Elden Ring 1.09 Best Greatsword Builds - Top 5 Most OP Greatswords In Elden Ring 2023

Patch 1.09 has been up for roughly about a week now in Elden Ring. The best change about patch 1.09 has to be the move set changes. Increased speed, range, and recovery time of some attacks for the weapons types such as great hammer, great axes, great sword, and curved great sword. What are the best Elden Ring greatsword builds after patch 1.09? In this Elden Ring 1.09 greatsword build guide, we got you the top 5 most overpowered greatswords and builds 2023. We break down each build’s gear, armor, talisman, flask, and tip.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Guide - Best Greatsword Weapons & Builds In Elden Ring Patch 2023

Today, we got you the top 5 Elden Ring 1.09 best Greatsword builds! First, we're going to be doing the Royal Greatsword and a full battle mage build at 150. The next Colossal Greatsword bleed build is surprisingly damaging and you can consider it to be raw power in Elden Ring PVP invasions. Side all along, the Elden Ring 1.09 Dark Moon Greatsword build is super powerful. A legendary weapon and certainly one that needs no explanation or introduction. If you're looking for a strong build that can slay multiple enemies at once, then the fourth build is for you. Lastly, we're doing the Golden Order Greatsword Holy build. It has a good range, and it comes out rather fast, people use PVP too, it works great for that and the damage is quite good.

No.1 Best Elden Ring 1.09 Royal Greatsword Build

This is the best Royal Greatsword and Battlemage build in Elden Ring patch 1.09. You’ll get the Royal Greatsword from Blaidd's questline or from Ronnie's questline and at the end, you have to kill him. That's where you get the drop from. It's a combination of the quest line. It has a unique weapon art it's basically Lion's Claw but it procs frost. The weapon itself does not have any innate frost on it, unfortunately. But the weapon art itself procs decently. It's really powerful, it does a lot of damage and we're able to buff it a little bit too to do even more.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Gear

Right Hand Armament 1 - Royal Greatsword

Right Hand Armament 2 - Demi-Human Queen’s Staff

Left Hand Armament 1 - Fingerprint Stone Shield

Left Hand Armament 2 - Finger Seal

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Armors

Head - Jar

Chest - Spellblade’s Traveling Attire

Hands - Spellblade’s Gloves

Legs - Spellblade’s Trousers

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Talismans

Talisman 1 - Shard of Alexander

Talisman 2 - Ritual Sword Talisman

Talisman 3 - Great-Jar’s Arsenal

Talisman 4 - Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Flasks

Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear

Faith-Knot Crystal Tear

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Stats

Vigor - 50

Mind - 22

Endurance - 40

Strength - 50

Dexterity - 18

Intelligence - 25

Faith - 15

Arcane - 9

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Tips

For buffs, we're going to drink our tear first which has the magic tear and the faith tear in it. Then we're going to use Golden Vow and Blessing’s Boon then you want to use Flame, Grant Me Strength afterward last because that's the shortest. Then you want to taper off your FP fill that backup, and we're going to go bring out our Shield. We're going to use Scholar Shield and any defensive spells you might use. Then we get to use that really cool Ash of War which has the initial contact and an explosion of frost.

No.2 Elden Ring Best Colossal Greatsword Build 1.09 

The whole point of this Elden Ring patch 1.09 PvP greatsword build is to use honest weapons with bleed and still make the build good. Even with this greatsword, it's still pretty good. The Blood Greatsword has high attack power, allowing it to deal significant damage to enemies. Also, it can perform a variety of attacks, including sweeping attacks that can hit multiple enemies at once. A Colossal Greatsword Bleed Build may need to focus on dodging and countering enemy attacks rather than relying on blocking, using the bleed effect to chip away at the enemy's health over time.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Gear

Right Hand Armament 1 - Blood Greatsword

Left Hand Armament 2 - Dragon Communion Seal

Left Hand Armament 3 - Magic Iron Round Shield

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Armors

Head - Banished Knight Helm

Chest - Briar Armor

Arms - Banished Knight Gauntlets

Legs - Veteran’s Greaves

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Talismans

Talisman 1 - Great-Jar’s Arsenal

Talisman 2 - Erdtree’s Favor

Talisman 3 - Shard of Alexander

Talisman 4 - Bull-Goat’s Talisman

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Stats

Vigor - 60

Mind - 20

Endurance - 30

Strength - 45

Dexterity - 12

Intelligence - 9

Faith - 14

Arcane - 57

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Tips

If you really want to get those nice bleed procs in one or two hits, you need like 45-50 Arcane. This really does bleed people pretty quickly. It's 165 bleed build up on the great sword which is pretty massive. Add a couple of spells to the build because you can't just use a slow weapon in invasions. So you have to put Catch Flame on it, so you could use it to roll catch. Other than that, use dual Warhawk's Talon and it shreds insane

No.3 Elden Ring 1.09 Best Dark Moon Greatsword

The Dark Moon Greatsword was already fantastic and got even better after patch 1.09. This is one of the best Elden Ring Greatsword build 1.09 with no doubt. The moonlight greatsword is beautiful and it is powerful. But do you realize just how powerful? It can be 6000 a swing. You can just spam this for no cost forever! By using this specific level 200 build, we're going to be taking advantage of our moonlight greatsword attack. Moreover, this one is more of a high-level build, you can use it against high-level enemies. It's just pretty overpowered and really cheesy.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Gear

