The Ruins Greatsword weapon is a colossal weapon that requires 50 STR and 16 INT. Most of the damage output of this weapon is physical and has some magic to it. The Ruins Greatsword can be acquired by defeating Misbegotten Warrior + Crucible Knight at Redmane Castle Plaza. [Elden Ring Map here] This boss fight is only accessible before the festival OR after defeating Starscourge Radahn and exhausting Witch-Hunter Jerren's subsequent dialogue (Video Location). To maximize the physical damage of this weapon, consuming items such as the Exalted Flesh increases the Physical Damage by 20% (15% in PvP0 for 30 seconds or even conjuring Flame Grant me Strength to raise the physical attack power of this weapon. To make it work especially if you are using this build in NG+, we highly recommend adding points to Faith to use spells such as Flame Grant me Strength or skills such as Golden Vow. Another thing that we love about this weapon has a great Guard Boost that allows the player to effectively block-counter enemy attacks as long as you have decent Poise, with that being said, pairing this build with the Taker's Cameo talisman is it allows the player to regain health while performing a block-counter.

The default skill for this weapon is the Wave of Destruction, a devastating weapon skill that shows the character raising the weapon and slamming it on the ground to release a vertical wave of gravity magic. The weapon skill damage scares primarily with weapon level. There are minor increases in damage from Strength levels and the least increase from Intelligence levels. It may not be the best weapon skill out there but it gets the job done by applying decent damage and sometimes interrupt the target or knocks them up into the air. Apart from that, it has great mid to long-range range allowing the player to cast the skill from a safe distance before following up with an attack, making it such a breeze to clear out enemies around unconventional areas when you are exploring.

And since the skill consumes high FP, we highly recommend pairing the build with the Carian Filigreed Crest to reduce the FP Cost by 25%. When creating this build, we found that it's not necessary to keep spamming the weapon skill, not only is it great for block-counters, but the weapon itself has a good-charged R2 attack where your attacks briefly conjure a small AoE gravity magic that still has an assurance that your attacks will connect.

When it comes to armor, this build uses the following armor pieces: Greathelm, Beast Champion Armor, Beast Champion Gauntlets, and Beast Champion Greaves. These pieces has high protection and poise, allowing you to take less damage when using block-counters, using the Wave of Destruction, or trading out incoming damage in favor of your attacks. It is highly recommended to pair this armor build with the Great-Jar's Arsenal talisman to raise the max equip load by 19%. However, if you aren't able to grab the following armor pieces, especially if you are using the Ruins Greatsword, simply acquire armor pieces that have decent protection and poise to balance out the heavy gameplay style of wielding the colossal weapon.

Moving over to the Stats, this build is running at 50 Vigor, 30 Mind, 35 Endurance, 80 Strength, 12 Dexterity, 16 Intelligence, 07 Faith, and 09 Arcane. Vigor is very important to increase your health pool and higher survivability when trading attacks. Mind is also important to alleviate the expensive cost when using the Wave of Destruction skill. Endurance is at 35 or at least high for this build to use a heavy armor set and the colossal weapon. And 80 Strength to further maximize the damage output of this weapon and the fact that this weapon has phenomenal S scaling with strength