Frank Jaeger
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I understand that, but when you go and use a trainer to bypass crucial gameplay mechanics, I can't see those arguments being supported in any way.
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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition |OT| Durante Does In 23 Minutes What From Can't
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I understand that, but when you go and use a trainer to bypass crucial gameplay mechanics, I can't see those arguments being supported in any way.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I wish I'd tried the ranged melee weapons in Demon's Souls. The Halberd is great
Also, the damage the Washing Pole does when you get a combo going :O
Also, the damage the Washing Pole does when you get a combo going :O
I think it was getting the egg head and having a minimum amount of int.
I think you need to be higher in the Covenant to get it from him.
Red Liquorice
Member
You can get another pyro glove from Engyi? This changes everything! :O
Talking of little things I didn't know about - I climbed a ladder in Blighttown I'd never ever seen before the other day - The area where the Crimson set is, just before that is a ladder up to a platform with nothing up there - I think the enemy up there often drops down as you walk across the branch. I guess you can snipe some of the blow-dart guys from up there then jump down or something. I'd just never gone up there before despite walking past it countless times!
Talking of little things I didn't know about - I climbed a ladder in Blighttown I'd never ever seen before the other day - The area where the Crimson set is, just before that is a ladder up to a platform with nothing up there - I think the enemy up there often drops down as you walk across the branch. I guess you can snipe some of the blow-dart guys from up there then jump down or something. I'd just never gone up there before despite walking past it countless times!
What... talking through a mic, how?
So no real reason to go above 30 then? Apart from damage increase? I think I will rebuild him as a real SunBro.
There's sunlight spear and a couple of princess guard healing miracles that need more than 30 FAI but 30 is a pretty good stopping point.
You need 11 INT for some reason. Don't need the egg head or to be in the covenant
Laurentius
Member
That's a bit higher then I was in Anor Londo.
Where did you put your summon sign? Most of the people put it at the bonfire in Anor Londo (the bonfire closest to the boss room).
I have it right at the base of the stairs inside the chapel area.
I H8 Memes
Member
Alright man, I will take your advice and leave the thread.
Sanctuary Guardian = Since Soulhouf called me out for my lame Bed of Chaos fight, thought I'd up the ante with this. No healing, no shielding rules in effect. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong in this fight. RNG dictated I couldn't get Red Tearstone'd from a lightning ball at the beginning, I mistimed my dodge when I intentionally tried to take crit damage for Red Tearstone AND I mistimed a air attack dodge. So not the prettiest fight but I got it done under these rules. Doing it without Red Tearstone is sort of fun though since it lasts longer than 45 secs.
Sorry for the vids slowing down but college is getting the better of me these days.
Sorry for the vids slowing down but college is getting the better of me these days.
Arjen
Member
Still, impressive stuff man. No way I'll be able to pull of stuff like this
I've never seen a SL1 video before. That's really impressive. Do have one for Gravelord Nito?
I just fought Sanctuary Guardian last night and it reminded me a bit of Gaping Dragon. Looks cool, has a huge arena, but is a huge pushover.
Excellent!
Protip to get the red tearstone effect: use the symbol of avarice before starting the fight. In Demon's Souls I used to equip Makoto for that purpose.
I have a question though: is it me or you are using a Chaos Reinforced Club with zero humanities?
I've argued that many of his complains don't have real merit but really being completely dismissal makes you just as toxic.
Ahh cool, I'll definitely use the Symbol of Avarice from now on! Never thought of that, forgot what it's effect was. :\
And no, check the end of the vid, I'm using a simple Fire Reinforced Club +10. I never can keep enough Humanities for effective use of a Chaos weapon...
Nah, I haven't done Nito yet, probably after Artorias.
Don't disempower yourself, man! You can do it too. I've put about 300+ hours into this game over the course of my life, so it's nothing special, it's just a horrendous amount of work. Just keep practicing and learning the game, and you will get there. I'm still learning new things about the Souls games (tactics and timing windows), at this point I'm only pretty decent.
My bad, I didn't watch to the very end.
jim-jam bongs
Member
True, but those messages are perfectly placed if all you want to do is get to the boss immediately.
you said around SL74 right? I have a PC character that can help
Thanks, but really, I'm getting my butt whooped by him and I had no idea I could get cursed, so yay! I dont understand how I'm supposed to beat him. I've read strategies, watched videos, but I can never emulate them. He always does this one huge area attack that I cant get away from.
