/dsg/ - Demon's/Dark Souls General

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This thread is now blessed by Gravelord Nito and the Pardoners of Velka.

Does anyone ever feel compelled to delete their save and start fresh with a new character, building from the ground up? Now that the DLC is about to hit I'm feeling it a little.

>>171364215
The links for DLC stuff were getting out of hand, so I had to move them to a pastebin. May try to sort them out a bit later on, but for now this also ensures that it can be updated in the middle of a thread.

>>171364215
Where did you get fotage of the desert slut?

>>171364215
is it just me or does she not have high heels? It looks like she's standing with her feet flat on the ground.

>>171364409
You're right, it looks like they redesigned the outfit a bit.

>>171364467
>C team is too retarded to program high heels in the BB engine

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>>171363587
I eventually won but literally bled me dry of all my estus

>>171363635
Bad habit when I'm outnumbered, but every now and then you meet phantoms/invaders who delay and stagger their swings behind the others, which counters it really well.

>>171363771
I had zero phantoms and was surprised I never got a cop summon, this was a newer character at the time who used dried finger in every area for fun.

>>171364215
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ-4oX8S1FI

The original GameSpot gameplay video was deleted because the beginning showed the dialogue with the Stone-humped Hag, and the stats and description for the Splitleaf Greatsword. This new one doesn't really show anything that other videos don't show, besides the location for the Murky Hand Scythe (which was also in the old one). Should I just remove it altogether from the OP? The stats are already in the Imgur link.

Which game you would like to play for the first time again?

Demons Souls here

>>171364617
>tfw invaders butthurt about the host using their typical tactics when outnumbered three to one for a change

Ignore them. It's what any red would have done in the same situation. The eagerness of those fuckers disgusts me.

No one answered last thread, I made a boo boo and +9ed my 70 invaders weapon, did I goof? Do I need to remake?

>>171365336
Nah, +9 is fine for SL70.

>>171365336
I don't usually pvp that high but just go invade in mid-end game areas, if the summon times suck you goofed if invasions flood in you're fine.

You're probably fine though it's easy to max out a weapon by that level.

>>171365336
You'll still get matched with players with +6 weapons, and everybody has at least a +6 weapon by the time they finish Irithyll and beat Pontiff (+7 if they looted Smouldering Lake and did the trade with Pickle Pee).

The real issue is that at SL70 the only real places you'll get activity at are post Lothric Castle (where Chunks ensure that everybody will have +7 to +10 weapons) and gankers in post-Pontiff's.

>>171365597
So whats the best invasion range then? I've done a 60 aldrich faithful build before, is that where it's at then?

>>171365442
>>171365478
Thats good to know, thanks for the info my man.

>>171364215
>>171364328
>>171364943
Announcement trailer: https://youtu.be/igomOLwqsV0
Screenshots/art: https://imgur.com/a/83M79
Gameplay footage: https://youtu.be/j8Ke647-xsU
Redacted Ringed Knight armor set screenshots: http://imgur.com/wIM6rIJ
Vaati's notes, trimmed (MAJOR SPOILERS, read with a grain of salt): http://pastebin.com/Y7MTapKN
Leaked first boss fight (SPOILERS): https://sendvid.com/ppo6urmb
Famitsu screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/A6diD
TRC gameplay from PAX East stream: https://mega.nz/#!nFUhTJTY!sVWEb4jeiteATO9mFWKPmtOuyPQiPI6IKEWXH1uS3qo
PvP arena screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/games/374320/announcements/detail/261612445216430867
ADP arena: https://youtu.be/G-ogfoPhz64
Grand Archives arena: https://youtu.be/UVM4AsXX4yk
Bamco stream (PvP portion, some weapon stats): https://mega.nz/#!7YNUhbZB!IXABnYIRQR9GQd030iLgOAMR30ExztE-qdV9RdQKysc
Bamco stream (PvE portion, nothing new): https://mega.nz/#!fYUhiA7b!bb9K_rKuPVb3vg4OLvWAsab5r_7h0TOyO6IxnjKvPi0
DLC weapon stats: https://imgur.com/a/00ozT
IGN PvP gameplay (shitty players, but showcases some weapons): https://youtu.be/HFR6YZTlNz8 https://youtu.be/CH-ZJfeO9iw
IGN JP review: http://jp.ign.com/dark-souls-3/11988/preview/dark-souls-iiidlc-2-the-ringed-city
IGN gameplay (nothing new before 5:54): https://youtu.be/F61tviDEgi0

YouTube links shortened, and removed the GameSpot link (only thing of value in it was in the first 2 minutes that was removed from the re-uploaded video). Should be short enough to be in the OP again (so long as the combined link to the previous thread is 90 characters or less). If more shit needs to be added, we'll just resort to the Pastebin again.

Guise I want to respec to a quality/faith hybrid sort of build, with 30 faith to cast buffs. Which of STR or DEX should I take to 40, and how high should I level the other?
I'm torn between 40 DEX for swordspear and the fact that mid 20s is enough STR to 2H anything, and 40 STR because I really fucking want to use Ringed Knight Sword, and because high STR is more paladiny.

>>171364617
>I had zero phantoms and was surprised I never got a cop summon
blueberries only show up against invaders and cant be summoned if you only have doggos and aldrichs fanclub

Reminder that Dark Sword users are subhuman and should be treated as such.

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>>171364334
It's in the OP links, IGN video of the PvE.

>>171364409
>>171364467
>>171364576
Nope, still has the high heels.

>>171366145
Look, anon. It doesn't work. It just fucking doesn't.
Your buffs are laughably weak
Your heals are too FP inefficient if you don't stack the fuck out of ATT and FAI
Your offensive miracles are a joke
Your unique weapons don't scale at all with Faith
Just
Just play Dark Souls 2 or 1

>>171366325
This Anon has the right idea. Either go full faith (lol) or just quality. Fromsoft hates hybrid gameplay, and someone killed Memezaki with a lightning spear once so Faith has been paying the price all of DS3's lifespan for it.

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>>171366145
Just realized I can fit everything I want into a 125 build. How's this look? My only concern is whether the stamina is enough for greatswords

>>171366325
>>171366413
Really? I would have thought tears, oath, and especially lightning blade would be worth it

>>171366506
Tears saves you with 1 hp, so literally someone wearing a single piece of thorns can hit you, proc you and roll into you to kill you. It's a gimmick. Oath and Lightning blade are both pointless. You can get the same benefit from Pine resin and Sacred Oath is garbage.

This game really is Quality builds or gtfo.

