Comment on Warriors in Dark Souls 2 have such a lame mid-game compared to mages
catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago Because I am the kind of wizard that will find the most efficient mana-per-damage spell in my arsenal and sling that almost exclusively.
I can’t remember many RPGs where this is discouraged. Only the first two Dark Souls games but the first DS doesn’t have enough spells for it to actually change things so DS2 ends up being the only such game.
I also learned today for the first time ever that you can dual wield powerstance a pair of crossbows.
There’s actually one scripted invader in Tseldora who dual wields two avelyns. In a hell of a place too.
a mediocre katana is still head and shoulders above most other weapons.
I’m not a huge fan of katanas because of their annoying diagonal attacks that miss small/moving targets a lot. I much prefer wide horizontal swings combined with either a thrust or a top-down crush as a strong attack.
I believe she upgrades one more time to unlimited chunks after you beat Watcher and Defender. Now that you have the King’s Ring in your pocket I think you can go fight them right now and just get that out of the way.
That will be my next target then!
Aldia’s Keep is behind me now and the Crypt is cleared of its treasures. Souls of Gwyn and Nito are also on me but the other two proved to be a bit harder (Freya mostly thanks to the runback to it; the boss’s easy). I also ascended the Crypt bonfire as I want to get the best royal soldier ring. Almost killed Velstadt and then he one-shotted me with a lucky move. Twin Pursuers is another of my NG+ goals but that will be really hard haha.
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Twin Pursuers….. That was a fight that I did once, just to prove that I could, and I think I completely skipped past it every time after that. I have never found myself in dire enough need of an extra 15 AR to put myself through that again, lmao. It’s amazing the difficulty spike you get with two Pursuers versus one. Solo, they’re some of the easiest proper boss fights in the game. Duo, they’ll slap your shit silly.
Oh, I know you can dual wield them, I didn’t realize you could powerstance them. There is a difference. You can dual wield two of anything, but if you want to stance them, there are some conditions. Wield two of the same class of weapons and have 1.5x the required stats, and hold down your 2H swap button. You’ll get a unique paired moveset.
Again, it totally makes sense that you would be able to do this with crossbows, I just never thought to try. You can’t do it with bows or magic staves, so it just never crossed my mind that it could be a possibility.
Very fair and valid. The game has two dozen weapon types to choose from for just such a reason.
I once again recommend that you check into the Crypt Blacksword, if that’s what you like. I know you’re not big on two-handing your weapons this run, so maybe next time. But CBS’ two hand moveset is exactly that, and one hand is also quite good for an Ultra weapon. It stays one of my top 5 pieces of gear in the game, I love it dearly.
I killed the throne duo and the ore seller is STILL not selling unlimited chunks. I looked it up and she’ll start selling them once Nashandra is dead. I wasn’t in the mood for three bad boss fights (counting Vendrick) so I ended up not doing it today :D
After clearing the ancient dragon’s abode for the best dragon ring, I decided to finally go for the DLCs. There’s not that much left in the main game anyway: memories which I’m not fond of, three areas focused on covenants and a few bosses of which I only like one (Darklurker).
So, I went to Shulva instead. I love this DLC. I went into the DLC with a slow approach trying to explore everywhere and solve every puzzle I can see. It is a bit annoying having to switch between avelyn and a regular crossbow for puzzles tho. I think it’s also the first time I reached the second bonfire the intended way lol.
Surprisingly, the warriors here don’t lose poise even when I’m slicing them with my murakumo! I like the tension these corrosive bugs create. Not a particularly dangerous enemy but still quite effective. The ghost knights are a cool puzzle and that room with spikes and many buttons is just awesome.
I ended up getting the dragonblood sword and the puzzle sword to +5. But the most important is of course the onion head. Fashion Souls after all.
It’s interesting how all the bosses are located rather deep in the area. I haven’t even reached any of them today. I don’t think I will engage the graverobbers because they suck but I’m looking forward to fighting SInh!