KittenMaster
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I recall reading somewhere that various weapon buffs are downscaled in PVP too. I think they might have learned their lesson with Bloodgems in Bloodborne and started having separate PVP values for some things.
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Dark Souls III |OT+2| Why Can't We Poise the Game?
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Farming Swordgrass was actually pretty tolerable for me - I did it at lvl 25 with a +1 weapon, killing the three Ghru near the Farron Keep Perimeter bonfire. The auto-summons worked there for me, and sure, I got smashed by 2-1 fights a bunch, but I won a handful of matches and it broke up the monotony.
Meanwhile farming the silver knights makes me want to jump off a cliff in game just so I have something different to do after half an hour of no drops.
Meanwhile farming the silver knights makes me want to jump off a cliff in game just so I have something different to do after half an hour of no drops.
Tarkus
Member
If you adjust your playstyle to the UGS speed and range and take advantage of their hyper armor, you can be almost unstoppable. Just gotta be super aggressive and trade hits.
ENB is gettin rekt! Now I don't feel so bad about my skills. Wait, how is it fair to use Tears of Denial twice on NK but unfair to use it and win against Pontiff? ENB pls
There is no achievement for getting all weapons / shields right?
No that's crazy. There are so many and a lot of them are easily missable.
Indeed.
The only troph-chievements related to weapons are "Reinforce any weapon to the highest level" and "Perform all forms of infusion".
StoppedInTracks
Member
Guys... I need to switch my Giant Club +10 ASAP in NG+ as it has ZERO Poise and I am getting staggered as fuck by Deacons... it makes the fights harder than they should be. This was my favourite weapon in DaS2 but then that game had real Poise.
What is another good HEAVY weapon with Poise? I have 2 Titanite Slabs waiting.
FUGS? Profaned Greatsword?
What is another good HEAVY weapon with Poise? I have 2 Titanite Slabs waiting.
FUGS? Profaned Greatsword?
Those types of knights are the hardest regular enemy in the game and that first area is the largest hurdle you will face for the majority of the game, at least until you get towards the very end. Directly after that rough start it gets significantly easier. My advice? Either practice parrying the knights and get good at that as it's their only true weakness or just skip past them and try to get to the next area.
Good friend dropped the ring from the Wolfgrass peeps.
Tarkus
Member
I like the Lothric Greatsword because you can buff and infuse it. Split damage though. Astora is lighter than Claymore(wat!) but less damage than the others. You can buff FUGS as well, but so much weight and stats needed. S scaling in STR tho and long as fuck
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Man ENB's Claymores carried him through the fucking game. It does so much damage and breaks a lot of enemies poise. I used Katanas and had more trouble with enemies since I couldn't stagger them at all. I do wish he looked at the statue in the Grand Archives depicting a Primordial Serpent.
I'm not sure I see Ultra Great Swords needing a buff. Why when you can stagger everything? Plus they can stunlock in PvP anyway.
I'm not sure I see Ultra Great Swords needing a buff. Why when you can stagger everything? Plus they can stunlock in PvP anyway.
The condition is to kill 970 more knights, then you might get the 30 concords.
Why is the
so god damn fun to invade in? Chased a host from the cleansing chapel bonfire all the way to the boss fog while constantly harassing him with arrows and plunge attacks. Killed 10! phantoms including his friends he summoned twice and 2 blues. Obscuring ring OP.
Cathedral
Screaming Meat
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Out of interest, what level are you?
Tarkus
Member
I just upgraded my Claymore to use in PvP. I wish I would have given it a chance during the game. It's a very nice weapon. It can answer straight sword R1 spam with R1 spam of its own! I think I can get 6 or 7 swings with my stamina. 4 usually kills.
If you're referring to me about the buff thing, they don't. But if someone buffs, I'm buffing. Often it's usually 3 buffs to my one.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
It's a quality weapon that really good. My next playthrough will be with the Manikin Claws but I was debating using a Greatsword.
SL40 +5 weapons
Edit: Kind of a twink build though. Hunter, Knight, FAP, and prisoner's chain
Tarkus
Member
I believe the Mirrah Greatsword (can't remember it's DS3 name) is really good too. You get it from the tree's soul. Probably a DEX weapon though.
Good moveset, and deals 50 extra damage to hollows.
I'll be honest, I don't know what they could have done to make them balanced after DS1. All I know is they didn't do a good job of it though. They gave them weird, worse movesets and made them so you have to be super precise with the sweet spot damage.
As for being top tier, no, not even close.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
Oh man, S
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is a real pain in the ass if you're a pyro. Fire resistance everywhere! However, oddly enough I absolutely dominated K
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with my Great Chaos Fire Orbs. And thankfully I have Black Fire Orb to use on the most fire resistant enemies. Still, what a tough area. My Witch's Locks hit like a wet noodle.
Honestly mine is the regular old Greataxe. That thing hits like a TRUCK. And I think it looks cool.
Heh, when I was SL 100 I went through that area with Way of Blue + ember + Dried Finger and it was kinda sad because literally the same 2 invaders kept coming every time. I think I was the only SL 100 player available in the area.
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Honestly mine is the regular old Greataxe. That thing hits like a TRUCK. And I think it looks cool.
Heh, when I was SL 100 I went through that area with Way of Blue + ember + Dried Finger and it was kinda sad because literally the same 2 invaders kept coming every time. I think I was the only SL 100 player available in the area.
