Mortal Shell 2 Eredrim Build – Best Guide (14 & 21 Points)

Eredrim Abilities

Shoulder Bash

This allows him to charge up an attack where he charges forward, dealing break damage to the target. It takes quite a while to charge, though you can reduce the charge speed through passives. It's good at getting some break damage on a single target.

Ethereal Diapason

This sends out a shockwave around Eredrim in a 360° arc that deals break damage, and you can upgrade it to deal damage as well. It's really, really good at breaking tons of enemies simultaneously, and it's a big focal part of how I play Eredrim in this game.

Slaughter (Passive)

Whenever Eredrim ripostes an enemy, he gains a stack of Slaughter, which makes it so that when he deals damage to low-health enemies, they die early instead of having to reach 0%. He can stack this up to 100 stacks, and he can get other benefits from stacking Slaughter. This is a big part of playing Eredrim.

Eredrim Shell Abilities (Skill Tree)

Best Weapons for Eredrim

Great Martyr's Blade (Melee)

This is the only melee weapon that can be infused with frost in the game. If you want to capitalize on Eredrim's 100% extra damage to frozen enemies, you must use this weapon. Frost prevents enemies from moving and you deal increased damage to them while frozen. A running heavy attack with the permanent infusion will usually freeze an enemy instantly — you can start any fight with a running heavy attack and they're frozen, unable to do anything, and you kill them without ever getting hit.

Triarch Repeater (Ranged)

This is the only ranged weapon that can be infused with frost. However, I don't use it much in this build — most of my resolve goes to Ethereal Diapason, so there isn't much left for ranged attacks. It's not the greatest ranged weapon overall, but it's the only one that triggers frost, and once you freeze an enemy your damage goes up rapidly thanks to the extra 100%, which applies to ranged attacks too. If you'd rather use a different ranged weapon, you absolutely can.

Recommended Tarstones

Melee Stones

• Thief Stone — grants Warp stacks when striking with the Great Martyr's Blade, increasing attack speed (caps at ~30 stacks, roughly 1% per stack). Shores up the weapon's very slow attack speed.
• Grudge Stone (alternative) — more critical hits, if you prefer that direction.
• Warden Stone — lets you infuse your attacks with frost. Getting to rank three is your first priority, because it makes the infusion permanent — this build doesn't shine until you have it.
• Captive Scavenge Stone — swing around, leap into the air and crash down. I don't use it much since resolve goes to Ethereal Diapason, but you can pick whatever fits.

Ranged Stone

• Unstable Stone — after 20 shots/hits (at max upgrade), deals splash damage. The extra single-target damage is what I'm after. Alternatives: break damage on crits, or stacks that boost your melee damage against the target — both decent for boss fights.
• Frost Charged Stone — critical hits with the ranged weapon freeze the target. Only crits trigger it, so pair with Marksman Stone. There is no other ability stone for this weapon.

Support Stones

• Auspicious Stone — increases melee critical chance.
• Headman Stone — increases critical damage, so crits hit much harder.
• Marksman Stone — increases ranged critical chance, helping you apply freeze stacks more often with the ranged weapon.
• Retribution Stone — boosts riposte damage by up to 20% at max level, critical for killing enemies with a riposte to gain 10 Slaughter stacks. If you don't care about Slaughter stacks, you can swap this for Berserking Stone for more melee damage when your health drops.

Final Tips

• Eredrim has so much extra damage against frozen enemies that it doesn't make sense to play him without the 200%-damage-to-frozen node — it's only about six shell points for that extra 100% damage.
• It's very easy to freeze with the Great Martyr's Blade, so lean into it: start fights with a running heavy attack to freeze the first enemy instantly.
• Chain the loop: Ethereal Diapason to break a group → riposte to kill → Alacrity refunds resolve → repeat. You keep breaking enemies without ever getting attacked.
• Be aware Slaughter stacks reset when you rest or get knocked out of your shell — avoid resting when you've built up a big stack.
• Killing enemies with a riposte grants 10 Slaughter stacks, so always try to finish with a riposte rather than a regular hit.

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