Top 5 Best Elden Ring Bleed Build

In Elden Ring, there can be a variety of bleed builds. Some focus on the weapon’s innate ability to inflict bleed damage, while others rely on the weapon’s hidden potential, which is unlocked by different Ashes of War and Talismans. All these builds are very viable and can be devastating in Elden Ring. I will cover a few different Elden Ring bleed build in this guide.

Comparison table for Armors;

No.	Armor	Weight	Physical Damage	VS Strike	VS Slash	VS Pierce	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy
1	Black Hood Armor	3	2.8	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.6	3.1
2	Night Cavalry’s Armor	12.8	14	12.9	14	13.5	10.9	12.6	10.9	12.6
3	Maliketh’s Set	30.5	26.5	23.6	27.5	26.5	21.7	22.6	19.2	25.4

Comparison table for Weapons;

No.	Weapons	Weight	FP Cost	Physical Damage	Physical Defense	Magic	Fire	Lightning	Holy	Critical	Boost
1	Rivers Of Blood	6.5	17	76	36	26	76/52	26	26	100	31
2	Reduvia Dagger	2.5	6 (-6)	79	38	22	22	22	22	110	16
3	Ghiza’s Wheel	19.0	3	156	73	43	43	43	43	100	48
4	Uchigatana	5.5	10 (-15)	115	45	30	30	30	30	100	30

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Armor

This aesthetic choice is justified by its ability to portray the lone warrior theme effectively and aligns with the overall design and theme of the build.

Additionally, this aesthetic choice was chosen due to its memorability and overall keeping with the aesthetic of the Elden Ring environment.

The Maliketh Set is one of my favorites in the entire game due to the sleek black base and elegant gold trim on each piece. The same can be said for the Night’s Cavalry Set. I believe that capes in many Soulslike games look amazing on any player character, which is why the chest piece fits right into place while also matching the color scheme of the gloves and legs.

Black Hood Armor Stats:

	Phy	VS Strike	VS Slash	VS Pierce	Magic	Fire	Ligt	Holy
Dmg Negation	2.8	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.6	3.1
	Immunity	Robustness	Focus	Vitality	Poise
Resistance	33	16	16	18	4
Helm	Wgt.3

Night Cavalry’s Armor Stats:

	Phy	Strike	Slash	Pierce	Magic	Fire	Ligt	Holy
Dmg Negation	27.4	25.4	27.4	26.5	21.7	24.9	21.7	24.9
	Immunity	Robustness	Focus	Vitality	Poise
Resistance	91	135	57	57	53
Armor Set	30.5 Weight

Maliketh’s Set Stats:

	Phy	Strike	Slash	Pierce	Magic	Fire	Ligt	Holy
Dmg Negation	26.5	23.6	27.5	26.5	21.7	22.6	19.2	25.4
	Immunity	Robustness	Focus	Vitality	Poise
Resistance	84	135	57	120	51
Armor Set	30.5 Weight

Rivers Of Blood

Nothing sounds more awesome than a katana named after the blood of your enemies forming rivers after being slain. The Rivers Of Blood is an excellent weapon with an aesthetic appeal. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like this will be that good, but you’ll soon realize it has both style and substance.

	Phy	Mag	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit	Boost
Attack	76	0	76	0	0	100
Guard	36	26	52	26	26	-	31
	Str	Dex	Arc
Scaling	E	D	D
Requires	12	18	20
Katana	Slash / Pierce
Corpse Piler	FP 17
Wgt. 6.5	Passive (50)

The weapon skill, Corpse Piler, launches a flurry of attacks formed from cursed blood that hack and slash at your foe, getting them to the edge of getting a bleed proc. It is one of the best weapons for setting up an Elden Ring bleed build and even more so with the appropriate talismans.

If you want to get your hands on this nifty blade, then you get to do so by killing Bloody Finger Okina near the Church Of Ripose.

Hand Of Malenia

Malenia is the most demanding boss in the Soulsborne series, even challenging the Nameless King from Dark Souls 3. She uses the Hand of Malenia as a weapon with several unique qualities.