>>171366506
Tears is countered by wearing a single piece of Kirk armor. Unless you're also willing to expend a ring slot for Sun Princess or an off-hand slot for Blessed Caestus, it's worthless.

Oath is shit in PvP, it's like 10% as effective as it is in PvE.

Lightning Blade, Dark Blade and DMB add shit amounts of damage unless you have 60 Faith and are using Yorshka's.

>>171366145
>>171366506
On my Paladin I went 17/40 and 40 Faith, with 24 Attunement. Infused my shit with either Refined or Sharp depending what was best. Don't listen to those two, it's perfectly viable.

>>171366645
>Lightning Blade, Dark Blade and DMB add shit amounts of damage unless you have 60 Faith and are using Yorshka's.
I thought buffs added flat damage and didn't scale

>>171366715
Spell-casted buffs are dependent on the spell buff rating of the spell tool used. Unless you have a really good talisman and Faith out the ass, it's not going to add much more than you can get from a bundle.

>>171366282
aah good, guess it was just the angle

Can someone post the ringed knight sword webm?

>>171366634
>Tears saves you with 1 hp, so literally someone wearing a single piece of thorns can hit you, proc you and roll into you to kill you.

that's why anyone using tears has a blessed offhand/etheral oak shield + sun princess ring, because then the thorns proc will do nothing unless it happens the milisecond it pops.

as for sacred oath I think the argument you're looking for is 'just use the sword WA instead lol'

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Only need the +2 rings and two more endings...

If one decides to go a Dex Int or Dex Fai build, how much does one lose out on by having 40 Dex and no Sage Ring? To my knowledge, casting speed is capped out at 50 Dex, but how much do you truly gain by going from 40 to 50?

>>171367052
Grats anon. Keep going.

>>171367180
Sage Ring is overrated. Don't bother.

>>171367180
Aren't the scaling benefits of going from 40-60 int/fai greater than the benefits of 1-40 scaling in int/fai?

So no one answered, what is the best invasion sl? Is it 60 with Aldrich, or 70? Hell maybe it's 40. Someone just give me the down low!

>>171367420
50-60.

>>171367410
This is it. Honestly unless you are just making a MLGS build, Don't bother with any spell build without 60 in the stat, unless it's pyro.

>>171367180
40 dex is more than enough to not use sage ring

getting 60 int or 60 faith is the hard part of the build

>>171367046
Sacred oath, like almost every other buff, is castrated in PvP with stealth modifiers. It does next to nothing.

>>171367545
Why did they do that? When was it decided that unnerfed buffs would be too good for pvp?

>>171367420
I prefer 50

>>171367657
Is 50 hoppin? Where do you go to invade? Boreal?

>>171367697
SL 50 in the post-pontiff area is pretty much non-stop pvp activity any time of the day.

>>171367420
I really like SL30 for invading crucifixion woods, cathedral, farron keep and catacombs.

you get the added avantage that the host will rarely have an estus advantage, and if you made sure to twink properly you'll have a massive level advantage due to rings.

also ds greataxe, dark hand with heavy millwood axe for backup destroys pretty much anything but the most coordinated gank squad using downscaled SL120s

>>171367598
Since the game's release, and because Tanimura learned his lesson about buff stacking from 2, but in usual fashion, massively overdid it.

>>171367972
Buff stacking in 2 wasn't a problem. Made a lot of builds viable. Better then buffs being pointless in 3.

>>171367972
But if stacking buffs was the problem, why not just make sure they cancel eachother out if you try to stack buffs, but individually they can be at full power no matter what situation?

>>171367972
>implying buff stacking would ever have been a problem in 3 when they added the duel charms

I actually had someone pull the plug because I threw a duel charm on his password summoned downscaled phantom to remove his lightning blade buff.

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>>171368090
>Buff stacking in 2 wasn't a problem

How selective is your memory? Did you just erase the first couple of months after release?

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>>171368158
Because tam tam.

That's exactly what they did in 2 after it became apparent that it was badly needed, dividing up classes of buffs and making them cancel each other, and cutting out really bad cheese like magic infused crystam magic weapon moonlight. It worked pretty much fine for cutting out the cancer, but, buffing was still practically obligatory in "the meta".

Tanimura's PvP team does this shit all the time, where one thing is massively overused, so he nerfs it into the ground to the point nobody will use it again.

>>171368192
Didn't play the game till SotFS. After they patched out all the terrible shit. Thats why my memories of DS2 are all good ones.

>>171368158
>why not just make sure they cancel eachother out if you try to stack buffs, but individually they can be at full power no matter what situation?
This desu. You should be able to have a maximum of one buff on yuor body and one buff on an item in your hand (though you could potentially buff both hand items if you're using weapon catalysts or something). Then rebalance some buffs; some are useless (replenishment) and some are too strong (denial - it's not OP, but literally why would you use anything else? give it a time limit of a couple minutes and it's perfect).

>>171367726
I am looking at the pasta in the OP and it says for sl 50 invade Aldrich, forrest and Castle. I've beaten the game multiple times, but I have no idea wtf the forrest is?

>>171368389
>>171368389
This would legitimately explain why so many people seem to remember DS2 without any of its glaring flaws.

>>171368192
Someone post the webm of the buffstacking faggot getting golf swung off the bridge before he can finish.

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>>171368551
I don't have it, but here's the best golfswing.

>>171368536
I don't think DS2 was a perfect game by any stretch, but I got more replay enjoyment out of it than DS3 by a mountain load. Also the pvp felt more alive because a lot of builds worked, and it legitimately feels like the only build at the top in DS3 is quality.

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Will the karate fist be in the dlc?

>>171368860
haha no

>>171368904
How about ring that increases fist damage?

>>171368860
That would require them acknowledging DS2 was a thing that did some things right. Won't happen. Thats why you also won't get the bone fist back.

>>171368860
The Japanese review mentioned a beloved weapon coming back in TRC. From what I can think of, it's either the Bone Fist, the Channeler's Trident or the Gold & Silver Tracers. Probably the last one though.

>>171368961
dude they didn't even let the dragonform do increased unarmed damage.

>>171368982
it's just gonna be some shit like the demon greathammer or any other weapon without a unique moveset.

>>171368970
The same guy who did all of DS2 post-Shibuya did all of DS3's PvP though, and co-directed with Memezaki. There's tons of stuff from DS2 in 3 you big baby.

Though even I'm a little upset they went back to DS1 backstabs.

>>171368982
Tracer's have been in the game files since DS3 launched. It's for sure those. They just cut them from the original game to pad a dlc and for more "Hey remember when DS1 was a thing".

