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ADP is the stat you level.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I'm fucking stupid. How much AGI do you get per ADP?
Does this still work? I thought it was patched out. When I did it on PS3 just before PC version I didn't get the item a second time, so just fought him using 4.
I feel like it should be patched out if it's not.
Manakin set not cutting it anymore. Anything wrecks me in two hits. Time to find a new light armor before I can farm my fav
Llewellyn
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
AGL isn't a stat you can directly level. It's influenced by Attunement and Adaptability.
0.75 I believe per level.
AlphaProspector
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Ok, guys, Fashion Souls time:
Which is the best looking, badass armor yet still functional and powerful? I'm using the Drangleic set which kind of looks like a roman official and, while great protection and all, I'm just not feeling it.
Let's see, in Dark Souls I used the Elite Knight set and Havel set (can'tstoptherock.mp4) and also the Giants and the Black Iron set. Not much else really called my attention.
I know I can get both the Elite Knight and Havel in DS2 but is there anything else? The Heide knights armor can be obtained? Need to check the wiki for armors...
I'm looking for something knightly by the way.
Which is the best looking, badass armor yet still functional and powerful? I'm using the Drangleic set which kind of looks like a roman official and, while great protection and all, I'm just not feeling it.
Let's see, in Dark Souls I used the Elite Knight set and Havel set (can'tstoptherock.mp4) and also the Giants and the Black Iron set. Not much else really called my attention.
I know I can get both the Elite Knight and Havel in DS2 but is there anything else? The Heide knights armor can be obtained? Need to check the wiki for armors...
I'm looking for something knightly by the way.
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39ADP (what I needed for 110AGI), never going back on this build!
Although for other builds i'll probably stop at 100.
39ADP (what I needed for 110AGI), never going back on this build!
Although for other builds i'll probably stop at 100.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Alva's, Creighton's and Alonne Knight Captain's are three of my favorites.
Orthogonal
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Have you gone down a pit? Did you see a contraption in the tunnel from Majula to Heides Tower?
Cannon Goose
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Only if he knows. But no one finds that bonfire blind!
AlphaProspector
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Oh, yeah, I think I saw this mentioned and, definitely looks great! Also, the Faraam set, the one featured in most DSII promo art.
Thanks for the recommendations.
yeah i think the issue with me is that weapons have movesets which aren't as easy to balance as armors that are simply cosmetics + numbers.
so like i have uchigatana vs blacksteel and i like the thrusting attack from the uchigatana for tight corridors, so i can put some value in that that maybe for me makes up for having less scaling than blacksteel
armor on the other hand is all stats, so to me it should be a lot better balanced and there shouldn't be such a clear cut best. specially since there's a lot of things to balance: different types of reduction, poise, weight, special effects (like item discovery on merchant traveler hat). they could've even made something about size with bigger armors increasing your hitbox or something.
even if blacksteel is objectively better, i can still just use uchigatana cos i like it better, but armor you just have two choices: pick the one that's best suited for what you're looking for (fat roll, 50% roll or 70% roll), of which there is simply one that's best at it, or pick the one that looks best for you.
it's one of those things i don't understand why from never changes, i can appreciate lore having something to do with the strength of items, so a shitty hollow soldier armor won't ever compete with an elite knight's, but among high rank people there should be some semblance of balance :/
i think the alva and alonne armor sets are the coolest i've found so far
alva you can buy from the merchant at majula's after a while and alonne's dropped by alonne knights like 30 hours in (at least for me).
both are pretty good.
drangleic is broken tho
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Excellent, thanks!
Why 20 and not, for example, 25? Is 20 a soft cap or something? Or is this just some personal preference?
Tried to spend a few hours doing (Iron Keep boss)
to get Sunlight Medals.
Killed it twice then gave up. The amount of people who
Shame because it's 16k souls for what should be one of the more simple bosses.
Iron King
Killed it twice then gave up. The amount of people who
get knocked into the pool of lava at the back -_-
Even if they don't, they usually stand near the exit so the boss locks into spamming his most annoying attack which makes it hard to melee. Then eventually they get hit by it and go flying into the lava.
Even if they don't, they usually stand near the exit so the boss locks into spamming his most annoying attack which makes it hard to melee. Then eventually they get hit by it and go flying into the lava.
Shame because it's 16k souls for what should be one of the more simple bosses.
eot
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You mean AGL?
I have more than 20 Vigor, with strength weapons it's easy to end up with a pretty big equip load.
probably both
just to give you a rough picture the drangleic boots alone have more dmg reduction than about 80% of my breastplates.
decoyplatypus
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What build/equipment are you working with? It's a stupid fight no matter what, but if you can handle the Gyrm Greatshield, there is a pretty safe strategy.
