Elden Ring Hand-to-Hand combat - How to Build a BLEED Monk Build (Shadow of the Erdtree Build)

Build centers on blood-affinity Palm Blast, Rakshasa armor, Lord of Blood’s Exaltation, Godfrey Icon, Ritual Sword, and Shard of Alexander. Golden Vow, strength flask, and two-handing produce roughly 3,000–4,000 damage, rapid blood buildup, explosions, knockdowns, and wall attacks. He clears mausoleum bosses and tests a Shadowkeep route, but Palm Blast’s heavy FP cost remains the main limitation.

He repeatedly returns to the easiest high-damage, crowd-control build despite wanting greater variety.