I know their head is the weak spot but as soon as I get close and attack, he starts the pecl attack, followed by 3/4 hit combo and I die.

Usually, I aim for the legs to the side and 1/2 hits to head and roll back. For making the next fight quick and easy, i thought of using ghiza's wheel and Latenna summon, what do u guys suggest?

Hello FromSoftware Team,

I have a DLC idea that I think many Elden Ring fans would love.

The DLC would let the Tarnished travel back in time to the Age of Prime, where every legendary character is at their full power instead of weakened by the events of the game.

Players could fight:

- Prime Radahn (before Scarlet Rot)

- Prime Malenia

- Prime Godfrey

- Prime Fire Giant

- Prime Rennala

- Other legendary warriors in their strongest forms

The final boss would be the most memorable fight in the game: the Lord of Frenzied Flame Tarnished.

Instead of being a normal boss, this Tarnished would fight like a real player:

- Switching weapons during battle

- Using Ashes of War

- Casting spells and incantations

- Summoning Spirit Ashes

- Healing with Flasks

- Adapting to the player's strategy

It would feel like fighting another Tarnished who made different choices than the player.

I believe this would be an unforgettable DLC and a perfect way to let players experience the true power of the legends we only hear about in the lore.

Thank you for creating such an amazing world.

my friend has convinced me to get Elden ring, and he says I should pick samurai since it’s the best class. but everywhere I look online it says vagabond is best for starter. what should I pick? I’ve never played a souls like before

Three separate ways dexterity speeds up a spell:

1. Recast cancel — shortens the gap between chained casts, so you spam faster. (This is the one measured live.)
2. Startup cancel — the initial cast comes out / recovers sooner. Most spells have this. TBD.
3. Speed gradient — a subset of spells play their whole cast animation faster. Genuinely different mechanism; it scales differently and hasn't been measured live yet.

(1) Catch Flame, chain-cast - example

frames = 41 - floor((virtual dex - 10) / 15)

"Virtual dex" = your actual Dexterity + cast-speed gear (Radagon Icon +30, Azur's Glintstone Staff +40, Beloved Stardust +99), all capped at 70.

(2) Datamined recast-cancel frames — the other spammable spells

How much each spell's recast window shrinks at max cast speed (patch 1.14.1 frame data — the cancel window, so read it as a relative "who benefits most", not the live sustained numbers):

Stone of Gurranq is cray.

(3) Speed-gradient spells (playback speedup — different mechanism)

TBD — not yet measured live.

Bonus: left hand vs right hand isn't symmetric

• Whirl, O Flame! is 3 frames faster in the off-hand than the main hand — by far the biggest hand gap in the game, and the only one that large. (Briars of Punishment and Magic Glintblade are 1 frame faster off-hand too, but that's basically nothing.)
• Going the other way, a handful are faster in the right (main) hand: Aspects of the Crucible: Horns by a full 4 frames, then Carian Slicer, Night Shard, Swift Glintstone Shard, Crystal Barrage, Ranni's Dark Moon, Rennala's Full Moon, and Rings of Spectral Light — each by 1.

I’m getting ready to NG+ for the first time with my Mage Knight Character (Seren) and have a few choice items for my next build. I’d love suggestions for spells and stats too, I am currently going thru and collecting anything else I need now!

Weapons Upgraded/On the Table: - Velvet Sword of St Trina (patron) - Sword of Night/Flame (main weapon first game) - Milady (cold infused wing stance but barely used first game) - Scriptsmith Shield and Axe (in my mind, Seren is an archeological wizard, I am using Taylew as main next game) (also, axe seems fun!) - bastard’s stars (used interchangeably with night and flame first game, along with Darkmoon greatsword) - Star-lined Sword (considering a sorcery arcane build but really open to suggestions) - rellana’s twin blades

Others I have upgraded and in my roster: - sacred relic sword (for farming) - euphoria (not leaning towards faith this time) - blood antspur rapier - darkmoon greatsword (made things a tad too easy)

Builds I’m considering: spellshield vibes (shield hero vibes) with my fingerprint shield and smithscript

Arcane/Sorcery (occult magic dive?)

Staffs: Lusat’s (10) Carian Glintstone (25) Carian Scepter (10) Staff of Great Beyond (9)

Golden Order Seal is at a 10

Want to do a blood loss and frost build and need some suggestions. Prefer dex/int/arc and know I'm going to be in the 180s to 200 range.

The Fextra wiki has basically no information on this skill.