The Battle Mage is a cross between a traditional melee character and a sorcerer. This build generally excels at both ranged and melee combat, allowing you to take on almost every situation with ease, however, building an effective Battle Mage can be difficult if you don’t know what you’re doing.
In this guide, we’ll be looking at the best Battle Mage build in Elden Ring. The build below covers everything from the class and flask spread to the best Flask of Wondrous Physick and the most appropriate Talisman. Let’s get into it.
Elden Ring Battle Mage Build Overview
- Class: Astrologer
- Flask Spread: 1 to 1 ratio of FP and HP
- Stats: Intelligence and Vigor (primary), Strength and Endurance (secondary)
- Weapons: Helphen’s Steeple
- Shield: Carian Knight Shield
- Ash of War: Ruinous Ghostflame and Spinning Weapon
- Spirit Summons: Mimic Tear
- Staff: Lusat’s Glintstone Staff
- Spells: Glintstone Pebble, Carian Slicer, Ranni’s Dark Moon, and Comet Azure
- Armor: Ronin’s Set
- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear and 2. Cerulean Hidden Tear
- Talisman: Graven-School Talisman, Graven-Mass Talisman, Ritual Shield Talisman, and Ancestral Spirit’s Horn
Best Stats Choices
Battle Mage Build Stats at Level 60
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Faith | 9 |
| Mind | 17 |
| Dexterity | 13 |
| Strength | 27 |
| Endurance | 19 |
| Vigor | 23 |
| Intelligence | 22 |
| Arcane | 9 |
Stats at Level 100
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Faith | 10 |
| Mind | 20 |
| Dexterity | 13 |
| Strength | 30 |
| Endurance | 22 |
| Vigor | 30 |
| Intelligence | 45 |
| Arcane | 9 |
Stats at Level 150
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Faith | 10 |
| Mind | 20 |
| Dexterity | 20 |
| Strength | 40 |
| Endurance | 25 |
| Vigor | 45 |
| Intelligence | 60 |
| Arcane | 9 |
Best Weapons for Battle Mage Build
The best weapon to use with a Battle Mage build is Helphen’s Steeple. This Greatsword scales primarily with strength and intelligence, allowing it to fit perfectly in this build. It can be upgraded using Somber Smithing Stones in Elden Ring. We recommend doing so as often as your materials and Runes allow. You generally want to keep it at the highest level possible to give yourself a fighting chance against later stages of the game.
Helphen’s Steeple can be found in the western portion of the Mountaintops of the Giant area. You’ll need to kill the Tibia Mariner found near Castle Sol to acquire this weapon.
As far as staves are concerned, we recommend going with Lusat’s Glintstone Staff. Like Helphen’s Steeple, it also scales primarily with Strength and Intelligence. Lusat’s Glinstone Staff is found within a chest in Sellia, Town of Sorcery.
Best Shield Picks
If you want to give yourself extra protection when you’re in the heat of battle, you can swap out your Staff with a Shield in your offhand. While the game gives you plenty of options of shield, the best one to use for a Battle Mage build is Carian Knight Shield. Like our main weapons, it scales primarily with Strength and Intelligence, allowing it to harmonize perfectly with the rest of the build. Being a Medium Shield, it provides you with ample protection, especially against other Mage attacks, while also letting you retain your mobility.
The Carian Knight Shield is dropped by Moongrum at the Academy of Raya Lucaria.
Best Ashes of War Picks
Helphen’s Steeple comes equipped with a very powerful Ash of War called Ruinous Ghostflame. This Ash of War has two benefits; firstly, it imbues the weapon with magic damage and secondly, it allows the sword to deal frost damage. In conjunction, this makes for an extremely strong combo that can quickly shave off large chunks of health off of any enemy.
The duration for the Ghostflame is 60 seconds and can be activated faster than most Ashes of War, making it very useful in situations where you’re up against the wall. For Lusat’s Glinstone Staff, use Spinning Weapon, as it allows you to quickly stagger enemies should you find yourself overwhelmed.
Best Spirit Summons Picks
The best Spirit Summon to use as a Battle Mage is Mimic Tear. Mimic Tear summons a replica of your build that fights alongside you and in a similar fashion to you. Being a Mage means that the Mimic Tear can lay down excessive bouts of damage through the use of spells.
The Mimic Tear can also be used to take some of the heat off of you, which can give you plenty of time to summon spells that require long casting times or pop a flask in case you’re low on health or FP.
Best Spells To Choose
Elden Ring features a wide breadth of spells that you can use to your advantage, for the Battle Mage build, however, we recommend the following four:
- Glintstone Pebble: Glinstone Pebble is one of the most basic spells in Elden Ring but it is also one of the strongest. It lets you fire projectiles of magic in quick succession that lets you deal a significant amount of damage in a very short period.
- Carian Slicer: Carian Slicer is the perfect spell for crowd control as it lets out a wide-reaching melee attack that covers almost your entire 360 vicinity. Although it does use a significant amount of FP, the damage output is well worth it.
- Ranni’s Dark Moon: Ranni’s Dark Moon is a projectile spell that also deals a significant amount of damage. The projectile is very good at tracking your enemy
- Comet Azure: This Spell summons a projectile damage beam that deals excessive amounts of damage. This spell is best used against boss enemies or singular targets as it leaves you vulnerable when you’re using it.
Best Armor for Elden Ring Battle Mage Build
The best armor to use for this build is the Ronin’s Set, which provides all-around great damage negation and resistance, whilst also being lightweight. It is dropped by Bloody Finger Hunter Yura, who’s found near the Zamora Ruins in the Mountaintops of the Giants.
| Stats | Value |
|---|---|
| Damage Negation | |
| Physical | 21.5 |
| Physical (Strike) | 21.2 |
| Physical (Slash) | 22.6 |
| Physical (Pierce) | 21.2 |
| Magic | 23.4 |
| Fire | 24.4 |
| Lightning | 25.7 |
| Holy | 23.4 |
| Resistance | |
| Immunity | 167 |
| Robustness | 125 |
| Focus | 132 |
| Vitality | 140 |
| Poise | 37 |
Best Flask of Wondrous Physick Choice
The Flask of Wondrous Physick can be used to give you the edge you need during combat. For the Battle Mage build, use these two Tears:
- Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear: The Magic-Shrouding Crystal Tear increases the effectiveness of all magic attacks by +20% for 3 minutes, letting you deal increased damage. Since this build makes ample use of spells and magic, this Tear will significantly raise your damage output.
- Cerulean Hidden Tear: The Cerulean Hidden Tear, on the other hand, eliminates all FP consumption for 15 seconds, which means you’ll be able to cast spells without eating into your FP budget. This is especially useful if you’re running out of flasks to replenish for FP.
Best Talismans Picks
Talisman allows you to buff your builds in several ways, there are a total of four Talisman slots that you can use. For the Battlemage Build, these are the best Talisman:
- Graven-School Talisman: The Graven-School Talisman increases the potency of all sorceries by +4%, lending you a decent damage buff.
- Graven-Mass Talisman: The Graven-Mass Talisman, on the other hand, increases damage from your sorceries by an additional +8%. When used in conjunction with the Graven School Talisman you can attain a +12% damage buff.
- Ritual Shield Talisman: The Ritual Shield Talisman reduces damage taken by +30% when your HP is full, this is especially useful when casting spells like Ranni’s Full Moon and Comet Azure that have long casting animations
- Ancestral Spirit’s Horn: The fourth and final Talisman, Ancestral Spirit Horn, restores 3 FP when you defeat an enemy. Considering how often you’ll be using spells and the Ruinous Ghostflame Ash of War, this item is a game changer.
