A strength build in Elden Ring can be straightforward, and a precise build can lead to great results.Magic buildsrequires multiple stats to be leveled up to use your abilities properly, but a strength build focuses only on your weapon.
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Focusing on only a few stats in your character allows you to take those stats to the max. Elden Ring is full of massive weapons, and with the proper strength stat will allow you to wield weapons as big as your character is. Here are the best weapons your need to hunt down for Strength build.
Updated By Joshua Leeds On March 13th 2024:This article has been updated to include additional information for each weapon including their required stats and what stats it scales best from.
15Nightrider Glaive
Quick Attacks With Decent Range
TheNightrider Glaiveis a large Halberd that deals a decent amount of damage over a significant range. This weapon can be fairly versatile to scale off other stats to perfectly fit your build.
This weapon comes with the skill Spinning Strike, and can be infused with other ashes of war. While this weapon can be infused to be more efficient, it fails to do anything special in a standard build but is a great earlier option for strength-build players looking to fight with a halberd.
14Lion Greatbow
Powerful Damage Over Great Range
The Bow of Radahn himself, theLion Greatbowbow can deal a decent amount of damage for those with the strength to pull back its bowstring. This weapon can be difficult to obtain as players will need to defeat Radahn first.
This weapon comes with the skill Radahn’s Rain, and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill is heavily limited from the one we see Radahn use, but is still a great skill to deal with larger enemies or small crowds. Overall this weapon begins to fall off in damage in the late game but is a great ranged option for strength builds.
13Onyx Lord’s Greatsword
Powerful Physical and Magic Damage
Onyx Lord’s Greatswordis a strength greatsword that also deals magic damage to your enemy, with a bonus to gravity-type enemies. This weapon is great for strength, and intelligence builds due to its bonus Magic damage and scaling for it.
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This weapon comes with the unique skill Onyx Lord’s Repulsion, and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill does a decent amount of damage with a focus on it’s knockback capabilities. This weapon is also perfect for a niche intelligence/strength build.
12Fallingstar Beast Jaw
A Colossal Weapon That Hits Hard And Slow
TheFallingstar Beast Jawdeals both physical and magic damage, with a moderate bonus to gravity-type enemies. While this weapon’s magic damage does scale from intelligence, the bulk of damage will come from this weapon’s physical damage.
This weapon comes with the unique skill Gravity Bolt, and cannot be infused with other ashes of war. This skill can be cast quickly in rapid succession for great amounts of damage from a distance. This weapon is best used in a pure strength build, with only enough intelligence to equip the weapon.
11Battle Hammer
A Blank-Slate Strength-Focused Weapon
Like Robert Baratheon, taking a giant hammer into battle can easily crack skulls. While this hammer isn’t a unique weapon, it has very high base damage and can get to a B in scaling after being fully upgraded.
Should you infuse theBattle Hammerto make it “Heavy,” its Strength scaling reaches an A, a rare find in Elden Ring. It’s starting Ash of war; Braggart’s Roar slightly increases your damage, defense, and stamina recovery, and should you like this, Ash can be replaced.
10Zweihander
A Long-Reach Sword With Decently Quick Attacks
A recurring weapon from the Souls franchise, theZweihandermakes an appearance in Elden Ring. Wither lower stats to wield; this is an excellent option for Strength builds earlier in the game. It has moderately good base damage and scales with youStrengthth decently.
This greatsword has a heavy piercing attack, unlike most other greatswords in this game. This piercing attack gives this sword more viability as it can bypass enemies that are resistant to slashing damage or have a very high slashing defense.
9Dragon Greatclaw
Heavy Physical And Lightning Damage
While theDragon Greatclawwon’t have massive damage in the late game, it is an excellent option for early to mid-game. Its damage is mainly based on your strength, but it also has a decent amount of lightning damage. It also does a moderate bonus amount of damage to dragon enemies.
This weapon’s Ash of War is Endure, allowing you to further a potential tank build. This skill briefly absorbs incoming damage and also increases your poise. The higher poise will enable you to fight through potentially staggering attacks with this weapon’s slower attack animations.
8Ruins Greatsword
Heavy Physical Damage With Slight Magic
Ruins Greatswordis one of the few weapons in the game that mainly scales from the weapon’s level instead of your stats. It does require high Strength to wield it, limiting its usage unless you’re investing greatly in Strength. Ruins Greatsword also deals additional magic damage, and the bulk of that damage comes from the weapon’s level, not your intelligence.
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This allows a Strength-heavy build to add decent amounts of magic damage without needing to level another state. This weapon’s unique skill also deals gravitational damage, with the bulk coming from Weapon level and strength scaling.
7Giant Crusher
Heavy Single-Focused Strength Damage
Being another massive hammer, you can expect enormous damage. This weapon requires 60 strength, significantly limiting those who can use it. This high requirement means you’ll already be doing incredible damage right when you pick it up. Should you infuse this weapon to be “Heavy,” it’s one of the few weapons in the game to achieve an “S” scaling.
Giant Crusher also has a unique skill that allows players to leap forward, closing the distance and striking the enemy. This weapon also offers a very high defense if you block using it in both hands, making it incredibly versatile and a tremendous late-game weapon.
6Dragon Halberd
High Damage Halberd With Bonus Anti-Dragon Damage
Being a Halberd, theDragon Halberdhas a much quicker attack speed than most of the entries on this list. Also, being one of the dragon weapons, there is an additional damage bonus when fighting dragon enemies. While there are many dragon enemies in this game, the weapon is already very powerful against other enemies without the bonus.
It’s starting Ash is Spinning Slash, perfect for crowd control. This version of Spinning Slash is slightly different in that it also imbues your weapon with little lightning and ice damage for the next few seconds. With this Ash being slightly different on this weapon and unique, it cannot be switched off.
