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But What About Elden Ring Items the Sleep Buildup?

Here's the tradeoff: Lulling Branches cause Sleep buildup, and if your Focus (the stat that resists Sleep) is too low, you'll put yourself to sleep. However, there are two smart ways to approach this:

1. Resist the Sleep

If you want to avoid falling asleep, you'll need at least 311 Focus. You don't have to dump all your points into Mind, though several talismans and gear pieces help.

Mottled Necklace

Clarifying Horn Charm

Spelldrake Talisman

Immunizing Horn Charm

High-Focus armor sets like the Mushroom Set

This method allows you to freely use Lulling Branches mid-fight without worrying about zoning out at the wrong time.

2. Embrace the Sleep (And Boost Your Damage)

For a more creative and powerful approach, let yourself fall asleep intentionally use it to your advantage with St. Trina's Smile talisman. This talisman gives a massive 20% damage bonus when you're under the effect of Sleep.

Keep your Focus below 310, use the Lulling Branch, and let yourself slip into a drowsy state-then unleash devastating attacks with your spells or enchanted weapons during the damage buff window. This technique turns a downside into a tactical boost and allows you to maximize both damage and resource regen.

Pro tip: Equip the Blessed Blue Dew Talisman to stack FP regen even further, or combine with Starlight Shards to Elden Ring Runes create a massive mana pool over time.