By Patriotism Go To PostMidra's introduction is one of FROM's best. Loved what they did there.Sensational boss
Thiollier is a simp bitch
St Trina quest is classic Fromsoft doing this without a guide is ridiculous lol. Imagine the average gamer knowing they gotta speak to her fifty fucking times
St Trina quest is classic Fromsoft doing this without a guide is ridiculous lol. Imagine the average gamer knowing they gotta speak to her fifty fucking times
Thiollier's bugged out for me. Did everything right and the last step isn't available lol.
Final boss is really just FROM's greatest Dark Souls 2 hits in 1 boss. Huge damage, nonsense hitbox, can track a hit faster than prime messi can turn on a ball.
Final boss is really just FROM's greatest Dark Souls 2 hits in 1 boss. Huge damage, nonsense hitbox, can track a hit faster than prime messi can turn on a ball.
By C4-621 Go To PostThere's a point of no return for quests, you might have reached it before the last step!
nope, did everything right. Got the summon for Leda, no sign for the final boss. Seems to be a common issue after looking it up. Not a massive issue, you still get his gear after the final fight.
definitely a huge difficulty spike from the rest of the DLC to the last boss.
[edit]Summoned a guy called "LetMeTankHim" decked out in Moore's gear and a bleed-equipped spear lmao. Just sat on the boss the entire time swallowing everything.
[edit]Summoned a guy called "LetMeTankHim" decked out in Moore's gear and a bleed-equipped spear lmao. Just sat on the boss the entire time swallowing everything.
Took a lil DLC break after beating Put Knight to go and do the Haligtree. Malenia still a bitch. Can do phase 1 easy enough but 2 is rank. Left her to do fire giant. Piece of piss m8, down in one.
Currently using the dryleaf fists with frost. Great fun.
Currently using the dryleaf fists with frost. Great fun.
Took twenty or so goes but I killed her. Took me over 100 first time round lol.
Will do Farum Azula and then go back to DLC.
Will do Farum Azula and then go back to DLC.
Was on vacation for last week and thinking of the next weapon I wanna try. Thinking claws of night? With some faith I could swap between that and some keen backhand blade with blood flame
claws are great but you've got to carry a bonk weapon to deal with the DS2 infinite string enemies because the claws won't interrupt unless you proc bleed.
They proc bleed and the R2 is a projectile like shotgun blast. With high dex i could slot in some keen backhand blades for mobility.
Respecced for strength and two handing the greatsword of solitude. I think I always lean towards swift ninja shit in these games but big weapons do such damage lol. Took Malekith down in three goes.
Now back to DLC.
Now back to DLC.
There’s like 20-30 (or more) rad as fuck weapons in the DLC.
Bonk, mid level, fast paced? Want to build status? Want to run guard counters and shield? Want to try thrust shields?
Bonk, mid level, fast paced? Want to build status? Want to run guard counters and shield? Want to try thrust shields?
Great Club with Waves of Darkness ash on it. Free hyper-armour, clears crowds and hits up to 4 times, smashing poise.
Yeah there's too many! Just pick the ones you find fun
I normally go for the ones with cool animations/movesets
I normally go for the ones with cool animations/movesets
IMO and based on what I've tried, the coolest looking L2 on weapons with nonexchangeable AoW in the DLC are:
Starlined Sword.
Rellana's twin blade
Messmer's Spear
Honorable Mention: Black Steel Great Hammer
Honorable Mention 2: That giant sunflower Hammer. It just amuses the fuck out of me.
All three are just a spectacle. They're long and have multiple button combos to pull off. Downside is it's hard as fuck to pull off the full Ash of War on a boss. The honorable mention Great Hammer is probably the easiest to use on bosses.
DLC ashes of war that are rad looking:
Flame Skewer / Spear (after using the L2, your sword is on fire)
Aspect of the Crucible: Wings
Spinning Gravity Thrust
Starlined Sword.
Rellana's twin blade
Messmer's Spear
Honorable Mention: Black Steel Great Hammer
Honorable Mention 2: That giant sunflower Hammer. It just amuses the fuck out of me.
All three are just a spectacle. They're long and have multiple button combos to pull off. Downside is it's hard as fuck to pull off the full Ash of War on a boss. The honorable mention Great Hammer is probably the easiest to use on bosses.
