I just got to the Dragon Aerie now on my SL1 character.
And the Crypt is absolute horseshit. I thought the Shrine was bad, but the Crypt completely ruined me repeatedly. I had to keep going until all of those guardians stopped spawning. Velstadt sucks too for that matter, but the before his fight was just terrible. I should have just summoned someone. My pride wasn't worth the sorrow I was given.
Originally posted by NemeBroIf you're good at evading/rolling, it works well. I used a fast weapon that can thrust in my left hand. You can get in 3 quick shots and drop most enemies, aside from bosses.
So how viable will a dual-wielding fist weapon build be in this game?
Originally posted by EstacadoI'm messing around with magic now. A lot os the spell and hexes ar OP.
Finally beat the game yesterday.
Damn soul geyser is op it kills every boss in max 4-5 hits with staff of wisdom +5.
Originally posted by Badabing
If you're good at evading/rolling, it works well. I used a fast weapon that can thrust in my left hand. You can get in 3 quick shots and drop most enemies, aside from bosses. I'm messing around with magic now. A lot os the spell and hexes ar OP.
I killed Vendrick with 5-6 shots ancient dragon in 7-8 shots and I wasn't even using the best magic catalist.
Which is staff of wisdom +5 with magic infuse.
With that it does 3000+ the staff I used did only 1700+ damage.
You need to have 64 int to use it but you can lower that at the Iron Keep merchant with special stones forgot their name.
For N+ I switched to Cleric with 75 lightning 36 great lightning and 4 soul geyser it's pretty beast too bad that I play offline and cant get my hands on sunlight spear.
Though I read in n++ its a rare drop.
With Dragon chime+5 and sun covenant ring the base damage for lightning is 900 while great lightning does 1200+damage.
I might go as far to say this is better then my hex build.
This game is so fricken hard, I can only take so much before I turn it off LOL. Very fun and at times scary. I feel like they should have called it Resident Evil: Medieval Times or something like that.
Thank Heavens for ranged combat. I'm in Dead Man's Wharf at the moment, and I tend to take my time. I farm the hell out of every area until nothing spawns, and then move on to conquer the next area. It puts my mind at ease, knowing that I can run through any area that I've been in without running into a Hollow. These Spider Monkey's scared the crap out of me the first time I saw them ha ha. Great game.
It will get much easier if you play as a hexer/cleric/sorcerer.
After getting the better spells you will be op.
Im on my 3rd playthrough with a mixed Sorcerer/cleric/hexer it takes me about 6 hours to beat the whole game maybe less.
Currently farming sunlight medals in harvest valley want to get the achievement for all miracles.
Hexer/Cleric/Sorcerer? Wow I'm going about this the wrong way? I have this tank thing going on (thanks to this lizard named Bada), and now I'm at risk of burning out my torch. However I picked up another one, but my timer didn't go up on how long it will stay lit. I only have about 29 minutes to use it. I feel like Spawn from the comics LOL. I write this letter in the hopes that someone finds it. Soon I will have no light, and these damned Spider Moneys, are going to run a train on me LOL whoo hoo! I can only hope that I will find another torch before I turn this game off LOL. Which is pretty much the way I feel at this moment ha ha.
There is a pharros lock stone plate on the right after going up the first pair of steps use it to light up the whole place which will make the spider monkeys hide.
Also phuck the tank build Sorcerer will be easier to play later on bosses can be pain in the ass if you try to meele them out.
Try to google out a good cleric/hexer build.
As soon as you get to Aldia get the Soul Geyser.
That's the boss wrecker spell.
No Man's Wharf is pretty early on the game.
I highly recommend a guide Dark Souls 2 wiki has a pretty neat game progress.route.
Around Sl 120 you'll be a boss with right gear and spells wrecking everything in your way.
Im Sl 237 my character is pretty op I can rape any boss under 2 minutes in n++ but hey I like being awesome...haermm
Thanks Estacado, I just made a completely new character to get a feel for the Sorcerer class. Not bad. I'm saving loads of souls because I don't have to buy massive amounts of useless wooden arrows. But wait LOL, did you say that I should play as a Cleric? Make up your mind brother. Kidding, I guess I need to invest in Faith. or should I jut make a Cleric so that I can hold a shield and invest in Intellect? the Sorcerer seems so weak in terms of taking hits, which is which I didn't choose it from the door, and also because of Bada. Hmmm... how will I turn my main into what you're suggesting? Does someone sell the weapons I'll need to use in order to use my spells?
Yeah I'll check out that Wiki.
Sorcerer's do take more damage but in n++ it doesnt really matter since you can die easily even with a tank build .
I say choose a cleric or a hexer first most of the sorceries suck damage wise except soul geyser and the great soul sword.
Get strenght to 16 so you can use the drangelic shield which blocks 90% of the attacks without taking damage asing it to lb button.
By the end you should have int and faith on around 50
Best spells are:lightning spear ,flame sweathe this one is pyromancy but it does ass load of damage,great lightning spear,sunlight spear,dark orb,great resonant soul,resonant soul,
Get hexer hood it adds 1 int and 1 faith + 1 spell use.
Some rings you need😖outhern ritual band it adds a + spell slot,abyss seal + 20% hex damage,forgot the last 2 name but 1 shortens spell casting the other helps stamina regen.
Check the rings section on Dark Souls 2 wiki
Best staff and chime for hexer😖unset stuff and chime of want for Cleric ts the Dragon Chime also get staff of wisdom for best sorcerer staff
The locations can be found on Ds 2 wiki.
Get the dull ember from Iron Keep so you can infuse weapon with magic ,dark ,lightning etc....it will take time do a powerful build but it's worth it you will definetly feel like a beast by Sl 120
Main things get str to 16 for the drangelic shield that's like the only shield you need get faith and int to 50 you can lower spell level requirement in iron keep with simpleton spice.
Add to attument because of spell slot 50 max is enough.
Just got 1000 gs had to do it offline though so it took me a couple of hours to farm the Sunlight medals for Sunlight Spear and to reach lvl 3 in Bell Keeper Covenant.
I played 113 hours with it so far Im Sl 241.
Using the Throne Defender armor ,gauntlets and leggings it looks badass!
For me this is the type of game I could easily put another 100 hours into it hoping for dlc.
Originally posted by Badabing
I just can't get into this game as I did the original Dark Souls. 🙁
Any reason? I was feeling the same way at first, but now I just concentrate on killing everything until it no longer spawns LOL. The PVP made me steer away from online play, because I just farm the hell out of every square inch of the game. I'm pretty much working on a Tank/Mage build with a few Cleric highlights. If I make a mistake with the build I saved one of those (forgot the name) things to start all over if I didn't like the build that i was going for.
I tried the glass canon (all magic build), and it just didn't work well for me. I was also wondering how good a huge dex build would work out, but I'll have to make a new toon for that. So far, the game isn't as good as the two soul games before it (graphics perhaps?) but it's decent.