/dsg/ - Souls General

first for Lautrec did nothing wrong

reminder that blue phantoms are the cousin of death

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Hi.

dogshit

I don't understand why you fucking idiots can't comprehend that Ornstein is the Storm Drake other than just flailing and screaming NO NO IS NOT IS NOT NO NO

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is it wrong that i want to see gwynevere getting boned by nk

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>>146384101
>I don't understand why you fucking idiots can't comprehend that Ornstein is the Storm Drake

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>>146384157
>Incest

>>146384101
cool strawman

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>>146384101
>I don't understand why you fucking idiots can't comprehend that Ornstein is the Storm Drake
maybe because you literally haven't provided any convincing proof that the storm drake is ornstein, because there isn't any such thing in the game to suggest it

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http://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/29/?

Aggro Mod is ready.
There is also a video in the video section.

anyone on PS4 want to help a poor sod kill Dragonslayer Armour on +2?

>>146384026
>invade anor londo
>host and phantomfucking around with an Aldrich punching each other to death
>cast warmth and join the brawl
>blue summoned
>he looks at us then tryhards and charges at us
>almost kills us both as we run away
>host BCs him out
>we all go back to punch each other to death

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>>146384101

>>146384202
The normal Ghru probably have little malformed limbs on their backs because the Ghru casters have four arms. That's just the start of their transformation.

>>146384486
>people will surely join my even if i say the word nigger a few times on forchan xd

>>146384349
Does it work online?

>>146384567
>being so upset someone said the word nigger

>>146382920

Actually in the most recent VOD for scottjund he fights sksa again and loses, to just moonlight greatsword, if you're wondering.

>>146384486
>nigger
>faggot
you're trying so, so hard

>Make new pyro
>Get buttraped constantly in PvP

How do I git gud? Never played as a Pyro in any of the souls games

Current Build is pic

can one of you kind faggots drop me an unupgraded gothards twin swords for my geralt cosplay pls? Ps4.

>>146384349
that's a cool fuckin video
thanks man

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I don't understand why you fucking idiots can't comprehend that Smough is Aldrich other than just flailing and screaming NO NO IS NOT IS NOT NO NO

>His armor unlocks after Aldrich's death
>His weapon is guarded by THREE unique non-respawnable Silver Knights
>The painting of his goddess is in the same room
>The ring of his best pal is also there
>Smough loves to eat men

>>146384667
The part that upsets me is not that you used it, it's that you're trying desperately hard to fit in.

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>>146384205
is best
nk puts his sister to the test

>>146384689
Nice build

>>146384737
Just wait 30 min and I will drop em for you

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>>146384689
>>146384835
Because Im a fucking retard

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>be away for a month
>there are still people that reply to that faggot lucy

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>>146384654
It kind of does, but not entirely.

Enemies that are near you as an invader may aggro onto the host or phantom, but once they actually start fighting them they'll revert to normal. If they've gone too far from their spawn point, they'll retreat.

You sort of get an influence over NPCs, but you'd have to stay near them for it to remain in effect. You're almost like a beastmaster class.

>>146384959
Are you free throwing your fireballs?

>>146384963
>acknowledging lucy

Is there any way to approach aggression vs passive players with an ultra weapon?
I find myself relying excessively on trading with hyperarmor whenever I use ultras, which I don't like because in previous games, DaS2 especially, I had no issue being poiseless and still consistently winning fights by playing aggressively with ultra weapons. In 3, they're faster and do more damage so I feel like I ought to be relying on trades even less, but instead I'm crutching on them excessively and playing less aggressively.

Also, which ultras seem best-suited for aggressive play? I've noticed that Greathammers seem to have longest reach on average, and that their running attacks seem to be the best (slightly faster than Gaxes or UGS, bigger hitbox), but they also have the slowest regular attacks. Greataxes seem absurdly limited this time around in their movesets and tend to have the highest stamina costs, so high that it's difficult to play anything but passively with them since you spend most of the fight waiting for stamina to regenerate. UGS probably have the most versatile movesets overall, but the R1s are so slow and telegraphed, and with such long recovery that people tend to literally just turn around and walk out of range, then walk back in to punish your recovery

>>146384959

>22 vig

lol

raw dragonslayer axe will literally kill you inone combo

you cant pyro in pvp at that low of a level

85 minimum

>>146385101
The who?

Is there any video or good explanation for Yorshka's connection to Priscilla? You can find the painted guardian set in the tower, and she shows all the signs of being a crossbreed. Is she Priscilla's sister? Daughter?

>>146384404
anyone? I summon randoms, but they die in 2 swings...

>>146384157
I'm gonna need a link to the full version.

>>146385156
>it's le "casters are bad at low SL" meme

>>146384963
Not having him filtered on all boards

>>146384547
Yeah, and the Ghru caster arms transform into wings.

>>146385253
It looks like it's from scasblog.tumblr.com

>>146385261

feel free to fight my level 65 twink with 50 vigor and over 500 ar

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How do I cut this fucker's tail off?

>>146385224
There is none. People like to claim that she's the daughter of Gwyn and Seathe, for some reason.

>>146385358
You slash at it near the tip for a while

i really want to do a tony soprano cosplay, but i suck with sliders. Anyone know where i can find a decent base to work with?

>>146385102
Just play passively.

