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The video thoroughly explores the "Golden Order Plague Doctor" build in the game "Elden Ring," emphasizing its hybrid nature and strength in intelligence and faith sorceries and incantations. This character, inspired by the historical plague doctors who symbolized both corruption and death, excels mid to late game, utilizing powerful weapons like Death's Poker and the Sword of Night and Flame. The build benefits significantly from recent buffs and is enhanced by key tools and abilities such as Ghost Flame Ignition, gold vow, black flame protection, and various golden order incantations.
Strategic advice is given for different scenarios, highlighting the utility of spells like discus of light, triple rings of light, and ancient death ranker. Specific attention is paid to the importance of boosting stats like intelligence and faith for optimal damage, while aspects such as endurance, vigor, and poise are also considered for a well-rounded build. The video's creator asserts the build's versatility and effectiveness against various enemy types, including large foes and late-game bosses, assuring players of its viability and enjoyment. Customization is encouraged to suit individual playstyles, and the build's stylish yet functional gear setup is showcased, completing the comprehensive guide on mastering the Golden Order Plague Doctor build.
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In this segment, the video discusses the reputation and role of plague doctors, explaining that they were often seen as symbols of corruption and death. This serves as an analogy for the player’s enemies in the game “Elden Ring” when playing as the Golden Order Plague Doctor. The character, tied to both holy gifts and corruption, excels due to their cunning nature and ability to use death sorceries and forbidden magic. The Golden Order Plague Doctor build is an advanced continuation of a death mage, recommended for mid to late game play, and benefits from recent buffs to intelligence and faith sorceries and incantations. The main weapon for this build is Death’s Poker, which fits thematically and is one of the strongest weapons in the game, scaling with both intelligence and faith. The video suggests another part for detailed information about the Sword of Night and Flame, another weapon suitable for this build.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on the effectiveness of using the weapon “Dead Smoker” in an Intelligence-Faith (INT-Faith) build. Despite Dead Smoker scaling poorly with intelligence and having no scaling with faith, it is revealed to be highly effective due to its secret capabilities. This weapon is particularly powerful when upgraded and used with the Ash of War “Ghost Flame Ignition,” which offers three variations of attacks: a straightforward explosion, an explosion with a damaging trail when combined with a normal attack, and a massive area explosion with a heavy attack. The trail explosion is highlighted as the most effective, dealing significant damage and quickly triggering the frostbite status on enemies. This combination allows the player to achieve massive damage outputs (7,000-10,000 per hit) with just 50 intelligence. Additionally, integrating this weapon in an INT-Faith build provides the advantage of using various sorceries and incantations, enhancing the build’s versatility and power even further.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of certain sorceries and incantations for the plague doctor build. Key spells and buffs are highlighted, starting with gold vow for damage output and tankiness, and black flame protection for increased physical damage mitigation by up to 35%, essential for hybrid builds. The speaker emphasizes the utility of the golden order incantations, particularly the discus of light, which is highly efficient due to its low FP cost and high damage output. Additionally, the triple rings of light is recommended for area-of-effect (AOE) situations, offering significant damage across multiple targets. For more time-permitting scenarios, radical strings of light is suggested for its potent AOE damage, despite its longer casting time.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on strategies and tips for using specific abilities and tools effectively in Elden Ring. It highlights the advantages of holy damage and its limitations against resistant late-game bosses. The video emphasizes learning enemy resistances and optimizing the use of golden order abilities in the open world and dungeons. The “plague doctor” hybrid build is discussed for its versatility and effective burst damage capabilities, even against resistant or immune enemies. Key abilities recommended are the ancient death ranker and explosive ghost flame, which work synergistically to stagger enemies and build up frostbite. Additionally, the Regal Omen Bairn is mentioned as a useful tool that pressures opponents and can be combined with other abilities for significant damage.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the utility of Riker’s ranker, emphasizing its effectiveness against large enemies like giants and dragons. They recommend using it as the primary ability for dealing with large foes, ensuring the boss is within its path to maximize damage from explosions.
The speaker also delves into their Golden Order plague doctor build, highlighting its flexibility and hybrid nature. They mention using team-based sources and incantations, but note that the build can accommodate a variety of normal sorceries and incantations that don’t have specific faith or intelligence requirements. Key recommendations include Giant’s flame for burst damage, Ancient Dragon’s lightning strike or Bruno flame for AOE damage, and Comet Azure for boss fights.
Additionally, the speaker suggests adding Ranni’s Dark Moon and Stars of Ruin for enemies that move a lot. They conclude by affirming that even without off-theme sorceries, the original kit of the plague doctor build is strong enough to handle any challenge.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the optimization of a build focused on using the deathspoker and the sword of Knight and Flame. The primary strategy involves resetting the frostbite debuff on enemies for continuous high damage output, although it’s not strictly necessary. The build includes using the Prince of Death staff for its high scaling with intelligence and faith, and the Golden Order Seal for boosting damage of golden order incantations. The gear setup is a blend of aesthetics and functionality, aiming for a plague doctor appearance with the marionette Soldier bird Helm, Radon’s armor, and spellblade trousers. This combination also achieves a 50 poise threshold to minimize interruptions during casting. For talismans, the Craven Mass Talisman and flock’s canvas Talisman are recommended for boosting damage, with alternatives suggested if they are not yet unlocked.
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In this part of the video, the focus is on maximizing the performance of a specific hybrid build. Essential tips include boosting endurance, vigor, and understanding the importance of intelligence (int) and fate (fth) for optimal damage output. Key items discussed are the Magic Scorpion Charm and The Shard of Alexander Talisman for increasing damage from special abilities. The ideal stats for either level 125 or 150 builds are highlighted, emphasizing at least 45 fate and 50 intelligence due to diminishing returns beyond these points. The video also reveals the secret behind the ‘deathspeaker’ weapon, which scales significantly with intelligence rather than dexterity or strength. The importance of covering stats like mind, endurance, and vigor for a balanced build is also addressed. Overall, this segment underscores the versatility and effectiveness of the ‘Golden Order Plague Doctor’ build.
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In this part of the video, the creator emphasizes the versatility and strength of the int fade hybrid build, particularly with recent buffs. They assure viewers that this build is highly viable, enjoyable to play, and capable of easily beating the game. The creator also encourages the audience to customize the build to their preferences and invites feedback in the comments, while asking viewers to like and subscribe if they enjoyed the content.