{"id":1643136,"date":"2026-07-23T17:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HDiVTVERHM8hU8CTJvPtfa"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:13:18","slug":"fromsoftware-reveals-final-stats-of-new-elden-ring-classes-and-one-of-them-already-got-a-tiny-nerf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/fromsoftware-reveals-final-stats-of-new-elden-ring-classes-and-one-of-them-already-got-a-tiny-nerf\/","title":{"rendered":"FromSoftware reveals final stats of new Elden Ring classes, and one of them already got a tiny nerf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a new message on X, “The Everything App,” FromSoftware has revealed the final names and stats<\/a> of the two additional classes coming in Elden Ring’s $5 Tarnished Edition DLC. The Idus Knight looks sick as ever, while the Heavy Knight appears to have gotten the gentlest, most tender of nerfs since we saw their stats leak<\/a> from a Tarnished Edition playtest last year.<\/p>\n

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The Heavy Knight will start at level 10, as opposed to eight in the playtest, with their two extra levels shaking out as a plus one to their Faith and Mind stats. Hardly ruinous, and I think HK will still be a new top pick for a very specific niche of builds (Hulk smash), but the change stands out to me all the same.<\/p>\n

Due to Elden Ring’s one stat point per level system and exponentially increasing cost to level up, it’s beneficial for a class to start as low level as possible, avoiding any points lost to “junk” stats not used by your build. Buildcrafters got all in a lather about HK’s aggressively min-maxed stats, and now those stats have been ever so slightly less min-maxed.<\/p>\n

It’s an almost imperceptible change for your average player, but may factor into speed or challenge runs and the like. Otherwise? Heavy Knight = big guy + big sword (of the “curved great” variety) + big armor, and both of those bits of gear are new to the Tarnished Edition.<\/p>\n

The Knight of Idus has always been more exciting to me: An agile swordsman class to give the base game Samurai some competition. They start with a scandalously swagged out new armor set, a shield of indeterminate extraction, and the previously Shadow of the Erdtree-exclusive Milady light greatsword, an extremely cool weapon that used to take hours of gameplay to acquire.<\/p>\n

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