Ugh. I've absolutely hit a wall with Manus. I can maneuver or block all his attacks (+4 Black Iron Greatshield) except one - the five hit combo where he swings three times, throws you into the air, and then smashes you to the ground. Even with full Endurance he ends up taking half my health, and if I don't have full END then it's an instant kill. I just can't avoid this shit. Have managed, at best, to take off 10% of his health - I'm using a +10 Claymore, fighting him naked to stay under 25% load. Apparently he has magic attacks that I can block with this pendant I found, but I haven't survived long enough to see them yet. Advice?
uh, all I can really do is tell you what I did.
Silver Knight armour set (medium), under 50% load but over 25% obviously. I had about 18 END and I blocked all of his physical attacks, and walked backwards in a circle so I never got hit by more than 2 from each of his combos, so my stamina never drained completely. For the bigger single attacks I dodged.
You can also summon Sif to help you if you rescued him from the ghosts, he can tank quite a lot of damage for you. For his magic attacks you need to time the pendant just right or you won't absorb them all, and at least one of his magic attacks (the frontal cone) will likely one hit kill you if it hits.
Thanks Rami. After watching that vid, it seems my problem was always trying to stay in close to avoid his sweeps. Keeping distance seems the better option.
Picked this up for the first time in months to start a new character - first time I've done it in this game - and wow, what a difference experience makes. In minutes I carved through stuff that took me hours on the first play through.
Going to go melee mage this time around, maybe get an Enchanted Washing Pole for the high scaling with Int (A) and boost it up with weapon damage enhance spells.
Picked this up for the first time in months to start a new character - first time I've done it in this game - and wow, what a difference experience makes. In minutes I carved through stuff that took me hours on the first play through.
Going to go melee mage this time around, maybe get an Enchanted Washing Pole for the high scaling with Int (A) and boost it up with weapon damage enhance spells.
You can't further enchant an already enchanted weapon. You can only temporary enchant +X/Raw/Crystal weapons. That said, Washing Pole is a good elemental or enchanted though it has very (very) high stat requirements. I don't personally like going above 16 in both Str/Dex as max for a Int or a Faith build, but I can see the appeal of the weapon's reach.
It would be kinda a dickish move to lvl20 twink invade someone in Kirk's armor and weapon.
It would be hilarious if you replaced the weapon with Bonewheel Shields though and low-level invaded killing them with just rolling.
Make people fear bonewheel skeletons extra early.
On the plus side, I actually handled Capra pretty well. Basilisks only cursed me once. And Kirk fell to my blade.
I'm loving my Balder Side Sword at +5. It's a beast. Pretty good damage and a great combination of quick chainable slashes and a heavy thrust for when I need reach.
Slimes are a pain though. They have such high defense that killing them takes forever. What are these green titanite shards they drop for?
Kill the channeler dude upstairs from the Gaping Dragon. I know pyro builds are easy mode, but seriously, fireballs ruin slimes in a flash
Oh I got the channeler. It was so my first attempt so I'm still learning the Gaping's move set. I'm sure ill get him eventually.
Question: this being my first playthrough, I want to make sure I see every area. If I just follow the story, will I go everywhere eventually, or are there optional areas that I need to make sure I visit?
So far I've been to the tutorial area (Asylum?), Firelink, Undead Burg (upper and lower), Undead Parish and I am currently in the Depths.
I can only think of two areas that you never need to visit to complete the story, and they are right next to each other.
The Great Hollow and Ash Lake, they are secret areas
If you want to know where they are
You can find the entrance in Blighttown
If you want to know exactly where they are
In Blighttown swamp there is a branch that forms a ramp up a large tree, at the top is an illusionary wall with a chest behind it. Behind the chest is yet another illusionary wall that leads to the great hollow.
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You can also summon Lautrec for Gaping Dragon as well. If you never freed him from the chapel, he escapes himself after the gargoyle boss. So you likely just have to go to Firelink and talk to him to make his summon sign pop. Him and Solaire typically put a huge dent into the dragon by themselves.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
Got summoned to another set up in Anor Londo. Recognized it immediatEly and ran like hell out the gate and to the rotating tower. Hid for ten minutes until they summoned a second phantom. Ran back to the bonfire and saw the invader stalking the new and fellow Sunbro.
So I waited and immediately jumped and murdered the invader and saved the fellow Sunbro.
Seriously summoning friendly Sunbros for jolly cooperation only to have an unannounced invader come behind you is terrible.
I can only think of two areas that you never need to visit to complete the story, and they are right next to each other.
The Great Hollow and Ash Lake, they are secret areas
If you want to know where they are
You can find the entrance in Blighttown
If you want to know exactly where they are
In Blighttown swamp there is a branch that forms a ramp up a large tree, at the top is an illusionary wall with a chest behind it. Behind the chest is yet another illusionary wall that leads to the great hollow.
