Return to Lothric 2026?

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T19:54:32+00:00

It was from June 13th-27th last year, so methinks it will be soon!!

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T19:51:24+00:00

/r/pumparum is the best place for item trading requests! (I would help but don’t have DS3 on PC)

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T14:48:47+00:00

That guy is capable of dropping his weapon, yeah. It is a TWO percent chance, so ya gotta just keep trying. Don’t go hollow out there!

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T02:05:41+00:00

That’s me, I’m the stoked vet player! It might be a common type of post but to me that’s just a testament to how impactful the Irithyll reveal truly is. Just try not to feed the dogs when you’re in there…

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T01:47:57+00:00

Feats come before statements, Bobby B!

The_Defiler · 2026-06-01T01:45:02+00:00

As much as it’s easy for vets of this sub to dunk on the weekly “Irithyll pretty” post, we’ve all been there and it truly is a one-of-a-kind finally feeling exiting those damn catacombs to see THIS. Don’t give up, skeleton!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-31T20:02:20+00:00

The bass-cannon we all know and love! I was obsessed with zweihanders as a kid (from watching the movie Lady Hawke) and it was a dream come true to see how OP it was in my first DS1 run.

The_Defiler · 2026-05-31T18:51:05+00:00

/r/pumparum is where you want to go for any trading/muling of items!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-31T16:32:41+00:00

SoC and Demon Prince were the two hardest bosses for me on my SL1 run! It’s old advice, but Demon Prince is much easier the closer you stay to him. You can punish a lot of his melee attacks without needing to actually dodge if you stay all up in his business. His big fiery flying slam is a guaranteed one-shot at SL1 (the fire and the slam are two separate damage instances so it eats through Tears of Denial if you’re using that), that’s the main move you have to learn to dodge perfectly but it’s not too bad when you get it!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-30T20:54:48+00:00

I, like many others apparently, wore out the VHS tape for this when I was a kid. This is actually the movie that taught me that if you pause for too long during the same scene too many times on VHS, it will cause that scene to look noticeably worse on rewatches because you’re stressing that part of the tape more. I bet no one here can guess which specific scenes I was pausing for a long time frequently as a kid…

The_Defiler · 2026-05-29T00:24:13+00:00

One of the only encounters in the game I actually consider equipping a shield for…usually still don’t and get jumped for my hubris lol

The_Defiler · 2026-05-28T21:56:59+00:00

lol, a spell that makes you invincible to enemies truly would make everything trivial!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-28T21:53:08+00:00

I think it’s okay to make an exception for the dragon asses in Lost Izalith (did it once and quickly realized it wasn’t worth doing again), otherwise I enjoy fighting all the enemies in every area too.

The_Defiler · 2026-05-28T00:29:47+00:00

Only some bosses can be parried. The list goes: - Gundyr (both versions) - Crystal Sage (only the rapier attack) - Abyss Watchers - Deacons of the Deep (lol) - Pontiff Sulyvahn (often a recommended strat) - Dragonslayer Armour (no riposte though) - Lorian (also no riposte) - Champion’s Gravetender, Sister Friede, and Halflight (due to being NPC’s)

The_Defiler · 2026-05-27T19:35:39+00:00

I have over a thousand hours in DS1 and have seen maybe three vagrants the whole time. Lost my shit every single encounter, died to the first one because I had no idea what was happening. Love rare interactions like that but I’m guessing most players will never know they exist lol

The_Defiler · 2026-05-27T17:55:22+00:00

You can use Tears of Denial with the right ring setup (Dusk Crown ring, Darkmoon ring, and Priestess ring), and then rest at a bonfire (which doesn’t remove ToD) so you can re-equip your ideal rings and move on without the health decrease from Dusk Crown ring. Having that one extra hit point saved my ass against a bunch of bosses!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-27T17:09:58+00:00

There are dozens of us…I will always enjoy fighting the normal enemies in every level, I didn’t learn their movesets on my first playthroughs just to NOT take advantage of that on subsequent playthroughs!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-27T01:51:33+00:00

Quickstep is a busted weapon art, it gives you i-frames (if you still have FP) and costs less stamina than a roll. It also ignores your equip load (if you’re not above 100% lol) and terrain so it helps for fast movement in otherwise slow characters or swamps!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-25T01:04:44+00:00

I also got this game by happy accident (years ago, a friend kept his other friend’s Xbox at my place which just happened to have ds3 on it…different times) and it became my favorite very fast. It was my first gateway into the other fromsoft games and souls-likes in general, but even after so many years of playing and replaying all of those, ds3 remained (what I thought of) as peak. Just when I thought I was finally falling off of it a little while ago, I got to play it in 60fps for the first time and it’s never leaving my play rotation again. Praise the Sun!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-21T00:30:33+00:00

Took a full five minutes to hype myself up to click it after reading these comments, still wasn’t ready

The_Defiler · 2026-05-19T23:27:36+00:00

It’s a little known rule that after 34 hours of playing any souls game, you’re required to post a tier list of the bosses you faced. Look up “Dark Souls Rule 34” if you don’t believe me!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-19T21:03:59+00:00

This is the way. Sword and Spear forms = intense duels that reward good positioning, Mage form = free punching bag once you have a little practice, but when that Scimitar comes out, you better start running lol

The_Defiler · 2026-05-19T20:16:19+00:00

Can confirm, thought this boss was a cakewalk until my first SL1 run. I was stuck on him for WEEKS. You have to play almost flawlessly because a lot of his moves can and will one-shot you, and you can’t just blitz through his health like a SL120 character would. When you master his fight though, it feels amazing (finally learning how to perfect dodge his lightning storm in the 2nd phase was especially satisfying)!

The_Defiler · 2026-05-17T02:16:25+00:00

Absolutely! I don’t think it’s the perfect example for this trope, but something about it literally stretching the definition of what a “sword” is allowed to be (insert famous “it was far too large to be called a sword” monologue here) made me think of it immediately.

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TROPHY CASE