I've never found Farron Keep so horrible that I couldn't just make it with moss and a good shield. There's only three or four places where you "need" to get poisoned if you're going to 100% the place.
Tyler Howard
I found high wall of lothric to be more painful than any of the ds2 starting areas
Jeremiah Flores
i agree with this one
Xavier Baker
Too many enemies ambushing you all the time. Also resources are a lot more limited and durability is an actual problem.
Matthew White
Your iframes are held hostage until you pay up. But at least it's not boring like ds3's early game if you can enjoy ds2 gameplay that is. Every single run starts the exact same way
Ayden Mitchell
Because literally no Estus, no good shields and existence of Adaptability, so it's very hard to avoid damage. I actually got through the early game the easiest on a Faith build that had loads of early heals.
Nathan Reed
It didn't seem that bad to me because I was very experienced with the Souls series when I started 3, but it felt like it would be a fucking nightmare for someone playing that as their first game.
I mean, I could imagine Gundyr being a complete road block for a new player. He is A LOT more difficult than Asylum Demon, he only seemed like a pushover because we played Souls for thousands of hours before.
Nathan Williams
The majority of DS3's early levels are so bloody bland and colourless it makes fucking Fallout 3 look more colourful.
Ayden Collins
30/30 is ideal for a Dark build but is it still usable for Pyro?
Cameron Torres
Unironically best post.
Hudson Price
I don't know, I've beaten dark souls a long time ago, beaten ds2 last week so I pretty much did gundyr first try without a problem but holy shit the high wall just tore open a new asshole for me for some reason. Probably because of how the game just overall feels faster than the other 2 and the weapons seem weird at first
Liam Fisher
Pic related. Also I had 28 vig not 25, so fuck those l1's, they just do a lot of damage >can't roll reliably I can roll reliably in pve god fucking damn it, I just have an easier time against every enemy including bosses than fucking npcs. Even human players are easier. Every time I just walk away while hitting them as they get closer, it's just exploiting one of the weaknesses of the ai. If I didn't do that I'd never beat any of them, I died to Hawkwood 6 times before cheesing him with arrows, and I beat exiles and Fallen Knight with the aforementioned walk away super secret technique. >preferred weaponry I just found these axes and upgraded them to +7, which is what I used against Hawkwood. Before I used propaned, executioner's and Murakumo but they are all too slow for me to like them. In general I like dual wield in this game more than anything else, so far.
For DaS2: Yes, Pyro softcaps at 60 total, though you can go Pyro as literally any caster. It's just that Hexer hits that exact number.
For DaS3: You need to hit 40/40 for Pyro, and either 45/45 for Izalith Staff and Sunless Talisman or just 45 Int for Murky Longstaff.
Caleb Cruz
Oh and normally I don't use a shield I just equipped one for cunt destroyer Hawkwood. Usually I have longbow and torch in my left hand if I'm playing melee, I will use a shield only on casters.
Thomas Torres
That Vitality looks a tad high, and hyperarmor with the twinaxes isn't exactly reliable. They're more Strength weapons anyway, so you could shave off Dex and make it Heavy in the meantime.
And 33 Vigor with PChain isn't actually that bad for SL71, if you're having trouble with Hawkwood it's because he's a literal hacker who does an assload more damage than an actual player would, to compensate for his shitty AI.
Thomas Torres
How do I deal with the Greatsword and other UGS in pvp?
>tfw don't upgrade weapons for at least half of the game because you don't know what weapon you want to use and don't want to spend materials on other ones
>twinaxes Good shit right there. Along with follower javelin (because they have trash chasedown) they were my pb&jam. Ditch the dex, hone the extra to str and infuse them with heavy. Probably use a crossbow instead of the bow. The stats aren't minmaxed but far from retarded Should've gotten a parrying med shield
IKR? Raw flamberge and dark hand pretty good for this.
Jackson Brown
ADP. Having to get used to DS2's sluggish gameplay.
Luis Morales
just do it man, also
Julian Roberts
1. Outspace them and hit them while their hyperarmor frames aren't active, like with fast running attacks.
2. Roll through the attacks and go for a backstab if they swing more than once while you're within attack range.
3. Keep rolling through their attacks and punish them once their stamina is gone.
>blew literally all my Twinkling on a bunch of muled weapons >now have four or five weapons at +2, no more Twinkling and no access to ADP
I know that feel so hard.
Julian Cooper
I just find it especially bad in the early game because you quickly get to the point where any weapon does painfully shit damage. I don't even know if you can buy titanite indefinitely later on like in DS2
Noah Russell
I don't know where it is and I feel bad for looking it up on my first run i'll just have to suffer with my uchi
Jaxon Jenkins
>upgrade a weapon to +9 just to try it out >it's shit
You can buy regular Titanite after getting certain Umbral Ash in various areas, and enemies start dropping them like candy after a certain point. You just have to be careful with Chunks, Twinklies and Scales until the end of the game.
William King
You can but you need to give ashes to the handmaiden, specifically these:
Dreamchaser's Ashes for titanite shards Easterner's Ashes for large titanite shards Dragon Chaser's Ashes for titanite chunks, titanite scales and twinkling titanite
No, didn't even know you can do that I just single-pulled them
Noah Nguyen
Those three, yes. I don't think anyone expected me to face all 3 at the same time >30 or so flaming red skulls chasing you at every time But one by one they aren't so scary, their hp is strangely low considering their giant body
Ian Torres
You can plunging attack them at the bridge, it's more fun
Chase Morales
I've done both ways, they're only really difficult if you have to fight them in slow-walk swamp. Cheesing is pretty good, but visceraling the assholes in the face and watching the special death animation is satisfying as all fuck.
