Elden Ring Great Katana Combat - How to Build a STAGGER Great Katana Build (Shadow of the Erdtree)

I'm gonna show you this build where I can

one-shot stagger some of the tougher

enemies in Elden Ring new DLC Shadow of

the Erdtree. So watch this, I'm gonna do a

heavy attack, staggers him in one

blow, finishes him with the second blow,

and his friend as well. And then watch

this, one-shot stagger, one shot,

2 shots. Okay, that didn't work because

this time I didn't have the Cragblade

equipped. I'll do it again. Okay, this

time I actually have Cragblade equipped,

and watch this one-shot stagger.

Staggered in one shot, see that?

And then the second shot finishes him off.

So how do you do this exactly? Well, I'll

show you. So this is basically a maxed out

Bloodfiend Arm double-handed hammer build.

We're using arcane stats, and we've got

the— what's it called— Cragblade on it.

Occult affinity. So when you do that in

combination with maxed out Arcane, we've

got 83 Arcane, and you go on here, put

Crag Blade, and then you choose Occult,

and it goes to S-tier Arcane, which really

buffs up the Arcane. So you've got more

Arcane, you do more damage with the base

damage stats, and choose Occult. And then

for the talismans, we've got, uh,

Arcane Outer God Heirloom, Two-Handed

Swords Talisman, which actually works with

all two-handed weapons, not just swords,

and Axe Talisman enhances charged attacks,

and Ritual Sword Talisman increases attack

power and HP max. And for the Wondrous

Physick, we have Stonebarb Cracked Tear,

which makes it easier to break enemy

stances, and Strength Knot Crystal Tear.

Now with this build, not only can you do

insane damage— it's not as much damage as

some other builds But you can knock down

enemies staggeringly fast,

no pun intended. So watch this, you do

Crag's Blade, and then you don't really

need the flask for these guys. Go

double-handed, charge up a heavy attack,

one shot, 5k damage. Problem is

they don't last long enough to actually

stagger them. This guy, one shot. So with

the flask procced, you can actually

one-shot stagger them with one hit. Watch

this, see, that wasn't even a heavy

attack. It was a light

attack. So because you can stagger them so

easily, you might want to do some of those

special crit attacks. Like, the problem is

they're dying too quickly. I can't— here,

watch, watch, watch. Oh, he got straight

back up even though he got staggered.

That's weird. Anyway, so what you can do

is stagger, one-shot stagger this tough

guy. Oh my God, and then the second hit

kills him. Oh, he didn't die. I thought he

died. He didn't die. Whatever. I think

there's some tough guys over here.

Oh no, this is back to the beginning.

Hold on. I haven't tested it out on any

bosses yet because I haven't gotten to any

new bosses, but I'm pretty sure bosses

like Messmer, you could stagger him so

easily using this because I was staggering

him easily without a staggered mode, and

this is like a purely staggered focused

build now. And watch this tough guy here.

Look, I'm not even doing heavy attacks. I

staggered him in 3 hits on light attacks.

That's insane. Look at this.

Oh, I nearly hit him. Look, look,

he can't even do anything. 3 hits and

staggered. That's insane.

You don't even need heavy attacks. And put

it back on. Crag Blade.

Crag Blade is crazy because it also buffs

the base damage of the weapon. I mean,

look at this— 319 plus 738, it's nearly

1,000 damage. No, it's easily over 1,000

damage just on basic attacks.

One shot, one shot.

You actually don't even need heavy

attacks. Light attacks are basically heavy

now. So we've got a big red guy over here,

and they're so easy now because they can't

move. I just keep stagger stunning them.

You actually don't need heavy attacks

because the light attacks— look, 3rd hit

staggered, and then finish him off.

See how easy it becomes now? And then

again, every time you come up against

enemies that are slightly tougher than the

regular enemies like this guy, go Crag's

Blade. 3rd hit

and they're staggered. Charge up heavy

attack, flatten them. So easy.

This build's so good. Arcane, max out

Arcane, go Occult Affinity. You could go

Blood. Should we go Blood? See if it's any

better, because you can do Blood triggers

really quickly with this build. So because

we have so much Arcane, when you go and

put Crag's Blade and then combine it with

Blood, we've got a whopping 223 Blood Loss

buildup, because Blood Loss and Cold

buildup, it— it— what's the word— it

goes up more the more Arcane you have. So

we're going to test out some Blood

attacks. So watch this.

I just staggered him in one hit and procs

the blood in the second hit. I think it

procs the blood after 2 or 3 hits. Watch

this. What's he doing?

Yeah, second hit procs the blood.

Look, second hit. So easy to do blood

buildups.

Crag's Blade back on.

Go for the tough guy.

Tough guy standing over there. Crouch

down, charge up a heavy attack. One hit.

Second hit triggers blood. Blood again.

Look, I'm just covered in blood at this

point. That's crazy. And then if you jump

out this window, it's another shielded

heavy armored guy here,

and we're just gonna whack him. I'm not

even gonna do a heavy attack, I'm just

gonna do light attacks. 1, 2,

3, knockdown and blood trigger, and whack

in the back. So yeah, Crag's Blade,

insane crowd control stagger ability

combined with blood. Lovely. So I want to

try out cold as well because cold also

goes up more with more arcane. We've got

lots of arcane now. Cold builds up

frostbite. Frostbite slows the enemy and

it also drains their stamina faster,

which should mean I stagger them even

quicker. So we're gonna test that out.

Okay, going for a Crag Blade. A few light

hits. One, one hit staggers

him. But you do, do,

you do, do, you do do less damage.

But you can hear the, you can hear the

stagger sound going ding.

See, every hit is staggering them with

the cold and frag. So it's

up to you, you can choose Frag Blade with

Occult Affinity for more impact damage,

first hit damage. Cragblight with Blood

for more— what's the word— like procs

after the third or second hit, you do

blood and a stagger proc. Or Cold. I don't

know if I can— I mean, without Cold I was

already staggering that guy in one hit on

heavy attack, so I just want to go and

see. Oh, he heard me. That's weird.

There he comes now. Oh my God.

Yeah, that didn't go to plan because the

guy turned around and he came for me. I

need to get him with the element of

surprise really. Okay, I want to try that

again. This time hopefully he doesn't

detect me. I think I made too much noise.

Watch this. Eh,

doesn't do as much damage.

I'd say cold is probably my least favorite

one, mainly because You're not really

staggering them any faster, but you're

doing less damage than with blood. So

let's try again. I'll just do light

attacks. Let me see frostbite.

Frostbite— frostbite triggered on the 4th

attack. Cold is a bit boring.