BEST STEALTH ASSASSIN Build For Elden Ring DLC ｜ Shadow Of The Erdtree Preparation Guide

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So in

preparation for Shadow of the Erdtree,

the new DLC for Elden Ring, I've come up

with this really cool stealth assassin

build that focuses on backstabbing and

insanely high critical strike damage using

a dagger. Using this build, I can

basically one-shot every kind of trash

mob, and it's pretty good against

high-armored enemies as well. Okay, so

here is a basic rundown of the equipment.

We're going to be using the Misericord

Dagger. This is one of the best daggers in

the game, mainly because it's got this

insanely high 140 critical strike damage,

which I think is the highest in the game

out of all of the daggers. Look at the

other daggers. You've got 130, you've got

110, you've got 100, got 110 on the

Reduvia, 110 on the Blade of Calling, but

the Misericord has 140. So this is the

best dagger for backstabbing. Now for the

armor, we're going for the Black Knife

Armor, and that's basically because it

gives you stealth and it makes your

footsteps silent. So you can do things

like this, you can just walk up to enemies

like that, they don't even know you're

there. You can like walk up and down, you

can get really close. I don't know if you

can touch them. Yeah, you can even touch

them, they don't even know you're there.

If you go in front of them, if you go over

here, they still can't see you.

Until you go right in front of them like

that. As for the talismans, we're going

for Assassin's Cerulean Dagger. This will

restore FP when you get a critical strike.

This is going to be important, I'll tell

you why later. And we got the Ritual Sword

Talisman, increases your attack power when

your HP is at max, which it should be at

max if you're sneaking up to do backstabs.

And then Dagger Talisman increases

critical hits damage by— I think it's like

70% increased damage from critical

strikes. And then Fire Scorpion Charm is

going to increase fire damage And for the

Ashes of War, we've got Royal Knight's

Resolve. Now this increases the attack

damage of your next attack by— I think

it's by 80%. It's really good combined

with Backstab, so we're gonna get that.

And then we're going to apply fire. So

I've tested out all of these different

affinities, and I got the highest crit

damage on Backstab when I chose fire. Not

Flame Art, not heavy, not blood, but I got

the highest amount of single target damage

on the Backstab with fire. I don't know

why. Must be something with the attribute

scaling or something like that. So we're

going to be doing a backstab and then go

to your spells. These 3 spells are very

important. So we've got Darkness,

Shadowbait, and Golden Vow. So Golden Vow

buffers your— buffs your attack ability

and your defense. So it increases your

attack power, so it's more damage. And

Darkness is very important because it's

going to allow you to go up to enemies

that have their backs against walls and

and it's gonna like create this cloud that

you can walk around in and they'll be all

confused. And Shadow Bait just shoots out

like a bolt that attracts enemies'

attention, very good for sneaking by

certain places. So these cost FP to use,

and the reason why I chose that talisman

earlier is because when we do crits,

we're going to get back FP. Also, because

we're going to be doing fire damage with

that Blade Art or Ashes of War with the

affinity of fire, this Raising Fire Attack

on the Fire Scorpion Charm is going to

increase the amount of fire damage we

should do. So basically everything is just

geared towards increasing maximum damage

on our backstab. Also, lastly but not

leastly, the Wondrous Physick thing.

So we've got Flame Shrouded Cracked Tear

increases and boosts fire attacks and also

boosts strength in the mixed Physick. So

that's a lot of fire boosting. Okay, so

that's the explanation done. Let me show

you what you're supposed to do. So first

of all, you do a Golden Vow. Oh yeah,

make sure you have the 2-finger

incantation seal thing on your left hand

so you can cast incantations. So first

cast Golden Vow, switch back to Darkness,

and then run up to the enemy and then cast

Darkness, and then walk around him so he

exposes his back, and then do Royal

Knight's Resolve, and then back. Oh,

4984! You just one-shot him. That is

the highest I've ever seen damage go.

