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Post by Dgzter on Jan 21, 2022 11:20:43 GMT
Did come across this yesterday, in relation to SKL/BTL builds in late endgame etc. From 2016, but fuck me the level of player skill here is impressive: youtu.be/afsfwCi4Bgo |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 12:17:12 GMT
My last build earlier this year was pure Bloodtinge, it was nasty (in a good way). Ended up using the bloodletter almost exclusively, although I was rocking the saif as well as once I'd softcapped BT I pumped into SKL, which is a massively underrated weapon. My boy wanted to kill the Queen so ended up taking that char through all the chalice dungeons with him.
He made me reinstall it the other day actually. Might have to roll (yet) another character. Don't think there's a build I haven't done mind you.
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 21, 2022 12:35:37 GMT
Thinking after this one I may do a heavy SKL/ARC build, with a view to the Burial Blade in NG+.
I am still really partial to a pure quality build with the standard Saw Cleaver, though. Absolutely love the move set.
What's the Reiterpallasch like?
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Post by torb on Jan 21, 2022 12:43:41 GMT
I look forward to another playthrough! My first was STR with hunter’s axe. Boy did I fall in love with that weapon. Only pulled out the saw spear for the wetnurse, as that staggered them more I thiiink?
What the funnest build for a second go? I’d get the dlc I suppose and also I missed out on a whole area it seems.
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Post by Danno on Jan 21, 2022 12:51:30 GMT
I look forward to another playthrough! My first was STR with hunter’s axe. Boy did I fall in love with that weapon. Only pulled out the saw spear for the wetnurse, as that staggered them more I thiiink? What the funnest build for a second go? I’d get the dlc I suppose and also I missed out on a whole area it seems. Do a rush to the DLC for the Whirligig Saw, grab the Butcher or Graveguard set and live out some 80s slasher flick dreams. Scales with Str and (I think) Arcane so you get to mess around with things like the Exe Gloves, Cursed Brew, Blacksky eye etc too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 12:51:46 GMT
Pure Arcane is brilliant. You can wreck shit with the hunter's tools and end up turning into a flopsy broccoli man.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 12:52:25 GMT
Thinking after this one I may do a heavy SKL/ARC build, with a view to the Burial Blade in NG+. I am still really partial to a pure quality build with the standard Saw Cleaver, though. Absolutely love the move set. What's the Reiterpallasch like? Far inferior to the fucking outstanding prototype of it, the riflespear. The reach on that weapon is fucking nuts. I've done a playthrough with that as well and it is very underrated. |
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 21, 2022 12:56:25 GMT
If you're going pure ARC, what weapon would you use early/mid game, then? I do fancy canning ARC for stuff like Call Beyond, Accursed Brew, Black Sky, Executioner Gloves etc.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2022 13:05:12 GMT
Very early game it's tricky but any elemental gems will do the trick. It's a very versatile build. I ended up using a pure fire gemmed whirligig at one point for fighting beasts and it destroyed the shit out of them. Bear in mind any elemental gem will scale with arcane, so you can really mix shit up.
Flamesprayer can be got early on and it's brutal. You may need to get stuck into some chalices for the best fire, bolt and arcane gems though. Once you're at the mid/late game point your options are numerous to say the least.
Saw spear or cleaver are good early on and I think there's a fire gem near the brainsucker below the workshop area but you'll need your weapon up to +6. I just used the saw spear and leveleed it normally early on. If you're not chalice dungeoning your best source of fire gems are the loran silverbeasts in NF and NoM.
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Post by Danno on Jan 21, 2022 13:48:19 GMT
Rifle Spear always does the job. Its scaling is shit anyway, so you get it to +3/5 and just spam the ludicrously OP charged R2 until you get the weapon(s) your build needs
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 21, 2022 21:26:16 GMT
Right ... I've cleared up to Ludwig. He's kicking my arse, but I've had a few wines already, so may come back tomorrow  The actual Hunter's Nightmare didn't turn out too badly, after all. Just looked really daunting, but the short cuts and second lamp were actually fairly well placed. Bit of a discrepancy between the mob difficulty and the boss, though lol |
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Post by Danno on Jan 21, 2022 23:39:23 GMT
Right ... I've cleared up to Ludwig. He's kicking my arse, but I've had a few wines already, so may come back tomorrow  The actually Hunter's Nightmare didn't turn out too badly, after all. Just looked really daunting, but the short cuts and second lamp were actually fairly well placed. Bit of a discrepancy between the mob difficulty and the boss, though lol It's quite a tempo switch from the main game eh. It doesn't really let up, but there's plenty of variety in the enemies that will keep you on your toes - it ain't all hunters. It's been said in many a Souls thread, but I'm envious that you're getting your first crack at it. And yeah, Ludwig is toooough |
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 22, 2022 17:43:00 GMT
Got Ludwig down. Maybe 10-12 attempts? First phase by far the trickier of the two. Good fight, though. Conventional wisdom to do Laurence now or push on into the next area and mop him up later?