>>146385102
Literally never unless you speed adjust with CE. They're faster, but so is everything else. Player rolls are quicker, safer, use basically no stamina and are incredibly easy to spam, meaning you have very little chance of actually pressuring someone with anything but fast, long ranged poking weapons. They actually don't hit very hard compared to the quicker weapons either. Hyper armour trades and being uparryable are all they've really got going for them against good players (i.e. not random invasions).

>>146384349
>that bit at the end of the video
Golden

>>146385319
I can make up shit too! The Ghru caster arms turn into skeletons. They become their own skeletons that pop off and roam free. Or maybe they become legs. Could be either since we never fucking see a Ghru transform further than what we get.

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>>146384205
we are talking about polytheistic gods who fucked everything that moves if greek mythology is anything to go by

>>146385324
Thanks m8

>>146385358
Tip of the middle tail.

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What does Kirk look like in 3?

>Raw Dragonslayer Axe
>Lightning Blade
>Lightning Partizan for backup if I need reach
>60 FTH
>Sunlight Spear Hyper armour Trades

No other build is necessary

>>146385525
Anybody knows what that character is wearing in pic 4 from the left? (other than chainmail chest)

>>146385267
I though he only tripfags on /vg/?

>>146385261

>stamina completely drained after one spell
>die in one combo
>most damaging spells do less damage than a r1 r1 combo on direct hit
>opponents will have 600 more health than you


just how dumb are you

>>146385525
Garbage, nosleeves bring it down, nice, not even trying, pretty good, okay

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>>146385324
>Commissions are open

Nice

>Will not do
>Dicks

Less nice

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First time Souls player, currently playing DeS.
How the hell do I even play this? After Phalax I haven't made any progress.
Do I grind my stats? Do I get new armor? What the fuck? This is too much.

>>146385648
cr8t0n's helm and gloves, solaire's pantyhose

>>146384959
So it's an invasion build?
Check what you make with each tool, both flame and boulder combo after GCFB, so if you're not using them both for different functions, get rid of one and invest the att points into vig.
You also need a better sage ring and spear is possibly the worst spear in game. Get another or a different weapon and dark infuse it. Depending on your management, moving the end points elsewhere is viable.

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>>146385261
they are beyond fucking horrible

>>146385709
thanks

>>146385596
>straightsword out-ranges your axe while being faster
>straightsword out-trades your spear thanks to shitty split damage fucking over thrust counters
>straightsword attacks into your casting HA and still rolls out safely because lol 0 recovery
Nice "build"

>>146385596
Try out lifehunt trades for me. The fact that they heal you back to basically negate the damage you take seems really good to me.

>>146385689
Go brood elsewhere

>>146385731
yeesh, everyone and their fucking grandma wears the blindfold+dragonscale combo

>>146385708
Literally get good

What your go to emote after you've won a fight? (it better not fucking be point down)

>>146385772
The heal is still trivial, even after the buff and the damage is paltry. It's still slower than pre-buff Lightning Stake while having a shitty hitbox with blindspots and less range than flashsword cast with a crystal chime.

>>146385814
so?

>>146384486
>gank event

Please. Also fought some of you worthless shitters at cleansing chapel. Healing like bitches and running away as soon as you took a single sweep of my UGS. Killed the bitches twice.

>>146385689
Hasn't that guy done futa art before?

>>146384081
>not male
ree, normie, etc.

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YES
I DID IT
NO PARRIES
UNDER 3 MINUTES
I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT

holy shit, that's the least depressed i've felt in a while
it took me about 10 minutes in NG+2 but i've studied some shit and now it takes about 2 and a half
i had to unequip everything but the ASS to get some damage from Flynn's Ring - not much though
i used Barbed Sword without Rouge in phase 1 and then switched to ASS on NG+2, but that's fucking dumb, i don't know why i did that - Rouge with ASS works just as well and allows you to send him into phase 2 at exactly 50% health

on my first attempt i survived a kick because i was embered, which was very surprising

i'll try to find a video that shows how to do it easily

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>>146385583
He uses the male placeholder face shared by Leonhard, Albert, and Pale Shade.

>>146385678
>nosleeves bring it down
I know, but none of the various arm armor pieces cover it up. not even long pieces like cr8's gloves

dead souls :c

>>146385731
>offhand cancer

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>>146385324
haha holy shit

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>>146385836
parry spam them back

>>146385731
>500 HP

What is this bumblefuck DOING?

>>146385868
Damn, that's disappointing.

>>146384081
That's not even the right kind of snek to be a girl snek.

>>146385836
Drink all estus
Parry spam
Throw poop
Hurrah!
Wave
And my favorite, commit sudoku with bloodlust.

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>>146385525
Do the more wacky armors have place in fashion? Mostly I can't think of fashion that utilizes the more eccentric armors.

>>146386026
Some poor shmuck fell for the 60 int meme despite using a casting tool that doesn't scale well beyond 40.

>>146385082
Yeah, guess i just need to get better at predicting and swapping to black flame

Watching wktkAC4 in order to pick up any tips


>>146385720
yeah Invasions mainly.

>Check what you make with each tool, both flame and boulder combo after GCFO, so if you're not using them both for different functions, get rid of one and invest the att points into vig.

What do you mean 'check each tool?
I generally hit them with chaos, and follow up with flame or boulder (or melee attack) if they get caught in the lava

>You also need a better sage ring
I have Sage Ring +2, thats just a mistake on my part

>spear is possibly the worst spear in game. Get another or a different weapon and dark infuse it.

I picked it mainly for the range, but I guess a Longsword or Estoc with dark/chaos infusion would work just as well?

