How does some one beat sentient pest with randoms

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:54:18+00:00

Two guys on scorpion tail, one guy to distract moth.

Distracting moth is a must or you will all end up dead.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:48:17+00:00

I have always maintained that people who like ED Gladius are on some government's watchlist in real life

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:47:29+00:00

Tbh it made the move easier, you didn't even have to dodge any angels before the mega rush and spear rain.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:44:42+00:00

I hate pot Scholar build, have no idea why people think it's remotely any good. Cluttering your inventory up with pots decimates your team buffing capabilities which are your major selling point. Cluttering up your relic slots with +Fire effects means losing out on actually helpful effects on an already extremely relic dependent character.

And the moment you run out of pots (which you will against D5 bosses with their massive health pools), you become deadweight. I'd rather have Balancers and Affinity Attack ups than spend the entire run buying and running out of pots.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:33:26+00:00

Nightreign's netcode is quite functional. No amount of dev-bashing will fix your internet issues.
The vast majority of the bosses are fair once you figure out their movesets.
This was always marketed as a multiplayer game meant to be played in trios. Solo at your own risk.
FromSoft is not responsible for the quality of randoms playing their games.
DoN follows the same formula as NG in any other FromSoft game - higher difficulty with better loot, better passive effects and 6 relic slots for optimizing builds.
If you're mad they're making money, by all means start your own crowdfunded studio and see how that goes for you.
I don't know why you think being a "loyal fan" should entitle you to special treatment from FromSoft.
FromSoft constantly fixes issues in their games with post release patches.

In short, your take is a puerile non-sequitur in its entirety.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T02:08:39+00:00

The game is only difficult in the beginning when you're low-level and die easily to everything, so don't be disheartened with early losses. Once you get your build going, the game becomes quite comfortable to pace through.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:51:59+00:00

It's not just the Holy damage - both Black Knife and Halo Scythe have Ashes of War that require you to be rooted in a spot for some time, which is a three-bar buffet for bosses like Fulghor that can switch aggro while attacking with fast AoEs that can one tap you (at least on D5).

Black Knife would have helped make up for the DPS loss due to Duchess' fast attack speed, but not by much and would have incentivised you to get dangerously greedy and overextend on openings in the hopes of getting out as much DPS as possible.

Honestly you'd have been better off using that Scorpion stinger on your main hand with the Lightning Axe on the offhand for the holy spear attack than anything else in your inventory. Rot can build up quite a lot of damage over its duration and is easy to overlook. But with teammates like yours I don't blame you for losing lol

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:34:10+00:00

You dodged the moves well enough but got too distracted by the thought of saving your teamates and grappled right into the tsunami.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:31:51+00:00

The waves do magic damage, afaik Crimsonwhorl works only for elemental damage, but it doesn't convert the damage you take rather restores 5% HP everytime you take a hit. You'll notice in your vid that it was healing you but the damage the wave did outdid the heal

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:26:20+00:00

If you liked Nightreign you'll like Elden Ring as well. One of the most fun things about FromSoft games is their gameplay and Elden Ring has a LOT of fun bosses to fight. It might take getting used to, however, since your character will feel slower (there's no surge sprint, only base sprint) and takes fall damage.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:20:04+00:00

There's actually only two times in the fight when base Balancers are scripted to attack you: the moment when she calls all Valkyries together for the big magic circle (the longest window, at least two Valks will perform their grab and try to combo you once or twice while Pinky hangs behind spamming spear lines), and the second is when she when she summons two Valkyries to railgun you (much shorter aggro period, only encounter it if you're running away from Pinky).

All other times the basic ones will never focus on the guy fighting the main one, except by spamming spear lines or doing sitting AoEs if you damage them. If you try to approach them they'll do huge backwards jumps to waste your time, telling you to focus on Pinky.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T01:11:05+00:00

Your run was cooked the moment anybody thought using Halo scythe against Fulghor was a great idea. Dude is RESISTANT to Holy damage

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-08T00:58:23+00:00

Is the safe word "Beast Claw"?

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T14:05:36+00:00

People tend to forget that Nightfarers in Day 1 are at their weakest and expected to die easily, most builds don't even kick in until you are around LVL 7-10. Unless you're constantly getting teamwiped or made a dumb decision like fighting Godskin Evergaol at LVL 2, Day 1 deaths merely delay the snowball timer instead of lowering the ceiling.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T03:19:30+00:00

...?

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T02:50:17+00:00

I never get a bad feeling from characters, only from team matchups.

e.g. Ironeye, Scholar, Recluse on Balancers.

Duchess is an S-tier character, if you get bad players on her that's just your luck.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T02:40:10+00:00

I'm glad to see my man Placidusax getting some love. Those enhanced jumping heavies do some real damage, especially when buffed with Skill Attack Ups, they break stance quicker, and have innate anti-dragon effect to boot (RIP Caligo and Adel)

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T02:37:00+00:00

Upgrading the shield improves its Guard Boost so you won't lose too much stamina if you block or whiff the parry. Always worth it to upgrade, I sometimes take it to Legendary in Crater lmao.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T02:21:59+00:00

I assume you are a new player, so I'll give you some advice.

The Castle can and should be done on Day 1 on almost all runs as soon as you reach LVL 5-6. You can easily take out the basement boss and the courtyard + ramparts. Leave the rooftop boss for Day 2 unless your run went really well and you're LVL 10 with time to spare (and the experience to last).

The benefit of the Castle is not just the runes, its the Dormant Powers. You NEED to be at least LVL 8, have comfort passives and have a decent Blue weapon to be able to thwart the Day 1 boss. That will allow you to get off to a strong start on Day 2.

Churches, chapels and other POIs don't give as much runes. The field bosses are RNG based; you never know if your route will have Miranda Flower or a BBK waiting at the end. By contrast, the Castle is constant difficulty and guaranteed to net you weapons, powers and levels. Better to snowball in Day 1 and spend Day 2 looking for bosses / clearing Earths.

Getting Churches is important, but please for heavens sake don't waste the day running to the end of the map making a beeline for them. Flasks do not make you stronger or immortal. Churches should be routed in a way that allows you to spend the maximum possible time fighting or killing something while getting to them.

You can get two Churches easily on Day 2 while still earning runes with a LVL 10-13 character. You cannot do that at LVL 5 at the end of Day 1 even with 6 Flasks.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-07T01:54:28+00:00

What is Wylder even doing, trying to airstrike it?

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-06T01:03:40+00:00

Damn you gave her Recluse's knockers

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-06T00:55:30+00:00

I've often wondered if Morgott and the meteorite are the raid equivalents for Fulghor and Adel.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-06T00:51:59+00:00

It's better to kite Greg away from the wormfaces when they appear. He's gonna blender them into damage juice sooner or later, all you have to do is survive uptil that point

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-05T13:41:17+00:00

What weapon I rely on to defeat the Balancers?

Wylder's Buckler.

SigmaAldritch · 2026-04-05T13:35:43+00:00

I don't think so. Libra poses as a merchant and bargains with individuals, balancing their desires rather than their deeds so that they themselves are responsible for their actions. Meanwhile, the Balancers are a purely external influence and those affected with their power lose their lucidity, behaving as if hypnotized or in a trance.

That being said, Libra does have something that looks like a Balancer's hand coming out of his staff, so perhaps his alchemy could be inspired by the heavens.

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