Elden Ring Bloodhound Fang Build Guide

Bloodhound’s Fang is a curved Greatsword in Elden Ring that scales with Dexterity and Strength. This is one of the best early-game weapons you can pick up, and depending on how you build your character, you can take it to the end.

In this guide, we’ll explore two distinct Bloodhound’s Fang builds. The builds below cover everything from the basics, like stats and starting classes, to more complicated mechanics, like Talismans and Ashes of War.

Elden Ring Bloodhound Fang Bleed Build Overview

The Bloodhound’s Fang Bleed Build capitalizes on the weapon’s inherent blood-loss capabilities to deliver massive bouts of damage quickly. Everything in this build is centered around raising your blood loss damage while covering any deficiencies or weaknesses that may exist.

• Class: Samurai
• Flask Spread: 3 to 1 ratio of HP and FP
• Stats: Strength and Dexterity (primary) Vigor, Endurance, and Faith (secondary)
• Weapons: Bloodhound’s Fang
• Shield: Inverted Hawk Heater Shield
• Ash of War: Bloodhound’s Finesse
• Incantations: Bloodflame Blade and Golden Vow
• Spirit Summons: Dung Eater Puppet or Lone Wolf Ashes
• Armor: Black Knife Set with White Mask
• Flask of Wondrous Physick: Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear and Strength-Knot Crystal Tear
• Talisman: Shard of Alexander, Ritual Sword Talisman, Rotten Winged Insignia, and Lord of Blood’s Exultation

Elden Ring Bloodhound Fang Dual Wield Build Overview

The Bloodhound’s Fang Dual Wield Build is a quality build that prioritizes Strength and Dexterity to raise your maximum damage output. This build works especially well for PvP but excels just as well during normal PvE situations.

• Class: Samurai
• Flask Spread: HP only
• Stats: Strength and Dexterity (primary), Vigor and Endurance (secondary)
• Weapons: Bloodhound’s Fang x2
• Ash of War: Bloodhound’s Finesse
• Spirit Summons: Mimic Tear or Spirit Jellyfish
• Armor: Lionel’s Set
• Flask of Wondrous Physick: Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear and Greenburst Crystal Tear
• Talisman: Radagon’s Scarseal, Pearldrake Talisman, Prothesis-Wearer Heirloom and Rotten Winged Insignia

Best Stats Choices

Stats at level 60

Stat	Bleed Build	Dual Wield Build
Faith	17	8
Mind	11	11
Dexterity	27	30
Strength	26	30
Endurance	21	18
Vigor	20	25
Intelligence	9	9
Arcane	8	8

Stats at level 100

Stat	Bleed Build	Dual Wield Build
Faith	22	8
Mind	11	11
Dexterity	42	42
Strength	34	42
Endurance	27	29
Vigor	26	30
Intelligence	9	9
Arcane	8	8

Stats at level 150

Stat	Bleed Build	Dual Wield Build
Faith	33	8
Mind	11	11
Dexterity	57	60
Strength	43	60
Endurance	35	36
Vigor	33	37
Intelligence	9	9
Arcane	8	8

Best Weapons for Bloodhound Fang Build

For both the Bleed and the Dual Wield build, we’ll be using the Bloodhound’s Fang, which is a curved Greatsword in Elden Ring. This weapon scales with Dexterity and Strength, so we’ve chosen these two as our primary stats and gone with Samurai as our starting class.

Bloodhound’s Fang comes with the Bloodhound’s Finesse Ash of War and can be found fairly early in the game. you must defeat Bloodhound Knight Darriwil at the Forlorn Hound Evergaol in Limgrave to acquire this weapon.

You must note that you can only get one Bloodhound’s Fang per playthrough, so enter NG+ to complete your Dual wield build. In the meantime, you can use any weapon that scales with Dexterity and Strength as your secondary. We recommend going with Gargoyle’s Blackblade.

Best Shield Picks

For the Bleed Build, you can equip a shield in your offhand if possible, though we recommend two-handing the weapon to maximize your damage output. If you do want to use a shield, go with the Inverted Hawk Heater Shield.

This shield provides decent damage negation without weighing you down too much. It scales with strength and can be found in the Siofra River area.

Best Ashes of War Picks

Since the Ash of War on Bloodhound’s Fang can not be swapped out, we’ll go with the default one for both builds. This weapon comes with the Bloodhound’s Finesse Ash of War, which lets you execute an upward strike, which you can then follow up with a quick backstep, which is finally followed by the Bloodhound’s Step, a quick slash attack that deals a decent amount of damage.

Best Incantations for Elden Ring Bloodhound Fang Build

You can use incantations on the Bloodhound’s Fang bleed build to further enhance your damage output and blood loss buildup. We recommend using Bloodflame Blade and Golden Vow. Do note that you’ll need a Sacred Seal to cast these Incantations.

