Elden Ringplayers know that the best Talismans are key to the mostpowerful builds in the game.

These seemingly simple accessories often enable new styles of play and simply enhance others.

Those are the Talismans well be looking at today.

Elden Ring

I hear you, and I tend to agree.

Its significantly more useful than its HP equivalent Talisman.

These Talismans are one of the few outright gifts the game gives you when youre leveling.

Shattered Stone Talisman

The tradeoff is arguably worth it, though.

On its own, thats obviously quite nice.

Youve got to be careful when using this Talisman, but it certainly has its uses.

Blessed Blue Dew Talisman

Two-Handed Sword Talisman

This is the best Talisman inElden Ringin terms of pure upside vs. conceivable downsides.

Its pretty ridiculous that this thing exists in terms of balancing.

When combined with other damage-boosting items and effects, it enables otherworldly builds.

Cerulean Seed Talisman +1

Retaliatory Crossed-Tree

This one is also pretty nutty.

Retaliatory Crossed-Tree grants you somewhere around a 15% damage buff after you execute a roll or backstep.

However, thats only one way to look at this thing.

Beloved Stardust

So far as I can tell, this damage buff is not dependent on actually dodging an incoming attack.

Two-Headed Turtle Talisman

This Talisman that increases your Stamina regeneration speed certainly doesnt break the game.

For melee players, though, nothing adds up more in the long run than Stamina regeneration.

Two-Handed Sword Talisman

It is the essence of pretty much everything that youre trying to do.

It wont do much for casters, but its becoming increasingly essential for many melee and tank builds.

Aged Ones Exultation

Yes, this Talisman is amazing in any Madness build you could cook up.

Retaliatory Crossed-Tree

Unfortunately, many pure Madness builds just cant quite compete with some of the best builds out there.

That should make this Talisman litter more than a nice idea.

Crucially, though, this Talismans 30-second damage buff triggers if you cast Madness on yourself.

Two-Headed Turtle Talisman

Aged One’s Exultation

Crusade Insignia