>>146385873
>dried ganks without estus and with a useless host

Seems okay to me desu.

>>146385836
I don't
I just stare at the ground

>>146386023
lel nice

Trying to kill the second prince with magic, why does the little cunt seem unaffected by my crystal soul spear?

>>146385658
Better safe than sorry

ay hol up

where is the fc at?

>>146386148
That's until they start losing, then out comes the chugging

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>>146385731
I see your meme and I raise you my own

man melee builds are so useless at low levels

>>146386023

Pretty much this.

t. long spear main

>>146385836
Patches squat if they were a shitter. Curl up otherwise.

>>146386218
try spear but hole

>>146385836
Rejoice or Patches Squat

>>146385836
If I have no respect for their playstyle, I just walk away instantly or after a second of idle to make them feel insignificant.

>>146386258
>>146386148
Wait, what the fuck is wordfiltering to desu? I legitimately don't remember what I typed.

>>146386351
EDGY
D
G
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>>146384486
rate characters

>>146385738
>straightsword out-ranges your axe while being faster
Once they get hit for 400+ from the axe people roll away and panic

>straightsword out-trades your spear thanks to shitty split damage fucking over thrust counters
Partizan is for keeping distance, not dealing damage, even then it does 200+ per hit. The idea is to stop them getting hits in with it

>straightsword attacks into your casting HA and still rolls out safely because lol 0 recovery

Lol No, I only trade when Im certain theyre going to follow up with a second attack, with Sage Ring + 2, the cast speed is quick enough to cast in the middle of their animation and ensure they cant escape

>>146386056
I doubt it. A lot of the ds1 imports are too distinct in terms of color so they don't blend well with any other set pieces. The fat armors almost universally go with nothing aside from their own sets also

>>146385836
A bow and nothing else, or joy if it was a close fight.

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>>146386261
good fucking luck depleting my 1800 hp with your shit spells
i hosted in archives for like a week and i've seen enough low level casters, nobody was even remotely close to kill me because they can't use actually good sorcery equipment and have enough hp to take the punishment

>>146386351
VERY GOOD spam also works.

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>>146384349
I like the video, nice work.

>>146386406
not like, edgy slow walk. just a deliberate walk/run towards the next part of the level or summon. gotta bring home the point that they're a shitter bump in the road

>>146385836
Always proper bow

>>146385660
Im the guy who made the pyro build, Im not the one youre responding too.

You think I should go higher?

>>146385836
If they chugged in a red sign fight or died mid-chug in an invasion because they were too thirsty to do it safely, I chug all my estus and walk in circles turning the sippy cup over their corpse

If they tried to throw a duel charm/Lloyd's, I toss one over their corpse and applaud

If they were some boring gimmick that took 5 minutes to chase down, like ranged pure-casters or whip builds, or else just some turbopassive shit like Jund or one of his imitators, I toss a dung pie on them.

If they were a parry spamming idiot, I spam L2 over them

If they were just plain bad or tried to do something stupid and desperate when they were losing, like run off to mobs or hardswap to a washing pole, I just applaud.

If it was a good fight, I hurrah or By My Sword

If it was a great fight or else really, really close, I do a My Thanks.

For the 90% of the fights that aren't good enough or bad enough to be worth an emote, I just alt-tab without doing anything and browse until I load back to my world.

check

>>146386136
I mean, what's the point of boulder AND black flame? You'd probably do better with only one. Unless you have different uses for both spells, boulder against ladders, flame into combustion, etc.

A SS or rapier would be good. If you had points to spare, I'd suggest flame spear or RHH. Thrall axe seems popular but I don't use it much.

>>146386484
HELP ME spam was hilarious in 1 after a terrible tryhard opponent. Haven't done it yet in 3.

>make level 70 hypermage
>manage to 1-shot people
It's risky as fuck, but damn is it fun

>>146386576
I like your procedures m8

anyone have an unupgraded gothards twin swords on ps4?

>>146385738
Straightswords are hard countered by spears you mongoloid. They have zero decent approach options whatsoever and no range with which to punish whiffs.

>>146385836
wave/bow (before), call over/applause/prostation (after)
some times I run to the host's bonfire and use rest after the fight.

>>146386770
ye, 1 sec
I'll be at high wall
pass is DSG

>>146386694
why not level 50

if you start as Sorcerer you can get 60INT at SL50 w/ 2 slots from your base 16 attunement.

>>146385525
Can't get a screen grab right now, but I want some help to make my armor set the best fashion. Going right now with:
>Drakeblood Helm
>Black Knight Chest
>Silver Knight Gauntlets
>Dancer Legs

>>146384498
anime ruins everything

>>146386856
>no range
kek
Do you even play this game?

>>146386937
>2hu
>anime
Never ever

>>146386428
It doesn't help that heavy armor is almost never worth the weight and looks terrible. I don't see any reason to wear that shit.

>>146386881
>more consistent 1-shots
I like it

>>146386952
30 hours with a straight sword in PvP as a dumb gimmick build. If you have strong internet they're complete dogshit at half the things /vg/ thinks they're too good at.

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>40vig/66vit
>full havel/smough
>still take a ton of damage from the average mobs

I thought you fuckers say DS3 is the best game.

How come they never let you use the same sounds for your character that they had in Dark Soul 1? Like the noise your character would make when he gets hit.

