How Soft Caps Actually Work (a must watch for any build) Elden Ring

Instructions unclear, put 99 points in vigor.

Didn't expect wholesome ending. Therefore, let there be thanks.

"Don't hate the details. Learn to understand it and make it your weapon. It will be a blade those who have never worked for will not be able to wield." This was beautifully poetic, and honestly some useful life advice.

"Don't ever let someone else put you down for spending time doing the things you love." Beautiful words to live by and an excellent video guide about caps to boot. Subscribed.

If you don't understand the marginal utility part, it was explained to me like this: You do 10 damage, enemy has 100 HP it takes 10 hits to kill 20 damage it now takes 5 hits to kill 30 damage, it now takes 4 40 damage, it now takes 3 50 damage, it now takes 2 All the way up to 99 it still takes 2 hits to kill For that enemy you have to get the full 100 damage to get any more benefit than just staying at 50, and you'd probably get more value out of raising your HP if you haven't already.

Thank you for the video. You give very good reasoning and re evaluate stats as a tool to win and not the goal itself. Optimizing is fun but we should not lose sight of why we do it.

It’s inspiring to me how your intimate grasp of the numbers has resulted in your freedom from them. These values are just materials to bend and stretch to the needs of the player’s style, as opposed to the other way around. I appreciate the philosophy that is woven into your work and the diligence that is it’s backbone, and do heartily accept the accord.

"Raw numbers" This is the part of fromsoft games I love learning about and using. It's the part so many people will never care to learn or understand but to the people who do care we appreciate videos like this because there's so few sources on information like this. Thank you for enhancing my building experience.

Found you in recommended and I'm digging your stuff! Very logical and concise, which can't be said for a lot of Elden Ring videos. Thank you!

I only just started playing about 3 weeks ago and that small spreadsheet is a great introductory piece for beginners, but how you explained the finer details of diminishing returns is just simply great. I've worked with diminishing returns in other games and helped spread awareness for how they work, and it's just so nice looking at another game's community and seeing players help out each other in understanding their game.

I tried to understand but I'm dumb

Probably the best stat video I’ve seen so far for a Fromsoft game. Anybody can break down caps in theory. It’s refreshing to see the practical applications.

1:35 “how bad could it be - AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!”

The cap is 99. wdym?

No joke I actually teared up a little bit at the end. Sounds like you're an awesome dude.

Extra special thank you for the snowblind warning. Had to use sunglasses there. You're a legend for putting this together, understanding the stats and making the video.

I really appreciate you putting the effort in to bring us this information. I have been looking for this kind of information for the last week and you are bringing it. Thank you so much! That said the way you are presenting the information is hard for me to absorb. I had to watch certain section be multiple times and still sometimes wasn’t sure if I understood. … I think maybe slowing down would help. Giving more examples and perhaps keeping each explanation very focused. Then creating a future video where you synthesize the pieces into the bigger picture. I hear from your tone and demeanor that you really want to help people. I am truly grateful and will continue watching either way. Thank you.

This video is a tiny masterpiece. Very informative, not long-winded, very concise and minimal advertisement to your other videos. Well done sir! You just gained another subscriber!

I got a little lost with the examples, I wasn't sure which build was what exactly. Might have worked better for me if you showed the stats at the same time as the % differences. I appreciate the points made though they seem very helpful

The lesson here: always grind for the hard cap.