Right Hand Armament 1 - Dark Moon Greatsword

Left Hand Armament 1 - Jelly Fish Shield

Left Hand Armament 2 - Carian Regal Scepter

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Armor

Head - Carrian Knight Helm

Chest - Carrian Knight Armor

Arms - Scaled Gauntlets

Legs - Banished Knight Greaves

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Talismans

Talisman 1 - Shard of Alexander

Talisman 2 - Godfrey Icon

Talisman 3 - Magic Scorpion Charm

Talisman 4 - Ritual Sword Talisman

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Physicks

Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear

Spiked Cracked Tear

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Stats

Vigor - 49

Mind - 20

Endurance - 20

Strength - 45

Dexterity - 45

Intelligence - 80

Faith - 10

Arcane - 10

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Tips

We're going to start off by drinking our Physick and then we're going to cast Terra Magica which is going to put this little ring on the ground. Unfortunately, you do have to stay inside to use it. Then we're going to charge up our special attack which will allow us to cast with this. Then we're going to cast Contagious Fury using our Jellyfish Shield and now you are ready to attack. So you just use your heavy attacks and you send out your wave of charge damage. If you're standing inside the ring and you've got all these boosts active, it's going to just deal incredible amounts of damage.

No.4 Best Elden Ring 1.09 Ruins Greatsword Build

Now, we’re showing you a level 150 Elden Ring patch 1.09 Ruins Greatsword Build. In this build, we will use Ruins Greatsword as the main weapon and use the Wave of Destruction weapon skill to destroy everything in front of you. Ruins Greatsword is a Colossal Sword that scales primarily with Strength and Intelligence. With the Wave of Destruction weapon skill, you can raise the sword up high, then strike it against the ground to fire off a wave of gravitational force that destroys everything. You will be surprised how powerful this weapon skill is, especially when you are surrounded by lots of enemies who are lineup in front of you. This weapon can be obtained after you defeat Misbegotten Warrior + Crucible Knight at Redmane Castle Plaza.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Gear

Right Hand Armament 1 - Ruins Greatsword

Left Hand Armament 1 - Sacrificial Axe

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Armors

Head - Albinauric Mask

Chest - Crucible Axe Armor

Arms - Crucible Gauntlets

Legs - Crucible Greaves

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Talismans

Talisman 1 - Carian Filigreed Crest

Talisman 2 - Green Turtle Talisman

Talisman 3 - Shard of Alexander

Talisman 4 - Great-Jar’s Arsenal

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Physicks

Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear

Spiked Cracked Tear

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Stats

Vigor - 45

Mind - 33

Endurance - 35

Strength - 70

Dexterity - 10

Intelligence -16

Faith - 10

Arcane - 10

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Tips

The way this build works is straightforward. First, you have to get a position that is lined up with enemies in front of you, then start doing the Wave of Destruction weapon skill to destroy all of them. You can also do a jump attack or a heavy attack that can cause a small burst of gravity magic upon slamming the ground.

No.5 Best Elden Ring Patch 1.09 Golden Order Greatsword Build

This Greatsword build is amazing. The Ash of War scales very well with faith and it's very much a faith weapon obviously with the Holy damage and then the Ash of War almost purely with the faith stat. Holy for the last couple of bosses in Elden Ring since they're incredibly resistant to it isn't really fantastic for them. Using this build towards the middle or end of the game, it's a little difficult to include main bosses given that they have a minimum of 40% holy resistance with several of them having 80%. Up through the early game, the mid-game, and everything in between as far as field bosses and a lot of obviously regular enemies will absolutely get shredded by the Golden Order Greatsword because it does have high damage potential and great scaling with faith.

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Gear

Right Hand Armament 1 - Golden Oder Greatsword

Left Hand Armament 2 - Finger Seal

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Armor

Head - Night’s Cavalry Helm

Chest - Night’s Cavalry Armor

Arms - Night’s Cavalry Gauntlets

Legs - Night’s Cavalry Greaves

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Talismans

Talisman 1 - Sacred Scorpion Charm

Talisman 2 - Ritual Sword Talisman

Talisman 3 - Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman

Talisman 4 - Shard of Alexander

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Physicks

Holy-Shrouding Cracked Tear

Opaline Hardtear

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Stats

Vigor - 60

Mind - 31

Endurance - 31

Strength - 30

Dexterity - 30

Intelligence -9

Faith - 80

Arcane - 8

Elden Ring 1.09 Greatsword Build Tips

The buffs for this Greatsword build Elden Ring 1.09 are actually quite simple, we're just drinking our tear which has the holy tear in it. We're going to cast Golden Vow, and use Blessing’s Boon that's optional for a little bit of extra HP. Then we want to use Hollister Brewery to generically boost the weapon art. Then we get to use that awesome weapon art that has that initial holy explosion. That's pure holy damage and then the follow-up beam which is also seemingly pure holy damage as well in a fantastic weapon art that the Golden Order Greatsword has.