>>171368860
The only things that are allowed to return from ds2 to ds3 are terrible design choices to remind us how shit ds2 was or come in the form of mockery to add insult to injury

>>171369186
I'd love to hear some of these DS2 things in DS3. And the things you list are exlusive to Ds2 and Ds3, right? Not shit that was in all three games.

And I will accept that I seem like a big baby. But I feel this way because pvp was one of the best parts of Ds2, and I feel like pvp in DS3 went backwards, not forwards.

>>171369186
Hardly DS1 backstabs dude. The fact that you can whiff them makes them pretty balanced for PVP, whereas in DS1 the meta was who could circle the fastest.

>>171369295
>Alva
>Drangleic
>Vendrick
>Forossa
>Lucatiel
>Eleum Loyce
>Earthen Peak
>Drakebloods
>Creighton
All shit from DS2 that's in DS3.

>>171368982
>tracers
>beloved
I don't want the pussy daggers of some beta orbiter.
It's gotta be the trident. They spurged out over AOE/teamwork shit in this DLC. Maybe they changed the dance to a spell buff?

So if I wanna aldritch invade I should be 50-60? But what weapon level?

>>171369374
Circling gets you backstabbed
>>171369186
Ds1 is forever my favourite game, but I loved ds2 critical animations. Guardbreak ripostes and backstabs that is. In fact, I even loved riposte animations but hated how someone taps your wrist and you get knocked on the ground for 3 years. These animations should be reserved for something else, like being knocked down after getting hit with a fully charged ugs/gh/ga r2

>>171369663
+6 is pretty much the cutoff point.

>>171369590
>Eleum Loyce
wait what

>>171368860
makes me wish for a wuxia themed souls

>>171369590
Forgot to mention, Karla's a fragment of Manus.

>>171369746
>The Profaned Flame was triggered by the curse of these women, relatives of a certain oracle, but despite their culpability, they went on living, without any cares.
Pretty obviously a reference to Alsanna the Silent Oracle from the Loyce DLC. You could theorize that the Profaned Flame is the Old Chaos.

>>171369825
>Pretty obviously a reference to Alsanna the Silent Oracle from the Loyce DLC.

it really isn't

>>171369590
Your original post I refered to, you talk about the guy responsible for ds2 pvp is doing shit at ds3. So naming all this non-pvp shit is nice and all, but I thought it was clear we we're talking about pvp. Is there anything from ds2 pvp thats in ds3?

>>171369746
Tsorig's ring is the ivory warrior ring and the description is about how he took it from Loyce

>>171369903
I'm not the guy you originally replied to. I guess you could say the dual weapon mechanic is carried over in another form. Also the reduced effectiveness of backstabs.

>>171369684
Backstabbing gets you backstabbed. Welcome to DS1.

>>171369590
Don't forget about:

Gilligan literally giving you one of the best gestures in the game
Onislayer Greatbow just being a renamed Alonne Greatbow
Tsorig carrying FUGS (which was one of THE most broken DaS3 weapons upon release) and Ivory Warrior Ring
Flynn's Ring
Clutch Rings
Ring of the Embedded
Silvercat Ring

>>171369903
Seeds

>>171369903
>>171369953
Oh, and being able to manually aim ultra weapons as well.

>>171369157
It'll be a twin Smelter Hammer combo weapon. 70 weight, 99STR req.

>>171369953
I'm saying that circling to backstab is not viable unless you live on the moon

>>171369957
>>171369990
>>171369953
Alright, so Manual aiming ultras and seeds I will take, but you can't say dual wielding they adapted from ds2 when they scrapped the only thing about dual wielding that ds2 did and thats power stancing.

Maybe I am a minority in feeling that DS2 did so many things right in pvp, and it's a shame that they kept almost none of it in DS3.

>>171370002
>twin Smelter Hammer combo weapon
>can't 2hand
>can't spin it to win it
unless you're suggesting the spin should be with both hammers, turning you into an ugly, malformed helicopter. in that case you can fucking go and count me in

Twitch tv clip
VastElegantTapirTTours

>>171370105
>the only thing about dual wielding that ds2 did and thats power stancing.
>what are offhand movesets

>>171370319
Why would you want to be able to use a weapons r1's AND r2's in your offhand instead of holding it up one handed to block like a silly moron? It's like you don't even LIKE Dark Souls 1, are you even a true fan of this series?

>>171369903
Just minor things like reduced stagger on 2nd hits preventing every hit from stunlocking you to death in a game without toggle escapes. Backstabs which aren't broken. A Poise system which isn't stupid. Little stuff like that.

I haven't played since before ashes of ariandel dropped, so the last couple days I played through it all and did some arena duels to get an idea of what's up. Quick questions:
1. what's the meta rn? I got a gold duel badge using the same build I had like a year ago, quality bkg (mostly) and some other rando weapons for shits and giggles
2. did anything change regarding cheat detection? I made one build legitimately back in dark souls 1 and it took forever and I wanted to kill myself after so I don't do that anymore

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>>171370262
Forgot the screenshot

I just need one more pale tounge for my obscuring ring why is pvp so hard all of a sudden. my only weapon is a great scythe and faggots keep playing as evasively as possible while summoning phantoms.

>>171369691
so level 60 +3(for a boss/special weapon) is the absolute maximum for aldritch? I haven't done pvp yet in 3 (did a shit ton in 1) and wanna start while I have the time to

>>171369913
speaking of loyce, is NK their wargod?

Does anyone have footage of that dessert sorceress?

So what's Quelana's Pyromancy Tome doing on Quelaan's corpse?
Did she just leave it there as a farewell before suicide because some nigger killed her sister?

>>171370605
OP you fucking retard

>>171367052
I'm getting close on 2 but ive never had majula fully populated

http://www.gamespot.com/videos/dark-souls-3-ringed-city-dlc-demon-prince-boss-gam/2300-6437751/

Now you have to kill both demons to enter the Demon Prince phase.

>>171370798
I did that achievement my first playthrough of 2 by accident, it's really not very hard.

I'm about to beat DS3 again. I don't know if I want to end the age of fire or become the lord of hollows. Is there a short lore rundown or opinion on each ending?

I didn't kill the huge mole on the bridge and now it won't spawn when I go back. He's gone for this playthrough?

>>171371016
He jumps down into the pond with all the creepy spider things later.

>>171370879
It's not, but I've never done it and it'll require me to go yet another NG+ up
I never think to do it, my INT is so low I never bothered besides the first run to get the mages back, and killing the faith bitch locks you out for that playthrough

>>171370832
>that second phase music

>>171370589
Pretty much.
You'll get so many aldrich invasions that it's silly.
Aldrich and watchdogs are probably the most fun i've had covenant wise.
Dork moon sentinels at SL80 is slow as fuck, but you do get summons.

