Black Blade Build | Elden Ring Wiki
Black Blade is a Build for Elden Ring. It is a Faith and Strength build for level 150-200, built around Maliketh's Black Blade and its skill Destined Death.
Why Play the Black Blade Build in Elden Ring
A Strength Faith Build that utilizes Maliketh's Black Blade and the Black Blade Incantation to optimal effects.
Black Blade Build Requirements
To use everything in this build you need at least 46 Faith, 4 Strength. Anything above those numbers goes into damage and survivability rather than meeting requirements.
| Weapon | Type | Requires | Scaling | Weight | Skill | Passive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maliketh's Black Blade | Colossal Sword | 22 | Destined Death | |||
| Clawmark Seal | Sacred Seals | Strength 4, Faith 10 | STR D / FAI D | 1 | No Skill |
Black Blade Build Gear
Use Golden Vow to boost your damage and defenses, and Blessing of the Erdtree to keep your HP topped off. You can add other Incantations if you want because you'll have decent Incantation Scaling with the Clawmark Seal since you prioritize Strength and Faith.
Use Jump Attacks on regular enemies, and remember that R1s and R2s with Maliketh's Black Blade have some hyper armor, allowing you to attack through other attacks most of the time.
Talismans
| Talisman | Effect | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman | Enormously reduces Physical Damage taken by 20%. | 0.8 |
| Shard of Alexander | Greatly boosts the attack power of Skills by 15% | 0.9 |
| Sacred Scorpion Charm | Increases Holy Damage by 12%, but increases Physical Damage taken by 10% | 0.8 |
| Claw Talisman | Increases jump attack damage by 15% (7.5% in PvP) | 0.7 |
Spells
| Spell | FP Cost | Slots | Requires | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing of the Erdtree | 60 | 1 | Faith 38 | Grants greater blessing to self and nearby allies |
| Black Blade | 26 | 2 | Faith 46 | Black blade spinning slash that emits wave of light. |
Weapon Skill
Destined Death (40 FP, Unique). Set free the remnants of Destined Death, plunging the greatsword into the ground to summon a myriad of blades. In addition to dealing immediate damage, this attack reduces the enemy's maximum HP and continues to wear down HP for a short time.
Weight and Status Effects
Everything listed above weighs 26.2 in total — check that against your Endurance if you want to keep a medium roll.
The weapons in this build apply Bestial Incantations.
How to Play the Black Blade Build
The Black Blade Build uses the Black Blade Incantation to open difficult fights, placing a -10% Max Health debuff on the enemy or Boss for a short time from range. This HP does not come back once this buff expires, so it's only necessary to use this once per fight, but you can use it again if you need a ranged option.
Ideally you want to use Destined Death from Maliketh's Black Blade immediately after this because Destined Death also applies a stacking -10% Max Health debuff. If both of these are applied at the same time, then the enemy or Boss loses 20% of their Max HP that doesn't come back. However, if you wait for one of these debuffs to expire before placing the other you will not get the extra 10% Max Health reduction. So time them close together for best results.
