Soulframe Oscelda Melee Build

The Best Oscelda Melee Build for Soulframe! Oscelda is one of the Starter Pacts of Soulframe, that offers a balanced mix of abilities. A flexible Pact, that lets you play with your favorite combination of Virtue and Weapon. This Oscelda Build is focusing on Melee Damage with a Long Blade, that offers a more close and personal play style! More Builds and Guides you can read:

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Best Virtue

Courage is the primary Virtue of the Oscelda Melee Build! By using the Mora’s Beast Virtue Prism or another prism that focuses on Courage, you increase the damage of your melee weapon and defeat enemies faster.

Oscelda Melee Skills

These are the Oscelda active skills:

• Bestone: Petrifies enemies and allows you to deal more damage to them.
• Elderbloom: Massive Heal skill.
• Phantom Flock: Summons Birds to attack and stagger enemies.

The Oscelda Passive abilities offer Crowd Control and assist with better skills cooldown.

• Tendril: Chance to freeze enemies that attack you.
• Vernal Pool: Cooldown reduction for all abilities while standing on water.

Combat Arts

Unlock the following Oscelda Arts:

• Tendril+3
• Vernal Pool+3
• Healer+1
• Rooted
• Wingspan
• Voided
• Sympathy+1
• Mora’s Pride

You can allocate more points to Saphene’s Gift, Iridi’s Favour or Mora’s Pride, depending on the Virtue you wish to increase.

How to Play Oscelda Melee Build

As a melee based Build, you will have to get closer to your target and hack them with your weapon to deal damage. It is possible to defeat enemies by throwing your weapon to them but most of the time you will be fighting in melee range. Use Bestone to immobilize enemies, approach them and deal massive damage while they are petrified.

Cast Phantom Flock to distract targets and build up their stagger. This skill is valuable against tougher enemies, like the Agari World Bosses. Finally cast Elderbloom to get back up to full health with its massive AOE Heal!

Best Weapons

You can use a variety of melee weapons with the Build. From Greatswords and Polearms to Long and Short Blades! The Best Weapon for the Oscelda Melee Build is Marrow’s Bane! A powerful Long Blade, attuned to Courage with good Smite chance. Precklies is a nice Sidearm you can use. Unlock the following Long Blade Combat Arts:

• Smitten+2
• Helm Gong
• Momentum
• Headlong
• Spectre Strike
• Final Blow+1
• Riposte
• Vaunt
• Swift Parry
• Unyielding

Unlock the following Sidearm Combat Arts:

• Split Focus
• Ruthless
• Twist of Luck
• Perfect Throw
• Oiled Scabbard
• Wind’s Favour
• Wrist Brace
• Smitten
• Spectre Strike
• Riposte

For Runes and Totems use the following Setup for Marrow’s Bane.

Rune	Totems
Everflame	The Plunged(Defense)
	The Marked(Utility)
	The Rascal(Attack)
	The Lithe(Attack)

Use the following Setup for your Sidearm.

Rune	Totems
Hurlwind	The Regal(Defense)
	The Ambling(Defense)
	The Regal(Utility)
	The Messenger(Attack)

Best Armor

For the Oscelda Melee Courage Build you can use the Arbearer’s or the Mendicant King Sets. Either will do. You could even try a combination of both sets. Complete the Setup with the Synod’s Bell Jar Talisman for an extra boost to Courage.