>>171370832
>they release another video a few days later
>you now have to kill a third demon

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>>171371208
before it releases the boss will be renamed four demon princes

>>171371016
You wish.

Anyone impart some lessons on me for dealing with Sunken King gank squad? I usually just try and avoid the archer and split up Havel guy and the other fucker, but I usually end up getting fucked from behind after losing myself in the arena

Are faith/dex builds a thing?

Can't really find any good weapons that scale off faith dex

>>171371370
Dragonslayer spear?

>>171371370
Dragonslayer Swordspear has good dex scaling and has a high-ish faith requirement. The weapon art scales well with faith too, and gives a flat 80 buff

>>171371505
>>171371463
I'll take a look at that.

Also at what FTH will I see decent returns for lightning infusions for weapons without base split dmg?

>>171370832
>they stopped the video just as Demon Prince's HP went below 50%
Looks like he might have some more tricks, but they don't want to show them.

>>171371563
If 3 then I've never bothered with lightning infusions or most infusions since they always seemed inferior

>>171371251
>you need to kill another not-sif to face them
>drops a combination of orange charred ring and covenant of artorias
>the entire lmao4demon arena is lava
>ds1 cancer, eyesore lava, complete with the constant lava damage audio
>the demons share a huge life bar together, equal to 10 times the HP of one demon
>they keep sharing the chaos flame reviving each other until you deplete the huge HP bar
>or kill them and not allow them to heal (get them all to low hp and finish them off quickly)
>then you get to fight the demon prince
>when you get him to 5%, a huge black bird comes crashing down on him, killing him
>Velka, the witch of Izalith

>>171371563
I'm at 60 faith, but I think it softcaps at 40 for weapons, like str and dex

>>171371671
I find it does about the same damage even through split resistances if you wear lightning clutch ring

>>171371689
Ashen Hollow pls go

>>171371696
What about raw with minimal requirements, or on refined?
I always just found for it to be inferior, I just thrown on sunlight blade before/during bosses
I do miss 2's infusions, Lightning bastard sword or throne defender greatswords were good shit

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>>171370832
This boss is going to be batshit crazy to fight

I've just about finished my sorcery playthrough. Considering doing a miracle one now. It's super fun because I've never done anything but quality in every game. Should I go 60 faith caster, or split it into strength or what?

korean dude on twitch is top DS3 streamer atm streaming the DLC

what's a nice fashionable armour for a warrior?

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>gets invaded
>but m-muh honour

>>171371978
The fuck are you talking about? He's in Farron Keep.

>>171372007
Got any more info on your character?
Warrior could be semi naked gladiator, viking or plate armored knigga

>>171372121
made you look

>sl50 +6 weapon
>way of the blue
>dried finger at pontiff
>get invaded immediately by 2 people
>hide to see how WoB works
>nothing

did this a few times this fucking covenant is borked on both sides, nothing just the blues who want to be summoned

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>there is no crystal soul greatsword

>>171371898
I'm in the same boat right now. atm I'm messing with cheat engine to figure out how infusions work and they don't.

I've tried light infused LKGS and AGS and there is no difference in the faith scaling from A to S. Literally a 1 point difference.

It just seems better to run uninfused/raw or get one of the boss weapons that scale off faith by default.

As for casting, imagine you're a sorcerer but you don't do damage.

>>171372145
Stop replying to me.

>>171372191
no

>>171370598
where does it talk about a war god?

>Zoey uses regular whip
>not the Spotted Whip
They fucked up.

>>171371012
Just beat SoC and still contemplating on which ending to go for.

>>171372158
if you wanna help blues dont go to slime vore land or doggo swamp.

they only get summoned for apples and grapes

>tfw can't decide between levelling to SL40 or 50 for invading

>>171372507
If you can do lord of hollows now just do it now so you never have to meet the requirements to do it again

>>171371012
>link the fire
the retard's choice. does next to nothing. at best it will stall the end just enough for someone fucking strong to come along and link it
>end of fire
the altruist's choice. force shut down the world. we don't really know what happens next, but whatever it is it will be part of the of the natural progression. the secret version also has unspecified meaning
>lord of hollows
the selfish choice. you wrest the fire and perverse it, granting you some unspecified powers and your mantle as a lord of hollows. will probably get more info as to what that entails with trc

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I CAN'T WAIT FOR ALL THE WAIFU FAGS TO DRESS UP THEIR CHARACTER WITH DESERT SORCERESS ARMOUR

CAPS SORRY IT'S STUCK

>>171372613
Just did it for the trophy.
>>171372873
Thank you. I ended the fire on my first play through and I'll probably do it again on NG+ because it's been my favorite one so far.

Also I think killing the firekeeper was basically just to add a Demon's Souls reference.

>>171372186
Dragonslayer's Axe raw seems like the best idea, but I kind of want to try a greatshield, so I might do strength.

Being able to heal and buff at least could be nice.

I'm using the pseudo-patch that buffs miracles and faith weapons.

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>>171368860
>Completely unique moveset, including when dual wielded
>800+ damage single hits
>Massive counter modifier
>godlike rollcatches
>AoE stun / slowdown on all 2h attacks
>Innate "hyper armor" with extremely generous frames on all attacks, and super light, allowing you to have both Flynn's and heavy poise
>A fucking hadoken
>The ability to dropkick people off cliffs
>The ability to duck under certain attacks like Demon's Spear
>Surprisingly long reach due to you lunging forward while attacking, something completely forgotten with DaS3 fists

Bone Fist is what a real DLC weapon should be

None of this fucking generic moveset + token weapon art garbage

Has anyone here played with a paladin in SotFS? I've only played through it once as a noob and the softcaps and soul memory (for what little summoning and pvp traffic there still is) are throwing me off since I'm so used to DS3.
How's dis?
>30 VIG
>12 END
>30 ATT
>40 STR
>20 SKL (Bow of Want)
>55 FTH

Puts me at 1,556,555 SM, which I'm hoping is a good range

>>171372993
This is going to be the most overused set in the game, isn't it?
>every invasion is going to be a fallen knight host and his desert slut phantoms waiting to gank and point down

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>>171371563
I ran a dex/fth for my first playthrough.
At SL120 I had something like 700AR with carthus curved sword using sunlight blade. I think, maybe more.
That was 40dex 35fth with priestess ring I think.

