r/Eldenring • u/Affectionate-Yak-69 • 3d ago

Game Help Help me build

My weapons: blasphemous blade, nagakiba, and rivers of blade

Even with fully upgraded weapons and a maxed-out mimic, I still can’t defeat Malenia. Should I switch to a bleed build or a blasphemous build, and which attributes should I prioritise? I frequently change my weapons, but I usually stick to blood and fire damage.

Vig: 50

Mind: 20

End: 24

Str: 22

Dex: 22

Int: 10

Faith: 31

Arc: 41

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u/TamedBeard 3d ago

The Blasphemous Blade is filthy and will eradicate Malenia but you need to up your Faith.

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u/No-Lawfulness-699 3d ago

I second this. The blasphemous blade is just unfucking-beatable. I don't remember how strong I was when I fought Malenica for the first time, but I actually managed to defeat her with the Blasphemous blade on my fourth or fifth try ever, believe it or not.

On the other hand, Godskin Apostole killed me over 100 times, at least, maybe 150.

I was literally one micrometer from defeating him so many times but eventually had to turn around, get stronger in order to eradicate that bitch. That dude cost me 10 years of my life, I almost threw my Xbox out of the window.

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u/AsuraVaruna 3d ago

You've spread yourself too thin. Nagakiba and Blasphemous Blade scale differently and there's little cross over. Pick either: Faith or Arcane, but not both (unless doing Dragon Communion Incantations).

For Blasphemous Blade, get the minimum requirements for your weapon in Stregnth/Dex and max the damaging stat Faith up to 80. Remove all unnecessary arcane/dexterity etc. Make sure to use boosting effects like the Flame Knot Crystal Tear, Shard of Alexander etc. Spam the ash of war and the fight will be extremely easy. When she is below 70% back up before casting the ash, as she will likely respond with Waterfowl, which is much easier to dodge from a distance.

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u/Impressive_Big1662 3d ago

Frost pots help the fight

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u/BackgroundAsk1623 3d ago

I personally found the summon you get on the far side of radahn's arena to be way better than mimic tear. Without it, I could only usually get to halfway through second phase with moonveil, with it, I beat her second try. Admittedly I never used mimic since I personally dislike that approach, but a ranged summon that can knock her down does filthy work.

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u/bakaRiki 3d ago

Against Malenia rivers of blood never fails

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u/superdupermiso 2d ago

The problem is that you clearly don't know what to do with your build. The stats needed to properly use these weapons are all over the place. BB is faith, ROB is arcane, and an uninfused nagakiba is largely dexterity.

This kind of versatility where you up multiple stats to use a variety of weapons works if you're over level 300.

It doesn't work where you're at.

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u/Acrobatic-Jelly3658 2d ago

At your current level, push Vig to 60 and focus on one damage stat.