PvP Builds in Demon's Souls and Demon's Souls Remake covers a combination of Stats, Equipment and Spells such as Armor, Weapons, Rings Magic Spells and Miracles. PvP Builds are designed to be most efficient at fighting other players and might not be suited for PvE. Feel free to join and add your own builds below by clicking "edit" on the top right of this page.
You can visit the PvE Builds for builds that focus around beating the game.
PvP Builds in Demon's Souls
Soul Sentinel Build Guide: Expert Co-Op
The Blue Sentinel Build is a Build that focuses on very high damage, from the earliest parts of the game by using Demonbrandt and Pure White Character Tendency, with even higher damage while being summoned as a Blue Phantom. If you’re a huge fan of co op, and you want to be useful right out of the gate, then this is an excellent Build for you.
Moonlight Valkyrie Build Guide: Beginner PvP
The Moonlight Valkyrie Build uses the now legendary weapon Large Sword of Moonlight. This Build is particularly good for beginners who wish to PvP, or for those who like to co-op and ward off invaders. It can also be used effectively in PvE because of its high Magic Damage.
Holy Paladin Build Guide: Advanced Faith
The Holy Paladin Build is a Build that focuses on high Magic Damage, as well as very good survive ability through Miracles and HP Regeneration. If you’ve been looking for a Build that’s extremely tough to kill, and has something for just about every situation, then this is the Build for you.
Death Cleaver Build Guide: Beginner PvP
The Death Cleaver Build is a PvP Build that does staggering damage very early on in the game, allowing you to often one or two shot most hosts. If you like to invade other players and you want to do so very very quickly with a high chance of success, then this Beginner PvP Build might just be what you’re looking for.
Battlemage
Author: Gandalf 6699
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Starting Class: Royalty
Recommended Soul Level: ???
A build that employs both Melee and Magic. Not easy to master.
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Moon Uchigatana +5
Right Hand 2: Kris Blade +5
Left Hand 1: Moon Uchigatana +5, Dark Silver Shield +5 or Steel Shield +10.
Left Hand 2: Talisman of Beasts
Ring 1: Foe's Ring
Ring 2: Cling Ring
Head: Monk's Head Collar
Chest: Ancient King's Breastplate if male, Binded Cross if female.
Gloves: Ancient King's Gauntlets if male, Binded Gloves if female
Legs: Ancient King's Leggings if male, Binded Boots if female.
Spells
Miracles
The Battlemage
A hard to master PVP build, granting you many options to adapt to the situation. Magic or melee, you can adapt and thrive in both to surprise your opponents with unexpected attacks. A good way to open up a fight is to use a long-range spell, if the enemy dodges, quickly rush and close the distance and surprise them with melee. Adaptability is key.
In terms of spells, you have 5 spell slots to work with. I listed what worked better for ME, but you can adjust it to your play style. Experiment and have fun.
Equipment
You can obtain the Kris Blade, at Stonefang Tunnel. On a ramp on the left of the elevator, at the end on a dead body.
You can obtain the Uchigatana, behind where the Vanguard is in Shrine of Storms.
If you don't want to dual-wield and would rather use a shield. The Dark Silver Shield will be obtained after you kill Garl Vinland in 5-3. The Steel Shield can be found after killing a large group of Scale Miners, in Stonefang Tunnel. It may also drop from Boletaria Soldier in Tower Knight Archstone.
You can obtain the Talisman of Beasts as a Mephistopheles quest reward or if you kill the Black Phantom version of Scirvir, the Wanderer.
You can get the Cling Ring in Boletarian Palace, past the fog gate near the Blue Eye Knight at the top of the wall.
If male, you can get most parts of the armor set by defeating Old King Doran at the Boletaria Mausoleum in Boletarian Palace. In case you chose female, the Binded Cross Set is dropped by Executioner Miralda also at Boletarian Palace.
The Monk's Head Collar is a reward for killing the host when summoned as the boss by the Old Monk
The Executioner
Author: Thehuntedmademedoit
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Starting Class: Temple Knight
Recommended Soul Level: ???
A great build to start trying pvp, that doesn't demand a high soul level.
