/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

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Reposting in new bread
Have some frenly frens being frens

>>170888274
>>170888274
I am a blue man. How does this work?

>>170888392
Way of Blue, or Blue Sentinels?

>>170888380
That makes it worse then, the guy gets possessed and goes on a murderous rampage, only to lose his sun and go dark when he gets put down.

If that's what qualifies as a "happy" ending, then you know what to expect from the DLC.

>>170888550
way of the blue. What dick head would have two blue groups. I guess the same dick head that made this shit game

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>>170888380
But Solaire linking the flame is canon within his own timeline

>>170888585
There's your problem right there then. Way of Blue is the "Help me, I'm being invaded!" covenant that you talk to Saulden to join. Blue Sentinels is the "Let's kill some sinners!" covenant that you talk to Targray in Cathedral of Blue to join.

>>170888651
I tried to join the Blue Sentinels once but he said I wasn't cool enough. Do I have to leave my covenant to join another one?

>>170888756
You need to get one of those tokens from doing coop or whatever.

>>170888756
You need a token of fidelity, go coop
>>170888550
He finds his sun though. That's happiness for him. Its temporal nature doesn't nullify it
>>170888614
No, miya likes to think that IF we save him and IF we don't link the flame, he does

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how do you even get up there

>>170889256
There's a path you need to drop down to by the second group of tarpits; it's the location of one of the dark chasms, and has some giants further down. It'll lead back up there. There's usually some messages pointing it out - carrying a torch also helps to spot it.

>>170889256
Jump harder

I remember in vanilla DaS2 enemies would eventually despawn permanently if you killed them enough. Did they take that out in Scholar?

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Stop using Estus.

>>170889350
you can take it out by joining the company of champions

>>170889350
No, but if you join the company of champions they'll respawn indefinitely as long as you're in the covenant. It also brings back despawned enemies, IIRC.

What's a good level for watchdogs?

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>>170889330
he kicked me out shortly after. I spent like five minutes looking for him

>>170889402
Yes, except for once per ng ones. Killing while in CoC also doesn't count towards the spawn limit

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It's locked.

convince me to go back into ds3 pvp, dsg

>>170889731
You need to go deeper

>>170889860
yea i saw another guy jump down and followed him. I died to the giants right after

>>170889838
It's hilarious to get hatemail from metafags after you beat them with some gimmicky shit like golden ritualspear.

>>170889893
Welcome to Shitbox City. Population: 2. Enjoy your stay

>first mimic in the game dropped the symbol of avarice
Gat damn

>>170890187
>first mimic dropped me some overpowered axe
Get on my level

>>170890335
>i didnt kill the first mimic
you arent even trying :^)

If I ever do a pyro build should I just use the Dark Hand as my weapon until I get a Dark gem or what?

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>>170890335
>didn't get both
You got played, lad.

>winged knight killed himself without any intervention from myself and actually fucking dropped something
This is the luckiest start I've ever had

What SL +weapon should I be in Lothric castle? I haven't been invaded a single time at SL 60 +6

>>170890482
Did he eat those lothric knights? Also, what's the standard procedure for this fat fuck? Only thing I've found is repeatedly plunging him

I'm looking for a few guys to do a DS2 (scholar of the first sin) co-op challenge run with.

Not sure what exactly, but something among the lines of pick a class theme and stick to it (like fighter, wizard, paladin or something), and maybe something like you're only allowed to heal with estus, but you're only allowed to have 2-3 flasks.

Does this sound appealing enough for anyone to be up for it?

I've beaten base DS2, but I've never gotten around to playing the DLCs. So I've only recently bought the game of the year championship ultra DX edition, and it's a bit dull running through the default game with the same builds as always.

>>170890589
roll, roll backstab

>>170890589
>what's the standard procedure for this fat fuck?
same as everything
roll through attacks
attack the enemy when they're not attacking
backstab whenever you can

>>170890589
Dodge and backstab when they finish their combo.

Where do I co-op at sl 100 in DaS3? Sitting at Soul of Cinder and it's painfully slow

>>170891124
should have stayed at sl80

>>170891174
is it worth to level to 120 for pvp in ng+ or not

>>170890639
>>170890651
>>170890676
I keep getting spinned on and rollcaught

>rupture
>literally a flying triangle, and not the good looking kind

>>170890589
I stand up where the RoS is and shoot him with a bow

>>170891458
roll better
alternatively, bait an attack
don't roll but just move backwards and around his side
when he done attacking or it's just kinda safe to move around, sprint to his back and backstab

but really though just practice rolling now
you're going to need it

>>170891527
I don't like rolling like a spastic but I feel I have to. Sage was an ass.
>>170891497
I was looking for something less cheesy, not more

>>170891458
Drop down a level when he winds it up. Run back up and backstab him while he recovers.

>>170891650
You didn't say that, you asked how people normally deal with him and I answered. *shrug*

>>170891481
>posted in the wrong general

>>170891815
Yeah, I'm annoyed at the game, not you. *unusable item gesture*

>>170891245
you already leveled to the realm of ng+ and duelshitters, might as well go the whole way and hit 120

>>170891124
SL100 is fine for co-op usually.
Mind you it's monday morning in the US and noon in europe, so there's probably not a lot of people playing right now.

>>170889838
SL 90 invasions are fun from my experience. Dragon barracks best invasion spot. You could go a for a lower SL too I guess.

What kind of damage does kirk's roll do?

>>170893657
Maybe 3.
Like 10 for the full set I think.

>>170893703
I meant type

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>int/quality GSoJ
>almost 700 AR
>magic damage is the least resisted in pvp
>tfw hitting people for more than 400 damage per hit
jesus

>>170893881
That weapon is pretty sexy.

