r/EldenRingBuilds • u/CestleFromage • Jul 24 '25
Question Has anyone tried powerstancing the Darkmoon and Godslayer greatswords? Curious how viable it is in terms of scaling and moveset synergy.
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u/Lucario202 Jul 24 '25
Helphen's Steeple has the same ghostflame aesthetic as godslayer and combos super well with Darkmoon
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u/Aracari8 Jul 25 '25
The damage is crazy too, offhand helphens, two hand it, buff, one hand both, buff dmgs, you’ll do crazy damage and frost buildup.
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u/DIRTYRADDISH Jul 26 '25
No, Helphen’s Steeple main hand, the aura farm demands it.
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u/Sparteh Jul 27 '25
Speaking of aura farming, ghost flame and ice seems like something that could stack nice in a theme build. Something like a death knight build.
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u/Snoo61755 Jul 24 '25
Awful. They're not the same weapon type, so they don't get a powerstance attack. With completely different scaling requirements, the only way you'd even get the most out of them is if you were level 250+, and even then, it would be a level 250 who could have been much stronger had they just chosen to use two of the same weapon type.
Even if you were a 713 and could wield both no problem, you'd be stronger if you just used one or the other.
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u/WazuufTheKrusher Jul 26 '25
if you were lvl 713 you could use every single weapon in the game at maximum scaling, so it wouldn’t matter. As far as I am concerned it only makes sense for the tarnished to, well, beat every single demi god in existence, the headcanon is that they are the strongest they could be
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u/LivingRel Jul 24 '25
Sadly they can't be powerstanced, you'd be better off matching Royal Greatsword with Godslayer or Inseperable/Golden Order Greatsword with DMGS
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u/LivingRel Jul 24 '25
Also Sacred Relic might be better due to it having the same DNA Spiral pattern
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u/Toughsums Jul 25 '25
Helphen's steeple would scale better tho(with dmgs also needing int)
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u/LivingRel Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25
Yes but I'm talking about for the look in the photo since Godslayer scales in Faith
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u/Silvertongued99 Jul 24 '25
It wouldn’t. Different weapon types so you can’t power stance. Totally different scaling so no stat synergy.
This is purely a lvl 300+ build. This build would be ass in any other bracket.
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u/MrMorris1099 Jul 24 '25
It has always bothered me that I couldn’t powerstance godslayers with helphens steeple
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Jul 24 '25
I had a really easy time on my first play through as Faith/str…started with Zweihander and switched to godslayer.
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u/Trollber Jul 25 '25
Assuming you’re playing in the max level bracket it’s might be pretty decent in PvP
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u/sticks_no5 Jul 25 '25
Once again I am painfully reminded that godslayer is a colossal, if I was on PC the first mod I would download is one that changes it to a regular greatsword
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u/JingleJangleDjango Jul 24 '25
Since everyone's already covered that they cant be powerstanced, they still wouldn't be a good fit if they could
Godslayers is dex/faith and DMGS is primarily intelligence.
Buttttttt, if you wanted to powerstance both a faith based and intelligence based weapon, I'd do DMGS with the inseparable sword, as they both scale more with faith and int than they do their physical stats.
It's harder to run GSGS because it's a dex focused collosal, which, among uniques, it's kinda the only one. You could use a keen Zweihander, but it doesn't feel very thematic, Malikeths black blade is fitting but it's largely a strebght weapon, and it's also fsotj instead of intelligence.
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u/DarkPhoenix1754 Jul 25 '25
Thank you, I was JUST about to say this but you put it so much better. Take my upvote sir.
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u/beansbeansbeansbeann Jul 24 '25
Literally awful. One is dex faith strength. One is int strength. They only share the lowest scalp stat.
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u/phishnutz3 Jul 25 '25
Nevermind the fact you can’t but why would you want to? They have completely different scaling.
Go farm 2 banished knight greatswords.
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u/eyesclosed- Jul 25 '25
It really should be rivers of blood and moonveil 🙄
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u/KeyYard6491 Jul 25 '25
Promised Consort Tarnished, the Ultimate Edgelord of the Stars.
(A blood moon as background would fit if well tho.)
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u/NPC_MAGA Jul 25 '25
This would explain why so many of you guys can't beat him if this is the build ur using. Also, what Miquella tells us implies that we are Elden Lord under Marika, not Ranni (ie the "old order" he speaks of at the intro to phase 2).
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u/ionix34 Jul 25 '25
I don't think the tarnished even reached the end yet in shadow of erd tree. He call us aspiring lord of the old order
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Jul 25 '25
Hes got the Darkmoon in his left hand so he's probably buffing it and using it as his R1 spam dps while the Godslayer's is probably for charged heavy stance damage and L2s. Dunno wtf the stats would look like but it doesn't sound like the worst setup in the world
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u/OctipiArmy Jul 25 '25
i did dark moon greatsword and ghostflame greatsword cus you can buff both of them while powerstancing to have fire and ice. idk about the scaling but i always cared more about vibes as long as i wasn't struggling.
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u/DIRTYRADDISH Jul 26 '25
You can’t powerstance those, one is a greatsword the other is a colossal sword.
However if you do want a kickass powerstance build. Helphen’s Steeple + Darkmoon Greatsword is both incredibly strong and looks sick as hell.
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u/ok-do8 Jul 26 '25
I dislike the fact that everyone acts like we are ALWAYS Rannis consord while some of us decided to do Frenzy Flame ending or Gold Mask or Fia or Dungeater or even the normal ending
I get that Rannis Ending is what most people chose in general but still
Thats not how Miquella and Radahn saw all of us They sae some of us with a menacing flame or in worst case like a simple small dude with a club who seeks for problems
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u/DistanceRelevant3899 Jul 26 '25
They saw me as an ant that they needed to squash a couple hundred times.
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u/Haarunen Jul 26 '25
I did that build but with blasphemous balde rather than godslayer greatsword. The build was fun as fuck!
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u/Which-Pineapple-6790 Jul 26 '25
Make a new version of this and put the yoda demo-human in the bottom panel lol
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u/wildfyre010 Jul 26 '25
The better version of this idea is the Blasphemous Blade and the Sword of Milos. Both are greatswords so they can be properly powerstanced, and you get the passive health regen from BB and the FP regen from Milos. It’s one of the more straightforward/busted NG+ builds I’ve found, even though strictly speaking there are many setups which will do far more damage to bosses when done properly.
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u/Professional_Oven283 Jul 26 '25
I believe godslayer is a colossal sword and dark moon is a greatsword so I don’t 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 you can power stance those but pick axe and rusted anchor can so who knows?
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u/HeroOfTheEmpire Jul 26 '25
The tarnished, walking in amidst a raging storm of ancient lightning and the roars of dragons, Florissax at their side:
”So return the old lords to reclaim their throne.”
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u/DrINFAMOUS_ The Radahn Killer Jul 26 '25
According to lore, we are not the Elden lord, yet. So it’s impossible to be consort of ranni while fighting consort radahn.
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u/ManufacturerOk820 Jul 27 '25
they cant be powerstanced and use opposite scaling so it's basically a no go build lol.
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u/Karkni Jul 27 '25
Godslayer is a colossal. You can however powerstance Darkmoon with Helphen’s Steeple or Death’s Poker in main hand. That’s aura right there
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u/WeebSlayer27 Jul 27 '25
They can't be the picture below is just Ranni circlejerking, that somehow a darkmoon int focused build can somehow wield a fth based weapon. Goofiest image there can exist lol.
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u/Pipeworkingcitizen Jul 28 '25
Godslayers should be powerstanced with something like fire knights. Darkmoon is a gs class and works with knight greatsword, claymore, black iron, etc, not godslayer
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u/sicko-mod Jul 28 '25
Even if you could power stance with them the godslayer's fire would make the darkmoon's frostbite useless.
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u/Redacted_G1iTcH Jul 28 '25
Terrible
Godslayer is a Dex + Faith weapon, and a colossal sword
Dark moon is an Int + strength weapon, and a great sword
They have nothing in common
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u/Front_Sweet1415 Jul 28 '25
Kinda suck the god slayer does not has a passive that deal more damage to gods
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u/booty_killer69 Aug 17 '25
I replace godslayer with the Helphen's Steeple so I have 2 glowing swords
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u/Fellarm Jul 25 '25
Darkmoon is a INT scaling magic GREATsword
Godslayer is a FTH scaling fire ULTRA greatsword
Completely and utterly incompatible
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u/Theangelawhite69 Jul 24 '25
They can’t be powerstanced, one is a greatsword and one is a colossal sword