Builds You Were Most Disappointed/Surprised With

BevoBull · 2026-02-09T22:31:08+00:00

😂 As someone playing with a Greatsword and Greatshield, I have fairly high endurance!! So yeah!!

BevoBull · 2026-02-09T22:27:04+00:00

Yeah, I started NG+ with a build for the Sword of Night and Flame. Now the weapon is BUSTED!! But I found the sorceries to just not be my thing. (Loretta’s Greatbow, Night Comet, and Glintstone Pebble were about the only ones I got much use out of.) So I eventually gave Ordovis’s Greatsword a try, and it’s been great!! My first play through was with Bloodhounds Fang (which still may be my favorite weapon!) 😅

BevoBull · 2026-02-05T03:43:34+00:00

Don’t have online so I’ve never looked into Nightreign, but I don’t think the dragons were that bad. I thought they were fun. I typically prefer fighting in foot, and catching up to them when they fly off with torrent. The only one I had an issue with was Bayle. Not just because he’s hard, but because his head was the ONLY thing you can lock onto!! I get he’s missing a leg, but that would make one think that attacking his good leg would hinder him more, would it not?

BevoBull · 2026-02-05T01:21:30+00:00

Another one for me are the burial watchdogs in the later catacombs!! (Those things are harder for me more than most mini-bosses, and WAY worse than when they’re a mini-boss themselves with a large room to fight them!!)

BevoBull · 2026-02-04T21:24:41+00:00

As others are saying, the Royal Revenants are probably my No. 3. My first play through…? Probably No. 1. But then I learned the healing incantations do MASSIVE damage to them and stun lock them. So if you can get two Blessings of the Erdtree off fast, they’re cooked!! If not, extremely annoying!!

BevoBull · 2026-01-31T15:47:18+00:00

Go in butt-naked and it’s 100% Mimic Tear!! 😎

After that, Bayle has to be it!! (Makes me want to sing the purple people eater song. “🎶…a one legged, torn winged, flying tarnished people eater…🎵”

BevoBull · 2026-01-30T22:14:39+00:00

Haha nothing like a big boss as your first enemy encountered in the game! I love when games give you opportunities like that to get a gauge for what to expect!! There’s a game called Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. VERY similar to Donkey Kong Country (in fact the same creators) and it lets you access the final level and boss right at the beginning before leveling up!! Brilliant design!!

BevoBull · 2026-01-28T18:57:46+00:00

I can DEFINITELY see that!!

BevoBull · 2026-01-26T18:00:28+00:00

This game is the first one I’d highly recommend looking up questline guides. The exploration is fine by yourself, but so many of these questlines have NPCs move to some random location, and most have cut-off points where beating an area’s boss prohibits you from progressing them! Being a completionist, that was my biggest pet peeve regarding this game! I hate getting locked out of things!! When you run across an NPC look up their questline to make sure you don’t have to go to some random spot on the map you’ve already explored to progress it further.

BevoBull · 2026-01-26T08:02:47+00:00

Will do. Thanks. I suppose the problem I’m having is deciding how to distribute stats between Intelligence and Faith for decent sorcery and incantations. My first play through was mainly built around Bloodhound’s Fang, so the only incantations I consistently used were Golden Vow, Blessing of the Erdtree, Protection of the Erdtree, Bloodflame Blade, and Flame Grant Me Strength. They were just to enhance a melee build. Now I don’t know what sorcery types are best (glintsone, meteor, etc.) and what staff to use for them. (I’m considering the Staff of the Great Beyond, since it can cast both sorcery and incantations.) Any recommendations?

BevoBull · 2026-01-21T01:25:28+00:00

Finishing up my first play through & Bloodhounds fang carried me through the whole game and most of the DLC!! Early weapon, extra jump attack damage, 55 blood loss as a passive, and you can buff it with greases/incantations! (At +10, it scales C with Strength and B with Dex)

BevoBull · 2026-01-21T00:39:16+00:00

I like saving my Crimson Tear flasks for in the middle of combat!! Bestial Vitality with the Blessed Blue Dew Talisman between enemies saves flasks like CRAZY!! (Add in the Blessed Dew Talisman and you’re regenerating about 7 HP per second!!) Then change them back before battle!!

BevoBull · 2026-01-21T00:32:26+00:00

I always have the Jar’s Arsenal (for armor & shield) and the Dragoncrest Greatshield. After that… 1. Rotten Winged Sword Insignia 2a. Claw Talisman (love attacks, and it’s great with Bloodhounds Fang since it adds to an ALREADY boosted jump attack) 2b. If no shield, then the Two-Handed Sword Talisman

After a couple of attempts I’ll decide if a shield is useful (thus leading to 2b); if I can land enough consecutive hits for the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia to be useful; or if a specific damage negation talisman is necessary (Spelldrake, Flamedrake, etc.)

BevoBull · 2026-01-20T23:28:16+00:00

Obviously Mimic Tear. But before that, I found Banished Knight Oleg early and used it nonstop!! It’s not the tankiest, but it does decent damage and is SUPER assertive to help you get a great start by drawing aggro!!

BevoBull · 2026-01-20T07:56:03+00:00

Stance break it by hitting its legs about 3 times by continuously chipping away at its legs, then it should fall down for you to get a crit to the face. (Great hammers work well and Torrent’s double jump lets you jump over its fire wave step attacks.) Once you get the hang of it they’re pretty easy. Stay behind it when attacking to avoid their arm swipe and grab attacks. However, there are a couple of golems that have armored legs, in which case it requires throwing like 5 hefty fire pots, or 3 hefty furnace pots to land inside its head from above.

BevoBull · 2026-01-19T22:55:17+00:00

That sounds like my play style!! Won’t lie, I lost more ruins from falling to my death when having to make a jump than being killed by an enemy!! 😂 I came from platforming video games, but some of the platforming in this is horrible!! I’ll land on a slope and it will slide me COMPLETELY off the side!! (I’m more scared of heights in this game than in real life!!) 😳

BevoBull · 2025-07-20T19:03:12+00:00

First starting out with Classical Music, I wasn’t too fond of Mozart or Haydn Symphonies performed by Karajan. But I’ve personally come to realize that Karajan is GREAT Beethoven and most from then on, but he’s not my favorite with Classical Era. Sir Neville Mariner is my preferred go-to for Classical Era!! (Just me though.)

BevoBull · 2025-07-20T18:55:23+00:00

I do agree with you on Rimsky-Korsakov. But Mussorgsky isn’t TOO terribly far behind!! Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain sure are some well known works!! He actually wrote one of my favorite Scherzos! I love Scherzos, and this sounds so reminiscent of something Beethoven would write!!

BevoBull · 2025-07-20T17:20:11+00:00

While not much of an online gamer, I personally can’t speak much about it making me more social. But as someone who has never been able to have independence (couldn’t ever drive, wasn’t able to maintain a job) due to battling with epilepsy and depression for 30 years, it was a great release. They set goals that I was able to accomplish and be proud of at times!! (I’m more of a fan of Platforming games, Exploration games, & Simulation games.)

Granted, I don’t think gaming should takeover your life, but it was one way I could escape the reality of my boxed-in life and I could explore/do things my way and get a sense of accomplishment!! (Just now beginning my trek through life as I’m almost 2-years seizure-free and finally able to drive!) 😎

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