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Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:16 pm to Meursault
I'm around the same place as everyone else. Just got to cathedral of deep bonfire. Like Music, I've got a sharp Uchi +5, and it is bad arse.
Yeah, screw those crabs. I skipped them to. Anyone know what the item is in the cell with the the crystal beast? Right by the black knight.
Yeah, screw those crabs. I skipped them to. Anyone know what the item is in the cell with the the crystal beast? Right by the black knight.
This post was edited on 4/18/16 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:29 pm to taylork37
quote:
So I am a Mercenary with the Uchigatana, which I really like, and the Lothric Knight Shield (which I also really like).
What is the best way to level myself and the equipment up.
Basically what should I be focusing on?
This is the same build I started with. Here's what I did and it worked very well. I leveled my DEX up to around 18. As soon as I got the first raw gem I infused the Uchi with raw to get the huge base damage increase you wont reach with scaling till later on. (note this stops scaling with dex until you remove it). I reinforced it up to +3 and it was kicking arse for a good bit, beat the first 3 bosses with it that way.
I invested around 4-5 levels into Vitality so I could wear the Lothric chest armor and use the Lothric shield and still equip 2-3 weapons and rings. The rest leveling up went into to VIG for the extra HP, Strength (to use the shield) and some into Endurance just to get stamina up a bit.
My loadout for the first 3 bosses was:
Raw Uchi + 3 for something like 190 damage early which is insane. Lothric Armor and Shield. The rest was sell sword starting armor (bc of load weight, I didnt want to equip over 70% for the extra i-frame rolling).
Around the cursed tree is where I went off into my own madness. I wanted a hybrid character to gain a few spells, so I added pyromancy, and the magic weapon spell to infuse my uchi on Demand with magic damage. I wanted pyro to have a ranged fireball attack to hit enemies from far away to draw them out of huge crowds. I put ~5 levels into attunement/faith/int (to get 2 spell slots) I then found the Faron Coal and a sharp gem, took the raw gem off my Uchi, infused with sharp with gives a HUGE scaling boost (B) to Dex for the Uchi and am leveling up DEX right now to get the scaling damage boost.
You can watch me fight a really hard Black Knight in the RoS and take ~ 15 mins to kill him with my current build at soul level 34 or so with this setup. (I thought he was a no-repsawner but nope, just a hard as nails regular enemy
) LINK (around 3 mins in i stand until about 6 minutes bc I was cooking during this,
)This post was edited on 4/18/16 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:40 pm to musick
I want to add that last night my wife was watching Once Upon a Time live, and I was able to remote play off my macbook air with the dualshock 4 and it was an amazing, seamless experience.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:44 pm to musick
This is going to be my first Dark Souls game. I've read through a good portion of the thread and elsewhere, but looking like probably the best class to go with for a first timer would be Knight? Any suggestions on what to level up early on?
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:47 pm to taylork37
quote:
That is kinda what I was wanting, so should I be pumping it up with shards and gems or what?
He meant that the Lothric Shield has 100% physical damage protection and that makes it a great early game shield. The Uchi, see my above post for the path I went that worked very well.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 12:49 pm to musick
Go right.. Jump off ledge. back stab knight. Finish him off.
You did that wrong.
You did that wrong.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:01 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
quote:
the best class to go with for a first timer would be Knight?
This is true if not just for the heavy armor loadout you get that absorbs damage. If you go this route start leveling STR/VIG/END at first.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:02 pm to Mystery
the first time I fought him I did that just to get around him and see what loot was there. I wanted to be able to beat him head on, it never occurred to me to get behind him and start him off with a crit backstab i was so pissed when I killed him finally and he didnt even drop anything whatsoever. I mean really, can I at least get a large titanite shard?
This post was edited on 4/18/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:05 pm to musick
quote:
This is the same build I started with. Here's what I did and it worked very well. I leveled my DEX up to around 18. As soon as I got the first raw gem I infused the Uchi with raw to get the huge base damage increase you wont reach with scaling till later on. (note this stops scaling with dex until you remove it). I reinforced it up to +3 and it was kicking arse for a good bit, beat the first 3 bosses with it that way.
