re: Dark Souls (Remastered) Thread for replay discussion and first timers

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Stayed up late last night and took down Havel (easier than I remembered), the big butterfly (way easier than I remembered), and did all of the darkroot stuff up (including the hydra) until the Sif fight. I don’t remember the darkroot areas being as small/short as they felt this time around unless I missed something. I got clapped a couple of times by Sif and went to bed. I know the strategy but was probably just too tired to execute

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Havel’s difficulty is basically inversely linear with either your level, your ability to parry, or both. I usually try to save him until I have enough HP to face tank one “mistake”, but if I’m feeling froggy, I’ll take him on immediately after kicking down the bridge ladder. Usually takes 10-15 perfect parries/ripostes at that low of a level, but as long as you don’t panic and don’t get juked by his delayed shoulder heft strike, it’s perfectly doable.

Not sure which areas in Darkroot you did, but in Forest, don’t forget the back path down to the grass crest shield and the hally knight and then the golden gollum beyond the hydra that has Dusk. In Garden, you have the optional area behind the living trees with the wolf ring, the area off to the side with the three cats, and frankly, just a lot of optional square footage to explore, but none of it is necessary.