With more weapons and build variety than any other FromSoftware game, and a mix between dex and intelligence always being a reliable strategy, here is our list of the top 10 best hybrid builds in Elden Ring. This list will help a lot of players to find the hybrid mix of a build that they are looking for, with me personally being a dexterity mage build, I can guarantee you will be able to beat Elden Ring with these hybrid builds. It is also noteworthy that you can use a lot more weapons when you have a hybrid build, to the detriment of having to put a few levels into attributes you wouldn't necessarily would.

A sword, a shield, and a spell or two.

10. Radhan Gravity Build

Radhan was one amazing boss.

With Radhan being one tough boss, and his weapon being able to deal massive damage, why not use that sword yourself? This build will be able to obliterate enemies from near and far, as it will be an intelligence/strength hybrid build.

What the Meteorite Build excels in::

• With the weapon art, it can deal massive damage.
• Variety of spells to use.
• The staff that you will use deals extra meteorite damage.

Build details:

• Use the meteorite staff in your left hand and the Starscrouge Greatsword.
• I would recommend using the Radhan set as you will be cosplaying Radhan, but all in all, armor is up to you. 
• As spells, use the Collapsing Stars spell, Gravity Well, Rock Sling, Meteorite, and Meteorite of Astel as there are only 5 Gravity Spells, with 2 meteorite spells.
• You can also add Terra Magica to increase magic strength for players within the sigil.
• Use the Magic Scorpion Charm for extra magic damage.
• Use the Dragoncrest Greatshield talisman for extra damage negation.
• Use the Moon of Nokstella for 2 more spell slots.
• Use Radagon Icon to reduce spell cast time.
• Use the Cerulean Hidden Tear in the Wondrous Physick to eliminate all FP consumption for a time and the Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear to increase damage from magic attacks.

9. Marika’s Hammer Incantation Build

Hopefully, Radagon won’t mind if you use the hammer.

Marika’s Hammer is one amazing weapon, and since you will be killed by it multiple times, you can enjoy this weapon as well. The hammer can have B strength scaling at +10 with the added benefit of C scaling in Faith. The build will have a great variety of incantations to use as well as it will be a mix of Faith and Strength in this build.

What the Marika’s Hammer Build excels in:

• Good damage with a great weapon art 
• Great for crowd control.
• Great weapon art damage.

Build details:

• Equip Marika’s Hammer as your main weapon. Add the Erdtree Seal or the Dragon Communion Seal as you will be a faith/strength build.
• For armor, you can use what you prefer, but the Imp Head Fanged headgear will increase your strength. 
• For talismans, use the Shard of Alexander to increase the damage of weapon arts. 
• Equip the Sacred Scorpion Charm to increase holy damage 
• The Erdtrees Favour +2 to increase HP by +4%, stamina by +9.6% and +8% to equip load.
• Equip the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia because it greatly increases attack power from successive attacks
• In the Wondrous Physick use the Faith-Knot Crystal Tear and the Strength-Knot Crystal Tear.
• Use the Rotten Breath Incantation as it can deal continuous damage to bosses when they are rotted.
• You can use Golden Vow before a fight to buff your character, you can also use the Flame Grant Me Strength spell to also buff your character. 
• Use Erdtree Heal to heal yourself and your allies.
• You can use Radagon’s Rings of Light to have an incantation that can also deal damage.
• For the last incantation, I would recommend the Law of Regression as it will dispel most ailments, it also nullifies most spells or incantations that are already active.

8. Morgott’s Cursed Sword Hybrid Build

If Margott was a bit harder maybe he would’ve been a worthy opponent.

As  Margott is one of the easier end-game bosses in my opinion, but this doesn’t mean his weapon isn’t great. With the benefit of being an arcane/dex with a little bit of faith sprinkled in the build, you will be able to deal some great physical damage and have some extra bleed damage and also use a few incantations.

What the Margott’s Cursed Sword Hybrid build excels in:

• Great damage.
• Good ash of war that it uses.
• Extra bleed scaling.
• B dex scaling at plus 10.

