Hey there /v/, it's my first time playing DS2I tried to make a cleric character.How am I doing?
Mf not even playing fashion souls right, jfc
>>73857825140/40 is a pretty good stopping point, your endurance and vigor are alarmingly low. I would recommend hitting those at least a little bit next. Overall you are doing great though, just playing pretty risky with that stamina.
>>738578451Any good weapons for these stats?I am using a dark infused halberd and lightning mace, but I feel I am not doing much dmgAlso crystal mg weapon or sunlight weapon and random hexes
>>738578251That's funny, I'm planning on playing a cleric as well and would probably get the same or similar amount of Strength and Dexterity. For some specific, Faith-scaling swords. I wonder if you also plan on using those.
>>738578514Using dark and fire weapon, maybe a third magic. Had a hexer with lower stats than you and melted everything with hexes. Had a fire shortsword due to low stamina. Fast roll means nothing will ever hit me. Game is easy until you get to ng+ dlcs.
>>738578251Looks good to me, now just pump Vit while you go beat the game.Do note that you might find the DLC a lot harder than the base game, enemies have enormous magic resistance in the DLCs to counter how strong magic is in the base game.I did a Lightning Claymore kind'a Faith build and it was fine, but my brother's pure magic build got completely fucked up. You can still win, of course, but it takes longer.
>>738578535Not sure what good faith scaling weapons are out therePlaying mostly blind and just killed the Ancient DragonDont want to look anything online that might spoil the game, but open to tips
>>738578251There is literally zero reason to level adaptability if you need attunement anyway.
>>738578251strong character probably. dark's pretty powerful.
>>738578451Yeah, playing DS2 with more than 50% equip load is just asking to get your ass kicked.
remake ds1 and 2 with elden ring mechanics
I finished the game, I mean I'm at the end before the DLC. It's really enjoyable especially with the lighting mod. Last time I played this game was 10+ years ago.It's somewhat convoluted but as a whole it's 'better' experience than Dark Souls 3 is.Can't stand DS3 at all, I don't know what the fuck these cunts were thinking.STR and DEX soft cap is 20 and 40 is probably a good limit when you are at level 100+.This works with other stats too so. Template is this, these are always needed:>VGR 20 >END 20 (no reason to go further than this)>VIT 20>ADP 20/25 (99 AGL is about 0.5s worth of i-frames)Then the class related values:>ATN 20/40>STR 20/40>DEX 20/40>INT 20/40 (3 is minimum if you want to have that one geezer to be talking to you)>FTH 20/40In the end you just pick the slots you need keep the rest at minimum.For example I would choose these stats for a pure melee/some bow build:>VGR 20 >END 20>VIT 20>ADP 25>ATN 1>STR 40 >DEX 40 >INT 3>FTH 1
>>738578603I think it was only two or three. Boss weapons. One is very late-game, basically one of the final bosses.There is the Thorned Greatsword that you get from the Glass Knight's soul. You trade it with Ornifex. It's good for lightning damage.
>>738578603If you want to be prepared, use a weapon from every element. Magic, lighting, dark, fire and 1-2 normal weapon for magic infusion. Use your 40/40.
>>738578514If you want to go for something interesting, maybe try the silverback spear and sickle. Not the best for every situation but I had a lot of fun with them. Blue knight's halberd is much harder to get but also responds amazingly to elemental infusion.
If I use any of the pine resins or magic / holy weapon on a weapon already infused with an element, does it stack or does it overwrite it?Tried using lightning infusion on my electric mace but I didnt see any noticeable difference.
>>738578251Would love to invade you and oneshot your paper ass.
>>738578968Assuming it does work, it stacks. In Elden Ring, a holy resin Great Club is an absolute monster.
>>738578805>Thorned GreatswordI'll craft it and try it out alongside some of the other recommendations, thanks
>>738578968You can't use resins on elementally infused weapons, the only way to buff them is with magic buffs
>>738578251Maybe when you say cleric you mean good cleric, you have the stats for darkness spells but iirc it's not immediately obvious, a guide helps
>>738579048Defender's Greatsword is probably the best faith weapon in the game (if we exclude dark ofc).
>>738578251Holy froggod, that game looks so fucking ugly.
