Comet AzurĬomet Azur is your most damaging and FP-efficient sorcery, but it has some major drawbacks that prevent it from being used regularly. I haven’t been able to figure out a consistently useful sorcery for the 10th slot, but there are a ton of options so I’ve decided to just not offer a recommendation for the final slot so you have a bit more flexibility. This build assumes you’ve managed to locate at least 7 of the 8 Memory Stones scattered throughout the Lands Between thereby having at least 9 Memory Slots available. To use an analogy, memorizing spells at a Lost Grace is akin to putting tools in your toolbelt while casting spells is more about using the right tool for the job. Sorceries now differ significantly and consequentially in the following ways:ĭeciding which spells to memorize is all about maximizing your capabilities while picking a spell to cast is about what works and what is most effective against a given enemy. From Software has carefully balanced the capabilities of each spell to where nothing is good against every single enemy. You’d constantly be asking yourself “how do I take down these enemies while minimizing the amount of resources consumed?”Įlden Ring has moved pretty far away from that idea by diversifying enemy behavior and spell functionality. ![]() In the Dark Souls series, maximizing efficiency was the most important consideration with Sorcery builds. I don’t have too much experience with PvP in From Software games and have opted to play Elden Ring in offline mode, so my recommendations in this guide will be tailored primarily to PvE and the single-player experience. As a result, PvE-oriented spells tend to deal significantly more damage but can be less reliable or completely ineffective against most player (or NPC invader) opponents. Meanwhile, PvE spells are designed to be used against opponents that don’t consider their own survival and have predictable movesets. As a result, PvP-oriented spells tend to offer greater reliability and may have some controlling or pressuring components that are often irrelevant in PvE. PvP-oriented spells are designed to be used against a highly opportunistic, variable, and more reactive opponent that prioritizes (or at least strongly considers) their own survival. When the same spell is useful for both PvP and PvE, it’s typically not for the same reason. In From Software games, Elden Ring included, sorceries are generally balanced for PvP or PvE, usually not both. If you haven’t experienced magic in a From Software game before, take it from me, magic is complicated enough to be its own dedicated game. Part of that is because I wanted to go into greater detail about my favorite playstyle, but it has more to do with the fact that Sorcery is just a lot more complicated than the rest of the classes, particularly compared to the melee ones.īy the end of the game, you’ll have over 50 sorceries to choose from with each offering different strengths and weaknesses. ![]() The Complexity of MagicĪs you may have noticed from the tiny scroll bar, this is a pretty long guide. Overall, Sorcery just offers an extremely different experience than you’re probably used to, especially if you’ve only done melee-focused builds. Sorcery is a fair bit more complicated than other classes and builds too, even compared to other Faith and Arcane-based casters. Since you’re at a distance, it’s easier to see the full attack so you might get the impression that attacks feel less cheap because you can see them coming and fully appreciate their style and grace. Many boss fights feel quite different as a ranged build, they tend to feel a bit more like you’re doing a dance-off. Don’t get me wrong, you can still take down regular enemies with your melee weapon just fine, but you’re meant to be fighting tougher enemies with your sorceries and you don’t have the spare Crimson Flasks and stamina to swing your melee weapon for such long periods of time. In exchange for exceptional ranged performance, you will struggle a bit with prolonged melee combat. You’ll only swing your melee weapon if you want to. Welcome to my guide on playing a Sorcerer in Elden Ring! This guide is oriented towards PvE and will cover recommended sorceries, catalysts, melee weapons, talismans, Physick mixtures, armor, and stats as well as where you’ll need to go to find all this stuff! My recommendations are focused on what you be working towards in the mid to late game on your first playthrough (basically when it’s finally time to throw out the Meteorite Staff) and what you should have for NG+.Īll of your stats and Flask allocations are designed to boost the power of your ranged attacks (sorceries) and allow you to play the entire game at range.
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