

2. Secondary Right Hand: Backhand Blades with Swift Slash (Blood Affinity for Bleed buildup).

3. Left Hand: Backhand Blades with Crag Blade (Blood Affinity for enhanced physical damage and Poise damage).

To get these weapons, visit the Mausoleum in the Grave Site Plains. You can acquire additional pairs from friends or by using save backups.

Ashes of War

· Swift Slash: Obtain this by siding with Hornsent in The Invasion against Lea inside Shadow Keep.

· Crag Blade: This Ash of War is set to Blood Affinity, increasing your damage output.

Armor

· White Mask Helmet: Increases damage by 10% after a bleed occurs.

· Rykasha Armor Set: Three pieces for a 6% damage boost, or opt for fashion and higher damage negation depending on the situation.

Talismans

1. Shard of Alexander: Boosts Swift Slash damage by 15%.

2. Lord of Blood’s Exultation: Increases damage by 20% after a bleed.

3. Rotten Winged Sword Insignia: Boosts damage with successive hits.

4. Millicent’s Prosthesis: Provides a smaller boost to successive hits and adds 5 dexterity.

Flask of Wondrous Physick

1. Thorny Cracked Tear: Increases damage with successive hits.

2. Bloodboil Aromatic or Opaline Hardtear: Depending on the boss, use either for a damage boost or extra damage negation.

Spells

1. Golden Vow: Boosts all damage by 15% and damage negation by 10% for 80 seconds.

2. Flame, Grant Me Strength: Boosts physical and fire damage by 20% for 30 seconds.

3. Beastial Vigor: Provides health regeneration.

Stats

1. Vigor: 60

2. Dexterity: 55 (with Millicent’s Prosthesis, this becomes 60)

3. Endurance: At least 20, more is better for stamina-heavy builds.

4. Faith: 25 (for spells)

5. Arcane: Remaining points here for status effects

Combat Strategy

Pre-Fight Buffs

1. Use Beastial Vigor.

2. Cast Golden Vow.

3. Drink an FP flask and use Flame, Grant Me Strength.

4. Apply Crag Blade to your left-hand weapon.

5. Swap to Frostbite blades, drink another FP flask, and your Wondrous Physick.

During the Fight

1. Start with Swift Slash to apply Frostbite.

2. Use power stance attacks for smaller openings.

3. After applying Frostbite, switch to bleed weapons.

4. Utilize Swift Slash for mobility and damage.

5. Stack your multi-hit bonuses for massive damage.

This build takes full advantage of quickly applying multiple status effects to maximize your damage output. With the right gear and strategy, you'll be unstoppable.

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