DLC ashes of war that are rad looking:
Flame Skewer / Spear (after using the L2, your sword is on fire)
Aspect of the Crucible: Wings
Spinning Gravity Thrust
And n8! Try to switch between 2 to 3 weapons at least as some encounters might heavy anti your damage type or speed
It's also more fun😁
It's also more fun😁
Finding the shaman village. Magical gaming moment.
Metyr shit tho. Like the lore. Didn’t like the fight. Stupid camera.
Metyr shit tho. Like the lore. Didn’t like the fight. Stupid camera.
That was one of my favorite fights. The cut scene, music, spectacle etc. Messmer still my favorite though.
My least Favorite are Consort (phase two is a mess), Dancing Lion (camera mostly), Gaius (thought I'm curious if my opinion will change. I've heard they patched the distance he starts his charge from and fixed the hit box too of the charge too.)
My least Favorite are Consort (phase two is a mess), Dancing Lion (camera mostly), Gaius (thought I'm curious if my opinion will change. I've heard they patched the distance he starts his charge from and fixed the hit box too of the charge too.)
Music was great. Great aesthetically. Love the lore implications.Just didn’t like the mechanics of the fight itself.
Gaius was boring. Did him in four. Don’t like the horseback shit. Best fight in the DLC so far has been Putrescent Knight.
Still gotta do Messmer, and this Bayle I keep hearing about.
Gaius was boring. Did him in four. Don’t like the horseback shit. Best fight in the DLC so far has been Putrescent Knight.
Still gotta do Messmer, and this Bayle I keep hearing about.
I really like Putreceent Knight too. Found his move-set to be fun and not difficult to learn.
Make sure you use the NPC for Bayle. He's inside the arena when you step in. Gotta Dodge the first attack and then summon the NPC.
Make sure you use the NPC for Bayle. He's inside the arena when you step in. Gotta Dodge the first attack and then summon the NPC.
By n8 dogg Go To PostMusic was great. Great aesthetically. Love the lore implications.Just didn’t like the mechanics of the fight itself.Even then, putresecent Knight feels like the "we have orphan of kos at home" meme.
Gaius was boring. Did him in four. Don’t like the horseback shit. Best fight in the DLC so far has been Putrescent Knight.
Still gotta do Messmer, and this Bayle I keep hearing about.
Bayle is another massive dragon fight where the camera is more dangerous than the actual boss though. Npc summon is great, adds a bit of flavour through the fight.
The lead up to the Bayle fight is incredible. The skybox, the wind, the dragons fighting each other.
The fight is even better. Best dragon FromSOFT ever did. That Igon dialogue. The second phase. What a time to be alive.
The fight is even better. Best dragon FromSOFT ever did. That Igon dialogue. The second phase. What a time to be alive.
I’m running through NG++ and hit the Melania wall. Haven’t tried dodging the fucking waterfowl dance in two years and it shows lol.
Midra was one of my fav designs. The way his body rotates around his head🫦
By Fenderputty Go To PostI’m running through NG++ and hit the Melania wall. Haven’t tried dodging the fucking waterfowl dance in two years and it shows lol.I heard some dlc weapons totally destroy her
I'm trying to avoid changing builds just for her. I'm digging my meteoric great sword build right now. Which honestly is a good weapon for her due to the range closing L2, but I still gotta get that waterfowl dance down again.
She provides space and time consort doesn't, but she has mechanics that are quite BS too. Healing off the waterfowl dance is honestly a pretty BS mechanic. lol
I've beat her solo before. I may just pop a mimic cause I want to get back to the DLC for that fucking Milady I somehow sold without realizing.
She provides space and time consort doesn't, but she has mechanics that are quite BS too. Healing off the waterfowl dance is honestly a pretty BS mechanic. lol
I've beat her solo before. I may just pop a mimic cause I want to get back to the DLC for that fucking Milady I somehow sold without realizing.
Funny you lads are there too, I just beat her yesterday dual wielding Dragonscale and a Cold Affinity Uchigatana. I applied Chilling Mist with the Uchi, which staggers her right away. If you dodge and LBx4 dw combo, it staggers her out of most animations I found.
Took me a few tries, but I did get lucky with waterfowl-less phase 1. Phase 2 was much easier, but I really, really don't know the timing to evading her last 2 spirit projections. I just kept running left, and somehow one missed me, then the other one hit me. 55 Vigor saved me there because she just chilled while I was at 1HP.