>>146386634
>what's the point of boulder AND black flame?
Ahh I see. Black fame is to follow up on the lava ( it got buffed so its now fast enough to cast in order to combo into GCFO) and do good damage if it hits

Boulder is for surprise attacking people around corners/while retreating as well as guard breaking shields and giving me space by knocking them down.

I also swap it out for fire surge and chaos bed vestiges when needs be

I think ill go for a Straight Sword and jump pump INT/FTH if i feel like it.

Is Chaos or dark better? isnt dark def only levelled with FTH? I feel dark may be better

>>146387075
there's a mismatch between screens

>>146386480
>1800 HP
What is this, SL90?
>Host
Yeah it would be more fair to RSS casters instead of that 30% vig decrease ya coont

>>146387091
because you might be the only person who cares about it

>>146386576
>If they tried to throw a duel charm/Lloyd's, I toss one over their corpse and applaud
Even after reading this, I can't tell if you're being ironic or supporting the use of charms.
Same thing goes to anyone who uses "applause"

>>146387079
Welcome to the bloodborne era.

is cleric a good starting class for pure miralce user? seems like it would be but the points in luck look like a waste if i dont want to use anris. knight seems like a better choice thanks to low luck and high vit for fashion and extra defense

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>>146385525

>>146387158
fuck you buddy those sounds were iconic

>>146387079
no one said this and we even said that heavy armor sucks and vit is a useless stat

>>146387095
Go for a Dark weapon and keep a Chaos weapon in inventory/second slot(depending on weight).
You can switch it up that way a bit

>>146387095
Dark is better, try to get a 4th slot if you do go to higher levels.

>>146387124
>SL90
75
>more fair
with sub-40 vig it won't save your ass

Is magic clutch worth the weekend defense at lower levels?

Also does was gonna go for 20 STR and DEX and then raise my health and go 50+ INT watcha think?

>>146387208
>pure miracle user
Wholeheartedly would no recommend
Good offensive miracles are way into late game, good luck getting there with Force, Emit force and LS

>>146386770
>>146386872
red sign is down

i want a souls bf

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Anyone else here taking advantage of duel wielding yet? I run into it surprisingly infrequently considering just how fucking powerful of a mechanic it seems to be, plus it's tons of fun trying all sorts of different mixing and matching of weapons.

>tfw destroying entire fight clubs to the point where I eventually have to just black crystal out due to sheer fatigue

>>146387275
>>146387246
You guys saying I should get rid of Witch's Locks?

>>146387208
Knights the best. Gives you more options early game and you can just respec later once you have stake or greater spear.

>>146387167
It's more of a "fat lot of good that did you, dork"
99% of the time someone throws a Lloyd's against an invader in an invasion, it's because they're about to chug and don't want you to be able to match them. Usually it happens after 1v1ing for a little while and realizing they won't win unless they plumb the depths of their 15 estus healing pool. Most of the time I don't even bother dodging it and just attack them while they throw. Sometimes smart ganksquads will have a dedicated phantom that spams them while his buds mash R1 at you, which just makes it even more embarrassing when they lose 3v1 to some guy that couldn't even heal.

I don't use buffs so the people that throw duel charms are just plain silly. Sometimes I think they don't really understand what it does. I think duel-charming someone in a duel if they cast a buff is a good attitude, but you damn well better win afterwards or else you're just an embarrassment.

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Rate my edgy build. Haven't decided on fashion yet.

>>146387326
where at? above bonfire?

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>>146387208
i did my faith caster with cleric but only realized that for my stats knight would be way better after dumping 30 hours into him
only do cleric if you're planning to multiclass into the luck to take advantage of anri's sword fai/lck scaling

>>146387208
If pure caster, yeah cleric is the best because of good starting attunement and faith. Those points in luck don't matter too much in comparison to the extra investment needed for knight to get you faith and attunement high.

Anyone want to help me beat untended graves on pc? I'm level 40 with +4, pass is "bojo"

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How good are greatshield builds?

Can I block the world?

>>146387674
next to it
forgot the G in DSG, sorry

>>146387695
Care to share your stats?

>>146387658
your base class is trash for your build

>>146385928
here, found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-bjqvweJeI
it's actually a pretty cheap way to do it, but i can't do any better
slam at 1:19 is part of 3 hit combo - you can roll into first 2 hits and punish them with rolling attacks. you'll be left with a tiny amount of stamina which allows you to roll out of the 3rd hit. if you roll to the side after the first hit, he might punch you
swipe attack at 2:07 can be avoided without rolling if you stand under the halbert

if you replace all 2 hit punishes with single hit ones and don't punish the charge but sprint away from it, you can probably do it without rolling

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>>146387809
i've changed his ring setup a little and he uses lighting clutch now to have at least SOME damage output on lighting weapons

>some enemies are weak to frost
>the only true frost weapons are shit
>the pontiff curved sword only applies frost on WA
>no frost resin

arigato hackazaki

>>146387505
Keep it in inventory or backup, witch's is nice but a Dark or Chaos sword will get you through better in invasions

>>146387753
omw

>>146387658
why not just use anri's instead of astora?

>>146387674
I'm at the High Wall of Lothric bonfire
what bonfire are you at?

>>146387970
Just wait for the inevitable Painted World DLC.

>>146387780
They're good, a sursprising amount of players still get hit by it's obvious weapon art. Make sure to invest a lot in endurance.

>>146387208
>>146387312

Cleric is workable in that you can get a raw ass at the beginning of the game, then just pump faith to 60 and by the time you get there you'll have the giants coal/lightning gem to use on astoras ugs or red hilted halberd or something.

