Ghostmaster
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Charge up the weapon art, until you hear the sound and the effects start going wild and then use the heavy or weapon art again to unleash, at least that's how I remember it.
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Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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Charge up the weapon art, until you hear the sound and the effects start going wild and then use the heavy or weapon art again to unleash, at least that's how I remember it.
Hold the left trigger until the weapon is fully charged. It has some kind of whirlwind around it. Lock onto him while holding left trigger and pull right trigger to unleash the charge.
TemplaerDude
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You're getting trolled. And yes, you just swing the sword. I haven't found a single legit message for a wall.
Lol this was me a couple of days ago. It's just people trolling but there are walls. I've found maybe 3 or 4.
MegaSackman
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It was the weapons itselves for me. In Bloodborne Playthrough #1: Started with Threaded Cane, then to Saw Spear and Ludwig Sword for the core of the game, ended with Blades of Mercy.
Playthrough #2: Mix of Blades of Mercy and Gehrman's Scythe.
Playthrough #3: Chikage.
Those are all DEX weapons but to me were each so unique that I felt the urge to play with those again. Only the Chikage required a different build but when I decided to use it I was in New Game ++ so I had the stats required.
Now, with Dark Souls III I'm not thinking in playing again with X weapon, everytime I think about what I'm going to do when I finish is "I'm going to play Warrior the next time, and maybe Magic Knight the following".
Freezasaurus
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Thanks guys. Got him. That was actually super easy and a little gimmicky for a souls game.
Troll messages are great, had a couple get me pretty good. I only upvote the ones that are actually clever though, either ones that put you in danger or make you do something stupid. Like seeing a message on a ground that was positioned right above an enemy that drops on your head...dammit.
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So co-op with a friend is fun, I'm doing a second playthrough as Dex and my friend is with me and we keep getting invaded and just shit stomping them.
Red Liquorice
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I'm surprised that I haven't found any large titanite shards yet, I'm still using a +3 weapon and I'm at C
of D
/ F
K
(half explored both).
Either I've missed them (quite possible) or this is another area where the game is more linear. Bloodborne was this way too where you had a more linear upgrade progression, and it seemed very gated as to when you were going to be able to get upgrade materials. Compared to DS1 where you could go several ways from the start and find high upgrade materials as long as you had the moxy to get them.
So far the game is playing like a 'best of' of the series, and it's been great - but I'm missing the choices that you have in all the other Souls games - even DS2 let you progress in several different directions right from the start, and where I am now is the first time I've had a choice in areas to explore. I really thought for the price the tower key from the merchant in Firelink was going to open up another area, that's really the only disappointment so far, other than that I have not a single criticism to say about it.
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Either I've missed them (quite possible) or this is another area where the game is more linear. Bloodborne was this way too where you had a more linear upgrade progression, and it seemed very gated as to when you were going to be able to get upgrade materials. Compared to DS1 where you could go several ways from the start and find high upgrade materials as long as you had the moxy to get them.
So far the game is playing like a 'best of' of the series, and it's been great - but I'm missing the choices that you have in all the other Souls games - even DS2 let you progress in several different directions right from the start, and where I am now is the first time I've had a choice in areas to explore. I really thought for the price the tower key from the merchant in Firelink was going to open up another area, that's really the only disappointment so far, other than that I have not a single criticism to say about it.
Ghostmaster
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You can't do that one any more, you have to do it before Yhorm. You can maybe do that Sirris girl questline still, and the miracle girl.
There are walls. Some areas have more than one. One area has an illusory fence. I mark them when I find them but yeah, there's a lot of fake messages for walls. I try to mark the fake messages too
Whew. Finally beat
. Was the hardest fight for me so far, because I'm usually not paying too much attention to magic defense. It was a serious roll fest too. Have to learn the patterns and then beef up on magic and dark defense. After I found better equipment and went up a couple levels, the fight wasn't so bad.
Aldrich
All I can say is there's long ways to go yet.
Ghostmaster
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There is a way to get into a very late game area very quickly, but I really wouldn't recommend it for the first playthrough.
Well, it's a reference to a Demon's Souls fight where you do the same thing.