From there, ezpz, just dodge and frost.
Took me a few tries, but I did get lucky with waterfowl-less phase 1. Phase 2 was much easier, but I really, really don't know the timing to evading her last 2 spirit projections. I just kept running left, and somehow one missed me, then the other one hit me. 55 Vigor saved me there because she just chilled while I was at 1HP.
From there, ezpz, just dodge and frost.
The spirit one I can do. Run away and dodge right left for final two spirits and then another right for her attack. The fucking dance is hard for me. If she starts the dance with any spacing closer than medium I just get wrecked on NG++. I'm considering going higher than 200 because my build right now is only capable of running 50 vig and it just wrecks me. I remember two years ago that I was never able to fully dodge the entire sequence, but at the lower NG levels, I could take some some hits during the sequence and not die.
What's weird about the NG+ scaling is that the early levels are kind of a cake walk. It isn't until you reach area's of Lyndell and beyond where it feels like the scaling is kicking in. This is probably in part due to my leveling. I stopped at 150 for NG+ (until the DLC). Then again at 200 for NG++. Perhaps if I didn't stop at at 150 and then 200 for NG++ the scaling wouldn't feel so bad in these later levels.
Claws of Night is jokes 😭
It even gets stronger when you run out of FP since the L2 gets narrower lmfao
It even gets stronger when you run out of FP since the L2 gets narrower lmfao
Messmer down. Took me five tries. Used Hornsent as it felt lore worthy. Great boss. Gimme dat spear.
My favorite boss of the game tbh.
Popped a MIMIC and took down that crank Melenia, wiped the floor with Mohg and then fought against the camera again vs the lion in the DLC last night. Need to go get the Milady tonight, finish the majority of the base game, get the madness ending and then complete the DLC before getting the plat.
I'm having fun rotating weapons and trying things I haven't. Need to slot in a blood pata build. Also considering messing around with a full blown caster build as I've never done that in a souls game.
Whatever FROM does next ... I hope they keep build variety like this in their next game. Ashes of war and the whetstone really made this game great for me. I like open world stuff, butt I also love their linear games. So I really don't care about the format of the next game, but please keep this build variety please.
Popped a MIMIC and took down that crank Melenia, wiped the floor with Mohg and then fought against the camera again vs the lion in the DLC last night. Need to go get the Milady tonight, finish the majority of the base game, get the madness ending and then complete the DLC before getting the plat.
I'm having fun rotating weapons and trying things I haven't. Need to slot in a blood pata build. Also considering messing around with a full blown caster build as I've never done that in a souls game.
Whatever FROM does next ... I hope they keep build variety like this in their next game. Ashes of war and the whetstone really made this game great for me. I like open world stuff, butt I also love their linear games. So I really don't care about the format of the next game, but please keep this build variety please.
By Fenderputty Go To PostMy favorite boss of the game tbh.I urge everybody to do this. Its a blastttt
Popped a MIMIC and took down that crank Melenia, wiped the floor with Mohg and then fought against the camera again vs the lion in the DLC last night. Need to go get the Milady tonight, finish the majority of the base game, get the madness ending and then complete the DLC before getting the plat.
I'm having fun rotating weapons and trying things I haven't. Need to slot in a blood pata build. Also considering messing around with a full blown caster build as I've never done that in a souls game.
Whatever FROM does next … I hope they keep build variety like this in their next game. Ashes of war and the whetstone really made this game great for me. I like open world stuff, butt I also love their linear games. So I really don't care about the format of the next game, but please keep this build variety please.
At least according to Miyazaki, they'll go back to making relatively smaller projects
Miyazaki views Elden Ring as a “turning point” for FromSoftware: “Before and after Elden ring, there’s going to be a clear difference … you could see that in [2023’s mech game] Armored Core VI, I would say.” He hopes that we will soon be seeing games from other directors at the company, not just himself. “Where FromSoftware is right now, in terms of scale, I would say Elden Ring is really the limit. We’ve tapped every resource and talent that we have access to … scaling it even bigger, I’d have my concerns. Perhaps having multiple projects is the next stage, where some of the other younger talent can have the opportunity to manage and direct game design for a smaller project.”https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/jun/26/pushing-buttons-meeting-hidetaka-miyazaki (interview by Saint Keza)