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Well, at least it works great against static enemies like giants and mimics.

>>170893729
P sure it's just standard.
Not like it matters considering the output.

>>170894095
Mercury is my go to tool for dealing with ganker fucking shits. They're so eager to R1 me to death that they just blunder in and lose half of their health in seconds. It's hilarious.

>>170888514
I love when shit like this happens

I once got summoned for a fight club, and it ended up with us using White Tree branches and walked as 5 five "pope/priest" statues from pontiff to Anor Londo.

Shit took some time, but was fun

>>170893881
what are your stats? mugenmonkey says even with 40/40/60 you only barely break 600 AR

Is there any location in Dark Souls II that is exactly the same as one of the other two games (as in map overlap, not just the 'same location') like Anor Londo is in both Dark Souls and Dark Souls III?

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>>170894173
Yeah, it seems pretty fun, I also understand the poison weapon art better now.

>>170894173
i've been using it in matches to give me some cover to lob CSS at my opponent, i'll give it a try in invasions

>>170894845
27/40/40
2H it
WA gives it flat 80 magic damage boost

>>170895151
oh, i'd forgotten the WA

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Does anyone on PS4 have a spare Silvercat Ring they could drop for me? I killed Sirris like I normally do, but didn't really think things through on this character, so I kind of need it back. If not, I'd appreciate it if someone could help me mule it over from a different save. Thanks in advance!

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I'm pretty surprised how useful the ice trail WA of Friede's Greatscythe becomes at 40 int at least for pve. I'm at NG+6 and i'm using this thing regularly.
>can continue it directly into WA combo with no delay
>ice explodes in a middle of it and deals like 400-500 damage plus triggers frostbite

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Can anyone tell me what time Ashes of Ariandel unlocked on steam for standalone purchasers/season pass owners?

And was it region specific or did it unlock at once for everyone at a certain time?

If you guys had to get a Dark Souls related tattoo, what would you get?

>>170895861
Aldrich's Chandelier or the full eye orb.

>>170895861
The dark sign over the heart is probably the most common. But the best choice is Priscilla winking on the shoulder, in front of a heart

>>170895861
A dark sign on the chest or on the back I guess? I would hate to have a character

>>170893525
isn't SL90 to high for barracks?

Path of the Dragon covenant symbol from DS1
The lines of grey and white are so damn intricate itd look amazing. Probably will get it one day

>>170896076
>covenant symbol
You mean the eye?

>>170896076
>>170895861

You know what i mean

>>170895845
the ariandel painted world, accessed via a dude in the cleansing chapel

you unlock the undead matches aka dueling arena if you beat 1 boss, and a couple of minor sorceries, some decent weapons (and the BEST sharp weapon) and a few armor sets

>>170895937
>Aldrich's Chandelier
The thing hes holding?
>>170895985
>>170895987
Yeah I kinda thought the Dark Sign would be the most common. I wouldnt get a characther myself as I would find it weird.

I was thinking about getting a bonfire on my forearm

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>>170895861
This across the chest

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>>170895861
Something something Priscilla boobs

Thinking about replaying DS3 cause I only ever got one ending.

I need a fun build idea. I don't have the dlc unfortunately.

>>170896226
Solaire pls, you're a worm, you have no chest

>>170896173
>The thing hes holding?
I meant the covenant seal.

/r/ that aldrich fanart of him being still somewhat human and ready to eat some folks

>>170896131

Yes indeed. Its pretty as hell

>>170896265
desert warrior
full caster
bowman
roman legionaire

there aren't a lot of builds out there
a lot of it boils down to "quality build, now grab literally any weapon and do what you want to do"
so just cosplay something
grab a theme and stick with it throughout the run

try a belmont run maybe, though that's less fun and more tedious frustration

>>170896265
Twinblades
Have someone drop you the valorheart and crow quills (they are dlc weapons but you can still use them)
any black knight weapons
60 int with the moonlight greatsword
gundyr halberd
Pyromancy builds with Onyx Blade/gargoyle flamespear
Demon fist run
Full str with an Heavy mace or a Milwood axe

I advise you to look at the weapons list of Dark Souls 3, pick one and then decides what your build will be, according to the weapons

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>>170896320
Ah that makes more sense

>>170896226
Would rather get a sunlight medal


Tbh something like this would seem pretty neat

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>>170896372

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>>170896573

>>170896573
Thanks, I love it. Also looks like something off the I Am A Hero manga.

>>170896573
Do you also have the one that was made in black and white? He looks ay more inhuman there

It kinda looks like a concept art picture

>>170896573
>aldrich's dress during the boss battle is actually hair
HMMMMMMMM

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>>170896797

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>>170896797
This one?

>>170896851
>>170896856
No

its a single picture of him with his tail and shit, and only having half a face or something, he looks inhuman as fuck

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>>170897030
Pretty sure you mean this one.

Infinite iframes killed medium shields in DS3. I can't remember the last time I've used one to defend from some attack.

>>170891124
Lothric Lorian.
I've spent days cooping there as sl90-100 faith/int combo.

>>170897181
yes thank you anon

It kinda reminds me of Tokyo Ghoul

Interestingly, Aldrich's ashes show what he looked like apparently before eating the trap.

The blob, but with a maw with teeth all around it on one side, like the Sarlacc from RotJ.

>>170896402
>>170896427

Thanks for the ideas guys. I didn't know people could drop DLC weapons for me. The crow quills look pretty interesting.

Might try something with those along with full caster or twin blades. I've spent too much time being a full STR build

>>170897412
If you use the crow quills, use the sharp infusion and go full dex, it's insane, espacially the crit damage with the Hornet ring

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>>170897356
It's a broken skull completely surrounded by maggots.
There isn't even any ash, curiously enough.

