Elden Ring DLC Best Build 2024 - Top 10 DLC Builds Ranking In Elden Ring

What builds are you going into the DLC with in Elden Ring? In our Elden Ring DLC build guide 2024, we introduce you to the top 10 best builds for Shadow of Erdtree. We have every single type of build, intelligence, dexterity, strength, blood, or arcane. All of these Elden Ring best DLC builds are going to do a ton of damage and overall are going to be a lot of fun to play. 

Elden Ring DLC Build Guide 2024 - Top 10 Most OP DLC Builds For Elden Ring

The upcoming DLC for Elden Ring, titled "Shadow of the Erdtree," was officially revealed in February 2024 and is set to be released on June 21, 2024. The DLC is said to include new gameplay features, such as new enemy types, new weapons and armor, and new skills. The trailer also shows a glimpse of a new mount, which appears to be a giant stag. Therefore, it's important to have the best Elden Ring DLC build prepared. Next, let's dive into gear, stats and tips for the top 10 Elden Ring builds DLC 2024!

1. Haima Sorcery Build

For our intelligent strength hybrid users, we are going to be using the Haima Crusader. This is going to specialize in Haima sorceries, providing an immense amount of damage but also giving you a really fun play style between sorceries and melee combat. With a frost claymore, spinning in some sorceries here and there. It is definitely one of the best Elden Ring DLC intelligence builds as it provides a great amount of survivability but also can pump out some great numbers when it comes to your damage. You can only use intelligence and sorceries without any strength, the survivability of builds typically pretty rough but this puts a perfect combination.

Gear

-As far as the build, you're going to be using the Claymore with an ice Affinity and you're also going to be using Lusat’s Glintstone staff.

-For your talisman, you're going to use the Magic Scorpion Charm, the Graven-Mass Talisman, the Godfrey Icon and the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia.

-For your flask, you're going to use the Magic-Shroud Cracked Tear and the Greenburst Crystal Tear because stamina is something you're going to be running very short on.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 25

Endurance - 21

Strength - 30

Dexterity - 14

Intelligence - 70

Faith - 8

Arcane - 11

2. Pickaxe Build

This is one of the best Elden Ring quality builds for DLC, we're going to be using Pickaxe which is incredibly good and very underrated. We are going to be using two of them utilizing jump attacks to melt enemies' health bars, absolutely stagger obliterate and destroy every boss in Elden Ring. This is a really fun and high-damage build, we're going to be utilizing Royal Knights resolve on one of our Pickaxes to get an 80% damage increase on hit. When you use both of these weapons, you can stagger people very easily allowing yourself to get critical, crumble bosses into the ground. The advantage of using a build it's very simple but it will carry you all the way to the Elden beast where you will absolutely destroy that boss.

Gear

-For the build, you're going to be using two Pickaxes, one with Royal Knight’s Resolve, the Claw Talisman, the Viridian Amber Medallion plus two, the Great-Jar’s Arsenal, and the Axe Talisman.

-For your flask, you're going to be using the Stonebarb Cracked Tear and the Spiked Cracked Tear to break stances very easily.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 18

Endurance - 25

Strength - 66

Dexterity - 45

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 9

Arcane - 7

3. Midnight Mage Build

The Midnight Mage build is the most powerful intelligence build for DLC in the Elden Ring. Utilizing Knight Comet and the majority of the Knight sorceries to melt bosses and run through the game. There's also a very cheesy way that you can play this build which is you can stand behind your Great Shield Soldier ashes, never get hit and just hail marry giant chunks of damage onto bosses. You have a sorcery for every single situation, whether you need to fire something off very quickly or whether you need to charge up an attack and then launch it to your enemy causing devastating damage, you are going to find everything here you need especially when it comes to melee combat. Not only do we have two Staff of Loss but we're also using the Moonveil to absolutely crank that Ash of War's damage up to make this game also very easy if somebody gets too close.

Gear

-For this build, we were using the Moonveil, we were also using two Staff of Loss.

-For talismans, you're going to use the Magic Scorpion Charm, the Graven-Mass Talisman, the Godfrey Icon, and the Graven-School Talisman.

-For your flask, you're using the Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear and the Cerulean Hidden Tear.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 30

Endurance - 22

Strength - 20

Dexterity - 14

Intelligence - 78

Faith - 6

Arcane - 9

4. Oni Omenkiller Build

This is the best Elden Ring Shadow of Erdtree build for dexterity strength quality that focuses on using the Omen Cleaver with a Keen Affinity to equip the weapon with different greases for whatever situation you might find yourself in. This is a very powerful build and the advantage of using it is you can get the majority of it. Put sword dance on this weapon allowing us to deal a ton of damage very quickly as well as incorporating a very fun play style between the heavily charged r2s, sword dance, and the overall swings of the weapon, having a very nice pattern of attack. It feels like you're using a strength build and it feels like you're doing the damage of a strength build but the majority of your stats are going to be in dexterity to do your damage. It is a very fun way to play, it has a ton of versatility and its overall ease of acquisition.

Gear

-For the actual build, you're going to have the Keen Omen Cleaver.

-You're also going to be using the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, the Shard of Alexander, the Erdtree’s Favor and the Axe Talisman.

-For your flask, you're going to use the Spiked Cracked Tear and the Thorny Cracked Tear.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 20

Endurance - 30

Strength - 39

Dexterity - 68

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 9

Arcane - 7

5. Haligtree High Guard Build

This build is a Faith Build that uses the Great Club to stagger enemies, destroy boss health bars, and allow you to soar through the Elden Ring. With the combinations of incantations incredibly hard-hitting charged r2s and an awesome stagger potential with the flasks and talisman we've chosen, you're going to have a great time playing through this build. If you want the power of a strength build but also want to put together some incantations and have the fun that a faith build can provide this is the best Elden Ring build DLC. The only downside of this build is the holy damage falls off at the end of the game.

