Does an area where you're periodically blinded sound fun to you? Cause that's what's in store for the challenge area of the Ivory King.
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Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin |OT| Your weapons are weak, old man
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Does an area where you're periodically blinded sound fun to you? Cause that's what's in store for the challenge area of the Ivory King.
Benzychenz
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Tarkus
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They will continually spawn in the blizzards as long as you're in certain zones regardless of movement or not.
The thing is, you have to keep moving. Using the sun and wall method is much easier than the going from building to building. If you keep moving while fighting the horses along the way, you'll only need to kill 5-6. Use 2 NPCs and black crystal them at the fog gate.
If you use NPCs you don't even need to fight any of them. I just ran along the wall on the left and sent them back home quickly when I reached the fog door.
So going from the advice given to me earlier and looking at some builds, Im gonna go with a 40/40/30/30 str/dex/int/faith Dark magic build. What would be the best way to initially level up my stats? should I try to level up str or dex primarily and go for int/faith once I get to 40/40 or should I try and get my endurance, vit, and vigor up with occasional boosts to str/dex until they reach a certain point?
Summoning the 3 NPCs near the start. Makes this damn annoying area + the invading blue arbiters (if your a sinner like me) so much better..
Unquestionably, if those NPCs didn't exist I wouldn't have even bothered, but with them to distract everything along the way it makes Frigid Outskirts much more bearable.
DarkHeartedKill
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If you don't mind grinding, you could always just make the mobs in the "shortcut"( leave it to Fromsoft to jam pack the short cut with mobs and fireball shooting statues!) extinct then just use it and basically go to the right, then run to the left the fireballs will usually miss you.
With Sir Alonne you can literally just run straight past all the mobs and everything. If you've figured out where he his once, just run to him directly. I've done it that way.
They have limited spawns just like all other mobs apparently. Anyways, someone told me they spawn if you're moving while in certain areas! Lying scum, they shall pay for their transgressions. Thank you
Personally, I'd get enough STR/DEX to use a weapon I'm comfortable with an deals sufficient damage. Then I'd start putting points in VIT, VIG, and END, enough VIT to be at below 60% equip load with all my stuff, due to stamina regen being slower for every 10% of your equip load you have, with 50 and 60 doing the most. Enough END to be able to hit twice and roll, and enough VIG to not got one shot. Then I'd start with my INT/FTH switching between putting points in em, like first FTH then INT, then FTH, etc.
Morrigan Stark
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That area was meant to be played in coop, that's why. Still, it's doable solo too, but you need a strong weapon with heavy staggering power.
DarkHeartedKill
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I hate that though. It really annoys me when Dark Souls decides "Hey, we want you to do coop, so here's a boss that's fun to do cooperatively, but makes chewing tin foil a more favourable option if you choose to do it solo" I like to fight each boss at least once solo, and that includes the route to the boss too. Yesterday I finally made it, and was about two strikes from beating the boss, then died. The boss itself is manageable, the run to it fuck that. Gank squad is another obvious fight that they wanted you to co-op in.
In regards to the pursuer
He's supposed to track down and kill undead, so you will be encountering him quite a few times. He was supposed to fight you numerous times, but From effed up and didn't do it properly the first time.
Tarkus
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It's gotta be the barrel exploding. You will have to leave the area and come back. Just homeward bone back to the bonfire and go back to Majula.
The Tower Apart is the bonfire that you can't just walk back to right guys? I'm having a brainfart.
DarkHeartedKill
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I don't think so, you can try, firebombs are pretty cheap. If that doesn't work, the barrel in front of him resets if you reload the area, so just go to the bonfire and teleport to that same place, and it should re-appear.
Yeah, but there's another bonfire nearby in that area that you can go to.
Generally of the thrusting swords available at that point the Estoc is the better of those available the Mail Breaker is a iffy one as it really is situational.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Yeah, I don't really care for that either, as I always solo everything the first try. Oh well, I managed.
Tarkus
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I thought that was only the case if you had come from No Man's Wharf. Maybe not, I'm really not remembering well.
DarkHeartedKill
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You can go back to the one that you get to from No Man's Wharf but not the one you get to if you come from Pursuer
Tarkus
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Beat the boss in Heide's Tower.
I think I killed her. Is she the woman by the bonfire right after the first boss?
DarkHeartedKill
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Yes. If you did she should have dropped a puzzle piece.
I knocked her off the edge. Fuck
DarkHeartedKill
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O boy o boy. Uhm. It might be where she was before she died. It may have also been added to your inventory automatically. Go check that area.
So I just killed gank squad solo. Though, it probably doesn't mean much considering I was lvl 249 on NG...
Been having more fun in No-mans Wharf (awesome area that reminds me somewhat of blighttown, although less bleak), fought a freaking ton of zombie-guys with huge arms, activated the light and the ship and the shortcut, but still no bonfire in sight. I can not really progress more because my sword simply doesnt have enough durability. I know i can buy repair powder, but that is really expensive. Have i overlooked something?
If you've done the shortcut, sit at the bonfire and then use the shortcut on the way to the boss.
DarkHeartedKill
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If you insist...
there is another shortcut you can activate(I assume the one you're talking about is the gate), you should see a really long vertical board, that looks like it can be pushed down. I think you either knock it over or activate something nearby, it basically makes you be able to go from the first bonfire to the ship.
