Shadows of Yharnam down! Slight spoilers below for that boss, plus area name and location spoilers for mid-game:
Took 3 tries, had better luck riposting when I switched back to the shotgun. Fuuuuuck that final form with the giant snakes. I went for the ranged fireball thrower first, since he kept messing up my swings.
So I've got three options now-- I'll probably try another swing at Logarius in Cainhurst, but after that there's the Nightmare Frontier and whatever lies ahead of the boss arena for the Shadows of Yharnam. Which should I do first, if I want to clear out all available sidequests before progressing the story?
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Took 3 tries, had better luck riposting when I switched back to the shotgun. Fuuuuuck that final form with the giant snakes. I went for the ranged fireball thrower first, since he kept messing up my swings.
So I've got three options now-- I'll probably try another swing at Logarius in Cainhurst, but after that there's the Nightmare Frontier and whatever lies ahead of the boss arena for the Shadows of Yharnam. Which should I do first, if I want to clear out all available sidequests before progressing the story?
The route after the Shadows is the way to progress the main story, the other two areas are optional side-quests.
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Shadows? There's a solid strategy to take them down if you want me to share it.
Yeah that might help me out
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
edited July 2015
Ok
you want to take down the sword guy first. He's really aggressive but predictable and most of his moves can be parried. The guy that throws the fireballs is easy to dodge so long as you draw the other two away from him. Use the big rock as a shield whenever possible.
The fire breathing guy is always covering the sword guy so when you attack sword guy do it quickly and then back out so you don't get flamed. Visceral attack gives a lot of invincibility so if you parry the sword guy you should be able to get the visceral in without taking damage most of the time.
After you get the three of them down to 50% total (that's all three of them combined) they'll go into snake mode. Dodge side to side, not backwards in this mode. Sword guy in snake mode has a super obnoxious uppercut that stuns forever. If you get hit and need to heal run away but in between healing dodge side-to-side.
Once you take down sword guy go for the fireball guy. He can't do much when you go after him, his fireballs aren't too hard to dodge, and all he really does is back up when you go in on him. The fire breather will come after you but his attack is slow and you should be relatively safe just chasing down the other guy. After he's down pull out your quickest attack weapon with the lowest stamina usage possible and go balls to the wall on the last guy. He literally cannot attack you when you are close. All of his moves in his final form require channeling and distance. Go straight at him as soon as the second guy is dead and don't stop attacking. If you have a fast weapon like the cane or Ludwig's use it standard one-handed mode and ignore your stamina. Just go at him and mash R1 and he'll go down.
I was unable to do the Shadows dudes and had to wuss out with the dagger that makes them attack each other. It was pretty hilarious watching them go all Three Stooges on each other, though, and it made the fight a cake walk.
I'm on vacation now and can't play, and I can feel my skills atrophying.
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
I didn't even know there was an item that did that!
There are active Dark Souls threads in G&T and SE+ that are probably better spots for it, but I doubt anybody's going to jump down your throat for posting some stuff about DS3 in a Bloodborne thread. It's all Souls.
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
edited July 2015
There has been plenty of souls talk here just try not to spoil anything from previous games, please.
i didn't like demon's souls or dark souls but i'm really loving bloodborne. it also makes me scream at my screen a bunch, but what is love if it doesn't frustrate you to the core sometimes and yet you still push on?
Those rock throwers might be responsible for more deaths than any other non boss enemy in Bloodborne for me. I just kept forgetting to worry about them, and a few times I mistimed dodges on the rocks because I was so nervous that it was going to happen again. Hah.
There are active Dark Souls threads in G&T and SE+ that are probably better spots for it, but I doubt anybody's going to jump down your throat for posting some stuff about DS3 in a Bloodborne thread. It's all Souls.
SE++ has no on-topic rules, you can talk about Dark Souls in the My Little Pony thread if you really want to.
oh hey thread. I dusted off my PS3 because our alternative Netflix device was being a shit, so I decided to pick up a used a copy of Dark Souls 2 and play it finally.
kind of a rough, slow start, different from the first two games, but now that things are opening up and I'm killing bosses I'm really enjoying it. Started as a duel wielder because NEW SHINY but missed blocking too much and started over.
