The Haima Hoplite build is a Strength and Intelligence build that relies on a Clayman's Harpoon to deal damage to targets. Its uncommon weapon damage type which can deal with physical and magic damage simultaneously opens up interesting setups such as utilizing Scholar's Armaments for more damage. The Ashes of War for this build is the Repeating Thrust, which can deal high DPS to any target in conjunction with Scholar's Armament. While the Impaling Thrust Ashes of War can break the enemy's stance easily and deal even more damage when doing critical strikes.

The main focus of this build is the Clayman's Harpoon. As mentioned, the user will rely on its physical and magic damage when dealing damage to targets. Using the Academy Glintstone Staff will let the user buff the Clayman Harpoon's Magic Damage by imbuing the weapon with Scholar's Armament. In this manner, Clayman Harpoon's repeating thrust can easily score high damage numbers due to added damage from the Scholar Armament.

When fighting bosses, it is suggested to switch to Impaling Thrust Ashes of War to quickly break the target's stance and be open from Critical Strikes. This Ashes of War also can help the Clayman Harpoon Penetrate shielded enemies with ease. Experiment with both Ashes of War to gain the best results, depending on the type of targets that the user will encounter.

This build explores the following talismans, Shard of Alexander for further damage increase overall, Curved Sword Talisman to increase the guard counter damage of this build since it is an option to take advantage of Guard Counters with this build, Spear Talisman for more Spear counter damage, especially this build tank enemy hits and then counter it spear strikes, and lastly, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia for more damage output especially when using the Repeating Thrust. More suggested Talisman alternatives were provided in the video.

On the other hand, since the user is provided with a shield, guard counters are a suggested strategy when dealing with regular enemies. This build is tanky enough to trade blows so use the Repeating Thrust often to take advantage of the Spear Talisman's added counter damage.