Maybe there's other ways to buff it to

make it go even higher. I don't know how,

but I tried some pure strength builds with

2-handed colossal weapons, and the most I

could do with those was like 2,600-3,000

damage. But with this dagger build with

the fire charm and the Ashes of War, the

fire affinity, and the talismans that

boost fire damage, you can do like 5,000

crit damage. So again, what you can do is

you've got to trigger this Royal Knight's

Resolve every time you do a backstab

against a high armored enemy. So you got a

bunch of enemies like this, what you could

do is like bait them like this,

switch back to Darkness, or you could just

stab them in the back. A whole 3,000. I

don't think I had the Royal Knights

Resolve thing. And then to get away you do

Darkness, Royal Knights Resolve back

on, backstab, a whole 5,197.

Damage. Now you are very vulnerable. Let

me show my stats later. Problem is you are

very vulnerable because I put not many

points. When you can't do a backstab, you

are a bit screwed. You can do basic

attacks and they're okay if you can spam

them quickly, but the reason why our HP is

so low is because basically I put all my

points into strength, 40 dex, 40

intelligence, 32 faith, and and then the

rest in mind and endurance. So we don't

really need a lot of stamina because we're

not blocking, we're not swinging big heavy

weapons. We don't really need a lot of

health because we're supposed to be doing

backstabs and then running away. And we

need focus because we've got a lot of

incantations. So we want to be max health

so we get the buff from— hold on—

yeah, we want the buff from

max HP equals more attack power. And then

what you want to do, Knight's Resolve, go

up to them again. Sometimes it won't

trigger a backstab.

It's probably because of the, the

placement of your character at the time.

It's kind of annoying, but you can easily

get away if you do a Darkness and then

just run off like this. Now you could use

Radagon Icon Talisman to reduce the amount

of cast time for Darkness I think it does

affect incantations. It says shortens

spell casting time, but when I googled it,

people were saying it does work on

incantations. So if you just equip it and

have a look, it does seem a bit faster

in case you need to get away quickly. The

problem with it is it does make you walk

slowly like that whilst you're casting it,

which is a bit annoying. There are these 2

shielded, really tough Holy Knights out

here. They used to be really tough for me

to kill with my 2-handed sword because

they're so tanky and they do so much

damage, but I can actually one-shot kill

them with a backstab if you watch this. I

do Golden Vow, re-equip Darkness,

and go up to this one, cast Darkness.

Problem is the other one comes over too.

And then Royal Knight's Resolve,

backstab. Oh, I nearly one-shot him. I

think I forgot to do something. Usually

you can one-shot them. Oh wait, I forgot

to drink the Wondrous Flask. That's why it

didn't work. There's so many buffs you

have to do, sometimes you do forget. So

this time we do it properly, dude.

Wondrous Physick Flask buffs AP.

We do the Golden Vow, back to Darkness.

Now this should definitely one-shot him.

We go over here, Darkness,

let him turn around, Royal Knight's

Resolve, and backstab. Oh my God, that

just one-shot him! 4984, and he got this

one to deal with. Do another Darkness.

Oh, I didn't need to do another Darkness.

I'll probably one-shot this guy too. Oh my

god, that's the easiest I've ever killed

these 2. These 2 give me such a hard time

when I'm just using my usual dual wielding

or double-handed weapon build, but with

this stealth build, I literally one-shot

them and I take no damage. This build is

so cool. Look, apart from when the

backstab fails, but even without a

backstab The normal slashes do quite a lot

of damage. It is a

pretty damn fun build. Now it is risky

because of your low health, and if you

fail the backstab, you can't really do

much apart from rolling around, might do

some slashes against bosses. I don't know,

I haven't really tested this against a

boss. So we can try again. Wondrous Flask.

I think I've already got Golden Vow.

Golden Vow is already on. Go here.

I wouldn't need darkness if they were

facing the other way, it's just they're

facing their backs against the wall. Oh,

I don't know why it didn't work this time.

I think I wasn't fully buffed. I think

because I didn't put a Golden Vow. Hold

on. Yeah, if they're not facing a wall,

you don't really need darkness. It's just

to get them away from the wall. So we do

Golden Vow,

Flask of Wondrous Physick. Back to

Darkness, put Darkness

on, Royal Knight's Resolve.

Yeah, see, one shot. And then Darkness

again before he hits you. If you can get

Darkness back on— he's gonna hit you. I

got him, I got him. And then— oh, I didn't

have full health. Oh, he's still alive by

a tiny bit. You can finish him off. So I

didn't have full health, so that's why I

didn't get the attack power buff.

Otherwise it would have one-shot him.