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 22, 2022 17:45:45 GMT
Laurance might be a nice break after your 50th attempt at the last boss
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2022 17:50:21 GMT
Got Ludwig down. Maybe 10-12 attempts? First phase by hard the trickier of the two. Good fight, though. Conventional wisdom to do Laurence now or push on into the next area and mop him up later? Do Laurence last. He's just not fun. |
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 22, 2022 17:53:29 GMT
lol okay I'll give him a miss for now then. Thought I'd read he was just a tarted up Cleric Beast?
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Post by Danno on Jan 22, 2022 17:54:19 GMT
lol okay I'll give him a miss for now then. Thought I'd read he was just a tarted up Cleric Beast? Kind of, but kind of not. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2022 18:02:57 GMT
At first. And more. And then, yeah, not.
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 25, 2022 16:22:32 GMT
Finally got back onto this last night (and a little during lunch this afternoon) after a few days away. Laurence, Living Failures and Maria all down now.
Yeah, you were totally right about Laurence. Easily the most attempts I've had to make on a boss this playthrough; I just could not get his P3 move set down correctly, and even when I did get the kill it was messy af.
Really liked the Research Hall as a change of pace, and that it was mercifully short in comparison to the Hunter's Nightmare. Living Failures were a bit of a let down, effectively got them on my second try (after dying to the meteor shower I totally wasn't expecting the first time). Feel I happened on a bit of a cheese, though. I basically just wailed on the very first caster mob as you enter the fight, happened to strafe round to the left and found exactly where the mob respawned lol So was able just to basically spam him down, use the tree to avoid the one meteor shower, then rinse and repeat.
Lady Maria, though. Absolutely fucking loved it. Great boss, great setting. Very satisfying kill. And I'm now rocking her attire; for aesthetic purposes, you understand.
Just Orphan (Gehrman and Moon Presence) left now. On to the Fishing Hamlet ...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2022 17:07:24 GMT
Just eh, be careful down the well...
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 25, 2022 17:14:50 GMT
Ah, a safe haven with no enemies and lots of loot to pick up? I'll be sure to have an oblivious sprint through once I've accumulated enough blood echoes.
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Post by Danno on Jan 25, 2022 17:28:38 GMT
Ah, a safe haven with no enemies and lots of loot to pick up? I'll be sure to have an oblivious sprint through once I've accumulated enough blood echoes. Oh there's loot. Good luck getting it |
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Post by Dgzter on Jan 25, 2022 23:07:00 GMT
Lol you utter fucks Enjoyable evening: cleared out the Fishing Hamlet, finished off Harrowed/Brador quest lines, then spent 45 minutes beating my head against those two fucking arseholes down the well. Eventually got it done and claimed my well-earned weapon! Only had time for 4-5 shots at Kos. Got him consistently down to 30-25% (and one 10-5%) so hopefully should mop him up tomorrow. Made a real stupid mistake on my best attempt where I got clipped by the lightning, right when I was super confident I was going to finish him  All in all this has been right up there with Oolacile, some of the best DLC I’ve played. |
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Post by Danno on Jan 25, 2022 23:10:31 GMT
Dont blame us, we didn't like that any more than you did
It's one of those rare DLCs you really feel like you got value from.
Btw, If you're a skill build planning to go NG+, that drop is pretty outstanding
Never feel confident vs. Orphan of Kos. He's genuinely tuned to read your inputs and react accordingly. Read him and react, and punish.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2022 23:47:44 GMT
Danno I may be misremembering but pretty sure we co-opped OoK at one point.
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Post by Danno on Jan 26, 2022 0:01:19 GMT
Danno I may be misremembering but pretty sure we co-opped OoK at one point. Nah I think you're right. |
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 26, 2022 6:52:53 GMT
Did you touch willies
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Post by quadfather on Jan 26, 2022 8:21:18 GMT
Someone helped me do ook too but I can't remember who now.
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Post by Danno on Jan 26, 2022 8:22:41 GMT
It's OoK, there's dick everywhere. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2022 9:21:10 GMT
Dick all over the beach
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