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Amppelix posted:Dark infusion offers the best possible damage for minmaxing purposes. Other than that it could be worth it depending on your stats. Some weapons respond better to infusions than others so you can experiment with that and see if the numbers go high enough for your liking. For example the Astora Greatsword gets an A or S scaling in any element you give it which is pretty drat good. Which weapons are best for elemental infusion? I remembered vaguely that the Astora Greatsword has excellent elemental scaling, but are there any other notables?
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SHISHKABOB posted:Does a riposte that you get from parrying do the same damage as a riposte you get from a shield break. Yes. Zeerust posted:Which weapons are best for elemental infusion? I remembered vaguely that the Astora Greatsword has excellent elemental scaling, but are there any other notables? Saint Bident and the standard Longsword are great for infusions. Use this calculator for all your needs. Kite Pride Worldwide fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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Nov 16, 2018 23:35
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The curved greatswords tend to be really good for infusions across the board. Lothric Knight gs is good too.
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Seconding LKGS, but it's good with blessed, too. The charged 2hr2 poke often knocks chufty boys like silver knights on their asess, and the weapon art flips those annoying casters in DLC2 Every time I try to make a faith build I just end up being a paladin, but that's DS3 for you. If only sunlight spear (which doesn't have the melee range restriction) was earlier than soul of cinder, and cost less FP
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The general rule for 'is this infusion good for my build' in DS3 is "don't gently caress up your scaling too bad." Anything that gets to double dip into a stat for damage off an infusion like Bident, LKGS, Dragonslayer Axe, etc, is usually a great choice. Non-scaling infusions are better this time around then previous too, so you can actual get decent mileage out of a Fire Dagger for (literally) explosive crits even without any stat investment. Cuchulain fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Nov 17, 2018 |
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Nov 17, 2018 03:24
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It has been months and months since I've played DS3, so I could very well be in the wrong here, but I'm pretty sure Sunlight Spear still has the extra melee range damage.
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was there ever released an ultimate edition with all the dlc or is fresh dlc still being made or what
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Addamere posted:was there ever released an ultimate edition with all the dlc or is fresh dlc still being made or what Yep, there is now a complete edition as the dlc is all done. It has a different name between the physical and digital releases and I can remember neither
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Mojo Jojo posted:Yep, there is now a complete edition as the dlc is all done. It has a different name between the physical and digital releases and I can remember neither cool, will give it a look next time there is a steam sale - thanks!
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I am having a good chuckle by mad spirit invading in Lothric Castle with the Millwood Greatbow and just sniping the host and/or their phantoms with exploding lances. Anyone dying gets me my shackle, and if they get too close I just apply the Borthammer
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Archenteron posted:I am having a good chuckle by mad spirit invading in Lothric Castle with the Millwood Greatbow and just sniping the host and/or their phantoms with exploding lances. Grand Archives are next I take it? Of you can get into the rafters as an invader with a great bow, it's a fiesta.
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Cuchulain posted:Grand Archives are next I take it? Of you can get into the rafters as an invader with a great bow, it's a fiesta. Unfortunately not because From decided to railroad me into killing Yhorm before I can get in there!
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Addamere posted:was there ever released an ultimate edition with all the dlc or is fresh dlc still being made or what The Fire Fades Edition is the complete version with both DLCs.
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How much does the carthus flamesword pyromancy benefit from upgraded flames and stats? I picked it up as basically a freebie for the knight start but I’m not entirely sure if I should invest in the flame.
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Nov 19, 2018 07:28
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It adds 81% of your spell buff stat, which is based on your flame level, intelligence, and faith. There's no reason to not upgrade the flame at the very least.
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You should have enough regular/large titanite shards to easily get the flame to at least +6 without sacrificing anything, so why not.
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BioThermo posted:The Fire Fades Edition is the complete version with both DLCs. Thanks!
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Fister Roboto posted:It adds 81% of your spell buff stat, which is based on your flame level, intelligence, and faith. There's no reason to not upgrade the flame at the very least. To add to this, pyromancy has weird scaling to the point where investing in faith doesn't really do anything unless you are over a certain INT breakpoint (22 withat an unupgraded pyro flame) I'm actually not sure if this applies to carthus flame arc, but if you're gonna be using pyromancies it's something to keep in mind. Some reddit post posted:Pyromancy Flame+0 int floor 22
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Addamere posted:Thanks! I misread you, the Fire Fades is the physical copy for PS4 and XbOne, and is running at ~$20. Steam complete edition is "Deluxe Edition," and is basically the original cost of DS3 and both DLC minus $5, so ~$85.
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BioThermo posted:I misread you, the Fire Fades is the physical copy for PS4 and XbOne, and is running at ~$20. Steam complete edition is "Deluxe Edition," and is basically the original cost of DS3 and both DLC minus $5, so ~$85. whoa that sucks deffo waiting for a steam sale, cripes
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I've still got a steam copy of DS3 and the first DLC from a humble monthly wayyy back that I don't need. Want it?