Whenever I start ds3, I get a black screen. The game is supposedly running normally but what I see is a white screen and then black. I can still see the cursor and it's ds3 style. It working before I updated some drivers. Any help? So far I have manually updated to the newest gpu driver and restarted but it won't work
>>171373071
yeah but even references have to make some sense imo.
>>171372993
press shift

>>171371898
I went 60 faith caster with 16/18 for claymore, halberd, and lothric k***t sword. Also lets me 2H LKGS, which I infused refined and buff with lightning blade. DS axe is best raw and buffed.

>>171373156
>Skill
Good any ADP to go with that ATT?

>>171373282
Whoops meant Dex lol. Been playing a lot of Bloodborne lately too.
What's ADP even for? Faster attacks and rolls?

>>171367052
I need only the Wolf ring..

>>171373375
Iframes is the big one, what's your AGI like with the 30 ATT and your current ADP?

>>171368860
As much as I'd like to, it probably won't. Bone fist was one of the best designed weapons in souls games.

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>>171373375
I-frames and item speed usage

>>171373445
I just put the stats in at Mugenmonkey. Is base ADP not enough? Those stats put me at SL 150 and a pretty high SM as it is.
I hope it's one of those stats that go up a little as you level, like your hp does.

>>171371836
Carlos you fucking beaner.

>>171373548
I mean with your ATT at your level and your characters base starting ADP level what does it tell you your AGI is?
The pic posted above shows what AGI does very well
Also I don't recall 120 being the meta for 2 but I didn't take part in the online community since DS2 release really and as you're aware it's more about souls memery anyway

>>171372993
I'm just going to use the top I swear, it's for my Gladiatrix fashion, the master set and the grave warden top clash with the black knight leggings

But I guarantee you, there will be ton of Desert Top+ Slave knight leggings

>>171373668
It's got me at 90 AGI, which looks alright according to that pic. Don't know how good 93 cast speed is though

>>171373757
the chest was pretty good for male gladiator fashion too

>never done pvp in DaS3 except a few invasions
>puts red sign at Pontiff
>30 minutes later
>not summoned once even after occasionally refreshing sign

Well this is unfortunate. I haven't touched the DLC yet so I don't have access to the arena. I just want a bit of pvp to mix things up and not just go through pve levels.

>>171373798
Not awful, though i always aim for about 100, I get a lot of my AGI through ATT on casters though

>>171373757
I know the leggings are pretty lewd but they actually have some great stat and weight balance.
Honestly the whole slave knight set is crazy good for how easy and early you can get it.

>>171364215
So i had a long ass hiatus, and haven't really paid any attention to patches and shit

How it the pvp meta these days? Cancerous?

>>171373980
SL?

You had a password on?

>>171374043
I kind of like them to, the metalic legs looks very nice, but the panties/diaper is quite ugly without a "dress" type top to cover it

>>171374120
125 and god damn it I do have one on. Thank you. I'll see how things go from here.

>>171374132
Slave knight leggings would have been great for everyone instead of just whores if they had some god damn hose or something

>>171370832
Which one do you guys think the canon Demon Prince is? I'd figure Demon in Pain is.

>>171374241
I think they are both the sames entities, they may have been splitted in two after their fight against Lorian

>>171374310
I wonder if wearing lorians armor/using his weapon will provoke a unique effect like fume knight did if you wore velstadts helmet

How likely is a Heide knight to drop his sword?

>>171374371
>equip Lorian Set and sword
>They both became the Demon Prince(s)

>>171374214
its a shame

>>171373079
I really miss the Bone Fist

Fly kicking niggas off the bridge arena was so satisfying

>>171374447
We need more plate legs that aren't just full plate

>>171372141
viking or knigga would do.

>>171374078
Is the meta ever not cancerous?

can I still be invaded in irithyll dungeon after beating pontiff?

>>171374634
I don't know man, i played a shitton of pvp right after Ashes got released and had loads of fun in the arena

Lots of different builds and weapons, with only a few tryhards sprinkled in here and there

>>171374241
The demon prince us a title not previously held by either.

>>171374694
yeah if you didn't kill the boss down there.

>>171374751
would that be the giant? also i mean the area around karlas cell specifically.

>>171374751
>Irithyll Dungeon
>boss
Does Yhorm count as the dungeon boss? I always wondered if you could get invaded indefinitely in Irithyll Dungeon, but to be honest I've never been invaded even once down there.

>>171374848
the dungeon is part of the profaned capital area wise, you can even loop from the capital into dungeon again.
so yeah the boss is yhorm

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>Raw DS axe + Lightning Blade
What the fuck

>>171374909
cool I used the dried fingers here and waited 15 minutes with nothing so it must be my connection

>>171374959
what SL

>>171373798
>It's got me at 90 AGI, which looks alright
OK have fun.

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>>171374953
>tfw I get around 750 damage from two hits
>do that against invaders/phantoms
>SL 70-80

>>171374953
it's pretty great, swinging around DS greataxe tier damage at regular axe speeds almost makes up for the axe moveset being complete garbage.

>>171375013
50 and a +6 weapon

>>171375018
How much do you suggest then?

>>171375084
then I dont know, although honestly it's rare for anyone to invade there because both areas are so short.

>>171374371
>implying ds3 will have that level of thought and depth put into it

>>171374708
What makes them the Demon Prince then?

>>171375134
I wish they put some level of thought into the level design in vanilla dark souls 2 instead of that Velstadt effect.

>>171375210
Presumably absorbing the last remnant of the chaos flame, previously held by the other party.

>>171375257
Ouch
>>171374371
Tbh I'm more interested in what would happen differently having killed the odk.
>walk in arena brandishing his hammer
>they realise all is pointless and both commit sudoku

>>171375291
Ah, makes sense. Seems strange that they'd reuse the title from an enemy that already established in the lore though.

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*slowly approaches*

>>171374210
Yep, after removing the password I am getting constant summons. I am god fucking awful, though. Trying to improve but it's quite difficult.

>>171374114
Not him, but 96 AGI is a great stopping point that doesn't require too much investment.

>>171375580
i AM the darkmoon church
its herecy then
HUEAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHH

>>171375580
>unzips offhand caestus
heh...
nothing personnel
kid

>>171375580
>Oh my god! What is wrong with your faaaace?

>>171375603
Fuck, the agility was for >>171375114

I have to type these out on a stupid app and can't look back for reference.

>>171375579
But that reuse is what makes me think that. The demon prince suddenly stopped being the prince makes less sense that it being a title passed to the (second?) strongest demob around.

>>171375650
>tfw I can parry Gundyr no problem at all but not Sulyvahn
He scares me.

>>171375727
Girlyman hits like a wet noodle and has plenty of downtime, meanwhile Gundyr scares me because he combos the shit out of you if you let him and will chase you with impudence if you try to back off to heal.