>>738579159Yeah, I noticed some spells required INT + FTH so I levelled bothBut some spells also require like 64 INT or 48 FTH so I don't know if I should try those out
>>738578251>96 agilityBallsy or retarded. Pick.
>>73857947396 agi is literally ds1 iframes
>>738579473Little bit of this, little bit of that.I played DS 1 a while ago, so I am just trying out shit out while playing the games. I think I made a DEX build in ds 1 that morphed into DEX + STR + INT
>>738578638You still get far more Agility from each point of ADP, you just need less of it
>>738578251The only thing I always did in DS2 first was getting ADP to 21 for "normal" rolls
>>738578251You look like a fat retarded bitch, level ADP nigga
>>738578638>There is literally zero reason to level adaptabilityFTFY
>>738578251>glass cannon clericRetard
>>738582071I literally got god on my side, why do I need to resist hits?
>>738582071He wears payama
>>738578251if you keep killing the pigs in the backside of the house it'll increase in numbers and at the very end it will turn into giant boar.No one knows this.
>>738578251>>738578787I cannot CANNOT stress this enough. If you're playing DS2, at some point, do yourself a favour and do a run with>Light armour fast rolling >A fuck tonne of strength>Power-Stanced Ultra Great Weapons No other Souls game lets you do it, it's a Dark Souls only build and it is insanely fun. It's easily the most fun build I've done in any of my dozens of characters in 1, 2 or 3. I finished my build through the DLC with double Smelter Sword and it was amazing. You need to have repair powder on you, but the damage is insane and the timing is extremely fun. Very, very fun build. Highly recommended.Pic unrelated.
Don't fall for the adp memeYou don't need adp, if you're struggling with being hit you just need to work on your timing
>>738578514>I am using a dark infused halberdInfusions in DS2 pretty much assume that you're going to cast an equivalent buff over the top of them. So you need to be casting Dark Weapon on your Dark infused HalberdWeapons with innate element damage work better
>>738578251>first timer>softs versionI hope think elden ring is the best game ever made because if not chances are you will hate ds2.Ds2 vanilla is a vastly different experience aka the proper one, softs version is to be considered a harder version of the base game/challenge mode. If you're into that sort of thing then all good.
>>738578251why are you trying to cosplay as darksydephil's character
>>738585275Why do you watch streamers play games? Good find nevertheless
>>738586257because dsp's dark souls adventures are funny, well the edited ones are.also, thanks
>>738583952I tried something like this - light armor double UGS run, except with 1 ADP. It was pretty fun indeed.
>>738578787The issue is poise essentially, Fromsoft still has no idea how to implement it
>>738588667I think they just want the enemies to be able to stunlock you, this is more evident in newer games like Dark Souls 3 for example. They want to punish players for a single mistake, if you miss one hit in DS3 you'll get combo'd to hell and die, and you need to backtrack all the way from the bonfire to do it again...I'm actually about to delete DS3. I accidentally corrupted my save file (pirated, no cloud saves) as I died to some faggot enemy. This tells a lot about the game itself, I can't be assed to finish one boss and more to get back to where I was before I accidentally killed my save file. I have some older backup available.DS3 is just not fun to play at all.
>>738588976I mean I bought DS3 on other steam account back in the day and even back then I quit the game at some point, but can't really remember how far I was. I think I was somewhere at 50% completion.
>>738578251>11 VIG>8 ENDYou're not a mage
>>73857947396 is enough for the entire game.
>>738588976They semi brought it back for Elden ring
>>738578251based af, i essentially did the same build where i wanted to cast every spell in the game, then i remembered that spell casting is kinda boring and just used elemental weapons with buffs. was prob overleveled but i used bk halberd for fire, heide greatlance for lightning (farming this is a bitch, the knight will 2 shot you at +10 bonfires), crypt greatsword for dark and prob mlgs for magic
>>738589280I found Elden Ring somewhat frustrating in places and it overstayed its welcome because it's too large, but compared to DS3 I actually finished it. I think I played for ~200 hours.
>>738592613Elden ring is essentially dark souls 2 2
>>738583952Did 99 STR POWERSTANCED SMELTER HAMMERS years ago.Was a good time.Did Fume Knight on bonfire ascetic level 8 with that setup. Tough but hilarious.
