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Finally did my re-spec to INT-focused build. Went with:

Vigor - 55
Mind - 30
Endurance - 20
Strength - 20
Dex - 25
Int - 70
Faith - 35 (levelling this higher atm, will be 40+)
Arc - 8

Have not started NG+ yet as I want to practice using spells instead of melee weapons. Uhhh...it's pretty slow? Even with a talisman that shortens the casting time of spells my character still has to do some sort of fancy twirl with the staff before casting, just fire the damn thing!!!

 

GOTY

 

instead of trying NG++, I might just start a new character

want to try out a sorcerer/Dex type hybrid...maybe with Rivers of Blood

 

Played a couple of hours and I've never been so intimidated by a game in my life.

 

Takes me back to when I started this game and was avoiding everything I saw in fear it would kill me, and desperately searching for anything that looked pathetic enough to kill.

Now I'm more like, well, let's see if it kills me.

 

That's me!!

I did take out a big crab fucker pretty easily, but then two more came out of the lake so I noped out of there.

Just found my first catacomb. Some imps in there kept afflicting me with something, and for some reason I couldn't attack back. Called it a night there.

 

Probably bleed, I think. I don't remember the imps doing anything like poison.

 

those imps are my 2nd most hated enemies in the game behind the iron maiden aka the abductor virgins

hint- their attacks bounce of most shields and then you can counter-attack pretty easily, you just have to be patient

 

Imps used to bother me and still do to an extent, but now that I'm wise to them and kill them like nothing, they're less a source of frustration and more a minor annoyance.

 

Player's Log: Okay, Imps bother me again now that they can shoot lightning.

I completed a couple more dungeons around Altus and I completed the second quest for the Volcano Manor, along with all the revelations that come with that. Listen, she's just a sweet ordinary snake girl. Nothing wrong with that.

More importantly, I respecced my character in the hopes that giving him more intelligence and allowing him to use the Meteorite Ore Blade would up his combat power, since it upgrades with Somber Smithing Stones. And it didn't really work out the way I wanted.

Honestly, I'm too in love with this Ash of War, the Lion's Claw, so I respecced back. Knocking my enemies down, primarily the big ones, is such a huge benefit that I don't think I can possibly go without it unless it's for something amazing. The Ore Blade's little gravity pull isn't cutting the mustard.

Anyway, tomorrow's Friday, so I'm hoping this weekend I'll be able to wrap up a lot of stuff in Altus and hopefully be ready to go back to those gargoyles and continue Ranni's questline. We'll see how i do!

 

Thank you! Haven't got into the habit of using my shield yet. Still in the beginner stages of madly hacking with quick attacks, with the occasional semi-successful roll. Def need to start fighting smarter.

 

I’ve never used a shield and only use quick attacks. Between the moonlight katana and my staff, I have no room to shield

 

also, I think you said you've never played a From game before, yes?

Always make sure you are at least medium-load so you can do roll aways with much more success. Heavy rolling just leaves you dead to rights

 

Or invest in Dex/STR

 

But then he can't invest in Vigor.

ABV.

Always Be Vigorous.

 

Thanks, didn't realise equipment affected rolling so I'll def have to fix that.

I can't imagine at this stage that I'll be particularly interested in magic, so if I largely pump my levels into vigour and strength will that work for me?

 

yeah as long as your equipment and playstyle support the strength build. There’s no wrong answer as long as you’re aligned.

After five minutes of playing and realizing how shitty I was at combat, I knew magic was going to be central to my game. I’m level 80 or something and still rocking glintstone pebble to snipe enemies before they get me.

 

It's worked for me! And I suck at games, so if I can do it, so can you.

 

I have slain rykard

 

Yeah I'm generally not good at games, the only thing giving me optimism for ER is how far I got with Hollow Knight earlier in the year. I know the combat is very different, but I can clearly handle the cycle of dying to bosses over and over again.

 

Player's Log: I watched my Mimic fight a swarm of enemies, and as I reaped the rewards of his rampage, I started wondering how much of a better fighter my Mimic is than me.

Anyway, I've cleared out more dungeons, just cleaning out the whole Plateau. I imagine I'll complete that tomorrow. I know I still have everything happening in the north with the windmills, and I see another Hero's Grave. Just kill me now.

Speaking of killing, I killed Great Horned Trogdor (I know that's not his name) for Patches and his armor is pretty fucking nice. I feel safe inside its shell. I had to equip the accessory that raises how much equipment I can carry to use it, but it's a small price to pay.

I also decided to complete Selivus' questline, only because I wanted to reap the rewards and because I knew I could pray at the Church of Vows afterward to be forgiven for my insolence. I did not feel good about it though, and Selivus is a sick, sick bastard. I did kind of feel a little bad for Pidia. I don't know how innocent he was in all this, but he sounded so pitiful at the end.

I now have a new arch enemy. I fucking hate those goddamn Wormfaces and that goddamn Death Blight. Yes, I killed the giant Wormface at the tree and I now have that Tear, but fuck, I wish I had something more conclusive to deal with them, and it's my understanding I won't get to craft anything until the Mountaintops of the Giants. Either that or I get my Vitality raised super high. And they're fucking everywhere! Why, From Software? Why do you do this?

 

Valiant gargoyles are little bitches.

 

An hour and ten minutes later… ugh

 

oh shit, did it burninate all the people?

 

Build sucks, going to go with strength/faith instead. All the lightning incantations are cool as hell plus I am quite liking some of the madness ones too.