Elden Ring Prisoner Class Guide – How to Build a Spellblade (Beginner Guide)
In this Elden Ring Build Guide I’ll be showing you my beginner Prisoner Build. If you’ve been looking for a good starting Spellblade build that decimates enemies and bosses in a flash then you might want to check this build-out.
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0:00 – Elden Ring Beginner Prisoner Guide
0:11 – Prisoner Character Creation
0:25 – Spellblade Spells
1:40 – Spellblade Equipment
2:00 – How to Play as a Spellblade
5:07 – Spellblade Attributes
8:35 – Final Tips
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I’ve been using the Uchigatana do I need to switch to a Dex only weapon. I love the extra bleed 🩸 damage?
BIG PRO TIP
Put Determination as your ashes of war on the weapon. It buffs damage 60% for 10s on all sources or until next attack, but only if it is from that weapon. Therefore, using your LH weapon does not remove the buff and you can pump 60% buffed magic damage.
If you are casting from ranged on foot you cast determination and all your magic damage is buffed 60%, carian slicer hits like a truck for just 4 fp. If you want to use the RH weapon you can have a slot for magic buff which is better than determination if you are attacking RH melee. This way you get insane ranged magic damage + super buffed up carian slicer for melee. To do melee staggers and what not you still have your weapon when you need it for jump attacks and heavy.
Using Carian slicer in the left hand and a buffed Estoc in the right hand seems like a very redundant combination. I do like the spellblade concept, but I feel like you should just mainhand Carian slicer then mix it up with carian piercer or greatsword. Only using the Estoc when you want to be more efficient. That way you can use a shield in the offhand.
Can I use scholars armament with the sacred blade ash of war or is that what the video was referring to as a magic based ash of war?
0:40 where are you actually point to..?
Hi,im doing this build and i found that rogers rapier +8 does actually about the same damage than a swornlord sword +4( which is crazy (sure it has a faster moveset but its literally double the upgrade level) what im saying is, as for now (lvl 30ish) and mixing dex/int, pure dex weapons dont pay off. im sure if i went pure dex rapier would go crazy but its simply not worth it with this build (correct me if im wrong ?
The Meteorite Staff is easier to get earlier and has better stats than the Demi-Human Queens Staff apparantly even after its upgraded to +4. but meteorite staff can't be upgraded and is a bit heavier. though it has S scaling with int, so there's that too.
Idk why but the gear confuses me more than anything with this game.
Regarding the equipment:
I was wondering if it wouldn't be better at first to use the Meteorite Staff until you can upgrade the Demi Staff high enough. The Meteorite has S att. scaling on INT and 166 sorc. scaling from the get go and my Demi staff has with +8 only B att. on INT scaling and 160 sorc. scaling. Since the Meteorite Staff is pretty easy to obtain it feels like the better choice to get this build run quickly before you switch it out for the Demi once its sorcery scaling is higher than 166.
For the main weapon choice I currently like to use the +8 Rapier you get as a gift after defeating the first legacy boss. The already implemented Ash of War: Glintblade Phalanx behaves way differently than the spell itself (I think) and just two full hits(!) stagger many bosses which makes the crit rate on the Rapier interesting again since you can create a lot of opportunities to get those stagger hits in. For me it feels a bit safer to quickly cast the ash of war and not use the Impale/Thrust move.
I would really like to use this playstyle when I get the game, as in previous FS games I always went for physical damage. However I don't like the estoc feel at all, hope I can find other dex weapons that fit in this build.
Would this build work with other dex weapons besides the two mentioned in the video? like a flail or dagger?
total noob here
What are some good mid to end game stats with this build? Any tips?
Where should I invest my stats first?
Vig/mnd/end/dex/int?
This build looks like a blast. Gonna try this out
Thats it, Im going Samurai SpellBlade. Unsheate with that spellblade Katana has to be strong
can you turn prisoner into a mage later?
Just putting this out there because I’m building a similar character a bit differently, the Carian Phalanx spell / ash of war on Rogier’s rapier doesn’t do a lot of damage but it seems to do a TON of stun, I can stun a lot of bigger enemies just with that attack
Why not get the meteorite staff it’s a S tier in Intelligence
Nice video, thank you!
This build is nearly about the same as my build aswell. Idea is that if you find the opportunity to get free hits, you use the slicer and chop them up, otherwise you manage and compliment it with your buffed up melee. For my build I use "blue dancer charm" (more attack for lower equipment load) and run light as possible.
I haven't tried out all the weps in this game but so far I can't exactly settle on which wep to go for.
Your original rapier (and similar) weps scale good, give you fast attacks for medium-short range and high critical damage. Not much point in holding it two-handed. Relies on thrust attacks of small attack angle (can miss on sidesteps, only single target). Has simple, predictable attack chain.
An uchigatana (or similar) scales the same, has better base attack and does more damage, has slightly better reach, is slightly slower, does blood loss through bleed in every couple hits. Holding it two handed you can do devastating "unsteathe" attack (great for duels). Wide attack angle but not that big. It is versatile as it has nice attack chain, vertical cut, stab and charge in its attack set.
A twinblade (or variation) is about as fast as rapier, has bigger reach but scales worse off your dex and end up doing less damage. The deal is it sweeps and spins to hits everything around. Holding it two handed it sweeps and spins around even more, you can entirely chop up groups. You can change it's ash to "determination" for even more buff.
I keep switching between weps, havent manage to settle yet.
I'm gunna make a new character now, thanks! This looks dope
Carion slicer and glintstone pebble are super strong
Sick guide thanks. Was already building towards it so no respec (although I have one item to do it jik). Any advice for using Crystal sword? Is that not able to be buffed?!
This and the archer guide are the two I'm stuck chosing from 😂
I use the flail with this class and it's a lot of fun and makes horseback combat more viable tbh. Also pretty decent dex weapon as far in as I am with it upgraded a few times.