>>171375712
Good point. I guess we'll know for sure when the soul/weapon descriptions are revealed.

>get summoned for Champ Goomba
>host summons another phantom, we all gesture and get ready
>I'm expecting max NG+ at this point
>go in
>other phantom gets absolutely REKT, taken to 5% health in one hit
>ohshit
>proceed to carefully plink and back off, playing aggro ping-pong with the host
>but then he just refuses to accept host aggro and focuses on me
>dodge clumsily, get a halberd up the unmentionables
>see host get shrekt moments later
Man, I need to do more high-NG champ fights, that was actually fun even if we got stomped.

>>171375797
>Girlyman hits like a wet noodle
That's kind of a problem with bosses in 3 in general as I've noticed. Like, the bosses in other games all deal sometimes mind-blowing amounts of damage on some of their moves: gaping, ebrietas, reimu, the list goes on, but in DaS3 I can hardly remember any bosses that are capable of removing 75% of your HP in a single hit at 40 vig.

>>171375832
I forgot a thing, the demon prince supposedly retreated under the earth when he was defeated (don't remember which description says this) so it could be that he lost most his power and became the demon in pain. The idea then continues the way I previously stated. We could look for which one looks to be hurt by lorians ugs

>>171375797
Our experiences are exactly opposite to one another.
Every time I've gone up against Gundyr he spends 70% of the time swatting flies while I'm waiting for him to get close enough to parry. Meanwhile, Sillyman is non-stop on my ass, dashing around my back and doing his homing thrusts anytime I dare try to put some distance between us.

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How's my fashion?

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>>171376058
We should co-op together

>>171375980
>but in DaS3 I can hardly remember any bosses that are capable of removing 75% of your HP in a single hit at 40 vig.

NK if you're a dragon :^)
but yeah I get your point

>>171375980
I think souls 3 bosses are more about their aggressive combos and fucking up your dodging with erratic windups.

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>>171375114
DS1 and 3 have about 13 frames of invulnerability on the fast roll. For reference.
People used to complain that DS2 had 'bad hitboxes' because they never bothered to level ADP and your feet on the roll animation stay more or less where you were until your invulnerability runs out at lower AGL. It was the hot Reddit meme on launch.

>>171375980
>in DaS3 I can hardly remember any bosses that are capable of removing 75% of your HP in a single hit at 40 vig
I don't know about 40vig but I've never seen a phantom (or a host, for that matter) survive getting grabbed by the dancer.

>>171376337
>I don't know about 40vig but I've never seen a phantom (or a host, for that matter) survive getting grabbed by the dancer.

SL15 twink runs need not apply

you can survive the dancer stab at 27vig in dragonform as long as you're at full health when she does it.

>>171373156
>Has anyone here played with a paladin in SotFS?
What is a paladin?

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>>171376430
>What is a paladin?

>>171374953
Amazing isn't it
It's almost as strong as a 30 faith SLB battleaxe in DaS1, except you need 60 faith for it to be better than resin

>>171376430
Charlemagne's elite knights.

>>171376387
>SL15 twink runs need not apply
I'm talking at appropriate level. It's more likely to do with people neglecting vig than anything else, though. I've almost always managed to survive it but everybody else gets fucking annihilated.
>you can survive the dancer stab at 27vig in dragonform as long as you're at full health when she does it
Yeah, but it does huge damage, which was he original point.

>>171376521
his point was 75% of your health at optimal health.

dancer stab barely does 50% if you're actually wearing armor and at 40vig

>>171376307
>forbidden sun
>barely chips the enemy's health
weak

>>171376430
>2017
>There are people who still don't play Holy Templar for the extra prong damage.

>>171376569
That could apply to any Dark Souls game.
>maxing out health and increasing absorption increases your chance to survive an attack!
Who fucking knew

>>171376491
>>171376512
I am asking him ''what is a paladin'' since he posts a build like this >>171373156

So i am going to ask again.What is a paladin?

>>171376597
Does that look like a Dark Murakumo to you?

>>171376430
Christcucks that heal themselves and hit people with maces/hammers. Maybe shoot lightening.

>>171376691
WEAK

>>171376387
I just did the Dancer right now at SL73, got magnetized to her hand by bullshit, and it murdered 90% of my HP bar easily at a measly 27 vig.

In other news, apparently Yhorm takes stupid damage from soul arrows to the head, and two heavy ones knocks him over into riposte. The whole fight was a joke even without the storm ruler. What the hell?

>>171376569
>wanting bosses to deal 75% of optimal health and armor in one hit

So an instant kill for anyone who isn't playing a tank build?

Even in Bloodborne, where armor doesn't exist and vitality is a tax that is mandatory to pay for all builds, nothing oneshots you outside of counter frames on failed dodges that isn't a chalice dungeon boss even if you're at suboptimal health.

>>171376685
Its a "holy knight"sort of character that uses miracles and heavy Armour

>>171376736
>Maybe shoot lightening
Nope.Those are clerics.
>Christcucks that heal themselves and hit people with maces/hammers.
In a way.
55 FTH is not a paladin build.

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>>171376685
This is a paladin

what's a good melee weapon and offhand weapon for a sorcerer pure?

>>171377131
the new lightsaber coming in the DLC and your catalyst for offhand

>>171374848
>>171374897
Yeah if Yhorm is alive you can get invaded in the dungeon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9edhYoyRQ

Interesting stuff. That effect on abyss watchers.

>>171375832
>Soul of the Demon Prince
>The Demon Prince, after his defeat to Lorian, retreated beneath the earth and lost the memory of the flame that burned within him, marking the end of demonkind.

>>171376916
A paladin build for SotFS is:
>minimum amount of faith for casting spells needed
36
>minimum amount of str for equipping the best shields
45
>attunement so you have slots for healing spells
at least 30

Everything else is vigor+edurance with some vitality added if you can't handle slow rolls.

P.S. warmth is a must.

>inb4 not a miracle
fuck off

>>171376685
>>171376491

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>>171377242
>you can just make Sullyvanh stand there and take it by whipping and freezing him

fucking kek

>>171376131
My nigga we should but I can only play weekends mostly, and I don't really summon myself

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>>171376058

Straight to my fashion souls folder.

ded thred
ded gaem

Sorry to be a pain gents, but what are, in your opinion, the best hexes/dark magic in the game currently?

>>171378012
Truely this is the crowning achievement of my life

when you touch the darkness inside the Firekeeper is it with 1 or 2 fingers?

>>171378532
Elbow

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Meh, I dunno.