Also gave that executioner guy the summons I found in the queen's chamber. Uh.... that was... hm. I mean I guess I can't judge him too much, considering how drenched in blood my character gets on an hourly basis, but still
Also gave that executioner guy the summons I found in the queen's chamber. Uh.... that was... hm. I mean I guess I can't judge him too much, considering how drenched in blood my character gets on an hourly basis, but still
The people I rescued are in the cathedral ward! Is that what you mean?
Or
Are you talking about how he appears to have killed himself? I found that soon after I made the post. Come on dude, I need all the friendly NPCs I can get, don't go offing yourself now.
The people I rescued are in the cathedral ward! Is that what you mean?
Or
Are you talking about how he appears to have killed himself? I found that soon after I made the post. Come on dude, I need all the friendly NPCs I can get, don't go offing yourself now.
Eileen had better make it through this game
Uh. Dog. Did you save that fellow outside of the windmill with the snake headed dudes?
Ooooookay THOSE are some different enemy designs all right. Straight from werewolves into pure Lovecraft.
As a side note, this area is the only place in Bloodborne where I feel I was dying through no fault of my own. Those boulder-hurling fuckers are absolute bullshit, it seems as though their boulders actually track you and the debris from when they explode doesn't seem to have a clearly defined window for when they're still 'dangerous.' Add poison, movement-restricting swamp into the mix and you've got a recipe for a salty Didgeridoo.
Took down Amygdala, got some chalices. Is that all that's in the Frontier? I'm feeling a little shorted at the moment, for how much of a pain in the butt this area was.
Looks like the only path I've left unexplored is the one after the Shadows of Yharnam. Onward, into mystery!
Killed that awful spider thing, now the whole world's gone even crazier and Cthulu is hanging out on the side of the church??
Also Eileen lady, stay the fuck down, I'll take care of your hunter probl-- whoops no I guess I won't
I have thrown myself against the brick wall that is this hunter about 10 times so far, and I just can't seem to take him down. Might have to grind for a bit. In any event, I'll have to grind out some souls so I can buy blood vials.
one trick that takes a while but is effective is to let him keep using his poison on himself and kite him around without getting hit. He'll burn his heal and still keep using the ability. Then when he's weak enough you can go in for the kill.
I've beaten every other hunter with gunstun, I swear!
When I try and gunstun this bad boy, he punishes me HARD. Usually end up taking a double-pistol to the face followed by a couple sword swipes for good measure. Dude hits like a truck. Alternately, he's gotten the riposte on me,which is terrifying
Truly, I must git gud-er :P
Edit: I realize I never actually clarified which hunter I'm talking about. It's Eileen's hunter, the one with the crow feather armor and crazy samurai sword.
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ButtersA glass of some milksRegistered Userregular
I've never fought that guy because I kept forgetting about Eileen before it was too late but a handful of the hunters (including Eileen herself) have really small and inconsistent stun windows. The Hunter in the loft before Rahm is probably the worst offender. If you have some arcane you can try
Beast Roar. For two bullets you get to knock a close range hunter on their ass and get a few cheap combos in.
Yesssssssssssssssss, @rhylith you're a saint, excellent strategy!
Did it with 0 blood vials left and 3 bullets in the barrel. Got a visceral right at the end to finish him off, whew! What a jerk, glad he's dead.
Poor Eileen though. She didn't look like she was doing so hot. After giving me the crowfeather badge, she just kinda lay there panting, and now there's just a bloodstain where she used to be.
...which of course means that she went to go retire to a farm up north! Excellent, I'm glad my good friend Eileen will be able to take it easy and that she's perfectly, perfectly safe and alive.
Yes.
And now I have the crowfeather cape, which is swank
Yesssssssssssssssss, @rhylith you're a saint, excellent strategy!
Did it with 0 blood vials left and 3 bullets in the barrel. Got a visceral right at the end to finish him off, whew! What a jerk, glad he's dead.
Poor Eileen though. She didn't look like she was doing so hot. After giving me the crowfeather badge, she just kinda lay there panting, and now there's just a bloodstain where she used to be.
...which of course means that she went to go retire to a farm up north! Excellent, I'm glad my good friend Eileen will be able to take it easy and that she's perfectly, perfectly safe and alive.
Yes.
And now I have the crowfeather cape, which is swank
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these bosses are so fast.
Once I found that gem and the one that also restores health from a riposte I couldn't play without them
So I've got three options now-- I'll probably try another swing at Logarius in Cainhurst, but after that there's the Nightmare Frontier and whatever lies ahead of the boss arena for the Shadows of Yharnam. Which should I do first, if I want to clear out all available sidequests before progressing the story?