>>170896265
50 int+faith
Canvas left hand, chrystal chime right,
Snap freeze-lightning stake-Great Lightning spear
R1 L1 R1 L1 R1 etc

>>170896402
quality build??

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requesting the "plz send help" soap sign.

>>170897504
>Maggots, suppossedly its the undeads he would eat, that could not rot as they are undying.

The ones you encounter before entering the Cathedral, that pukes up maggots, are suppossedly undeads he ate

>>170897648
half-half with str and dex in high numbers, add vigor and endurance as necessary

>>170897504
That probably ties into the description of gnawing insects in the Deep

>>170897762
I think that's just your usual symptoms of Deep/Abyss infestation. The examples are everywhere: gnawing, flymen in painted world, pontiff knight weapons and so on.
This element was added later in the series though, we don't really encounter any insects in AotA and Manus' cave IIRC.

>>170897586
Can't get snap freeze unfortunately.

>>170897912
The mobs in Oolacile have weird insect heads.

>>170897504
I was under the impression that the maggots were his body. Look closely at the sludge in his boss room or his actual body and it's covered (filled?) with maggots.

The "sludge" is probably just something oozed by the maggots, while the maggots themselves form his actual body, allowing him to eat everywhere at once.

>>170897912
The flies in the painted world aren't dark related, they're just flies. The world is rotting, not darkening.

The Pontiff Knight weapons are eaten through because of Aldrich. It's evidence that he passed through the streets of Irithyll ahead of the player. Similarly, Gnaw is a miracle associated with Aldrich's deep worship specifically, so the man-eating insect swarm is probably directly related to him.

>>170898008
they are closer to keratinous cancer. certainly not an insect infestation

What should I make as my next Character?
A Pyro or a miracle user

Ive never used magic before in any of the games

>>170898132
No shut up, the flies are abyss monsters, the paint is made from humanity, priscilla is the furtive pygmy.

>>170897912
That's because insects are associated with Chaos and Pyromancy in Dark Souls 1.

>>170898317
PYRO

>>170898317
99 STR SL 80

>>170898317
Pyro is ez mod once you have the chaos bed vestige.
Faith is "useful" once you finished your character (except for the healing spell that are very useful but don't expect to do a lot of damage with offensive miracle until ng+ cycle)

>>170898980
It's so fucking awesome to free aim CBVs

>>170898859
>>170898970
>>170898980
I dont really care about ng+ cycles.
Its purely for pvp fun later on

>>170897912

Insects are rot related, not dark related. Insects appear when shit starts to rot

>>170899227
Then you should care for NG+ cycles lol

Especially the NG++ one.

>>170899227
Then I guess faith might work for you, I ditch it because I don't liked it that much, you just need Rose of Ariandel, Sunlight Spear, and chuck it in their face
>>170899189
Fuck yeah it is, I felt like an asshole during the Brawl, as a Pyro, you win every time

>>170899227
>>170898970

>gimme warm and soft
>drop items that can be considered warm and/or soft
>gimme smooth and silky
>drop smooth and silky stuff
>picklepee and pumpmarump
what the fuck do i drop?

>>170899249
What about the toxic field in the King's Garden? They make insect noises, and people say toxic and poison is somewhat connected with dark/deep.

Reminder

-there is a divine dragon boss
-filianore bossfight is a fucking vagrant
-gael goes hostile so he can give painter the humanity filianore gives
-painter girl is ariamis' daughter
-ariamis was the furtive pygmy (yes, that means pygmy had a vagine

>>170899646
Things that look like flutes or drums

>>170899328
Why? You can easily farm to 120 on ng
I dont care about rings

>>170899332
I think wrath of the gods/force looks kinda fun

>>170899646
All the items listed in the wikis.

>>170899808
>I dont care about rings

If you go Pyro you'll want at least the sage ring +2. Anyway, if you really don't want to go through it, some anons here might have rings to spare to you.

>>170899979
Ah its 10* virtual dex

Its not something im gonna cry about


It will only force me to play a bit better, as ill have to time my casts more

Anyone on PS4/DS3 that wants to farm some things? I need like 20 sunlight medals for the platinum, but because I'm retarded I overleveled and being summoned is real slow

Sadly, no. Thats not how itll work. Timing your casts allows them to HAVE an extra 10 frames. Makes your shit easily dodgable. The ring makes you an opponent. Without it, youre kinda just a dude throwing shit. And since pyro is probably your only trick, they know dodging is easy and your casts are finite.

>>170900496
How overleveled are you? There are always people in need of help at NK.

>>170900496
>>170900716
Or Friede for that matter. Unless you're like SL387 or something, you have no excuse.

>>170895408
I'll trade you for a morion blade.

>>170900771
The problem with being summoned for Friede is that hosts get cocky after you stunlock the first phase to death and get dumpstered before you can kill the other 2 for them. It takes ages to make any progress with medals because of that.
>host summons me, 2 other phantoms AND Gael
>gets instakilled in phase 3 by Friede's grab

>>170900076
>Ah its 10* virtual dex
it's around 40. 10 is what you need to hit the cast speed cap with it

>using a quickstep weapon
>opponent has their parry tool out
>they parry away while i'm just quickstepping in front of them, never attacking
this shit is too fun.

Its 1:11am
Do i want to boot up souls or go to bed? Probably gonna play the game with an underpowered weapon for fun

>>170901141
Go play guitar.

>>170900895
Sure thing mate. The only catch is that I don't have the Morion Blade on the same character that I need the Silvercat Ring on, so I'll have to summon you twice. Put your red sign down at the first bonfire at High Wall. The password is dsg.

