It’s no secret that the Souls series and even Elden Ring draw a lot of inspiration from the late and great Kentaro Miura’s epic Berserk. Elden Ring offers players the chance to cosplay as the legendary Black Swordsman Guts by picking up a Greatsword and slamming that hunk of iron at all the game’s monstrosities. In this guide, we’ve outlined the best Berserk build in Elden Ring so that you can accurately match Guts’ power in game.
Elden Ring Guts Berserk Build
The key elements to accurately match Guts’ Berserker state in Elden Ring mean you need two things: A Great Sword and Lots of Strength. A good investment in Vigor and Endurance to boot also goes a long way.
Flask Usage: Mostly HP
Weapon: Heavy Greatsword
Armor: Heavy Armor
Stats: Strength and Endurance (Primary), Faith and Vigor (Secondary)
Skill: Ash of War: Lion’s Claw
Talismans: Ritual Sword Talisman and Shard of Alexander
Spells: Flame, Grant me Strength, Golden Vow
Best Stats for Berserk Build in Elden Ring
The key elements to accurately match Guts’ Berserker state in Elden Ring mean you need two things: A Great Sword and Lots of Strength. A good investment in Vigor and Endurance to boot also goes a long way.
The primary stats you will be focusing on in this build are Strength and Endurance. The Heavy Greatsword also requires a good amount of strength.
There is not much need for FP in this build so you will be focusing on higher HP.
The recommended stats can be seen below as well.
- Vigor: 26
- Mind: 18
- Endurance: 32
- Strength: 62
- Dexterity: 12
- Intelligence: 7
- Faith: 25
- Arcane: 10
Best Weapon for Berserk Build
The Heavy Greatsword is the weapon you are going to pick for this build.
While you can pick up a better Greatsword later, this one accurately represents Guts’ Weapon. Optionally, you can also carry a crossbow to use against those annoying ranged opponents.
This build is completely dependent on the strength stat and Heavy Greatsword. Using this greatsword is going to require a lot of strength so you will be increasing your strength for this build. You’ll want to upgrade this to the max to get the most damage out of it.
Best Armor for Berserk Build
You can use any heavy Armor that doesn’t restrict your movement or affect your rolls. To more accurately cosplay Guts’ armor, Blaidd’s set or alternatively the Night’s Cavalry set is as close as you can currently get.
Best Talismans for Berserk Build
You will be using more HP in this build so talismans like Ritual Sword and Shard of Alexander can help you in increasing the attack power when your HP is at max.
In this build for Flask of Wondrous Physick, we use the Strength-Knot Crystal Tear that will increase the strength for a short time and Stonebarb Cracked Tear that will make it easier for you to break the enemy stance.
Best Spells for Berserk Build
You will be using spells like Flame, Grant me Strength that will increase your attack power by 15% which means you will be dealing more damage to the enemies.
You can use this spell along with the Golden Vow to double the amount of damage done to enemies. While fighting any enemy in the game you will be using all these spells and skills together to deal high damage.
Your best attacks will be in the form of a jumping heavy attack as this will stance break most enemies into submission. You’re a bit slow so don’t overcommit to attacks unless you’re sure they’ll stun or finish an enemy off.
Best Skills for Berserk Build
You will be equipping your greatsword with the Ash of War: Lion’s Claw to apply Heavy affinity and Lion Claw’s Skill. Since the main focus of this build is on the strength, this skill will definitely boost up your strength stat based damage.
