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Dark Souls III |OT2| Welcome to NG+, Unkindled One
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Head of Vengarl
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Been doing lots of farming so I can reinforce many different weapons to +9 or +4 to try them out. My favorite farming spot is definitely the golden winged knights at the top of L
C
. I wear the Symbol of Avarice, Covetous Silver Serpent Ring, and the Shield of Want and use Rapport to make them fight each other, and then I finish them off. From what I've experienced, they have a 100% drop rate for at least large titanite shards, but also sometimes drop chunks and/or weapons. And of course they also grant a ton of souls. Great farming spot; easily accessed from the G
A
bonfire and then taking the elevator all the way up (assuming you've unlocked it).
I've had surprising PvP success with the Drang Hammers and Winged Knight Twinaxes. I never used twin weapons on my first character but now they're my favorite. I also really like the Lothric Knight Long Spear; it serves as a great backup weapon to use against low HP opponents for a surprise poke, or against straight sword users with their bullshit hitbox length. Surprisingly, I've had terrible PvP results with the Black Knight Greataxe. It's great for PvE though.
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I've had surprising PvP success with the Drang Hammers and Winged Knight Twinaxes. I never used twin weapons on my first character but now they're my favorite. I also really like the Lothric Knight Long Spear; it serves as a great backup weapon to use against low HP opponents for a surprise poke, or against straight sword users with their bullshit hitbox length. Surprisingly, I've had terrible PvP results with the Black Knight Greataxe. It's great for PvE though.
Yeah, sometimes I would actually help the host out. Go all the way to boss door and give them a goodbye wave as I get far enough away to let them know I won't try to hurt them.
Sometimes the host would die, which was nice for me.
Got summoned into a few ganks before. Well kinda. Host would summon me, and then summon others too. The other summons would try to kill me, and host would then too. Not sure of the intensions of the host, but obviously the co-ops weren't aware I was summoned for co-op (though my intension were more likely to kill the host)
The best one of those gank summons had me following them around for a while. Let them kill NPCs/enemies and let me soak in the souls. At one point I even chameleon myself near an area with a bunch of harder enemies and just watched them. Kinda heart-beating moment as both would walk near me, stop, and stick around before moving on, thinking I was caught. I eventually did sadly try to get greedy to kill the summon, but was kinda funny anyways. Was prob in that world for like 10 or 15 minutes.
I remember one time I got invaded, and was in no mood for it/had other things to do. So I hid on top of one of the elevators hidden. lol.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
He's a very difficult boss. A lot of his moves are easily telegraphed though. He does massive damage though, I have 40 Vig and medium armour and he'd like 3 or 4 shot me.
roll
StoppedInTracks
Member
She died on my first try on NG+ right after Iudex Gundyr. Your HP and Stamina in NG+ will be so much higher than you can just block her every attack, even the 7-hit spin combo.
Oh, I saw on YT guys rolling through each of those 7 attacks... quite impressive.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
roll
Or...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQYArVXnY0M
I switch between Goldbro and Purplebro depending on what I wanna do. If I wanna help I'm a Goldbro if I wanna PvP I'll be a Purplebro, but if they summon me as a Purplebro and want me to help I'll help. I've never been summoned into ganks though, and invaders and other summons generally adhere to fightclub rules and just sit on the sidelines.
Sweet. I'll check it out.
Amazing. First time I ever felt the need to record a boss victory.
Take things slow, feel him out, don't let him bait you into a rushed dodge, and be okay waiting for a good time to heal up. Once you get into a good rhythm, he goes down surprisingly quickly.
Red Liquorice
Member
Yeah, I guess by that point in NG+ I will have more HP, it's always the stat I level last because I'm too greedy for more damage output!
Link_enfant
Member
I noticed you can equip every weapon even if you don't have enough strength/dexterity, in which case the game tells you about your lack in the corresponding stat.
What does happen if you try to use the weapon despite the restriction? Does your attack power decreases a lot, or does the item break way faster for example?
What does happen if you try to use the weapon despite the restriction? Does your attack power decreases a lot, or does the item break way faster for example?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Your attack power decreases a ton.
I don't know if they kept this too, but in Dark Souls 1, if you failed to meet the strength requirement, your attack animation would be slooooow and sluggish as hell. It made for some hilarious animations when trying to fire a crossbow without the strength req though!
I dropped my Soapstone and defeated him dozens of times. Really learned the fight well which I loved.
There are two things that really helped me out.
Carthus Bloodring. Some may question its worth, but while using it I was rarely hit. However, when rolling wasn't the best option.
Greatshield. I used a soul transposed great shield which was incredibly stable and very resistant to fire and lightning.
With those two the fight became much easier and with practice they both became unnecessary.
Poise stat working as intended. HAHAHA
http://kotaku.com/from-software-says-dark-souls-3s-seemingly-useless-pois-1776079738
http://kotaku.com/from-software-says-dark-souls-3s-seemingly-useless-pois-1776079738
You gotta keep your distance. Had the hardest time when I was up in his face rolling like a motherfucker because he hit so hard. But when you keep your distance and wait for large openings, like after he flies up and slams down, he's actually not that hard.
Poise currently does work, but only during active attack frames of weapons. If you are standing still or blocking, poise isn't active in DS3. Some weapons also have hyper-armor, which is effectively just additional poise (since it seems if you get hit hard enough during hyper-armor, you can still be knocked out of the animation).
Less damage and more stamina used per hit.