But as a pure spell caster it's absolutely garbage. Lightning Spear is a fucking joke even at softcap with a +10 talisman. Lightning Stake is pretty much the complete opposite, great damage and a huge hitbox but you need to be on their dick for it to hit and chances are you won't survive more than 2 hits of anything thanks to having base hp cos all your points are in attunement/faith

>>146388034
Why would I? Ain't that for Luck builds?
The ASS is raw, I just forgot to set it as such (even though regular has a higher AR listed?)

>>146387970
Sometimes I wish the tech level in DaS would have moved up in between the games so that in DaS3 we could toss liquid nitrogen canisters or something of that style.

>>146387970
I think frost buildup shouldn't decay over time like other status effects. That'd actually make it unique from the others and useful.

>>146388052
same i dont see your sign anywhere

>>146388202
Alright, lets change the pass to
memes
and see if that works

>>146385525
What's the weapon in the last picture

>>146388280
Yorshka's Spear

>>146388280
Yorshka's spear. It's shit

>>146388168
I'm sorry, for some reason I thought the points were in luck not faith.

FUCKING DAMN IT! Every single time I invade, it's a twink gangbang. Everytime I invade, it's more fucking twinks.

Fucking twinksouls up to fucking hell turning this into another Twinkburg.

>>146387296
Any response?

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>>146387695
>>146387962
>knight would be way better for my stats

what? you save 4 levels compared to Knight with your build

>also Herald being worse at faith compared to Merc and Warrior

Herald really is just the worse starting class

>Gentle Prayer
>accessible from the start
>6 HP / sec for 60 seconds
>13 FP

>Blessed Weapon
>accessible at endgame
>2 HP / sec for 45 seconds
>35 FP

Why are FP costs so fucked for miracles?
Why does lightning spear, a weaker soul arrow, cost double the amount as it?

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>>146384486

>>146388018
Ouch. I'm by the boss fog if you want to give it a go

>>146388470
>twink gangbang
Anon, tell me where you invade. I'm interested

>>146388018
>>146387753
shit sorry i got fucked up hard
sign is down again if you need it

dammit smith, want the memeswords or not
I don't know if that was you, hence the delay, trying to write a post asking you
also
>full havels

>>146388592
Currently in the beginning areas, as my old saves got blown to bits by FROM's new patch

>>146388516
Because fuck clerics, that's why.

>>146388669
Anon I don't think you understood what I meant

>>146388516
Weapon buffs all have huge FP costs as a balance factor.
Blessed Weapon is actually the cheapest one, IIRC. It's also +7.5% physical damage on top of the HP regen for a rock-bottom faith requirement. The HP regen scales with your faith, too.

Also, Gentle Prayer is the most FP-efficient source of health in the game. It's even better than the dedicated top-tier healing miracles. That's the price you pay for losing the ability to offhand or two-hand for a full minute.

>>146388516
>forgetting to add it's a weapon buff along side it

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>>146388504
i was planning to redo my build and lower melee stats but rise vitality to compensate the lighting clutch at least for a bit and knight would be better for this

>>146387397
spear with rapier offhand is exceptionally good because of speed and tracking

Want any armor, geralt?

>>146388625
It's cool. I'm by the boss fog now

>>146387695
>>146388786
how do you find this build of yours overall? did you struggle in pve and early pvp? what about at 125?

also wouldn't lightning blade be way better than the gem infusion? even though it's a temporary buff i would have thought the damage would be heaps more

question. Do CGS true combo r1l2r2?

>>146388625
Thank you dear anon

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>>146389062
i just did a full ng playthrough as a raw astora straight sword vitgouge with healing miracles and only started using offensive shit in ng+
given that my favorite form of activity in ds3 is dried finger runs unavailability of most offensive miracles in ng did not hurt me

i fucking hate buffs, especially in a game with such an easily disabled ones, even though lighting weapon damage output is lower at least it's stable

>>146387397
Because most of the time people at pontiff's are looking to improve, not just win.
Dual-wielding combinations are powerful because yo cover the weaknesses of one weapon completely with another. As a result, you crutch on that offhand's gimmick rather than learning to play around the weaknesses of your mainhand, and become reliant on it.

Hell, anyone can win consistently with something like spear + rapier, but most spear users don;t bother with an offhand rapier because they want to improve their spacing and timing with their spear rather than use a mashy easymode offhand to solve all their spacing problems with mindless L1 spam.

>>146389216
No.
R1->L2 combos, but the first hit of the R2 followup is immediately techable, resulting in the final hit whiffing every time and doing less total damage than a R1R1 combo while leaving you punishable.

The only exception is the Old Wolf Curved Sword, which can still combo R1L2R2 consistently.

>>146387397
I'n using Black Knight's GS with pontiff knight curved sword. Shit is real. BKGS actually has decent 1h moveset, and PKCS has great range for roll catches, great speed for disrupting pressure and parry.

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So it began
DS3 25% off on first day
time to twink

>>146389484
>Dead game

>>146389457
I figured but I landed it in my last duel of the night yesterday and had to ask since it was absolutely devastating. Which now begs the question of why the fuck he didn't get out of the way, but thats another matter

>>146385358
He has three tails, you go for the one in the middle, not the ones on the sides.

