gameranand
Living to Play
Black Knight Sword and later Zweihander +14. Balder Side Sword is pretty good because of the reach and moveset too but it's a very rare drop.
But mainly played game with Demon Spear, Silver Knight Spear, Great Club and Black Knight Great Axe. Great Scythe `+14 too,
I am on Strength build.
I started playing Prepare To Die edition recently.
Made the mistake of creating a Knight character, which I didn't know is the slowest starting character. But I worked out the move speed by unequipping some armor items and scaling endurance.
What I can't seem to get working however is the parry and reposte. I always seem to get the timing wrong and parry before the attack. Is there any effective method to parry correctly all the time?
Another problem is that kicking and the lunge attack are too difficult to pull off (I am using controller). Is there any easier way to pull this off?
Made the mistake of creating a Knight character, which I didn't know is the slowest starting character. But I worked out the move speed by unequipping some armor items and scaling endurance.
What I can't seem to get working however is the parry and reposte. I always seem to get the timing wrong and parry before the attack. Is there any effective method to parry correctly all the time?
Another problem is that kicking and the lunge attack are too difficult to pull off (I am using controller). Is there any easier way to pull this off?
gameranand
Living to Play
Which is the best class to start ??
For new players, people say Warrior or Wanderer. Both have relatively lighter armor and move pretty fast. Other good classes are Thieves who start with the master key and have highest critical damage but also very low HP, and the Pyromancer who starts with a useful fireball sorcery.
However, I am still playing Knight since I have gone pretty far with it and don't want to start over with a new class yet. After scaling endurance, I am able to move much faster than before and I am able to do a medium speed roll, which is good enough for now.
However, I am still playing Knight since I have gone pretty far with it and don't want to start over with a new class yet. After scaling endurance, I am able to move much faster than before and I am able to do a medium speed roll, which is good enough for now.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
DS1, the lightning +10 Utchigatana is a very capable weapon, doesnt have any scaling but raw damage + lightning damage + bleed stacks..
very easy to acquire as well
very easy to acquire as well
Nerevarine
Incarnate
Uchigatana - Dark Souls Wik
If you are starting out, drakesword is the first "good" weapon you should get.. just get 30 arrows and a bow and shoot the dragon's tail till it drops
If you are starting out, drakesword is the first "good" weapon you should get.. just get 30 arrows and a bow and shoot the dragon's tail till it drops
Update: Ok, I read a bit about it and I see that it's either dropped by the Undead merchant in Undead Burg or some merchant in Blighttown. What is the best way to get it? Do I have to kill the Undead Burg merchant?
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Yes, that's what I did. However, the Drake sword does not scale I think. But I love its long range power attack that attacks multiple enemies at once, at the cost of durability of course.
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Yes, that's what I did. However, the Drake sword does not scale I think. But I love its long range power attack that attacks multiple enemies at once, at the cost of durability of course.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
no it doesnt scale and dont bother upgrading it with dragon scales, better weapons are incoming..
Also the claymore is a damn good weapon once fully upgraded
Also the claymore is a damn good weapon once fully upgraded
Nerevarine
Incarnate
hmm its possible they are cheating also, because DS 1 is full of cheaters afaik.. u can try to find the chameleon spell and hide somewhere. basically u transform into a set piece item like a barell and remain still until they move away..
That stuff is hilarious to pull off, more so if you back stab them..
Anyway, for PVP stuff, you want to focus, speed over damage.. if you are getting stunlocked, get high poise.. However, if your equip load is 50%, then you will do fast roll.. fast roll has a lot more invulnerability frames than slow roll, just google it out what I said above, you will find what you are looking for
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Currently I am wearing the Golem armor with Havel's ring. I have a Chaos +4 Zweihander, but its swing speed is so slow that most of the invaders just dodge it before I can land a hit. However, its very effective if I manage to land a hit because it basically smashes the enemy to the ground.
I used to try the Chameleon sorcery but some invaders are pretty stubborn. They will just wait for us to show up and we can't even get away because of all the blocked exits. Also, in some areas using Chameleon is not very effective because experienced invaders know the object of those areas. Only the small tree of the Darkroot Garden is the most effective disguise IMHO.
And speaking of cheaters, I once invaded some guy using the Forest Hunters covenant and his companion killed me with a Black Knight greataxe that inflicted Curse.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
try a Uchigatana, very easy to get, enchant it with lightning and it will do bleed, lightning and physical with little scaling.. its fast too
Yes. I have a Uchigatana that I got after killing the Undead Burg merchant. Haven't upgraded it because its low durability puts me off.
For bleeding I have a +5 Lightning Flamberge. It doesn't have a fast swing speed, but it scales better with strength which goes well with me because my character mains strength.
The Uchigatana scales better with dexterity I think.
Edit: OK I forgot that Lightning reinforcement reduced scaling for both Strength and Dexterity. But still, the Flamberge does about 500 damage for me.
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For bleeding I have a +5 Lightning Flamberge. It doesn't have a fast swing speed, but it scales better with strength which goes well with me because my character mains strength.
The Uchigatana scales better with dexterity I think.
Edit: OK I forgot that Lightning reinforcement reduced scaling for both Strength and Dexterity. But still, the Flamberge does about 500 damage for me.
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Finally completed Dark Souls and OMG what a journey.
That last boss fight really sucks the life out of you. Parrying Gwyn is really tricky, thankfully I had Solaire to back me up.
Killed him with a standard +10 Uchigatana. That bleed effect really helps.
I should have reinforced it with Occult, but had a Strength build character with about 15 Intelligence.
That last boss fight really sucks the life out of you. Parrying Gwyn is really tricky, thankfully I had Solaire to back me up.
Killed him with a standard +10 Uchigatana. That bleed effect really helps.
I should have reinforced it with Occult, but had a Strength build character with about 15 Intelligence.
Nerevarine
Incarnate
good, now start DS II 
If you have original version and not the DX11 updated version, we can probably coop
If you have original version and not the DX11 updated version, we can probably coop