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The latest and weirdest Elden Ring build now consists of two-handing shields, mindlessly spamming the attack button, and giving the expansion’s hardest bosses a run for their money.
Elden Ring has a few duel shields, though the Carian Thrusting Shield is the most powerful of the bunch. This is a new item introduced in Shadow of the Erdtree, and you’re going to find it in the Shadow Keep on a corpse past a few Fire Knights. With this item equipped, and all the necessary upgrades and damage affinities applied, turns into a pretty formidable – and broken – weapon.
Scott Jund, who brought this build to attention, notes that it can “invalidate every fight” with the right adjustments made. The most important thing needed is plenty of Stamina and Poise, and after that you can just stand in front of attacking enemies who will damage themselves on its spikes.
Pair it with the Greatshield Talisman, and the weapon becomes even more threatening, though the Two Handed Talisman is probably even more important here – dealing a significant buff to weapons that are being two handed.
It’s not perfect, though. You will take damage gradually as it won’t block each and every attack, though you will be able to find opportunities to heal as you normally would in any other Elden Ring duel.
Other users have taken the weapon up against bosses such as Rellana, depleting the health bar in under a minute, while negating most of the incoming attacks too. “Nerf inevitable,” is how it was first described.
This is one of the many best weapons in Elden Ring, and is going to help you breeze through some of the tougher sections of the game. It’s probably not going to be this broken for long though, and we imagine that the next patch will see some much needed balancing applied to bring it back to its normal state.