Shadows? There's a solid strategy to take them down if you want me to share it.
The fire breathing guy is always covering the sword guy so when you attack sword guy do it quickly and then back out so you don't get flamed. Visceral attack gives a lot of invincibility so if you parry the sword guy you should be able to get the visceral in without taking damage most of the time.
After you get the three of them down to 50% total (that's all three of them combined) they'll go into snake mode. Dodge side to side, not backwards in this mode. Sword guy in snake mode has a super obnoxious uppercut that stuns forever. If you get hit and need to heal run away but in between healing dodge side-to-side.
Once you take down sword guy go for the fireball guy. He can't do much when you go after him, his fireballs aren't too hard to dodge, and all he really does is back up when you go in on him. The fire breather will come after you but his attack is slow and you should be relatively safe just chasing down the other guy. After he's down pull out your quickest attack weapon with the lowest stamina usage possible and go balls to the wall on the last guy. He literally cannot attack you when you are close. All of his moves in his final form require channeling and distance. Go straight at him as soon as the second guy is dead and don't stop attacking. If you have a fast weapon like the cane or Ludwig's use it standard one-handed mode and ignore your stamina. Just go at him and mash R1 and he'll go down.
I'm on vacation now and can't play, and I can feel my skills atrophying.
Because I finally got around to reading an E3 preview for Dark Souls 3 and oh my Jesus
Yes, Jesus is the second boss of the game.
I'll swing by the G&T thread, I just wanted to register an excitement that is making me shake
also this happened because i'm a pro:
maybe don't watch the playthrough on my channel if you don't like watching someone play the game like an idiot.
SE++ has no on-topic rules, you can talk about Dark Souls in the My Little Pony thread if you really want to.
I know enough
stand still so I can kill you
Also when I'm fighting him and he's flailing around his beard and robes and all that jazz, I can't help but see:
YO(DS3 trailer talk)
I NEED IT TO BE THE DS2 PROTAGONIST.
I.
NEEED.
IT.
kind of a rough, slow start, different from the first two games, but now that things are opening up and I'm killing bosses I'm really enjoying it. Started as a duel wielder because NEW SHINY but missed blocking too much and started over.
I missed this so much.
Also gave that executioner guy the summons I found in the queen's chamber. Uh.... that was... hm. I mean I guess I can't judge him too much, considering how drenched in blood my character gets on an hourly basis, but still
Dude doesn't seem to be super stable right now
Is anyone in Yharnam?
Shitty Tumblr:lighthouse1138.tumblr.com
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Eileen had better make it through this game
Uh. Dog. Did you save that fellow outside of the windmill with the snake headed dudes?
Shitty Tumblr:lighthouse1138.tumblr.com
As a side note, this area is the only place in Bloodborne where I feel I was dying through no fault of my own. Those boulder-hurling fuckers are absolute bullshit, it seems as though their boulders actually track you and the debris from when they explode doesn't seem to have a clearly defined window for when they're still 'dangerous.' Add poison, movement-restricting swamp into the mix and you've got a recipe for a salty Didgeridoo.
Took down Amygdala, got some chalices. Is that all that's in the Frontier? I'm feeling a little shorted at the moment, for how much of a pain in the butt this area was.
Looks like the only path I've left unexplored is the one after the Shadows of Yharnam. Onward, into mystery!
Also Eileen lady, stay the fuck down, I'll take care of your hunter probl-- whoops no I guess I won't
I have thrown myself against the brick wall that is this hunter about 10 times so far, and I just can't seem to take him down. Might have to grind for a bit. In any event, I'll have to grind out some souls so I can buy blood vials.
Oh noooooooo!
I think the eldritch gods of Bloodborne are telling me I've played enough for today
Truly, I must git gud-er :P
Edit: I realize I never actually clarified which hunter I'm talking about. It's Eileen's hunter, the one with the crow feather armor and crazy samurai sword.
Poor Eileen though. She didn't look like she was doing so hot. After giving me the crowfeather badge, she just kinda lay there panting, and now there's just a bloodstain where she used to be.
...which of course means that she went to go retire to a farm up north! Excellent, I'm glad my good friend Eileen will be able to take it easy and that she's perfectly, perfectly safe and alive.
Yes.
And now I have the crowfeather cape, which is swank
wooooooooo!