>>170901201

Dont own a guitar, or id do that. I have a song i wanna sing on it, so.

>>170900716
I'm around 200, actually getting a decent amount of summons at lorian right now, don't think I can consistently handle nameless king.

Still a frustrating experience, people summon 3-4 others and NPCs, giving the boss a huge health bar, or the host just gets one-shotted.

>>170898980
from really wrecked pyromancy

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excuse me, why am i a ghost?

Wait it just occurred to me:
Aquamarine Dagger has 3 listed FP costs: 8(2/3)
The L2 enters a stance, but as the gameplay video showed, entering the stance is free and does not cost FP.
While in the stance, R1 costs 2FP. This was also shown in the gameplay video
the 3FP cost is presumably the stance R2, which likely isn't particularly special compared to the stance R1 by its FP cost

So what is this 8FP cost listed outside of the brackets? What input would even trigger that cost, since R1, R2 and L2 are already taken?

It's quickstep. Dodging while in the WA stance must automatically trigger quickstep for an 8FP cost and keep you in the stance. When you think about it, this is kind of necessary not only by process of elimination (there's just no other buttons but roll that could be tied to that FP cost) but practically speaking. Toggling in and out of a stance (especially one that has a long startup animation like that) is clunky and cumbersome so for a weapon like a dagger where speed is literally its only strength, and for a WA concept like that where both WA moves are just normal attacks instead of one-off specials, the ability to dodge without breaking the stance is absolutely necessary for the concept to work. Otherwise being forced to roll at all would just kind of fuck over the WA completely, since you don't really have time to constantly be re-entering the WA when the animation takes as long as an attack would and, like all WA stance animations, can't be used to cancel out of a previous animation.

It's quickstep with an 8FP cost.

>>170899654
toxic and poison are also related to chaos/pyromancy, in the first game.

>>170901475
You're dead. You're not in Lost Izalith, you're in hell.

>>170901469
>200

dun goofed, son.

>>170899654
insects could breath fire and poison in blighttown

>>170901332
Be right there

>>170901543
>inb4 it's a special quickstep that allows you to basically phase around Vergil-style

>>170901624
Yeah, I'm aware of that. I just thought that the ideas presented by this anon a few threads ago were pretty solid. Still a bit skeptical, though.

>>170901778
Aren't those man-insects just regular chaos demons?

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>>170897504

>>170902062
GET VAATI ON THE PHONE

>>170902062
What the FUCK are those things? Just rotten people put together?

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>>170902062
Fuck those things

>>170902161
Yeah, they're just a haunted pile of rotting corpses. The vengeful dead of New Londo

>>170902062
Imagine sticking your dick into one of those

>>170902231
haha

>>170901332
Still waiting here at the same bonfire

>>170900938
Yes i meant 10 + from the original which has 30

Its too much of a hassle just for 10+

>>170902312
Don't know what happened there, it took forever for your sign to pop up. Sorry about that. Thanks for the help man, really appreciate that ring. Would've had to restart the playthrough otherwise. Enjoy your Morion Blade shenanigans.

>>170902231
must be very slushy
>>170902187
they are slow, nigh immobile and if you have a shield, the only attack that can hurt you is the vomit
>>170902438
oh. you want that 50 virtual dex though, you should get 20 if you dont plan on getting the ring

Any chance there might be a patch changing lightning spears to do their full damage at range? Maybe reduce their overall damage a little, but I wish they didn't design them to be a melee spell.

>>170902668
They're a lot more interesting as a melee spell to be honest, it gives faith a unique gimmick to separate it from the other casting schools. If lightning spear was a normal ranged spell it'd be no different from soul arrow or fireball.

It just needs better, or more efficient damage overall.

does the hornet ring in dark souls 1 improve riposte damage?

>>170902584
Cheers mate

how to parry gwyn? goddamn it

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>>170895861
this way I could always claim it's Saurons eye if admitting I'm a dragonbro gets too awkward

>>170902801
of course it does, what kind of question is this?

>>170902974
stop bullies me

>>170899646
give her stuff that you can make noise with

>>170902796
It adds almost nothing to how interesting it is though. It just makes it shittier because they gut one of the main reasons anyone would choose a casting class, an that is having a ranged option. Having extra damage at melee range could be a neat bonus, but nothing more. You're better off using two r1's if you're up in soneones face anyway. Faith already has a way to distinct itself from other casting schools, it has healing and lots of AoE spells. And it would give more people a reason to use chimes as you won't have to be next to someone to deal enough damage for it to be worth your fp.

>tfw parry Gwyn 4 times so he grabs my head and blows it up
not fair

>>170903084
how's that supposed to help, you can make noise with anything

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>>170895861
Go big or go home

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I've been wanting to make a lightning knight build for a while but I don't have that much experience with pvp builds.
What should I change with it? is there any other good raw weapons to be buffed with lightning blade other than drakeblood or dragonslayer's axe?

>>170903815
Lothric Knight Greatsword

>>170903958
That needs more strength though which means I'll have to sacrifice more endurance which isn't optimal when using ultra weapons.
I mean I could technically go all the way up to 142 if I want to max out stats but that feels kinda cheap considering 120 is what most players is at.

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>you parry the final DS1 boss to death
>he takes sweet revenge in DS3
I love SoC.

>>170903815
you're going to need sage+1
better get life+3 instead of favor
drop end to 27, get more faith, 60 would be best. you could probably switch classes for better results

>>170904153
Isn't 15 dex + regular sage the cap for casting speed? Maybe I remember it wrong.
Life ring would be good yeah to get a little more beefy.