Build details:

• Use Margott’s Cursed Sword as your main weapon and the Dragon Communion Seal as it also scales with Arcane.
• As it goes for armor you can use what you prefer, but the Fell Omen Cloak will be the closest thing you have to a Margott look, and use the White Mask as it increases attack power by 10% when in the vicinity of blood loss. 
• For talismans use the Erdtrees Favour +2 to increase HP by +4%, stamina by +9.6%, and +8% to equip load.
• Also, use the Bull-Goat’s Talisman to increase your poise.
• Use the Shard of Alexander for the extra weapon art damage.
• And lastly use the Carian Filigreed Crest to lower the FP consumption of weapon arts.
• You can also use the Lord of Blood’s Exultation to also increase the attack power when in the vicinity of blood loss, this stacks with the White Mask.
• In the Wondrous Physick use the Dex-Knot Crystal Tear to increase your dex for a time, and the Opaline Bubbletear to basically take one hit without receiving damage.
• For incantations, use Rotten Breath to deal damage to a boss if it can be rotted.
• Use the Golden Vow incantation to buff your character as well as Flame Grant Me Strength.
• You can also add the Law of Regression to remove all status effects.

7. Reduvia Build

• Reduvia is one amazing weapon. 

The Reduvia is a beautiful dagger that deals good damage and can bleed enemies. The weapon can be found very early on, and it scales primarily with arcane, with the benefit of adding intelligence this build will be able to bleed bosses whilst using a few spells to knock down those health bars.

What the Reduvia build excels in:

• Bleed damage.
• Ranged and close-range damage.
• Has extra critical damage.
• Has a variety of spells to use.

Build details:

• Use the Reduvia as the main weapon, the Glintstone Staff or Lusat’s Staff as it has B scaling in intelligence. 
• For armor, use the Silver Tear mask to increase Arcane to the detriment of taking more physical damage.
• The rest of the armor is up to you. 
• As far as Talismans go, use Radagon’s Soreseal for a few extra levels. 
• Use the Shard of Alexander to increase the damage of weapon skills, either by killing pot bro or finishing his questline.
• Use the Godfrey Icon that enhances charged spells and skills, as soon as you get it.
• Use the Lord of Blood’s Exultation as soon as you have it.
• For the Wondrous Physick, use the Opaline Bubble Tear to take a hit without taking damage and the Cerulean Hidden Tear to remove all FP consumption for a time.
• For spells use the Glintstone Pebble, Magic Glintblade, Carian Slicer, and Terra Magica. 

6. Moonveil Build.

Moonveil is great for any build.

With the Moonveil being one of the best Katanas in the game and it having an amazing weapon art. This build is amazing for all builds but is even better in the hands of a dex/int build as the weapon scales with dex and intelligence and this means you can use a few spells as well.

What the Moonveil Build excels in:

• Easy critical attacks from behind.
• Can deal great damage, especially with the Moonveil’s skill.
• A great variety of spells to pair with this build.

Build details:

• Use the Moonveil in your main hand and a Staff in the other, preferably the Meteorite Staff as it has low requirements and can get early on, and can be replaced with a better staff later.
• Use Ranni’s Dark Moon spell for some great damage.
• You should use Ambus Shard as a spell, this will make a Shard spawn behind an enemy and deal damage from behind.
• Use Stars of Ruin for a lot of damage and it can be cast at quite a range.
• Equip Karolos Glintstone Crown as it increases your intelligence. The rest of the armor is up to you, but the Lusat set does look quite good with this build.
• Equip the Magic Scorpion Charm to increase magic damage.
• Use the Claw Talisman to enhance jump attacks.
• Equip the Godfrey Icon that enhances charged spells and skills.
• And the Shard of Alexander increases damage from weapon skills.
• Use the Magic-Shrouded Cracked Tear to increase magic damage for a time and the Cerulean Hidden Tear to remove all FP consumption for a time in the Wondrous Physick.

5. Moon Build

Ranni’s Moon and Sword, so this is basically a Ranni cosplay.

