Elden Ring’s Evergaol bosses are optional pockets of hell, but the fights are pretty great.
Its time to awaken your inner Malenia.
What Is A Scarlet Rot Build?
Scarlet Rot builds are all aboutinfecting enemieswith thepotent damage over time debuff,Scarlet Rot.
Scarlet Rot is like Poison but more potent.
This is all fine and dandy since you could just pump yourVigor to 60and wait out the timer.
The core of this build isArcane, which should be pumped to60ish.
This will make everything from Bleed to Scarlet Rot more effective.
It will also make yourArcane scaling weapons and spells much more effective.
While not as important as Arcane,Faith will be requiredto make this build click.
PushFaith to 15to give you access toRotten Breath,among other things.
Many weapons in Elden Ring inflict Scarlet Rot,but few are as effective as this rapier.
This will tank your other scalings to E and D, but that isnt an issue for this build.
For weapon arts, anything goes.
The key thing to remember is that this weapon is versatile.
Put what you need on it for any given situation, then swap it out when needed.
Firstly,Rotten Breath.
This Incantation deals hundreds of damage when cast and is key to a Scarlet Rot build.
BloodflameandPoison Armamentare going to require some micromanagement, but the combination is brutal.
Firstly,apply Poison Armamentto your Antspur Rapier.
Once Poison has been applied,unequip and then equip your Antspur Rapier and then apply Bloodflame.
You will want to use theDragon Communion Sealfor all of your Incantations as it has an S-scaling in Arcane.
Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman
Enormouslyreduced Physical Damage takenby 20 percent (five percent in PvP).
Pearldrake Talisman +3
Reduces Elemental Damage taken bya maximum of 11 percent(using Pearldrake Talisman +3).
Green Turtle Talisman
Raises Stamina recoveryspeed by eight per second (17.7 percent).
Two-Headed Turtle Talisman
Greatly raises yourStamina recovery speedby 22.5 percent.
Blessed Blue Dew Talisman
Slowly restores yourFP.
Not many Talismans synergize with Scarlet Rot, but any that do are must-haves.
Because you are triggering Scarlet Rot so often, this is anear-permanent buff to your stats.
Everything else is more for utility.
Erdtrees Favorgrants you increased HP, FP, Stamina, and Equip Load.
Dragoncrest GreatshieldandPearldrakeincreaseyour defenses significantly - ideal for a slow-burner build like this.Green Turtlewill increase your Stamina regeneration.
Excellent weapon damage is the perfect complement to any Scarlet Rot build.
Armor
Similar to Talismans, there are very few armor pieces that synergize with Scarlet Rot.
Thankfully, there is one that is too good to pass up - theMushroom Crown.
The effects stack, allowing you to double-dip on the buff.
Your other armor slots should be used tostack as much defense and Poise as possiblewhilst maintaining aMedium Roll.
The Faith Knot willincrease your Faith stat by ten for three minutes, noticeably increasing all of your damage.
