Elden ring is one of if not the best build variety I've seen in a game

I haven't really played a game with this many options yet can still feel fresh even after so many playthroughs.

So many strategies and play styles with the over 300!!! Different weapons and over 200 spells...over 100 talismans... Over 500 armor pieces... You get the point.

If you just just want to count the stat builds you still have while still relative being considered a build we have Str,dex,int,faith,arc, of course but then we have HYBRID builds! Quality (str/dex), str/int, str/faith, str/arc, dex/int, dex/faith, dex/arc, faith/int, faith/arc, int/arc so 10! unique stat spreads! Not counting how you can actually split these stats and the multitude of weapons you can use with these stats!

You can literally do your 100th pure strength build and STILL have a different time if using a completely new weapon! Hell even if you use the same weapon class you can still power stance them, put different infusions on it or even customize what ash is on it if it doesn't already have a Unique ash.

I know this is probably a little obvious but I really want to put into scale HOW MUCH you can do compared to alot of other RPGs on the market. It's almost a tad underrated how good the rpg mechanics are in this game. It doesn't get as much praise as the difficulty,bosses,lore, ECT. It's really insane how much there is granted the other souls games use the same kind of character building and those I still think are insane with options even ds1 with its more limited selection of rings and weapons. Just elden ring went all out with options.

Like adding the physic to basically let any build have access to a selection of buffs without investing in stats.

These builds I've shown are granted only just scratching the surface with some being pretty similar I've to yet really dig my teeth into many spells, spirit ashes, shields,boss weapons and I'm excited to try more out in the future.