The Darkmoon Greatsword is one strong sword, with amazing damage and a great weapon art. The weapon can have up to B scaling with intelligence, with the benefit of being a strength/int hybrid build, you will be able to wield one heavy sword and a few great spells. 

What the Darkmoon Greatsword build excels in:

• The weapon has a great weapon art.
• Can deal great damage.
• Is a good build for PvP.
• Paired with some sorceries your build will be unstoppable. 

Build details:

• Use the Darkmoon Greatsword and the Lusat’s Staff.
• Use Ranni’s armor. 
• For talismans use the Shard of Alexander for the 15% extra weapon skill damage.
• Use Godfrey’s Icon as it enhances charged spells and skills.
• Magic Scorpion Charm talisman to boost magic damage.
• The Ritual Sword Talisman also pairs well with the weapon as it increases the attack power when at maximum health, alternatively you can use the
• The Erdtree Favour +2 will increase HP by 4%, increase stamina by 9.6%, and equip load by 8%.
• Terra Magica can be used to increase the damage of magic.
• You should use Ranni’s Dark Moon and Rennala’s Full Moon spells, as well as Comet Azur. 
• Use the Cerulean Hidden Tear in the Wondrous Physick to eliminate all FP consumption and the Magic-Shrouded Cracked Tear to increase magic damage for a time.

4. Maliketh Faith Build

Gurranq is one great NPC, with some great loot to give. 

Maliketh is one of the best bosses and has one of the best weapons. With his weapon primarily scaling with strength and faith, it can have up to B scaling at +10. This weapon pairs well with some of the talismans and can deal % damage with its weapon art. The benefit of being a faith and strength mix means you will also be able to use some great incantations with this build. 

What the Maliketh Faith Build excels in:

• The weapon has an amazing weapon art.
• The build has some great incantations to use.
• The weapon deals great damage.
• Paired with Black Knife Tiche no boss will be able to stand in your way.

Build details:

• Use Maliketh’s Black Blade as your main weapon and also use the Clawmark Seal as you get it from Gurranq, and it buffs all bestial incantations by 10%. 
• Using Golden Vow which gives 15% more damage, and reduces damage taken by 10 %, will make the weapons deal amazing damage.
• Use the Faith-Knot Crystal Tear in the Wondrous Physick to increase your faith and the Cerulean Hidden Tear to eliminate all FP consumption. Alternatively, you can swap the Cerulean Hidden Tear for the Strength-Knot Crystal Tear to increase strength.
• You can use a mix between the Raptors Black Feathers as it is a great armor piece that strengthens jump attacks and the Omensmirk Mask will increase strength by 2 and the Ruler’s Mask to increase faith by 2 and the Cloth Garb to increase faith by 1, alternatively just use Maliketh’s armor as it is amazing looking and solid armor. 
• Use the Shard of Alexander as it is one amazing talisman that increases weapon art damage by 15%.
• Equip the Sacred Scorpion Charm to increase faith.
• Radagons Soreseal can be used early on for those extra levels but later on, it should be replaced with Erdtrees Favor + 2 which will increase HP by 4%, increase stamina by 9.6% and equip load by 8%.
• The last talisman should be the Claw talisman as it increases damage from jump attacks, but you can equip anything you want in your arsenal.
• For incantations also use Bestial Sling, Bestial Vitality, Beast Claw, Stone of Gurranq, and Gurranq’s Beast Claw. 

3. Mohgwyn Spear Build

A mix of Arcane and strength, what else would you need?

The Mohgwyn Sacred Spear is one amazing weapon, and it scales primarily with strength and arcane. The weapon has one great weapon art and since it has bleed damage you will be able to get some great % damage as well. Add a Seal to this build and this strength/arcane and faith mix will be an amazing build.

What the Mohgwyn Spear build excels in:

• Great damage from attacks as well as its weapon art.
• Has blood loss.
• Has a few incantations to use.

