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The video explores building a powerful hybrid strength and dexterity character in the game "Elden Ring," specifically focusing on the Vagabond class. This class excels due to its high tankiness, sustain, and combat abilities. The narrator begins by providing initial gameplay strategies and highlights the effective early game acquisition of items and runes, including essential stops like the turret Church of Marika, Fort Faroth, and defeating the dragon Greyoll.
A significant portion is dedicated to optimizing the Bloodhound Fang weapon, notable for its high damage, speed, blood loss infliction, and compatibility with various buffs such as the Bloodflame Blade. Detailed instructions for upgrading this weapon to a +6 level using Somber Smithing Stones are given, as well as strategic advice for acquiring crucial defensive equipment like the brass shield.
The video emphasizes leveraging incantations to manage diverse in-game situations and boosts from talismans and NPC interactions to enhance the Vagabond’s capabilities. The video concludes with a teaser for a follow-up, promising more advanced tips and encouraging audience engagement.
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In this part of the video, the creator discusses a hybrid strength and dexterity build in Elden Ring, highlighting that despite some skepticism, it can be highly effective. The Vagabond class exemplifies the potential of combining both stats, boasting superior tankiness, sustain, and powerful combat skills. The narrator describes the Vagabond as a self-reliant juggernaut exiled from its homeland, underscoring its ability to thrive independently and dominate in battles. Additionally, there is a brief interruption to promote the game Hero Wars, mentioning its diverse characters and engaging gameplay.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the game “Hero Wars,” highlighting two characters: Chaba, a tank-type hero, and Celeste, a versatile hero who toggles between DPS and healer roles. They emphasize the game’s addictive nature, ease of play, and strategic team assembly. The speaker also mentions the significant player base, various game modes, and benefits of following a link for in-game rewards. Transitioning to “Elden Ring,” the speaker explains the Vagabond class, suitable for strength and dexterity hybrid builds, and elaborates on its advantages such as high starting stats in vigor and useful starting equipment. They describe focusing on a powerful build, emphasizing the desire for extraordinary performance, and provide guidance for early game progression including obtaining a mount from Melina and accessing a specific caravan for resources.
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In this part of the video, the narrator explains how to acquire essential items and level up quickly in the game. First, loot a chest to get a flail and obtain the golden pickled foul food near the starting area in Limgrave. Then, visit the turret church of Marika to collect items and use a teleport. Once teleported, head south to Fort Faroth, avoiding enemies along the way. Inside the fort, the player should pick up the Dectus Medallion and a golden rune, and then navigate to obtain the Radagon’s Scarseal, a talisman that boosts stats.
Next, the player kills a dragon named Greyoll using the flail’s bleed damage, ensuring to activate the golden pickled foul food and golden rune beforehand to maximize rune gains.
The video then advises on how to allocate the runes to reach at least level 36, suggesting an investment in various stats like faith, arcane, strength, dexterity, and vigor for survivability and weapon requirements. As the player progresses, they should focus on increasing vigor to its soft cap for tankiness, and later put points into mind and endurance for better stamina and equipment load. Lastly, continuing to level up, prioritizing dexterity over strength for better weapon scaling, is recommended.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker provides key information about building a character and progressing in the game. They emphasize putting points into vigor and endurance up to level 125 while avoiding surpassing the soft cap of vigor. The video briefly mentions a detailed guide for a late game hybrid strength and dexterity build to be discussed later.
Next, the speaker walks through essential actions including visiting the round table hold for shopping, talking to specific NPCs to purchase items like the finger seal and spells such as flame sling. The player is instructed to go past Stormville to find a scarab and obtain the Blood Flame Blade incantation, highlighting its importance due to points spent in arcane and faith.
The player then needs to obtain a powerful weapon, the Bloodhound Fang, described as an endgame-quality weapon accidentally placed in an early area. For this, they must defeat a boss using strategies like coating a flail with the Blood Flame Blade buff or using flame sling from a distance. The Bloodhound Fang is praised for its potency, combining the strength of a heavy weapon and the agility of a dexterity weapon, making it an ultimate choice for strength and dexterity builds.
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In this part of the video, the speaker highlights the strengths and unique attributes of the Bloodhound Fang weapon. It’s emphasized that this weapon can be acquired early in the game and boasts a fast moveset, long reach, and high damage output. Key points include the weapon’s ability to inflict blood loss on enemies, adding another layer of massive damage. Additionally, the Bloodhound Fang has a secret modifier that increases damage by 10% when attacking while jumping.
The Ash of War associated with the sword provides a powerful wide slash that also propels the player backward, creating a tactical distance and offering invincibility frames for dodging. It has an advanced mechanic where a follow-up teleportation attack can be performed, delivering another strong hit and further enhancing combat effectiveness.
Moreover, the Bloodhound Fang defies typical game rules by allowing buffs with magic and incantations, such as the Bloodflame Blade, which adds fire damage and accelerates blood loss application. This makes the weapon even more powerful. Finally, players are advised to upgrade the weapon at an early stage to maximize its potential, with a recommendation to visit a specific location for further enhancement.
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In this part of the video, the creator provides detailed instructions on upgrading the Bloodhound Fang to a +6 level. First, purchase Somber Smithing Stones (1-4) and upgrade the Bloodhound Fang to +4. Teleport from the Dragon Burnt Ruins to the Sellia Crystal Tunnel and collect Somber Smithing Stones (5 and 6). Defeat the boss there using Bloodhound Finesse to further upgrade the weapon to +6. The creator mentions forgetting to use the Flask of Wondrous Physick, which can significantly boost stats when mixed with specific crystal tiers. Lastly, the video discusses picking defensive incantations and healing options to enhance gameplay, even though the offensive capabilities of the build are already strong.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses tips and tricks for optimizing the vagabond character in a game, highlighting the importance of incantations to handle various situations and status effects. They advise killing Marcus to obtain another talisman pouch and ensure interacting with Nephili Loux in Stormville before fighting Godric to acquire the arsenal charm, which increases equip load capacity. This allows for using the brass shield, a highly effective early and mid-game shield with excellent physical guarded damage negation and guard boost. The speaker emphasizes how this setup, combined with the vagabond’s initial strong defensive gear and a top-tier strength and dexterity weapon, makes the character exceptionally powerful. The video teases a follow-up where the vagabond evolves with new game unlocks.
00:21:00
In this segment, the speaker encourages viewers to watch an upcoming follow-up video, emphasizing its importance. They also remind viewers to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the notification bell to stay updated with new uploads. Additionally, the speaker invites viewers to share their thoughts in the comments section.