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Elden Ring is jam-packed with unique weapons that allow players to experiment with but about any play style imaginable. Even status ailments like Reddish Rot tin be turned into lethal builds capable of killing everything from basic enemies to late-game bosses. It's time to harness your inner Malenia and nuke Caelid all over again.

Cherry Rot builds by themselves are deadly enough, only thankfully, there are plenty of ways of building them to embrace all style of situations. Merely because you are planning on giving enemies the Rot, doesn't mean you lot tin't cause astringent hemorrhaging or Frostbite at the same time.

What Is A Ruby Rot Build

The boss creating an area of scarlet rot.

Crimson Rot builds are all about infecting enemies with the strong harm over time debuff, Scarlet Rot. Crimson Rot is like Poison just on steroids. It will quickly burn down through an enemy's health pool, and providing y'all don't dice before it burns them away, you should be able to tackle the vast majority of Elden Ring's challenges.

Stats To Aim For

Tarnished casting poison armament
Stats Value
Vigor 60
Heed 20
Endurance 25
Strength 12
Dexterity 20
Intelligence ix
Faith fifteen
Arcane 63

Because nosotros are trying to kill enemies with damage over time, we need enough of HP to soak up impairment whilst we expect for them to dice. This is all fine and dandy since nosotros can but pump our Vigor to 60 and wait out the timer.

The core of this build is Arcane, which we have pumped to 60(ish). This will make everything from Bleed to Crimson Rot more effective. It will also make our Arcane scaling weapons and spells much more constructive. This is the most of import stat for this build.

Whilst not as important as Arcane, Faith will be required to make this build click. We have pushed Faith to 15 to give us access to Rot Breath, among other things. This is one of the strongest Incantations in the game, and information technology primarily scales on Arcane but requires a pocket-sized investment in Faith to actually cast.

Finally, Mind and Endurance are pushed every bit high as nosotros can to give united states plenty of FP and Stamina. The high Endurance volition as well allow u.s.a. to wear heavier armor, keeping u.s. alive longer when nosotros are waiting for enemies to die to Carmine Rot.

Carmine Rot Build - Boring Burner

Tarnished with Antspur Rapier and Mushroom Crown

Overview

This build focuses on inflicting Reddish Rot to do consequent damage - even when we are not attacking. It is the focus of the build, but it is not the only way we volition bargain damage. This build is incredibly malleable and tin can deal plenty of raw damage to end fights without simply running away.

Weapons

  • Antspur Rapier

The core of this build is the Antspur Rapier. There are many weapons in Elden Ring that inflict Cerise Rot, but few are equally effective as this fancy-looking rapier. Not merely does it share the moveset with a standard rapier - which is a fantastic one - but it also builds Crimson Rot faster than anything else by virtue of being a rapid attacker.

Non only that, but the Antspur Rapier is ane of the few Scarlet Rot weapons that can be customized with Ashes Of War, allowing you to alter its scalings giving you far more utility than you lot would wait from such a narrowly focused build.

With all of this considered, you will want to make your Antspur Rapier Occult to maximize your Arcane Scaling - pushing it to a B. This will tank your other scalings to E and D, only that isn't an issue for this build.

For weapon arts, anything goes. Bloodhound Step tin go y'all away from problem, Repeating Thrust tin inflict a lot of harm and Rot very chop-chop. The central thing to remember is that this weapon is versatile. Put what you lot need on it for any given situation, so swap information technology out when needed.

To pinnacle this all off, y'all can apply grease and weapon buffs to the Antspur Rapier, and this is something we volition be using ofttimes to really take total advantage of our build.

Recollect that whilst Occult Scaling will boost Bleed build-up, it will not add Drain to your weapon if it doesn't already take it. We are picking Occult for the scaling and to make our Carmine Rot build-up more effective.

Incantations

  • Rot Jiff
  • Bloodflame Bract
  • Poison Armament

We have put points into Faith for a reason, and that reason is so we tin can access Rot Jiff, Bloodflame Blade, and Poison Armament. All three of these Incantations are effective for this build, and using all three at different times tin drastically increase your impairment output.

Firstly, Rot Breath. This Incantation deals hundreds of damage when cast and apace inflicts Ruby-red Rot. This is incredibly useful when dealing with large groups of enemies since our Rapier is much more of a single-target weapon.

Bloodflame and Poison Armament are going to require some micromanagement, simply the combination is brutal. Firstly, utilise Poison Armament to your Antspur Rapier. This will let you stack both Poison and Scarlet Rot at the same fourth dimension, increasing your harm over fourth dimension.

Once Poison has been practical, unequip and so equip your Antspur Rapier and so use Bloodflame. This buff volition cause short-lasting damage over time fire effect on every hit, increasing your impairment over time sources to three for maximum upshot.

Y'all will want to utilize the Dragon Communion Seal for all of your Incantations as it has an S Scaling in Arcane.

Talismans

  • Kindred Of Rot'south Exultation
  • Erdtree's Favour
  • Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
  • Pearldrake Talisman
  • Light-green Turtle
  • Winged Sword

Not many Talismans synergize with Cerise Rot, but the ane that does is a must-take. The Kindred Of Rot's Exultation will trigger every fourth dimension something near you is afflicted with Scarlet Rot or Poisonous substance, giving you an set on boost. Because nosotros are triggering Scarlet Rot then oft, this is a virtually-permanent buff to our stats.

Everything else is more than for utility. Erdtree's Favor grants u.s.a. increased HP, FP, Stamina, and Equip Load. Dragoncrest and Pearldrake increase our defenses significantly - ideal for a slow burner build like this. Green Turtle volition increase our Stamina Regeneration. Winged Sword will boost our attack when using successive attacks, which is entirely possible thank you to the rapid moveset of the Antspur Rapier.

Armor

  • Mushroom Crown

Like to Talismans, there are very few armor pieces that synergize with Blood-red Rot. Thankfully, there is one that is too good to reject - the Mushroom Crown. Similar to the Kindred Of Rot's Exultation, the Mushroom Crown increases your assail stats when something near you is suffering from Scarlet Rot or Poison. What's more, the effects stack, which allows you to double-dip on the buff.

Your other armor slots should be used to stack as much defence force and Poise as possible whilst maintaining a Medium Curlicue. Y'all want to stay alive long enough for your DOTs to exercise their thing, so having plenty of armor is a must.

Flask Of Wondrous Physick

  • Leaden Difficult Tear
  • Arcane-Knot Hard Tear

For Tears, yous should consider the Leaden Hard Tear and Arcane-Knot Tear. The Leaden Hard Tear increases your Poise, giving you more opportunities to tank hits and land your own. The Arcane Knot will increment your Arcane stat by 10 for three minutes, noticeably increasing all of your damage.

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