Soulslike - Discussion, News, Memes
This is a community for discussion, news, and memes pertaining to the video game sub-genre "soulslike".
Given Lemmy's size, the definition of soulslike may be treated relatively loosely. While games like the numerous FromSoft titles, the recent Star Wars Jedi games, Lies of P, Nioh and similar games should be the focus, games that incorporate soulslike elements - like Hollow Knight and Blasphemous, for example - may also be discussed here.
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[BB] This enemy is so difficult!
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[DS1] Anyone struggling with the gargoyles?
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Ooh so I was thinking about that damn Radagon+Elden Beast fight omw to work. I'm playing a Dex+Fai Bloodhounds Fang Bloodflame setup, pretty standard I think. But im lacking any ranged damage, which makes the Beast phase quite tough. I've seen the cheese with the bow and I may resort to it, but I'd rather not. I wanna kill it with my sword.
Is this finally a good use case for Blackflame Blade over Bloodflame? I've leaned on the latter most of my playthrough (after respeccing from my early Str+Fai Miner Pick setup), and after getting both spells it seemed like Bloodflame pretty much always won - nearly the same cost, longer duration, and the buff is strong enough that if I needed any advantage Blackflame held over it, the answer was really that I needed to git gud.
But with Elden Beast you've got a LOT of waiting and running. It's clearly a marathon, not a sprint. If I wait and cast Blackflame right before rushing in, is that a better use of my resources? It feels like it, but i don't know the crunch well enough.
What are your thoughts for this kind of setup against the Beast? My talismans are mostly stacking various defenses, physical, non physical, holy, and... I forget my 4th off the top of my head. A Flame Blade spell, Golden Vow, Blackflames Protection, and Fire Give Me Strength or a heal/status heal as my flex choice. Is there a really solid option im missing without having to go too much deeper than my 30 Faith? I believe i started as Bandit so my Int is 7 and Arcane is 11, my intention was to pump Dex and level everything else as needed.
Have you tried charging with Torrent then dismounting into a jump attack?
With the raptor shirt and jump talisman and a second Curved Greatsword (Morgott’s sword to stack bleed with Bloodhound Fang) you can drop some serious hurt.
That’s what worked for me on Elden Beast, just jousting with jump attacks 🤣
Good luck and congrats on Malenia, that’s the real accomplishment
FIRST TRY OF THE DAY BABY THANK YOU!!
Edit: didn't have the Raptor shirt when I went looking, I must've sold it like a dingus early on. Oh well. Got Claw Talisman, used Torrent. Had put like 5 more into Vigor too, which allowed me to tank a crucial Holy attack (the huge AOE) with just enough. On to Erdtree!
Oh, for anyone stumbling on this later, 50 Vigor is a good spot.
I shall give that a try! And thank you :)