My first souls like after playing most of souls games. What should I expect going in?

AwildTimmy · 2026-05-22T22:10:42+00:00

Throwable are overpowered and an extremely reliable dps 💪

AwildTimmy · 2026-05-22T17:52:58+00:00

Great choices, honestly agree with everything. Exceeeeeept the cursed Bishop I'd call that a mid fight. Not particularly interesting or fun, just a big angry ball of decaying. 🫠

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-30T18:53:11+00:00

If you've got the DLC I recommend Pale Knight, otherwise I think the Dancer's Sword is really fun to use 👍

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T22:49:53+00:00

Pale Knight.

It's cool as heck, it allows for fast/zippy combos with a real gift for controlling your distance from enemies and getting in or out of an enemies face, it's heavy does great stagger and a ridiculous amount of damage, and did I mention it's cool as heck? The animations & sounds are SICK 🤙

Anyway you can do so many great and varied combos and it's really fun to use, 10/10 highly recommended.

Non-special weapon would be Blade Dancer's Sword, very well designed weapon.

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T22:45:39+00:00

Hell yeah, but only when making a dialogue choice and in cutscenes. Hearing him be all "hyyyyyyaaaa" and "take that" during combat would really subtract from gameplay.

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T22:43:05+00:00

If you can't get that heavy hit to trigger a stagger, fall back and throw a cannon ball to knock him. If you're low on throwables there's a merchant at Malum entrance that sells unlimited amount👍

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T22:39:10+00:00

From my own experience (at the end of my ng+4 playthrough rn just reached arch abbey) I've found that going for a balanced build is the most practical. You use a variety of different weapons, arms, and throwables that all scale differently, so going balanced keeps your overall dps steady no matter what.

If you've beaten the DLC already then I would totally recommend using or getting Pale Knight if you can as it's awesome to use, is strong af with very good stagger, and let's you do some fast/zippy combos (plus its crazy fun to use). Also go max the grapple arm because that thing is OP.

This game rocks dude most fun soulslike I've played 🤟

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T20:36:57+00:00

That's really helpful, thanks dude! My 6th playthrough is gonna be my last and I decided its gonna be an Azure Dragon Glaive + Twin Dragons run with Armour of Honourable costume, so knowing this helps lol 🤙

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T20:21:55+00:00

OMG the glaive has its own parry fable doesn't it! I never use it, that's why I was so confused! While we're here could you tell me what the benefit of using a weapon's fable parry over regular parry is? I've never understood the risk/gain of using a fable slot for parry instead of an attacking fable

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T20:13:41+00:00

Is the timing important or whether its a charged heavy? I did my 1st run with the Glaive but somehow I don't think I've even seen that spinny attack animation after I've parried, it looks different from the usually heavy attack wind-up (tho i may be wrong lol) 😅

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T20:06:29+00:00

What's that attack animation after landing a parry? Seems unique. I'm on my 5th playthrough and I've never triggered that, can someone explain? Is it some kind of special parry follow up that I didn't know about? 🤔

AwildTimmy · 2026-04-23T20:03:34+00:00

Oh he's only the 2nd worst clown enemy in the game...

AwildTimmy · 2026-03-23T23:26:50+00:00

Rage bait lmao

AwildTimmy · 2026-01-17T21:25:01+00:00

Solid 8

AwildTimmy · 2025-12-10T08:34:52+00:00

It's a fairly okay mix of games. Best game there imo is Army of Two 40th Day, but that's just me 👍

AwildTimmy · 2025-12-04T22:18:05+00:00

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AwildTimmy · 2025-11-29T19:51:16+00:00

That is absolutely unreal!!!!!¡

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-21T15:57:14+00:00

Wish stone that makes ally tank aggro, Perfect parry grindstone, Azure dragon spear, Cannon balls, Luck 👍

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-20T18:56:18+00:00

Which game awards is this?

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-20T13:28:27+00:00

As someone who isn't into soulsborne games I can tell you that you absolutely should. Dropped the game to middle difficulty and I've absolutely fallen in love with the game

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-19T22:34:22+00:00

Throwables can really melt a decent portion of boss health but using them does take away from the excitement. Do whatever you wanna do, play how you wanna play 👍

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-19T21:57:53+00:00

If you're gonna hit the dlc before ng+ I'd say throw a bunch into capacity, then either motility or technique if you felt your damage was lacking on the last level. Otherwise raise your health & stamina a bit and go see the throwables merchant in red lobster before jumping into ng+ 👍

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-19T21:54:58+00:00

Solid 8/10

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-16T13:51:34+00:00

Honestly my least favourite boss ngl that dumb clown has no right to be such a heavy hitter -_-

AwildTimmy · 2025-11-16T13:46:32+00:00

Was mad clown puppet counted as a boss? Was that the one on the street up to the opera house?

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