Strength and Faith are two extremely different but highly effective stats in Elden Ring that are useful for making holy knight builds. As such, they will be your main stats while keeping Mind, Vigor, and Endurance as your secondary ones. You will use the Miquellan Knight’s Sword, Haligtree Crest Greatshield, and wear either the Haligtree Knight or Banished Knight Set.
Additionally, you will use Golden Vow, Discus of Light, and Triple Rings of Light incantations, among others. The Mimic Tear will be your main spirit summon, which will round off this build nicely in Elden Ring.
Strength Faith Build Overview
This Strength and Faith build uses Incantations and melee combat to excel in almost all situations. The main equipment and particulars of this build are listed below:
- Starting Class: Confessor
- Flask Spread: Equal split between FP and HP
- Stats: Strength and Faith (primary) Mind, Vigor, and Endurance (secondary)
- Weapons: Miquellan Knight’s Sword
- Shield: Haligtree Crest Greatshield
- Ash of War: Sacred Blade and Barricade Shield
- Incantations: Golden Vow, Discus of Light, Triple Rings of Light, Wrath of God and Order’s Blade
- Spirit Summons: Mimic Tear or Lhutel the Headless
- Armor: Haligtree Knight Set or Banished Knight Set
- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Opaline Hardtear and Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear
- Talisman: Flock’s Canvas Talisman, Faithful’s Canvas Talisman, Radagon’s Soreseal and Green Turtle Talisman
Stats for Strength Faith Build
| Stat | Level 60 | Level 100 | Level 150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith | 27 | 38 | 51 |
| Mind | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Dexterity | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Strength | 22 | 36 | 52 |
| Endurance | 12 | 25 | 33 |
| Vigor | 21 | 30 | 43 |
| Intelligence | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Arcane | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Best Weapon for Strength Faith Build
For this build, we recommend picking up the Miquellan Knight’s Sword. This weapon scales primarily with Faith and Strength and deals physical and Holy damage, perfectly aligning with the rest of the build. You can find this weapon at the top of the bell tower near Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree.
Best Shield
We’ll opt for the Haligtree Crest Greatshield for this Strength and Faith build, which provides great damage negation. This shield can drop from the Haligtree Knight in the Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree dungeon.
Best Ashes of War Picks
We recommend pairing the Sacred Blade Ash of War with Miquellan Knight’s Sword. This skill imbues your weapon with Holy damage, which scales with the Faith stat and lets you fire a holy strike projectile from your sword, greatly increasing your range.
The Haligtree Crest Greatshield should be used with the Barricade Shield Ash of War. This skill makes the Haligtree Crest Greatshield completely impenetrable, letting you tank even the strongest attacks from bosses.
Best Incantations
Incantations are the bread and butter of this Paladin build, as you’ll be using them to not only give yourself buffs but also to deal damage. Below, we’ve picked out some of the best incantations you can use:
- Golden Vow: Golden Vow increases all your damage output by +15% and your damage negation by +10%.
- Discus of Light: This incantation casts forth a disc of light that deals holy damage.
- Triple Rings of Light: Triple Rings of Light casts three rings of light that target your enemies and deal holy damage
- Wrath of Gold: This incantation produces a golden shockwave that knocks back all foes and deals holy damage
- Order’s Blade: Order’s Blade enchants your main hand weapon with Holy damage, greatly increasing your damage output and Holy damage.
Best Spirit Summons Choices
You can opt for one of two strategies for this build when choosing your Spirit Summon. We’ve detailed both choices below:
- 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.
- Lhutel the Headless: On the flip side, if you want to distract your enemies, you can opt for Lhutel the Headless, which is a good single tanking unit that takes on a ton of damage.
Best Armor for Strength Faith Build
The best armor sets to use with a Strength and Faith Build are the Haligtree Knight Set and the Banished Knight Set. You can get the former by killing and looting Haligtree Knights in Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree area. The Helm, however, can only be obtained from a corpse near the Elphael Inner Wall site of grace.
The Banished Knight Set can be acquired by killing Banished Knight enemies throughout the game. While both of these armor sets are good, the Banished Knight Set provides a little more protection at the cost of weighing more. It also features a much higher Poise, preventing you from getting staggered.
| Stats | Haligtree Knight Set | Banished Knight Set |
|---|---|---|
| Damage Negation | ||
| Physical | 26.5 | 35.5 |
| Physical (Strike) | 24.6 | 29.2 |
| Physical (Slash) | 26.5 | 36.4 |
| Physical (Pierce) | 26.5 | 33.5 |
| Magic | 20.4 | 26.5 |
| Fire | 22.6 | 26.5 |
| Lightning | 19.1 | 25.6 |
| Holy | 22.6 | 26.1 |
| Resistance | ||
| Immunity | 84 | 143 |
| Robustness | 135 | 197 |
| Focus | 57 | 91 |
| Vitality | 59 | 160 |
| Poise | 47 | 72 |
Best Flask of Wondrous Physick
The Flask of Wondrous Physick allows you to use two temporary buffs in a single-use Flask. For the Strength and Faith build, we recommend the following:
- Opaline Hardtear: This Tear boosts your damage negation by +15%
- Holy Shrouding Cracked Tear: Holy Shrouding Cracked Tear boosts the power of Holy attacks.
Best Talismans for Strength Faith Build
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 Strength and Faith build, these are the best Talisman:
- Flock’s Canvas Talisman: The Flock’s Canvas Talisman increases the effectiveness of incantations by +8%.
- Faithful’s Canvas Talisman: This Talisman boosts the power of your incantations by an additional +4%.
- Radagon’s Soreseal: Radagon’s Soreseal increases your Vigor, Endurance, Strength, and Dexterity by +5 but you take +15% damage.
- Green Turtle Talisman: This Talisman raises the rate at which you recover your stamina.
