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Dark Souls II PC |OT| Give us smooth, Give us silky
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Aspirations26
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Love those people, they always fail at it and I blow them up lol.
YianGaruga
Banned
Hard to give hints but let me try:
The Ember for McDuff is in a hot place
The Pyromancy Flame is on a ship
If both of these don't ring a bell you need to explore a bit more still.
Nice, managed to take downon my first tryFlexile SentryNo Man's Wharf was pretty cool.
Flexile Sentry
really was one of the easier bosses and easier parts of Wharf. That creatures scared of light were a menace for my first character that was pure melee.
chaobreaker
Member
Aw, I thought I combed all of No-mans Wharf already. Thanks.
YianGaruga
Banned
There aren't many ships in that place so it should be easy to find. You probably just missed it because you were interrupted.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
If you want the specific location of the Pyromancy Flame, reveal the spoiler. It is an EASILY missable item because you're only in the one room for a second.
After you kill the Flexile Sentry boss, you can go into another room and up a ladder. When you reach the top of the ladder, turn around. There is a chest that contains the Pyromancy Flame.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
I just killed that fireworm that guards the firesword. Is there a way to jump over that ledge that leads up to him? He dropped an item and I don't want to lose it.
Nope, need to go around in another route.
YianGaruga
Banned
I don't think it is. They mostly drop Cracked Red Eye orbs.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
To get to the other side (which is also the pit with the fire spouts), come back to this area with the
Iron Key
Ha. Nearly reached my quitting point in
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Iron Keep approaching the Old Iron King. Took the advice I read here to try a boss as a summon first, and three of us beat him with ease, then tried myself with two helpers and I fell into the lava :|. Hadn't realised there was a closer bonfire, so I was making a horrible trek from the smelter bonfire several times before discovering it, losing at least 60k souls in the process.
Missed the ladder eh
eot
Banned
As I understand it you don't get iframes from ADP until much later, it just makes you initiate the roll faster so you can dodge closer (in time) to the attack.
Beat the game last night. Really enjoyed it.
Not as memorable as the first game perhaps, but i am coming into this game with a much different knowledge/mindset.
I am gonna hop into new game plus as soon as i clear out the last couple bosses i missed
Not as memorable as the first game perhaps, but i am coming into this game with a much different knowledge/mindset.
I am gonna hop into new game plus as soon as i clear out the last couple bosses i missed
dragon and the covenant one....are the only ones i think i missed
It is possible to jump, but p hard.
I always pop down my sign to learn the fight first. I did that boss three or four times in co-op before attempting it by myself. Also restores you to human, full health, spell/estus flask charges, and repairs your equipment.
From is dastardly at hiding those bonfires close to the bosses. Really rewards exploration.
I can think of a few off the top of my head, but there are probably more.
Iron Keep
Black Gulch
Earthen Peak
Drangelic Castle - I got so lucky finding this one
I love this game, it's hilarious how a boss that I find impossibly hard to beat , is so easy for other people
yet bosses that give others an impossibly hard time I can kill without worrying at all
Just shows that certain builds have advantages and disadvantages.
Smelter Demon
Lost Sinner
YianGaruga
Banned
It seems to me that the biggest difference comes from one group of people prefering dodges, the other likes to tank with a shield.
Shields are great vs.
Sinner
Smelter
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
I didn't find this one until after all the missing bonfires popped up on my map. Realized I was missing two in Drangleic Castle and just googled it after 3 hours of walking around. Of course, as soon as I open the wall, a hint pops up behind me hahaha.
Decided to backtrack quite a bit and ended up in a place full of ladders and poison, lot's of poison.
Found a Big boss bellow and I had two people summoned but I was with so many broken weapons and armour that I died pretty fast. I feel embarrassed for letting my two anonymous kind summoners down, they were praising the sun all the way with me until the boss and we were making decent damage. I hope I can find a bit of jolly co-op later on if I try again. They were awesome but for this fight it seems that someone using long-range magic is much better.
Found a Big boss bellow and I had two people summoned but I was with so many broken weapons and armour that I died pretty fast. I feel embarrassed for letting my two anonymous kind summoners down, they were praising the sun all the way with me until the boss and we were making decent damage. I hope I can find a bit of jolly co-op later on if I try again. They were awesome but for this fight it seems that someone using long-range magic is much better.
Nah, Gyrm Greatshield pretty much makes Smelter a cakewalk.
YianGaruga
Banned
What. Hadn't found that one, gotta go check it out.
My point is there's a shield that is perfect against Smelter. Not whether people know or have it.
Wut
It's right before the Dragonrider boss fight, you use a ladder to get to it and that's all I'm going to say about that.
YianGaruga
Banned
hydrophilic attack
Member
Shortly after release on PS3 I managed to get in there several times by running and jumping. But I think that may be patched out because I couldn't do it again when I tried much later. The area is very difficult because those salamanders are really strong but it's well worth a suicide run because it has a really nice shield (although it requires a lot of strength to use). You can drop down there from the room with the elevator to the boss if you have enough health to survive the fall. Silvercat ring from the cat merchant and going naked (fall damage decreases with low equip weight) may help with that. Poison arrows can help you deal with the lizards.
The drop you missed is probably a cracked red orb or a small orange burr. Those were the items I usually got from them.
SeventhSon
Member
Shouldn't need a shield against
. But the bad hit boxes require it unless you want to spam magic at it.
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Smelter Demon
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She didn't cry when I whipped her to death such a shame.
Shield of any kind works fine against him anyway. I beat him with just the Drangleic shield even tho you take a bit more damage with the flames. Same can be said for Lost Sinner who can be beaten without a shield. Whatever works.
What's wrong with you?
Earthen Peak
This level did not need three bonfires, in fact I think it only needed one (the middle one). It removes so much of the tension when the trek to each bonfire is so short.
To be fair one of them is hidden and the one next to the windmill is probably there because most people probably don't have any Flame Butterflies at that point in the game. If you like tension I highly recommend a zero-deaths run.
LurkerPrime
Member
Accidentally stumbled across a shortcut just as I was reading a message on how to access it. From has gotten a lot more creative between games...
Also, a question, SoulsGAF: What ability/spell is that Zeus lightning bolt throw that a lot of invaders seem to use & what damage type does it deal?
Also, a question, SoulsGAF: What ability/spell is that Zeus lightning bolt throw that a lot of invaders seem to use & what damage type does it deal?
YianGaruga
Banned
Lighting Spear, it's a miracle.
Spoilerish gif: Cathedral of Blue boss battle.
Nothing hard to pull off, but man does this kind of thing make you feel good when you get it right. That's why pure gameplay is always better than cutscenes and QTE. And that's why I love this series.
Nothing hard to pull off, but man does this kind of thing make you feel good when you get it right. That's why pure gameplay is always better than cutscenes and QTE. And that's why I love this series.
Lightning Spears are Miracles, and they do Lightning damage.
I never had the balls to try and parry any boss attacks besides the Pursuer charging attack. I wish the game was a bit more consistent with the things you can parry.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Yeah I got it after many tries. Thanks everyone!
For the record I made the jump, got the shield, turned around and was charged by a lizard.... Died instantly.
Damn dude.
I'm finding the Emit Force miracle is really useful, especially when co-oping as you can dash into a group of enemies and stagger them all so your crew can bash the hell out of them. Or if a horde is rushing you (so... a lot in this game) it's a quick way to inflict a little damage and give yourself some space.
Nothing I just used a maxed notched whip and she bled to death. Effective if I say so myself.
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