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>>170904145
>hitting him while he's down in Curved Sword form

>>170903815
>raw drakeblood
>when heavy at min reqs does more damage
woow

How the fuck do I kill the beasts like the one on the bridge to Irithyll?
this game is a piece of shit bloodborne copy-paste with enemies on meth and you being slow as fuck

>>170904837
Hit their nose

>>170904528
only 2handed. but if you only twohand, might as well just have 12 str, since he's stat-starved. although if he wants to mix up 1 and 2hand, he should probably go heavy

can't wait to twink on the GOTY editionfags who fell for the prepare to die meme

>>170904837
As with any other large, bestial foe, you have to learn their timing and range and not fuck it up.

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>>170904837
>you being slow as fuck

>>170905081
timing? this cunt attacks multiple times a second in every fucking direction

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>>170904837
>bloodborne
hah

>>170904837
The player character in DaS3 is hardly any slower compared to Good Hunter, the only benefit BB dodges have compared to rolls is that they have less wakeup frames.
The overall movement speed, unlocked rolling, weapon swing speed in BB are pretty much the same.
Acquire decency.
>>170905237
>playing soulshit without online features
>playing soulshit without what made the series popular in the first place

>>170905570
this is the biggest bullshit pcuck damage control post I ever read

>>170895861
Darksign around my asshole.

Any tried doing a Farron Flashsword only run?

I like the idea of casting it with the Crystal Chime to look like you're swinging a lighsaber

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>>170905630
I'm not one though.

>>170905947
It's terrible.
Flashsword's efficiency in terms of FP cost to damage is fucking terrible so you're constantly swigging blue juice while very slowly killing things. Small mobs generally take at least 2 more swings to kill than a normal straightsword would take and big things are downright tedious to chip away at. Like every other sorcery, it requires endgame stats, two rings and an offhand damage amp to even start to approach reasonable levels of damage. You'll be in the catacombs hitting skeletons for 90 damage a pop with a +6 catalyst and 180 spell buff.

You also don't get the crystal chime until archives, so it's super endgame. In fact, I think even if you went in with 100% blue estus, you wouldn't have enough casts of flashsword to clear an area without intentionally running past and skipping enemies. Fromsoft seemingly designed it to be an endgame pvp option and gave no consideration towards it's early-midgame usability or its pve value.

>>170905947
Distortion2 did it, it is on his YT channel

>>170906256
>13th month of 2003

Nice try.

Been trying to kill Gwyn for an hour and I can't seem to parry him like a bitch.
I must be getting old (22)

>>170903572
yeah but stuff like bells, drums and bombs is better at it

>>170905148
Is it so hard to understand that some enemies can attack in combos? Because surely you have faced enemies that attack immediately after their last attack. What do you usually do in those situations?

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Should I be +7 or 8 for Lothric castle PvP?

>>170906530
Just tank him with havel/stone set

>>170906865
+9

>>170906458
Appreciated, I think I'll start the run and see just how miserable it turns out

>>170906919
That's not swordsmanship.
I already killed him using soltaire. But I want to kill him legit.
I'm weaking black iron. Why doesn't it resist his fire enough?

>>170906865
It hardly matters since you'll start getting matched with +10's the second you Chunk your weapon, and anyone who isn't doing the Dancer skip will already have a +6 or +7 minimum.

>>170907121
>I'm weaking black iron.
Is it +5?

>>170907121
Have you upgraded your armor? That might help.

>>170907121
>want to kill him legit
>uses the crutch method

>>170907269
>>170907279
I upgraded it to full the moment I got it in anor londo

>want to get Gargoyle Halberd
>it's a RNG drop
How do I go about getting this thing the most efficient way?

>>170907309
>parrying
>crutch method
What's more legit than swordsmanship?

>>170907415
Kill first bell gargoyle, if it didn't drop kys and try again

Ariamis, the furtive pygmy, has three children:

Ariandel, the eldest

Artorias, a knight of gwyn

The as-yet unnamed painter Ariela, youngest daughter and the goddess of the forlorn

Ariamis fractured her soul and gave it to the hollows to ease their suffering, and then created the painted world for those who still could not find purpose

>>170907415
collectors edition

>>170907507
>Ariamis fractured her
>her

>>170907415
Fight the gargoyles, kill one, if it doesn't drop then bone out.

Or just use Collector's Edition.

>>170907419
Using your roll button to dodge his attacks. That also reduces the damage you take from his attacks to zero instead of tanking them head-on from failed parries.

>>170907507
[citation needed]

>>170907507
>Ariamis, the furtive pygmy

Look at this retard and laugh, obviously Priscilla and Velka are the pygmy, split in two representing the duality of man (black and white, as seen on the humanity sprite) and locked away in the painted world to prevent them stirring a human uprising.

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>>170907185
>>170906969
So I can just pump my way to 9.
What about SL? 70?

>>170907760
Anything from 70 to 120 will get activity, since you'll run into people who are leveling normally on their first playthrough, casuals overleveling for their first playthrough, and people running through NG+ and upward.

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>>170907609
thanks BUT I PARRIED HIM LIKE A BITCH HAHAHA
LORD OF CINDER MY ASS.
What do I do now?
kindle that bonfire or leave?

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>>170907984
Cool, I want to keep my SL as low as possible since i'm on NG.

what's this parry fetish?

>>170908324
You need to be """skilled""" to land parries

>>170907984
i thought you couldn't find people in ng+ if you're still in ng

>>170908187
leave and say hello to the primordial hydra

>>170907507
That would imply that Artorias has human/dark origin which is explicitly stated to be false and was revealed to be the reason he got so fucked up by Manus
Gael's dialogue implies that the goddess of the forlorn has the power to grant fire for Ariandel, when the girl needs to see fire ie cannot grant it.