Another one:
Asylum Return and Painted World are also both completely optional
I can only think of two areas that you never need to visit to complete the story, and they are right next to each other.
The Great Hollow and Ash Lake, they are secret areas
If you want to know where they are
You can find the entrance in Blighttown
If you want to know exactly where they are
In Blighttown swamp there is a branch that forms a ramp up a large tree, at the top is an illusionary wall with a chest behind it. Behind the chest is yet another illusionary wall that leads to the great hollow.
Another one:
Asylum Return and Painted World are also both completely optional
Huh, can't believe I blanked on that.
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I think it's kind of lame how getting a Darkmoon invasion is so difficult. Indictments shouldn't be required, they should be a default feature.
Doesn't stop me from getting invaded by them. And man oh man, Dorkmoons can't switch up their strategies at ALL. It's either a Faith/Buff build, a Sorcery (or Pyro) build, or they just go with Hornet Ring Backstabs. Bah, so boring and lame.
I think it's kind of lame how getting a Darkmoon invasion is so difficult. Indictments shouldn't be required, they should be a default feature.
Doesn't stop me from getting invaded by them. And man oh man, Dorkmoons can't switch up their strategies at ALL. It's either a Faith/Buff build, a Sorcery (or Pyro) build, or they just go with Hornet Ring Backstabs. Bah, so boring and lame.
Well, I personally just fight pretty fair of sorts with a greatsword. That said, it's pretty logical a lot of them would be faith buffers, since the main prize of being a Darkmoon is a Faith weapon buff.
Every so often I'll have a guy throw an item on the ground, and this muffled "Hello" will play. At first I thought it was some clever hack the guy made. But given that it's happened with different players yet the actual voice is the same, and one person was decked out in that DLC jester outfit, can one assume this is some fancy DLC item?
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
Every so often I'll have a guy throw an item on the ground, and this muffled "Hello" will play. At first I thought it was some clever hack the guy made. But given that it's happened with different players yet the actual voice is the same, and one person was decked out in that DLC jester outfit, can one assume this is some fancy DLC item?
Eyup. There's a few carvings that make sounds when used.
Those aren't really optional. Sif is required and so are the 4 kings in the Abyss.
Or do you mean the DLC? Because I mean yeah technically that stuff is optional.
Yeah I meant all the DLC content. I missed it entirely on my first playthrough, mostly because when I defeated the Hydra I went to the cave behind it, found nothing and so I had no need to go back at all. They should have made the crystal golem spawn as soon as you defeated the Hydra, and not require you to go out and back into the area for it to show up.
Yeah I don't think I would have found the entrance to the DLC if I hadn't looked it up on the wiki, I had assumed it took place after the main story but it's just hidden away in the corner of a giant zone.
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I think it's kind of lame how getting a Darkmoon invasion is so difficult. Indictments shouldn't be required, they should be a default feature.
Doesn't stop me from getting invaded by them. And man oh man, Dorkmoons can't switch up their strategies at ALL. It's either a Faith/Buff build, a Sorcery (or Pyro) build, or they just go with Hornet Ring Backstabs. Bah, so boring and lame.
Well, I personally just fight pretty fair of sorts with a greatsword. That said, it's pretty logical a lot of them would be faith buffers, since the main prize of being a Darkmoon is a Faith weapon buff.
But that doesn't sound particularly limited. The buff I assume translates to melee, then it's Miracles, Sorcery or Pyromancy, or backstabs. There are other options, but not a lot of obvious ones.
You'll be pleased to know the toxic dart bastards do not respawn.
It's also wise to go past the titanite demon beyond the blacksmith in undead parish and farm those tree enemies because they drop a poison cure item with a very high frequency.
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I don't get it, is there some kind of unwritten rule against using your estus flask when you're being invaded? Both players can do it, so what's the problem?
I have zero sympathy for invaders. Bowing to me does not counterbalance potentially making me redo a significant portion of an area because I haven't reached the next bonfire. I'll use every dirty trick, every cheesy tactic and unfair advantage to kill an invader in such a situation. I'll shank you mid-bow if possible.
I have zero sympathy for invaders. Bowing to me does not counterbalance potentially making me redo a significant portion of an area because I haven't reached the next bonfire. I'll use every dirty trick, every cheesy tactic and unfair advantage to kill an invader in such a situation. I'll shank you mid-bow if possible.
And this is why I love Dark Souls. This is a perfectly acceptable position.
I have zero sympathy for invaders. Bowing to me does not counterbalance potentially making me redo a significant portion of an area because I haven't reached the next bonfire. I'll use every dirty trick, every cheesy tactic and unfair advantage to kill an invader in such a situation. I'll shank you mid-bow if possible.
Ayup.
Bowing does nothing to make up for the fact that they broke into your house with the intent to murder you. The second I get invaded my goals change to:
1)Waste their time as much as possible.