How do we save ultra weapons?

>>171378572
>not shoulder
shame

>>171378476
>hexes
>existing
>dark magic
>good

You stack ultra hypermode affinity and hope to cheese an instant kill.

>>171378662
Ultra weapons are still somewhat viable. I just want more types of bolts for crossbows, goddamnit.

Fuck, forgot Friede

http://www.strawpoll.me/12555008
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>>171378662
You fundamentally cannot, at least against anyone smart enough not to trade with you, and play like a passive shithead.

They are far too slow to ever not be dodged by someone who is physically able to, but speeding them up doesn't help until you make them non-ultra fast. Their poise doesn't mean jack shit unless someone is dumb enough to initiate against you, and the armor you stack for it doesn't do anything. Their reach is already just enough to keep people from being able to stay inside with impunity, so there's no help there. The best you could do is drop the stamina cost to the point you can swing 6 times and at least try to fake people out on your max stamina, or else make the damage so stupidly high that one mistake means instant death, both of which are shit solutions.

Ultras do not work in a game this fast and with such safe dodging and healing on a basic level.

What's some good gladiator fashion goys?

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Just had this happen, I didn't realise it was so well known. The control is all fucked though so it's unplayable, but if it wasn't it would be heaps of fun playing levels like this.

>>171379007
Why not simply give them a single fast move with a long recovery animation, to mirror the general "slow swing relatively low recovery" stick most ultras have going for them.

>>171379135
out fucking skilled

>>171379135

You basically get tank controls. Try playing with keyboard.

>>171378476
IMO it's best not to fuck with dark magic at all in DS3. FROM really shit the bed by turning hexes into dark versions of other schools of magic and if you want to use them at MAX POWER you pretty much need 2 sets of gear, including some ring swapping if you want to be extra autistic, and you won't squeeze out much more damage than a straight INT build.

Generally speaking my dark characters just use dark blade, dark edge, affinity, deep protection, and the gnaw spells to supplement combat with a decent weapon.

>>171379135
I always found tampering with the camera in games like this interesting, like in fallout 4 using console commands you can position the camera to make it appear like an older isometric fallout.

It's funny how it always looks good too, your webm actually looks it can be a legit nonshit graphic diablo game and fun.

Where to go after keep ruins?

>>171379146
Because then you have only a single viable move and everyone will very quickly adapt to the same cue, like roll attack spam except at least unparryable.

What'd be a better idea is letting them delay attacks mid-swing, like enemies do to you. Instead of doing a really obvious charged R2, get partway into a swing animation, do whatever input is required, and delay whatever the attack is by a small amount, before it comes out as normal.

>>171379309
Extinguish three flames and open the door to Wolf's Blood.

>>171379309
Anywhere but that door that's clearly visible from the bonfire.

>>171379309
Forward.

>>171379385
>>171379387
Uh the door is closed?

what weapons do sorcerers use in ds2?
pve here

>>171379471
Open it.

>>171379471
Uh explore?

>>171379309
If the repetitive dialogue telling you to put out the little fires, the cinematic that happens when you do, the giant fire-topped towers visible from any high point in the level, the ability to climb above the trees and visually confirm them, the sequentially lit torches by the door, and the fact that each key flame is surrounded by a bunch of little swamp fires to catch your attention, hasn't managed to guide you around, I don't know what to say.

>>171379471
I guess it's game over then.
What a shit game.

>>171378940
No other boss has infuriated me as much as Anime Scythe Nun

Some anon suggested Raw Ass to me the other day. I thought he was being a dick.

Thanks for the tip, does the Astora Straight Sword still do super well without meeting the faith requirement?

>>171379483
Wtf is it supposed to be open? How?

>>171379538
It still does good damage, but your attacks are going to literally bounce off of heavily armored enemies like Outrider Knights

>>171379621
Oh no
It's retarded

>>171379478
You can kill Benhart early and make his BMGS raw, I often do that on mage builds because it's a good stand-in for the MLGS. If you get the stats to powerstance a magic MLGS and a raw BMGS you can be pretty fucking ridiculous.

There's a magic mace in huntsman's copse that I like to get if I don't want to kill Benhart.

>>171379525
Omg don't tell me I gotta restart

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>>171379538
Like the first guy said it'll bounce off of a some enemies. If you really don't want to meet the FTH requirement you can keep it equipped and only use it on stuff that it doesn't bounce off of but I usually just eat the points for the FTH requirement or use a broadsword so I'm not dealing with the weight.

for faith builds do i get a faith scaling weapon that can't be buffed or a normal weapon and use buffs on it?

which is generally better?

>>171379621
Drop 3 prism stones near the torches by the door, go to the middle inbetween the prism stones, use the Rest gesture, and wait for 5 minutes.
I have no fucking idea how From expected players to figure that out by themselves.

>>171379640
That sounds concerning. I was using the fire uchigatana as an early game weapon to level my mage and was told to switch to raw ass. Sounds like as long as I use magic against the armored guys, I'm good.

>>171379290
>>171379206

yeah the controls are odd, like to go forward you push 45 degrees off or you just run in a circle. if it controlled well I could easily play the whole game like this and enjoy it

>>171379790
Well what else were you going to use them for? There's very few heights to drop from in Farron Keep.

>>171379621
>Hawkwood explains on loop about how to get into the Undead Legion you have to run around a swamp extinguishing ceremonial flames
>you have to walk right past a ceremonial flame to get into the Keep Ruins
>right in front of it is a developer soapstone message telling you to extinguish three flames
>when you extinguish it, it shows the giant fire at the top of the tower going out, and shows you two more flaming towers
>it then shows you that exact door, with three braziers in front of it, and one lights up, leaving the other two dark
>swamp fires visually direct you to the other two towers
>you can literally see them from the central keep

It's like I've finally met one of the mythical focus testers that exist in Valve commentary. The ones that result in the developers taking a single fork out of a tunnel, because they'd somehow walk in a single circle for 30 minutes.

How do you breathe?

How the fuck do I get summoned in DaS1 at SL90? Nobody wants me anywhere in the DLC area, nobody wants me for taurus and gargoyles. I have DSCM open, too.

When the fuck is March 28th

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do pyros suffer from the same bullshit scaling as sorcerers/clerics? should I upgrade my int/fai right away or do I wait until later and play as a warrior for now?

>>171379790
You're kidding me, wtf is going on

>>171380019
Pyros depend on int/fai a good bit, but they're better off than sorcerers/clerics.

>>171380015
10 days

>>171380054
He's bullshitting you, lad. Turn on your sarcasm detector.
Go snuff out all the flames under the towers around the swamp.

