How do I stop getting mad that I can't beat elden ring the apparently easiest souls games without cheating? (2024)

Use summons and ashes.
That's it.

But that doesn't count

-get 40 vig then 60 str then 60 vig put the rest in endurance and reaching 80 str
-grab jump attack talisman and jump attack boost armor
-grab the 2 heaviest weapon you can find, dual wield and spam jump L1
-win

I'll keep an eye out for that stuff. I am at Lucaria but not at the main part, still doing the outsides of the map. The area north of Limgrave. I've only been looking up weapons since the variety and customization is cool. I only just started using ashes, I like the one that fans out fire infront of me. I was disappointed by how easy Godrick was lol. I tried co op for the first time last night and had a blast. Going to try some invades tonight. Seems addicting.

Godrick really is the first stepping stone in a much greater journey, he's only difficult for those who havent grasped the basic mechanics yet. Truly one of my favorites, though. Id say if you're going in as blind as you are, try to keep it that way. The game is a WILD fricking ride. Having played on launch, there was a certain level of thrill that hits you when you just have so fricking much unknown sh*t to discover. And the dopamine, of the dopamine of finding a hidden cave. Also I would say if you havent leaned into Ashes, you should try as many as you can. Ashes of War give you Hyperarmor sometimes, and can stop you from being staggered at the cost of taking slightly higher damage, and a lot of Ashes deal significant Poise damage and can stagger with greater ease on spammable ones, or thrust type Ashes if you hit an enemy during its attack animation, it deals bonus poise damage (the stagger health essentially) and bonus counter damage. There are some Ashes that can straight carry runs, and others that give melee weapons ranged options like the Throwing Spear

When I discovered that Siofra River I lost my sh*t. And the whole thing where you have to light the fires to fight that deer was great. Having an absolute blast so far, except that fricking CRUCIBLE KNIGHT of all enemies has given me the most trouble. Seemed very strange to me that I was hitting him for 80 damage when I was hitting Godrick for like 200. When I finally beat him I felt that dopamine rush, he was harder than the magma wyrm. Is that normal for someone to say, or is that because of my build? There was this fight that was him and another boss at the same time and it took like 5 hours to beat. Had to beat the first dude as fast as possible before crucible knight showed up. I seen a but of this like volcano lair and then stopped myself from seeing too much. Ah, so the Ashes actually become an integral part of the gameplay later? At first I thought I had to 2-hand my sword before I could use ash of war, so I'd switch, ash, then switch back before I realized I could just hit L2 lol

Oh my brother, Crucible Knights are akin to Black Knights from Dark Souls, they're always gonna have a frickload of HP and will become increasingly common, beating them is one of the best feelings because there isnt a whole lotta cheese to fight them with. The punish the sh*t out of the slightest mistakes. The ones early on are like level 60, and count as minibosses. But the one you're talking about I believe is in Redmane Castle, the Lionel that you fight then the Crucible Knight spawns in at 1/4 hp (or sooner sometimes). That guy is easily like level 80 based on how much damage you're gonna need to deal with him. Would not recommend that fight early, but if you did it, hell frickin yea. Also the fricking Siofra river, the WHOLE fricking area dude, bask with me. The environment, the boss, the boss music, absolute FRICKING KINO

Glad it isn't just me. Just felt like a goofy boss to get stuck on, glad to know other felt my pain. Are there any other Siofra River like areas? Yeah it was basically perfect other than those electric orbs lol. Even the verticality was great. Glad I didn't miss that area. Took a long while to complete it. This game's like an epic journey. It's basically Dark Souls on steroids.

There are more than 2, Ill say that. There is one you wont like. Nobody does. You'll know exactly which one Im talking about the moment you realize what you're looking at. Everyone does. It doesnt need a name. They call the Castles and similar areas "Legacy Dungeons", like Stormveil, which btw if you didnt finish exploring it there is a lot of sh*t straight hidden by verticality, Id recommend checking back sometime. Essentially, designed in the manner a Souls Level would be designed, and are usually entire explorable experiences on their own, disregarding the size of the open world as is. People have complained about it being so big, but god damn it I love taking my horse on a half hour run through lake fog fighting ghostdudes shooting spirit cum at me while I run from a god damn dragon, ya know?

Yeah I did that in Lucaria, just ran around collecting the maps first, seeing the sights. Got killed by this deathbird then couldn't find it again. I'm doing a castle right now, Caria Manor. It's pretty big, this sword is really fricking sh*t up. I see what you guys mean by STR being OP since this Grafted Blade Greatsword +6 feels extremely OP.

yea hey fun fact about that weapon, the Grafted Greatsword. Using its Ash of War gives you a 60 second buff that grants +5 to ALL main stats, and can actually be used to meet stat requirements if not temporarily. It stacks with the Scarseals, and the Godrick Greatrune. Which also, activate your Greatrune you got from Godrick. If you didnt know and are familiar with Humanity or Embers, in Elden Ring, Greatrunes are the new system. But instead of giving you HP or healing you, each Greatrune grants a different bonus, and Godrick's grants +5 in all stats until you die, remains through save/quits and everything. You just need Rune Arcs, the new Humanity/Ember

Ahhh. Yeah I haven't figured out what that Godrick soul thing was for. I'm going to have to look into that right away. Thanks for all the advice, I'm really going to kick ass now. You rock.

Good luck brother, enjoy your adventure

Will do, I'm sure we will see eachother in game (I'm based_Ieaf with an i)

Also yea, Ashes become very useful in the late game. The biggest skill reward I found in the game is timing Ashes to hit right when an enemy starts its attack animation to confirm the bonus damage. Another thing to remember, if your weapon has a red X on it because you lack the strength, 2 handing weapons makes the game calculate your strength level +50%, such as if you have 20 strength and 2 hand, you will be dealing damage as if you had 30 and the game will register this stat when accounting for stat requirements. I will note that the damage is still going to be lower until you reach the minimum stat requirement to one hand it, but its minimal overall and 2 handing weapons while not meeting Str unless 2 handing is fine imo.

I didn't know that about 2handing the weapons. Thanks for telling me, I can use that sword I've been building Str for now.