This is what I dont find, could it be this is only in SofFS? (I am playing vanilla DS2). Is it close to the npc-guy?
It is SOFTS only.
That explains it. Anyways, going to enter the ghost ship tomorrow, looking forward to it!
It was there
[late reply..but anyways] When I first went to the Chest that contained the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, he nearly gave me a heart attack! Did not expect to see him in more places this run.
I actually liked he showed up more. Though, wish he showed up in more locations, esp mid-to-late game + DLC areas.
Benzychenz
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Run to Sir Alonne was easier to sprint through than I expected, and Havel's Shield made him a joke so he's done.
Gonna give the Iron Passage another go now.
Gonna give the Iron Passage another go now.
DarkHeartedKill
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See told you
just a little cool Easter egg about Sir Alonne
if you kill Sir Alonne without taking damage at all, he commits seppuku
Iron Passage is a bitch unless you make all the enemies in the "shortcut" extinct.
Benzychenz
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And Iron Passage is done!
I became a pro at dodging enemies as I ran to the boss.
Gave up on my strategy against magic Smelter though and ended up respeccing for Great Magic Barrier and used that alongside Spell Quartz Ring+3, Dispelling Ring+1 and armour high is magic resistance which made the fight a lot easier.
Now onto Ivory King!
Before that though I need to respec back and I'm wondering if it'll be worthwhile to lower my max equip load and put the points elsewhere.
These last bosses have made me shelve the Havel's set and use light armour for quick stamina regen
I became a pro at dodging enemies as I ran to the boss.
Gave up on my strategy against magic Smelter though and ended up respeccing for Great Magic Barrier and used that alongside Spell Quartz Ring+3, Dispelling Ring+1 and armour high is magic resistance which made the fight a lot easier.
Now onto Ivory King!
Before that though I need to respec back and I'm wondering if it'll be worthwhile to lower my max equip load and put the points elsewhere.
These last bosses have made me shelve the Havel's set and use light armour for quick stamina regen
Damn the Iron Keep is way harder in SOTFS. The enemy placement and aggro range made it difficult for me. Took me about ~9 attempts to reach the Smelter Demon door and I had no Estus Flasks left.
Summoned One guy and hoped for the best, thought we would get creamed since the Smelter Demon is one of the harder bosses in Vanilla.
But he was surprisingly easy, our weapons dealt very decent damage to him and we defeated him in no time. Was he nerfed?
Summoned One guy and hoped for the best, thought we would get creamed since the Smelter Demon is one of the harder bosses in Vanilla.
But he was surprisingly easy, our weapons dealt very decent damage to him and we defeated him in no time. Was he nerfed?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It's weird how people keep saying that, but vanilla annoyed me more because of that archer to your right when you enter that open lava area.
Not sure about Smelter being nerfed, but I don't think he was. You just got gud?
Not sure about Smelter being nerfed, but I don't think he was. You just got gud?
Yah there's no Smelter nerf for SotFS.
I played vanilla Dark Souls 2 so much that I don't remember at all what SotFS placements were aside from that sweet ass drake in Heide's Tower.
edit: Also better Heide Knight locations.
Arjen
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It's weird how people keep saying that, but vanilla annoyed me more because of that archer to your right when you enter that open lava area.
Not sure about Smelter being nerfed, but I don't think he was. You just got gud?
Same here, I was sooo glad that Archer on the right was gone, made the whole area much more enjoyable.
Tarkus
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Lololololol
Yeah I feel pretty bad about how hard I laughed when I saw that. It's definitely up there with the best soap stone messages right next to "Amazing Chest Ahead" just before Andre in the first game.
Lol! Oh boy.
Morrigan Stark
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I like the fatty jokes best. Like, "try jog, fatty" before the path to Throne of Want.
Episode 21, myself vs, Looking Glass Knight: https://youtu.be/qimovghrqn8
Out of all of the generic giant humanoid bosses, I think this one has the best environment to it - fighting at the very top of Drangleic Castle in a raging thunderstorm is a great backdrop, it's somewhere you'd expect a final boss to appear in any other game.
Is the Looking Glass Knight's shield any decent? I saw it deflected one of my spells, so is it a useful magic defensive shield to have?
Out of all of the generic giant humanoid bosses, I think this one has the best environment to it - fighting at the very top of Drangleic Castle in a raging thunderstorm is a great backdrop, it's somewhere you'd expect a final boss to appear in any other game.
Is the Looking Glass Knight's shield any decent? I saw it deflected one of my spells, so is it a useful magic defensive shield to have?
Soodanim
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I finally made myself finish the base game. I also did the 3rd DLC as I got into it naturally, and now I feel more compelled to do DLC1 and 2. And I'm in DLC1, at boss 1. But I need to find something I enjoy using. I started the build with dex, then went ultra great sword, and now I've gone back to dex because I got bored with str being so slow.
Someone please suggest something a bit fun to use, I went BKHalberd but haven't upgraded it because I'm not even having enough fun to kill enough to upgrade it.
I'd happily give up but I'm told it's very good stuff in these DLCs so I wouldn't mind giving them a go before 3 comes out.
Someone please suggest something a bit fun to use, I went BKHalberd but haven't upgraded it because I'm not even having enough fun to kill enough to upgrade it.
I'd happily give up but I'm told it's very good stuff in these DLCs so I wouldn't mind giving them a go before 3 comes out.