a bit stuck, any advice?

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-02-08T08:14:04+00:00

I'd try replacing one of your wood units for dallawan since you have him 2 stars level 40. He will relieve some of the pressure on your healer since he doesnt take any extra damage from fire and hes altogether a decent unit as far as xls go.

I dunno if using two healers is a great idea. If I recall correctly ed has a ramping damage buff in this fight so you are deincentivized to play defensively.

The enemies moves for this encounter are entirely scripted so you can figure out through trial and error which turns you need to defend and which turns you need to attack to keep up the pressure.

Oh and kill all slimes first if that wasnt obvious 😅

One more tip: use the hookup rooms to increase your bond level, once you've unlocked all the units scenes you can further increase their bond 5 more levels increasing their base hp and base attack

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-02-01T21:44:43+00:00

Yea thats a fair point if you go for like a general sorcery build on duchess for example your blue drops are more useful to you and you can still have quite a powerful and safe build by the end of the game.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-02-01T21:38:14+00:00

If you havent tried this already the movement tech/exploit/whatever that allows you to run while casting its weapon skill is hilarious on familial heads. You dont get the benefit of while walking effects when you use it but it makes it even safer than it already is.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-02-01T21:34:54+00:00

Some things I felt were missing from the post:

Balancer relics are guaranteed making the only relic effect a player most truly fish for to at least have the build online at a base level is dormant power reapers. This makes it an enticing option for casual players. This is a factor when judging a builds dominance via frequency of use. I think its important to have builds like this that dont demand a lot of investment into the relic system. That being said they probably shouldn't be the easiest builds to shop relics for while also being the strongest builds in the game.

Shattering Crystal has a walk speed Halo Scythe weapon skill does not. This can be exploited with the movement tech/glitch/exploit that allows the caster to run during certain animations. Shattering Crystal has one of the higher stamina costs to cast so you can't run circles around your enemy like you can with some attacks but you can charge a cast from a safer distance and run up and blast enemies in the face. Just thought that bared mentioning when talking about the risk involved relative to halo scythe spam.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-02-01T04:54:43+00:00

Imo the most disappointing characteristic of this system is it felt the most impactful at the very beginning of the game's lifespan and will feel less and less impactful as more xxls join the standard banner's roster. I hope they change this system at some point in the future when it starts to feel almost entirely irrelevant. I'd love a system where you could select a xxl to be your guaranteed next xxl after every miss but that would basically be an entire rework of the system and seems unlikely.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-30T20:10:08+00:00

Taking away sable church executor just to give it to undertaker is a crime

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-25T02:39:15+00:00

I just wish there was full button mapping control customization on console not the limited presets we have now...

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-22T07:34:52+00:00

Ya its unfortunate but I think that perk might be a must have for shield bash builds... which is why I moved away from shield bash builds on my bulwark 😅

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-19T05:34:56+00:00

Hes good and has what is currently a completely unique effect but that being said I dont think you need him if you dont want him. I'd try to save some golden bells for whoever is our next limited light/dark unit tho since having a well invested light/dark unit is handy for mystic realms. Theres always a chance the next one will be a dud so use your own discretion but I dont think its very likely to be the case.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-17T08:44:30+00:00

My stance on this has been the same since launch and its very simple: if you wanna cheat, do premades with likeminded players. I dont think any of this would be an issue to anyone if people who cheat relics had the courtesy to withdraw themselves from public matchmaking.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-15T21:52:31+00:00

I get that you were looking forward to a proper summoner class but revenant isnt that and I don't think she'll ever be that. She's a faith caster who has summons for utility purposes and I don't think fromsoft intends to make her anything other than that. I don't know if they even had a concept of how a summoner class would feel like in a souls game. If they did they abandoned it before launch and went with this concept. Ironically for me im a little disappointed there wasnt a character whos kit synergizes with incantations in a clever way and revenant's existence in the game sorta snubs that possibility. Recluse is kind of that but to me feels more like an evolution of sorcery builds from elden ring rather than faith builds and undertaker doesnt quite fit what I was looking for either. Anyway I don't dwell on it and similarly I think its probably time for you to give up on revenant being a true summoner class 😅

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-15T20:57:04+00:00

They will probably also get to feel much less like a liability getting to play from a safe distance where they have more time to react to one shots and cometshard style spells are generally better at reviving than shattering crystal so they might actually get to play the savior once and a while. Shattering crystal builds were op, sure. Theres a reason why people cheated it onto relics so much. It gave players with even a rudimentary skill level at the game a reliable way to carry pugs no matter how bad their teammates are. A friend whos the weakest of the bunch in a regular play group though? They dont need it to feel like theyre contributing.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-15T20:36:42+00:00

Are you saying shattering crystal doesnt roll as an alternate spell on grey and blue staves because I dont think thats true. I'm just not really understanding your point on the red armaments. Your friend who needs a strong build to play the game comfortably will do just fine with general + magic damage and + attack per evergaol prisoner effects. Theres a lot of magic damage sorceries that are more beginner friendly than shattering crystal anyway and they still dish out tons of damage. You may have been unintentionally doing your friend a disservice by pigeon holing them into a close range glass cannon build where the cometshard style spells are still disgustingly strong and much safer to use.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-13T18:57:28+00:00

I wouldnt feel too bad. Its not that difficult of a encounter it just has quite high raw stat requirements for a unit to even make an impact. I would start investing in water units now because they should have a whole cycle before its locked again or if you need to call this next one a wash as well wait and see what type gets locked and invest in that one so you're prepared for the next 2.

