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

a new video. So I've come up with the most

powerful Fire Monk build using Dry Leaf

Arts. Can do some amazing damage. So first

of all, I'm going to show you the build.

We've got the Godfrey Icon, Shard of

Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm, and

Crusade Insignia. With my testing, I found

out I did max damage using these

combinations of talismans. For the flask,

we've got Flameshrouding Cracked Tear and

Bloodsucking Cracked Tear. And I tested

out Bloodsucking Cracked Tear versus

Oil-Soaked Tear, and I found that

Bloodsucking actually lets me do way more

damage than soaking the enemy in oil. So

if you didn't know, the Oil-Soaked Tear,

it basically soaks the enemy in oil,

makes them take extra fire damage, which

is, um, this one, Oil-Soaked Tear. But I

found that Bloodsucking Tear does more

damage, in fact. So for the Ashes of War,

we're gonna go for the Palm Blast with

Fire Affinity. Flame Art Affinity could be

better if you have more faith. And then

for the incantations, we have Golden Vow

and also Flame, Grant Me Strength.

So yeah, you want to buff up and then you

want to pop your flask when you're about

to engage with enemies, and then your

health will start draining because of the

Bloodsucking Cracks Tear, and then you're

all buffed up, ready to go. Now watch this

damage, it's going to be like 10-11k.

11,000. Now we have the buff, the Crusade

Insignia. We can do even more damage now

after we've killed something. So yeah,

you can do some pretty sick damage on

these guys. And then this guy— now we've

got max buffs. Watch this, it's pretty

insane. 10,500. I did 12,000

once. I'm not sure why I can't do 12k

again. See how much I do on these guys.

You just one-shot everything. Look, I did

10k, 8k on this guy. You do have to

keep an eye on your health because the

Bloodsucking Cracked Tear will drain your

health pretty quickly, but it shouldn't

really be a problem because you'll be

one-shotting all the enemies. They can't

even touch you. So yeah, if you're getting

attacked a lot, the Bloodsucking Cracked

Tear is not great because it's just

depleting your health faster.

But because you do so much damage— I mean,

look at this guy, he can't get to me

before I charge up a Palm Blast. And then

he's on his back and he can't even get

back up if I whack him. Now we could

experiment with the Wondrous Physics,

switch out the Flame-Shrouding Cracked

Tear with the Oil-Soaked Tear, see if that

does more damage. Maybe it does more

damage with the Flame Tear instead of the

Bloodsucking Tear. It's all about

experimentation really with this game,

see what gets you the highest numbers.

So just pop all the flasks.

Oil-Soaked Tear doesn't last very long,

so you want to pop it right at the end of

your run. So we've got 3 buffs.

Oh wait, I didn't touch him. I forgot.

It's okay, I'll touch the next guy. So

that did nearly 10k. Oh my god, I can't

believe that. Uh, that guy's so annoying

because he always creeps up on you and

then pokes you off the edge. So again,

what you want to do is actually touch the

guy to trigger Oil Soaked Tear.

Buff up,

flask,

and then this time you want to touch him

like this so he goes oil soaked,

gets oil soaked. 11k, okay, that was more

than the previous build. I hate

this bit. Keep falling off the steps.

Okay, so touch this guy with the oil.

Watch. So he's soaked. Now watch

this. Well,

that's the same as I did last time with

the other thingy.

So oil-soaked tear spray worn off by now,

so don't need it, but you still one-shot

these guys. Hmm, I'm not sure which was

better.

Maybe instead of Crusade Insignia you get

Ritual Sword Talisman, and then you get

rid of Bloodsucking because that's gonna

drain your life and it'll make the Ritual

Sword Insignia not work. So put on Flame

Shrouding Cracked Tear instead, or maybe

get rid of Oil-Soaked Tear and replace it

with the Strength Knot. Crystal Tear. I

don't know what buffs the damage more,

fire buffs or strength buffs.

Guess we're gonna find out.

Definitely think you do higher damage when

you're a fire build. Really, you want more

faith. Unfortunately, I've only got 33

faith and I can't find a Larval Crack

Tear. I mean, a Larval Tear. A Larval Tear

Tear, I nearly said. Okay, so just go

up to this guy and

then Palm Blast him. 10k. Seems like they

all do about the same damage, 10k-ish.

It's hard to get it above. I have done it

over 12k before. Did he just knock his

friend off the edge? I have done over 12k

before with Palm Blast, but I forgot how

to. 8k.

That's rubbish.

7k. What? Now, Ritual Sword Talisman

is not good. Maybe Crusade Insignia

is better.

No, I didn't quite one-shot him. It's cool

how the Palm Blast does fire damage.

Just because you have the fire affinity.

And one-shot this guy,

7,000. Yeah, it seems like

the other build was a bit better with

Oil-Soaked Tear. It's like I'm doing less

damage now. Whoops, I don't have any FP.

Also, I'm not staggering them like I used

to. My hits used to stagger them, now

they're not. Okay, try again. This time I

got Shabriri's Howl as well. I heard it

buffs damage, but it's kind of hard to

pull off because it takes a long time to

cast and you lose the element of stealth

because they hear you howling, I guess.

Okay, just touch him with the oil.

Should do like 10k. Yeah, 10k. I don't

know how to get it higher than 10k. Whoa,

what? I don't understand why my punches

aren't staggering them back anymore,

because it used to stagger them every hit.

Very weird. I don't know how to get the

damage any higher unless there's a secret

helm that makes you do secret bonus

damage, which I don't think there is for

Palm Blast. Maybe that one.

Drink the flask.

10K.

Hmm,

9K. Hmm.

One last blast.

Not even 10k, it's rubbish.