>>170907507
You've got it all wrong.

"Pygmies" are just humans. It's what you might call their true name, as humankind was created by the furtive pygmy in his small and weak image. Humans are just pygmies with humanity (the dark soul).

"The Ringed City" is New Londo. It was given to the Four Kings, who at the time of Gwyn's reign, ruled four kingdoms of loyal humankind to be essentially the capital of godfearing mankind. The Goddess worshiped there, who's depicted in statues all around New Londo, is Gwyn's youngest daughter. The city is so-called "ringed" because it was effectively the capital of the Way of White before the Four Kings met Kaathe and turned against the Gods.

Being remains of a kingdom from the very first age, it's at the very bottom of the Dreg Heap, suspended over the Abyss created by Manus, which rests beneath both Oolacile and New Londo. As what essentially became the capital of the undead and the home of darkness itself, New Londo has been preserved through the ages at the bottom of the Dreg Heap as the defacto capital of dark-worship and of hollows.

The Purging Monument itself alludes to the fact that New Londo's seal was presided over by healers who could cure curses.

In all likelyhood, "Londor" isn't actually a single place or kingdom. The Sable Church doesn't reside in the Ringed City. Rather, Londor is an idea, a pledge of pilgrimage to New Londo, a hollow equivalent to Aliyah. Londor exists within the teachings of the Sable Church and in every hollow that adheres to it, and their ultimate goal is to complete the pilgrimage to their lost capital and reclaim it, and the abyss beneath it, as the seat of power for their coming Dark Age.

In other words, TRC is about the player character revisiting New Londo after eons and finding it under new management. While Anor Londo has decayed to ruin since the events of DaS1, New Londo has thrived and grown into what we know call "The Ringed City"

>>170905148
Have you tried acquiring proficiency?

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>>170908503
Okay. Why are they bowing to me though?
What just happened?

Any tips on Pontiff Sullycahn for a two hand greatsword build?
First playthrough, black knight sword and enough strength for ultra grt swrds


this guys combos are so lengthy and question is the block with sword command effective at all against large opponents?

>>170908424
but you can't parry most monsters. You can only parry humans. Checkmate

>>170907415
It's a guaranteed drop from the ones in anor londo if it doesn't drop from the ones on top of the church

>>170907415
why don't you get a greatsword instead of halberd?
Spears and their cousins are petty weapons.

>>170907609
>bone out
Nah, just quit to menu

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>>170908660
what does a dark age mean? does it mean those literal dark ages?

>>170908665
Stay close to him and dodge, attack him once he finished his combo and dodge again.
Also when he invoke his ghost/stand/double try to kill it, he will summon it again and it will leave you very large attack window to destroy his life bar.

Why is the Nameless King fight so fucking good? I mean, its one of the few times you even fight a God at his full strength.

why are trees a central part of the origins of everything

>>170908660
>>170909109

Congratulations, you became the Lord of Dark, the one to rule over Humanity's coming age. What exactly that means, though, no one fucking knows, which is exactly why the old gods feared it.

>>170909535
They feared it because it meant that fucking skinny ass nerd Pygmy won. Him of all the Lords.
Unless he's actually Manus.

>>170909504
>fight a God at his full strength

Debatable. We can see NK is clearly hollow, which means his soul's power has diminished. And this is assuming he left his father's side at his full power; I can hardly imagine Gwyn not coming to blows with his son over such a split, which could have cost him a lot of strength in injuries.

>>170893525
Elias?

>>170909768
True, but he's had years to heal, and Gywn himself was no slouch when he was hallow. I imagine NK has at least half his strength when you meet him, and combine that with his mounts soul that he uses in the fight, he was probably at near strength.

>>170909504
>full strength

He's hollowed to shit, far past his prime dragon hunting days. He turned into a wimpy SJW and sided with the dragons because "they dindu nuffin" and lost his power level.

Someone give me a quick ru through on how to create a pyro in ds3

What stats should I go for?

>>170910056
Que?

>>170910106
He was just doing what his dad did with that weirdo albino dragon. Gywn is such a hypocrite.

>>170908608
Also the symbolism of the 'ring' and the way of white is that humankind are dark beings with a an outer-shell of light.

That is to say, their 'human' form is a product of fire. Humans have life and death and light because Gwyn used the power of fire to seal the darkness of humanity. The human body is a fire-based seal meant to contain the dark soul. This is what Aldia meant when he said "men assumed a fleeting form" when Gwyn "banished dark." The white ring representing the WoW is empty because they worship and focus solely on the ring itself, the 'fire' aspect of human existence, and eschew the dark side entirely.

Hollowing is caused by that seal weakening. When the power of fire declines, it's no longer strong enough to keep human's inner-dark in check. They lose the ability to die because dying itself is a property of fire, and their bodies slowly hollow because life is also a property of fire, leaving them in the in-between state of hollowing. The Darksign is a representation of this, with the ring of fire giving way to the dark center.

Even the name 'hollowing' alludes to this. The essence of their being shifts from the ring of light to the dark interior, the hollow middle of the ring. Of course, it's not really 'hollow' but that's the whole point.

>>170910223
att
int
fai

How viable is sorcery/pyromancy/miraclancery in general without using ANY related rings and just their best catalysts and scaling weapons? From what I'm hearing, pyromancy seems to be the best well rounded magic, but requires heavy stat investment but I'm not sure what to pick.

>>170910106
The dragons didn't do anything. Meanwhile you see knights running around with huge "dragonslayer" bows shooting huge fucking spears. How dragons supposed to withstand that?

>>170910493
I'm asking about DaS3

>>170910521
Lets be honest, this is all Seath's fault.

