Eldon's Ring of Law is finally here, and while it differs in some ways from Dark Souls games, one thing that's almost the same is its character situation. Just like in Dark Souls, players level up their characters by gaining experience by defeating enemies. In FromSoftware games, the process of optimizing these attributes and creating a specific type of character for one or two of them is called matchmaking, while in FromSoftware games, having a good matchup is important for success in PvE and vs. bosses and PvP battles with other players.
In Eldon's Ring, you can choose from several different types of pairings. Whether you want to be a heavy-hitting melee character, a long-range mage, or something in between, there's something for you. Here's a list of the best combinations in Eldon's Ring of Law, including strength, dexterity, intelligence, faith, and more.
Strength type
Origin: Hero or Wanderer
Character Stats: Life Force 44, Endurance 40, Strength 66
Weapons: Strength-boosting weapons (dual-handed to gain additional damage) (such as two-handed greatswords), medium or large shields
If you want to be a pure power character, this combination is your best choice. The three main attributes you need to improve are vitality, endurance, and strength. You need a lot of health and stamina to wear heavy armor and withstand blows, and since dual wiggles increase your effective strength by 50%, as long as you use your weapon in this way, having 66 strength will effectively give you 99 strength. This gives you an incredible damage output that can crush any enemy or player you encounter, especially when they are wearing light armor and have low health.
A single holding plus a medium-sized shield is also an effective option. Your high endurance matches the upgraded medium to large shield, allowing you to easily block a large number of physical attacks, and if you have the ability, you can also make key counterattacks after parrying to further increase your damage.
Dexterous type
Origin: Samurai or Wanderer
Character Stats: Life Force 44, Endurance 40, Dexterity 65
Weapons: Strength-boosting weapons, bows and arrows, self-defense shields
The best way to build a dexterous character is to choose a samurai or wanderer origin, as they start out with good dexterity and other attributes compared to other origins. Then, you'll want to improve your health and endurance along with your dexterity in order to get maximum durability, sustainability, and high damage output in melee combat.
It's important to remember that as a dexterous character, this is one of the few non-magical classes that can effectively fight within range. This is because most bows and crossbows increase with dexterity. You'll also get a lot of extra damage when you hit the key, so we recommend using a shield like the Round Shield and adapting to this self-defense style and trying to be invisible around to get a backstab.
Intellectual
Origin: Astrologer
Character Stats: Vitality 39, Concentration 35, Endurance 20, Intelligence 60
Weapons: Intelligence-enhancing weapons, staffs
If you want to be a pure mage-type sorcery magic character, you should try to improve your intelligence, because it can increase the damage of witchcraft and allow you to have more powerful spells. In addition, you should also increase your concentration so that you have a lot of concentration (mana) to cast your spells. A lot of life force is also important, as you need a high level of health to counteract the fact that you, as a purely intelligent mage, can't wear heavy armor. In addition, you can also put the part of the life force you usually put into the dexterity to speed up the casting speed.
In addition to spells, if you need to do melee combat, it is also a good idea to use weapons related to intelligence. In the open world of The Ring of Eldon, there are many weapons that boost intelligence, and you can also use ashes to change the proportion of weapons you already have to intelligence, but at the same time make sure you have enough strength and dexterity to use them.
Faith-based
Origin: Prophet
Character Stats: Vitality 39, Concentration 35, Endurance 20, Faith 60
Weapon: Holy Seal, Faith-enhancing weapon
If you prefer to use spells instead of spells, use the faith type. It is basically the same as the intelligence type above, but it replaces intelligence with faith, and replaces intelligence-enhancing weapons with faith-enhancing weapons. Just like the Intelligence type, it may be better to increase your casting speed with a little dexterity.
While spells are purely offensive, spells can be both auxiliary and offensive in nature. Raising your faith to 60 will make your healing spells more effective, while also causing your aggressive spells to deal more damage.
