Mastering the Duchess: A Guide to Dominating…

The Duchess is among the most skillful classes in Elden Ring Nightreign. This covert priestess excels in hit-and-run combat, swiftly overpowering adversaries with rapid strikes and inflicting various status ailments.

Once you gain access to the Duchess, choose her if you prefer a nimble style of play that can quickly decimate enemies with exceptional damage output. Despite her impressive damage capabilities, the Duchess has noticeable weaknesses that may hinder her overall effectiveness.

If you’re looking to master the Duchess and fully utilize her potential in your upcoming adventures, this Elden Ring Nightreign guide will provide you with tips on how to effectively play as the Duchess. You’ll find recommendations for her top relics, ideal teammates, best weapons, and additional handy tips.

Creating an Optimal Duchess Build in Elden Ring Nightreign

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As a character that relies on dexterity, you should aim to build your Duchess around daggers, katanas, and curved great swords. Essentially, any weapon with a quick attack speed and the ability to apply bleed effects will enhance your Duchess build. The bleed effect synergizes well with Duchess’s Restage ability, so prioritize weapons and relics that inflict bleeding damage whenever possible.

Since Duchess benefits from scaling intelligence and faith, she is compatible with a variety of ranged weapon options. Including a good bow or staff in your arsenal is highly recommended.

Top Relics for the Duchess in Elden Ring Nightreign

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Duchess’s primary scaling comes from Arcane, Faith, and Dexterity. Thus, the optimal relics are those that enhance these stats. You can unlock these relics through gameplay, but the finest ones are typically rewards for successfully completing runs and vanquishing Nightlords. Additionally, higher-tier relics can often be obtained by fulfilling remembrance tasks found in the journal.

Here are some of the best relic options for Duchess:

• [Duchess] Dagger chain attack reprises event upon nearby enemies
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