I invested around 4-5 levels into Vitality so I could wear the Lothric chest armor and use the Lothric shield and still equip 2-3 weapons and rings. The rest leveling up went into to VIG for the extra HP, Strength (to use the shield) and some into Endurance just to get stamina up a bit.
My loadout for the first 3 bosses was:
Raw Uchi + 3 for something like 190 damage early which is insane. Lothric Armor and Shield. The rest was sell sword starting armor (bc of load weight, I didnt want to equip over 70% for the extra i-frame rolling).
Around the cursed tree is where I went off into my own madness. I wanted a hybrid character to gain a few spells, so I added pyromancy, and the magic weapon spell to infuse my uchi on Demand with magic damage. I wanted pyro to have a ranged fireball attack to hit enemies from far away to draw them out of huge crowds. I put ~5 levels into attunement/faith/int (to get 2 spell slots) I then found the Faron Coal and a sharp gem, took the raw gem off my Uchi, infused with sharp with gives a HUGE scaling boost (B) to Dex for the Uchi and am leveling up DEX right now to get the scaling damage boost.
You can watch me fight a really hard Black Knight in the RoS and take ~ 15 mins to kill him with my current build at soul level 34 or so with this setup. (I thought he was a no-repsawner but nope, just a hard as nails regular enemy )
LINK (around 3 mins in i stand until about 6 minutes bc I was cooking during this, )
I seriously need to start uploading some of my playthrough stuff... I seriously had no issues with these knights - the one here and the one in the swamp, and I don't even use a shield
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:08 pm to BaddestAndvari
im just upping my hard encounters. That said, I am a total souls n00b. I started a few weeks ago with DS2 and I played through BB last year, but this is my first true souls game. In other words I suck, horribly.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:18 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
quote:
but looking like probably the best class to go with for a first timer would be Knight?
Knight, Warrior, or Cleric. I would go Warrior honestly.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:21 pm to BaddestAndvari
I'm hearing really good things about the Dark Sword. Might respec, ditch the high dex and just go all faith, and infuse the Dark Sword with a blessed gem. Supposedly it's quite amazing.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 1:46 pm to JombieZombie
Ok I bought it. No spoiler no walk through. This starting boss has me wanting to go magic build just to get past it. I got so close. I need a break this game is driving me nuts
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:00 pm to BigEdLSU
if you are talking about Iundex then he is there for a reason. Learn how to roll/dodge at the right time IMO is why they put him there. It's an interesting spot for a tutorial boss if you think about it. You can't even get to the hub w/o beating him so they want to get the core fighting mechanics out the way ASAP.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:07 pm to musick
quote:
if you are talking about Iundex then he is there for a reason. Learn how to roll/dodge at the right time IMO is why they put him there. It's an interesting spot for a tutorial boss if you think about it. You can't even get to the hub w/o beating him so they want to get the core fighting mechanics out the way ASAP.
I was sweating so hard on the boss, I had killed the crystal mob in the beginning area already and had like 6 levels worth or souls for when I got to the HUB... and I'm running into that fight like "sup"
I'm pretty sure I pee'd myself a little when he morphed
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:08 pm to Meursault
I just left a friends house who was raving about the dark sword. Said he has it at only +3, but loves it. Said it was big, but didn't eat a lot of stamina per swing.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:17 pm to BaddestAndvari
When he morphed it threw me waaaay off. I'm not going to spoil it but there's a simple way to beat him after he does. But just the morphing alone psyched me out as well.
Posted on 4/18/16 at 2:58 pm to musick
Yeah I beat him and the ninja dude is now slaughtering me
Posted on 4/18/16 at 3:02 pm to BigEdLSU
Dodge him, line him up with the ledge and kick repeatedly until he falls off... Save/Quit and go back into the game and get his stuff
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