Top 5 Best Builds in Elden Ring 2023 (PvP/PvE) - Most Fun Builds to Use in Elden Ring 1.08

There are many different types of viable and powerful builds you can make in Elden Ring. But what are the best builds to use in Elden Ring after 1.08? In today’s guide, we cover many different builds that you can create in the world of Elden Ring and essentially we show you the best way to become overpowered using all of these builds. Get straight into these top 5 builds & weapons in Elden Ring 2023 for beginners, PvP, bosses! If you haven't used any of these, you definitely should give them a go.

Top 5 Best Builds in Elden Ring 2023 - Most Fun Builds For Beginners in Elden Ring 1.08 

Updated 31st of January by Jazza97, Elden Ring has a vast number of builds for players to try. Its many weapons and flexible character creation invite experimentation. However, some players want an easier time through the game. As such, this list has been updated with even more straightforward and useful builds. But these best Elden Ring 1.08 builds 2023 may get you thinking as we're leading up to the DLC for Elden Ring, what is the best ways to play Elden Ring in preparation for the DLC to keep the game fresh and entertaining until we get this new content.

#5 - Elden Ring 1.08 Best Bleed Build for PvE (2023)

If you are genuinely new to Elden Ring, bleed builds are the ones to get you through anything that is giving you trouble. Bleed builds have been devastatingly effective in Elden Ring's PvE since the game launched. If there's any boss you are struggling with, either infuse your weapon with a bleed Ash of War or pick up weapons such as the Eleonora's Poleblade, Rivers of Blood, Curved Bandit Swords, anything like that has a bleed effect will be your best friend. With bleed build, you can also add this as an aesthetic to be an ultimate Samurai. There's a lot of katanas available in the game. Bleed build turns Elden ring into what used to be, trace what the enemies are doing, trace movements and dodge at the right times to an absolute hack and slash which is why it's considered the noob build as anybody can use it to get through the game with absolute ease. But it is still very satisfying, coming up against the demigod and all you've got is a Katana, yet you absolutely destroy them in seconds because you diminish half the health in literally two hits. And if you don't want to use Dual Katanas, you can use things like pole blades to become even cooler because what's called in 2 Katanas obviously both of them combined into one weapon. It's very cool making this build and coming up against the enemy, so if you just want to have fun, chill out, relax and destroy everything, bleed is the way to go. 

#4 - Best Elden Ring 1.08 Mage Build 

At the very beginning of Elden ring, there was a lot of broken builds with intelligence and mage spells especially Comet Azure, everybody knows about the lightning beam where you can mix it with the intelligence physics and the Terra Magica buffs, you can annihilate any boss that's in your way. Unlike bleed, most bosses aren't as resistant to like magic or at least the way that you can buff your spells in this game. So if you are coming up against anybody, that's resistance to bleed. Intelligence is your backup for that, so compare this build in mind because essentially you can pick up stars very early and you can become a sorcerer at the very beginning of the game, and you can pick up some incredibly useful staffs in the Raya Lucaria Academy which can be accessed fairly early in the game. And if you go through Sellen's Quest, you can access powerful spells, end game spells fairly early on especially Comet Azure which is towards the volcano manner. So as soon as you've got access to the Altus Plateau, you can grab that as well. But essentially, it is pretty cool rolling around as a badass Mage, especially if you look the part, you can make yourself look like Roger that you meet as well in Stormville Castle or you can steal the look of one of the twin sages or even go all out and be like a evil wizard or sorcerer and use the albinore dresses as well. So there are many different ways to look for the Wizards or Sorcery builds which gives it as bonus points from the samurai. 

#3 - Best Elden Ring 1.08 Strength Build 2023

If you want to make a pure Strength character, this build is your best option. The three main stats you need to level are Vigor, Endurance, and Strength. You'll need plenty of health and stamina to wear heavy armor and tank hits, and since two-handing your weapons increases your effective Strength by 50%, having 60 Strength effectively gives you 90 Strength whenever you use your weapons this way. This gives you incredible damage output that will flatten any enemy or player you encounter, especially if they're lightly armored and don't have a lot of health.

Alternatively, you can Power Stance two weapons of the same weapon class to deal maximum damage, though you won't be able to block any attacks while doing this. This method of attack is excellent in many boss fights since Power Stanced jump attacks are quick and deal heavy damage, though they do drain stamina very quickly.

#2 - Best 1.08 Elden Ring Caveman Build 2023

Why we call this build or play through the caveman build because not only are you just relying on brute strength because you're going to be solely leveling up strength for dexterity. The added bonus to this build is to simply complete the game whilst using the clubs, because across the lands between there are 3, the first one the small club that you get when you spawn in. There is also a medium club and a large club, but essentially you've got three tiers of the club and they deal more damage compared to their predecessors. So the large club being the best. It's really enjoyable walking again into a boss fight with Godfrey or even the Eldon Beast, there's ultimate demigod that's supposed to destroy absolutely everything and just bonking him around the head with a massive stick. If the word degrading could be depicted, that would be it because that's essentially what this build is about, is just trying to keep your armor as low as possible whilst progressing through the game and just annihilating all of the bosses with stick of death. 

#1 - Most Fun 1.08 Elden Ring Faith Build 2023

There is one more build which we consider to be the most fun or the most enjoyable to use and that is going to be the Faith Build. In general, the ancient dragon incantations and the weapons available such as the Bolt of Grandsax are just incredibly powerful, useful and it just allows for all of the attack ranges to be covered. So with the dragon breaths, you can cover up close and long range with the Bolt of Grandsax, you can hit them like a sniper from out of nowhere. So essentially, if you want to cover all areas and just dominate the playing field, faith is the way to go especially draconic faith is the way to go. It does require you to get a bit further into the game to have it fully set up, because most of the spells, the draconic spells are found in the Crumbling Farum Azula area, so that's where all the draconic spells are hidden. But you can get holy spears as well and just general incantations to help out with faith builds much earlier in the game. So it's a useful build to have beginning middle and end. It's definitely another adaptable build, so you can also focus on healing and just status effects and buffing up your character more, so than just raw damage output with the dragon. Essentially, you can mold this faith build into an entirely different build and become an ally or a medic if you're using it for online purposes and it's just incredibly useful in all areas of the game.

Bonus Tips:

2023 Elden Ring Best Build For PvP & Colosseum

Whether you're fighting in Elden Ring's new PvP Colosseum or invading players in the open world, having a strong build geared towards battling other players is important. Currently, the best build for PvP is a pure Strength build with dual Lances that have the Heavy infusion. Aside from doing tremendous damage, this setup also gives you access to the phenomenal power stanced great spear moveset, allowing you to constantly pressure other players with repeated long-range running and jumping attacks.

Elden Ring 1.08 Best Build for Beginners 2023

If you're a beginner player who isn't sure what kind of build to employ while leveling up, we advise going with a strength build. strength builds are simple, intuitive, and reliant on a small number of qualities, as opposed to more complex builds. Due to this, they are great for first-timers.

What builds do you like using the most? What type of builds do you like to mix and match because you may put two of them together, maybe you do a strength and a faith Build or maybe a bleed and a mage because you can use weapons with the mage build.