Elden Ring presents many classes and weapon builds for gamers to choose from. Players can truly customize their fighters to be using whatever they want in combat situations. Those who like using melee-based combat predominately will want to maximize their weapons' damage potential, for an easier time in the Lands Between.

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Elden Ring presents skill trees from which the player can purchase skills using runes, the primary currency of the game. Not all the Weapon Skills are as good as the others, though. Any self-respecting Tarnished will want to make sure they are using only the best skills in the game for their character. Keep in mind that some weapons have default skills that can't be overwritten (similar to Dark Souls).

Updated January 12, 2025, by Hamza Haq: A key difference between the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring is the incorporation of Ashes of War and weapon skills inherent to every single weapon in the game, which makes choosing a new primary tool of death not just a question of damage but of its special ability as well. Weapon skills give each weapon character, especially those that are unique to certain weapons and cannot be found anywhere else. It's a much-needed addition to make melee combat as interesting as its spellcasting counterparts, Sorcery and Incantations.

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