Give me all your SOULS!

[welian]

Dark Souls, I mean. And Demon's Soul, and Dark Souls II. I swear, every time I'm in the chat, it's like I find a few more people who play it.


So! If YOU play any of the Souls games regularly, you should totally like, talk to me about Souls. Here. In this thread. Let's be grossly incandescent together.

 

[welian]

Today's discussion - your favorite melee weapon.


 
@JayTee


"longsword superior sword"


Please educate us on why this is so, because I distinctly recall zweihanders being superior.

 

[JayTee]

Keep in mind, I play PvE pretty much exclusively.


I prefer the longsword over the zweihander because of it's superior controllability. With the larger strength weapons, I often find the wait period between swings to be agonizingly slow. Not to mention the recovery phase, which only adds the problem.


The mace in DS2 however, I have a distinct fondness for. Really, with those two weapons alone I can get through the entirety of the game with little to no problem.

 

[welian]

That is an acceptable response. As a flimsy sorceress, I too like maces.

 

[DeusExAlice]

Longsword was, to my understanding, a good choice for PvP as well cause of the poke. DS1 weapons are mostly arcane knowledge to me thanks to the black knight halberd.


I miss it ,_,


Otherwise in DS2...


My favorite weapon is probably the Fume Ultragreatsword. I love Raime, love the movesets. It's not as -easily- as effective though as my other favorite weapon, the loyce greatsword. Dem pokes. Also really good at catching people out of rolls with the swings in my experience.


If it's against the environment I originally liked the maces cause of so much strike weakness but got really frustrated by the lack of range it had. I experimented once with the rapier and took it hook, line and sinker. Make it a RoBFlynn build with the Leo Ring and you'll wreck the environment. It's also sickeningly easy to use against players as well :/

 

[JayTee]

Yeah, I'm not really sure how the mace would stand up nowadays, since I've never updated after buying the game. However I've found when I run a strength/faith built with some solid health buffs, it really packs a punch, enough to to make up for the lack of range.

 

[DeusExAlice]

Oh wow...you poor dear ,_, Faith (namely the lightning spears) got absolutely wrecked. They still got healing and a bunch of good buffs at least.


I...I'm not even sure what the weapons were like back on release. Stuff got buffed, nerfed, rebuffed, renerfed. Although you don't got the Scholar update then, d'ya?


...granted most of it is all multiplayer related, but the Covenant of Champion buff was nice.

 

[welian]

@Zahzi advises against me using maces in PVP (when I even entertain the thought, I actually hate and am terrified by PVP) because they have a terribly slow and easily read animation.

 

[DeusExAlice]

Good advice! The only time I found the mace to be really effective was against people turtling wayyyy too much and let me wail on it till it broke there guard.

 

[JayTee]

Aw, I liked lighting spears, they were a fun boss killer. Then again, magic is OP in the vanilla version, although I never have run a pure sorcery build. I should try that.


I have to admit I'm surprised to hear that about maces in PvP. They alway struck me (get it?) as the fastest of all the strength weapons. Oh well, not like I can't just use the longsword if I ever get access to PvP.

 

[Ozmic]

My first experience with the series was Demon's Souls.


Having no idea what to do going in, I obviously went into strength for the main stat, along with some dex and faith. Little did I know this choice would reward me with something unexpected down the road.


After the defeat of the Adjudicator, I went to the blacksmith to see what I could acquire. Scrolling through as I wound down from the fight, I noticed the option to upgrade something to 'Meat Cleaver'.


My heart of gold pulsed strong with renewed vigor.


As I grew to learn this weapon, my faith moved from the old gods I'd once worshiped to the blood I wrenched forth from my enemies. With each heavy strike of this blunted and blood-tarnished blade, my power grew. Undead and invading spirits fell to me.


The mages and faithful could keep their trinkets and holy relics.


They would all fall the same under The Butcher and his Meat Cleaver.

 

[welian]

I think I cried manly tears reading that.


It reminds me of the day I discovered the Drangleic sword had a thrust attack. There was so much stabbing.

 

[Ozmic]

I think I cried manly tears reading that.
It reminds me of the day I discovered the Drangleic sword had a thrust attack. There was so much stabbing.

I hope it wasn't too much. But then again, I like to think I used the cleaver before everyone realized it was viable to knock people over and they patched out the life drain. ; - ; I'll have to do my various weapons from DkS1 & 2 next.