Build details:

• Use the Mohgwyn’s Sacred Spear as your main weapon and the Dragon Communion Seal as it scales with arcane.
• For armor use the White Mask as it increases attack power by 10% when in the vicinity of blood loss. The rest of the armor is up to you but the Cloth Garb can increase faith by 1. 
• For talismans use the Carian Filigreed Crest to reduce the FP cost of skills.
• The Erdtree Favour +2 will increase HP by 4%, increase stamina by 9.6% and equip load by 8%.
• Use Lord of Blood’s Exultation to also increase the attack power when in the vicinity of blood loss, this stacks with the White Mask.
• The Shard of Alexander to increase the damage of weapon arts. 
• In the Wondrous Physick use the Cerulean Hidden Tear to remove all FP consumption for a time and the Strength-Knot Crystal Tear to increase strength for a time. 
• For incantations use Rotten Breath to deal rot damage to bosses.
• You can use Golden Vow before a fight to buff your character, you can also use the Flame Grant Me Strength spell to also buff your character. 
• Use Erdtree Heal to heal yourself and your allies.
• And Bloodboon to scatter Bloodflame before you.

2. Malenia Faith Build

No one likes Malenia, everyone loves her.

Malenia is one tough boss, and her weapon is absolutely amazing. If you use this faith/dex build you will be unstoppable. With a few incantations and amazing armor, this build will be one of the strongest ones on this list.

What the Malenia Faith build excels in:

• Looking flashy.
• Great damage from the weapon and its skill.
• Has blood loss.

Build details:

• Use the Hand of Malenia as your main weapon, and the Erdtree Seal.
• For armor use, the Malenia set, because the set will look amazing, but for headgear use White Mask as it increases attack power by 10% when in the vicinity of blood loss.
• For talismans use the Carian Filigreed Crest to reduce the FP cost of skills.
• The Erdtree Favour +2 will increase HP by 4%, increase stamina by 9.6% and equip load by 8%.
• Use Lord of Blood’s Exultation to also increase the attack power when in the vicinity of blood loss, this stacks with the White Mask.
• The Shard of Alexander to increase the damage of weapon arts.
• For incantations use the Scarlet Aeonia as it was Malenia’s spell.
• Use Rotten Breath to deal rot damage to bosses and Malenia loves rot.
• Also, use Golden Vow before a fight to buff your character, you can also use the Flame Grant Me Strength spell to also buff your character.
• In the Wondrous Physick use the Faith-Knot Crystal Tear to increase faith and the Opaline Bubbletear to negate a lot of damage from a hit.

1. Night And Flame Build

Still one of the best swords in the game.

The Sword of Night and Flame is personally my favorite sword in the game, as it is still an amazing weapon after being nerfed and has one of the best weapon skills. It pairs amazingly with a staff or seal as it is both a faith and intelligence weapon so you will be a faith and intelligence build.

What the Night and Flame build excels in:

• Dealing amazing damage from range with the weapon arts.
• The fire side of this weapon is great for crowd control.
• Can knock back enemies.

Build details:

• Use the Sword of Night and Flame, and the Carian Glintstone Staff as well as the Erdtree Seal. 
• As it goes for spells the Azur Comet pairs well as it is a buffed version of your weapon art. 
• Use Glintstone Pebble for some quick attacks and the Ambush Shard to spawn a Shard behind enemies. 
• For incantations use Rotten Breath to deal rot damage to bosses.
• Use Golden Vow before a fight to buff your character, you can also use the Flame Grant Me Strength spell to also buff your character.
• Equip the Shard of Alexander as the first talisman to increase the damage of weapon arts. 
• Use Erdtree Favour +2 as it will increase HP by 4%, increase stamina by 9.6% and equip load by 8%.
• You should use the Magic Scorpion Charm to boost magic damage.
• Equip the Carian Filigree Talisman to reduce the FP cost of all skills.
• You can alternatively use the Godfrey Icon that enhances charged spells and skills.
• In the Flask of Wondrous Physick use the Magic-Shrouded Cracked Tear to increase the damage of magic for a time and the Cerulean Hidden Tear to remove all FP consumption for a time. Alternatively use the Opaline Bubbletear to take a hit without receiving a lot of damage.

This concludes our list of the top 10 best Elden Ring Hybrid builds, if you enjoyed this article be sure to check out these ones as well. 

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