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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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DoubleTake
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Its probably you. That or all the signs youre getting are being picked up by someone else. The connections have been great for me so far.
Thanks! Didn't even see that.
Tactics I used - killed on 2nd try
Just stay close to it and circle round it, staying near it's rear in true dark souls fashion. Ignore the other enemies. Roll away when it lifts ass in the air and keep a bit more distance. Don't stop circling it. When you feel comfortable slash at the various "spores" located on body/hands/feet - don't lock on to boss when trying to hit spores, it fucks up your aim. Hope this helps
Audioboxer
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Also maiden bows when you do. Best thing brought over from BB lol.
Wait till they are throwing their heads up/in a kind of roaring animation, then run past them and go right. If you explore in there you will find a way to get rid of them melee.
If they set you on fire it's not a huge problem, but don't try to run, use rolls to get past the staggering effect of the fire on the ground.
If they set you on fire it's not a huge problem, but don't try to run, use rolls to get past the staggering effect of the fire on the ground.
I started out with the intention of making a quality character. My personal advice is to ignore vit (equip load) stat for now and stick to one lighter weapon and shield combo. Armor doesn't seem to make a huge difference, particularly in the later sections of the game, so you may as well get used to dodging now.
What's this fucker weak to? Is my
fire weapon
him to about 25% before running out of Estus. I'm not good enough to dodge this guy for a clean kill.
Plus probably the fact that there are more people that own/play DS3 than DS2.
Audioboxer
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I've just found some heavy armour fairly early in that's beautiful. Fashion Souls needs Vit.
Drillary Clinton
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Titanite Scales where me grind these
Orochinagis
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Why sometimes the firelink shrine gets blocked with mist, I cant get out
Okay today at GameStop, as one employee was ringing up my copy, the other employee (who could've been the manager, not sure tho) said that one of the DS III DLC expansions would be coming late this year and the second DLC after Christmas. He also said one of them would be huge, like the size of the full game (or a full game).
My question is, is that something already known on GAF, or could they have been just sayin' stuff?
My question is, is that something already known on GAF, or could they have been just sayin' stuff?
super-famicom
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The game is still loading the area.
Thewonandonly
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Well I'm preety far so I'm preety sure my summon signs arnt getting taken away. And my connection is set on strict and I can't for the life of me change it, but it works fine in every game I have ever played. Even the battleborne beta where people said they were waiting for 30 minutes I would find a match in 5. So idk
Nocturnowl
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You want to know the worst thing about this?
I have already been down there (twice for items on either side!) yet somehow I missed whatever path you guys are on about. I just ended up taking the route that looped back round.
Well thanks, these new glasses of mine must be faulty.
Audioboxer
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Nope. You need to raise Vitality to rise your equip load.
Yeah. Maybe I'm too practical. I used a longsword, a kite shield and a set of armor I found in the third area for the entirety of the game.
I'm not big on the whole knight in shining armor look so a lot of the stuff I prefer fashion-wise doesn't weigh that much anyway.
Cob32
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i think you can block this guy weaker attacks with a shield. Also at the start of the second phase try to time your strongest attack to attack the shadow as soon as it comes out. I found that helped a bit.
afaik the only info that's been released about the expansions is that they're planned. He's making it up.
super-famicom
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He needs different coals to be able to do different infusions.
That's what I thought, but couldn't help thinking that maybe I missed some news today.
You need to find a coal (like embers from Dark Souls 1; unlock new infusions/upgrade paths) that lets you use the heavy gem.
You have to find the correct Coal to allow him to infuse Heavy.
You'll find some Embers along the way, each one opens a few infusion options.
Warp from bonfire.
bickieditches
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Ok, without giving me any details or extra spoilers (so literally just a yes or no) can someone reply to this answering if it makes sense lore-wise that this is the last Dark Souls? If that's even possible?
sobaka770
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Yeah died a bunch of times on this bugger.
Some tips:
1st phase: you can end it prematurely if you attack belly first, the boss will fall with about 70% health left. If you find the undead annoying you might want to do that. Otherwise left arm and leg spores can bring the health down to about 50% overall before the pit opens but they alse remain vulnerable in phase 2.
2nd phase: the key word is extreme patience. The tree has poor reach and going into it's belly is usually a suicide since the arm hits hard. Stay away from it and bait out the two attacks that reliably allow you to get some easy damage on its arm. If you didn't hit it's right arm and leg yet, you can carefully do so.
The most patient tactic is to wait for it's sweeping attack. The tree telgraphs it by putting its new hand in front of itslef and then doing a sweeping motion with all the branches. After this attack the tree will always take a break and land its hand behind its back where you can attack it 3-4 times. You can kill the boss just by baiting this easy to dodge attack.
If you want to speed up the process I suggest taking some damage when it starts raining blobs and hit its arm 3-4 times (!!! Roll back as doing so will trigger a powerful retaliation).
If you make it to the phase where is starts to stand up on its two legs and slam, you can do massive damage if you hit the sacs.
2nd phase: the key word is extreme patience. The tree has poor reach and going into it's belly is usually a suicide since the arm hits hard. Stay away from it and bait out the two attacks that reliably allow you to get some easy damage on its arm. If you didn't hit it's right arm and leg yet, you can carefully do so.
The most patient tactic is to wait for it's sweeping attack. The tree telgraphs it by putting its new hand in front of itslef and then doing a sweeping motion with all the branches. After this attack the tree will always take a break and land its hand behind its back where you can attack it 3-4 times. You can kill the boss just by baiting this easy to dodge attack.
If you want to speed up the process I suggest taking some damage when it starts raining blobs and hit its arm 3-4 times (!!! Roll back as doing so will trigger a powerful retaliation).
If you make it to the phase where is starts to stand up on its two legs and slam, you can do massive damage if you hit the sacs.
I died on this boss a bunch of times but I think it's a great wake-up call for Bloodborne players.
A question (Spoilers for beginning of game):
In the Undead Settlement there was a room accessible through the hole in the floor with some kind of cauldron with Estus. I drank it but didn't notice any effect. Am I missing something?
Audioboxer
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eh, sorta
DoubleTake
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Its very obvious seeing as how the Firekeeper tells you to do just that.
If you have a dexterity or hybrid dex/str build you can also get a bow to attack the weak points from far away.
It's estus soup, it's just a free heal.
You can get every starting weapon and armour in the game.
I've been trying that but my damage is so low that
I can't kill him before he puts another one (or two) up.
Knew i was missing something. Thank you
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