Arjen
Member
Did you try to just tank it out? 2 hand your weapon, get your curse resistant as high as possible and stay really close, don't even run from the AoE, take it, heal up and keep mashing.
Also, baiting him in destroying the crystal himself is really usefull, get a buff 2 hand and mash away.
Also, baiting him in destroying the crystal himself is really usefull, get a buff 2 hand and mash away.
Yea, that mainly what I've been doing. Just standing there swinging away. If I try and do anything else I'm usually dead pretty quickly. This way, I stay live a little longer and get to inflict some damage, but I get cursed everytime.
toddhunter
Member
If you have something ranged it is pretty easy to just keep him on the other side of the area and chip away. Otherwise I just keep circling around him and he will mostly spend the time turning to catch up or using his AoE attack where you are no longer standing.
For that matter using a bow on the crystal is effective too. It takes him a little bit to get going after it is smashed, so you have a window to get some good hits in.
I'm doing pretty much melee only.
I think I'm just gonna have to get lucky, which is how I rely on beating a lot of things in this game. I'm just not very good, I dont think.
Dingy set, paladin set have good curse resistance. Others too but those two came to mind. But If you just have a few humanity in your counter it will make a huge difference in curse resistance and probably be enough. The clams in front of his room can drop purging stones if you get cursed
Run to the back of the room where the crystal is, wait for him to get to the middle of the room and bait him into breaking the crystal himself. This will stun him and let you run up and beat the crap out of him. It's also the best way to get his tail, but if you just want to kill him go right in front of him dead center, and stay away from the highly damaging tail attacks. Don't lock on during this fight it just makes it harder. Two handed halberd or greatsword will work really well. just tank every attack and heal. If you use pyro you can easily kill him with just a couple of fire tempest casts.
toddhunter
Member
My first run through of Dark Souls I did melee only too....and he fucked me up many times which is why I still hate the Crystal Caves.
Can't help a lot then besides just getting really good at the fight
If it does help, I died so many times there, but eventually got through it, so know the pain.The Antiquated Skirt probably has the best curse resit for lightest weight ratio, Dingy skirt coming in second. Combined with the Cursebite Ring and Bloodshield you'll have all the curse resit you need. Throw on the Xanthous Crown if you want to get stupid about it.
The formula is this for Seath.
-Run to the Crystal and bait him into shattering it. While you're waiting apply a fire-based buff.
-Once he breaks it he'll be stunned so run to his right tentacle (YOUR right, not his) immediately and start throwing down R2's. If you want the tail now is the time to target the tip with everything you've got.
-He'll keep trying to circle away from you hitting his right tentacle, so keep running directly at it and doing a running R1. Just don't go behind that tentacle or he'll do the ground smash. Rinse and repeat until he's dead. This has worked for me with every character since launch.
The formula is this for Seath.
-Run to the Crystal and bait him into shattering it. While you're waiting apply a fire-based buff.
-Once he breaks it he'll be stunned so run to his right tentacle (YOUR right, not his) immediately and start throwing down R2's. If you want the tail now is the time to target the tip with everything you've got.
-He'll keep trying to circle away from you hitting his right tentacle, so keep running directly at it and doing a running R1. Just don't go behind that tentacle or he'll do the ground smash. Rinse and repeat until he's dead. This has worked for me with every character since launch.
Whenever Seath shoots the cursing crystals just roll around like a maniac and you'll manage to dodge quite a lot of the curse's effect. You won't survive it without anti-curse equipment, but I think I only used the ring and maybe the dingy skirt, anyways.
I don't exactly remember but I still challenge the truthfulness of your statement
I will let you know when I get the humanity!
Assuming I keep power. Nemo is crushing us right now.
I didn't even think about putting stuff on that has curse resistance. I've recently just been going with whatever I think looks good and worrying solely about weapon/shield and rings! lol
I'm gonna try a few more times tonight. I want to say I should take a break, but I cant. I'll try some of these strategies out. I think I'll start with just rolling like mad if I get stuck in the crystals.
Also, I'm not worried about the tail. I think I saw that the weapon you get requires some insane amount of faith/intelligence or something to use, which I've been ignoring this playthrough.
Thanks for the advice, as always! I feel like this thread is a support group in some ways, helping me through my abusive relationship. lol
I'm gonna try a few more times tonight. I want to say I should take a break, but I cant. I'll try some of these strategies out. I think I'll start with just rolling like mad if I get stuck in the crystals.
