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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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I'd go strength/faith whilst raising dex to 25 allowing you to use every bow. Then with that sorted get an Alonne greatbow and infuse it with lightning, 182/182 damage with C/D/B scaling.Add in Durgo's hat(if you can stand that thing it doesn't match anything) and hawk ring for range extension effects.
Personal challenges.
Z..
Member
Just realized... I'm 40 hours into the game and I've never used a single effigy. I've been hollow since that very first Ogre on Things Betwixt killed me!
(it bums me to no end that your character looks different when hollowed, I spent almost 30 mins getting it just right only to never "enjoy" it. DeS was so much better than both sequels in this regard)
Let me guess... you love achievements/trophies?
(it bums me to no end that your character looks different when hollowed, I spent almost 30 mins getting it just right only to never "enjoy" it. DeS was so much better than both sequels in this regard)
Let me guess... you love achievements/trophies?
eot
Banned
No, but I can't stop now! Just one boss left.
yes, and backstab or roll + parry it's pretty much the same thing with that weapon.
duels were already awful before this auto-parry free roll weapon. gg
oh, I also saw just now the binocular max speed glitch, amazing. time to wait for the next patch before playing again. FromSoft please patch this garbage, it's not hard.
demosthenes
Member
vendrick
I've been waiting on a major patch for PvP for almost a month now.
Z..
Member
So that's what it was!!! Got invaded in Belfry Sol today... I knew something had to be wrong! This was definitely it, judging by the videos, lol...
Interesting because I had way more trouble with Iron King and Freya than the Rotten with my SL1 dude.
It just requires some patience since you need to stay away from that horizontal swing and the AOE attack.
As it is now the PvP in the arenas is unplayable. If they aren't Havelyng, everyone is using that jet engine and backstep parry with monastery scimitar.
Since it's been a while now, I expect a big patch incoming soon that will fix these exploits and hopefully make some intelligent changes to the game's balance and gameplay.
Im sure this has been mentioned before, but it happened to me by accident today...went out to do yardwork for 4 hours and forgot my character near the bonfire in iron keep AND she had on her bellbro ring.....4 hours later I had 14 extra chunks and only appeared to have been killed three times.
Laurentius
Member
Fashion Souls.
Love it! (Not a fan of the Cloranthy ring effect, though...)
Add that to the 60fps issues, unbalanced scaling, borked balance between melee et al, and issues that were countered via plasters (I.e monastery scimitar for parrying as it's not effected by parrying changes).
And in fashion souls issues the Xanthous set is the wrong shade of yellow to be complimentary to the black witches set. I mean dark yellow with dark purple so doesn't go.
Orochinagis
Member
you should maybe spoilertag that dude
the lore thing i was wondering about is why you have to manually embrace it rather than get it outright like with the other bosses. i'm guessin cos that dragon is actually seath and for some reason his soul hasn't been "absorbed" or whatever by freja, like nito's has by the rotten, lost sinner has with the witch of izalith, etc.
Because is the soul of an everlasting dragon that just fell of its corpse when you defeated the boss? spiders used it to warm its home
demosthenes
Member
I haven't used any boss souls yet for weapons. Any suggestions? I think I have every boss soul up to this point.
neoism
Member
guys WTF why is the best theme track not on the OST :*(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg2IGTQsvZY&feature=kp
does anyone know if this is in the games files somewhere were I could get a nice quality version??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg2IGTQsvZY&feature=kp
does anyone know if this is in the games files somewhere were I could get a nice quality version??
i've been using a lot of dragonrider bow like suggested here and i love the defender greatsword
Pursuer ultra greatsword and kings ultragreatsword are two very good ones. I'd stay clear of the dragon slayer spear though.
Aah, forgot about those threads, seems I have many pages of laughs to catch up onCommunity really is the dark alley of gaf that no one enters :/
The Laugh OT in particular can get rather dark sometimes..
Z..
Member
So I've been going through the shaded woods. Just reached the shaded ruins. How the fuck am I supposed to deal with the 3 Lion Warriors that chase after you as soon as you arrive at the
"clearing" at the end of the bonfire's ruined corridor?
One hit from them takes away 70% of my HP and it takes me several hits to kill each one, what the fuck am I supposed to do if every time I go there 3 run at me no matter what and I have no way to lure then one by one? This is fucking dumb... -.-'
"clearing" at the end of the bonfire's ruined corridor?
One hit from them takes away 70% of my HP and it takes me several hits to kill each one, what the fuck am I supposed to do if every time I go there 3 run at me no matter what and I have no way to lure then one by one? This is fucking dumb... -.-'
Just beat the Looking Glass Knight. He gave me more trouble than I'd been expecting. (SL1)
Old Iron King:
Rotten:
.... And fuck the Shrine of Amana at soul level one! I've gotten far enough for tonight.
Freya:
Freya was no big deal once I realized I could kill three of the small spiders at the beginning of the fight in one stroke if I spaced my attack right. Then I just baited the laser, ran to the other side and attacked. Rinse/repeat.
Old Iron King:
The old iron king was really rough until I figured out that with low ADP, certain attacks can only be successfully dodged in one direction.
For example, any of his hand slams must be dodged to the right. If you dodge to the left you'd get smashed 90% of the time. ( although with a normal character with decent agility you could've dodged them in either direction)
The fire breath was troublesome on occasion. And I definitely accidentally flung myself off the platform a lot when I didn't give myself enough space to dodge to the right.
For example, any of his hand slams must be dodged to the right. If you dodge to the left you'd get smashed 90% of the time. ( although with a normal character with decent agility you could've dodged them in either direction)
The fire breath was troublesome on occasion. And I definitely accidentally flung myself off the platform a lot when I didn't give myself enough space to dodge to the right.