2)Kill them using whatever means necessary.
The items he was using were Divine Blessings, those are limited in quantity for each playthrough. The invaders were using Humanity, which heals you a fair amount.
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uh, all I can really do is tell you what I did.
Silver Knight armour set (medium), under 50% load but over 25% obviously. I had about 18 END and I blocked all of his physical attacks, and walked backwards in a circle so I never got hit by more than 2 from each of his combos, so my stamina never drained completely. For the bigger single attacks I dodged.
You can also summon Sif to help you if you rescued him from the ghosts, he can tank quite a lot of damage for you. For his magic attacks you need to time the pendant just right or you won't absorb them all, and at least one of his magic attacks (the frontal cone) will likely one hit kill you if it hits.
You can watch this for some more visual advice:
As always with a melee character, the key is recognizing the windup animation for each of his different attacks so you know how to react each time.
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Going to go melee mage this time around, maybe get an Enchanted Washing Pole for the high scaling with Int (A) and boost it up with weapon damage enhance spells.
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You can't further enchant an already enchanted weapon. You can only temporary enchant +X/Raw/Crystal weapons. That said, Washing Pole is a good elemental or enchanted though it has very (very) high stat requirements. I don't personally like going above 16 in both Str/Dex as max for a Int or a Faith build, but I can see the appeal of the weapon's reach.
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So basically:
Yes.
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Holy hell. Poor Solaire didn't stand a chance.
Nor did I.
On the plus side, I actually handled Capra pretty well. Basilisks only cursed me once. And Kirk fell to my blade.
I'm loving my Balder Side Sword at +5. It's a beast. Pretty good damage and a great combination of quick chainable slashes and a heavy thrust for when I need reach.
Slimes are a pain though. They have such high defense that killing them takes forever. What are these green titanite shards they drop for?
You can easily just run past all of the slimes by the way.
Oh I got the channeler. It was so my first attempt so I'm still learning the Gaping's move set. I'm sure ill get him eventually.
Question: this being my first playthrough, I want to make sure I see every area. If I just follow the story, will I go everywhere eventually, or are there optional areas that I need to make sure I visit?
So far I've been to the tutorial area (Asylum?), Firelink, Undead Burg (upper and lower), Undead Parish and I am currently in the Depths.
If you want to know where they are
If you want to know exactly where they are
Got summoned to another set up in Anor Londo. Recognized it immediatEly and ran like hell out the gate and to the rotating tower. Hid for ten minutes until they summoned a second phantom. Ran back to the bonfire and saw the invader stalking the new and fellow Sunbro.
So I waited and immediately jumped and murdered the invader and saved the fellow Sunbro.
Seriously summoning friendly Sunbros for jolly cooperation only to have an unannounced invader come behind you is terrible.
Another one:
Huh, can't believe I blanked on that.
Or do you mean the DLC? Because I mean yeah technically that stuff is optional.
Doesn't stop me from getting invaded by them. And man oh man, Dorkmoons can't switch up their strategies at ALL. It's either a Faith/Buff build, a Sorcery (or Pyro) build, or they just go with Hornet Ring Backstabs. Bah, so boring and lame.
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Well, I personally just fight pretty fair of sorts with a greatsword. That said, it's pretty logical a lot of them would be faith buffers, since the main prize of being a Darkmoon is a Faith weapon buff.
Eyup. There's a few carvings that make sounds when used.
Yeah I meant all the DLC content. I missed it entirely on my first playthrough, mostly because when I defeated the Hydra I went to the cave behind it, found nothing and so I had no need to go back at all. They should have made the crystal golem spawn as soon as you defeated the Hydra, and not require you to go out and back into the area for it to show up.
But that doesn't sound particularly limited. The buff I assume translates to melee, then it's Miracles, Sorcery or Pyromancy, or backstabs. There are other options, but not a lot of obvious ones.
There are giant squid things and ogres and fire breathing rat-dogs and flies and its giant maze and oh god oh god
It's also wise to go past the titanite demon beyond the blacksmith in undead parish and farm those tree enemies because they drop a poison cure item with a very high frequency.
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Invaders/phantoms cannot use Estus, and they can use an item to prevent the player from using it as well.
It's bullshit whining is what it is. You have homefield advantage, an advantage that they can eliminate if they plan wisely. Use it.
And this is why I love Dark Souls. This is a perfectly acceptable position.
You didn't by any chance just summon someone to help you kill the gaping dragon did you?
Ayup.
Bowing does nothing to make up for the fact that they broke into your house with the intent to murder you. The second I get invaded my goals change to:
1)Waste their time as much as possible.
2)Kill them using whatever means necessary.
Is that not the case for if you're summoned by Alvina into someone's world? Just watching that dude dual wheel'ding above
he and his opponents are using (or trying to use restorative items.
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