Dropped from Skeleton Mages, Grave Scythe is a versatile weapon in the Elden Ring. To max it out, let’s go over the five best Elden Ring Grave Scythe builds in 1.10 Patch with the gear and stat details for each build. 

Top 5 Elden Ring 1.10 Best Grave Scythe Builds  

Below you can get 5 optimized Grave Scythe builds utilizing varied Ashes of War after Elden Ring patch 1.10. 

No.1 Elden Ring 1.10 Grave Scythe Build (Black Flame Tornado)

Starting with the first Grave Scythe build in Elden Ring 1.10, in the equipment slot, we have the Grave Scythe, then Flame Art affinity with Black Flame Tornado, and any seal for buffs. You’ll have over 700 AR and a good weapon to use the Ash of War, and it does a big amount of damage.  

- Weapons: Flame Art Grave Scythe, Dragon Communion Seal +10

- Armor: Night's Cavalry Greaves, Night's Cavalry Armor, Scaled Gauntlets, Skeletal Mask

- Talismans: Ritual Shield Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm

- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear, Faith-knot Crystal Tear

- Level 150 Stats: Vigor 60, Mind 22, Endurance 25, Strength 17, Dexterity 7, Intelligence 7, Faith 80, Arcane 11

No.2 Elden Ring 1.10 Grave Scythe Build (Spinning Strikes)

Looking at the second build, Spinning Strikes can give you a lot of damage and a lot of bleed buildup with Bloodflame Blade on the Grave Scythe. You’ll have a lot of reach and be able to constantly hit as it spins around. With Spinning Strikes, you can build around successive attacks and bleed.

- Weapons: Heavy Grave Scythe +24, Dragon Communion Seal +10

- Armor: Royal Remains Helm, Night's Cavalry Armor, Night's Cavalry Greaves, Night's Cavalry Gauntlets

- Talismans: Ritual Shield Talisman, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Blood’s Exultation

- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Thorny Cracked Tear, Faith-knot Crystal Tear

- Level 150 Stats: Vigor 60, Mind 25, Endurance 30, Strength 60, Dexterity 15, Intelligence 7, Faith 25, Arcane 11

No.3 Elden Ring 1.10 Grave Scythe Build (Flaming Strike)

One of the advantages of the Flaming Strike build is that it gives you around 800 AR in total, when the Grave Scythe lit on fire and the follow-up attack which scales with AR, you're going to get a lot of damage. Throw in some fire incantations to add some versatility to the build. 

- Weapons: Flame Art Grave Scythe +24, Dragon Communion Seal +10

- Armor: Skeletal Mask, Night's Cavalry Armor, Scaled Gauntlets, Night's Cavalry Greaves

- Talismans: Ritual Shield Talisman, Ritual Sword Talisman, Shard of Alexander, Fire Scorpion Charm

- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Flame-Shrouding Cracked Tear, Faith-knot Crystal Tear

- Level 150 Stats: Vigor 60, Mind 22, Endurance 25, Strength 17, Dexterity 17, Intelligence 7, Faith 70, Arcane 11

No.4 Elden Ring 1.10 Grave Scythe Build (Spinning Slash)

Move down to the fourth build on the list, with the Spinning Slash, you can get some posture damage and get a little bit of successive attack buildup and bleed buildup.

- Weapons: Heavy Grave Scythe +24, Dragon Communion Seal +10

- Armor: Royal Remains Helm, Night's Cavalry Armor, Night's Cavalry Greaves, Night's Cavalry Gauntlets

- Talismans: Ritual Shield Talisman, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Blood’s Exultation

- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Thorny Cracked Tear, Faith-knot Crystal Tear

- Level 150 Stats: Vigor 60, Mind 25, Endurance 30, Strength 66, Dexterity 15, Intelligence 7, Faith 25, Arcane 11

No.5 Elden Ring 1.10 Grave Scythe Build (Sword Dance)

The last Elden Ring Grave Scythe build uses Sword Dance, which is powerful when it combines with Grave Scythe. Heavy affinity is used again, with Sword Dance. As for the stats, they are the same as the fourth one. 

- Weapons: Heavy Grave Scythe +24, Dragon Communion Seal +10

- Armor: Royal Remains Helm, Night's Cavalry Armor, Night's Cavalry Gauntlets, Night's Cavalry Greaves

- Talismans: Ritual Shield Talisman, Rotten Winged Sword Insignia, Shard of Alexander, Lord of Blood’s Exultation

- Flask of Wondrous Physick: Thorny Cracked Tear, Faith-knot Crystal Tear

- Level 150 Stats: Vigor 60, Mind 25, Endurance 30, Strength 66, Dexterity 15, Intelligence 7, Faith 25, Arcane 11

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