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Guillotine Axe
Right Hand 2: -
Left Hand 1: -
Left Hand 2: -
Ring 1: Master's Ring
Ring 2: Cling Ring
Head: Binded Hood
Chest: Binded Cross
Gloves: Binded Gloves
Legs: Binded Boots
Spells
Magic Spells
-
Miracles
-
The Executioner
This build is inspired by the Npc Executioner Miralda. It is a relatively easy to create build and most of the equipment can be found by defeating the real Executioner Miralda. For roleplaying purposes, this build doesn't cast spells nor miracles.
Equipment
The Guillotine Axe is dropped by Executioner Miralda in her Black Phantom variation. On the other hand, the Binded Cross Set and the Master's Ring are dropped by body form Executioner Miralda.
You can get the Cling Ring in Boletarian Palace, past the fog gate near the Blue Eye Knight at the top of the wall.
Mid lvl magic abuser
Author: medy90
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Starting Class: Royalty
Recommended Soul Level: 50
This build is based on magic damage with pretty early accesible spells and the mighty Crascent Falchion. You'll need to grind some Moonshadestones and Chunks, if you're lucky a Pure Moonshadestone too, but works well with the +4 variant. The spells you'll be using are Fire Spray to do pressure on the opponent and Soul Ray to deal surprise damage. Crescent Falchion scales with magic and the damage hits through armor and shields both, personally i think it is a bit too OP at this range of soul level. The rings you use are Ring of Magical Sharpness and Clever Rat's Ring. Clever Rat's Ring comes handy if you have <30% HP, but with the +50% damage increase you can cut down the enemy in 2 hits usually, that's the most frustrating part from the enemy's side. The stats can vary, in my exact build, there is 15 STR and 15 DEX so i can use the scraping spear to freak out the tough shieldy guys, but it is not necessary due to the sick damage and it is worth noting that you won't need too much Endurance cause you can maintain the pressure with Fire Spray, then cut and win. Have fun folks!
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Crescent Falchion +5
Right Hand 2: Scraping Spear
Left Hand 1: Silver Catalyst
Left Hand 2: Any shield thet fits you, but not necessary
Ring 1: Clever Rat's Ring
Ring 2: Ring of Magical Sharpness
Head: Silver Coronet
Chest: Any
Gloves: Any
Legs: Any
Spells
Magic Spells
Soul Ray, Fire Spray
Miracles
None
Holy Spellsword
Author: SolNihilus
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Strating Class: Royalty
Recommended Soul Level: 125-150
High level Spellsword build that utilizes both Magic and Faith with also a bit of Luck. This build specializes in high burst damage mainly in melee range, with the utilization of Light Weapon on our Blueblood Sword and combination of Ignite and God's Wrath to mix-up our opponents.
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Blueblood Sword
Right Hand 2: Large Sword of Moonlight +5 or Istarelle +5 or Phosphorescent Pole +5
Left Hand 1: Talisman of Beasts
Left Hand 2: Dark Silver Shield +5
Ring 1: Ring of Sincere Prayer
Ring 2: Ring of Magical Sharpness or Foe's Ring, Cling Ring if invading
Head: Monk's Head Collar
Chest: Boletarian Royalty Clothes or Wizard's Clothes
Gloves: Boletarian Royalty Armbands or Wizard's Gloves
Spells
Magic Spells
Holy Spellsword
Since this is a melee/caster build at its core, the combos utilized also require a bit practice and timing. My ideal start is casting either Second Chance or Anti-Magic Field after buffing my Blueblood Sword with Light Weapon; if the opponent allows you to that is. If they don't, we have back up options with The Large Sword of Moonlight and/or Istarelle. Although the DPS starts to fall off after SL125 & beyond for these weapons, both offer unique utilities. We also use Ring of Sincere Prayer over Foe's Ring mainly for increased cast speed for God's Wrath. If you're feeling spicy feel free to use both.
As a side note, God's Wrath is very useful in invasions where there is a lot of obstruction, like Tower of Latria, as it has hit frames through walls and is very good against ganks if you manage to cast it. Alternatively, I find many casters try and invade in Upper Latria so Anti-Magic Field is incredibly useful there. Dark Silver Shield also helps offset the increased magic damage we take as well and is used in the same hand we use our Talisman of Beasts, so we don't accidently nerf our damage output.