DamagedInc
Member
Just got
down, what an enjoyable fight that was and a real change of pace, had look around the
didn't like that at all!
the dancer
castle gardens
DarkHeartedKill
Member
Are you talking about the place with
hordes of snake/human hybrids...huakes, hunakes, snumans, snamans. O and TOXIC FREAKING EVERYWHERE!
Wow, now that's super lame. Host disconnecting should give you the reward.
DarkHeartedKill
Member
Try putting down your invasion sign instead, you're more likely to get honourble duels.
Hentailover
Member
Guys. Don't be assholes when summoning for a duel. It doesn't always pay off:
https://youtu.be/0OPxEz1iAdI?t=13m5s
https://youtu.be/0OPxEz1iAdI?t=13m5s
Krusenstern
Banned
Complete bullshit. What currently matters is whether or not you're wearing something that gives you poise. That's it. That's literally it.
It's enough to wear a pair of measly leather gloves that gives you a whooping 1.3 points or something to grant you hyper armor during certain frames of your weapon abilities.
All the different poise stats that come with armor pieces are pointless right now. There is no difference between wearing full Havel's and running around naked with a helmet. It all has the one and same effect. It doesn't improve in any way the more poise you have. The way poise is implement currently is nothing short of a joke.
More Fun To Compute
Member
That's weapon move specific and has nothing to do with the poise stat you see on your character sheet.
Arjen
Member
I know, just trying to get some shackles for warmth
hydrophilic attack
Member
Anyone having problems logging in? It gets stuck on "retrieving latest calibrations" or "checking network connection status" and I got a "could not verify PS+ on your account" message. But I managed to play a game of Rocket League just fine
I wanted to do some invasions before sleep. Won't get another chance to play until Friday :/
I wanted to do some invasions before sleep. Won't get another chance to play until Friday :/
Tarkus
Member
You get them for dueling as well.
Tarkus
Member
Just like PR rep who tweeted that there were no plans for 1080p/60 on PC.
I like to call it a parasitic infection of some kind, that what it seems like to me at least.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Wow, I'd have estus'ed that shit out right away and would have done a taunt emote at the end instead of bowing, you're a better person than I am. xD
(Then again I'd have rolled out of the gesture too...)
StoppedInTracks
Member
Umm... mad as hell. I just watched as Lobos Jr killed Abyss Watchers on his first try, using 3 Estus and a slow-ass Greatsword.
And they killed me around 10 times
And they killed me around 10 times
Umm... mad as hell. I just watched as Lobos Jr killed Abyss Watchers on his first try, using 3 Estus and a slow-ass Greatsword.
And they killed me around 10 times
Yea but he runs Dark Souls 1 like its nothing, can you do the runs he can in that game? If not I don't think its fair to compare your skill level to his.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Aye, dude beats the hardest bosses at NG+7 with his fists or something, don't feel bad.Yea but he runs Dark Souls 1 like its nothing, can you do the runs he can in that game? If not I don't think its fair to compare your skill level to his.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
I'm not really happy with P
. It's flashy and dramatic, but it's not really a good boss and going to be the guy I dread dealing with on every playthrough. Feels like he was born from a misguided fusion of Bloodborne (make him really fast!) and Dark Souls II (there are two of him!).
I beat him with a Broadsword, and was one hit away from beating him with a Great Scythe but ran out of healing.
ontiff Sulyvahn
I beat him with a Broadsword, and was one hit away from beating him with a Great Scythe but ran out of healing.
hydrophilic attack
Member
He is my favourite boss fight so far.
Arjen
Member
Fuck really?
Oh well, managed to get them.
Never doing a single invasion again until they fix this current system.
Hentailover
Member
To be fair, I kinda felt that Bowing was actually more insulting there, like I remained being above his shit and was looking down on him XD
As for rolling, I honestly expected him to do something other than attack me till the very last moment. Dunno why, attacking while gesturing felt like way too classless to even expect.
Then again, did end up attacking dude while gesturing in the very same vid, but that was mid battle, and I was chocking so by the time I even realised he was gesturing, button was already pressed.
Meccs
Member
Invasions were awful today. Either 3 guys plus 1 blue or disconnects, laggy as hell. I also lost to two people 1vs1 were I noticed some fundamental flaws in my dodging and avoiding blows in general so I thought I go Pontiff and do some duels. You know, to try some things out, learn something. I did play for an hour and only lost two duels. Didn't lean anything...
The problem I have is that I dodge the first blow most of the time and then eat the second or third follow up. Especially with large weapons where the guy just swings 4 times in a 360 radius (probably with manual aim). Also some people dodge your swing two times and end up at the side of you and still backstab you. I have no clue how this is happening.
Can you recommend some good Youtube/Twitch streamers that do PvP? I feel like I'm not done with DKS3 PvP yet and would like to improve just a little bit... but I've hit a wall atm. :/
The problem I have is that I dodge the first blow most of the time and then eat the second or third follow up. Especially with large weapons where the guy just swings 4 times in a 360 radius (probably with manual aim). Also some people dodge your swing two times and end up at the side of you and still backstab you. I have no clue how this is happening.
Can you recommend some good Youtube/Twitch streamers that do PvP? I feel like I'm not done with DKS3 PvP yet and would like to improve just a little bit... but I've hit a wall atm. :/
Arjen
Member
Check out praisethesun on YouTube. He has some good pvp videos, I learned a bunch from him.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Tarkus
Member
Mriwont4get - really good and has great analysis on weapons.
PvPSkillz - parry fucking king. He also has good weapons analysis.
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