5-2 is way harder depending on your WT
But mostly because of the way Demons handled water. What a troll
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5-2 is way harder depending on your WT
But mostly because of the way Demons handled water. What a troll
They all buff the weapons in exactly the same way (50 damage, no scaling, 30% additional innate elemental damage). Meaning if you want to maximize it, you should infuse your weapon with Dark.
Ultimately, it comes down to what kind of damage you want to deal and Dark isn't bad as far as that's concerned.
Shin Kojima
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I stayed in front of him to lure out his front flame breath and then attacked. Sprint hard and far as soon as you see his wings start to beat as that's when he will fly up.
I don't understand the complains with that guy, why would they patch it?
1) Not a required boss, only reason is a boss it's because the player wants to attack it.
2) He's big as a fucking house, that's a lot of life, you have to be patience.
3) He's powerful but slow, you have to do 3 things in the fight, bait, attack and run. It's very safe to attack him, he only has one dangerous attack.
http://youtu.be/PehXn69SU8U
Cannon Goose
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Actually, from what the wiki says it seems that Resonant Weapon is the most powerful buff. All the other buffs add 50 damage + 30% like you said, but Resonant Weapon adds 50 damage + 50%.
The only drawback is that it costs 2000 (or maybe 5000) souls to cast it each time. The damage is so worth it though.
Gower's Ring of Protection - if you're going to be hit by his fire breath, make sure your back is facing him and you will absorb all the damage (max 5 times). Can only get the ring in NG+ though.
You can also use Bonfire Ascetic.
As someone who finally got the pattern down after the fifth-sixth attempt, bowing out is probably the right decision. What a boring, nothing fight.
Also saw two people back to back get instantly melted by the Prowling Magus today. Even if they ascetic'd the bonfire it still feels baffling to me
Yeah I farmed sunbro medals from that boss since it was quick/easy, and a good few I came across died straight away.
Bait and switch, basically you'll want him only to do his front fire attack and his aoe attack, there's a video on youtube detailing this.
I recommend you use no armor, equip the stamina recovery ring, the dragon ring, the Blossom Kite Shield and attack him 2 handed with your weapon of choice or your spells. Just be patient and you'll beat him.
It's weird, I also thought it was one of the easiest fights, but I guess their lighting attack can hurt quite a bit.
I bonfire ascetic that fight twice for the items and for the npc quest, and always was very fast and painless.
Yeah I didn't realise that was going to happen so I did the first boss and was looking round the area after killing them. Then suddenly the boss spawned and I was like wtf. xD
If you're careful, and time it right so that you don't lose all your stamina and can still dodge attacks if necessary, you can sprint from the bonfire to the fog gate relatively quickly. You'll have a train of those tall dudes chasing you across the bridge, but you can jump either left or right just at the end of the bridge to the platforms the enemies can't reach you on. From there most of the enemies will retreat--if any stick around you can use ranged attacks to get rid of them.
You could simply warp out of there if you'd like.
No not really I hope your using an infused spotted whip to inflict poison faster
did it first try with the npc summons anyway. so thats the game finished with a second character, although I liked this sor better, I might try the stuff I missed this time
ExFalsoQuodlibet
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ahahah that Wolverine was actually Elajjaz, a DS speedrunner http://youtu.be/uPte0cbmFBY
Cyborg
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Follow his tail (look at his shadow) stay always on the left side of de shadow.
Two hits on his leg, then he will try to hit you with his tail, two hits on his tail. His flys up then you follow the tail (like I said)So I see enchanted katanas are the weapon du jour at the moment at Iron Keep. Immensely frustrating, as their range is significantly longer than it appears. What makes e encounters so frustrating are all the spells I launch that hit, with animation and all on my end, only to cause no damage. The fun quickly disappears in these moments :/
That pursuer is optional but try strike damage.
They do have a bit of phantom range not the only thing to either.
