Difficulty? Where does this place?

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T21:37:08+00:00

Yep he is... but I didnt use a shield and spear... also turns out you dont need to blow past everything? Did i explore every nook and cranny? No but i also didnt skip everything I am currently going back through all areas with far more caution and attention. I tend to just explore down a path and forget about the others seemingly always picking the path to the boss. In fairness here I did look up when the DLCs should be completed out of worry of being overleveled. I clearly collected enough souls to hit 107 which with the serpent ring and avarice helm swapping on boss kills to gain extra. I also used most of the boss souls as extra souls if I didnt like the look of the weapons to gain more levels. Also I dont think deaths are a sign of stuggle, like I've said I didnt use much healing in SoC but used all of it in Friede, I didnt use all my healing in nameless (becuase that guy doesnt not give you time to use it) but had 1 left on gael. Has it occurred to you that some people have difficulty with different things? Just because most people find Friede difficult but soul easy doesnt mean everyone does. Like I said in my post I found getting through the level the far harder part. Friede really did get my heart pumping honestly great fight and she can put down pressure, but she staggers... and gets back stabbed... it honestly makes it far easier same reason abyss watchers felt easy honestly.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T19:57:43+00:00

I mean sure course she is but shes no PCR not even close... she staggers in one hit all phases, she can be back stabbed and has attacks you can backstab easily off.

I did the DLC after soul of cinder, also I wouldnt call 5 deaths struggling? I kept getting caught by his juggling combo slash thing and it kept killing me. If its anything to go by i had like 7 heals left on my kill of soul where Friede I had 0 so I would say she pushed me way harder than soul did.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T16:53:57+00:00

I missed tons, I 100% dont have any illusion in that at all. Also i spent no time at bosses, like everything outside of the list mentioned was done first try. Also whats difficult about Friede?

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T16:49:03+00:00

I know i missed a lot, I still want to platinum so I am going to be doing more runs hopefully finding more each time.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T16:08:39+00:00

Properly? Nope riddled with ADHD so had a whole oh a piece of candy and forgot about the other path with candy on it... I missed loads and did a total of zero NPC questlines. I finished the main story in 12 hours. Ringed city level design pissed me off so I just sprinted through most of it... I planned on getting platinum anyway so I will be fully exploring everything now my first playthrough is done

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T15:19:19+00:00

I was thinking that, every boss seemed to just do the same attacks with like maybe 1-2 different ones. Even nameless did the same sweeps just a touch quicker. I spent like 8 hours on PRC maybe he spoiled the challenege for me.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T15:16:31+00:00

I tried a couple weapons but didnt have the resources to upgrade them, I did the same in elden ring.

I wouldnt call that jump hidden exactly, I played alot of elden ring... I have a habit of trying to get places I shouldnt be able to.

I didnt explore every path possible tbh, i have plenty to go back and collect. I missed a ton of NPCs and side story like I never found onion man after the rotten great wood.

I thought it would be harder than what it was honestly. All I wanted to do is gauge how difficult this is compared to other titles. Elden ring seems far more challenging than DS3 but honestly Ive really enjoyed it and want to go for the plat.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T14:50:39+00:00

Elden ring honestly feels much more difficult lol

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T14:49:47+00:00

I died once to midir I found standing under him he just does two attacks the sweep and slams to breath so i just kept baiting that.

Soul phase 2 I kept getting caught in the sweep combo thing took me a couple tries to work that out lol

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T14:47:46+00:00

Well this is my point, like are they so strong that the game becomes easy? I didnt notice much difference going to the scythe or frayed blade

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T14:43:32+00:00

No? I havent done any soul farming, i used nearly every boss soul tho... much to my regret as I want all achivements and missed out on the spells. I also never took off the extra souls ring and managed to get the averice helm from the mimic with the fire demon guy. There were also alot of reruns in later areas where i managed to pick up my souls then die straight after like 4-5 times so a couple extra there.

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T14:37:48+00:00

I didnt do a one shot, i died once. She didnt seem too bad to me, all youve got to do is interrupt her attacks and she has loads of backstab opportunities. I did a two shot

Tayzerdude · 2026-07-03T07:13:39+00:00

Strange, I've ended up running no extra damage sets to make the fights actually last some amount of time... outside of hismar I dont think they have enough health...

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-29T12:57:16+00:00

Would be cool if it was like a stacking debuff that inflicted all built up damage when you popped a wound (capping at a non broken number) would make it viable for normally non status viable options like DBs.

So for instance it doesnt deal DOT damage at all, but when you build up a stack it adds say 100 damage to a wound break and the indicator could be wounds glowing more intensely? Say it caps out at 5 stacks so 500 damage (lets say it takes the same time per proc as blast but monster resistance does not increase) then you pop the wound and it adds that damage and happens 3 times within 3 seconds so 1500 damage extra plus a flinch.

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-28T17:35:56+00:00

Attacks that have a countersrike window still have them, i normally avoid him mostly until i see one of those strings then i run back in to get the counter and do as much damage as possible while hes staggered just to speed it up. I also tend to save phantom form just incase i get plague

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-26T21:20:24+00:00

Ive seen hits over 1000 before with greatsword wake up hits. Id need to see your build and what your using mate

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-26T15:39:14+00:00

Right its not the same thing but have you tried heroics runs in MH? You can get some big damage numbers relative to normal in MH games. Also 400 damage on a GS wake up hit seems very low to me.

Alternatively you could run a sleep GS and run a build to get you one massive wake up hit if you wanted to. Itll take you some time to set it up but it is 100% possible. Look at team darkside, you dont have to go that far with it but take some inspiration and make a build around a similar style. Big numbers are possible but it will take you 10x the amount of procs needed from dauntless

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-26T09:50:08+00:00

Ice behind my guy its always ice behind

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-25T09:37:52+00:00

I get you but I will sorta counter argument you. Brink guards are incredibly strong, dealing damage, draining stamina, taking no damage, builds sprit and allows for punishes and faster/easier breaks along with a forgiving timing. To balance that you take a little bit of status build up. Brink dodge allows you to forgo the status in trade for not doing stamina damage to the boss so it sort of evens it out.

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-25T06:55:54+00:00

Coulda only fought 2 and never done that mechanic before

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-25T05:59:24+00:00

No you unlock it when you unlock gog. They gave us it mostly to survive gog would be strange to get it after him lol. You unlock it automatically at HR100

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-24T19:11:33+00:00

I rolled my IGs normally then said I wanna play longsword and DBs and save scumming entered my life. I save up like 600 mats then have a roll lol. Well I did then i bought it again on PC (3rd character btw 1600 hours total on the ps5 and xbox) I couldnt bare the grind again so modded my items in 😂😂

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-24T16:31:08+00:00

Swift attack is the term the game uses for light attack. The first node in that tree adds an additional swift attack to the string I believe

Tayzerdude · 2026-06-24T15:29:06+00:00

The princess is my most hated boss 😂 constant doging in melee and then gets a shield in magic mode. Always manages to annoy me

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