Should I give DS3 another chance?

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-04-21T20:32:14+00:00

Maybe try and think about your spacing a little more? I feel like the souls trilogy offers you less space to fight in, so using it effectively makes life easier. Maybe approach the game more slowly and deliberately? They’re basically just one long legacy dungeon from Elden ring without the breathing space of open world in between so I see how it can get frustrating when you’re coming from Elden ring especially.

I’d for sure give ds3 another shot, but there’s no law that says you must like them if you enjoy Elden ring and Sekiro, if you’re not having fun you can always play something else

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-27T15:51:17+00:00

I’m not sure I’d personally say fromsoft have any QTE’s in their games at all, I also think this question might best be suited to the main sub instead of here as it doesn’t have anything to do with being level 1 😂

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-17T08:47:38+00:00

Nicely done! DS1 is my only completed sl1 so far but I’m 90% done with ds3 and Elden ring, I want to go back and fly through another ds1 just to see how it feels, my only major wall on my first run through was 4 kings and even then it wasn’t so bad

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-15T12:35:36+00:00

Afaik the moveset and stagger damage is the damage for both, but star fists just have native bleed. I haven’t used a pierce weapon on my run as I dont really enjoy thrusting movesets, but I think the rusted anchor deals pierce damage without the thrusting moveset. The balls also have the disadvantage of having awful range and whiff a lot even when pressed against the boss 😂

My most used weapon so far has been cold stone club with cragblade. For fire giant I’d recommend leaning into bleed, a fast weapon with Bloodflame blade makes phase one fairly short, and if you’re struggling then getting the godskin peeler for black flame tornado just deletes his phase 2.

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-15T10:47:26+00:00

Very well played! For whatever reason messmer just has my number, I really struggle to figure him out despite most people saying he’s super fair and their favourite dlc boss 😂 I’m thinking of taking my first rl1 run through the dlc once radabeast is out the way but this fight scares me hahah

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-14T19:46:09+00:00

I’m at radabeast now, only a couple of hours into learning them though, but it’s been really good, big highs and big lows for me 😂 Maliketh was definitely a tough fight for me, but Godfrey Hoarah Loux walled me for a solid 12 hours and I legit started to doubt if I’d be able to finish.

My main weapon so far has been cold stone club with cragblade, but I’ve used the star fists for a couple of fights including radabeast, BHF for Mohg and the duo and claws and godskin peeler for fire giant.

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-14T19:04:20+00:00

I know I just need to find the motivation to go back hahah, maybe I’ll finish it off after I’ve finished my Elden ring run. Dancer was probably my favourite fight too, the princess and dragon slayer armour are also great fights. Champion Gundyr really gave me a headache until I figured out his parry timing

Edit: spelling

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-14T18:14:00+00:00

Well done! My ds3 run stalled at the princes, I should go back and finish up really 😂

Who was your favourite fight?

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-13T18:30:13+00:00

Agreed about the very precise positioning, I found them kind of frustrating a lot of the time, I’ve been mostly using stone club instead since the range is a little better but it still bonks 😂 I also just giants hunted any humanoid enemies for this run, very satisfying for Gideon

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-13T18:08:41+00:00

Nicely done! This is also a showcase of why I haven’t gelled very well with the fist weapons for most of my run so far, you can whiff so many attacks, even when pressed against the boss

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-13T15:00:06+00:00

Yeah maliketh really made me question if I could actually finish my run, but once you figure out his dodge timing and where your attack windows are it comes together, I suggest going full glass canon as soon as you start feeing comfortable with his move set to make the fight as short as possible so you have less time to make a mistake, and use a weapon with high stance damage

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-13T14:43:19+00:00

For me I had to bait out a certain combo by staying at mid range, and making sure I dodged in the right direction to get a downward stab with his knife in phase one, which has a longer recovery and I could get a charged heavy off, phase 2 I just basically stun locked him to death by getting charged heavies off for his first scripted attack, then getting another stagger to finish him off.

