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ELDEN RING |OT| One Ring To Rule Them All
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Danjin44
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Trogdor1123
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For the uchigatana what is the best path for reinforcement? I’ve been doing just regular up to 13 so far.
Soodanim
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Dex is nearly always the way to go with an uchi
Soodanim
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You need a gif ban and a time out. Find an addiction, whether it's a new game or heroin.We still getting the DLC THIS year, right?........................right?
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Trogdor1123
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Sorry, I didn’t mean leveling. I mean what type of stone to use. I’m using regular smithing ones
Trogdor1123
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Also, is it worth upgrade spirit ashes? So far I have been using Demi humans a lot and upgraded them to level 3 but I actually don’t know if that’s a good choice. Is it worth it to do more?
Artoris
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upgrade them as much as you can you will use a different items to upgrade better spirit ashes
NeverYouMind
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If you can change Ash of War on a weapon it uses regular smithing stones regardless of affinity. If you started as a samurai, you can pick up another uchi in Deathtouched Catacombs in Stormhill. If you imbue two with cold or bleed it would be optimal. You do it by choosing ash of war and having the correct whetblade for affinity.
It is worth upgrading if you acquire a good summon. Demi humans are not good. In contrast, Mimic Tear is the best with only a few others in its league.
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Soodanim
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Sorry, I meant the path of greatest dex scaling - Sharp. Then you can still use items for temporary fire/etc if you want.
ValiantTraveler
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Update from Cainhurst Castle. Man, Logarius is really tough - I'll come back to him later.
I just beat Rom and wow what a creepy fella. Killing the spiders slowly and patiently made the fight a lot easier. The advent of the blood moon and the changing color of the sky ramped up the discomfort of an already creepy enough setting.
Overall, I love this game. No big complaints for me. Except maybe that I don't like that Blood Vials cost more echoes as you progress through the game. Farming echoes to buy vials is already tedious enough. The bosses are manageable for the most part so far, except the Shadows of Yharnam, those are some really strong guys. Beating them was very satisfying.
Oh and I absolutely love Ludwig's Holy Blade. It hits hard and is so cool. Looking forward to the DLC weapons too.
It looks like I'm gonna finish Bloodborne before the Elden Ring DLC comes out...
I just beat Rom and wow what a creepy fella. Killing the spiders slowly and patiently made the fight a lot easier. The advent of the blood moon and the changing color of the sky ramped up the discomfort of an already creepy enough setting.
Overall, I love this game. No big complaints for me. Except maybe that I don't like that Blood Vials cost more echoes as you progress through the game. Farming echoes to buy vials is already tedious enough. The bosses are manageable for the most part so far, except the Shadows of Yharnam, those are some really strong guys. Beating them was very satisfying.
Oh and I absolutely love Ludwig's Holy Blade. It hits hard and is so cool. Looking forward to the DLC weapons too.
It looks like I'm gonna finish Bloodborne before the Elden Ring DLC comes out...
Danjin44
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When it comes to DLC weapon Beasthunter Saif is my favourite weapon in Bloodborne.
When its folded it does quick dash toward enemy and its attack speed really nice.
NeverYouMind
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If you have beaten Pthumeru Root Chalice, you can use chalice glyph "cummfpk" to never farm for bullets or blood vials again. If you stand by the statue on the left past the first door, there is an enemy that gets killed by the environment and drops ~80,000 Blood Echoes.Update from Cainhurst Castle. Man, Logarius is really tough - I'll come back to him later.
I just beat Rom and wow what a creepy fella. Killing the spiders slowly and patiently made the fight a lot easier. The advent of the blood moon and the changing color of the sky ramped up the discomfort of an already creepy enough setting.
Overall, I love this game. No big complaints for me. Except maybe that I don't like that Blood Vials cost more echoes as you progress through the game. Farming echoes to buy vials is already tedious enough. The bosses are manageable for the most part so far, except the Shadows of Yharnam, those are some really strong guys. Beating them was very satisfying.
Oh and I absolutely love Ludwig's Holy Blade. It hits hard and is so cool. Looking forward to the DLC weapons too.
It looks like I'm gonna finish Bloodborne before the Elden Ring DLC comes out...
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Trogdor1123
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Just learned about the mystic flask. What’s good combo?
NeverYouMind
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It depends entirely on your build. It can buff defense, increase a class of attack, add poise, return your runes after death, temporarily give infinite FP, etc.
Trogdor1123
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Right now I’m running a uchigatana on my samurai
NeverYouMind
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Thorny Cracked Tear in Consecrated Snowfield (end game Avatar boss) to make consecutive attacks stronger. It works even better with dual uchi build mentioned earlier. The other one is mostly situational. Twiggy Cracked Tear in Lyndell (inside outer wall to the North) to return echoes upon death is a good one.
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ValiantTraveler
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Ah, finally. Exactly what I was expecting. Everything looks amazing--love the veil motif. That flower field is beautiful. There's a good bunch of new enemies and NPCs. New weapons and ashes of war too. Can't wait to hear what the lore hunters on YouTube have to say. I'll get this on day 1. Plenty of time to finish Bloodborne and advance in my ER NG+1.
Trogdor1123
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In nokron, is there an easy way to beat the gargoyles? I can’t seem to even get close. My uchi isn’t cutting it.
