Elden Ring Nightreign Scholar Guide: Abilities, Skills, and Combat Arts

The Scholar (学者) arrives in Elden Ring Nightreign's first DLC as a support-oriented Nightwalker who turns knowledge into power. Armed with an ancient tome and devastating crowd control abilities, this character transforms chaotic three-player battles into calculated tactical victories.

"Remember, even gods have weaknesses." This quote perfectly encapsulates The Scholar's philosophy—a character designed for players who prefer outsmarting enemies over overpowering them.

Passive Skill: Bagcraft

The Scholar's passive ability enhances all consumable items, making every healing flask, throwing pot, and buff item more effective. This seemingly simple bonus becomes crucial during Nightreign's intense three-day survival cycles where resources determine victory.

Character Skill: Analyze

The Analyze skill defines The Scholar's tactical approach. When activated, it studies targeted enemies and applies stacking debuff effects. The longer you observe, the better your combat advantage becomes.

Each analysis builds upon the previous one, creating increasingly powerful debuffs on marked targets. This synergizes exceptionally well with status ailment builds—particularly bleeding and frost effects that benefit from weakened enemy resistances.

Combat Art: Communion

Communion represents The Scholar's most powerful tool. This art links enemies together, causing them to share damage between each other. Strike one linked enemy, and all connected targets feel the pain.

The ability also works on allies with a twist—linked teammates share healing instead of damage. This dual functionality makes The Scholar invaluable in coordinated squads, enabling both offensive crowd control and defensive support within a single ability.

Optimal Build Strategies

The Scholar thrives when paired with high-damage burst characters who can capitalize on debuffed enemies. Consider these approaches:

• Status Build: Stack bleeding and frost weapons to maximize debuff synergy with Analyze
• Support Focus: Prioritize Communion for ally healing distribution during boss encounters
• Hybrid Approach: Use Analyze to weaken priority targets, then Communion to spread damage across groups

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