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I'm going to start playing this, are sstb still godly? I played 1h/shield dark souls, magic dark souls 2 - will probably go pyro/sstb this version. What's a good alternative to Demon's Scar (since I don't have that dlc).
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Amppelix posted:I've still got a steam copy of DS3 and the first DLC from a humble monthly wayyy back that I don't need. Want it? Sure! Shoot me a PM. 
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JadaX posted:I'm going to start playing this, are sstb still godly? I played 1h/shield dark souls, magic dark souls 2 - will probably go pyro/sstb this version. Sharp infused Sellswords is good for pve. Alternative in what way, as a Pyro catalyst or curved sword? I don't think there are any other pyro catalysts outside of Ashes of Ariandel, but the Pontiff Knight curved sword is the usual meta for curved swords.
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Btw after having played all all this game I can safely (and randomly) say I dont mind the multi-stage bosses at all and Friede is probably my favorite too.
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The fake-out in that fight melted my face. Then melted my guy.
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Laminator posted:Sharp infused Sellswords is good for pve. Tbh I don't even know what the build is, I assume it's built around Demon's Scar - which I can't get. I just wanted to run a strong build this game since the first two I've run my own, and at times have been frustrated at how squishy/slow it has been.
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Ok, here's a strong build in DS3: pick Knight. Level vigor, vitality and endurance to start with. Make your longsword raw at the earliest convenience and continue leveling end and vig until you feel comfortable with them (which should be somewhere around 40 both). Now (which should be more than halfway through the game) you can actually start looking at other weapons you've acquired, and leveling your combat stats to use some of the stronger weapons and make use of scaling. There's ds3 easy mode.
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I'm heading into Ashes of Ariandel on this pyromancer build, and I'm still early enough in the game I can't get Chaos or Dark infusions - is Fire going to be the better choice out of Fire and Deep? Ariandel reads as a 'fire bad' situation.
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Fire and Deep are both non-scaling infusions and are going to be badly inadequate in Ariandel unless you like chipping at enemies' health bars all day.
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If youre jumping to ariandel straight away when you can its a bit too advanced for you. The entrance has a message that suggests you do the place way later, like end game. I mean you can do it, but your weapon upgrades arent meant for it. Though if you know what youre doing you can just run through it and pick up some weapons there. The place contains a pretty decent pyromancer weapon but you have to be cheesy to get it.
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Zeerust posted:I'm heading into Ashes of Ariandel on this pyromancer build, and I'm still early enough in the game I can't get Chaos or Dark infusions - is Fire going to be the better choice out of Fire and Deep? Ariandel reads as a 'fire bad' situation. If you can't get those infusions, you are doing Ariandel too early.
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I mean, some people enjoy doing SL1 runs and so on. If that's the kind of thing you're going for, it looks like Millwood Knights (who are easily the most obnoxious health piles in the Ariandel DLC) are weak to poison, dark, and frost. Friede herself is weak to dark, as are the Corvian Knights. Some of the more basic enemy types are weak to fire (the tree women and Followers) but they're also not as tough to begin with, so if you're just going to use one weapon, and it can ONLY be either Fire or Deep, Deep would be the way to go.
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I tried SL1 runs on DS3 but with the faster combat and higher damage taken overall is a bitch compared to SL1 runs on DS1. It also helped that in DS1 pyro was really strong without any stat involved so fights like 4 kings weren't as hard.
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Sl1 is barely a challenge run in DS1 because stacking spell buffs and casting pyromancies is one of the most optimal ways to beat almost every boss
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Arrhythmia posted:If you can't get those infusions, you are doing Ariandel too early. I compulsively try to complete content the second it becomes available. I went into Ariandel the first time round with a +3 Claymore and clawed my way all the way to Friede. I'm actually kind of struggling with this INT/FTH build though so I'm going to leave it until my combat options aren't cobbled together from whatever I can make work at the moment. I'm tempted to sack it off entirely and go back to the comforting familiarity of a solid Strength or Quality build. Zeerust fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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what other games have the same “world is dying” dystopian malaise aesthetic as DS3?
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pmchem posted:what other games have the same “world is dying” dystopian malaise aesthetic as DS3? Hollow Knight, although it's obviously and directly inspired by the Dark Souls aesthetic. Hyper Light Drifter for something a little further afield. The Void, for something that plays absolutely nothing alike. You play a disembodied spirit that has to grow and harvest color in order to avoid starving to death, but every drop of color you extract brings the whole world that much closer to dying. (There's lots of other stuff going on too, but you really want to go into this one unspoiled.)
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The Void rules, 100% play The Void. You're not disembodied though, just translucent
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skasion posted:The Void rules, 100% play The Void. Well, let me take a moment to justify that word choice. The Void posits the existence of a hierarchical chain of existences, each suspended from the next one up. As the lowest one dies, the next one becomes the lowest on the chain, perhaps with something from the previous existence escaping and uniting with the world above, or perhaps not. The protagonist in The Void is implied to be the player's (literally you, at the PC) spirit or conscience, engaging with the game world and taking some insight or aesthetic / moral lesson from it, but ultimately moving on with your life because it's just a game.
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