1. Bloodflame blade: This incantation buffs your sword’s hemorrhage/blood loss capabilities, which lets you build up the status effect even quicker.
2. Golden Vow: Golden Vow simply increases your damage output and defense, making you slightly stronger in combat

Best Spirit Summons Picks

Regarding the spirit summons, you’ll want a summon that complements your build’s playstyle and shortcomings. Pick from any of the two summonses listed below for the Bloodhound’s Fang Bloodloss build, both of which deal bleed damage.

1. Dung Eater Puppet: The Dung Eater Puppet is a tanky single-unit summon that deals bleed damage to enemies. His large health pool makes him a worthy addition to your arsenal. You can acquire this
2. Lone Wolf Ashes: on the other hand, Lone Wolf Ashes summons three wolves that swarm your enemies from every side. Each wolf’s health is fairly low compared to the Dung Eater but they tend to inflict blood loss much quicker.

For the Dual Wield build, you can select either one from the following:

1. Spirit Jellyfish: The Spirit Jellyfish tends to move around a lot more, which is perfect for distraction, and it inflicts the poison status effect on your enemies, giving you a slight head up during most combat situations.
2. Mimic Tear: The Mimic Tear conjures a replica of your build that fights alongside you. This summon is extremely powerful and is a great way to increase your total damage output.

Best Armor for Bloodhound Fang Builds in Elden Ring

We recommend going with the Black Knife Set for the Bleed Build, as it provides decent damage negation while also being lightweight, letting you be as mobile as you want. However, to maximize the blood loss aspect of this build, switch out the default mask with the White Mask. This mask increases the player’s attack power by 10% for 20 seconds after you or your enemy gains the blood loss status effect.

You can pick up the Black Knife Set under an archway behind Ordina, Liturgical Town in the Consecrated Snowfield area.

As far as the Dual Wield build is concerned, go with Lionel’s Set. The main reason behind it is that it has some of the highest Poise in the game, which lets you tank much damage before your stance is broken. This is especially useful when performing long combos using the dual-wield setup.

Lionel’s Set can be found in Leyndell, Royal Capital, in a building near the Lower Capital Church Site of Grace.

Stats	Black Knife Set	Lionel’s Set
Damage Negation
Physical	22.5	33.5
Physical (Strike)	21.6	31.5
Physical (Slash)	24.4	36.4
Physical (Pierce)	24.5	37.2
Magic	17.5	26.5
Fire	18.9	28.9
Lightning	13.5	25.6
Holy	22.5	26.5
Resistance
Immunity	65	150
Robustness	108	235
Focus	54	100
Vitality	54	100
Poise	40	86

Best Flask of Wondrous Physick Choice

The Flask of Wondrous Physick allows you to use two temporary buffs in a single-use Flask. For the Bloodhound’s Fang builds, we recommend the following:

Bloodhound’s Fang Bleed Build

1. Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear: The Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear increases your Dexterity, which is always helpful for this build as our weapon scales with this stat.
2. Strength-Knot Crystal Tear: The Strength-Knot Crystal Tear increases your Strength, another stat that our weapon scales with, making your build even stronger in combat.

Bloodhound’s Fang Dual Wield Build

1. Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear: The Dexterity-Knot Crystal Tear increases your Dexterity, which is always helpful for this build as our weapon scales with this stat. Since this is a quality build, this is even more useful.
2. Greenburst Crystal Tear: The Greenburst Crystal Tear raises your stamina recovery speed. Since you’ll be using a lot of successive attacks, this will ensure you’re never too low on stamina.

Best Talismans for Bloodhound’s Fang Builds

Talisman allows you to buff your builds in several ways. There are a total of four Talisman slots that you can unlock and use. For the Bloodhound’s Fang builds, these are the best Talisman:

Bloodhound’s Fang Bleed Build

1. Shard of Alexander: This Talisman boosts the power of your Ashes of War by +15%.
2. Ritual Sword Talisman: Ritual Sword Talisman increases your attack power by +10% when you’re at full health
3. Rotten Winged Insignia: This Talisman increases the power of consecutive attacks, letting you deal more damage the more you attack a single target.
4. Lord of Blood’s Exultation: Lord of Blood’s Exultation increases your attack power by +20% when you or your enemy experiences blood loss.

Bloodhound’s Fang Dual Wield Build

1. Radagon’s Scarseal: Radago’s Scarseal increases Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by 3 each, but this comes at the cost of you taking +15% more damage.
2. Pearldrake Talisman: This Talisman reduces the amount of elemental damage you take.
3. Prothesis-Wearer Heirloom: The Prothesis-Wearer Heirloom increases your total dexterity by +5.
4. Rotten Winged Insignia: This Talisman increases the power of consecutive attacks, letting you deal more damage the more you attack a single target.