Elden Ring Hand-to-Hand combat - How to Build a FIRE Monk Build (Shadow of the Erdtree Dryleaf Arts)

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

today we're going to be looking at the

best fire build for the Dry Leaf Arts

combat style. Dry Leaf Arts has a really

cool ability called the Palm Blast Ash of

War, which basically sends out a shockwave

in front of you blowing everything up.

And you can boost the damage of Palm Blast

even further if you choose the fire

affinities with it and do extra bonus fire

damage by going into the Ash of War and

choosing the Palm Blast We can choose Fire

or Flame Arts. Now Fire is better if

you've got more strength, Flame Art is

better if you've got more faith. Since I

have more faith in my faith build, I'm

gonna go for Flame Art. So the talismans

you want for this build to boost fire and

strength are basically Crusade Insignia,

it's going to increase your attack power

after defeating enemies. Godfrey Icon is

going to increase charged spells and

skills. Shard of Alexander is going to

greatly boost the attack power of skills.

And Fire Scorpion Charm is going to

increase fire damage. And we got the

Rakshasa Armor, which increases damage and

the Hoslow's Helm because it just looks

kind of cool. So for the Wondrous Physick,

we have obviously got the Flame-Shrouding

Cracked Tear and the Blood-Sucking Cracked

Tear. They boost fire damage and also

boost attack power. So that is the build.

Now let me show you what it's capable of

doing. So we want Flame Grant Me Strength,

it's going to boost your fire damage even

further, and Golden Vow gonna increase

your strength. And, uh, drink the flask.

Now be aware this is going to start

draining your health. That's just what it

does. Now you want to sneak up on the

enemies and you can just blast them off

the edge like this. Watch. Oh my God,

11,000 damage! That's probably the most

damage I've ever done with this build.

And you can basically 2-shot everything.

Like, I, I thought I jumped over his

stomp, but I didn't. So you can basically

2-shot everything and 1-shot everything

with the Palm Blast. Watch. 11,000 damage!

Oh my god, you can one-shot everything,

it's so easy now. Heavy kick, they just

burst on fire. Watch this, watch, you can

one-shot this guy. Oh my god,

I just one-shot him into all of these

weapons and he got crumpled.

And then there's a big heavy armored guy

over here. Watch this, watch.

Oh my god, 8,000 damage! I just one-shot

him, and then I kick him and elbow him,

and I, I slap him up the bum.

Oh, his friend came. I didn't realize he

was gonna come so soon. Oh my god, I'm

gonna die. So another way of doing this

build, if you want to fiddle a little bit,

is You can put instead of Bloodcracking

Sucked Tear, you can put on the Oil Soaked

Tear. And since now our life's not going

to be draining, we can get rid of maybe

Godfrey Icon, get rid of that, replace it

with the Ritual Sword Talisman. Now the

playstyle is slightly different, so now we

have to touch enemies to soak them in oil.

Oh, watch. I mean, I'll show you, so watch

carefully.

Flame, grant me strength,

and pop the flask. Now you gotta be

careful because Oil-Soaked Tear doesn't

last very long. It's stupid, isn't it? It

lasts like 10 seconds. So quickly go up to

him, touch him, soak him with oil, and

then Palm Blast him up the backside.

10,000 damage. It's not quite as much as

the previous build, but it is still pretty

good. Damn, I just ducked under his jab.

Don't know why Oil Soaked Tear wears off

so quickly. You can get one more

application there and then Palm Blast him

out the window. 9,000 damage! Oh my god.

And then pop a flask, crouch down. Now we

don't have Oil Soaked Tear anymore, so

just Palm Blast them. And yeah,

it one-shot them still. Postman's coming.

And then go back to the main gate because

I've got another build to show you. We

don't have to use Palm Blast. We can also

use other abilities on the Dry

Leaf Arts,

like Dry Leaf Whirlwind with Flame Art is

also pretty good. So Whirlwind Kicks just

So instead of doing one extremely high

amount of damage, you do 3 kicks in

succession.

So we go to— yeah, I want to get the

Bloodsucking Crack Tear again because I

think that did more damage. And then you

get rid of Ritual Sword Talisman. I heard

there's a kicking Oh look, raises potency

of kicking skills and stomping skills. I

guess that works with Whirlwind because

it's a kicking— I mean, the animation's

kicking, so I'm guessing it's a kicking

skill. I don't know if that actually

works. Let's see how much damage it does.

Okay, grant me strength, Golden Vow,

Wondrous Physick.

And then we're gonna kick this guy.

Oh yeah, that's pretty good damage.

Whirlwind kick this guy, and then we'll

just punch this guy and then drink flask.

So you could do Whirlwind kicks instead of

a Palm Blast. Wow, it's actually pretty

good with that talisman.

I wonder if I can one-shot the black guy.

I mean, the black armored guy. Don't want

to be racist, so I want to see if I can

one-shot— oh, it doesn't one-shot him.

What happened to his friend? Ah, he fell

over, idiot.

And then go over here and

go down here. See if I can one-shot

him. Not quite. It's not quite as good as

Palm Blast, is it? Now I'm getting

attacked. Otherwise I could have one-shot

him. Eh, it's not

as good as Palm Blast, to be honest. It

just doesn't do as much damage.

Oh, I died here last time.

It takes 2 to kill the big guys.

Yeah, I don't know if I'd recommend that

over Palm Blast. It's okay, I guess.

What else do we have?

Hmm.

Hmm, Flames of the Redmanes might be

good. I used to use that all the time back

in 2022. I think they really nerfed it

because look, it used to go—

it used to travel really far in front of

you, and now it only goes a little bit.

See, look, I think they nerfed it.

But that was how I cheesed basically every

boss in the base game. I just kept

spamming Flame of the Redmanes, knocking

them down. So I don't know what it's

like now. Uh,

still pretty good.

Yeah, it's still pretty good. It's got a

good range. The good thing about it is the

enemies don't seem to try to block it,

they just run into it. I don't

know if I can hit him from here. Not

quite. It still does good damage,

it's not quite 11k like the Palm Blast

though. Okay,

well, I think that will do it. For the

2-shot him. Oh my God, fucking game.