Don't get greedy, learn to space and learn to roll like a motherfucker. Also, true combos like L1L2L1 with Sellswords is good, and consider putting on OWCS and Right Eye.
Carson Nelson
Never kill them in mele. Too fucked up for early game, too pointless in late. Pretty weak to fire and arrows.
Carter Butler
I cheezed the entire game with a pure faith build
Carson Anderson
But they really aren't hard as melee You can just bodypull them one by one and kill them easily
Chase Nelson
>when you 2 shot Pontiff in your SL1 run by going full hypermode with a Millwood Axe Feels fucking good man
Nathaniel Jones
They aren't but the DAMAGE. Having log in the face or bombarded with skulls in poison swamp, where sometimes you can only fatroll or hop around isn't actually fun. Challenging yes.
Wyatt Turner
I LOVE KATANAS
James Perry
Is Right Eye really worth the ring slot? I hear the effect in PVP is very minimal.
Blake Myers
>they do the slam attack >heh I got your ass now, fool >it was actually the pull shockwave attack which instantly kills me
You can stack it with OWCS, and on Sellswords with the true combo (L1-L2-L1) you can rack up decent damage if you can catch someone with it twice.
With other Dex weapons not really worth it, but the Sellswords are designed for huge DPS so they're really good for that, especially if you buff with a resin.
Cameron Wood
Undead Settlement? More like Undead Shittlement.
Dominic Brooks
But it's the only level with color
Justin Price
>what is the Painted World >what is Lothric Castle >what is the Ringed City
Liam Jenkins
Just get a weapon with Perseverance and facetank them to death. If you like dual wielding get a heavy caestus and respec to 40 str so your twin axes won't do baby damage.
Dylan Martin
Only three levels out of the entire fucking game, two of them being tacked on afterward.
Unless you're already a master at spanking ganks, expect to get dogpiled by literally everybody else. Nobody trusts a purple out of principle, one that attacks everybody is playing the covenant right but will find it hard to actually win unless they're actually good at fighting off multiple foes at once.
Adrian Bell
Ganks, if not a lack in activity.
Asher Phillips
farron is a great covenant if you have 2 monitors and netflix. actually now that I think about it you only need 1 monitor .
Kayden Smith
Invasions every 5 seconds at 25+1
Owen Rodriguez
Well purple sounds terrible, maybe I'll just go irrelevant and become a Darkmoon Blade
Elijah Jenkins
what about aldritch? The area defending covenants are my favorite
Owen Perry
go to SL90 and be a spear shit's fun
Adrian Robinson
AAAAAAAAAAAAA >finally find Lothric's room >Lorian *teleports behind me* and kills me in seconds >get to the second phase on my second try but die miserably >on my fifth try I finally remember to use one of my gorillion embers >win Oh god I'm never using magic again. Getting up close and personal with Lorian was the best shit.
anyone know who calls you "sire" after you do the usurpation ending? I read someone does but everyone ive talked to so far says the exact same things
Gavin Ortiz
It's the most active PvP zone in the game.
You need to be SL79 max to avoid the SL120 cancer. If you're going to Spear, then you may as well go all the way up to 120 or 133 yourself.
Ayden Brooks
can't wait to RP as a silver knight
Jack Reed
Probably Yuria.
Landon Edwards
good work, user. magic is a crutch used by new players and literal faggots. it's actually less gay to play with a buttplug in, but I digress.
Henry Torres
For some reason I can't seem to get any spear summons at 120, but at 90 I can't even alt tab to shitpost between summons I might try to get a SL75 dude though, good idea. I've only used ultras as a spear and had decent success with them, what else could I try?
Jackson Parker
I dunno, I like up close and personal play, but having a hadouken or two really helps in the pvp range game when you are closing.
Michael Jones
Being pure melee is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Spell+melee hybrid builds let you buff/infuse to enable melee combat as well as use spells at a distance if you feel like it. Being pure melee limits you to melee combat like a brainlet normie shit.
Jose Parker
Territory defenders have the highest upsearch range in the game, but the same downsearch range. If you're at SL120 then you can invade down to SL108, but if you're invading up from a SL90 you can go all the way up to SL137 or some shit. So what's probably happening in your case is that you're encountering the SL81-107 crowd on your SL90, which your SL120 is completely incapable of reaching.
Angel Perry
>what are crossbows
Sebastian Brown
> no it isn't faggot
Jordan Miller
How do i find tournaments and fightsclubs?
Ryan Rodriguez
What are you talking about? it's better than 3s Huntsmans Copse is pure kino Lost bastille is nice to and hiedes for aesthetic
Isaiah Wright
>what are consumables Invade in an active PVP zone until you find one, or put down your red sign and hope you get summoned for one. Alternatively, make one yourself and advertise it here to get all the /dsg/ sweaty tryhards to try to outmeme each other.
Adrian Long
Pyro>>Sorciery>>>>Hexes=Faith for das2 faith is way lower
