Black Flame Spellblade Build | Elden Ring Wiki
Black Flame Spellblade is a Build for Elden Ring. It is a Faith build for level 100, built around Cross-Naginata and its skill Repeating Thrust.
Why Play the Black Flame Spellblade Build in Elden Ring
A Dexterity/Faith Build that uses Black Flame and Bleeding to destroy enemies.
You'll use your Ash of War, whichever one you chose to help set Hemorrhage or Black Flame, depending on what you're facing. Black Flame Blade is more useful when enemies cannot Bleed, when cooperating, or when you cannot hit an enemy often enough to set Hemorrhage because they are so aggressive.
You'll use Black Flame when you need range, and Scouring Black Flame when you need AoE.
Black Flame Spellblade Build Requirements
To use everything in this build you need at least 28 Faith, 22 Dexterity, 18 Strength, 10 Arcane. Anything above those numbers goes into damage and survivability rather than meeting requirements.
| Weapon | Type | Requires | Scaling | Weight | Skill | Passive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-Naginata | Spear | Strength 16, Dexterity 20 | STR D / DEX C | 8 | Impaling Thrust | Hemorrhage 50 |
| Flamberge | Greatswords | Strength 15, Dexterity 14 | STR D / DEX C | 10.0 | Stamp (Upward Cut) | Hemorrhage 55 |
| Scythe | Reaper | Strength 14, Dexterity 14 | STR E / DEX C | 7.5 | Spinning Slash | |
| Grave Scythe | Reaper | Strength 17 | STR D | 9.5 | Spinning Slash | Hemorrhage 55 |
| Nagakiba | Katana | Strength 18, Dexterity 22 | STR D / DEX C | 7 | Unsheathe | Hemorrhage 45 |
| Uchigatana | Katana | Strength 11, Dexterity 15 | STR D / DEX D | 5.5 | Unsheathe | Hemorrhage 45 |
| Godslayer's Seal | Sacred Seal | Strength 4, Faith 27 | STR E / FAI C | 1.5 | No Skill |
Black Flame Spellblade Build Gear
Spells
| Spell | FP Cost | Slots | Requires | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodflame Blade | 20 | 1 | Faith 12, Arcane 10 | Enchants right-hand armament with bloodflame |
| Black Flame Blade | 15 | 1 | Faith 17 | Enchants right-hand armament with black flame |
| Black Flame | 18 | 1 | Faith 20 | Throws a ball of raging black fire |
| Scouring Black Flame | 21 | 1 | Faith 28 | Sweeps area before caster with black flame |
| Golden Vow | 47 | 1 | Faith 25 | Increases attack and defense for self and allies |
Weapon Skill
Repeating Thrust (7 FP, Ash of War). Twist to build power, then unleash a flurry of thrusts.
Spinning Slash (6 (12) FP, Ash of War). A favorite skill of dexterous warriors. Slash foes as your body spins. This momentum can connect into a final heavy attack.
Sword Dance (6 FP, Ash of War). Quickly close in to perform a series of spinning upward slashes. Follow up with an additional input to finish with a downward slash.
Double Slash (6 FP, Ash of War). Skill of superior swordsmen. Perform a crossing slash attack from a low stance. Repeated inputs allow for up to two follow up attacks.
Weight and Status Effects
Everything listed above weighs 49 in total — check that against your Endurance if you want to keep a medium roll.
The weapons in this build apply Hemorrhage 50, Hemorrhage 55, Hemorrhage 45, Godskin Apostle Incantations.
How to Play the Black Flame Spellblade Build
The way this Build works is that you'll choose one of the weapons listed above because they come with Bleed on them natively, they call be buffed with Bloodflame Blade, and they can use the Ashes of War listed above.
You'll buff with Bloodflame Blade and Golden Vow as you make your way through Dungeons to increase your damage and Bleeding, and also your protection.