Also, how do you dual wield?
Also, how do you dual wield?
Danjin44
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You mean the fight with two gargoyles? Yeah those guys can be pain escpially they keep vomiting poison, bring strong strong sprite summon so one get busy fighting one them while focus on other one.
When wield two weapon in same class.
Danjin44
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I want to do that as well but I cant get the time, there so many games coming out back to back.....its been crazy!
May seems like good month to do this since its dry month for me.
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near
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May sounds ideal I think for me too, a month or so before release so it stays fresh in my mind! There's too much to play and so little time, but that's why I limit my purchases lately. I realised I was buying too many games and not actually playing them all, now I only purchase just the essentials.
NeverYouMind
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The Gargoyles are immune to all status effects and resistant to all elements. The best you can do is find a special weapon with a hard hitting skill or one with good strike damage. (Uchi is slash.) For example, Envoy Longhorn shreds them with bubbles, wild strikes on Giant Crusher stun them, etc. Another route is Night Maiden's Mist (14 Int) spell bought from Gowry in Caelid after completing Millicent needle quest.
P.S. For your build equiping Bloody Slash ash of war (Fort Haight by Mistwood) with
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Danjin44
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In my INT/SRT build Dark Moon Greatsword worked great against them, they might be immune to frost but its ash of war ability does lot of pois damage.
Trogdor1123
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Sorry, I meant 2 hand. I can’t seem to get to happen on ps5
Trogdor1123
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Mine is currently on keen. I assume that’s wrong?
Danjin44
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Hold Triangle and press R1 or L1 to two-hand your right or left weapon.
NeverYouMind
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No, it is correct. I am just mixing Dark Souls 3 vocabulary up with Elden Ring vocabulary. Apologies.
Trogdor1123
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Nice, I played that a bunch two, it’s my third fave souls game.
Trogdor1123
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After dying to the gargoyles a million times I decided to poke around the capital. It’s awesome but god is it hard. The knights just destroy me haha. I literally just run away from them. I’m not doing it right I’m sure.
I finally worked my way up to Godfrey and beat him after a few tries. Wasn’t too bad.
I finally worked my way up to Godfrey and beat him after a few tries. Wasn’t too bad.
Trogdor1123
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Another post… there is a huge gate in the capital that is open (was closed) now but it says sealed by Morgott the grace given. What am I doing wrong?
Danjin44
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Are you talking about underground in leyndell after you beat Mohg's clone?
You need to beat Morgott which is Margit's true name.
Trogdor1123
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I just fought a king dude and beat him with some summons… they were incredible. Just awesome.
Now I have a red mark on my map.
I have not faced the clone yet at all. No idea where that is.
Danjin44
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Dont worry about that unless you are going for frenzied flame ending.
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Trogdor1123
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Saw the one duder that fought a dragon with me on the mountain pass. Sounds like he’s had a bad time. He mentioned that. I want to find out what he is talking about.
This is tough holy smokes. The enemies are worse than bosses.
TheStam
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I played about half of this before my old Steam Deck died, now picking it up with a new character again with the OLED, still can't believe this is possible handheld.
This game though, I'm just amazed by what an achievement it is, the sheer size and feeling of constant discovery as well as enemy and weapon / skill variety.
Currently making my way through Atlus Plateau with my Strength / Faith dude. I feel a little bit stuck with the Golden Halberd, it's just too good and haven't found anything to challenge it yet. I prefer the movesets of swords generally. Love the Claymore which I'm mostly using and I've made it holy infused +13, but still the Golden halberd with Golden Vow art of war is just so damn strong. Heard there are great options later on, hopefully not right at the end.
This game though, I'm just amazed by what an achievement it is, the sheer size and feeling of constant discovery as well as enemy and weapon / skill variety.
Currently making my way through Atlus Plateau with my Strength / Faith dude. I feel a little bit stuck with the Golden Halberd, it's just too good and haven't found anything to challenge it yet. I prefer the movesets of swords generally. Love the Claymore which I'm mostly using and I've made it holy infused +13, but still the Golden halberd with Golden Vow art of war is just so damn strong. Heard there are great options later on, hopefully not right at the end.
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Trogdor1123
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I’m looking through mount Gilner and it’s crazy. Fucking patches!
Trogdor1123
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Is faith the way to go? It seems lots of people like it. I’m thinking of doing a faith build with the coded sword.
NeverYouMind
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It is generally not good for fighting the descendents of gods. Otherwise the Envoy Longhorn bubbleblower and Lightning/Fire Giant super incanations are destruction incarnate.
TheStam
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I'm still quite early, but I really like the support spells for buffing, healing and dealing with stuff like poison and rot. And you also get good damage spells.
Faith has holy damage, but also fire and lightning and if you do a strength hybrid you can do good physical damage as well. So even if I'm not at the end yet I don't think its a huge issue.
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Trogdor1123
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im finding lots of somber stones. Are those better for weapons than going the regular weapons route? The uchigana might need a switch up!
NeverYouMind
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You do not choose the upgrade material. If a weapon is unique with a fixed skill you always use somber stones. For the regular weapons that can have ash of war and affinity modifications you always use the regular smithing stones.