The Dark Souls Thread

[Ghost Dad]

Well what's your build for this playthrough?

[The Schwartz]

I've yet to do a third playthrough with one build but the NG+ Four Kings were the same ol shit

[riley-o]

dude have you played to NG++ yet ?

at some point i don't think you even HAVE a build anymore man

i've tried two-handing every high-powered weapon i have and don't get past the first two. the best strategy so far has been pyromancing the stone until i run out of flames and then switching but it's so dependent on which attacks they use

i had such an easy time of these guys the first two playthroughs too

[The Schwartz]

but besides the basic stay close technique, the crystal homing soulmass worked really well if you have built any magic yet

[The Schwartz]

yea I'm halfway through on a third playthrough and it's basically one or two hits to destroy any foe

[riley-o]

using what ? my INT is only like 25 so i don't do enough damage at all with the homing crystal soul mass

have you fought them in NG++ ? it's a huge step up from NG+

[The Schwartz]

no I think I just got to Anor Londo, and my intelligence is at a ridiculously insane level and I'm using the sword you get from Sheath so it basically isn't fair

[riley-o]

fuck FINALLY

[The Schwartz]

I'm not remembering this but do you know what the glowing orbs in the catacombs right before you get to the pinwheel skeletons are for?

[riley-o]

isn't it for miracle resonance or something ?

[fallbacktostone]

picked this up again

i had left off on ornstein and smough

[riley-o]

i realized last night i'm going to have to fight them in NG++ to unlock the lordvessel so i can grab the white and red titanite slabs i need

that's about when i put the controller down and just went to bed

[fallbacktostone]

fuck these assholes

[fallbacktostone]

so i gather at least to not fight them together and try singling them out right? so far its a little easier to isolate the skinny one. i like when i turn my back to him for one second and he closes the distance of the entire room and rapes me..

[riley-o]

do you have pyromancy ?

[fallbacktostone]

yeah +12. combustion right this second. i have some other stuff though. it's been awhile since i've played. do i need ranged?

[fallbacktostone]

i guess i'll try a little mix of both

[riley-o]

for me the best strategy was to create a lot of distance, let ornstein zip in with an attack that you either block or dodge, then hit him with as heavy of a fireball as you have. if you have the great fireball or great chaos fireball it shouldn't take more than a few of those to kill one of them. try to keep the pillars in between you and them, especially any time you need to estus. i think anything ranged you don't really have time to use.

[fallbacktostone]

yeah great chaos fireball rapes. this should work.

[spacehamster]

You definitely want to kill Ornstein first.

[riley-o]

you have to kill each of them first eventually if you're going to do the man thing

[fallbacktostone]

You definitely want to kill Ornstein first.

damn. i stopped for a little while but my friend was texting me swearing up and down to kill the fat one first.

this is such an absolute bitch of a fight to have to do after not playing the game for a couple months. i havent even re-acclimated to the flow and controls. i'm still in bf3 mode.

[Comrade Slinky]

You can summon that sun knight guy to provide a distraction for 30 seconds or so. Helps big time.

[spacehamster]

You definitely want to kill Ornstein first.

damn. i stopped for a little while but my friend was texting me swearing up and down to kill the fat one first.

Minor spoiler in case you really don't want to know anything...

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

After you kill one, the second one transforms, getting bigger and considerably more powerful. When I killed Smough first, I had two other players with me and we still had a hard time putting Hulkmode Ornstein away.

And I've said it here a couple times, but I'll gladly say it again - I've yet to kill those two fuckers on my own. It's an absolute bitch of a bossfight.

[fallbacktostone]

why can't we all just jump in on this together like bros