This guide will tell you how you can create the best builds for the confessor class in Elden Ring and the different playstyles those classes are good for.
Elden Ring Confessor Builds
The Confessor class is a well-balanced class is Elden Ring that has good attribute distribution. The more focus in this class is on faith that allows you to use different weapons.
Even the starting gear of this class is good, and you wouldn’t need any upgrades till you are halfway through the game.
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Confessor Scythe Build
- Flask Spread: 1 or 2 FP and Mostly HP
- Weapons: Sacred Scythe, Winged Scythe, Godslayer’s Seal, and Brass Shield
- Armor: Any Light Armor available to you
- Stats: Faith, Vigor (Primary) and Mind, Dexterity/Strength (Secondary)
- Skills: Ash of War: Quickstep & Ash of War: Golden Vow
- Spells: Flame of the Fell God, Lightning Spear, Frozen Lightning Spear, Urgent Heal, and Black Flame
Confessor Class Melee Build
- Flask Spread: 1 or 2 FP and Mostly HP
- Weapons: Broadsword, Brass Shield and any Sacred Seal
- Armor: Any mid-roll one.
- Stats: Strength, Faith (Primary) and Dexterity and Endurance (Secondary)
- Skills: Ash of War: Quickstep & Ash of War: Golden Vow
- Spells: Urgent Heal, Heal
Best Stats for Confessor Class
For the Confessor class Scythe build, you should allocate most of your levels into Faith. Scythe weapons mostly scale with Faith, so the higher your Faith stat goes, the more damage you’ll do with the Build.
- Vigor: 13
- Endurance: 14
- Strength: 23
- Dexterity: 16
- Faith: 24
For Confessor Class melee build stats, the focus is on Strength since it’s the thing you will be using most in this Build. Put points in Faith, too but prioritize Strength first so you can pick up better weapons.
Focus on leveling Endurance secondarily as it will increase equipment load and stamina. Other than this, the Brass Shield and Ashes of War will make this a quite good build to have.
- Endurance: 13
- Strength: 12
- Dexterity: 13
- Faith: 14
Best Weapons for Confessor Class in Elden Ring
As you can see, the Confessor Scythe Build is a great combination of Scythe weapons and Spells that makes an all-rounder Confessor Build. Whether you are fighting the enemies in Melee or Ranged, this Build will help you a lot.
For melee, this Build has some great weapons choices like the Sacred Scythe, Winged Scythe, and Shield that will allow you to be defensive and do counterattacks.
These Scythes have some of the longest reach out of the melee weapons on Elden Ring. This gives them great versatility as they perform well in all kinds of situations.
Even if you play this Build with only the melee weapons, you’ll still be able to keep some distance between yourself and the enemy, which makes this build relatively easy and safe to use as compared to other melee builds in the game.
In Confessor class melee build due to the long-range of the broadsword, you’ll be able to keep a healthy distance between yourself and the opponent, which will allow you to stay alive. Though you will be tanking damage during boss fights, that’s just the nature of the Build, so don’t worry about that.
Best Armor for Confessor Class
For playing with Confessor Class Scythe build you can go with any light armor available to you. There is no need for any special armor for this build.
But when you are playing with Confessor Class melee build you have to use a medium weight shield, so you can block enemy attacks and perform guard counters.
Best Spells for Confessor Class
If you want to play Confessor Class Scythe Build as a ranged build, it performs well in that regard too. The spells used for this Build have both great range and damage.
The Flame of the Fell God and Lightning Spears are some examples of spells used in this build.
They also cover huge areas, which allows the player to take out multiple enemies at once. The Godslayer’s Seal will help you greatly in that as well.
The best way to play this Build is to use both the melee weapons and spells in a synergetic way. Most of the time, you won’t have to rely on the Faith-based weapons with this Build.
For Confessor Class melee build, having some sort of healing ability for yourself is paramount. Spells like Urgent Heal and Heal will help you heal allies and yourself. This will help you and your allies stay alive for a longer time
Best Skills for Confessor Class
The Confessor Class Scythe and Melee Build also helps with crowd control as you won’t get stuck between hordes of enemies. The Ash of War: Quickstep will also further increase your survivability by allowing you to quickly manoeuvre your way out of sticky situations.
The Ash of War: Quickstep plays an essential role in this Build as it acts as a safeguard for you. Whenever you find yourself in a risky place and want out, you can use this Ash of War to quickly escape.
You can also summon Spirit Ashes and then increase the defense and damage by buffing them with the Golden Vow.