I did my entire strength play through with a greataxe. That thing hits really hard!
Incendiary
Banned
Gotta say, if From makes another Soulsborne game I hope they add a little more variety with the status effects and different elements. Seems like the phase 2 of every other boss is "Now With More Fire!(tm)" I still don't even know what the Frost effect does. Seems like in general Fire resistance is way more useful than Lightning, Dark, Frost, Poison, hell even Magic!
I mean, I guess with the Lords of Cinder fire was going to end up a focus no matter what, but c'mon. I guess that's my big wish for the next game - more variety in elemental damage being important.
I mean, I guess with the Lords of Cinder fire was going to end up a focus no matter what, but c'mon. I guess that's my big wish for the next game - more variety in elemental damage being important.
Usually dodging to your left or parrying their attacks yields best results. Your shield is your friend against the sword wielding ones. Basically every knight enemy in this game has pretty serious poise and hard hitting but somewhat slow attacks. Never fight several of them, it's best to use something to draw them out one by one.
Your best bet would be to ignore those enemies at this point and go down the stairs and see what lies there.
I'm surprised how few frost weapons there are. There isn't even a frost infusion! I would not be surprised if the DLCs add more of those.
I'm on my second character now and instead of opting for a fire infused weapon I went without and I got to say that until maybe after Farron Keep, fire is pretty good against most enemies.
Head of Vengarl
Banned
I'm level 120 now in NG+ and was wondering if that is the meta pvp-lvl?
I've have some souls gathered but don't know if I should spend them on stuff or level up.
Also, anyone know any good pyro spec for pve, and maybe pvp? I've never respecced, and have like 40 dex, 31 faith, 30 str.
I've have some souls gathered but don't know if I should spend them on stuff or level up.
Also, anyone know any good pyro spec for pve, and maybe pvp? I've never respecced, and have like 40 dex, 31 faith, 30 str.
Tarkus
Member
It seems to be 120 at the moment.
Tarkus
Member
I don't think so. LiK should tweet him about it.
I don't think he ever found the covenant lady in the Catherdral of the Deep. He found the ladder to lead over to it, but just completely forgot about the ladder I think.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Oroboro is quite an ass, but he's good, Peeve is also a very skilled PvP player and he's definetly more nice to hear, he can taunt the other player but you can feel that is more in a joyful matter.
But said that I'm sure Brandon has unedited session, he has for DkS2.
DamnNoHtml is quite cheeky to with lot of min/max always changing weapon for the more favorable ones. I like when you see player trying to get the best they can from a weapon, rather that constantly changing weapon and rings.
But said that I'm sure Brandon has unedited session, he has for DkS2.
DamnNoHtml is quite cheeky to with lot of min/max always changing weapon for the more favorable ones. I like when you see player trying to get the best they can from a weapon, rather that constantly changing weapon and rings.
i'd do min 28-30
i could spam r1 for 3 rounds at a standstill or two then roll
30 is safe
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Meccs
Member
This is true, but his narrations did bring my PvP to another level. There is really good information on how to fight different weapons. Not just what weapon to use but also how to actually play in certain cases. I really like those videos.
Edit: Does everyone play Overwatch now? Invasions are really slow today :/
Tarkus
Member
Is that a hidden mini-game in DS3?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Nah, just good ol' regular r1-r1-r1 from a straight sword haha.
Heh, in a way, they kinda do... because when I invade, I very very often get a damn Darkmoon to invade me back (they almost never win though, the poor souls). I just never happened to get summoned myself, not once, no matter the level, weapon upgrade, or whatever.
I admit, I do cackle every time I kill the host and I see a "blue spirit summoned through concord!" message right after. I've denied so many proofs of concord, it almost feels pleasantly cruel.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Oh, definetly, he gives very good advice, and helped me a lot but after half an hour of «switch to curved sword for heavy weapons and pressure, switch to BKG meta to keep distance against short weapons» gets really old.
Seeing players stick to a weapon and build and try to overcome bad pairings to certain builds and weapons is more interesting.
Nah, just good ol' regular r1-r1-r1 from a straight sword haha.
Heh, in a way, they kinda do... because when I invade, I very very often get a damn Darkmoon to invade me back (they almost never win though, the poor souls). I just never happened to get summoned myself, not once, no matter the level, weapon upgrade, or whatever.
I admit, I do cackle every time I kill the host and I see a "blue spirit summoned through concord!" message right after. I've denied so many proofs of concord, it almost feels pleasantly cruel.
Nothing like being summoned as a blue, and see the host slowly dying while desperantly trying to reach to him :-(
It's funny, because early comments of people playing the game were that the Claymore is weak and great swords and ultra great swords are underpowered.
ENB's playthrough proves that the opposite is true. I think people were having a hard time adjusting to the quick enemy speeds at first. But once you stagger them with a hit, you can pretty much kill anything.
Just for a comparison, many dex weapons don't have the ability to stagger easily, and it makes fighting some of these enemies much harder.
Tarkus
Member
That's true; I was one of those people
They did get a nice buff though in one of the patches. I need to explore the dex weapons more. I've not been paying attention to them at all, except for spears.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Meh. To hell with this level 1 run. Not having fun. I could push through Bloodborne at 4 because I loved Saw Cleaver, but I hate all these weapons with low stat requirements.