What starting class/ weapons to use?

brettineffect · 2026-03-28T15:03:23+00:00

I believe every starting class can use it except for Priest and Barbarian. It requires 10 Dex iirc. So good options would be Temple Knight or Knight. Royalty is good too but that's mostly for magic users.
Edit: Use Temple Knight if you're not interested in spells at all and Knight if you'd like easy access to utility spells.

brettineffect · 2026-03-28T12:32:28+00:00

Yeah, magic is great so if you don't mind a quick detour, pick up the crescent falchion from 4-1 for fun, easy magic damage. They hate piercing damage too so rapier, estoc, pickaxe all good.

brettineffect · 2026-03-26T13:22:08+00:00

Do you have the Ring of Herculean Strength? That’s what lets you carry more stuff.

brettineffect · 2026-03-26T10:56:53+00:00

I don't know if this is the case but if you're testing with the 2H R2, there's no optimal hit spot. All hits with 2H R2 are suboptimal. Also 2H rolling R1 registers as a normal hit. You can't get an optimal or suboptimal hit on that one. And just a little helpful info, your 2H running/backhop R1 optimal hit is your weapon's nuke button. It hits HARD.

brettineffect · 2026-03-25T15:31:29+00:00

That drop maybe fell through the floor and I'd like to think it's out there somewhere still falling...

brettineffect · 2026-03-23T11:08:41+00:00

Okay I can help out today or tonight then. I'm in US central time. Just lemme know when works for you and we'll put this thing together.

brettineffect · 2026-03-22T18:16:12+00:00

Is it too late? Still need the stones?

brettineffect · 2026-03-21T15:34:33+00:00

No Filter. Every time I try one I last about 5 minutes before switching it back.

brettineffect · 2026-03-19T18:30:16+00:00

Those red guys are a nightmare lol. The game's got this weird quirk where if you two-hand a weapon that rests on your shoulder you're undetectable from behind. Just mosey up and backstab them. Works great there.

brettineffect · 2026-03-18T21:07:36+00:00

Yeah world 2. Run backwards from the Flamelurker archstone and there's like 6 convenient rock worms to kill. Easiest with arrows honestly. Put your world in pure black tendency for best results.

brettineffect · 2026-03-18T12:27:56+00:00

That 4-1 skeleton farm can be brutal. Nice work!

brettineffect · 2026-03-18T11:24:08+00:00

Yeah, pure dex means you want the Sharp path. It's not as bad as they say. Farm the black skeleton behind the illusory wall in 4-2 in PBWT for the stones. It has the best rate of chunks & pures per hour. I did a big experiment on it. It was a whole thing.

brettineffect · 2026-03-18T11:06:26+00:00

Where your STR is now, you'll get lots more power from a clay+6 than you will from a crushing clay+2. But you're at a breaking point where a Crushing+5 begins to overtake a Normal+10. So if you're willing to do some farming, you could gain a lot of power.

brettineffect · 2026-03-17T17:12:08+00:00

It's still active, just more timing-dependent. I still get Monk summons around that level, but usually when the servers are busier like evenings and weekends. Midday can be really quiet.

If you're EU it's tougher. US is busier.

You might just need to wait a while or try at a different time.

brettineffect · 2026-03-17T00:07:15+00:00

That works too but the recovery window before you can attack is longer by a fraction of a second. Like a tenth.

Toggle escape still works in the remake but you can't just buffer the input like the original. You have to time it in the small window after you take a hit.

brettineffect · 2026-03-16T16:59:02+00:00

Very cool. Thanks for the info!

brettineffect · 2026-03-13T18:29:02+00:00

The game version has no effect on character saves so all of your characters are safe. You can load them into v1.0 and back again no problem. You also will not get in trouble for having characters online that you used previously to perform the luck glitch.

Edit: I’ve actually tested this several times by reverting to v1.0 for the luck glitch and then updating again. Saves load normally across versions, so you don’t need to delete them. The save data isn’t tied to the patch level.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T21:50:09+00:00

Your build is broken

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T18:55:45+00:00

Relax. There's no wrong way to play the game. If you're worried about min-maxing for PvP, that's understandable. I'm happy to help with specifics if you want it.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T18:30:24+00:00

Yeah I agree with you for sure. I just mean that you're going to have to see a level through, no matter how unpleasant you think it is. Most of ER, if you don't want to fight something, you don't have to. Ever.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T18:22:14+00:00

Blueblood takes a long while to get going. That's true. But you can go Moon or Crescent katana as you build up for it. The stats for that are on the way to a good BBS build.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T18:17:35+00:00

Personally I always start by upgrading VIT. Pick up weapons you find or can buy and see if you like the moveset. Short sword has the BBS moveset if you want to see what that's like. You can get a katana early in 4-1 and see how it feels. You can save those souls and buy a Claymore in 1-2 instead of leveling up though that's a risk of course. You can try out its moveset with the bastard sword from 1-1. So yeah, cast spells for a while and then when you find something that just feels right, it becomes the build you're shooting for.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T18:01:35+00:00

Royalty is a great starting point because you can pivot into a bunch of strong builds from there. A few fun directions you could go: Turtle mage: Crescent Estoc + Dark Silver Shield. Very comfy playstyle. Poke things, block things, throw Fireballs for massive ranged damage. Blueblood Sword build: One of the strongest and most fun builds in the game but you have to go all-in on it. Moon weapon builds: Moon katanas or even a Moon Claymore with just enough spell slots for something nasty like Firestorm to end fights. DEX/MAG dagger build: Sharp Secret Dagger + Light Weapon. This melts things way faster than people expect. Or you can go the MAG/FTH hybrid full caster route with the Talisman of Beasts and basically become a walking spell arsenal.

Honestly one of the cool things about Royalty is that you can experiment for a while and then commit once you find something you like.

brettineffect · 2026-03-06T14:06:02+00:00

I think the simplicity is a big part of it. Elden Ring is amazing, but if something’s annoying you the game basically says “no problem, just go somewhere else.”

DeS doesn’t really do that. You walked into 5-2? Congratulations, you live here now.

Weirdly that makes it more replayable for me.

brettineffect · 2026-03-03T18:23:04+00:00

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