A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses the Cross-Naginata to to set Hemorrhage and Black Flame on enemies in melee range.
The way this Build works is that you'll buff with Golden Vow and you'll use Bloodflame Blade to help set Hemorrhage on most regular enemies, as it adds to the native bleeding of the Cross-Naginata or Nagakiba. You'll then use Phantom Slash if you're using Cross-Naginata or Sword Dance or Double Slash if you're using Nagakiba.
Phantom Slash applies Bloodflame Blade if you're buffed with it to its attacks, and what's great is that it will connect even if you get staggered during your own attack animation, allowing you to stagger enemies in many cases, and allowing you to recover and attack. You'll have to choose your openings a bit more carefully when using Sword Dance or Double Slash, but Sword Dance still has fantastic range.
Black Flame Blade is used on more difficult enemies, and since you have high Faith the damage it adds to your attacks is substantial, and this is in addition to the Black Flame damage over time it places on the enemy.
Black Flame is great for range when you need it, and Scouring Black Flame is a good AoE that can hit multiple enemies and is good at mid range when enemies are aggressive, and Black Flame might miss. Black Flame Ritual is fantastic against aggressive or large enemies and it hits like a truck. I like to charge it for a larger radius, making it hit more effectively and increasing its damage due to Godfrey Icon. Black Flame's Protection stacks with Golden Vow and will make you very very hard to kill.
Dexterity & Faith
Dexterity
Faith
Vigor & Mind
Vigor
Mind
Spellblade is a quality build that utilizes Claymore and Glintblade Phalanx Ashes of War. Primarily scales with strength and intelligence and heavily relies on periodic stance-breaking and critical hits. Rendering enemies unable to retaliate.
A Dexterity/Intelligence build that uses the Nagakiba and the Chilling Mist Ash of War.
A pure ranged Build that focuses on ranging enemies down from afar, without the need to ever engage in melee combat.
Note: since patch 1.03, Determination no longer applies its buff to any source of damage other than the weapon to which the Ash of War is applied. It can no longer be used to increase the damage of sorceries or incantations. The written guide below has been updated and contains minor changes to the build in the video guide.
A melee-focused Mage Build that uses magic to enhance and deal damage up close to enemies.
A melee-mage Build that uses Scholar's Armament and Glintstone Phalanx to deal Critical Damage to enemies.
A medium-armor melee-based sorcerer Build that allows you to Block with a Shield while attacking with Carian Sword Sorceries in your right hand.
A melee-mage Build that uses Transient Moonlight to stagger enemies and deal critical damage.
The Sword Sage is a combination of Intelligence and Faith, using the Sword of Night and Flame and Death Sorceries.
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