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Best Elden Ring Faith build: Best lightning build in Elden RingLearn how to make the best Elden Ring Faith build using lightning spells

Learn how to make the best Elden Ring Faith build using lightning spells

Elden Ring image showing a standing dragon holding a crackling bolt of red lightning

Looking for the best Elden Ring Faith build?Faith is one of the main spellcasting attributes inElden Ring, allowing you to cast incantations with seals. These incantations tend to have elemental effects, such as fire, ice, or lightning. Lightning incantations, also known as Dragon Cult incantations, make up some of thebest spells in Elden Ring, and they’re the focus of thisElden RingFaith build.

In this guide, we’ll break down how to make the best Elden Ring Faith build, breaking down a list of lightning incantations that will make you feel more powerful than the gutteral growl of a thunderstorm.

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Best Elden Ring Faith build: How to make a lightning build in Elden Ring

Our Elden Ring Faith build combines lightning spells with the Inseparable Sword and Bolt of Gransax to make you incredibly powerful in both close and long range battles. Lightning incantations such as Ancient Dragon Lightning Strike and Lightning Spear will deal immense damage at range, but we think it’s equally important to have a strong melee option for those relentless enemies that won’t stop attacking. If an enemy gets too close for comfort, cast Vyke’s Dragonbolt to coat your Inseparable Sword in lightning and start slashing to shock and slice through your opponent.

Elden Ring screenshot showing a player holding a lightning-imbued sword and striking a Tree Sentinel with a lightning bolt

Elden Ring Faith build stat requirements

This Elden Ring Faith build requires the following stats:

40 Faithis the minimum requirement to cast all of the incantations in this Elden Ring Faith build. Since Faith is the primary attribute for this build, we’d recommend pushing it even further after meeting these minimum requirements. If you’re a lower level and aren’t able to reach this requirement just yet, bare in mind that some of the best spells in this build, such as Lightning Spear and Ancient Dragon’s Lightning Strike, have much lower requirements.

20 Strengthis a requirement to wield both the Inseparable Sword and Bolt of Gransax. Like the points in Dexterity, this will also increase the melee damage you do and ensures that you’re always ready to fight, even if you run low on FP during a tough boss battle or dungeon.

If you want to use a different sword, take a look at ourBlasphemous Blade build guide. TheBlasphemousBlade is an incredible sword (and one of thebest weapons in Elden Ring) that scales with Faith, Strength, and Dexterity, so it combines with this lightning incantation Faith build very well.

Elden Ring Faith build lightning spell locations

Here’s a list of spells that you will need for this Elden Ring Faith build:

If you can’t equip all of these spells, check out ourElden Ring Memory Stones location guideto increase your spell slots.

Elden Ring screenshot showing the Graven Stone Seal location with a small diamond marker on a map of Leyndell, Royal Capital

Gravel Stone Seal location in Elden Ring

Every Elden Ring Faith build needs asacred seal, as they allow you to cast incantation spells. TheGravel Stone Sealis perfect for this Elden Ring Faith build, as it boosts the power of your lightning incantations. That increased damage will ensure that you can tear through even thehardest bosses in Elden Ring.

Elden Ring screenshot showing the Bolt of Gransax location with a small diamond marker on a map of Leyndell, Royal Capital

Bolt of Gransax location in Elden Ring

TheBolt of Gransaxis a powerful melee and ranged hybrid weapon that you can find inLeyndell, Royal Capital. From the Erdtree Sanctuary Site of Grace, make your way North-West along the raised walkways above the city and look for a large, golden spear twisting out of the side of a building. Leap down onto the spear to find the Bolt of Gransax at the end.

Elden Ring screenshot showing the Inseparable Sword location at the Prince of Death’s Throne

Inseparable Sword location in Elden Ring

TheInseparable Swordis the main melee weapon for this Elden Ring Faith build. To get the Inseparable Sword, you must follow Fia’s quest until you get the Twinned Armor from D. Then, give the Twinned Armor to D’s brother and make your way into theDeeproot Depths, where you’ll find Fia at thePrince of Death’s Throne. Defeat her champions and the Inseparable Sword will spawn here at the throne.

Important gear for the Lightning Lord Faith build in Elden Ring

To make the best Faith build in Elden Ring, there are a few more items that you will need. Below, we’ll explain whichpowerful talismansyou should equip and any other gear that you should use:

After getting both Crystal Tears, remember to head to a Site of Grace to mix them in yourFlask of Wondrous Physick.

Faith builds don’t benefit from having a specific armor set, so we recommend using something that will give you high poise. Take a look at our list of thebest armor sets in Elden Ringand choose something that offers high defence. Make sure to invest in Endurance, as you want to maintain a light or mediumequip loadif possible. Heavy load will make your rolls much slower, which will make avoiding damage more difficult.