Red Liquorice
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Maybe something he forgot to do and wanted to homebone out of the fight? Maybe wanted to summon Benhart and forgot, or he was doing Nashandra too and wasn't prepared for the fight?
Being a dick is also a valid reason, but just trying to think of ways to give benefit of the doubt (I would've messaged you to say sorry in such an occasion though!)
MMBosstones86
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I actually found him pretty manageable this time. Keep to his shield side and roll past when he attacks. You can usually only get one hit it before he recovers. Takes a while.
Dragon1893
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I have a strenght build and am currently at
, still using the homunculous mace for one-hand weapon plus shield. Served me well until now, especially against armored dudes of which there are a ton and skeletons. Just beat the
and was doing good damage.
For crowd control I'm using the Zweihander, there are stronger swords like the greatsword or Mastodon but the weight/damage compromise seems better to me with the Zweihander. Should I replace any of these?
Edit: Damn, I just realized that I never ran into the Pursuer again after running away from him during the first encounter in the
. WTF?
Drangleic Castle
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For crowd control I'm using the Zweihander, there are stronger swords like the greatsword or Mastodon but the weight/damage compromise seems better to me with the Zweihander. Should I replace any of these?
Edit: Damn, I just realized that I never ran into the Pursuer again after running away from him during the first encounter in the
forest of fallen giants
No way! I love invaders like that (and I used to have a bunch of toons in DS1 that I would do exactly the same thing).
if people want to find/use the most powerful weapons and spells and stunlock me while wearing the perfect armor, then go right ahead. It doesn't faze me at all, but I alwayd have much more fun with invaders who at least try to think a little further outside the box--even if that means they are trolling for tears.
i can honestly say that the most fun I had invading in DS1 was at SL30 with my maneater mildred toon in Anor Londo. I got smashed more times than not, but had a ton of fun.
Try the mastodon, kings ultra greatsword, and pursuer ultra great sword. The Zwei itself is fine to use for the whole game.
I've had this happen to me numerous times before the host steps through the fog gate (most often before
Skeleton Lords
Garcia
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This is exactly the Ancient Dragon's weak point. Once you discover it, the battle becomes just a matter of patience rather than good luck.
The battle goes from extremely hard to super easy after you learn how predictable his frontal flame attack can be.
toastyToast
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Is there a quick way to get to
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Velstadt
OminoMichelin
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On NG, you can simply
kill the zombie near the bell, then run past all the knights.
toastyToast
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How? I get gangbanged if I try to go through the fog door. I wouldn't be asking if it was that simple
Arjen
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Run to fog door, kite them back for a bit, and then go for the fog door again.
MMBosstones86
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I'm using the Zwei now, but just picked up the Puruser sword....deciding to upgrade it or not. Moveset seems pretty nice.
eot
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The problem is that one time out of twenty he'll fly off in a direction instead of flying straight up and you'll get roasted. It seemed like RNG to me, but maybe there's a way to be 100% consistent with baiting the right attacks.
toastyToast
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I tried that that for a while but it wasn't really working with the two by the door. Eventually I realized I could get one to fall off the side and after that it was a piece of cake
The king is tall as fuck
His armor is big as fuck as well. Luckily, the version you get is shrunken down to a size that is wearable for a normal-sized undead person instead of a tall-as-fuck undead person.
It's worth upgrading with your petrified dragon bones.
toastyToast
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Oh yeah, where's a good place to do sunbro coop? Probably should have started earlier since I've wanted to get Sunlight Spear for a while. My SM is 1.3m-ish
So if you respec, does that just push you back to your original "class" stats or do you go deprived 6 in every category?
Thinking about a respec to a mage class in NG but I started Bandit so I wouldn't have the ideal starting point for that (obviously it won't be too bad but still).
Thinking about a respec to a mage class in NG but I started Bandit so I wouldn't have the ideal starting point for that (obviously it won't be too bad but still).
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