What stats for Rivers of Blood?

The Rivers of Blood katana requires the following stats:
  • 12 Strength.
  • 18 Dexterity.
  • 20 Arcane.
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What stats should I have for rivers of blood?

Rivers of Blood stats
  • Requires: 12 strength, 19 dexterity, 20 arcane.
  • Damage type: Slash/Pierce.
  • Scaling: Strength E, dexterity D, arcane D.
  • Skill: Corpse Piler.
  • Passive: Blood loss buildup (50)
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What does Rivers of blood scale to?

Rivers of Blood in Elden Ring is a Katana weapon that scales with Strength, Dexterity, and Arcane, matching well with our best Samurai class build. Whilst it's capable of slashing and piercing damage, it also causes 30 blood loss build-up, an ability that causes enemies to bleed for a fixed period.
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What do you need for the Rivers of blood?

To use this blood-soaked blade you will need 12 strength, 18 dexterity, and 20 arcane. The weapon scales with each of these stats, meaning the more points you put into each one, the more damage the katana will do. The main benefit of this weapon is its rapid and impressively powerful bleed buildup.
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Does bleed scale with arcane?

Arcane just increases the amount of bleed buildup per hit. If you don't use Arcane, it means it takes more hits to proc bleed. Of course, instead of putting points into Arcane, you could use Blood Grease or Bloodflame Blade on the weapon.
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So I tried Rivers of Blood in Elden Ring 1.10

Is Dex or Arcane better for bleed?

For a badass Bleed build with stacks of damage, you'll want to primarily focus on putting levels into Arcane, Dexterity, and Vigor. It's also always worth putting some levels into Endurance. Arcane is the bread and butter of this build.
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What level arcane is best for bleed?

If you are lacking levels, then 40 is perfectly acceptable . Next, you have Arcane at45, which is around the soft cap for Bleed build-up. Not only will this make yourBleed weapons more lethal in terms of raw damage, but it will also make them much more effective at building up Bleed until it procs.
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What is the easiest katana to get in Elden Ring?

The Samurai starting class begins the game with Uchigatana, but for everyone else, it's still the easiest and earliest katana you can acquire. It can be found in the Deathtouched Catacombs, which is located in northern Limgrave.
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Is Rivers of Blood still a good weapon?

Nerfed it abit but it's still a great weapon for pve from what I've read. There are better options though, depending on what you're goals are. It'll still carry you through any boss that can be bled. "That is so fetch!"
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Which katana is the best Elden Ring?

Uchigatana: Surprisingly, the starter Uchigatana is arguably the best katana in the entire game. It's quick, light, and, like other katanas stacks Bleed—which tends to dispatch bosses relatively quickly.
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Should you dual-wield rivers of blood?

It is recommended that players dual wield the Rivers of Blood katana alongside either the Uchigatana or Nagakiba, with the second of these two options requiring some additional points be put into Strength.
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What's better Moonveil or Rivers of Blood?

both are good, moonveil is a little more unique. Rivers of blood is good but if you want it it's tad a pure bleed weapon there are better bleeding options. RoB is easily better post patch. Flip a coin, heads for river of blood, tails for moonveil.
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Does Seppuku work with rivers of blood?

Rivers of Blood cannot use Seppuku, since it's a “special” weapon it is locked into Corpse Piler. If you want to use a weapon with a different skill then you'll need to equip another one that is compatible with the skill you want, and then two hand the weapon whenever you want to use it.
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What is the best sword in Rivers of blood?

With blood in the title of the weapon, it is no surprise that the Rivers of Blood katana is the best blood weapon players can find and use. Inflicting also physical and fire damage with every hit, this is a weapon many foes will not wish to cross blades with.
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What's better Uchigatana or Nagakiba?

Naga n Uchi both have the same base damage, Naga has a longer reach and also has better dex scaling, so overall the Naga is gonna do more damage compared to the Uchi.
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What is the best talisman for bleed build?

"Must have" talismans imo:
  • Lord of Blood Exultation.
  • Rotten Winged Sword Insignia.
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Is Rivers of Blood better than Bloodhounds Fang?

BHF is a much heavier and slower attacking weapon. Besides, if you don't have any points in Arcane, RoB will have bad damage values. What's your Arcane stat at? Rivers of Blood gains damage from it (Both Physical and Fire), as well as applying more bleed per hit.
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Is Moonveil better than Rivers of Blood PvE?

If you're just doing PvE, then the two are fairly close, with one doing better stagger damage and leading to more Criticals and the other Applying bleed VERY rapidly, so both have solid damage + extra burst.
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What is the best bleed armor in Elden Ring?

Best Elden Ring bleed builds
  • Rivers of Blood.
  • Weapon: Rivers of Blood. Armor: White Mask (helm), anything else. ...
  • Elenora's Poleblade.
  • Weapon: Eleonora's Poleblade. Armor: White Mask (helm), anything else. ...
  • Raptor Talons.
  • Weapon: Raptor Talons. Armor: White Mask (helm), Raptor's Black Feathers (chest), anything else.
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Is the Dragon scale blade good?

What makes the Dragonscale Blade exceptional is its rarity as one of only two weapons, the other being the Dragon Halberd, capable of dealing both Lightning damage and causing Frost. Although the Dragonscale Blade doesn't possess the almighty Bleed build-up, it compensates by inflicting both Lightning and Frost.
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Where is Yura after killing bloody finger?

Head to the Seaside Ruins south of the Dragon-Burnt Ruins and head due east from the Site of Grace located here. You will find Yura underneath an alcove made by a crumbled ruin. He will introduce himself and advise you to not try to take on the dragon living in the aforementioned Dragon-Burnt Ruins.
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Do all bleed weapons scale with arcane?

Arcane will NOT affect bleed buildup if a weapon does not have arcane scaling. An uchigatana or a bandit knife can cause bleed, but they do not scale with arcane natively, so arcane will therefore have zero effect.
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How much bleed does seppuku add?

Note: As of Patch 1.07, this skill adds 30 bleed build-up to the user's weapon instead of 84 build-up, and takes 100 + 15% of the user's max HP instead of 10% of the user's max HP.
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Does leveling arcane increase blood buildup?

Arcane increases Blood Build up. Depending on the weapon, the blood loss build-up is scaled with Arcane. If the weapon doesn't come with blood loss, you can add it with an Art of War.
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