A Dragon Build in Elden Ring is one of the most unique builds you can make. They aren’t as straightforward as other builds.
This is where we come in. This guide’ll explore the best Dragon build in Elden Ring. Below, we’ve covered everything from the starting class and flask spread to the Shield, Weapons, and best incantations you should use.
Elden Ring Dragon Build Overview
The Dragon Build we’ve described below uses Dragon Communion Incantations, allowing you to damage your enemies with fire. This build also makes use of the Ripple Blade to deal physical damage to your enemies:
- Starting Class: Prophet
- Flask Spread: Equal split between HP and FP
- Stats: Strength, Faith, and Arcane (Primary), Endurance, Vigor and Mind (Secondary)
- Weapons: Ripple Blade
- Shield: Jellyfish Shield
- Ash of War: Wild Strikes and Contagious Fury
- Incantations: Dragonfire, Bayle’s Tyranny, Dragonmaw, Theodorix’s Magma, Bloodflame Blade, and Flame, Grant Me Strength.
- Spirit Summons: Mimic Tear or Fire Monk
- Armor: Drake-Knight Armor
- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Greenburst Crytal Tear and Cerulean Hidden Tear
- Talisman: Faithful’s Canvas Talisman, Flock’s Canvas Talisman, Fire Scorpion Charm and Radagon Icon
Stats for Dragon Build
| Stat | Level 60 | Level 100 | Level 150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith | 33 | 43 | 45 |
| Mind | 17 | 19 | 28 |
| Dexterity | 11 | 13 | 14 |
| Strength | 16 | 21 | 29 |
| Endurance | 12 | 16 | 27 |
| Vigor | 13 | 15 | 26 |
| Intelligence | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Arcane | 30 | 45 | 52 |
Best Weapon for Dragon Build in Elden Ring
Since this build is heavily based around Incantations, which require Faith and Arcane, we’ll be going with a weapon that primarily scales with Arcane: The Ripple Blade. It has an A scaling with Arcane and deals 75 physical and 100 critical damage.
It also deals 31 fire damage, which we’ll discuss further below. You can purchase this weapon from Pidia, Carian Servant at Caria Manor.
Best Shield
For the shield, we recommend going with the Jellyfish Shield mainly because its Ash of War allows you to increase your damage output. This is a small-sized shield that doesn’t have very high equipping requirements.
This shield is found north of the Foot of the Four Belfries Site of Grace in Liurnia of the Lakes. Several jellyfish will surround it.
Best Ashes of War Choices
We’ll be sticking to their default Ashes of War for both our shield and main weapon. For the Jellyfish Shield, this is Contagious Fury, which increases your damage output by 12.5% for 30 seconds. And for the Ripple Sword, it is Wild Strikes.
This attack lets you dole out several attacks quickly before finishing with a ground attack that severely staggers your enemies.
Best Incantations To Choose
Incantations make up the bulk of this build’s damage output capabilities. As such, we’ll be making use of six different Incantations:
- Dragonfire: This Incantation conjures a dragon head that spews fire at your enemies.
- Bayle’s Tyranny: Bayle’s Tyranny also conjures a dragon head, but this time, it deals AOE lighting and fire damage.
- Dragonmaw: With the Dragonmaw, you can summon a dragonhead that chomps down hard on your enemies.
- Theodorix’s Magma: This Incantation lets you spew Magma on your enemies from above. This is an excellent crowd-control incantation.
- Bloodflame Blade: Bloodflame Blade imbues your main hand weapon with festering blood flame, allowing you to deal bleed damage and fire damage to your enemies. This incantation perfectly ties your main hand weapon into the Dragon build, built around fire damage and incantations.
- Flame, Grant Me Strength: This Incantation increases your physical and fire damage by +20%.
Best Spirit Summons
For the Spirit Summons, you can go one of two routes: either use the Mimic Tear to double your damage output or use a Fire Monk to increase your fire damage.
- Mimic Tear: The Mimic Tear summons a replica of your build that fights alongside you. With this Spirit Summon, you’ll essentially have twice the damage output.
- Fire Monk: The Fire Monk summons uses fire damage to damage your enemies.
Best Armor To Wear
While any light to medium-sized armor will work for this build, we recommend using the Drake-Knight armor, as it perfectly ties into the Dragon theme. You can find this armor in the Crumbling Farum Azula area.
| Stats | Drake-Knight Set |
|---|---|
| Damage Negation | |
| Physical | 22.6 |
| Physical (Strike) | 23.6 |
| Physical (Slash) | 19.1 |
| Physical (Pierce) | 22.6 |
| Magic | 20.4 |
| Fire | 22.6 |
| Lightning | 17.8 |
| Holy | 20.4 |
| Resistance | |
| Immunity | 60 |
| Robustness | 110 |
| Focus | 50 |
| Vitality | 50 |
| Poise | 40 |
Best Flask of Wondrous Physick for Dragon Build
The Flask of Wondrous Physick allows you to use two temporary buffs in a single-use Flask. For the Dragon build, we recommend the following:
- Greenburst Crytal Tear: This Crystal Tear boosts your stamina regeneration rate.
- Cerulean Hidden Tear: The Cerulean Hidden Tear temporarily removes FP consumption upon using incantations and/or skills.
Best Talismans
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 Dragon build, these are the best Talisman:
- Faithful’s Canvas Talisman: This Talisman raises the potency of all incantations by +4%
- Flock’s Canvas Talisman: Like the previous Talisman, Flocks Canvas Talisman also increases the potency of your Talisman by +8%.
- Fire Scorpion Charm: This Talisman increases your fire damage output by +12% but also increases the damage you take by +10%
- Radagon Icon: Radagon Icon reduces the time it takes to cast each incantation.
