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Ted Litchfield

One of Elden Ring's upcoming new starter classes is a freakishly strong jock with an intelligence score so low, they probably can't read, but the hardcore PvP kiddies are going ga-ga for them

Elden Ring boss Godfrey.

First spotted by weliveinasocietyboi on the Elden Ring subreddit, Bandai Namco has finally clued us in on the stats for one of Elden Ring's upcoming new starter classes, an absolute unit of a knight who looks tailor-made for strength builds⁠—and whose knuckle dragger spellcasting stats may leave them a prime pick for PvP tryhards.

Most of the reporting on Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition's showing at Gamescom has focused on its apparently abysmal Switch 2 performance, with both IGN and Nintendo Life criticizing its poor showing. But that's no skin off my back: I just care about the new character classes and items included in the package, which we're set to get as a free update on PC.

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