Elden Ring Sacred Relic Sword Build Guide - Sword Saint

Apr. 8, 2024

Elden Ring Sacred Relic Sword Build Guide – Sword Saint

In this Elden RingSacred Relic SwordBuild Guide, I’m going to be showing you my Sword Saint build. This is a NG+ build that focuses on the use of theSacred Relic Sword. A lot of people have been asking me to do a build for this weapon. It’s a weapon that is very NG+ friendly since you get it at the end of the game, so you almost have to use it in NG+.

A Dexterity/Faith/Strength Build that focuses on using the Sacred Relic Sword and Wave of Gold.

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So first up, This build uses theSacredRelic Sword. This is agreatswordthat weighs 11, which is one of the heavier greatswords. It does both physical and holy damage, although it does far more physical damage than holy damage. It has 110critical, meaning that it’s one of two greatswords in the game that has 110. With theLordsworn’s Greatswordbeing the other one, it does more when you do a stagger and then a critical strike. It does more damage than other greatswords when you do that. It has D scaling andStrength, B inDexterity, and C inFaith. What sets this weapon apart from other weapons is, of course, its weapon skillWave of Gold, which shoots out a golden wave in a cone in front of you over a long distance.

It does 100% holy damage. And this thing can wipe out packs of enemies from very far away, or deal significant damage to bosses or tough enemies from far away. Something great about it as well is that even if it doesn’t kill enemies, it tends to knock them down. So while they’re getting up, you can hit them with another wave, and while they’re getting up from that, you can hit them with another wave, etc. Making this a particularly deadly weapon skill. Something particularly interesting about this weapon is that it has B scaling andDexterity, and you get more damage out of the weapon if you just put in the minimum requirements forStrengthandFaith, and then crankDexterityup to 80. But, if you split the stats betweenDexterityandFaith, going 50-50 with minimum andStrength, you do very slightly less damage with your regular attacks, but yourWave of Goldwill deal about 10% more damage. So I find it to be a better trade-off.

Also, putting that many points inFaithwill allow you to use spells, if you want to useGolden Vow,Flame, Grant Me Strength, or any otherFaithspell buff that is in that 20-50 requirement for Faith, which all incantations are. So that works out well as well. You’re only losing a very small amount of damage to split that way, and you’re boosting the damage ofWave of Golda lot, and giving yourself some flexibility with incantations. Now the issue with theSacred Relic Swordis thatWave of Gold, although extremely deadly, is extremely expensive. It costs 42 FP by default to use this. It means for the average person that has a greatsword-type setup with yourMindsomewhere in the 20-30 range, you’re going to get 3 or 4 casts of this at most before you need to drink a flask.

That is not a lot. So managing your FP while using this weapon skill is important. That way you can use it as much as you want because if you’re holding back from using the weapon skill of this weapon because you’re trying to manage your FP, you’re losing out on a lot of potential with this weapon. So solving that is what I went for when working with this build. So the first thing I did here was slotCarian Filigreed Crest.

This reduces the FP cost of your weapon skills by 25%. That knocked this down from 42 to 32 because it rounds down, so you don’t quite get exactly 25% in this case. But you get around a 22% reduction here, which helps tremendously because you save a lot of FP. If you’re reducing the FP cost of a weapon skill that’s 12 FP, you save 3. But when it’s 42 and you save 10, that’s huge savings. So that works out very, very nicely here.

The other thing that I wanted to do was slot theSacrificial Axein my other hand to give you more FP when you kill enemies. That way when you kill all these enemies withWave of Gold, you get back tons of FP, and a lot of times it can refund the cost. But in this case, it made more sense to use theSword of Milosfor this build becauseSacred Relic Swordis itself agreatsword.

That way you can power stance both great swords, and you can use jump attacks as well. And you still get that FP back when you kill enemies and you get even more with the sword of Milos than you do with the sacrificial axe. In this case, you’re getting back 5 FP per kill compared to the 4 FP per kill that you’d get fromSacrificial Axe. So those two things kind of led me down the road of, well this will allow me to use the weapon skill more often. It also gives you the option to do jump attacks with great swords. It also gives you the option to buff with Golden Vow and other buffs. And it turned out to be this strong build that has a lot of variety and flexibility.

Regarding the armor I’m using for this build, I’m using theHaligtree Knight Seton the top two pieces and just someHaligtree Armoron the bottom. I was trying to farm the whole set but it was taking too long so I just kind of stopped. I love the art style of this set. I think it works well with this weapon. And it doesn’t matter what armor you use for this build. The more protection the better. You still want to be able to medium roll. But because you’re using two great swords, your equip load isn’t going to be so much that you’re going to be able to wear exactly the armor that you want to use for this build.

But as you go further in a NG+ and you increase your Endurance more, you’ll be able to wear heavier armor that gives you more protection and more poise. And that’ll just help you out even more. And as far as the sacred seal that you’re going to use for this build, you can use any. TheErdtree Sealwould be good. It weighs nothing for this build. That way you don’t add to your equip weight. I’m using theClawmark Sealhere. But it doesn’t matter which one you use. Using the lightest one possible is great to give yourself more equip weight for armor and your swords, etc. That can free up points in Endurance early on when you’re trying to pump damage and then later you can add Endurance to wear heavier armor.

