DEX scaling isn't that good in this. It's best to get it to minimum requirements and that's it. STR is better to raise in the long run. Unless you make it into a raw weapon.
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Dark Souls II |OT++| Bearer of...Seek...Seek...Lest
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Orochinagis
Member
Just wow at the sunken queen true nature being
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a human finally embracing the dark
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Kinda. The NPC was fine but the rest after... From be trollin'. "Hey guys you know what everyone loved best about our previous game? Lost Izalith! Let's make a throwback to that!"
At least there was no lava. XD
Ok this is weird. What is the hex, what are your stats, and what is your catalyst, specifically?
No.
Jester Thomas
invasion to ever give me a tough time
And
those things are pretty easy if taken one at a time, because you easily roll through their slow attacks, they phone them in.
If anything the area before
the optional boss
it's more annoying than challenging with all those spitting statues and normal enemies
Orochinagis
Member
Lost Izalith water version, Is the same thing but the dragons can bite you. Now lets troll some more and put a pointless bonfire too!.
dryuriev7777
Member
Got up to the end of Sinner's Rise with a friend and we're already level 70. Was going sorcerer build again but decided to use a soul vessel so I can go nuts with hexes. They're pretty great but I don't like how a lot of them use up a ridiculous amount of attunement slots. Gonna now go straight for the DLC area so we can rock some hardcore crowns the rest of the game.
It amazes me how I still find this game to be so fantastically fun. Despite beating it 500 million times, it's still a good game to pick up and play and try different styles and dick around with friends in.
It amazes me how I still find this game to be so fantastically fun. Despite beating it 500 million times, it's still a good game to pick up and play and try different styles and dick around with friends in.
Orochinagis
Member
And since you are drowning in souls in this game you can use the best hexes spells without remorse.
He can spam firestorm and forbidden sun AND takes barely any damage? I dont think it was a challenge at all but more of a grind to take him out. And then you got the mini dinosaurs who is somewhat different but we cant fight them because the water slows our movement, how does anyone find that fun? It seems lazy to me. The level design of the DLC was fantastic, I loved getting lost. Enemies not so much. There is a big difference when you face an enemy who you like to fight as opposed to an enemy who is annoying, grinding and then there happens to be 3 more in the room because you know, it makes the game more challenging.
The only reason I can think of being there is Imperfect farming for upgrade materials.
I know people expected those big enemies to fight like the dragon asses, but they really don't at all. They don't completely wreck your camera, they have a few attacks and they are spread out enough that you can be smart and either run past them easily or take them on one at a time. I thought they were really fun to fight.
Having trouble with the trio boss in NG+... damn.
The ladies in dark souls do not fuck around.
I liked the npc, because it kept me on my toes, i usually don't give much thought to npc invasions, because the AI is super dumb and they go down pretty easily, but that one gave me a tough time, plus the fact that they don't respawn, to me, is an incentive to have them be especially tough, and let you get creative, as you feel like you can truly give it your all against them.
Had to use toxic mist on the fucker, especially considering at the same time i had to roll through the attacks of one of those ghosts that had chased me up to that point.
Some tense minutes those were.
As for the
dinos
But as always with the Souls games, YMMV, different players found difficulties at different points.
Orochinagis
Member
I know, right ? *wink wink*
Fleet_of_Foot
Member
I've saved every boss soul I've gotten and I'm near the end of the game. I know generally what to do with them, but I don't know how or where. I'm tempted to just eat them all and level up a bunch. Why shouldn't I? I'm happy with my claymore +10.
Orochinagis
Member
There are two mayor NPC that can generate boss weapons.
One is Straid, located from the lost bastille. The second one is Ornifex but first you have to freed her on shaded woods then she will relocate to tsedora
There's several decent STR focused ones you cab get the boss souls for early into the game. Pursuers ultra greatsword, giant stone axe, and the butcher knife.
Stratosphere
Member
I ended up going this route, and I have to say, the Crypt Blacksword is an absolute BEAST in PvE. I'm really digging the axe-like moveset, although the slow swing speed has repeatedly got me into trouble. I suppose I will just have to adjust my playstyle.
I do have a couple questions.
1. It doesn't appear that dark weapon is boosting my damage on the Dark Crypt Blacksword. Both my overall damage, and phsyical/dark stats stay the same after casting it. What gives?
2. Being completely new to hexes, I need some advice. What is the best staff to use (olenford's?), and what are some good hexes for PvE?
3. So the one drawback of the sword seems to be it's low durability. Any suggestions on how deal with this? Just load up on repair powder? Have a backup sword in the ready?
Thanks in advance.
Orochinagis
Member
That one have a pssive ability about getting extra damage if you not commited a sin.
1. It doesn't alter stats when you cast it, but you should see an increase when you hit enemies.
2. Sunset Staff. You get it from Felkin when you have 20 int/faith. You also get a great headpiece from him as well. For chime required spells, use caitha's chime which is found in the castle.
3. It's always a good idea to have a backup weapon.
Deified Data
Banned
Trying to solo the Ruin Sentinels with no shield and pure melee is probably the least fun I've ever had with this game. Less fun than Ancient Dragon, even.
My desire to continue a no shield run is waning. Who am I trying to impress?
My desire to continue a no shield run is waning. Who am I trying to impress?
The only NPC's I killed were the women at Things Betwixt. I did that just to see what would happen.
Orochinagis
Member
This game can be played without a shield easily maybe because the gameplay is faster or the enemies just charge at you, DS1 in other hand is more tricky.