So who wants to bet that the 'abyss dragon' was originally being developed as a boss for the painted world and they just recoloured his frost aura and ice crystals to shove him into TRC when Bamco forced from to release the first half of the DLC early

>>170909535
What happens if I link the fire? Do I become a hollow like gwyn so soltaire can kill me later to link the fire again?

>>170910250
I still find it plausible that NK sided with the dragons to protect someone dear to him. Like, say Gwyn's wife was taken by the Everlasting Dragons, which made him go apeshit, but over the course of the war (because it couldn't have been won in a day), NK realized that his father's kill 'em all policy was putting his mother in danger. Tragic shit like that.

>>170910493
Rings are only necessary if you rely on only/majority casting. Though having them do help a lot in terms of dmg. If anything, sage ring is even more important.

Pyromancy is good at 30, 30. Many of its spells (chaos) also do not have requirements outside of attunement slots.

What kind of character?

>>170910669
I always assumed Gywn's wife had an affair with a dragon, resulting in Yorshka. NK, wanting to protect both his baby sister and mother, would side with the dragons to make sure Gywn wouldn't be able to wipe them all out.

>>170910645
The only concrete thing we see is that you fucking explode when you link the fire. It is plausible to assume, though, that you become a hollow shell for the Flame to use as its avatar, given what we've seen with the Soul of Cinder.

For the anon asking a few threads ago, a "tactical insertion" is when someone travels to a spot far from a bonfire to place their summon sign, knowing that someone who needs help is waiting for them at that location.

>>170910645
Well, since it sounds like you managed to save Solaire, he's probably going to link the fire a few minutes after this, since his summon sign was right outside.

>>170899698
Not doubting you on any of this, but I've been out of town for the last few days and missed this. Pls explain?

Also, do we know Ariamis was female?

So, Gywnevere moved from AL, met a king, and had Lothric and Lorian, right? This might explain why Lothric was being groomed as a Lord at a young age, so Gywnevere could keep her fathers age alive just a little longer.

>>170910965
He's just pulling shit out of his ass. None of this has been even remotely confirmed.

>>170910613
Seath did nothing wrong

>>170910765
good melee build with a decent quick ranged attack to punish healing or spam rolling

>>170911149
>quick ranged attack
>>>/bloodborne/

>>170910637
Nah, I think it was originally planned for release in the second half of the DLC, which became TRC. All the stuff in the Millwood descriptions was put there to foreshadow its coming presence. After all, why would the Millwood Knights' nemesis be drawn into the painting, when the place is supposed to be a calm haven for the Knights?

>>170910894
dammit. I have to kill him but the game ended

>>170911601
The millwood knight lore was very obviously slapped-together last minute.
The whole reason that AoA even had an army of greatbow-wielding str/fth knights in a tall guard tower was to set up for an ice dragon encounter. They knew they couldn't meet the deadline with it when the DLCs were split and changed the millwood descriptions to allude vaguely to an abyss dragon instead and replaced the actual fight with the slapped-together Gravetender

>>170910613
it's not his fault he was born naked

@the morne's hammer shills from last thread

This shit is slow as fuck and eats stamina. The only good thing about it is it's WA but is hardly good if your opponents seen it before and know not to overcommit or use tears of denial which completely negates it's surprise one shot potential.

Also it can't even be used at low levels because of it's heavy stat investment which means you're very unlikely to get any one shots with the WA unless you are doing an honorabru duel.

Extremely situational weapon. Good for team battles and pressuring gankers I guess. Makes an OK secondary weapon to swap to.

>>170911149
that's called offhand xbow or throwing firebombs m8

>>170911049
>So, Gywnevere moved from AL, met a king, and had Lothric and Lorian, right?

Maybe? Again, Dark Souls lore. Shit's vague and could be interpreted numerous ways. It seems to me, though, that the generational gap was a bit wider than that. Like, I get the sense that, even assuming Gwynevere is indeed the queen who came to Lothric from someplace, she just helped start the royal line.

>>170911709
Even if Solair dies, someone else will come link the fire before it fades, and the cycle will continue.

>>170911086
The vagrant thing seems extra outlandish, but fair enough

>>170911830
Did he have to be such a dick about it though? I mean, I get it, but did he really have to kill all his dragon pals?

>>170912206
They called him a bitch to his face.

>>170912239
How could he have known that? Nigga has no eyes.

>>170911049
>Gywnevere moved from AL, met a king, and had Lothric and Lorian, right?

doesn't the lore imply that Lorian is from a long line of people bred to link the fire? I mean DaS3 takes place waaaaay after DaS1 and 2 after all.

She'd putting on the aeons by this point and the only reason I dont question it, is because Aldrich managed to eat Gwyndolin

>tfw bad connection

Reaction parrying is LITERALLY impossible because their attack frames start sooner than my PC registers it.

What was the most recent version of DSFix that worked with the GFWL version?

>>170912397
predict their attack frames

>>170911889
The value of it is basically that the WA is strong and versatile as fuck. It's one of the fastest WAs available while also being an AoE explosion with built-in perseverance. You can cast it on reaction to a rapier thrust and force them to bounce off your startup, earning an unavoidable instability hit. Some other weapons also deflect off of perseverance and so get fucked by morne's WA.

The biggest downside to morne's is the weight and stat reqs, which make it impractical on all but a specialized sl 120 build. It pays for that in having what is very likely the best overall WA in the game.

The WA actually comes out faster than a standard GH R1, which is part of what makes it such an amazing tool for trading, baiting and so on.

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>>170912308
He's got eyes on the inside, anon.

>>170912308
Ain't even got legs.

>>170912764
he's got magic so he doesn't need legs

>>170912764
we even have this crystal shit that makes us double immortal

>>170912764
Being a dragon is amazing~

>>170912890
why can I sense trapfapping homolust in your comment?