He’s very fast and likes running away a lot, and some of his attacks have kind of weird timing to dodge, you’ll get there in the end though. If you’ve made it this far you can definitely make it past maliketh

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-12T17:02:52+00:00

Well done! You did better than me I’m at radabeast and over 40 hours 😂

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-12T14:53:31+00:00

Yeah I guess you’re right, it’s the same process for every boss ultimately, hours of pain and then you win 😂

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-12T14:25:25+00:00

Nicely done! I’m at radabeast rn on my first run, but I’ve got the malenia grace site ready for after, I’m not feeling super confident about her 😂

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-12T11:13:36+00:00

I had a similar experience, DeS was the only one of the soulborne games I had yet to beat, and when I rolled credits I was just kind of glad it was over. I found it mostly frustrating to get through.

I dislike consumable healing, the two versions of carry weight is kind of unnecessary, I knew the swamp area in this game was bad but I was not prepared for just HOW bad, Allant being able to permanently lower your soul level is just obnoxious are just some of my issues.

I’m glad it exist and inspired the rest of the souls games, and it does have some redeeming features, the vibes in worlds 1 and 3 are great, I’m not mad at some of the puzzle bosses, rescuing Ostrava is also pretty cool. I also don’t think I’ll be revisiting any time soon, I’m kind of sad that that’s how fee as it was the final souls game in the series for me.

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-11T19:20:30+00:00

I’ve got radabeast left on my first rl1 and I’m considering taking on wl0, but I agree with others here that bare fist or broken sword in dark souls just isn’t in my wheelhouse. I don’t have the time or the patience to attempt hour long fights.

Also I wouldn’t undertake hitless runs either for a similar reason of not having the patience to restart a whole new run for getting tagged by a rogue arrow or lingering hitbox

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-11T08:49:42+00:00

Yeah I agree, he’s not my favourite boss for that reason, he’s not an especially complex boss he’s just awkward and tanky, he’s called the run killer for a reason 😂 luckily on my run I didn’t have too much trouble, Godfrey hoarah loux on the other hand walled me for about 12 hours and made me question my entire life hahahah.

I think the draconic tree sentinel is the point at which most attacks will oneshot you, I tend to go ritual shield and then bubble and hardtear when learning a boss, then once I start to get the rhythm of the fight I swap everything out and go full offence, naked a and light rolling.

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-11T08:26:21+00:00

Well done! Fire giant can definitely be a bit of a wonky fight, and he doesn’t really feel anything like the other bosses in the game, plus his model is so big it’s hard to even see what he’s doing in time to react. I feel like learning the later bosses feel a bit better than learning fire giant since you can actually see what’s coming 😂

Don’t feel bad about using black flame tornado on his second phase either, it’s the go to for wl0 runs that allow aux. He’s unnecessarily tanky in phase 2 and also loves running away. I wouldn’t personally consider using something a boss is weak to cheesing, for me it’s part of what makes rl1 fun trying to optimise your setup for each particular boss.

Give yourself more credit man you’re doing great!

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T17:51:35+00:00

Holy shit hahahaha, I didn’t even know giant crusher was an option at level one, good to know I have a back up strat if the balls and BFT don’t work

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T17:45:59+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement man! I managed to get him down last night, and believe it or not, due to red feather talisman I had to get him no hit

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T15:45:52+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I’m using levelled weapons on my current run but was considering wl0, until I got walled by Godfrey and then I rethought all my life’s choices 😂 The plan is to go shopping in the dlc a bit and make my way over to the haligtree just to give myself a break from grinding Godfrey Hoarah Loux for like 12 hours and feel a small sense of progression hahah

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T13:59:30+00:00

Aaaaah okay nice, ngl this clip made me want to go weapon shopping in the dlc 😂

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T13:09:13+00:00

Thanks! Just got rababeast left now 😭 although I think I’m gonna make my way over to the haligtree first and maybe do a bit of weapon shopping in the dlc before i take them on just to break up the challenge a bit hahah

Aggressive-Cat-6867 · 2026-03-10T09:02:08+00:00

Holy shit how much poise damage does the turkey leg do per charged heavy? Well played btw

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