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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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Either my sarcasm meter is broken or I've woken up in a nightmare.
Yeah, R2 counters with greatswords annihilate most enemies in the game with ease due to stagger.
mentallyinept
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Yeah RIP my ears... and my dreams lol.
Freezasaurus
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oh, really? That's nice. I'd hate to get stuck with it for NG+, though I'll be doing it all over again if I try again for the secret ending.
I've stuck with Astora Straight Sword for my playthrough, 225 atk at +4 with raw infusion. Dunno why even bother with str/dex, lol
So far I've been easily slicing through enemies.
Yeah, you could potentially forgoe strength/dex with raw, which is an interesting concept.
I've been keeping an upgraded Sharp Uchigatana and a decent amount of dex, it does good damage on most enemies.
Tarkus
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Wat. The moveset in DS2 was incredible. Horizontal 2H R1's followed by a thrust R2 and a spin R2. Perfect.
everything is viable... I need to stop coming to this thread lol >_<
I finished the game with
Wolf Knight Greatsword
Lorrian Greatsword
I rocked the cathedral greatsword pretty much the entire game on my latest run and soundly hammered every boss in the game but one.
I say go for it, but remember that for bosses and especially later bosses that countering out of a roll is your best friend.
The
screaming skeletons
life shortening Jailkeepers.
Head of Vengarl
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A
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. I say without hyperbole that this is the hardest boss fight I've ever encountered in a video game. I've spent all my game time last night and today trying to beat it. I wouldn't be surprised if I've died 50 times so far. I stopped counting after 10.
My character is a heavy armor wearer that uses big heavy weapons... and I'm really starting to regret it. Should I restart the game? I've spent so many points on strength and vitality...
byss
atchers
My character is a heavy armor wearer that uses big heavy weapons... and I'm really starting to regret it. Should I restart the game? I've spent so many points on strength and vitality...
KevMan1815
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So I've been exclusively using the Irithyll Straight Sword when I could not get the Claymore to agree with my playstyle. I haven't really heard anyone talk about using it in this thread. Am I wasting mats upgrading this?
People just have a DS2 hate boner to the degree that if they don't slam the game once every day they start to get the shakes. Just ignore him.
Dr. Benton Quest
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Their pretty squishy. You can backstab them as well. Just summon someone.
just use lighter armor so you can medium roll. you still need the vitality if you want to use greatswords and big shields and medium roll anyway
im no fume sheep! ;_;
Although there's probably weapons that are easier to upgrade (twinkling titanite are hard to come by) I keep the sword in my rotation. It holds its own when upgraded, is very fast with a wide swing, and staggers well.
Plus, the weapon just looks damned cool with the frost coming off of it.
toadsworth
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How do you play with one of your friends? We have the same password set and we're both using 'restricted' matchmaking. Are there level requirements? (I'm 17 levels higher than him)
Don't restart, just wear different armor.
That fight is actually quite easy, just use an ember outside the boss door, and summon a couple of bros, they can even do all the work for you.
KevMan1815
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Yeah I just hit the 8 twinkling upgrade and have been hoping for lizards. Think I'm up to 2/8 now!
Incendiary
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I'm trying a Strength build for the first time in a Souls game - so far nothing I've gotten seems to be better than the basic Broadsword from the beginning of the game. I've infused it with Heavy and I'm having a pretty good time with it. Just got a Dark Sword though and the move set seems like being worth a shot. Kind of wish I'd gone Dex with the twin blade weapons looking neat though.
Question for Fashion Souls - is Ornstein's armor set in this game? That's still my favorite armor set in the Siuls series.
Question for Fashion Souls - is Ornstein's armor set in this game? That's still my favorite armor set in the Siuls series.
twinkling titanite are not hard to come by at all in DSIII, you dont upgrade armor anymore. I had over 100 when I finished the game. Plus you can
buy it infinitely in the end game anyway
yes but very late in the game
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
So for the Souls experts here: Is there a point to play NG+ with a new "class" or will I just be woefully underequiped to handle it? I'm far from beating the game but I'm thinking about whether I actually do wanna play NG+ or not and playing it the exact same way sounds kinda boring to me.
Head of Vengarl
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I've managed to land a backstab once. Other than that it's me trying to dodge their combos, failing, and getting chain-attacked until I die. I can't fucking figure out the timing for their moves, and some of their attacks hit me mid-roll.
Yeah I'm at 69.9% weight ratio so I've got the medium roll. I'm using Vordt's great hammer.
what do you mean new class? like respec before going into ng+? when you go to ng+ you keep your stats
oh so youre fine then, why do you want to restart lol
Well, at least up until mid game, the resource is more limited than the others. Pretty much only enough to upgrade one weapon from the crystal lizards and such. But yeah, not having to upgrade armor is a big help.
I wish more people would do this when summoning =\
I beat up on NK for like 2 hours last knight, and most of the time I lost was when the dude I who summoned me got waylaid by the initial three hit combo of the second phase. It sucks too, because when phase 2 starts the host gets teleported to NK halfway across the map while you get left pretty close to the fog door. I've sacrificed like 3/4 of my health bar trying to get across the map to prevent a host from getting themselves slaughtered in that fight >_<
superNESjoe
Member
Any tips on getting summoning to actually work?
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
You'll still need to unhollow yourself. The hollow levels carry over. You just don't have the other thing.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Yeah, I mean respec, sorry. If that's even possible, I know it was in DS II
Incendiary
Banned
Dang. Better than nothing I guess!
Zank Frappa
Banned
Anyone? ;_;
I just feel kind of hopeless right now with my Claymore and Wolf Knight's Greatsword. Both are just too sluggish, and I somehow made it all the way to the O
ceiros
It's possible. It's more stupid, but it's possible.
You can respec, and by the time you get to endgame you'll be in prime position to upgrade and infuse another couple of weapons, put on a new suit of armor and find all the rings you'd need to support a new playstyle. Only thing stopping you is if you want to switch things up or not.
Well ive had a productive day off. Beat
love this game, first proper Souls for me, the views in this game are just awesome. Definitely going to play 2 after this and hopefully 1 will get a remaster at some point.
Pontiff, Yhorm, Aldrich and Dancer although it makes me wonder why it took me about 50 attempts to beat the abyss walkers..
it is but its tied to a covenent. the one in
cathedral of the deep with the worms
and you can only do it 5 times. and you need 5 items of that covenent which are a pain to get >_<
I destroyed NK and CG with it. It's a very stout little sword. At 40 STR it was doing 400 with heavy infusion, and for as fast as that thing is it can really waylay a lot in this game.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Oh...well.
I guess I'm just gonna beat the regular game and then consult a guide.
Thanks y'all
the
giant skelleton
Prime crotch
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I haven't been able to reliably parry, and it seems most attacks I want to parry aren't. So I guess I'll keep poking with my rapier.
What's a good high scalling DEX weapon, besides the rapier?
What's a good high scalling DEX weapon, besides the rapier?
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