Dark Souls 2

Didn't a patch come through at some point that nerfed the Master Key a bit? I thought they removed a couple uses for it.

Well, you're not gonna be able to even get to Havel early game unless you choose the master key, which I don't think is a good pick for a first char.

And for Ornstein/Smough, being really aggressive makes the fight easier (not easy though).

Clearing the Taurus demon was great for me. By the time it was over I had a boat load of souls saved up. Took 4 attempts and every time I managed to grab my bloodstain inside his room. So that was 4 runs through the level leading up to him plus the souls he dropped. Nothing like feasting on the eternal spirits of the accursed undead.

Worst part was unexpectedly coming face to face with cursing monsters the first time. That sucked big ones.

Best part was exploring... Oh, and calling the lord vessel the soul bowl.

using the stone armor set to tank smough and ornstein at the same time is a surprisingly effective strategy.

has anyone ever gotten more than 4 kings to spawn in the abyss? i beat the 4th king and a 5th appeared out of nowhere and killed me with the purple magic arrow. i had never experienced that before.

supertouch_sl said:

has anyone ever gotten more than 4 kings to spawn in the abyss? i beat the 4th king and a 5th appeared out of nowhere and killed me with the purple magic arrow. i had never experienced that before.

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Yeah, if you kill them too fast, you can kill them before the 'event' is completed and a 5th will spawn. Usually it ends just after he runs up on you.

Shitty luck to die to it lol

All i want is a diablo esque hardcore mode, i dont care if nobody but a few people manage to beat it. It must be there to cater to the hardcore~

so what is the best ascension path? i'm on NG+ and i'm using the black knight halberd that i got at the beginning of my last playthrough. is that pretty much the best i can do?

Take something enchantable to +15, then toss a weapon buff on it (darkmoon blade > sunlight blade > crystal magic weapon). I personally prefer uchigatana, but there are many viable weapons.

One of my go-to's for the longest time is the Gravelord's Sword (from the Gravelord Covenant) - start with Master Key, run down the elevator to the undead dragon for Astora's Sword then head straight through the Catacombs till I get it right at the beginning of a run through, then upgrade it to +5 ASAP while I make other stuff - lasts an amazing length, hilarious the times I've upgraded it to +2 or so before Taurus since the plunging attack kills him outright. (With the stats to One-hand it, and preferably an offhanded Black Knight Shield as luck allows it to drop)

Went through and re-platted both Souls after the announcement - and gotta say Dark is insanely easier to plat in comparison solo, holy crap the farming on Demon's Souls for a few of the upgrade stones were nuts.

wow. i just watched some one-shot boss challenges and they completely changed my view of the game

Did they nerf the ability to attack the Red Dragon until he flies away and drops the Drake Sword? I tried last night and sunk around 300 arrows into him from under the bridge; he kept going into this weird animation at times but never flew away and his health stopped moving at some point. I also never got the fucking sword. This was my strategy the first time I played through, but this time it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?

No it still works, i did it yesterday as well after watching the guy speed run it at AGDQ. It only took like 20-25 arrows for me lol..

Drajakur_sl said:

Did they nerf the ability to attack the Red Dragon until he flies away and drops the Drake Sword? I tried last night and sunk around 300 arrows into him from under the bridge; he kept going into this weird animation at times but never flew away and his health stopped moving at some point. I also never got the fucking sword. This was my strategy the first time I played through, but this time it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?

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You need the required dex for the bow or you won't do enough damage vs. the dragon's regen to ever kill the tail.

Drajakur_sl said:

Did they nerf the ability to attack the Red Dragon until he flies away and drops the Drake Sword? I tried last night and sunk around 300 arrows into him from under the bridge; he kept going into this weird animation at times but never flew away and his health stopped moving at some point. I also never got the fucking sword. This was my strategy the first time I played through, but this time it doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas?

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Just use pine resin, bait him into flying down on to the bridge and melee the tail.

can't f'n wait

I can not wait for this game to come out

Dex Char, Backstab Havel all the time, ez (without armor ofc).