Bandit's Curved Sword Bleed
BanditDual-wields twin Bandit's Curved Swords with Seppuku on both to flood enemies with blood loss while stacking a wall of percentage damage buffs that climb the longer you stay aggressive. The fast multi-hit swings cap every successive-attack talisman almost instantly, and frequent jump attacks layer on the Claw Talisman and chest-armor bonuses. With the full buff stack live it deletes endgame boss health bars in seconds, at the cost of tight stamina and HP management.
Damage
Among the highest burst in the game. Stacked percentage buffs shred boss health bars in seconds.
Survivability
50 Vigor plus Golden Vow's 10% negation covers the Bloodsucking Tear drain and Rakshasa's defense penalty.
Boss
Deletes endgame bosses in seconds once every successive-attack buff is capped.
Bandit
Bandit is Elden Ring's stealth-leaning starting class, and it begins with the highest Arcane of any class. Arcane feeds both raw physical damage and how fast enemies bleed, so the class lines up perfectly with a Dexterity/Arcane bleed character even though the real power comes online after leveling.
The core of the build, equipped in both hands and infused with Seppuku on each. The curved sword's fast attack chains hit multiple times per swing, which fills bleed and ramps every successive-attack buff far faster than a slower weapon could. Power-stancing two of them is what makes the whole loop tick.
Mods & Attachments
- ▸Ash of War: Seppuku— Apply to both swords. Grants Blood affinity (adds Arcane scaling + blood loss buildup) and the Seppuku skill, which stains the blades to raise attack power and greatly boost bleed. Guaranteed drop from an invisible Scarab on the northern side of the Frozen Lake at the Mountaintops of the Giants.Wiki
How to Obtain
Head piece that grants a damage spike whenever blood loss occurs nearby, including from your own Seppuku. Casting Seppuku at the start of a fight turns it on before you even land a hit, and the fast bleed procs keep refreshing it.
How to Obtain
Mixed physick drunk at the start of a fight to add two more buffs to the stack. Run the Thorny Cracked Tear for successive-attack damage and the Bloodsucking Cracked Tear for a large flat attack boost, accepting its slow HP drain.
Alternatives
- Greenspill Crystal TearWiki
How to Obtain
Combat Strategy
- ▸Drink the Flask of Wondrous Physick mixed with the Thorny and Bloodsucking Cracked Tears.
- ▸Cast Golden Vow and Flame, Grant Me Strength through the Finger Seal for the attack and negation buffs.
- ▸Cast Seppuku on both swords. This stains the blades and self-inflicts bleed.
- ▸Top off Crimson and Cerulean flasks so you can sustain HP and FP through the opener.
- ▸The self-bleed from Seppuku immediately triggers the White Mask (+10%) and Lord of Blood's Exultation (+20%), so you enter the fight fully buffed.
- ▸Swap to two-handed power stance and close the distance while every buff is fresh.
- ▸Favor jump attacks to cash in the combined Claw Talisman and chest-armor jump bonus.
- ▸Weave fast power-stanced light attacks between jumps to flood blood loss and keep the bleed-on-proc buffs refreshed.
- ▸Keep attacking to hold the successive-attack buffs from Millicent's Prosthesis, the Winged Sword Insignia, and the Thorny Cracked Tear at their cap.
- ▸Re-cast Seppuku whenever the bleed-triggered buffs are about to expire.
- ▸Lean on Golden Vow's 10% negation to offset the Bloodsucking Tear drain and the Rakshasa set's 4% defense loss.
- ▸Watch your stamina bar. The dual curved swords drain it fast, so back off to regen before you whiff a roll.
- ▸The Bloodsucking Tear chips your HP the whole fight, so keep a Crimson flask in reserve for the drain.
Sources
Verified: 2026-06-05 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.