Elden Ring How to Build a ROGUE ASSASSIN Blade BUILD (Shadow of the Erdtree Build - Backhand Blade)

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

today we're going to be looking at the

Backhand Blade and how to make a build

around this new weapon that can be found

in the very beginning zone of the new

Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for Elden Ring.

So basically, these are really cool twin

blades that have very quick attack power,

and it's very useful against enemies in

the beginning of the new DLC. So you can

either use it one-handed Or you can use it

double-handed, which then enables the twin

blade mode, and then you can block with it

like this. So this weapon is really quick

and devastating against some of the weaker

enemies in the game, and it can be quite a

good weapon combination. And you can

actually get it nearly straight away as

you enter the Realm of the Shadows. It's

actually located somewhere over there in

the distance. I forgot where, but it's

pretty good. So it's called Backhand

Blade. It's a slashing and piercing

weapon. Doesn't have any passive effects,

and you cannot put Ashes of War onto it.

You have to use the Blind Spot skill that

comes with it. And as you can see, it is a

pretty good weapon. Watch how fast and

devastating it can be.

Why is it not working? Oh, you gotta press

this button, not the other button. So it

just kind of slashes the enemies all to

pieces really quickly. And you can just

deal with some of the easier enemies in

the beginning of DLC without too many

problems just by slashing lots and lots.

And also this pretty cool run attack like

this, watch. Do that kind of run attack,

and you can also do this run attack like

that. You can do like a swish blade heavy

attack. So the heavy attack looks like

this. Charges up and you do like a pincer

move. I don't know what that door does—

nothing. So you can do— the

jump attack is also pretty good, so you

can do this and knock him off the edge.

And then you can do some heavy attacks.

Why is he just standing there? And knock

him off the edge. Oh, there's someone

here. And Wait,

I'll show you the Blind Spot special

attack in a minute. Oh my God, he 2-shot

me. So the special move for this weapon is

called Blind Spot, and basically it does

this. No wait, it doesn't do that,

I pressed the wrong button. Hold on, it

does this. It sidesteps and then steps

in for an attack. It's really good for

getting around the back of enemies and

then catching them off guard like this.

The problem is it uses a lot of stamina.

So I'll show you how to make a build where

you can use a lot of stamina. As you can

see, this weapon is so good. So because it

uses so much stamina, you want to make

sure you got the Stamina Medallion and

also the Stamina Recovery thingamajig.

And you want to get the Axe Talisman

because it increases charge attacks and

also the health. Now these are very good

talismans for this build. And it's just

so good. I mean, these weapons,

it's not like there's any dual wielding

slashing weapons that do this kind of

speed in the entire game. I just knock

them all off the edge. It's so

overpowered. And then you do sidestep,

sidestep, sidestep, sidestep.

Besides, you can't even do anything. And

recharge my stamina. Oh, sidestep. Do a

sidestep and a sidestep and

then do another sidestep. See that?

Oh crap, I fell off the edge. You want to

be careful not to sidestep over the edge

yourself. And as for my favorite armor

set, I really like the Mushroom Armor with

the Perfumer Sarong. It just looks so

good. Look at that armor. Have you ever

seen a more beautiful armor set? I have

the thickest, sweatiest looking thighs in

the game. I look good. I know having the

best build and optimized playstyle is also

important, but looking good is probably

the most important thing in this game as

you slash everyone. Whoops, wrong button

again. This build is just so good. I

haven't been able to get past this bit,

but that's just because I love doing this

and knocking them off the edge. Oh wow,

Blind Spot is such a great skill. So great

that I can't replace it with a better Ash

of War. Such an amazing weapon. So what

you want to do is really, when you've got

Blind Spot, you can sneak up behind them

and do that, or do this, push them off the

edge. It's so good. And then you can do

this It's got such good range as well.

You can really get behind them to do some

damage. Problem is you do need to let your

stamina recharge like that and

keep poking them.

Wow, I also got this wolf set. It looks

pretty cool. We've got the Black Knife

armor with the Black Wolf mask and the

mushroom hands. Why do they make a set of

armor that looks like a mushroom? As if

anyone's gonna want that. Weird idea.

They should have the bikini thong armor

set, that's what I would want. Again,

look, blind spot. Oh, so good,

so good. Instant kill,

amazing damage.

Wow, he just nearly one-shot me.

Okay, this time I will do something

different.

I will knock them off.

Poke him off. Bye-bye.

Where's this guy? This guy do insane

damage.

Insane damage. Oh, I knocked

him down. Finish him.

Insane damage, 461.

Look, he can't even do anything. Oh,

what? Oh my God, this game sucks.

So if you don't really like the insane

damage on the backhand blade, You could

try this weapon with the fire

incantation,

and then you could just do this, but the

damage isn't as insane as the backhand

blade. Nothing beats those.

So you could just do this.

Whoops, pressed the wrong button. Now

that's pretty good damage, but it's not

insane damage. You can do this,

and then to make it even more insane, you

can equip Alexander Shard and also a

fire buff Scorpion Charm. Now you're gonna

do some pretty good damage. Watch this.

Oops, I missed. What?

Okay, that's pretty good damage.

Now watch this damage.

Oh, I one-shot him, but it's still not

quite as good as the backhand blade.

Nothing can be— oh, I got smithing stone.

Nice. And then you blow these guys off the

edge. And then get these guys here.

Oh, I nearly one-shot them. Oh,

they nearly got me. This person's doing

the same thing I'm doing, that ghost guy.

Smithing stones everywhere. And then do

fire incantation, go up here.

Have they respawned? Oh my god, they did

respawn. This guy does insane damage.

Oh my god. Oh, he knocked me off the edge.

Oh, I'm still alive. Oh my

god, I've backstabbed off the fucking