>>171380019
I've been playing as a sorcerer all run, and at a couple of points, I just slapped on a pyro glove and the witch and fire clutch rings, and still shat out fairly good damage. I don't think you particularly need both stats to do decently, though I think you'd want to stop at 40/40 and not go 60 in either one.

>>171379767
Try the dragonslayer's axe and the Lothric knight greatsword infused with whatever physical stat you want and buffed with lightning. DSA is great raw if you only want the minreqs to 2H it, IIRC a knight can do so with only 2 points in DEX.

>>171380138
I sincerely hope he's trolling.

>>171380149
im asking about start, not end
>>171380080
that doesn't help me. I just reached firelink, do I upgrade int/fai or dex for the uchi? first time playing caster and I don't want to kick myself in the nuts

>be shit at pvp
>start using millwood battle axe
>start winning a lot

Is this weapon really good or am I just fighting others who aren't good at pvp?

>>171380301
Both, probably.

>>171380242
Just do whatever and use a pale tongue to reset your stats if you fuck up.
It's really hard to fail at making a caster.

>be Lothric Knight cosplay character
>full armour set, straight sword, shield, crossbow
>mostly quality build, just enough faith for Blessed Weapon
>not a great build/loadout, but I do alright
>get to Friede
>die in phase 3 every. bloody. time.
Any general tips that may help my situation that aren't "git gud", thank you, I'm working on it?

>>171380526
>fail to spoiler "that aren't "git gud"" and onwards
I guess I need to git gud at spoilers, too.

>>171380138
I got no idea where these towers are

>>171379354
Things don't have to work that way. If a single quick move can force the other player to take some kind of action, and that action is punishable on prediction by your slower attacks, then you have a working formula. This is how slower attacks are made viable in fighting games.

You could give them a very fast (unreactable) close range shove which combos into a single R1 but will lose on trades and is punishable if rolled. Now when a big weapon user walks up close you're forced to deal with the threat of something you can't wait and react to. You could swing into them and try to beat or trade with the shove, or you could roll away early on prediction.

Both of those actions can lose to regular big weapon swings, so now a big weapon gets to play mind games from close range.

>>171380526
Work out what is getting you killed and prevent it from happening.
I continuously dodge her until she does the decapitation dash then punish the fuck out of her.

>>171380526
Just be more aggressive when she stops comboing her attacks. Remember, she has no poise, so you can wail on her easily.

>>171380526
1h SS, walk to her, mash r1 until she dashes away, roll away twice,repeat

>>171366506
Can't believe no one mentioned this, but how the fuck you going to do anything with 14 endurance?

How do I get through Blighttown?

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>>171380242
>I don't want to kick myself in the nuts
>In a game where classes don't matter because starting gear and stats don't matter

If you're not shit at the game then putting a few levels into magic stats won't kill you, especially since you can farm bosses.

Sorry not sorry but you shouldn't need your hand held with what's arguably the easiest way to play the game.

>>171380832
Did you get the jetpack from the well at Firelink?

>>171380832

Snipe the blowdart fuckers when you find them

Find your way to the bottom

There's a bonfire down there too

Kill the boss who is near some boulder throwing fuckers at the bottom; it's past them

>>171379898
Not that guy but Farron swamp becomes confusing when you're a completionist and have to pick up all the things. The objectives are sign posted but the routes around the outer edges littered with items all look the same, and if you die you can get stuck trying to retrace your steps.

>>171380989
It just looks daunting at first. There's enough landmarks for a blind person to navigate it.

>>171380865
I was worried that I would hit like a wet noodle. So I went ahead and put all the souls in damage
Wasn't disappointed

soul spear looks like shit. Why can I only cast 2?
wtf?
All weapons related to INT are so fucking garbage. How can intelligence be related to such a cuck playstyle of shooting lazers like a bitch. FUCKING BITCH BULLSHIT

>>171381353
Because if you were actually smart you wouldn't play Souls

>>171369198
The ones in the game files weren't finished. They actually patched them to be more complete with each update, gradually adding more animations, proper effects and so on.

They did the same thing with the paired greataxes that are also in the files, as well as added a bunch of new weapon art stances that weren't there before.

We still don't know if any of that will actually be in the dlc or not, though. It's super weird that nothing in the game files appeared in dlc 1.

>>171372179
In DaS2, soul greatsword did exactly the same amount of damage as soul spear so it was functionally a horizontal equivalent that traded range for coverage
In DaS3, soul greatsword does less damage than great heavy soul arrow and isn't any faster despite being in a melee spell in a game that's overall much faster

>>171381578
It might just be different versions of dev assets finding their way in but don't necessarily reflect content that will ever ship

Then again, stuff for AoTA (prototype Sanctuary Guardian) was in the original 1.0 release of DS1 so who knows

>>171375580
>hum
>hup
SWOOSH
>EEYAGH
swoosh-swoosh
swoosh swooshswoosh
swoosh
SWOOSH

>>171376768
>In other news, apparently Yhorm takes stupid damage from soul arrows to the head, and two heavy ones knocks him over into riposte. The whole fight was a joke even without the storm ruler. What the hell?

this also works for ancient wyvern or whatever it's called, lets you skip the whole plunging attack buisness.

>>171376768
>Yhorm takes stupid damage from soul arrows to the head
He takes stupid damage from anything to the head, so do the giants in Irythil. If you can manage to clip his head with a vertical swing as he leans down mid animation then you can kill him very quickly with melee.

Best places to get summoned in DS3, SL 120?

I get on and off moments at Twin Princes, but seemingly nothing anywhere else.

>>171376768
Yhorm's head is a massive weakpoint to give players a non-stormruler option for fighting him. That's also why they give you the onislayer greatbow right before the fight.

It makes the fight trivial for sorcs but then what isn't trivial for sorcs?

>finally get summoned
>host doesn't know that using estus heals me as well
T-thanks host, I'll keep the boss on me, you just hack away at him and let me die.

>>171382156
>SL120
>summoning

your best hope is gank squads after pontiff
if you wanna actually help people do pve stuff you should have stayed at SL80 or below.

>>171382210
>die
>see host die while fading out
suck it cunt

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i'm going to find whoever designed and positioned crystal lizards in dark souls 2 and i'm going to snap their fucking necks

>>171382370
aside from the fact that you can't knock them over, I don't know what's wrong with them

>>171382370
you should never play Demon's souls then

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What the fuck was his problem?

Which boss is the most similar to you?

>>171381703
Soul GS has the potential to hit a bunch of opponents in your path though.

>>171382156
Friede, or SoC.

>>171382559
just a moderate lizard