ELDEN RING - MAGE/Astrologer Caster Guide to get OP EARLY! Best Spells, Gear, Strategy for Beginners

hello there and welcome friends this is a beginner's guide with everything you need to know about how to play during the early game as a caster in elder wing most importantly they are straw logger class with sorceries and arcane spells so here's how it goes that is kind of bit divided in multiple parts first let's start with some general tips for your spellcaster character and right after that where to get your best early staff and spells so ideally you want to start with the stroller class which is the most classic mage class of them all as far as the other ones now for a keepsake item i recommend you go with a golden seed because you can increase the number of flasks you have which is very good for the early game now the first tip might seem simple but it's actually pretty important whenever you rest at a grace notice you can choose the flasks option then allocate flask charges and change the ratio between your healing flasks and your fp restoring flasks you can even reduce your healing flask to zero for a spellcaster character you certainly want to focus on your fp flasks first on so try to leave just one for healing and then confirm second we want to get a very powerful staff as soon as we can the meteorite staff compared to the normal astrologers staff which has b scaling in intelligence meteorite staff is very special because it has s scaling which is the best so it will do way more damage and get a lot more bonus to your spell damage the higher your intelligence i don't believe you can actually upgrade the staff to plus versions which is fine you know because it does let you save all of your smithing stones you find for future steps finding it is pretty easy too it is somewhat far away from the starting area but because we have our horse you can just keep all of the enemies on the way with complete ease and this great staff just happens to be very close to another very powerful spell so that's two great items in the same place so let's get started on how to find meteorite staff and also the rock sling spell you first have to go all the way north and then enter the swamp area to this bridge here if you are below the bridge you can use the surge here with your horse to jump towards it so just cross the bridge with ease besides that you can just keep following the road see notes there's a rose that goes here here and then a curve here until you reach this grace here a stray from kellied highway north so let's go there it is actually pretty close to the main road here so don't be afraid to go there also because you have your horse you don't really have to fight any of the enemies here's the grace we just teleported to and then you have to reach this little area here marked with the blue arrow so just keep going ahead from the grace and drop down right here next to this branch so you don't take any damage jump on the ruins here defeat the flower enemies that are inside of the top opening and there are powerful staff will be right behind the flowers on a corpse hanging out the window now don't leave the swamp area yet because now we are going to find a very powerful spell especially for the early game so from the tower where we just found the meteorite staff keep moving right ahead north you'll find these remains of a little church here head down [Music] open the door and open the chest now for our rock sling spell roxlink has somewhat slow casting time but it will fire three very big projectiles at the enemy which deals pretty high damage and you can hit multiple enemies with it notice that our meteorite staff and the rock sling spell are actually perfect for each other because the meteorite staff will enhance the power of your gravity spells and roxlink is one of them and we can do some pretty high damage to bosses [Music] so it is certainly worth the fit investment also look how easy it was for us to break godric's poise now while i believe the meteorite staff and rockslink should be the most powerful early game combo there are actually other nice spells that you can unlock in the early game and this is how to do it by getting access to our first sorcery merchant but you will have to face a mid-boss before getting our merchant so here's how it goes to have to be in the waypoint ruins area so east of the starter area [Music] then come down here in this ruins and head down the stairs here mad from king head he isn't really a hard boss especially if you already have access to your lone wolf summons who will be able to tank and take most of his attention away from you so right after you defeat matt pumpkin head open the door here and there we are selling we can now buy sorceries from her so we have gling some pebble blindstone stars arc crystal barrage scholars armament and also scholar shield now that we have salon unlocked there's another way of getting even more spells available for sale which is by giving her some scrolls and here are their locations first with the royal scroll finding the royal scrub is very easy so from the aguil lake south grace southeastern from the starter area of the game right here you want to head further east to the springs above the cliff here those ruins right there way up above so just keep heading there with your horse there will be some enemies in the way but you don't really have to fight them so long as you are on horseback head up the cliff here and the scar will be right above this ruin to the left [Music] be careful with the magic enemies here give the scroll to selen give a scroll royal house scroll and we can now buy glint blade phalanx and also carrion slicer now let's see how we can get the academy scroll for even more spells unlocked go to the lake facing cliffs grace right here which is also the first grace right after you defeat godric the boss of stormville castle get your horse and then head towards this little graveyard area here you don't have to bother fighting the enemies and the academy scroll will be right at this corpse here next to the big crypt return to sellen and give her the academy scroll so now you can buy swift glindstone shard and also great glindstone shard there is another way of reaching the ernia of the lakes however before actually fighting goldrick so notice the broken bridge right in this area here east of the castle you can actually go down the bridge so just keep moving then move to the right here just keep going up you can skip the wolf enemies here with your horse and you eventually come up here which is the same bonfire from before so leonia of the lakes now another very important part of course is how to spend your attribute points honestly i haven't really played the game for that long but i can tell you you definitely want some points into vigor at the start something around 15 should be enough vigor will increase your hit point score by a massive amount which does matter a lot in the early game i know some people might say well just don't get hit but