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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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In the legendary words of Jeff Green: "Time out! I said time out!"
Pure mage build here, SL70 (STR 7, everything else in INT/ATN/FTH/ADP plus a bit of health), just took down Ruin Sentinels (hard ass fight for my mage), because I don't dodge that much, preferring to block and strafe. Large Leather Shield, how I love thee. Where's my 100% shields from DS1 though :|
Anyways, where do I go from here? Is the Belfry and/or Lost Sinner better, or should I go for Huntsman Copse first? Or that door past Benhart?
Anyways, where do I go from here? Is the Belfry and/or Lost Sinner better, or should I go for Huntsman Copse first? Or that door past Benhart?
Not really. Most of the time the lightning scaling is crap. If you want to use lightning infused weapons, put just enough faith to use sunlight blade.
The bonus you gain doesn't depend on your faith, it's only 50 + 30% of the lightning damage of your weapon.
Orochinagis
Member
bosses tends to attack more when they see you healing like real life
Red Liquorice
Member
Any of those ways are viable. Huntman's Copse might be the most useful.
For upgrading your gear
Lol that would be a site to see. Imagine the last giant ripping it's arm of then stopping doing that.
You mean the guy at the very beginning? He very kindly gave me a set that I'm using right now. Is there anything else that can help?
With a high lightning -scaling weapon (Defender Greatsword), I get a lot of extra lightning damage per point of faith, but YMMV. That + 30% bonus gives a huge amount of mileage as long as your weapon already has a decent lightning attack. If you're not going to make a cleric of some kind, just Spice up Sunlight Blade as low as you can go, and it'll still give good damage.
Red Liquorice
Member
No, I meant further on that direction - past Huntsman's Copse, there's a
upgrade material merchant
an ember that allows you to infuse your weapons
Laurentius
Member
Belfry Gargoyles are a pain in the ass. Neither can i summon any NPC there Nor find any player summon signs. I am a melee+magic guy, so my magic isn't powerful yet.
In addition, that area is full of invaders.
Yeah, the gargoyles are a pain. They are optional, though, so you can come back to them later if you want. One tip is to concentrate on one gargoyle at a time. There's some weird system where if you take off a percentage off one gargoyle's health, the next will spawn. So if you're attacking two or three at a time, you'll have to deal with a bunch more than if you just attack one at a time.
Good tip, gonna try that. I was firing of my soul arrow whenever i find an opening at any gargoyle which is closer.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Sounds like a Chess strategy. Please explain.
Yeah I figured that out once there were four on the screen at once. :/
When the dragon has done its initial roar and spewn its fire, stand at the gap between the two innermost toes at either hind leg. Dealing enough damage will guarantee that the dragon do a stomp. Anticipate it and make your way to the other leg. Rinse and reapeat until done.
It seems that you have to be able to deal enough damage to annoy it enough so it stomps. At least I killed it without taking off. It kept repeating the stomp.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ah! Nice one, squire!
What weapon are you using and have you got any aromatic ooze? As for the percentages of the boss health bar it's 90%, 70%, and 50%. To meet the spawning conditions for a gargoyle to join the fray.Belfry Gargoyles are a pain in the ass. Neither can i summon any NPC there Nor find any player summon signs. I am a melee+magic guy, so my magic isn't powerful yet.
In addition, that area is full of invaders.
Heide Knight sword and Great Heavy Soul Arrow.
Yea, i do have some aromatic ooze. Will try using that too.
Just make sure that you do sufficient damage between each stomp. Also, make sure to really hug the toes. Stand as close as you can. After the stomp, the dragon will move a little, but you can actually position yourself between the toes and you will slide along with the dragon's movement.
After 30 horribly failed attempts doing the tail smash and running hopelessly around avoiding fire, the stomp strategy seems soooooo much more consistent. I think I did it in 4-5 attempts (for some reason I got stomped as I was too slow to move away).
Interrobang
Member
Done, yo.
Congrats, how many hours and playthroughs did it take?
That should make it a lot easier for you.
Interrobang
Member
I want to say final playtime is 120 hours.
First play through was about 70 hours, but I literally got every single item and unturned every stone, with no guide and no intention to get all the achievements at all.
Second playthrough was to change up my play style (went from full melee greatsword to Chaos Blade Hex build). By the end of this playthrough I was only missing some NG++ spells.
