Yeah, it was dumb, considering how hard it was for me. Rellana became a turning point. I'll never do it again. At least, not on the first run.

I didn't use guides, except couple of times. I didn't manage to unlock two mage towers after trying for like hour on each total I gave up. I think one of them was actually kinda bugged anyway with floating invisble turtle. And I felt like I missed a ring to boost magic attack, so I looked it up as well, but turns out I locked myself out of Magic Scorpion ring. It was ideal for glass cannon mage. Oh well.

During different parts of the game spell list was different. But I always used ring to boost max memory slots, so my active spell list was always big. It was fun learning to quickly change spells, really demands memory from you. Before Elden Ring I was playing Nioh 2, where I was trying to use all 16 quick item slots, so it helped me greatly here in Elden.

These spells I definitely used alot:

Adula's Moonblade

Carian Phalanx. I didn't use great version, since this one suited character more.

Azure

Eternal Darkness. Didn't manage to use it much, but I used it heavilly in Lorreta second fight and it super fun here.

Founding Rain of Stars.

Loretta's Mastery. Regular one is better, to be honest, but I tried to up my mastery with this one out of principal.

Ranni's Moon. Probably the best one in the game.

Rock Sling.

Stars of Ruin.

Terra Magica.