come on for a beginner player even if you are already used to the soul series elder ming is a new game with new enemy patterns to learn so it will be a while before you're able to avoid all of the enemy hits vigor is going to help a lot of this thus reducing your unnecessary deaths by increasing your hit points second because we can get our very powerful meteorite staff early and it does have s scaling with intelligence i also recommend you increase your intelligence by a bit and lastly mind once again because we get a very powerful spell rock sling early it's also in your best interest to increase your mind score by a bit for some extra fp now if you're talking about what order to increase them in vigor comes first the extra layer of hit points it gives you is very efficient second i would increase intelligence to somewhere around 20 or so and later on start increasing mind as you get into higher levels you can find what split works best for you but honestly the meteorite staff and also the rock sling spell will carry you for a very long time so you are free to experiment with attribute points as you see fit now let's talk about memory slots by default you only have two slots but you can soon gain another one for a third memory slots aren't really increased by any of your stats you actually gain more by having memory stone items i have one here which is why i now have three memory slots instead of two there's many ways of getting them but the earliest one is at the round table hold an area that you can access either by resting in one of the lyria of the lake races which i have just explained you how to do to the alternative route to get the academy scroll or by triggering the battle with margie's development and then resting on another grace you don't actually have to defeat him just attempt it once at least so reach round table hold and then we have to meet a merchant here go here then down and here we are the twin maiden husks merchants so purchase a memory stone to increase your memory slots now for some damage comparison against the big flower here our glenstone pebble with the meteorite staff deals 171 damage if you use it from our normal astrologer staff 1 that's 131 damage so that's a lot more damage we're getting with the meteorite staff now let's try rock sling so we dealt 381 damage green stone pebble is 170 even jungling stones don't do as much damage as a rock's link and of course the rock sling can hit multiple enemies although it does have higher casting time now let's talk a bit about our starter spells and also some overall strategy for how to play your caster during the early game including some of the other spells that we have unlocked through this guide and what are the best situations to use each one of them right so you'll start a game with just glimstone pebble and also greenstone arc if you went with an astrologer gleamstone pebble will fire a little arrow towards the enemy it is fast and does decent damage now glenstone arc on the other hand as the name implies fires a rather big arc at the force and this can both pierce through enemies and also hit multiple enemies at the same time which is what makes this spell pretty good now for your spells that can hit multiple enemies like glenstone arc and roxlink try to aim at the middle enemy as you increase your chances of getting multiple enemies at the same time just like this as the name implies swift gleamstone fires are very quick missile but the damage is not as good as the normal blindstone ability as for great glenstone shard it is of course a stronger glimstone for 243 damage meanwhile the normal one does 171 damage and a quicker 116 just for comparison greenstone phalanx will summon some swords that hover around your character and would then attack the enemy just like the bose spells from the dark souls series i suppose it can be good for pvp but against normal enemies i wouldn't really bother using it because you will have to request right after also your phalanx swords will actually last when you rest but they will disappear if you get them to hit a wall over an obstacle something you can do to maximize phalanx use is casted before facing an enemy of course so we can both cast a spell and also fire our phalanx at the same time gleanstorm stars on the other hand will fire a quick barrage of stars but honestly i find it pretty disappointing because it's somewhat slow i'd much rather just go for the normal or later on rock sling for situations where you are in close range carrying slicer can be pretty good too because of how fast you can attack the enemies with it and it will hit multiple enemies and the damage is pretty good so it can be great for bosses or other enemies where you have to attack in quick succession now mounted combat can also highly increase your spellcaster's efficiency because of the very big speed advantage it gives you for example you can cast your spells from far away and then quickly run to avoid enemy blows especially slower enemies now do note that for some spells like the glintstone pebble and shard you have to be facing towards the enemy so it can properly hit them for example if i'm facing if i'm not facing them the spell will not properly home in this can be avoided by other spells like rock sling even if i'm sideways i can still hit the enemy just fine now if you were to ask me what is the best spell location for the early game that's going to be great glintstone shard to snipe some enemies broxling for area of effect damage and also the huge damage and stagger against bosses and so on and lastly carrion slicer for the quick sword hit and a very low fp cost which is perfect because that's 3 spells and we can get 3 memories lost relatively early lastly don't forget about investing in summons for your character i don't mean actual player summons i mean the summons you can actually cast in the game to bring forth lots of different creatures to your aid i already have a guide link to the site here on how you can easily get the summoning spells even the first summons you get in the game so the three wolves are already amazing in that they can easily take the enemy's attention away from you thus giving you breathing room to either heal or restore your fp and attack the enemy from range without them getting in your way so be sure to invest it at the very least in the early wolf spell with that out of the way and all of the power boosts you can get from this guide now you're free to return back to the starter area of the game and handle of course bosses like margeet and godric or everything else you want for a nice and very smooth gameplay progression as you find even stronger spells and gear for your caster if you found this guide useful then please remember to support the channel if you can by liking subscribing and even becoming a member thank you for watching and see you next time friends

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Length: 15min 39sec (939 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 26 2022