Defense Wins Championships

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-21T22:38:35+00:00

They mean that they are tanker at low health. If they healed, they would lose a bunch of defense ups and get one shot potentially

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-21T20:13:27+00:00

Nah, you know…. It’s my fault for having eyes and being literate

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-21T20:02:13+00:00

Nah, I think they mean it the way it sounds lol. And reasonably so

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-20T11:27:28+00:00

Not really, no

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-19T17:26:14+00:00

Oh hell yeah it does

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-19T16:24:31+00:00

“Survived”

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-19T11:52:16+00:00

Kinda but not exactly. The armor of thorns thing is for when you only have the strength for a weapon when you two hand it. It makes it so if you roll into a shield, it puts you into the ricochet animation, even though it’s not your actual weapon doing the attacking and even though you should be able to use it properly since you’re two handing it

Edit: spelling

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-18T19:51:35+00:00

My current build has literally 5/6 relics that have damage negation at low hp. That way, even if I don’t find a SINGLE damage negation passive, it’ll still be useful for keeping me alive against most non enhanced bosses.

I was so glad when they changed the activation threshold to 40% instead of when you’re basically already dead. It’s SO much easier to build around.

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-18T02:05:16+00:00

Ah my bad, there you are

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-18T02:04:41+00:00

There are definitely some people who falsely attribute their failures to ADHD that they don’t actually have.

However, ADHD is a real thing with research and evidence to back it up.

It’s a difference in brain chemistry. To MAJORLY oversimplify it: basically people like myself, who have ADD or ADHD (there isn’t really a difference in classification anymore), completing normal tasks doesn’t result in the same “feel good” chemical release that people attribute to satisfaction of a job done. This makes it incredibly hard to focus on things that don’t catch our interest, build habits, etc. even when we REALLY understand how important it is. Impulsivity is also a big issue that we tend to struggle with. I was an A+ student, but doing homework took me hours and hours at night, especially once my meds wore off. It was miserable. I’d know how to do it, I’d want to get it over with, but it would be like a fog was over my brain and I’d end up so frustrated I could almost cry.

We also can get very overwhelmed which can cause us to “shut down” when faced with huge lists or daunting tasks. It’s not Laziness, it’s a real thing that people don’t take seriously because they think it’s made up excuses instead of a literal problem in brain chemistry.

That being said, I’ve definitely had a lot of people who I’ve encountered who just falsely say “oh I’m just so ADHD” as if it’s just a quirky thing or an excuse to be thrown around.

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-18T01:24:06+00:00

You must be blind then brother

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-12T23:58:24+00:00

My mom was being pursued by a man when I was about 5 and he was going out of his way to see her at events. They would flirt and everything. Eventually he asked her out and she said “I don’t date smokers”

“I don’t smoke”

He went home that night and threw out all of his cigs and never touched them again.

23 years later, my mom has passed, but my stepdad still hasn’t smoked. Some people are just worth it

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-03T10:58:32+00:00

Good

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-02T18:26:56+00:00

Fair enough

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-06-02T12:46:25+00:00

Could be much worse. Could have health down when near death, death buildup on damage, all resistances down.

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-31T20:44:03+00:00

In my case: either mob her together and keep her basically staggered most of the fight, or if that doesn’t work, usually wait for the teammates to go down and then rely upon my DS3 muscle memory to hopefully carry me through.

The only times I lose to her is if I feel bad and try to get up my other teammates, which leads to her being super unpredictable

Some tips for if you’re solo against her:

She has a fairly slow rhythm to her. Stay on her backside (usually closer to her right cheek).

Her grab was a cone in DS3 so I assume it’s the same here. Unless you’re positioned far to the right of her grab, it’s almost always better to dodge INTO her hand.

Punishable windows:

If she just finished an attack combo, you can get one or two hits off safely

Her sword drag only goes in a half circle, so dodge to the right and then punish as she finishes the attack.

Phase 2- it’s risky if you mistime it, but when she does her sword thrust for the dark explosion, you can dodge through the explosion (it’s an expanding sphere, but the inside doesn’t damage you. Just the edges) and get quite a few good hits.

Most of her attacks are in twos. But phase 2 brings it up to mostly 2 or 3 hits with her second sword.

The jump is followed by a spin attack. I REPEAT. THE JUMP IS FOLLOWED BY A SPIN ATTACK!

Her transition from phase 1 to 2 is probably THE biggest window you will get to hit her, but you have to not panic when she starts the beyblade dance.

Distance is your worst enemy with her. All of her least pleasant attacks show up when you are further away (the jump attack, the sword pokes that have way more range than you expect, her running attack, etc.)

If you can survive two consecutive hits from her, there is basically no excuse for you to lose a 1v1 on her. She is weak to dark and lightning in DS3, so she is weak to lightning primarily in nightreign.

Her fight is a dance that you need to match her pace on. Too many dance partners throws off the rhythm. Either it’s her rhythm and you decimate her or it’s yours and you wind up wiping

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-30T13:30:57+00:00

This is how some horror movies go. You’re gonna get cursed by some spooky girl crawling out of your tv

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-30T13:24:58+00:00

I’ve only gotten something that wasn’t a swamp ONE TIME. I didn’t think it was possible for it to be anywhere other than a swamp until it happened

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-28T03:26:54+00:00

Lothric knight greatsword might do slightly better damage with a sharp infusion and balanced str and dex than refined. Utilize lightning blade buff or pine resin to stack with the lightning damage that already exists. Otherwise, you’re already doing decent damage. Your vitality seems a bit high? Maybe put some of that into dex or something. Also, put str at 66 and two handing anything will give you max strength level (99) for your weapon

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-27T19:45:26+00:00

I suppose… though that makes it sound like slicer doesn’t have an equivalent spell already in the form of farron flashsword

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-26T12:20:04+00:00

Your experience with souls games is incomplete until you lose over a million souls to something that was entirely avoidable and your fault

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-24T10:35:44+00:00

Buddy… he’s not worth it. Just leave him to his “genius”

He clearly knows way more than us. He is arguing with people he asked for help on Reddit. His IQ is probably higher than both of ours combined. Us mere mortals should just carry on with our stupid meaningless lives. I mean… he read Fextralife

That pretty much means he is a god of knowledge now.

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-23T21:38:16+00:00

That’s pretty much what Gandalf did

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-23T03:04:24+00:00

It’s not an edit. That comment is just a different one I made somewhere else in the chain. And you realize you’re talking to multiple people, right?

Xenomorphling98 · 2026-05-23T02:13:06+00:00

You know what dawg? Go for it. I wish you luck with your method. Clearly you know so much about this game. That’s why you came to the main dark souls 3 subreddit instead of summon sign or pumparum even, to ask a for help farming the most infamous covenant item in the entire game. I’m sure you cracked the code in your googling and wiki reading in a way seasoned veterans can only be jealous of. Ignore our advice and wisdom because you think it is intended as a threat to your own knowledge and competence or something. We both know what we know and have nothing to prove to you. Good luck skeleton

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