Gear

-For your build, you're going to run the Great Club.

-For your Talisman, you're going to have the Axe Talisman, the Shard of Alexander, the Erdtree's Favor plus two and the Sacred Scorpion Charm.

-For your flask, you're going to use the Spiked Cracked Tear and the Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 18

Endurance - 30

Strength - 55

Dexterity - 15

Intelligence - 13

Faith - 42

Arcane - 8

6. Vampiric Crusader Build

With a Vampire, you're always going to be getting health back, you're always going to be stealing health from your enemies. It is a very fun build, using the Bloody Helice and the Great Épée to utilize thrusting attacks, different talismans to steal health back as well as ashes of war that are going to give you that nice health back.

Gear

-For the build, you're going to use the Bloody Helice, the Great Épée with Blood Tax, and the White Mask for extra damage. -The Godkin Swaddling Cloth, the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, the Lord of Blood's Exultation, and the Taker's Cameo.

-For your flask, you're going to use the Thorny Cracked Tear and the Crimsonburst Crystal Tear.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 15

Endurance - 25

Strength - 25

Dexterity - 60

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 10

Arcane - 35

7. Venomous Fang Build

This Elden Ring best DLC build is going to utilize deadly poison by using the fist weapon, the Venomous Fang to destroy your enemies in rapid succession while procing not only poison but bleed as well. This is an immensely fun build, it does a lot of damage incredibly fast and you can get this weapon decently early in the game just sitting inside of a cave in Caelid. The build is designed for you to proc poison and then watch your enemies slowly whittle down while you then start procing bleed taking massive chunks of hemorrhage off of your enemies. This is an excellent build for bosses, it absolutely destroys smaller and larger enemies in Elden Ring and you are going to not regret using this weapon at all!

Gear

For this build, we're using the Blood Venomous Fang with life steal fist on it to get poison and bleed. We're also going to be using the Mushroom Crown for extra damage.

-For talisman, we're going to be using the Kindred of Rot’s Exultation, the Rot Winged Sword Insignia, the Lord of Blood’s Exaltation, and the Millicent’s Prosthesis.

-For your flask, we're going to use the Greenburst Crystal Tear and the Thorny Cracked Tear.

Stats

Vigor - 60

Mind - 15

Endurance - 23

Strength - 12

Dexterity - 30

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 25

Arcane - 80

8. Blood Executioner

Blood Executioner utilizes two Crescent Moon axes with wild strikes and a bleed affinity. It's going to be the best Elden Ring strength arcane build that is going to take everybody out with ease. Overall, it is a ton of fun to go through the game with and provides a really fun play style. Another fun advantage of this build is the fact that you can get the weapon in Stormveil Castle at the beginning of the game. You can farm two of them and play through the whole game and never need to change the weapon.

Gear

-For this build, you need the Blood Crescent Moon Axe with wild strikes and a blood affinity.

-You're also going to be using the Great-Jars Arsenal because you'll have two of these axes. You're going to be using the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Bull-Goat's Talisman to absolutely never get knocked out of wild strikes and the Claw Talisman for extra jump attacks, and also use the Raptor's Black Feathers for even more jump attack damage.

-For your flask, you're going to use the Thorny Cracked Tear and the Opaline Bubbletear.

Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 18

Endurance - 30

Strength - 57

Dexterity - 15

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 10

Arcane - 40

9. Read Death Build

It uses Red Lightning Dragon Cult incantations to delete the entire battlefield. The damage that's going off this build is incredible but there is one drawback it has no weapon. We are using two Gravel Stone Seals, this is a new game plus build and you are going to be doing a crazy amount of damage while going through Elden Ring. If you can get past the odd play style of not having a weapon when people get too close and overall looking for those windows where you can get your Red Lightning incantations off, this build is going to be a ton of fun for you with a little bit higher of a skill cap than a normal build. This is probably the highest risk highest reward build when it comes to the amount of damage that you're putting out.

Gear

-For this build, you're going to be using two Gravel Stone Seals at plus 25.

-You're also going to be using the Godfrey Icon, the Ritual Sword Talisman, the Flock’s Canvas Talisman and the Lightning Scorpion Charm.

-For your flask, you're going to be using the Cerulean Hidden Tear and the Lightning Shrouding Crack Tear.

Stats (Level 150)

Vigor - 45

Mind - 29

Endurance - 30

Strength - 25

Dexterity - 12

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 70

Arcane - 9

10. Blackflame Reaper Build

The last build on the top 10 Elden Ring DLC best build list, it is a new game plus build with the Grave Scythe and the Godslayer's Greatsword that's going to specialize in strength faith allowing you to use Blackflame incantations and have an overall Reaper build. It is super fun and does a ton of damage. The Godslayer's Greatsword is always devastating, we have Phantom Slash on the Grave Scythe and you are going to have a wonderful time playing with this build. The synergy between these two weapons and the Blackflame incantations allows you to own any boss you're going up against and also puts a very unique play style with a strength faith build.

Gear

-With this setup, you're going to allow yourself to do a lot of damage with your weapons. But if you do want to switch it up and use some incantations in certain encounters, they are not going to disappoint. For the actual build, you're going to be using the Grave Scythe and the Godslayer's Greatsword.

-You're also going to be using the Shard of Alexander, the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, the Flock’s Canvas Talisman and the Fire Scorpion Charm.

-For your flask, you're using the Faith-knot Crystal Tear and the Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear.

Stats (Level 150)

Vigor - 37

Mind - 22

Endurance - 321

Strength - 56

Dexterity - 24

Intelligence - 7

Faith - 51

Arcane - 11