If you're having trouble reaching it and dealing enough damage, one cheap trick you can do is bait him to attack his crystal at the start of the fight. Get him close, trigger an attack, then run for his backside and go for the tip. When he destroys the crystal he stuns himself, which should give you enough time to cut it off.

The Moonlight Greatsword is really underwhelming as a weapon unless you're doing an Int build though, since it deals only magical damage and nothing else.

>want to have fun with a friend
>bring a lvl80 character
>clear 4 mid-end game bosses over the course of 90 minutes
Scaled phantoms were a mistake, I feel like I ruined his experience. I dealt like only half of my normal damage but it was still too fucking easy

>>146389715
Some people don't know that those WAs don't combo anymore so they don't even bother to mash roll.

>>146389360
Oh yes, all those gentlemen with dark swords, CCS, gotthards and 2kats, fight after fight they seek strength, only strength, nothing but strength. A tierwhore like me who dares to use more than one attack and a parry can't possibly comprehend that.
>gimmick
It's real strength, no gimmick.

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>>146389484
my body is ready

>>146389797
Just because somebody's using a meta weapon doesn't mean they only want to win.
Meta weapons are like using fox and final destination in smashbros. People use them because they think it's the best way to compete, but they're still looking to improve their skills with the best tools for competition.

Offhanding is bad for improving because it teaches you to not play around the weaknesses of your weapon, leaving you with no adaptability when your offhand gets hardcountered and suddenly you don't know how to play around your mainhand's weaknesses.

>>146389967
wow, this is one of the most delusional posts I've ever seen. Nobody uses meta weapons because they want to improve, they use them because some streamer or youtuber said they were good

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>from brings out a new patch from out of the blue
>kicks can be parried
>medium shields get buffed parry frame window, nearly as good as small shields

>on a win streak of 7 with a EGCS
>get put down by a CCS

>>146388525
>actually spent time making this
kinda sad

>>146390690
lemme guess. You only trapped him in the r1r1 HA trap once while he did nothing but hit you on recovery frames or roll punished

>>146390690
>EGCS
???

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Can you please help me flesh out two builds that I plan on starting soon.
If you play something similar please share some knowledge that might not be to obvious or things you found were worth/not worth going for.

https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3
Regen Build: Equipping all regen items/buffs/Over time heals possible with those stats. Active chime for prayer buff.

https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3
Typical Darkmoon glass cannon.
Possibly my glassiest build for this level.
Maybe make use of the +2 ATN slot level ring here and go warrior or something instead for more stat points?

>>146389967
>when your offhand gets hardcountered
Lolwut? How?

>>146390879
>cs curved sword
>g great

Whats the only curved great sword that starts with an e nigga?

>>146389967
this is the biggest pile of bullshit i've seen here in quite a while
take your trash esports mentality back to ds2

>>146391118
I guess he means people throwing a prediction parry specifically for your offhand

>>146390842
that's it
>>146390879
exile greatsword

>>146391162
But the acronym for that is EGS

>owning a breakdancing host with EGS
>we're both near dead
>he pulls out a CCS
>I pull out my raw dragonslayer's axe
guess who won

If i put the lordvessel on the altar, will I lose the ability to warp?

>>146389484
>paying more than 15 dollars for this turd

>>146391047

You didn't post the proper links. They just take you to the main part of the build calculator.

>>146391428
Yeah, better hold onto it

>>146391416
meant farron greatsword*
>>146391428
no

anyone want to help me transfer rings on pc

>>146391047
don't bother with DMB it sucks dingleberries, go with LB

>>146391396
yes but I guess I gave too much credit for making rational connections. Im sorry

>>146391286
yeh whenever I feel like using the carthus GS thats usually the only kind of player that will make me switch off. Or if I know they're waiting for a parry but won't be baited into a full WA

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>>146389484
>steam sales blast so hard I can't even load the store frontpage

>>146391770

its the same exact effect but with magic damage instead of lightning

and endurance gives lightning resist, so its better

>>146391746
i will, location + pass?

>>146391746
Sure, if you help me transfer a weapon
Place/password?

>>146391805
Looking at it, you didn't even put the "C" in the right place. It's not a Great Curved Sword, it's a Curved Greatsword.

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I have never played Dark Souls 2.
Should i play the regular version or Scholar of the First Sin?
What are the major differences and would i miss out on anything if i only played one version but not the other?

>>146391882

halfway fortress, rings

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Heh, the Champ is completely neutered with a greatshield. His kick only took 1/5 of my stamina bar.

>>146391878
yes but you have to farm 30 concords for it

>>146391458
>>146391047
Cant go a week without making myself look like a fucking retard I guess

REGEN:
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/47164

DARKMOON:
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/47165

There you go. Proper links.

>>146391865
You might as well always treat the Steam Sale as though it starts about 2-4 hours later than it actually does. It's not worth wading through the store errors with the rest of the idiots.

>>146392052
Yeah, because it's good.

>>146391971
I have to keep the letters in order when explaining the individual meaning outside of using the actual acronym? hmm good to know for the future so I don't upset people

>>146392043
>using shields
>using a greatshield
>twink axe
>skipping leg day

i'm so sorry anon, your official diagnosis is mangina

>>146392043
wow, pc masterrace graphics.

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>>146389967
jesus christ wtf am i even reading at this point?

>>146391976
just get scholar if you have neither

bigger playerbase, arguably better enemy/item placement, all DLC included with the base, DX11, etc.

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what stats make a SL120 sorc build?