SoldnerKei
Member
people die when they are killed
now getting to the dlc with a NG character I have at level 64, I want to see how much they destroy me with just 1.2k of hp... I bet some monsters will O.H.K.O me for sure
Here is a video I made to help people get started with hexes. Read the description ito skip to parts you want to see...there is also a link showcasing my favorite hex - the Dead again Hex.
I'd be impressed man!!! It was one of the funnest bossses in the series to do with no shield...its not relaly about impressing, it's simpoly a fun challenge that adds way more depth to the game.
Here is a vid of me doing it early with a dex character.
Here is a more recent vid using the Vanquisher seal, fists only, and some original music enhancements by yours truly!
Again use the description to hyperlink to the boss fight.
was monastery scimitar a rare drop?
i remember someone challenging me to get a drop from the painting guardian and it just dropped on my second try
so that's warlock mask on try 1, monastery scimitar on try 2. i'm pretty lucky i think lol
also released navlaan and man he's loves to show up on the worst times possible
it's great
i remember someone challenging me to get a drop from the painting guardian and it just dropped on my second try
so that's warlock mask on try 1, monastery scimitar on try 2. i'm pretty lucky i think lol
also released navlaan and man he's loves to show up on the worst times possible
it's great
It just takes practice that's all you pick it up as you go. As for durability the bracing knuckle ring will help, Welleger also sells infinite repair powder.
HungOverOnATues
Member
Can anyone suggest where I should drop my summon sign to help out in order to grab Sunlight Medals (NG+)? The new DLC bosses are a no-go, since the world master ALWAYS ends up dead.
I don't know about NG+ specifically, but for some reason the congregation always got a lot of traffic in NG and it's the easiest fight in the game. I farmed there to get my sun sword on a couple of characters.
Cannon Goose
Member
I am really loving my melee build at the moment! 30/25 Str and Dex with Flynn's Ring + Ring of Blades+2 = ~600 damage with a Bastard Sword 2hR2 and 725 with the Red Tearstone activated.
Nooo, shieldless is the most fun way to play the game.
Summon an npc if you have to!
As for the Ruin Sentinels, the attack you really have to worry about, is the spinning one, when you see them do that, just roll away (you can roll through it theoretically, but it's hard as shit).
All the other attacks are somewhat predictable and rollable through, just make sure you have AGL to 100 or 105, for ideal I-Frames.
Of course kill the first one on the ledge, and there you can practice rolling through their attacks, when you have two, it gets trickier, and you will be able to only get one or two attacks in before going into defensive mode again, but they do take quite some damage.
Try to bait their attacks, so that they attack together and try to keep them both in your screen, and if one of them isn't, just listen to the audio cues to time your roll, 'cause they're probably preparing a jump slamming or a spinning attack on you.
They were the second hardest boss to do with my shieldless build, if that's any consolation, so once you got them out, the rest is easier (up until
Watched & Defender
An NPC will take away some of the aggro without being too determining in terms of damage dealt, so i'd also consider that option.
Exactly because you're not trying to brag to anybody, and because a shieldless run is more fun and aggressive than a shielded one, it's worth continuing.
Also, get poison arrows or a poison weapon and stay under 40% equip load!
Twin dragon riders after old iron king. Those two are quite popular and really quick to do.Can anyone suggest where I should drop my summon sign to help out in order to grab Sunlight Medals (NG+)? The new DLC bosses are a no-go, since the world master ALWAYS ends up dead.
I used to get a lot of summons at the LGK, too.
Especially if you place it before the corridor with the horse knights.
Cannon Goose
Member
Ok... Either I'm just having REALLY bad luck with PVP connections or From patched the netcode over the weekend and made it worse. Never have I seen such consistency with lagstabs, delayed damage, teleporting and all sorts of other crazy bullshit across multiple fights. As always, the internet on my end is absolutely fine. Also, I seem to only be able to be matched up with two or three people per area and it just cycles through them! I read that more Soul Memory ranges were added (which sounded like a terrible idea on paper) so technically it would mean that there would be fewer players for me to connect to at high SM (24.4 million), which in turn makes me want to abandon my high SM character even more than I did before the changes!
Can anyone suggest where I should drop my summon sign to help out in order to grab Sunlight Medals (NG+)? The new DLC bosses are a no-go, since the world master ALWAYS ends up dead.
First Drangleic Castle Bonfire.
Haunted
Member
lrn2roll
No seriously, you can roll through anything he throws at you and decent fire resistance will keep you alive through the burn damage.
He is tough, no doubt. There are no shortcuts with him, he has high def and resistances so you must duke it out for a while. But I think his reputation is overblown, probably because it's the first fight where blocking is useless (during the second half). No more sword and board ez mode!
Haunted
Member
Doing a shieldless run is fine, but why do you shun Pilgrim Bellclaire? She just wants to help.
That's why it's one of the better spots to farm as they aren't too difficult to kill and the host rarely struggles. The redeye ring is handy if your being summoned it can help the host live a lot longer by getting the boss to focus on you.
Strike damage is the best for a majority of the bosses in the game Smelter is no exception. Lightning is a weakness of it too so with some golden pine resin and a strike weapon you can make short work of Smelter.
Red rust sword is another straight sword which has A STR scaling but that has the axe moveset. But that's pretty much it unless you want to use a Drakekeeper sword which is has broadsword moveset but longer and stronger (245 for a max drakekeeper sword 240 for a broad) it has C/C scaling though compared B/D though.
If you want to just stick with the broadsword a ring of blades will help increase your damage.
Haunted
Member
I'LL FIRE LONGSWORD HIM AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT