I’m wanting to bring a beloved character of mine to life in Elden Ring— Khoda of Clan Iron-Hide. The Heavy Knight Class from the new dlc offered the perfect way to start. The whole idea is that his armor is his offense+defense. The Buckler shield and iron balls could’ve been the perfect combo, but I hate how the fist weapons stack on your hip, and more than anything I don’t wanna kill my good buddy blackguard🦀 so I compromised and busted my ass to obtain Dryleaf Arts. It’s not bad, but it leaves much to be desired, so any advice on the hand-to-hand side of things would be greatly appreciated🙏

I made it this far by utilizing a greatsword with upward cut, and… lowkey I’m in love with greatswords. Knight’s/Banished Knights moveset is chef’s kiss.
However they’re wayy too fancy looking. What I’ve been doing for some enemies is this: I stance break them with the Dryleaf arts, and switch to the sword for the critical hit. But it was painfully obvious that the greatswords stance break enemies way better than Dryleaf, so now I feel kind of stuck…

SO, I was hoping for some opinions on what you guys would use for this character—with his armor, he’s a moving wall with iron fists, the sword is just there for the stabby parts. I like the simplicity of the bastard sword, it goes with the armor and shield much better than the knight’s sword.

Armour: Liontiel's hat (altered), Thiollier's armour + greaves, gauntlets (yes, they are just called "gauntlets")

The parts are Carian Knight Helm and Greaves paired with Blaidd's Armor and Gauntlets. And the weapons are Carian Knight Shield and Flamberge.

Right Hand: Bloodfiend's Sacred Spear

Left Hand: Spiked Palisade Shield

Head: Briar Helm

Chest: Crucible Axe Armor

Arms: Rakshasa Gauntlets

Legs: Rakshasa Greaves

Better or Worse?

It just irks me that there's no helmet for this, or the mausoleum soldier set, i get that their whole thing is that they don't have heads, but it would have been nice if there were helmets for the mausoleum sets hidden somewhere in the game, but since there isn't, i've come to you to ask "what helmets would go best with the mausoleum sets?"

This should conclude the story of my roleplay "grafted dragon" build, Godharf, now known as the Great Horrenssax. And yes, I did do Promised Consort Radahn before burning the Erdtree, I did not put the order wrong.

The drip is relatively the same, but i switched gauntlets i guess. Also changed the build into a heavy casting arcane build, rather than the quality/faith build it was before. This made it alot more fun! Especially in pvp (where i tried to act as if i was a bossfight, for funsies.)

Anywhos, this is just one last photoshoot for this fella as a send-off for him, even if i keep playing him. He was a fun character i made up, a tarnished grafting himself into a mighty Dragonlord (who's form i drew as the last image! Not the best, but gives the idea. He's sorta meant to look like a disproportionate dancing dragon, with a copper head.)

Rate my fit!

First one I put together from various pieces instead of using one of my favorite full sets. I feel like I accidentally hit a kind of Bloodborne vibe with this, super proud of it :3

Ghiza's Wheel and Serpentbone Blade

Traveler's Hat

Ronin's Armor

Raging Wolf Gauntlets

Blaidd's Greaves