Elden Ring: BEST Scythe Builds [200+ Hours Experience]

For my first build, I’ll be focusing on making a purely Strength and Dexterity-focused build by Power Stancing with the 2 Strength weapons, the regular Scythe and the Grave Scythe. I’ve preferably kept the Grave Scythe in my main hand since it does significantly more damage than the regular one.

• Both weapons’ Ash of War attacks have also been completely revamped.
• Since your default weapon is the Grave Scythe, we’ve given it the aggressive Ash of War, Sword Dance, which does two quick double slashes.
• The other Scythe has the passive and infamous Bloodhound Step as its Ash of War, which you can use to quickly escape deadly situations.

For the armor set, the only necessary item here is the Headwear, the Omensmirk Mask, which raises Strength. This is not only a lightweight mask but is also the only mask that enhances one of your key stats. The rest of the armor set can be anything you like as long as it’s equal to or lighter than Medium Load.

The Talismans here are particularly suited to Strength and Dex builds.

• Great-Jar Arsenal: Raises your maximum equipment load, which is crucial since your dual scythes won’t give much room to wear any heavy armor otherwise.
• Bull-Goat Talisman: Makes your defense stronger since it adds Poise to the build.
• Millicent’s Prosthesis: An offense-based Talisman that increases Dexterity and Attack Power by encouraging an aggressive playstyle.
• Erdtree’s Favor: An extremely powerful talisman that raises your maximum HP, stamina, and equipment load, which makes this build reliable in most situations.

The Halo Scythe is a Dexterity weapon that also scales heavily with Strength and Faith. Its Physical damage output is nearly twice its Holy damage, which is why it’s most suitable for Strength or Dexterity players looking to use Faith as a backup stat.

• The Scythe default Ash of War, Miquella’s Ring of Light, is kept intact in this build because it’s unique, has great range, and, with practice, becomes incredibly powerful via its Attack Power.
• It will take you some time to master it, but the payoff is definitely worth the wait.
• I’ve chosen some of the best and most commonly used Talismans to go with this build.
• This includes Erdtree’s Favor and Radagon’s Soreseal, which enhance multiple attributes simultaneously, making the player much more versatile and well-rounded overall.

For the more specific talismans, I’ve equipped the Two Fingers Heirloom, which raises your Faith by five levels, along with the Shard of Alexander, which boosts the Attack Power of your skills.

• These Talismans work well with each other since the Two Fingers Heirloom, along with the Shard of Alexander, significantly increases the damage of your Ash of War attack.
• Unlike the last build that required more Strength than Dexterity, this one needs much more Dexterity to amplify the Halo Scythe’s scaling.
• As such, we’re using the Okina Mask, which raises your Dexterity in exchange for Focus.
• This lightweight headgear can be coupled with the Beast Champion or any heavy armor set in the Elden Ring.

The Winged Scythe is a Faith-based weapon that also dishes out decent Physical damage as well, giving way to making a powerful Faith build in Elden Ring. Combining it with the Golden Order Seal, you can make the build more versatile by giving you several offensive and defensive options during combat.

• Like all reapers in Elden Ring, the Winged Scythe causes Bleed buildup, which is why you should pair this build with Bleed-focused Incantations like Swarm of Flies and Bloodflame Talons.
• Apart from that, you can also stay on the defensive or passive side of things by equipping the Golden Vow, which raises attack and defense, and the Order’s Blade, which enhances the Holy Damage of your right-hand weapon.

The Talismans here are mainly focused on increasing your Faith potential.

• Marika’s Soreseal, Erdtree’s Favor, and the Two Fingers Heirloom: Significantly increase your Faith along
• Carian Filigreed Crest: Lowers FP consumption, letting you perform a lot more spells and Ash of War attacks.

The Winged Scythe is already considered a nimble weapon in Elden Ring, so you can include a heavy armor set in your build without any difficulty. Alternatively, I’d suggest going with a Faith-based helm to give you more potent with that stat.

For my final build, I’ll be making something overpowered for Endurance-focused players. The Grave Scythe is arguably the best Strength reaper in the game, which is why it’s my recommendation for this build.

• I’ve also picked the Fingerprint Stone Shield as its guarding ability is way better than most shields, tanking physical attacks with minimal stamina loss.

The Ashes of War, for both the primary and secondary weapon, are offensive and put decent pressure on the opponent. The Phantom Slash is extremely damage-centric and difficult to dodge, especially in multiplayer. On the other hand, the Shield Bash on the Stone Shield makes most enemy counterattacks punishable.

• Similar to most endurance builds, we’ll be choosing one of the heaviest armor sets in the game.
• This includes the Crimson Hood that increases your vigor, with the General Radahn armor set that adds a ton of poise and physical damage negation to the build.

This is further complimented by the talismans I’ve chosen:

• Great-Jar Arsenal: Increases your maximum equipment load
• Dragoncrest Greatshield: Heavily boosts your already vigorous damage negation.
• Erdtree’s Favor and Radagon’s Soreseal: Heavily impact your physical offensive and defensive capabilities.