Third playthrough I rushed to get a fragrant branch of yore from the bottom of Gutter, made my way to shaded woods, and then airwalk glitched to Drangelic castle. Bought some spells from Wallager and got all the achievements.
Haven't beat it a third time, but I respecced to a FTH/Sun sword build and have been doing Blue sparring.
Hey dude, what are your stats? Your agility might be low which makes dodging and parrying much tougher.
Orochinagis
Member
So I need to raise up faith to have more lighting damage right? My melee class ended in the pharros door woooot
Lightning does scale with faith yes.
There are two posts on reddit detailing the balance changes.
Post 1
Post 2
Their found data.
Avelyn ~30% nerf
Syans ~14% nerf
Santiers ~22% nerf
GRS ~29% nerf
WoG ~5% nerf
RW changed to roughly same increase as SLB/CMW/Dark Weapon. Use Dark Weapon if you want to buff a dark infused weapon.
Flame Weapon much less effective than other weapon buffs.
Abyss ring changed from 20% to ~7-10%
More detailed finding.
And from the other post
Post 1
Post 2
Their found data.
Avelyn ~30% nerf
Syans ~14% nerf
Santiers ~22% nerf
GRS ~29% nerf
WoG ~5% nerf
RW changed to roughly same increase as SLB/CMW/Dark Weapon. Use Dark Weapon if you want to buff a dark infused weapon.
Flame Weapon much less effective than other weapon buffs.
Abyss ring changed from 20% to ~7-10%
More detailed finding.
And from the other post
Orochinagis
Member
first time fighting a sorcerer invader, feels like fighting a needler guy in Halo. Yet he was lagging as hell and his spells hit me no matter what happened
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
They seem a little... Rushed?
Orochinagis
Member
Yep, dragonception.
I get why they nerfed a lot of this stuff and its all good except now resonant weapon is useless! At least make it just a tad stronger than dark weapon! Oh well I am not too mad about it, its just that if they try to fix these things, they can sometimes render them useless to the point no one is going to use it. BALANCE! Thats all we ask!
blue apostle y u do dis
Got summoned to Iron Keep as a blue sentinel. The host has some mobs on him and after a few quick hits the invader has only a 1/4 of his HP left, so I decide to chase him before the host gets himself killed. We find ourselves fighting on the center platform in the room that has the entry to Belfry Sol... and then there's the sound of chains and the platform descends into the lava with both red and blue on it.
Mission accomplished...?
Got summoned to Iron Keep as a blue sentinel. The host has some mobs on him and after a few quick hits the invader has only a 1/4 of his HP left, so I decide to chase him before the host gets himself killed. We find ourselves fighting on the center platform in the room that has the entry to Belfry Sol... and then there's the sound of chains and the platform descends into the lava with both red and blue on it.
Mission accomplished...?
Haha, I better do some research on the lore... Again, FROM cements their position as master trollers.
J-Roderton
Member
So, I took a long break from the game and went back today with no clue where to go. I traveled around to different places, even talked to the chick in Majula. NO clues or anything. My last boss was the Demon of Song. The frog thing. I have rescued a malfinito ( or however the hell you spell it) and I'm just kinda wondering around. I even went back to the fork in the road and found a path that tells me to produce the kings seal or something like that.
Any tips for me? Really just want to beat this story. I'm lost =(
Any tips for me? Really just want to beat this story. I'm lost =(
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
There's a path to the next area after the Demon of Song.
What's with physical damage in this game? I'm playing with someone who I think is on NG++, my character has 40 dexterity/ strength, and my weapons aren't very effective. +10 Mastodon Halberd, power stance Warped Sword +5 and Falchion +10. It's just nothing compared to magic damage.
Go back to where you fought the Demon of Song.
There's more path forward from the Demon of Song, there is another exit in their room.
You need to go to undead crypt to get the kings ring.
KillerDark
Member
That is pretty funny haha.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
You would have loved it even more before it got nerfed. And I dont think its completely nullified by GMB, but then again I have yet to run into anyone using it.
Well maybe I could've but it would've taken 20 hours more.
You had difficulty with some of the bosses I take it?
J-Roderton
Member
thanks to all that replied as well. Shit I have been that way, but I do not have the kings ring. Lets rage! If I remember correctly I backed out of that area when I stopped playing.