The Best Way to Use Incantations in Elden Ring: Full Tutorial

You can gain advantage in the challenging open-world with the help of Elden Ring Incantations. With these Faith-based spells, it’ll help to heal, buff, and deal damaging attacks on enemies. So, here’s a full tutorial to utilize the Elden Ring Incantations. 

Understanding Incantations: The Basics

There are two primary magic systems in play in Elden Rings which are Sorceries and Incantations. In Sorceries, players will need to source out Intelligence meanwhile Incantations primarily rely on Faith. In some circumstances, they also require Arcane or Intelligence investment. But what makes this valuable is the spells and abilities it provides. 

With Incantations, players can provide offensive spells, heal, and buff their combat capabilities making them formidable opponents. Moreover, it can span multiple schools such as Dragon Communion spells, Bestial Incantations, Golden Order, and more. Due to this, Faith builds are extremely adaptable to different situations in the Lands Between.

How to Cast Incantations: Step-by-Step Guide

There are a few requirements if you want to cast Incantations. Yet, it is very easy and simple to do so as long as you follow all the steps. 

1. First, equip a Sacred Seal to cast any Incantation you want. You may start by accessing the equipment menu through pressing the view or inventory button. Then, choose whether to equip your Seal in your right hand or left hand. 
2. Go to any Site of Grace, then select “Memorize Spells.” After that, choose the type of Incantation you want to equip. However, these are limited depending on your available memory slots. 
3. Choose the Incantation you want to equip. To do so, press up your D-pad to cycle through your memorized incantations. In order to jump back to your first spell, hold the up button.
4. Once you’ve equipped the Sacred Seal, press the corresponding number. Remember that the left bumper is for offhand Seal while the right bumper is for the main hand. This will cast your selected Incantation for Elden Ring.
5. To charge Incantations, you can hold down the bumper before its release. With this, it’ll enhance the potency, damage, or area of effect. 

Keep in mind that you need to have enough FP or the blue bar under your health to cast spells. Moreover, you also have to meet the minimum stat requirements for each incantation. 

Finding Your First Sacred Seal

You must complete some quests just to obtain your first Sacred Seal. So, if you happen to not start as Confessor (who begins with Sacred Seals) or Prophet, complete these extra steps:

1. First, obtain your spectral steed, Torrent.
2. Head to Stormveil Castle via the Castleward Tunnel in northwest Limgrave.
3. After encountering Margit (win or lose), you’ll be able to speak with Melina at any Site of Grace.
4. She’ll direct you to the Roundtable Hold, accessible from the map’s bottom left corner.
5. At Roundtable Hold, go down the left corridor past the bookshelves to find two mummified witches.
6. Purchase the Finger Seal from them for 800 runes.

Although it is only a basic Seal, it is perfect for any newcomers to Elden Ring Incantations. It has low stat requirements and good scaling at lower Faith levels. As the game progresses, you’ll eventually discover specialized Seals with specific incantation types.

Choosing the Best Sacred Seal for Your Build

So, what is the best Sacred Seal for your build? It is important to choose Seals that have impressive stat scaling and special effects. These are the best options you can choose for your character build:

• Finger Seal: Best for low Faith builds and beginners
• Erdtree Seal: Superior scaling for high Faith builds (60+ Faith)
• Dragon Communion Seal: Ideal for Faith/Arcane hybrid builds and Dragon Communion spells
• Godslayer’s Seal: Boosts Godskin Apostle incantations by 10%
• Clawmark Seal: Perfect for Strength/Faith builds and Bestial incantations
• Golden Order Seal: Best choice for Intelligence/Faith hybrid characters

It’ll be best for you to use a dual-Sacred Seal setup for maximum damage with specialized incantations. You may cast the Erdtree Seal (high Faith builds) or Finger Seal (low Faith builds) while holding a special Seal. This will boost your chosen spell type for a high damage output. Further, the bonuses can stack up to a 30% damage increase.

Optimizing Your Incantation Strategy

Incantations are extremely helpful to succeed in your gameplay in Elden Ring. There are a few tips and tricks you can do to optimize this magic system to your advantage such as:

1. Most enemies you’ll encounter have specific elemental weaknesses. You can keep various damage types available in your memorized slots.
2. Make sure to cast protective or strengthening incantations before you engage with enemies or bosses.
3. Increase your Mind stat to expand your FP pool. This allows for more spell casting before you use a Flask of Cerulean Tears.
4. There are many offensive Incantations that charge great damage. It’ll be very helpful to defeat any boss enemies. 
5. You may seek out incantation trainers like Brother Corhyn (Roundtable Hold, later Altus Plateau), Gurranq (Bestial Sanctum), and Miriel (Church of Vows) to expand your spell collection.

Conclusion

These are the simple and best ways to maximize Elden Ring Incantations to your advantage. It’ll be extremely helpful to boost your damage, heal, and buff your character. Moreover, these provide different strengths that you can use to strategize.