Also, I'm not worried about the tail. I think I saw that the weapon you get requires some insane amount of faith/intelligence or something to use, which I've been ignoring this playthrough.
Thanks for the advice, as always! I feel like this thread is a support group in some ways, helping me through my abusive relationship. lol
Nah, you can only summon lame Volkswagen Beetles when wearing the car ring. All they do is drive around the boss honking, it's annoying.
It's probably because GFWL is down.
It's down for me too.
Edit: And so is Kalameet.
Good job man. I'm gonna try and take him down without a crossbow this time, should be pretty annoying. Not sure if I'm going to use the Giant Blacksmith Hammer +5 or the +5 Lightning Club. Which is more powerful? But I just may like the range a bit better for the hammer.
GFWL is up for me. Also, meant cat ring.
I know, I was just messing with ya'.
And yeah, it's up for me now too. I've gotten disconnected twice within the last three hours though.
We got your back broI didn't even think about putting stuff on that has curse resistance. I've recently just been going with whatever I think looks good and worrying solely about weapon/shield and rings! lol
I'm gonna try a few more times tonight. I want to say I should take a break, but I cant. I'll try some of these strategies out. I think I'll start with just rolling like mad if I get stuck in the crystals.
Also, I'm not worried about the tail. I think I saw that the weapon you get requires some insane amount of faith/intelligence or something to use, which I've been ignoring this playthrough.
Thanks for the advice, as always! I feel like this thread is a support group in some ways, helping me through my abusive relationship. lol
I just got the blacksmith hammer at the very end of my game in case I ever want to do NG+ at SL1 (I seriously hesitated to kill him - he's so nice and his weapons saved my ass, but his hammer... and of course right before I kill him he calls me a friend and tells me about how happy he is working for me ;_
, but so far I think the blacksmith hammer is stronger and has better range, though it requires two hands rather than one. It also seems to have more lightning damage than physical, while the reinforced club has an equal distribution of both.Manus/Kalameet sans crossbow both seem totally valid. I had the crossbow equipped for both Manus and Kalameet, but by the time I had the boss tells down, I found myself barely using the crossbow because of how easily you could get punished during the reload - I only used it to punish long-range attacks that I couldn't get in close for (e.g. if you time it right, you can get an easy crossbow headshot on Manus after his horizontal long-range paw swing, and the flinch gives you time to reload safely).
A maxed lightning light crossbow with lightning bolts did about 60 damage per shot on Kalameet, whereas a 2h R2 from a maxed lightning reinforced club did about 280. Kalameet seems easier to punish at close range than Manus too, so overall the fight felt less threatening. I felt like I could control the pace of the fight a little bit better than I could Manus.
I bet on the run where I killed Kalameet, I fired the crossbow maybe four times.
Edit: has anyone see this before? It's a translated Dark Souls comic. http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/dark-souls-poka-poka-dark-souls-life-doujinshi-r8240
Edit 2: finished SL1 run! Gwyn is a totally different beast if you take him on without parrying. I used pyro, though.
Decided to do something different tonight, a ENB Challenge! In respect to all the talk about Capra a few days ago, so...
The Thief SL5 ENB Challenge + a little funny PvP at the end, got invaded while I was trying to grab the Wolf Ring/Divine Ember.
Rules.
#1 You may not level.
#2 With the exception of rings, you may only use your starting equipment.
#3 The only Blacksmiths who may Modify your equipment are Andre and Rickert.
Normal, Raw, Divine, Occult, Magic, and Enchanted are ok.
Fire and Lightning are NOT allowed.
#4 You may not use any healing items during a boss battle. Clerics can cast heal with no restrictions.
#5 You may not enter new covenants. (If you are a knight / cleric, Way of White is allowed.)
#6 You may not upgrade your pyromancy flame.
#7 No summons.
You MAY buy consumables, including resins, spells and arrows. You MAY remove equipment. If the challenge is too easy, add your own restrictions. These are only the BASE guidelines for this challenge. Season to taste, bro!
Enjoy!
The Thief SL5 ENB Challenge + a little funny PvP at the end, got invaded while I was trying to grab the Wolf Ring/Divine Ember.
Rules.
#1 You may not level.
#2 With the exception of rings, you may only use your starting equipment.
#3 The only Blacksmiths who may Modify your equipment are Andre and Rickert.
Normal, Raw, Divine, Occult, Magic, and Enchanted are ok.
