The Dark Sword is still good. If you're sticking with Strength/Heavy: Exile Greatsword, Great Club, Claymore, Splitleaf Greatsword (2nd DLC, mainly for PvP), Millwood Battle Axe (1st DLC).I stopped playing this game half-way through but want to get back in. I previously used the Heavy Dark Sword but heard it got nerfed a year ago. What are the generally best considered weapons these days?
If you don't want to level up get the Pyro flame and Great Chaos Fireball. It requires no stats to use and even without the scaling, that boss absolutely melts with anything fire related.
I know this is a late response but I'm reading through this topic on a current playthrough and would like to comment, despite having beaten all the Souls games, and not having an issue my first playthrough, on my current I rerolled as an Assassin (or whoever starts with a Rapier, a weapon I've never used) and holy fuck was that annoying. Finally had to get good at parrying.I convinced my co-worker to buy the game and offered to co-op with him some. He told me tonight he spent almost five hours on Iudex Gyndr. I laughed really hard.
I know this is a late response but I'm reading through this topic on a current playthrough and would like to comment, despite having beaten all the Souls games, and not having an issue my first playthrough, on my current I rerolled as an Assassin (or whoever starts with a Rapier, a weapon I've never used) and holy fuck was that annoying. Finally had to get good at parrying.
I know this is a late response but I'm reading through this topic on a current playthrough and would like to comment, despite having beaten all the Souls games, and not having an issue my first playthrough, on my current I rerolled as an Assassin (or whoever starts with a Rapier, a weapon I've never used) and holy fuck was that annoying. Finally had to get good at parrying.
You can re-allocate your points if you join a certain covenant.
It's called Rosaria's Fingers. It's an invasion covenant at the very top of the Cathedral of the Deep. Should be a couple ledges you can jump down on the opposite side when you enter the ceiling area (walking on the arches with the knights). You can offer her Pale Tongues to be reborn up to 5 times per New Game. Just know that offering the Tongues turns another NPC hostile if you're into quests but it will also lead you on another quest.
Just beat Pontiff Sulvayhn and cleared the dungeon up to the Profaned Capital. Got invaded by an Aldrich Faithful who was quite good at dodging my Exile Greatsword swings. Need to bait them in better.
I just got to the Profaned Capital as well. I read a lot of people groaning about the enemies in the dungeon beforehand but I found it more entertaining and challenging. I was dreading going there but ended up really, really enjoying the whole area.
The Profaned Capital is really cool, but I was disappointed in how small it was. From above it looks so incredible, you feel like you're going to slowly descend into this abandoned hellhole of an ancient civilization ravaged by time, monsters and all that Souls-y stuff, and then... it's already over. :(I just got to the Profaned Capital as well. I read a lot of people groaning about the enemies in the dungeon beforehand but I found it more entertaining and challenging. I was dreading going there but ended up really, really enjoying the whole area.
For a melee build invest in Vigor, Endurance and Strength/Dex (either or both depending on the weapons you want to use). The bigger weapons don't need to wait until NG+, based on where you are you already have access to some good ones. Typically the big weapons scale better with a Heavy infusion.If you'll see my post above, I recently picked the game back up after getting frustrated with it. I started up with a pyro I had gotten about 12 hours into the game with. Well I've not beaten the Abyss Watchers, and I'm either going to go down to the Catacombs or go to the Cathedral of the Deep. I beat Crystal Sage. Now that I'm enjoying the game, I'm not quite enjoying the pyro. I like the shield/sword combo and if I were to reroll now and respec my character, what would be the best stats to pump into? I'm currently SL 40...maybe 45.
I see some of these walkthroughs with guys carrying big ass swords. Now I get that might be a NG+, but it looks pretty fun just wielding something like that and rolling around and killing enemies.
Any recommendations?
The Profaned Capital is really cool, but I was disappointed in how small it was. From above it looks so incredible, you feel like you're going to slowly descend into this abandoned hellhole of an ancient civilization ravaged by time, monsters and all that Souls-y stuff, and then... it's already over. :(
I can't believe the challenge from Ringed City Wall to Ringed City Swamp. Holy shit.
I actually did it all, cause I had no idea where the bonfire was and probably wasted more time than necessary. But it feels good to have accomplished it. I found the bonfire with zero flasks but the whole stairway was clear. It was pure luck I went right at the swamp instead of left I guess.That's probably the hardest non-boss part of the DLC. It's a long section and imo there's no shame in running past enemies to the swamp bonfire and handling that last staircase area by backtracking later.
Try to stay in front of him and only attack his head. That reduces the camera issues, plus the head takes more damage.Any advice on Darkeater Midir? The camera is a little tricky in this one.
In addition to what EasyMode has said, I'll add: fight him like you would Amygdala (the defiled version), assuming you played Bloodborne of course. Stay in front of the head and focus on it and make sure the camera centers on it, yes, but also don't get greedy when the head is down either, if you whiff you're probably gonna be very exposed and take ton of damage.Any advice on Darkeater Midir? The camera is a little tricky in this one.
The Profaned Capital is really cool, but I was disappointed in how small it was. From above it looks so incredible, you feel like you're going to slowly descend into this abandoned hellhole of an ancient civilization ravaged by time, monsters and all that Souls-y stuff, and then... it's already over. :(
You can also try the Souls Era OT: https://www.resetera.com/threads/soulsera-ot-so-the-world-might-be-mended.832/As this is the most relevant OT due to there not being a DS2 thread:
Use the twisted sword to create a bonfire in the center of the room. You can then warp to the next location.okay so i found the firelnk shrine, leveled up a few times and....now i gotta save up 20k souls? how the fuck!?
i can't find another section to do in the meantime, pls halp
Use the twisted sword to create a bonfire in the center of the room. You can then warp to the next location.
You can access Ariandel when you get to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire at Cathedral of the Deep, so around SL 30+. I usually save the DLC for end-game, but you can make an early run for the Crow Quills if you're up for the challenge.Getting towards the end of my second Dark Souls II playthrough and looking at gear for my second playthrough of the third game, this time tackling the DLC.
What's the earliest feasible time/level to get the Crow Quills from the Ariandel DLC? They're just the kind of quirky rapier that was missing from the base game for me.
Yeah it shouldn't be so bad if you just run past the mobs. You don't have to kill any DLC boss to acquire it.You can access Ariandel when you get to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire at Cathedral of the Deep, so around SL 30+. I usually save the DLC for end-game, but you can make an early run for the Crow Quills if you're up for the challenge.
You can access Ariandel when you get to the Cleansing Chapel bonfire at Cathedral of the Deep, so around SL 30+. I usually save the DLC for end-game, but you can make an early run for the Crow Quills if you're up for the challenge.
Yeah it shouldn't be so bad if you just run past the mobs. You don't have to kill any DLC boss to acquire it.
Those items, plus using rusted coins bought from Patches will get you max Item Discovery (short of putting points into Luck).After quite some time a friend of mine asked me to help him with the trophies on ps4. What's the best setup to farm covenant items? I remember gold serpent ring+3, mimic head and the crystal sage's rapier. What else? Thanks
Ok, thanks. But was there also a pair of gloves/mittens/whatever that increases the drop rate?Those items, plus using rusted coins bought from Patches will get you max Item Discovery (short of putting points into Luck).