>>146391976
Scholar is better.
Better enemy placement (outside of Iron Keep), includes the DLC, adds a bunch of hidden stuff and little AI bits, new invaders, DX11 graphix and nicer lighting.

>>146392169
M8, no matter how you look at it, you fucked up and "EGCS" is not the correct acronym to use. Don't act self righteous or pissy about it, you were objectively wrong.

>>146385156

Damn my SL60 pyro invader must be glitched because I churn through gank squads daily.

>>146392369
60 int

>>146386035
Nature finds a way.

>>146392369
high magic stats lower physical stats

it's a secret don't tell anyone else this

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>darkroot basin
>twohander rollstab can be parried
>by a demon great machete wielded 2handed
I think I just got cheated on

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>ivory king
>run around for 10 minutes killing minions one by one
>king finally pops out
>he's a fucking kungfu master
>minions still popping out
>die in 2 seconds
>have to do all that shit again

please tell me I'm missing something

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>>146392250
Nori-chan's thighs are a miracle of the universe.

>>146391270
>throw a prediction parry specifically for your offhand
>surprise it's actually an attack from the mainhand, eat a million damage

What did he mean by this?

>>146392594
Remember when you talked to that bitch with the reverby voice and there was a loud sound of shattering followed by THE WINDS OF ELEUM LOYCE ARE CEASED?
Maybe you ought to go check on all those paths that were blocked by ice before.

>>146392550
the only unparryable attacks in dark souls 1 are whips and jump attacks
demon great machete roll attack is extremely easy to parry because of its short range

>>146392369
60 int 18att 40 vigor, vit needed for fashion, rest in endurance

>>146392401
im not even the same poster who used the acronym EGCS though

him>>146390690

me>>146390842
>>146391162

either way it doesn't matter because this is already a waste of time. Enjoy the rest of your day

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>>146392183
>he doesn't recognize the cosplay

Get out noob. Do you even play Dark Souls?

I bet you came from BB.

>>146387970
>No frostbite infusion
>Frostbite doesn't even scale with luck
>Pestilent Mercury which looks like a snowstorm doesn't even build up frostbite

>>146392123

They seem alright.

>>146392657
that people get lucky sometimes and they could possibly get even luckier and fuck up the prediction and parry your "surprise attack"

crazier shit has happened

Anyone on PC have a Scholar's Candlestick they'd drop me? I managed to screw up Patches so I can't get it before Grand Archives, and I'd like to have it before then.

>>146392369
>Pick the 4 highest stats of the class
>lvl them to softcap or 2nd softcap
>dump the rest of the lvls to vig/vit/end
works every time

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>>146392601

>>146392705
No, I did a roll attack, and the dude was wielding a DGM 2handed, and somehow parried me into instantdeath from full health.

>>146392893
highwall, dsg

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>>146392701
noted

I'd probably waste gorillion hours of time trying to beat those assholes if I didn't ask

>>146392892
>it's easier to parry 2 weapons with are usually chosen with 2 wildly different attack timings than 1 weapon with objectively fewer attack timings

But this.... what did he mean by this?

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>>146392369
Something along these lines

>>146388669
>as my old saves got blown to bits by FROM's new patch
nice lie, sealclubber

Could someone please drop me a raw gem? I'm at the Tower on the Wall bonfire.

Password: raw

>>146388525
>Nigger Nigger Faggot Faggot Faggot Nigegr
>Maybe if I say this enough someone here will like me
Stop trying so hard.

is there an fc going on? pc
what spots do people like to fc at so i can make some back ups

>>146393214
omw

>>146393214
you can't drop gems

>>146393214
Let me boot up my Gamegear
Just kidding you can't trade upgrade mats

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>>146392601
i agree but that still doesn't answer my question of how someone can be as retarded and autistic as the guy i previously responded to.

>>146393214
PS4 by the way

>>146393214
Can't drop gems, also state platform and weapon you want raw with upgrade level if you want someone to reply.
Now that I think about it, just farm a raw gem, they're like the most common gems in the game by a large margin.

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>invaded the world of Artorias Cosplay #4593

>>146393135
>implying

Literally never even said that. I suggested what one anon MAY have meant by saying "hardcounter", and that sometimes people get lucky

your asshole must be pretty deep to have all this shit to pull out of it

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Still waiting, candlestick dude.

>crystal sage rapier
this is fun
the WA R1+leo ring is really good
are the dancers blades any good?
>>146393386
no, but if you give me the weapon/tell me what it is I might be able to get you one/infuse it for you

>>146393214
Nigga they drop from the regular hollow soldiers. It ain't hard.

>>146393417
full artorias cosplay in ds3 is actually pretty cool thanks to his shield being WA shield

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Out of all the time this series fucks you up the ass its the times where the series goes down on you that messes me up the most.

I'm playing DAS2 doing the old iron king DLC area.

Is Armored Tower and npc/event that happens to everyone? Because google is doing jack shit for me.

I got invaded while crossing a chain bridge and figured the NPC wouldn't be stupid enough to follow me. He did. I panicked and started swinging but he didn't swing back or even take damage.

Instead this red fucker greets me with a bunch of gestures to show that he's friendly and helps me through the tower so I can activate the flames and the elevators in the previous area.

His name was Armored Tower and I am so sure he was an NPC but none of my friends who have beaten DAS2 have ever seen him. The dude even led me back to the bonfire and gave me a humanity before banishing himself.

Please tell me this is a normal occurrence.