Mixed strength/intelligence
Origin: Prisoner
Character Stats: Vitality 39, Concentration 25, Strength 40, Intelligence 40
Weapons: Staff, Strength/Intelligence Enhancement Weapon, Medium Shield
When paired properly, the Mix of Strength and Intelligence can become quite powerful, as it gives you a wider range and melee options in terms of magic and melee. You need 40 strength and 40 intelligence to get good physical and magic damage. Then, you should boost your vitality and concentration so that you have a good health and mana.
It's difficult to find weapons that are naturally proportional to strength and intelligence, but if you dig deeper, you'll find some suitable options. You can also use War Ash to give Strength weapons a certain percentage of intelligence. It's also a good idea to use a medium shield for this type of character, as you have enough strength to help you fend off damage if necessary.
Strength/Faith Mixed
Origin: Confessor or prophet
Character Stats: Vitality 39, Concentration 25, Strength 40, Faith 40
Weapons: Holy Seal, Strength/Faith Boost Weapon, Medium Shield
Strength & Faith Mix & Match is a Classic of FromSoftware, which gives you most of the strength of a pure strength match, as well as many useful buff and damage options, all brought about by spells. It works like the strength/intelligence hybrid above, but replaces intelligence with faith. Weapons that match strength and faith are easier to find than weapons that match strength and intelligence, making this pairing perfect for those looking for a high-quality weapon for a hybrid melee and magic character.
It's important to note that unlike the Pure Strength type, you can't wear heavy armor, as you'll need to devote most of your attribute points to strength and faith, as well as vitality and concentration to gain HP and mana. Therefore, you need to use this collocation more carefully, with clever positioning, emphasizing dodging rolling rather than blocking attacks with shields. However, a medium shield is still a useful tool that can be kept at hand.
Dexterous/Intellectual Hybrid
Character Stats: Vitality 39, Concentration 25, Dexterity 40, Concentration 40
Weapons: Staff, Dexter/Intelligence Boost weapon, Self-Defense Shield
The hybrid of dexterity and intelligence is arguably one of the strongest physiques in the entire Eldon Ring, as you get mana and dexterous physical damage, as well as a very fast cast speed. You'll be limited to smaller melee weapons because you don't have much strength, but that's not a big deal, especially if you're good at fending off and can hit some big key damage.
Just like other melee and magic hybrids, you'll need a lot of health and concentration to gain HP and mana. You also need to find for yourself a powerful weapon that can be adapted to dexterity and intelligence. Finding such a weapon is not easy, but exploring it should reveal something.
Dexterity/Faith Hybrid
Origin: Confessor or samurai
Character Stats: Life Force 39, Concentration 25, Dexterity 40, Faith 40
Weapons: Holy Seal, Dexterity/Faith-Boosting Weapon, Self-Defense Shield
If you prefer a dexterous hybrid, but you want to use spells instead of spells, try this dexterity/faith hybrid. Faith users can use healing spells and buff spells, and since you're also improving your dexterity, you'll get good physical melee damage, additional key damage, and faster casting speed. With this pairing, you can bless yourself with spells before battle, and then defeat your enemies with resistance and counterattack. You can also use offensive spells in situations where melee combat is not ideal.
The disadvantage of this pairing is that in Eldon's Ring of Law, it is very rare to have both dexterity and faith weapons, but you can solve this problem by using war ash to make dexterous weapons also have additional faith.
Hybrid belief/induction
Origin: Thief
Character Data: Life Force 34, Concentration 30, Faith 40, Induction 40
Weapons: Holy Seal, Faith Enhancement Weapon
Induction is difficult to match, as it's primarily an optional attribute that increases the speed at which enemies drop items, but you can use the Eldon's Dragon Spell to build a viable Faith/Induction Hybrid. These spells are hard to obtain because you can only exchange a spell for one by killing dragons and using their hearts at the dragon altar, but they are also very powerful. Unlike most mantras, they require faith and induction to use.
In cases where you can't use magic effectively, you'll want a Faith-Boosting Weapon as a backup option. In Eldon's Ring of Law, it's easy to find these weapons by exploring them, and you can also use ashes to boost any weapon of faith.