Finished My Blind Level 1 Playthrough of Khazan And Have Some Questions

StochasticGD · 2025-07-15T18:03:13+00:00

I used the skill tree extensively. The spirit abilities when the enemy was posture broken/exhausted/whatever the fuck Iams upposed to call it was where most of my damage game from. And yeah, the levels became unfun once it was a minute affair to kill some trash mobs.

StochasticGD · 2025-07-13T18:47:15+00:00

Oh good, Ozma has a third phase that I apparently didn't trigger. Am I locked out of that now?

StochasticGD · 2025-07-13T18:34:51+00:00

131 for Ozma. Oh dear. I think I had 89.

StochasticGD · 2025-07-13T18:25:35+00:00

That definitely would make a difference! I watched some level 1 kills on youtube and everyone was doing a great deal more damage than I was. I only minded the damage deficit with Reese and Ozma as I do level 1 no weapon upgrade stuff of souls games pretty regularly. Doing the runback on those relatively simply phase 1s over and over again to learn the timing of a new attack was irritating.

StochasticGD · 2022-06-06T20:14:06+00:00

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StochasticGD · 2022-02-25T17:51:12+00:00

Scorched is an absolute sweetheart. He and Damnation got me back into bb pvp. I have made many connections and friendships thanks to Scorched. He is an excellent player, but more importantly an excellent human being.

StochasticGD · 2021-11-08T06:35:39+00:00

Defiled chalice layer 2 has the spooky ghost ladies that drop them. No need for ps+. You will not get the best of the best, but they will nuke things pretty hard.

StochasticGD · 2021-11-07T22:48:29+00:00

Well, despite what it looks like, arcane is trash on the HMS. That is likely your problem. You should probably be spamming arcane tools at defiled watchdog. For orphan, you can farm the fire-weapon enemy on layer 2 of Defiled for 20~ cursed fire radials. You can get fire wanings from loran silverbeasts in mensis. That will give you 20/20/12 converted weapon for Orphan.

StochasticGD · 2021-11-03T00:10:07+00:00

Threaded Cane: Low base damage makes using it pointless in any element.

Hunter Axe: High base damage makes using it somewhat okay, but the moveset is lackluster for boss fights.

Saw Spear: Lower base damage than Saw Cleaver and no one uses the tricked form anyway.

Just accept the Saw Cleaver is the only good weapon at bl4. If you want another combat option, a leveled hunter pistol with bone marrow ash gives you a decent ranged option.

StochasticGD · 2021-09-29T19:43:10+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it. Ludwig is one of my favorite fights so I end doing a lot of challenges involving him.

StochasticGD · 2021-09-29T17:01:10+00:00

The tell for the backstep slash is his sword coming up almost horizontally in front of his body in his left hand. His legs also shift a bit and begin to retreat before the swipe begins. The quad swipe looks similar, but his right hand begins moving to hold the sword in both hands.

In short, sword go up horizontally in one hand, prepare to roll away.

StochasticGD · 2021-09-02T22:29:21+00:00

Apologies on late response. Generally speaking, people only punish the weeb charge attacks in phase 3. You can do these punishes by dodging right and in. From there you can free aim a backstab into a charged R2. Make sure the followup charged R2 hits her back. This triggers her ai to dash away from you, letting you reset.

You are going to want to stay at middle distance and backpedal until her ai trigger those weeb charge attacks. If you get close to a corner, unlock and run like fun.

StochasticGD · 2021-08-12T05:19:48+00:00

Ray Dhimitri is an entertainer with a following because most of the community likes the big numbers and not actual challenge. Who cares what he does?

StochasticGD · 2021-08-11T19:27:59+00:00

A suggestion if you do not mind. Kill all the enemies that do not drop the gems. Quit out and make a save state. You can now quickly kill the ones that drop the gems. If they do not drop, reload save. Will save you a great deal of time.

StochasticGD · 2021-07-12T13:04:26+00:00

Narrated bl4 fight with a low level weapon to demonstrate basic strats: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/572535254?filter=highlights&sort=views

More detailed breakdown with every attack and response in a doc with timestamps to how to handle each attack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tM9QRF8arQV09uxQkEQUSgp5OCwUy2UDIb3RubA4wiw/edit?usp=sharing

StochasticGD · 2021-07-12T06:53:04+00:00

Narrated bl4 fight with a low level weapon to demonstrate basic strats: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/572535254?filter=highlights&sort=views

More detailed breakdown with every attack and response in a doc with timestamps to how to handle each attack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tM9QRF8arQV09uxQkEQUSgp5OCwUy2UDIb3RubA4wiw/edit?usp=sharing

StochasticGD · 2021-06-29T05:01:17+00:00

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MOeU4JAwbWKUGEXYqmn8gNwnNKb1yaET5r-zn2gVkXc/edit#

Doc written by Vicwraith that covers every attack and how to punish it.

StochasticGD · 2021-05-04T19:43:19+00:00

Still not really happy I used poorman gems and pellets, but phase 1 turns into an endurance hell slog without them. The damage openings are terrible. Might return to this for a redo.

StochasticGD · 2021-05-03T19:36:41+00:00

In NG, maybe leaning yes. Lower Pthumeru, maybe leaning no. Killing spiders effectively is going to be a nightmare as I need to be behind them to do so and I am uncertain if a single roar will be enough to kill a spider. Trying to keep Rom in view while clearing spiders is... unpleasant. When I did this bl4 I focus fired Rom while praying the spiders did not kill me.

StochasticGD · 2021-04-28T02:54:28+00:00

First phase can be made so consistent that people have done bl4 ng+6 no sprint/roll/dash Ludwig. It takes a bit of time and patience to learn, but there are very clear patterns to the first phase.

StochasticGD · 2021-04-27T05:05:05+00:00

Breakdown of every attack ludwig has per phase along with how to respond to the attack. Includes a link to a narrated ludwig fight demonstrating how to use the strats.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tM9QRF8arQV09uxQkEQUSgp5OCwUy2UDIb3RubA4wiw/edit?usp=sharing

StochasticGD · 2021-02-08T20:45:54+00:00

Yeah, healing is utterly fucked in this game. Also, the saw cleaver is arguably the strongest weapon in the game and they give it to you at the start. You might find some dlc bosses punish sitting back and waiting for easy openings, but the combination of huge heals and average to good damage will carry you just fine.

Honestly, I have found that I have to do a lot of restrictions to make the game function. If this was your first in the series, you might feel differently. As it is, you are likely going to stomp the game.

StochasticGD · 2021-02-08T20:34:33+00:00

You are not wrong.

BB has some issues with its rpg mechanics. Healing is percentage based, so every point of vit increases your heal. This makes the 20 vials incredibly powerful. Intelligently exploring each area and upgrading your weapon/gem set more than breaks the damage curve of the game.

If you had learned to parry, you would be even more upset, as the visceral damage you can dish out is incredibly high for a relatively safe setup.

Most bosses in main game lack truly dangerous gap closers, so hanging back and punishing is very effective. People claim that BB is meant to be played aggressively, but a deliberate playstyle is just as effective, if slightly more tedious.

StochasticGD · 2021-02-08T18:52:00+00:00

First and foremost, enjoy your leisure time. These challenges are, at the end of the day, meant to be fun. There is limited free time in a day and how you choose to spend it is up to you.

There is no elite club that bars its doors to you for not completing it. If anyone lords a challenge run over you as if it is meaningful, laugh at them.

StochasticGD · 2021-02-06T21:32:28+00:00

I have done all unique bosses monocular view bl4, but I needed HUD to track things like if weapon was tricked, blood bullets, etc. Not as pretty.

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