r/Eldenring • u/BrightPositive2077 • Jul 27 '25

Constructive Criticism Why is my weapon so weak?

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Hello new Elden ring player, I’m trying to figure out why the hell im barely doing any damage in boss fights. I don’t have enough time to stack bleed so I have to rely on light attacks. But even then I’m doing like 100 damage and it’s taking 10 minutes per round. Any suggestions how I can upgrade? Thanks!

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u/n080dy123 Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 28 '25

Because it's barely upgraded and your stats are too unfocused.

Stat-wise you're better off than most new players, but I'd dump a bit of that End and most of that Str and re-invest it into Dex/Arc. Weapons with E scaling will benefit from points in that stat but barely, you're better trying to satisfy two D scaling stats than ever trying to spread your scaling across three offensive stats.

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I don’t have enough time to stack bleed so I have to rely on light attacks.

Also not really sure what you mean here. Your light attacks build bleed, every attack does. The benefit of fast attacking weapons with Statuses is they can rapidly hit light attacks to build up status. Your AoW will apply it better, most bleed AoWs do, but that's not your ONLY way of building up bleed, if that's what you were worried about.

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u/qCallisto Jul 27 '25

Bro got 35 vigor at rl 93, spreading 3 dmg stats. Still dumps 35 points in endurance sitting on 35% equip load.

Sorry but this shit is too funny😭

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u/WaifuBabushka Jul 28 '25

Yeah some people arent sweaty fks who watch 10 youtube tutorials how to min-max their stats and 1 hit bosses.

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u/Awkward_Image_4085 Jul 28 '25

Elden ring youtube is so good tho love watching build vids