There's a soft cap at 20, but I think many players can benefit from blowing right past that cap.
Yep. I use the Great Club (sometimes dual-wielding with Large Club). It's still an excellent STR weapon, especially in PvE.
Are you thinking of Vitality? Remember, in this game Vigor is HP, Vit is equip load.
I doubt the Large Club would catch up to the Great Club due to scaling. The damage output from the Great Club at +10 is just too good.
There probably is a passing point at a massive level of strength due to the Great Club's A scaling.
SL 125, HP 25, STR 45, Stamina 25, Great soul arrow, Enchanted Falchion +10, ...can't remember what shield but it's a +10 with 100% block.
The fire the dragon breathes just one-shot kills me
My approach to every other area in any Souls game is to be super slow and cautious.
In Black Gulch, I ran through the whole place screaming NOPENOPENOPENOPENOEPEONPENOPENOPENOPE
heliconsoul
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Heide Knight Iron Mask with Alva set, looks awesome.
http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/Heide_Knight_Iron_Mask
Cyborg
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Wow,how dumd is this shit. How does he even do it? How do you counter like that?
Schweinehund
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Vengarl is better I think for physical defenses. Plus you get to look like sandor from game of thrones.
Havel is best overall but much heavier, the Faraam(sp) armor is nice when upgraded as well, uses titanite
How is the Malformed Skull moveset?
I was researching the damage intersect between +10 Large/Great Club and someone brought it up.
Looks like 563 damage at Raw path, doesn't scale at all interestingly enough.
It looks like you would need 60-70 points of STR for the Large Club to pass the Great in terms of damage output.
I had to remove my gloves to wear the Great and keep below 50% equip. It's time to upgrade my carry weight I think.
I was researching the damage intersect between +10 Large/Great Club and someone brought it up.
Looks like 563 damage at Raw path, doesn't scale at all interestingly enough.
It looks like you would need 60-70 points of STR for the Large Club to pass the Great in terms of damage output.
I had to remove my gloves to wear the Great and keep below 50% equip. It's time to upgrade my carry weight I think.
Schweinehund
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Yeah it has great scaling.
You should invest in a good mace though, pretty much all the dumb/tedious enemies are weak to maces, and I can't recall any enemies in particular that are resistant to strike. Pretty much anything that is wearing full platemail takes more damage from maces.
I think it's shit, tbh
It's quite good.
I think 20VGR is too low for PVP though.
Yeah, this guy's Lion Greataxe, under 50% equip weight agile STR build. I don't use a shield either except every once in a while blocking a hex with dark transgressor's leather. 110AGI seems worth it on this character. Not absolutely necessary of course, but seems more useful than slightly more health or VIT or whatever.
decoyplatypus
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Okay, you've got the STR for the Gyrm Greatshield. The point of using Gyrm as opposed to some other greatshield is that you want the 100% fire reduction. With enough stamina (you might be borderline), you can tank the breath. At that point the fight is about positioning--making sure you can stay in front of the breath. If you're hanging back to tank, AD will alternate between the flying breath attack and the ground breath attack. You want to have your spacing right so you can run in and stab the neck when he does the latter.
Animation cancelling, parry with his weapon then cancel it with the backstep. Parry window is more generous this way and you get mad i-frames from backsteps. Spades is already breaking this game pretty hard, only gonna get crazier from here on out.
Another reason the new riposte system is kind of borked.
So he parries, and then immediately backsteps? It doesn't even look like he needed to move closer again to riposte
Speaking of armor, is it true the chest is more important than the legs/arms? Shouldn't it be total armor #, or do the different component pieces matter more?
If so I've been doing it wrong keeping drangleic boots with manakin top. But like the look and the numbers balance out.
If so I've been doing it wrong keeping drangleic boots with manakin top. But like the look and the numbers balance out.
boots usually give less poise but i think that's about all there is
I think it is almost at the exact same time, like parry then backstep within a frame of animation essentially. I haven't tried it myself, but that's the strategy I have heard.
Llewellyn Set!
Same as the other great hammers I believe.
I went large club my first time through the game because I found it first, but then found the Great Club too heavy so stuck with large. It's still very good.
Schweinehund
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Archdrake set is best looking in this game. Nothing tops black knight set from first game.
What? Seriously?
I love the Large/Great Club moveset and they are Great Hammers as well. Time to farm for the Skull.
Very nice needs 18 strength to two hand it. Also gains physical damage from infusions funnily enough.
Hardest fight in the game, but once you figure out its attack pattern, it's fairly easy to beat.
It has a lot of hp, so it may take a while.
diablo900t
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Oh hell yes
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