Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The Blasphemous Blade build gets accused of being the most boring weapon in Elden Ring, and that complaint is a big part of why it is popular. It is a greatswor...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Maliketh is one of the main-story bosses where first playthroughs most often stall in Elden Ring. The first phase feels manageable, then a cutscene plays, the h...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you have ever been one-shot across an arena by a glowing blue crescent, you have met Moonveil — the katana that has sat at the top of Elden Ring build tier l...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you booted up Elden Ring Nightreign for the first time, the Wylder is the character already staring back at you on the select screen — and that is on purpose...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you just hit a wall on your first run in Elden Ring Nightreign, odds are the wall has three heads. Gladius, Beast of Night is the Night Boss of the Tricephal...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you just picked up The Forsaken Hollows and want the DLC's melee monster, the Undertaker in Elden Ring Nightreign is your character. Where the Scholar is...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you have hit a wall in Elden Ring and keep reading "just use the Mimic Tear," there is a reason every guide says it: the Mimic Tear Ashes summon a ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If you just unlocked the Scholar in Elden Ring Nightreign and your damage feels anemic, you are playing the wrong character — on purpose. The Scholar is a suppo...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Looking for a Dark Moon Greatsword build in Elden Ring that actually hits hard at level 150? This is the definitive Intelligence greatsword in the game — a Lege...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The short version: an Elden Ring Intelligence build casts glintstone and Carian sorceries from a staff and scales almost everything off a single stat — Intellig...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
If your Mimic Tear is getting one-shot in Shadow of the Erdtree while your own damage feels fine, you are missing the summoner half of the DLC's hidden leve...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Ranni's questline is the longest and most beloved NPC chain in Elden Ring — a journey that starts with a cryptic witch at a roadside church and ends with yo...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Rellana, Twin Moon Knight is the first real wall of Shadow of the Erdtree — the Legend Boss standing at the end of Castle Ensis, early enough that most players ...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The Elden Beast is the last thing standing between you and the credits — a sprawling, floor-swimming final boss that shows up with no breather after Radagon, in...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The Fire Giant is the single biggest difficulty wall in Elden Ring's late game — a mandatory, two-health-bar boss that gates the entire endgame, and the fig...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Quick answer: A Strength/Faith build in Elden Ring pairs heavy melee weapons with Faith-scaling incantations, and the single best weapon to build it around is t...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Quick answer: A sword and shield ("sword and board") build in Elden Ring pairs a one-handed straight sword with a 100%-physical-block shield, then win...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Mohg, Lord of Blood is one of the most consequential bosses in Elden Ring: he is not just a Great Rune fight, he is one of the two demigods you must defeat to o...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Malenia, Blade of Miquella is the fight most Elden Ring players consider the hardest in the base game — and the one they lose the most runs to. She heals on eve...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Reaching the Altus Plateau is the single biggest point of no return in Elden Ring — it silently advances or ends more NPC questlines than any boss you fight. El...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Great Runes are the single biggest permanent stat swing you can equip in Elden Ring — and most players pick the wrong one because they read the name, not the ef...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Quick answer: The Marais Executioner's Sword is a Strength/Arcane Legendary Armament greatsword dropped by Elemer of the Briar at The Shaded Castle in the A...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
Quick answer: Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon is a two-phase Legend boss at the top of the Academy of Raya Lucaria, and she is far easier than her reputation su...
Sam Okonkwo
Senior Games Writer
The Cross-Naginata is one of those weapons the Elden Ring community keeps rediscovering. Ask on r/EldenRingBuilds why people love it and you get the same shrug ...