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Best Wylder Build in Elden Ring Nightreign

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In the roster of Elden Ring Nightreign, Wylder stands out as a versatile character. His affinity for martial weapons means he can handle various melee weapons and even ranged weapons that don’t require magic. Newcomers might find Wylder particularly appealing due to his resemblance to the typical Quality Build character often seen in Souls games.

This manual explains top choices for weapons, artifacts, and abilities that players should consider when controlling Wylder in a Nightreign Expedition. While it may not be possible to create a flawless setup every time, understanding the best options for Wylder will make future adventures noticeably smoother.

Best Weapons for Wylder in Elden Ring Nightreign

Wylder shines in close-quarters combat at the start of battles, though he may not use Weapon Arts as frequently as Duchess or withstand attacks like Guardian or Raider, he compensates for this by being proficient with nearly every melee weapon due to his high Strength and Dexterity scores, along with his substantial health and stamina reserves.

While playing Wylder, keep an eye out for the following:

Best Wylder Weapons in Nightreign
Any Elemental Greatsword Any greatsword imbued with an element that your Nightlord is weak against is going to be a great weapon from start to finish. Make sure to upgrade them at a Merchant’s camp so they don’t fall off lategame.
Eleonora’s Poleblade Wylder may not have as much Arcane as Executor, but he can still make excellent use of Eleonora’s Poleblade. It deals Fire damage with its hits, and it builds up Blood Loss too, making it great for everything in the game that isn’t immune to the latter.
Grafted Blade Greatsword The legendary Grafted Greatsword is an excellent pick thanks to its Weapon Art: Oath of Vengeance, which temporarily increases all your attributes (and Poise). Use the Weapon Art, and go ham.
Sacred Relic Sword This legendary weapon solves one of Wylder’s biggest weaknesses: lack of ranged options. Charged attacks with the Sacred Relic Sword launches a wave of holy energy, and its Wave of Gold Weapon Art lets Wylder take out large groups of enemies at once.
Blasphemous Blade If you’re going for a Fire-based build, then the Blasphemous Blade is one of the best legendary weapon options you can get. It scales very well with Wylder’s stats, and it also gives him a ranged attack that’s great for fighting bosses.

According to Wylder’s scaling for Strength and Dexterity, he excels particularly in handling larger weapons such as greatswords, great hammers, and two-handed curved swords. However, he can effectively wield a variety of melee weapons, excluding magical ones.

Considering Wylder’s versatility with weaponry, players might want to focus more on Weapon Skills and equipment enhancements instead. When it comes to Weapon Skills, make sure you pay attention to these aspects:

  • Lion’s Claw: Excellent mobility skill that deals good damage. It also has a high chance of staggering targets.
  • Vacuum Slicer: Slice the wind with your weapon and launch a damaging projectile at targets.
  • Corpse Wax Cutter: Same as Vacuum Slicer, but deals Fire damage.
  • Sacred Blade: Yet another ranged Weapon Art, but this one deals Holy damage.

Best Wylder Build Weapon Passives

In their inventory, players can hold a maximum of six different weapons. Simply equipping weapons in any of your empty slots will grant you the advantages of the Weapon Passive abilities they possess. Therefore, it’s important to gather weapons with passive skills that complement the type of gameplay or build strategy you are pursuing.

The following passives are generally great for Wylder:

  • Improved Attack Power When Two-Handing
  • Improved Attack Power When Wielding Two Weapons
  • Improved Damage Negation At Full HP
  • Successive Attacks Negate Damage
  • Successful Guarding Ups Dmg Negation
  • Improved Guarding Ability
  • Improved Jumping Attacks
  • Defeating Enemies Restores HP
  • Taking Damage Boosts Damage Negation

Best Wylder Boss Passives

When conquering bosses in Nightreign, there’s a possibility to obtain potent passive abilities. These can significantly boost Wylder’s performance, particularly if they align with the mentioned passive skills. Be sure to check for these boss-granted passives following a defeat while playing as Wylder:

  • Successive Attacks Restore HP
  • Improved Dodging
  • Improved Flask HP Recovery
  • Improved Poise
  • Improved Stance-Breaking
  • Increased Rune Acquisition
  • Lightning upon Dodging
  • Periodical Giant Glintblade
  • Wending Grace

This set of abilities is generally clear on their own, but it’s important to note that Wylder excels at shattering defensive positions. That’s why we choose the enhanced Poise and enhanced Stance-Breaking passive skills. This combination works exceptionally well for swiftly challenging powerful enemies or field bosses during daylight hours.

Best Relics for Wylder in Nightreign

In the game Nightreign, Wylder has numerous options for assembling Relics, and to maximize your strength, it’s crucial to choose those with the most advantageous effects. Be sure to observe these factors during an Expedition:

  • Improved Greatsword Attack Power
    • Increases the damage dealt by all Greatswords, including your default weapon.
  • Increased Rune Acquisition
    • ​​​​​​​Sweet and simple boost to Rune Acquisition to speed-up the leveling process.
  • Stamina recovers with each successful attack
    • ​​​​​​​You’ll be swinging your weapons a lot, so it’s best to have some way to better manage your stamina.
  • Starting Armament deals [x] damage
    • ​​​​​​​Good for boosting early game damage.
  • [Element] Attack Power Up
    • ​​​​​​​Go with whatever element you chose for the bonus above, or use whatever the Nightlord’s weakness is.
  • [Wylder] Follow-up attacks possible when using Character Skill (Greatsword only)
    • ​​​​​​​When equipped and using a Greatsword, Wylder will perform a lunging strike (press L1/LT/LMB) after using his Skill. Temporarily adds Fire damage to your weapon. Does not work with Colossal Swords.
  • Changes compatible Armament’s skill to (skill) at the start of Expedition
    • ​​​​​​​Anything that can give Wylder a ranged Weapon Art is good.
  • Wylder’s Earrings
    • ​​​​​​​Regain stamina on successful attacks, Skill gains +1 Charge, and Art sets areas on fire.
    • Gained by defeating the final boss.

If you lack any of these artifacts, opt for those that enhance your attributes instead. Artifacts offering supplementary items or granting additional stats upon use of these items are equally beneficial.

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2025-06-04 13:34

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