Utility Weapons
The Large Sword of Moonlight is able to slice through most shields excluding Dark Silver Shield and is usually able to stagger opponents really well, main downside is its quite stamina heavy, so it might be worth sacrificing some Vitality for extra Endurance. The absolute main reason I use it aside from being a FromSoftware classic though is because its beauty is out of this world. Style over substance baby. (Style is substance)
The Phosphorescent Pole on the other hand is surprisingly quite substantial. Not only does it offer passive MP recovery, but it also has the halberd moveset and does very good damage, assuming they're not blocking with the Dark Silver Shield or have a lot of magic resistance.
As for the Istarelle, although a lot of people dislike it for its moderate damage and predictability, the weapon comes out incredibly quickly and has great reach, additionally it is perfect for surprise weapon swaps to try and acquiesce the advantage given by the opponent's confusion.
As a side note, it's very useful in Valley of Defilement, paired with the Sodden Ring (PS5).
Speaking of surprises, my main combo that annihilates the opposition, is a few swings of Blueblood into a fiery Ignite, if all hits connect, they should be deleted. End of line.
Bonk Skeet Skeet Blam Clang POW
Author: SolNihilus
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Strating Class: Temple Knight
Recommended Soul Level: 125
Sometimes complex problems have the simplest solutions.
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Dragon Bone Smasher +5
Right Hand 2: Heavy Crossbow or Dragon Mirdan Hammer +5 or Dragon Knight Sword +5
Left Hand 1: Blessed Iron Knuckle +5
Left Hand 2: Talisman of Beasts
Ring 1: Ring of Great Strength
Ring 2: Regenerator's Ring or Eternal Warrior's Ring or Foe's Ring, Cling Ring if invading
Head: Gloom Helmet or Official's Cap if you're feeling diabolical
Chest: Gloom Armor or Nothing if you're feeling diabolical
Gloves: Gloom Gauntlets
Legs: Gloom Leggings
Spells
Magic Spells
How to Bonk
- Use Cracked Talisman of Beasts (not meeting stat requirements) to buff Dragon Bone Smasher (DBS) with Curse Weapon so that we still get 50% buff while only losing 1 HP/s instead of 1%/s
- Consider using Anti-Magic Field after buffing for casters so they do not try and whittle us down with their spells. Alternatively, if 50 Vitality is not enough for you, consider using Second Chance for safety. Or don't, that's an option too.
- Firmly Grasp Dragon Bone Smasher with 2 Hands
- BONK
Utility Weapons
Blessed Iron Knuckles should always be in our offhand so that we obtain passive Health Regen to completely mitigate the HP loss of Curse Weapon. Also, aside from having the ability to parry, these Knuckles also have really quick L1 Light Attacks with added Magic Damage that can throw off the opponent.
The Heavy Crossbow is mostly a stylistic choice (GRIFFITH!!), but it can also offer further Mix-up game and potentially punish people running to heal or sniff some spice (He who controls the spice, controls the universe).
Dragon Mirdan Hammer or Dragon Knight Sword is our answer for opponents that try and use Warding or if they're hiding behind Dark Silver Shield (If you're comfortable with dead angling that works too) we also use Firebombs and Black Pine Resin on our DBS to keep them on their toes.
All in all, I would recommend practicing swinging locked off, so you can build muscle memory for the juicy dead-angling and make it much harder for your opponent to block our attacks and try to sneak in some cheeky damage.
Our DBS Bonks, our Crossbow Skeet Skeets and our Iron Knuckles go Blam Clang POW!
Arcane Ninja
Author: SolNihilus
Introduction
Type: PvP
Recommended Strating Class: Magician
Recommended Soul Level: 55-125
Rogue-ish build similar to the starting class in D&D. More akin to the Arcane Trickster Subclass, with our sneaky tactics complimented by some powerful spells, or Ninpo from Ninja Gaiden.
Equipment
Right Hand 1: Crescent Estoc +5, Large Sword of Searching or Magic Sword Makoto +5 for hypermode
Right Hand 2: Fatal Secret Dagger +5 or Morion Blade if in hypermode
Left Hand 1: Crescent Parrying Dagger +5 or Lava Bow if in hypermode
Left Hand 2: Insanity Catalyst
Ring 1: Ring of Magical Sharpness or Foe's Ring if invading
Ring 2: Thief Ring or Clever Rat's Ring if in hyperrnode
Head: Silver Coronet
Chest: Rogue's Clothes or Binded Cross
Gloves: Rogue's Gloves
Legs: Rogue's Boots or Barbarian Leggings
Spells
Magic Spells
Miracles
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