heavy sun
Do you hate these annoying ancestral archers in Elden Ring? Good news, the new patch lets you be one of them and snipe every enemy in one hit.
Beginner-friendly build focusing on Greatbow, scaled by both 
and 
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Blightbane Build: https://blightbane.io/build/1697528285918
Sample Run
Kilian Earthbreaker
Hunter [XLII]
💀💀 [Challenging]
Version 1.11.01Talents (10)
Stalking Weapon
Butcher
Painbringer
Greater Strength
Aggression
Ancestral Guidance
Evil Within
Earthshaker
Thundergods Blessing
Infuse Power
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heavy sigil
What about replacing Greatbow with another card that is cheaper and also triggers a Basic Attack? Like Feral Strikes etc? Will that still count as Ambush (I'm seriously not sure about it)
heavy sun
What about replacing Greatbow with another card that is cheaper and also trigger...
It does count as Ambush, yes
You can use a Salvage if you wish.
Actually if you get both Butcher and Leave a Mark real early, that might be preferable because then, all upgrades goes to Leave a Mark.
The downside to this is now Reliable doesn’t work
If you slap Reliable to Salvage, I believe it doesn’t give Reliable to the attack it makes
(Also you cannot gauge the damage you deal, so ensuring killshots is a bit more inconvenient)
heavy sigil
The trick here is the anger generation from Painful Memories, Bury Alive and Ferocious stacking via Leave a Mark.
On hard it seems like all you need besides that is an easy Crit Source, so Hollow Tip ammo + any ranged weapon (Tomahawk) will work too, but is harder to obtain.
Alternatively Arcane Anvil Bolter could also maybe work? Interrupt is a nice effect and with 1 imbued enchantment can dispel blessings and generate 
, and with Bury Alive and Call the Spirits it might not be hard to play it twice a round - or imbue Flurry
heavy sun
I mean… why not just use Greatbow? It’s there from the start
This entire idea basically came from how OP Greatbow + Killer Instincts was in early game back when Seeker still had it
I don’t think Bolter can function as well in early game
heavy sigil
I agree with Great Bow being extra awesome in the early game, I just wonder if it would be better to switch mid-game to something else.
heavy sun
When you’re able to just easily shoot Dante in the face for 1200+ DMG I don’t think it’s necessary lol
heavy sigil
And that's a good start 🙂 Now to kill Spine on Turn 1 with as many Malignancy set as possible
heavy sun
At least Spine only has 10 Barrier with Bolstered so that’s something
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Hugo the Timid
💀💀💀 [Hard]
Spine damage: 6666 Version 1.11.01Talents (12)
Stalking Weapon
Carapace
Painbringer
Greater Strength
Thundergods Blessing
Grievous Wounds
Evil Within
Shadowdancer
Emporium Discount
Endless Arsenal
Trovan's Blessing
Grit
heavy sigil
Yup, Bolter was not needed - I totally forgot about the Hidden weapon which can summon any basic x2.
There were a few times where I couldn't kill the enemy on turn 1 due to an unlucky draft.
Besides that, the deck from this guide is awesome, 10 out of 10 will play again.
slow musk
What about Sneak Attack here to reset ambush
So you can reset your ambush after building Anger and Ferocious turn 0 and crit with Greatbow
heavy sun
What about Sneak Attack here to reset ambush
Vanish is better, since it doesn’t hog up a potential random upgrade
You want as few upgradeable cards in the deck as possible for stuff like Butcher and Infuse Energy
heavy sun
>>> **Hugo the Timid**
<:e_dexstr:983338450822512640> Hunter [XL]
💀💀💀 [Hard]
...
4k damage lessgoooo
slow musk
Vanish is better, since it doesn’t hog up a potential random upgrade
Oh yeah, good point, overlooked that in your build. I haven't found a reliable shrine so far and I'm regretting not trying harder for a card to reset ambush
full stone
How about Cleave?
heavy sun
How about Cleave?
I think Cleave is overkill considering
full stone
Maybe. I’m trying this build and picked it up. Made it persistent at a shrine, which really helps with the flanking. Only on Canto V so don’t have the full deck set up yet.
full stone
Memorised it too, now, which seems a bit like overkill. But that’s the way the shrines have come…
heavy sun
I mean that’s what you get, then you’re set for life
analog jetty
Gaerfort Amberspark
💀💀 [Challenging]
Version 1.11.01Talents (17)
Stalking Weapon
Painbringer
Keen Mind
Mobility
Trovan's Blessing
Greater Strength
Weapon Master
Warpriest
Watched
Focused Infusion
Blessing of the White Rose
Moves like Stagger
Emporium Discount
Hellforged Weapons
Infuse Power
Brute Force
Thundergods Blessing
Had some good fun with the archery hunter 🙂
Energy generation with call the spirits was sadly not possible but adrenaline solved it for the last canto
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Mr Skinner
💀 [Normal]
Version 1.11.01Talents (14)
Stalking Weapon
Soulguide
Skylars Kiss
Harvester
Greater Strength
Collector
Blighter
Shadowdancer
Hellforged Weapons
Infuse Power
Blessing of the White Rose
Sanctifier
Stalker
Bombardier
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full stone
Just a test run in normal mode to see how the build works and it ended up going very differently. Shadowdancer meaning Ambush was always active and Reckoning giving all crits all the time meant that I could close down anything with Leave a Mark and Cleave.
The Collector tried to spoil everything by giving me Bombadier. Having two bombs in the left slot did not help with flanking. Reclaim and Recycle saved the day.
heavy sigil
Yup, if you get to 100 souls and Imbue Reckoning, you can drop Bow and Basic attack cards and just keep Leave a Mark (preferably persistent so it cannot be buried for Cathedral)
heavy sun
That’s a rare case, but even better, since Leave a Mark is now your damage lol
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Baudin Miller
💀💀💀💀 [Impossible]
Spine damage: 6666 Version 1.11.01Talents (14)
Stalking Weapon
Hide Armor
Headhunter
Strategist
Benevolent
Greater Strength
Lionheart
Grievous Wounds
Marksmanship
Thundergods Blessing
Hellforged Weapons
Aggression
Hemophage
Shadowdancer
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