Fire and Lightning are NOT allowed.
#4 You may not use any healing items during a boss battle. Clerics can cast heal with no restrictions.
#5 You may not enter new covenants. (If you are a knight / cleric, Way of White is allowed.)
#6 You may not upgrade your pyromancy flame.
#7 No summons.
You MAY buy consumables, including resins, spells and arrows. You MAY remove equipment. If the challenge is too easy, add your own restrictions. These are only the BASE guidelines for this challenge. Season to taste, bro!
Enjoy!
toddhunter
Member
Meh do the shield dual wielding challenge like a man
Meh do the shield dual wielding challenge like a man
My character can't even one-hand a Grass Crest Shield...
ENB sounds fun! I may try that...
If you haven't already, upgrade your armor and weapon as high as you can. The clams outside Seath drop twinkling twilight with even low humanity, and the knight on the bridge outside of Priscilla's room in Paint World drops a Large Titanite Shard every time.
The only other thing I can think to suggest right now is: Be either right in front of him or a little ways outside of his melee range. Don't run to or away while he's shooting the beam if you're pointblank or far enough away. As soon as he raises his head to shoot the beam, run toward the tentacle to the right and hack away with 2H R2. (Stay calm and don't get hasty.) Sometimes he seems a lot more aggressive than usual, in which case I play it safe and run back after the crystals shatter. He will occasionally slash at the ground if you're too close (no idea if it'll catch you if you're up against him).
This is my strategy as well, but I don't have him shatter the crystal. The first time I fought him I was totally hosed, and it took me an hour of retries or so to beat him. The whole process of running from Duke's to his room is tedious, so I can sympathize with you Seanspeed.
If you haven't already, upgrade your armor and weapon as high as you can. The clams outside Seath drop twinkling twilight with even low humanity, and the knight on the bridge outside of Priscilla's room in Paint World drops a Large Titanite Shard every time.
The only other thing I can think to suggest right now is: Be either right in front of him or a little ways outside of his melee range. Don't run to or away while he's shooting the beam if you're pointblank or far enough away. As soon as he raises his head to shoot the beam, run toward the tentacle to the right and hack away with 2H R2. (Stay calm and don't get hasty.) Sometimes he seems a lot more aggressive than usual, in which case I play it safe and run back after the crystals shatter. He will occasionally slash at the ground if you're too close (no idea if it'll catch you if you're up against him).
The_Hitcher89
Member
I think I'm ready as I'll ever be for Anor Londo
Stone Helm
Eastern Armour+6
Crimson Waistcloth+4
Balder Gauntlets+7
Lightning Spear+3
Halberd+10
Washing Pole+10
Broadsword+10
Grass Crest Shield
Eagle Shield
Dragon Crest Shield
Longbow+10
99 firebombs
999 arrows
100 poison arrows
4 Purging Stones
50+ Crimson Moss
50+ Purple Moss
15 Homeward Bones
40 Humanity
5 Twin Humanity
Soul Level 71 (I think)
Wish me luck
Stone Helm
Eastern Armour+6
Crimson Waistcloth+4
Balder Gauntlets+7
Lightning Spear+3
Halberd+10
Washing Pole+10
Broadsword+10
Grass Crest Shield
Eagle Shield
Dragon Crest Shield
Longbow+10
99 firebombs
999 arrows
100 poison arrows
4 Purging Stones
50+ Crimson Moss
50+ Purple Moss
15 Homeward Bones
40 Humanity
5 Twin Humanity
Soul Level 71 (I think)
Wish me luck
I think I'm ready as I'll ever be for Anor Londo
Stone Helm
Eastern Armour+6
Crimson Waistcloth+4
Balder Gauntlets+7
Lightning Spear+3
Halberd+10
Washing Pole+10
Broadsword+10
Grass Crest Shield
Eagle Shield
Dragon Crest Shield
Longbow+10
99 firebombs
999 arrows
100 poison arrows
4 Purging Stones
50+ Crimson Moss
50+ Purple Moss
15 Homeward Bones
40 Humanity
5 Twin Humanity
Soul Level 71 (I think)
Wish me luck
Damn. Can you summon people at that SL?
The_Hitcher89
Member
Dunno, never tried. Trying to go through solo
Do you reckon I'll need help in Anor Londo then? I don't really have the patience to spend days trying to kill a boss, so any help would be appreciated
How do you summon people anyway? And how do you make yourself available to be summoned?