TemplaerDude
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More thoughts on the final boss:
MEGA SPOILERS BELOW:
MEGA SPOILERS BELOW:
Soul of Cinder really is something else, I love the subtlety of it all. No subtitle to its' name, no fancy intro (like DS1), no dialogue. It's also maybe the only theme in the entire series (and especially DS3) that transitions to a more gentle sound as the battle progresses. Really just fantastic stuff. I like the finality of it, by the time the battle ends it really does feel like the end of all things Dark Souls in terms of the timeline.
eot
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You're about at the point where you'll start finding them.
Ghostmaster
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Well from a lore point I wouldn't really call it subtle since the music and the design
of the second phase are both from the Gwyn fight in DS 1
AmethystEnd
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Regardless of whether you use it or not, that rapier is worth it for the +50 item discovery while equipped (it says +100 when you highlight it but only gives +50; probably glitched).
HAHAHAHAHA. Perfect.
To be fair, I'm 21 hours in and just got there, I did find this area out of order. I got to the old demon or whatever his name was and didn't know where to go. I stumbled upon the dancer boss and put that in hold and kept exploring earlier areas and that's when I found the sorcerer boss and the cathedral. Maybe that's why.
super-famicom
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Audioboxer
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Yeah the moveset is sweet. Has encouraged me to go no shield. Just pumped health up to help a little as I transition. Dex weapons do not have the stagger of an UGS, but they're very fast.
i think its weird how you get sunbro medals from invading. is that a bug ?
Equip armor that has really good magic and dark defense, equip the magic absorption rings, equip the grass crest shield if you have it, and dodge like a mofo. This will be all about pattern recognition. If you can't tank his hits (I surely couldn't) then you will have to memorize exactly when to roll.
I always found it relatively safe to get as close as possible as soon as possible. Except, watch out for when he shoots arrows. That will fuck you up if you are right on him. Attack the tail, try to not be right in front of him either.
Earlyish location spoiler (I think) for those that might have insight:
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I'm going to be heading over to
now, but I just want to make sure I did everything in that last area.
Is Cathedral of the Deep endboss REALLY the deacon fight? Shit was so easy and went over like a wet fart after such an intricate level. I pillaged the hell out of that place though; found a STR based Crossbow and a covenant
I'm going to be heading over to
Farron Keep
Yep that's it. Boss in the area you're going to now is quite a bit harder.
The perfect Dark
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Oh my god this fucking jump scare almost gave me a heart attack, lol.
Ghostmaster
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Yep, cool idea for a boss,but not really that hard.
Worldshaker
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The current world record for an all bosses speed run is like 1 hour and 17 minutes using a Luck scaling weapon. Melts bosses in literally 30 seconds or less. Anri's Straight Sword with 40 luck and Carthus Resin (Bleed)
The Bleed proc goes off all the time and I'm pretty sure it's the best damage in the game. It straight up breaks the game and makes every boss encounter trivial. Pontiff dies in under 30 seconds.
Oh yeah and using fast hitting weapons stagger bosses more than any heavy 2-hander. It's beyond broken. You just spam R1 and a few combos in and they fall to one knee while you finish them off.
Yeah its weird. Its also weird how
Sentinels are the same as Darkmoon
Thanks!
Audioboxer
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I've gone sharp on bleed weapons and they still proc fine. Bumping up luck increased their bleed stat. I guess hollow might be good, but for now my dex/luck stat is going to be like 40 dex and 25~30 luck so I'm sticking with sharp.
The bleed resin really helps out as well to buff bleed so there is that.
Demoskinos
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Question regarding Sirris of the Sunless.
Will she still be pissed at me in NG+ for joining the Rosaria Fingers? I was just reading and realized she has a ring I'm going to need for one of the trophies. =\
Will she still be pissed at me in NG+ for joining the Rosaria Fingers? I was just reading and realized she has a ring I'm going to need for one of the trophies. =\
Damn! I want to see a video of this
UmbraeCruxis
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Just beat al
dritch. Fun fight, don't feel like I had as much trouble with this one as my big pyromance spells worked really well against him. Arrows were interesting but staying at the edge and dodge rolling made doting it easy as well. Time to fight the dancer next
Yeah, a few have gotten me. Like one that is in C
athedral of the deep
osaria
HAHAHAHA. Did not see that coming.
Red Liquorice
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Kuro Madoushi
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I'm using the bandit dagger but it doesn't seem to stagger enough. I'll need to find this since my thief seems stuck at this point because I can't do enough damage.
Nope, not a bug. I think you can get your covenant items from invading as any covenant. Though, prob wrong on that and it might just be a few. I'll try testing tonight.
Edit: nope, Nevermind.
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