 

[welian]

[QUOTE="Mr. Grin]I hope it wasn't too much. But then again, I like to think I used the cleaver before everyone realized it was viable to knock people over and they patched out the life drain. ; - ; I'll have to do my various weapons from DkS1 & 2 next.

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Too much? TOO MUCH???


There's no such thing as too much when you're talking about something you love!

 

[Ozmic]

Welcome To Dark Souls.


Krahg the Barbarian was a simple man who enjoyed simple things. The weaponry that he used was a perfect example. Starting out with an axe, he had quickly moved to bigger and better things.


His mace had been nice, but the swings were too short.


For a time, a claymore fixed that; afterwords a greatclub.


The clubs were nice and powerful.


He found it calming swinging a tree trunk into something's skull.


Something gripped him, however, as he headed through the Catacombs. There was something here to be found.


Scouring through the ever-reviving skeletal foes and crushing his way past their necromantic masters, he searched and scoured the ruins for what felt like days.


Just as he was about to give up, he was attacked by a black knight. As the creature charged him, Krahg's eyes saw nothing but the ebony greataxe that the armored being wielded. Desperate, he attacked wildly with eyes full of yearning, the blades of the axe reflected in them.


It ended with a bang - heavy wood splintering on black metal.


Dropping his weapon, he picked his opponents from the ground and admired it. Taking a stance, he swung it expertly, the blades slicing the air. It sounded like voices; whispering words with each attack.


Simple mind enchanted, he followed their guidance forward and into the darkness ahead...


(I enjoyed a lot of weapons in Dark Souls 1, but the pre-nerfed BKGA was one of my favorites. Something about the move set and how it fit with whatever I'd been wearing at the time just was pure fashion and function. Post-nerf, however, it became easier to obtain and less fun to use. It was no longer the unique destroyer it had once been. BUT... at least I never jumped on the ChaosZwei bandwagon. Bahahaha.)

 

[welian]

It just occured to me that @Air The Sunbro might like this thread.

 

[Sunbro]

You're a jolly undead outcast, Welian.


Now, favorite MELEE weapon. It depends on what day of the week you are asking me.


DkS1 - I actually have two favorites for the first Dark Souls. Winged Spear and Falchion. Allow me to elaborate.


Winged Spear and Falchion were a combination. It was centered around a cosplay of one of my friend's OC's. It gave me a decent balance of thrust/slash with a different weapon for different ranges and situations. Plus the running R1 attack on Winged Spear was killer for people who thought they could run.


This question is troubling for me because I run a variety of different builds. I had a Dex/Int that favored Velka's Rapier and the Painting Guardian Sword, a Str/Faith that ran the Man-Serpent Greatsword, a Dex/Pyro that ran a Katana and a Scythe. My favorite overall due to my experience with it has to be the PGS though. I beat the game for my first time using that weapon. It holds a special place in my heart ;_;


Dark Souls 2? Oh man. Probably the Zweihander. It's slow but its easy to read an enemy player's movement and trick them into attacks. And they never expect you to have enough stamina to run another attack like an R2 thrust. I love to Playmore with the Claymore and all, but the Zweihander. I haven't played in so long, though...


Also, Mace for early-game PvE is too overpowered indeed. For most of the game in fact. Turns the Ruin Sentinels into child's play.

 

[DeusExAlice]

OH! I forgot to mention. I have a lot of fun with greatbows. Totally unrelated to my love of dark soul knights I swear! Whenever it happens, it's satisfying to knock a player on their butt with one of those "arrows" that have more in common with a lance.

 

[JayTee]

They should make a lance weapon that's called "Great Bow Arrow".

 

[welian]

There's a video on Youtube , of a player who manages to hide on a ledge in Iron Keep, baits invaders with prism stones and moss, then greatbows them into the lava.


While I find it, have this legendary video instead.


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AHAHAHA I FOUND IT.


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[genestarwind34]

going hardcore and doing a knife build in ds2 meanwhile ds1 is glitching on comp so still trying to get to top to ring bell with ax and baaad armor lol

 

[JayTee]

I'm not sure who I hate more in DS1, those gargoyles, the capra demon, or the bed of chaos.

 

[Sunbro]

I have a personal hatred for the Stray Demon. He never fails to make my life a living hell.

 

[welian]

I played DS2 today. The Gutter, NG+. I hated it. The Gutter is one of those areas that I don't have memorized, because I don't go down there every playthrough. I got totally lost, kept dying, there were no signs and neither of my friends even offered to help me and I just


eugh


I wish I had a map of the Gutter. >.<

 

[JayTee]

Ask, and ye shall receive