In this Elden Ring Build Guide, I’ll be showing you my light greatsword build. This is a Shadow of the Erdtree build that takes place after level 150. If you’ve been looking for a build that deals fantastic damage with both magic and fire damage with the Moon and Fire Stance then you might want to check this build-out.

The Carian Twinblade for Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree is a light greatsword build that utilizes one of the coolest weapons exclusive to the expansion, Rellana's Twinblade. The weapon can be obtained by progressing the game and beating Rellana Twin Moon Knight in Castle Ensis. Rellana's Twinblade is a paired weapon that deals physical, magic, and fire damage — with STR, DEX, INT, and FAI scaling. The weapon comes with a unique skill, Moon-and-Fire Stance, where the character enters a stance to imbue its weapon with magic or fire. The magic-imbued weapon executes these waves of projectiles, while the fire-imbued weapon executes a stylish move that bathes the target with an AOE flame. It is important to point out that this weapon scales better with Strength and Dexterity since you get more damage out of your melee attacks.

Intelligence only affects magic attacks, while Faith conditions the flame attacks. And with the requirements of this weapon, you'll most likely find yourself spreading out points to STR, DEX, INT, and FAI. However, to get the most out of this weapon, we've learned that putting more points into Strength and Dexterity makes such a change in terms of damage output. This build can also paired with the Golden Order Seal if you want to make this into a hybrid melee-spellcaster build which requires you to prioritize cranking up points into Faith and Intelligence. For Armor, the Carian Twinblade build is fully equipped with Rellana's Set. Not only does it fit with the theme of this build, but it also has good Poise and protection values.

As for Talismans, you can use a couple for this build, depending on your playstyle or what you need at specific moments. However, some talismans are a must-have for this build. Shard of Alexander is highly recommended to amplify the damage of Moon-and-Fire Stance, since you will be using this skill a LOT. Rellana's Cameo is effective for this build to further boost the attack of Moon-and-Fire Stance, the talisman enhances the attack after you hold the stance for a while. The build without a doubt is stamina-hungry, so having the Two-Headed Turtle Talisman will help in stamina management by improving its recovery speed. Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman, which is going to be a staple talisman that you should have when you start Shadow of the Erdtree. Enemies in this expansion are not easy to face and they deal so much damage if you get hit, so having more protection is perfect. However, if you've gotten the hang of it, or if you have such an aggressive playstyle, then you can swap out the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman to either Millicent's Prosthesis or the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia just to get even more damage when you deal consecutive attacks.

For the attributes, the build is running at 50 Vigor, 30 Mind, 30 Endurance, 35 Strength, 34 Dexterity, 17 Intelligence, 25 Faith, and 09 Arcane. It's always without a doubt that Vigor should AT LEAST be at 50 (or higher) so you can survive, avoid death, and trade attacks. Mind is at 30 because you will be consuming more FP to constantly use the Moon-and-Fire Stance, Golden Vow, Flame Grant me Strength, or even spells if you went for the hybrid type. You could drop the number but we wouldn't recommend going below 25 Mind. Next, 30 Endurance for protection, being able to medium-roll, and for better stamina since the build just consumes a lot of your stamina. Strength and Dexterity which are pretty much close to each other, at 35 and 34. But since we wanted to get more damage from the melee attacks, Strength is slightly more higher than Dexterity.

The Crystal Tears used for this build are the Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear or Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear. Depending on what you need or the situation you're about to face, both are great to have for this build. The Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear will further boost the fire attack of the Moon-and-Fire Stance, while Magic-Shrouding Cracked Tear amplifies the magic damage of Moon-and-Fire Stance. If you are aggressive and find yourself spamming your attacks, having the Thorny Cracked Tear will boost the attack power when you're doing consecutive attacks. But if you find yourself having trouble with managing your Stamina, the Greenburst Crystal Tear will help by boosting the recovery of your stamina. And finally, Godrick's Great Rune is the ideal great rune to use because you're utilizing 7 out of the 8 stats for this build. Having more points to it will just benefit this build in many ways.