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>there is no stat combination where the assassin will be better than the mercenary, sorcerer or pyromancer

it isn't fair

>>170913005
Its a reference to a DS video, anon.

>>170912337
Yes the Lothric line is predicated on linking the fire. Doesn't necessarily disprove Gwynevere being the Queen of Lothric though does it?

>>170913050
put all points into endurance and dex and backstab everyone with a dagger. How do you get more assassin than that?

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>>170913005
>he is unaware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9x_koRZ2bA

>>170913107
I find it fucked up that she just left her daughter though. Do you think she knew what Sullyvahn eventually did to her?

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>>170913005
>he hasn't seen Plague's video

Amazing.

So as a pyro i need to upgrade in int, faith and att.

How much in each?
Should i put as many points as possible in att to start with, so i can spam more?

>>170913226
yes att is more important than int and fai. Upgrade int and fai evenly I think. I know nothing about ds2 and 3 tho. INT wiki reader here

>>170913179
I'm talking about optimizing starting classes stat allocation

the assassin always loses because he has one more point in faith and luck than merc, the two stats you least want on a dex/int build

>>170913226
Depends. Are you going for a pure caster style? Or are you something more spellsword-y?

>>170913183
>How's Cirian doing?
>Still hot. Check out this new puppy.
I love this video.

>>170913183
>This shit is fucked. I'll go find some more dudes to set on fire.
Fucking Frampt.

>>170913186
Are you talking about Yorshka being imprisoned or Gertrude being locked up?
Yorshka is her sister, so you're probably talking about Gertrude. Well did we know for sure Sullyvhan was directly responsible for locking her up? Regardless I think Gwynevere knew it, it probably added to the many reasons why she left.

>>170913578
I think he's talking about the theory that the Dancer is one of her daughters, since her head wear is only given to those of direct bloodline to the Old Gods.

It's been more than a year since I've last played das3. I have to say that the game has improved quite a bit since then. My framerate seems to be more stable now and I have not crashed at all. Also, the default key binds are not bad at all. They're different than those in das1, but once you get used to them, they're quite good.

I have one question, though. What's the point of ember mode? I don't play online so I have no need to summon or be summoned by anybody, but I still want to be invaded by NPCs. Does ember mode allow that or can i be non-embered and still get invaded by NPCs?

>>170904145
This was bullshit the first time it happens.

>>170913851
Ohhh okay
Yeah maybe she left to get help or something

>>170913870
Embered mode prevents the 30% health cut you normally have. It also opens you up to invasions (even NPC ones only work while embered).

>>170913870
>can i be non-embered and still get invaded by NPCs?

It's not impossible, but it might as well be. The way it works with invasions is that those with phantoms in their worlds get the highest priority for invasions (if they've used the Dried Finger, they get even higher), meaning anyone entering the invasion queue will go to those worlds first. Simply being embered puts you in a lower bracket, and again, being unembered basically means you've no chance.

>introduce a new better parry system in BB
>go back to a shittier one in ds3

what did memezaki mean by this?
where's my ranged estus parry?

I just finished dark souls 1 with pure melee combat and I don't know if I should play it again or move on to dark souls 2. It would be boring to play the same game again right?

>>170914293
Why would you answer a question if you don't know what you're talking about?

You cannot be invaded while unembered, neither by players nor NPCs. If you are offline and want to face NPC invasions, you must be embered.

>>170914648
if you do das 2 try out hexing

I want to strangle the person who put two dogs in the Capra Demon arena.

>>170914832
gain dog ring

>>170914571
>mfw people think Memeazaki or From in general spends any time balancing the PvP mechanics when making and designing these games
BB had more "thought" (lmao) in it's PvP mechanics because the NPC hunter duels were part of the core PvE experience.

>>170914789
make my decision for me and justify it please

>>170913226
For what game?

>>170915236
no

>>170915298
please tell me what to play

The fuck is Ghru Rotshield and why doesn't it even have a wikia page?

>>170915525
It's a secret boss you fight after killing Morne's greathammer

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>>170915508
go outside and bathe in the sun

who told the humans about lightening?

>>170915646
But I killed gwyndolin

>>170915703
Gwyn

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stretched bois

>>170915703
old father loyd

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>>170915917
That's ALLfather Lloyd, you fucking Carim heretic.

>>170915998
some father boyd?

>>170914062
>(even NPC ones only work while embered)
This sucks. Thank you for answering, anon.

>>170915821
no who told him?

>>170915917
>>170915998
>>170916047
shut up heretics

>>170915703
Could be anyone, I'd guess at Gwyn himself or nameless

>>170915821
gwyn is a pygmy according to this video.

>>170916201
>>170916219
https://youtu.be/u0yuDfcOhvA?t=475

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>>170916118
Liiightning

>>170916201
Actually NK seems the most likely.
In DaS1, the only sources of lightning damage are limited to Anor Londo weaponry (which is closed off to ordonary humans) and the miracles awarded to warriors of sunlight by NK's altar.

I think the only source of lightning damage in the game that isn't locked behind Sen's gate or the sunbros is the demon's spear you can buy from Shiva, but that's probably an oversight since those demons are only found in AL anyways.

What makes that kind of interesting is that when you realize lightning miracles were disseminated to mankind via NK and pretty much exclusively available through his worship, then Drangleic, a kingdom of drake-taming, dragonriding casterknights whose miracles are exclusively lightning-based, becomes kinda interesting.

>>170911049

No, gwynevere married some faggot named flann. The queen of lothric is most likely rosaria, though, since she has to be related to gwynevere and rosaria gives bountiful sunlight