Rotten:
This fight was absolutely ridiculous when I tried to approach it like I would with a normal character. IE: I'd get up close to fight him and attempt to dodge attacks by rolling right or left. However I had tons of trouble with the horizontal swing one-shotting me.
I ended up using some human effigies to turn human, and then I had just enough health to take a durect hit without being instantly killed.
The winning strategy ended up being:
1) Walk up to the rotten, directly in front of him and bait an attack.
2. Run backwards and then roll backwards to evade the attack.
3. Run up to the rotten and hit him exactly once with my mace.
4. Then bait an attack and repeat...
It still took a lot of tries, but eventually I didn't get killed by his hexes or AOE and managed to finish him off.
I ended up using some human effigies to turn human, and then I had just enough health to take a durect hit without being instantly killed.
The winning strategy ended up being:
1) Walk up to the rotten, directly in front of him and bait an attack.
2. Run backwards and then roll backwards to evade the attack.
3. Run up to the rotten and hit him exactly once with my mace.
4. Then bait an attack and repeat...
It still took a lot of tries, but eventually I didn't get killed by his hexes or AOE and managed to finish him off.
KoreanBarbecue
Member
Run out and bait the first one on the left so that he follows you back down into that tunnel area. Bait the next two and if you pull them back to almost where the bonfire is, one should disengage while the other will still come after you.
Regardless they really only have one move set. Bait one to swing, attack once or twice, then bait another attack. Rinse and repeat.
try immediatelly running to your left so you only aggro those three. then fight them without lock-on and just try and bait their attack then get one hit, rinse and repeat. a wide weapon that can hit multiple lion dudes is preferable, and if you can stagger them with your attack (try stone ring) that's great too.
their attacks are really really easy to dodge if you're not greedy, so don't be and stay out of their range
Orochinagis
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Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Orthogonal
Member
I did my ng+ playthrough using the Defender Greatsword. If you have the bones to upgrade it, it is pretty nice. It is even better lightning infused if you have a lot of FTH. It had a built in Sun blade buff using the 2H parry at the cost of some durability. Good damage and moveset.
Z..
Member
Yeah, the lion guys are easy as hell to dodge, but 3 of them at the same time can get tricky very fast! Anyway, I found a cheap trick... the room with all the curse jars which leads to Tark (scorpion dude): they can't get in, they just stand at the door. Easy peasy.
What for? I don't see any need, which is why I haven't used any yet. I've never done any coop in all of my Souls gameplay. I like the invasion and PvP aspects, but the co-op I don't really see the need for. Never used any summon signs. Ever. In any of the games. Not my thing.
What for? I don't see any need, which is why I haven't used any yet. I've never done any coop in all of my Souls gameplay. I like the invasion and PvP aspects, but the co-op I don't really see the need for. Never used any summon signs. Ever. In any of the games. Not my thing.
In the Rottens camber, there is a treasure reflected onto the tar here. Where is it? It's not in the chest in the next room and I can't find any illusory walls.
http://abload.de/img/tsc5pqc.jpg
It lets you free up a ring slot so you dont need the ring of binding. And looking nice is a good enough reason.
http://abload.de/img/tsc5pqc.jpg
It lets you free up a ring slot so you dont need the ring of binding. And looking nice is a good enough reason.
If you attack the Rotten's arm enough it will drop an item.
Necromanti
Member
Okay, what the hell?
So I finally beat the
after finding a saint-like patience deep within myself. Half of the deaths was just reaching it without dying.
. But no achievement?! C'mon, now.
I killed
Injustice.
I guess it's only
that remains, but I feel like it will be the hardest one to get back to (consistently). Plus the whole...super annoying OHK AoE moves and doing less damage than I was to the
.
So I finally beat the
Ancient Dragon
I got close so many times, only to be herded towards a ledge and then not having any direction I could run in fast enough once it flew up and breathed fire. What's done is done
I killed
Vendrick on the 2nd try now that I had the last Soul of a Giant. I can't believe how easy he was. And he gets an achievement?
I guess it's only
Darklurker
dragon
Orthogonal
Member
You'll do just fine.
Credits will roll but ng+ won't start until you select it at Farfire bonfire.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Colorful Vocabulary
Member
Hmm, I'm guessing you're a melee build?
Yeah, it's definitely a pain having to get back to that boss if you end up dying.
I personally found the Drangleic Castle one to be the easiest to go through though, especially since it only has 4 enemies, and there's a bonfire right next to the portal.
Necromanti
Member
That obvious, huh?
That would definitely be my preferred bonfire...if it wasn't the hardest path for me to get through! I mean, I'd be fine if I could just run by all the enemies, but
Havel 2.0 would probably destroy me more often than not. Right now, I'm doing the Shaded Woods way, and it's not that bad
embarrassing confession: I think I must've died over 20 times to
Somehow he always got me with
I rolled too late. OHKO. Try again. Then I realized I could
, so that's what I did and, after all those stupid ass deaths, I DEFEATED.
Feels good, man. Though it was a small victory.
King FUCKIN' Vendrick
Somehow he always got me with
some horizontal sword swings.
stay behind his legs and circle him and avoid damage
Feels good, man. Though it was a small victory.
Cannon Goose
Member
The Blue Tearstone ring has saved my arse so many times that I don't think I'll ever be able to part with it.
Excellent for PVE and PVP.
Excellent for PVE and PVP.
The Blue Tearstone ring has saved my arse so many times that I don't think I'll ever be able to part with it.
Excellent for PVE and PVP.
Damn right
Nah man, level up as much as you can, and heal all you want.
Embrace winning, this is the Brave New World of Soul Memory and Dark Souls 2 Arena PvP.
I like to let them drink, it means they've opened up themselves to an infinite stunlock combo.