	Phy	Mag	Fire	Ligt	Holy	Crit	Boost
Attack	117	0	0	0	0	100
Guard	49	33	33	33	33	-	33
	Str	Dex
Scaling	E	C
Requires	16	48
Katana	Slash / Pierce
Waterfowl Dance	FP 12 ( - 9)
Wgt. 7.0	Passive (50)

The weapon skill is the Waterfowl Dance. A few forward steps followed by a succession of flurry-like slashes. When hit by the weapon, Malenia can heal some damage done to targets. This power then falls into your hands after getting the weapon. This weapon, equipped with the proper talismans, can lead to the best Elden Ring bleed build.

It can be collected by trading the Remembrance of the Rot Goddess at the Roundtable Hold with Enia.

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Reduvia

Who doesn’t like daggers? I like daggers quite a bit here, and they offer a unique deviation of the playstyle from your standard greatsword and straight sword users. The Reduvia dagger is different.

The dagger looks like it belongs inside some insidious eldritch abomination and has the power to match. The dagger has a weapon skill known as Reduvia Blood Blade. This skill takes your concept of a dagger and marries it with the word “range.” Allowing you to launch blood projectiles up to a short distance from you.

	Phy	Mag	Fire	Ligt	Holy	Crit	Boost
Attack	79	0	0	0	0	110
Guard	38	22	22	22	22	-	16
	Str	Dex	Arc
Scaling	E	D	D
Requires	5	13	13
Daggers	Slash / Pierce
Reduvia's Blood Blade	FP 6 ( - 6)
Wgt. 2.5	Passive (30)

Quite a weapon indeed since it can have the highest bleed proc dependent on your attack speed since the dagger does attack quite fast. One of the best Elden Ring bleed build in the game now. It can be obtained by killing Bloody Finger Nerijus in the below location.

Ghiza’s Wheel

The meme weapon turned overpowered monstrosity (some would argue it always was). So this is a colossal weapon, meaning it is just as big as you and increases your poise through the roof.

The whole point of this weapon is to get a running start and get the weapon skill off. Once you do that, you can quickly get the bleed to proc since the weapon skill is called Spinning Wheel. Something to note about the weapon skill is that the wheel will not start spinning unless you are one-handing the weapon. So remember not to two-hand this big guy.

	Phy	Mag	Fire	Light	Holy	Crit	Boost
Attack	156	0	0	0	0	100
Guard	73	43	43	43	43	-	48
	Str	Dex
Scaling	D	D
Requires	28	18
Colossal Weapon	Standard
Spinning Wheela	FP 3
Wgt. 19.0	Passive(70)

Given that you can get into the proper position and know the time windows between enemy/boss attacks, this weapon can be the best Elden Ring bleed build weapon in the entire game.

You can get this weapon by defeating the phantom Inquisitor Ghiza in Volcano Manor.

Uchigatana

Lastly, I shift my thoughts to the Uchigatana. Carrying over from Dark Souls 3, I know this blade packs a certified punch for bleed builds. And if you want to go kind of crazy with this build, then you can use two Uchigatanas, or you can dual-wield it with any other katana on this list.

	Phy	Mag	Fire	Ligt	Holy	Crit	Boost
Attack	115	0	0	0	0	100
Guard	45	30	30	30	30	-	30
	Str	Dex
Scaling	D	D
Requires	11	15
Katana	Slash/Pierce
Unsheathe	FP - (10 15)
Wgt. 5.5	Passive (45)

The Uchigatana has a weapon skill known as Unsheathe, but that’s not what we want. We want this weapon to have something that supplements it with the ability to cause more bleeding. To do this, we will replace the weapon skill with Suppuku.

Seppuku allows you to enhance yourself with a higher bleed affliction onto enemies for around a minute. This is incredibly useful for dual-wield this blade with other weapons, although it can also work well on its own if you are sufficiently skilled.

You can get your hands on this weapon if you start as the samurai class or locate it in the Deathtouch Catacombs in Limgrave.

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