>>146393496

>are the dancer's blades any good

They're alright. The damage is good, but their main problem is their slightly slow L1s that can't really combo into anything. Their WA also got neutered so it's practically useless.

Still fancy as hell, though. I still use them.

>>146393549
No, that's a player

>>146393549
that is not an NPC
that is just the frendliest spirit I have ever seen
that place is a hellhole, good on him

>>146393549
player

>>146393549
>Gave me a humanity

EFFIGY

FUCK

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>SL93, put red sign down
>get summoned
>2hander swings do scratch damage on the other guy
>get rekt
>check his SL on the DSCM
>331
>mfw

Another story
>get summoned into world of, no shit, Sephiroth
>dude doesn't even use Uchikatana
>dude wearing some kinda robes to go with it, gold hemmed?
>dude tries to go for the backstab while I'm still summoning in
>I turn around and he just slashes at my face
>he backs off and tosses down Hello carvings
>I don't have any and just bow
>he immediately attacks me while the animation is still playing
>I'm at half heath now that the fight is on
>I slash him down to like 10% health before getting rekt
>he tosses down I'm Sorry carvings
How about you go fuck yourself and stick that I'm Sorry up your ass.

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>>146393661
>>146393670
>>146393685
That's...

That's impossible.

How he was moving
How he waited
How he was opening doors we already been in
How none of my attacks even phased him at the beginning
His movement and reactions didn't seem human at all

There's no way he could have been a player.

I'll take the confirmation but I was so sure it was an NPC.

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>>146385358
run a lot and pull jukes

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>>146393312
It's not retarded, it's the truth.
It's normal for people to want to improve at a game, and to take that game's competition seriously. That's how you have people, without a shred of self-awareness, participate in mario party tournaments and take its competition seriously.
When people want to improve, they focus on the things that the believe will help them improve. If they didn't care about improving at all, they'd all just be running joke builds or using CE to instantkill people. They don't, and they imitate whatever popular tryhard they follow instead because they think that improving their ability to compete in dark souls 3 pvp is worth the time and effort. You learn very little of how better to use a spear when the majority of your matches end with someone rolling into your leftstoc and getting mashed to death. You learn very little of how to space with your precious washingpole when you have an offhand anri's to L2L2L2L2 with when spacing just ain't working for you. It's not like these players aren't aware that offhanding is an option, they just choose not to because there's a certain way they want to win, and certain areas they want to improve. Anybody who follows some e-celeb should already know that dumping on the typical pontiff shitter in the most unceremonious fashion possible doesn't help them when they actually encounter somebody who knows what they're doing, and those are the people they want to be able to beat

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>>146393885
>cries to /dsg/ after being outfuckingskilled

How about you stop being an idiot?

>>146393969
stop being such a faggot

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>>146394070
Surely I was.

>>146393818
>Using a greatshield
And its never the Wolf shield either ffs

>>146394070
>>146394075
POTTERY
O R
T' E
T T
E T
R O
YRETTOP

>>146393275
High Wall
Stray Demon bridge
Undead Settlement, the dog gate.

>>146394427
FUCK YOU 4 CHAN

>>146394550
Please take my advice and stop being such a faggot

>people not using spear with rapier offhand
ill keep taking my wins

is there a quicker way to get 30 swordgrass than killing the 3 ghrus at keep ruins bonfire?

>>146394014
I like you anon. Let' get married.

>>146394657
I TRY REALLY HARD

>>146394896

Collector's Edition.

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I want to buy Scholars but the Steam store is still fucked

>>146394896
Nope. It's not even that bad. I completed my farm in 2 hours.

>>146395093
gold serpent, SoA, and coins?

>>146395192
Didn't even use coins, but I was on NG+ so I had SoA, Gold Serpent +1 and CSR

>>146394991
Just be glad that steam knows you're making a bad purchase and is preventing you from wasting money.

>>146394014

Actually that still doesn't make sense and still falsely claims that someone who duel wields cannot be skilled at using both of their weapons. Consider for example someone who has used, to go with your example, an estoc and a spear by themselves extensively, knows how to space, knows their movesets, their strengths and weaknesses individually, etc. Has played hundreds of hours with each individually, let's say, for the sake of argument. Does this mean if said person duel wields the two weapons, they're unskilled at the game all of a sudden?

No, of course not. I mean especially in competition, people are always trying to find the best tools they can, and people try to find counters to those tools, and even further counters to those counters. That's how competition works. For people who actually take the game seriously, all that matters is winning, and finding good competition, each person using the best build and tools they can come up with, within the confines of the game.

I mean you're probably the kind of guy who gets really mad when you see someone like scottjund menu swapping between meta weapons and rings, even though it's a perfectly legal part of the game's design. You're what we'd call a "scrub", you might consider reading this: http://www.sirlin.net/articles/playing-to-win

But in short: git gud. I already know spacing, as well as a number of other things about the subtleties of PvP in this game, just as many others do. I duel wield because it's good and allows for interesting combinations of movesets, not as a crutch. Just like there's a difference between someone spamming R1 with a dark sword and getting parried because of it, and someone who actually knows how to use such a strong weapon effectively so as to not get parried or countered by hyper armor.

>>146395192
Dont forget offhand sage rapier

ITT: /dsg/ theory duels each other with large paragraphs while still being horrible at the game

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What do you guys think? Any improvements I could make? Weapon recommendations?

>>146395367
>people still hating on the game with the best pvp

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>>146395401
Ah, I always forget the sage rapier has item find