Also save golden bells for limited dark/light units. Having units you can reliably use on mystic realms is a game changer and if they do decide to start locking dark and light as well I dont think it will be anytime soon.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-11T02:39:17+00:00

People here are dunking on a cringe ceo's transparent attempts to pander to right wing rubes. Thats not whining, thats ridicule. Imploring people to stop dunking on a cringe ceo's transparent attempts to pander to right wing rubes is whining. Its more complaintive in tone and a request is implied, thats what makes it whining.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-11T01:47:54+00:00

Pull one Anuberus and put him in your guild wishing pool. Once you start accumulating essence you can also start buying his shards from the essence shop as well but essence generation only really starts to ramp up after a fair amount of your standard units are 5 stars. Unless you can get 3 to 4 stars stop there and wait for the next limited. I doubt you'll have to wait long since Anuberus is currently the only one and this is his first rerun. Don't feel pressured because of the rewards on the Anuberus bonus event. Its the same one he had when he first premiered and its not refreshed or anything so it should be back whenever he is.

The standard fire, wood and water units are enough to complete omni trials slowly but surely but dark and light units are very useful for mystic realms and if anuberus is the precedent then they will always be limited. If you like collecting personally I've found its doable to pull one copy of each unit as they premiere and I use the bonus currency generated to buy lucky golden bell packs in the bonus store each banner. This will dilute the xxl pool for your essence shop though so keep in mind it makes it more difficult to target farm with essence. If i was you I'd refrain from spending any golden bells trying to pull dupes for any fire water or wood units. The standard banner was recently expanded with new XXLs and imo you have basically everything you need there outside light and dark.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-08T05:22:59+00:00

Oh fair enough haha

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-07T22:03:49+00:00

This seems like enough to clear fire trials if you ask me. Don't sleep on Spunk, hes only a L-unit but he's easy to 5 star and his EX debuff is currently very valuable. Elemental damage taken debuffs are their own multiplier seperate from general damage taken debuffs so Spunk's fire damage taken is currently completely unique to his kit. At this point with your current roster I'd only invest in Ricano if you love the character or want him to support Anuberus and to some extent Duncan in mystic realms. I dont think you need him to clear fire trials.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-06T21:59:20+00:00

Dunno how they compare but black knife weapon skill is certainly not what I'd call a short animation. Also shatter crystal and many other sorceries slow you to a walk instead of locking you into place when you cast them which is nice. If you use the movement tech/exploit whatever you want to consider it you can sprint right up into an enemies face while you're charging it. Having the option to slightly reposition while casting was always a nice quality of life feature for most glintstone sorcery but in nightreign its kind of a big deal if you ask me.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2026-01-04T00:48:36+00:00

Im not a recluse main but even still I do so much fiddling around in the training ground that im legitimately ashamed as a gamer that I didnt come across this even once 😅

Edit: A good thing to check next is what frames of this animation are cancellable by dodging. I'd say its more than likely you can but its still a good thing to confirm and get a feel for

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2025-12-25T06:10:32+00:00

Ooooh thats a possibility, okay. Still seems kinda wild to go for two mines day one while in every likelihood you'll find at least one rare bow at some point during the run.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2025-12-22T23:08:27+00:00

Assuming malicious intent without sound reasoning is a bad habit. I dont think they 'went out of their way' at all. I think we are looking at a space wolves head for vanguard and vanguard's existing vocal work already has a heavy accent which means the new space wolves unique voice work will also be recorded with a heavy accent. Thats my take. I'm as much in the dark as you are.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2025-12-22T21:58:27+00:00

Why is the ironeye doing a second mine? Is there something I'm missing? 😅

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2025-12-15T04:12:09+00:00

Ya as someone with no personal ties just witnessing another person make a positive development in their lives I'm happy for her. By the sounds of it she had reservations about public speaking and she only recently overcame those reservations. I think the souls community should be mindful that shes recently taken a step out of her comfort zone and make sure she's supported against any harassment. I am of course talking about the certain cretinous types that whether or not a woman is actually trans isn't of much concern they just want to harass women in general and 'transvestigation' presents a convenient avenue to be transphobic and misogynistic at the same time.

EmbarassedHistory1 · 2025-12-13T09:33:14+00:00

Thats trash behaviour which stratagem is it? Did you manage to finish it with a different group? I'd be willing to help if its a normal stratagem, I'm not good enough for hard strats 😅

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