The talismans I’m using for this build areShard of Alexanderwhich further boosts theWave of Golddamage which is fantastic, andDragoncrest Greatshield Talismanto give me even more protection. It’s probably one of my favorite talismans in the game. It just gives you lots of physical protection which is good. And we’re using theClaw Talismanhere as well. This is for jump attacks. Anytime you’re doing a power stance jump attack build, this is a great talisman to use.

o generally the style of play that I use is I default to jump attacks any time there are a large number of enemies on the screen. I useWave of Gold. Sometimes I’ll even run in and aggro a bunch of enemies back away and then castWave of Goldjust to make things faster. What I really like about this build, something that I didn’t mention earlier that I’ll mention now, is that because theSword of Milosis 100% physical damage and theSacred Relic Swordis 65% physical damage or 60% physical damage, you do a lot of physical damage with this build.Wave of Goldis holy damage.

There are a lot of holy resistant bosses and enemies in the game but it’s no problem with this build because when you find those enemies, for instance,Morgottat the beginning of the game is very holy resistant orGodrickis very holy resistant, you just use the jump attacks. The jump attacks basically bypass that issue because you get 85% physical damage with jump attacks betweenSword of MilosandSacred Relic Sword. So you’re not quite as effective as a build that was 100% physical damage when you’re doing jump attacks.

But it’s still good enough to get you through these fights and then back to usingWave of Goldon enemies that aren’t holy damage resistant.

When it comes to spells for this, the main one I use isGolden Vow, but you could also useFlame, Grant Me Strengthas you do a lot of physical damage. You can useBlessing’s BoonorBlessing of the Erdtreeto give you heal-over-time. You can useBlack Flame’s Protectionin order to give you more protection if you don’t want to useGolden Vow. There are a lot of different buffs you can use with this build to help give you more protection, which is fantastic.

When it comes to stats for this build, I have 50Vigor, 23Mind, 30Endurance, 15Strength, 50Dexterity, 16Intelligence,50Faith,and 9Arcane.

One of the things that I like about this build is that it’s future-proof, meaning that you’ll be able to make it through NG+, increasing your damage in NG++. And that’s because you can takeDexterityup to 80, you can takeFaithup to 80, you can takeStrengthup to 50 on this weapon. That’s probably like, I don’t know, at least NG+ into NG++, maybe even through NG++, in terms of how far you’d have to go before you aren’t getting much out of this weapon.

At the same time,Sword of Milosscales offStrengthandDexterity, so you only haveDexteritypumped out here. So if you went and increased Strength next, you’d get less damage out of theSacred Relic Sword, but you would get more damage out ofSword of Milos.

So it’s kind of up to you whether you want to increaseDexterity, you’ll still get damage out ofDexterityforSword of Milos, but you might get better damage out ofStrength. So not only is this weapon future-proof, butSword of Miloshas at least another 35 points that can go into Strength to increase its damage, and then it could probably go up to 80DexterityandStrength. So you’re future-proof. This build is not only good for NG+, but it’ll be solid in NG++ as well. Probably NG++ plus.

A couple of final tips. If you’re using theFlask of Wondrous Physick, you want theHoly-Shrouding Cracked Tear. This is going to boost yourWave of Golddamage. Use this in any section where you know you’re going to go through it quickly to the next checkpoint, so you can refresh your flask, and you know there are a lot of enemies, and you can just wipe them out withWave of Gold, boosting that damage significantly during that phase.

Another good choice for this is Stamina Recovery is theGreenburst CrystalTear.Wave of Golduses a lot of stamina to cast, so you need it to come back quickly. A lot of times what happens is if you cast it back-to-back, the entire stamina bar is drained. You’ve gone into the negative stamina, and it has to come back. Just imagine your stamina bar keeps going to the left past where it begins.

It has to come back to the negative amount, and then into the positive amount before you can cast it again. So having good Stamina Recovery helps here, and having that one will help very much. If you don’t want to use that one, you can useFaith. That will increase your damage withWave of Gold, but I just find getting that stamina back and being able to castWave of Goldmore frequently is a better use of the tier.

If you’re considering what runes to use for this build,Godrick’s Great Runeis a good case here. You needVigor, you needMind, you needEndurance, you needStrength, you needDexterity, you needFaith. And six of the eight stats, any time in your NG+, you’re going to have a lot of stat usage. SoGodrick’sis a good case here. Once you get done withGodrick, you can go get this. And that will help increase your efficacy with this build tremendously.

Stay tuned, we have more NG+ builds coming. Let me know what you would like to see. A lot of the reasons I made this build are because a lot of people were asking for theSacred RelicSword. So if you have a weapon you want to see a build for, or a style of play with certain spells, or casting, or a hybrid, let me know in the comments and I will try to accommodate if I can.

As always, let us know if you have questions or other tips in the comments below. We have a ton more builds coming forElden RingandShadow of the Erdtreeso stay tuned for those. If you need help finding the spells, items, or equipment in this build, and securing some personal objectives, make sure to check theElden Ring Map.

Castielle

Senior Editor at Fextralife. I enjoy gaming, playing and watching sports, cooking yummy food, watching a good movie and hanging out with Fex.

Ive really been enjoying this build so far! Thanks!

But, I do have a question about the best talismans to use. This guide lists 5 talismans at the top and in the images—but Sacred scorpion wasn’t actually mentioned in body of the guide or the video. So, is sacred scorpion worth using in this build over one of the others? Or should I be swapping between claw and scorpion depending on the situation?