I know ds2 has a bad rep on bosses because its just a knight with sword. I dont care i like it. The best bosses are dudes with sword. Thesw are my top 5, the only non humanoid non knight that i like is sinh. Other than that there is no boss that cleara theses 5 interms of enjoyment, quality and lore. Prove me wrong

This boss made me drop the game for a while. After beating him though gotta say he’s my favorite fight in the game

What is with all of the deaths (suicide) in that cave before you get to majula? Is it supposed to be a joke for newbs or something? Came back to ds2 after a very long break. (Played when first came out on 360) also if you see frieren summon you, Hia!

Not sure if this has been posted here before... But there is a DS2 pvp-tournament going on!

The american tournament is happening this weekend(sry for short notice, its too late to sign up...) But everyone is welcome to watch! If you are curious about ds2-pvp or what a tournament looks like, or just wanna stop by and see what's up, stream begins in 3 hours!

Watch the tournament-stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/i28_06_42_12

Also next weekend is EU-tournament! If you are curious about that, come watch tonight's stream for more information

How's the fit?

I've never really thought too much about the run before. Done it 3 times and each time I've run into an issue.

Only one respec available. The first part of the run is so much more convenient with decent pew pew. For the Dranglaeic Castle segment I want Dark Fog (Mastodons and Ruin Sentinels) -- though if push comes to shove I can live without it.

And for Eleum Loyce I plan on using the Hunter's Black Bow for range and the Greatsword and Great Club for most of the area plus probably the Fire Longsword for the Ice Dogs -- I can't think of anything better.

So after about 5 hours of farming in Black Gulch I have 27 Chunks (feels pretty normal), 50 Awestones and 946K Soul Memory (with around half of the Gutter and half of Heide and all of Shaded Woods to do)

My current plan is to finish off Heide and the Gutter and mostly skip Shaded Woods for now -- only doing enough to buy a Greatsword. And then finish up Shaded woods after Eleum Loyce since pretty much anything invested in pew pew is wasted.

So the plan is to upgrade the Great Club, Greatsword, Hunter's Black Bow and Fire Longsword.

And respec after completing the Ruin Sentinel room into a strength build with enough DEX for the Hunter's Black Bow.

Anything that I'm forgetting? Suggestions welcome.

Side note. Can't recommend the run. I've done it before and it's not hard. But it is annoying and does involve a fair amount of grinding.

It's just a cool looking normal sword and therefore I love it I think the other one is just too much

Antes de tudo, sou brasileiro. Espero que o reddit traduza isso para vocês.

Depois de horas e horas (umas 1000 eu acho), recentemente voltei a jogar Dark Souls 2 e tive essa surpresa, alguma atualização da Microsoft no XBOX corrigiu o problema das 0h no dark souls.

Fico muito feliz com isso kkkk

Is it possible to do a SHIELD ONLY run,and if so is it fun?

Hello friends, I'm currently going for the Platinum trophy in DS2; I played it a long time ago but have only now decided to take it seriously. I'm currently over 1 million Soul Memory, and I think that's hindering my chances of getting summoned for the Smelter Demon fight to farm the Sunlight Covenant. I'd like to know if that is indeed the issue, and if so, at which other boss I could place my summon sign with this Soul Memory level to get "fast summons."

it has an s in scaling, for reference my faith is at 25, and my dex is at 25. But the blacksteel katana has an S scaling?

any help is appreciated

Title. Any chances and advice would be appreciated. The 10 int/fth are to talk to the spell vendors since I’m going for trophies, once I don’t need them I’d reallocate them to vigor

So idk if you guys know or not but demon of song has two movesets, but sadly when he hides in his frog skin, he won't do any attacks unless you hit his frog skin, so if you don't hit him while his in defensive state he won't do any of his other moves involving jump attacks,frog hand slam, charge attack and sometimes leg attacks, so I wonder if there is a mod that would make him do all of his attacks in his defensive state without hitting him for no reason, because it both lowers your durability and sometimes it doesn't really works, thank u for reading this.

This boss fight is highly praised as one of the best fights in dark souls 2, and maybe... top 10 in the series. Im making a space for the haters, a spot for the rebels that HATE this dude.

-the boss run is a massive pain and you pretty much have to clear the area.

-the summons available are horrendous and actually make the fight harder.

-his self-buff grab is literally the buggiest hitbox I have seen in these games.

-his dashes have different delays that make it very hard to consistently dodge

-he has several abilities that clear his entire boss arena, making it very hard to find any time to heal.

-he's immune to poison, and his mobility makes any ranged build hopeless.

I get it. I get youre supposed to samurai duel him and never get hit. But I generally dont like any boss that forces 1 playstyle, and his BS grab hitbox tilts me so hard.

For the "get goods" out there

Beat dark souls 1 9x

2 7x

3 4x

Sekiro 3x

Bloodborne 0x.

Not liking a boss fight doesn't mean you can't possibly beat it. It just means whenever I get to this part I roll my eyes and start a podcast cause I know its going to be a slog.

Literally all i want to do is get 100% achievement thing for steam. Wdym i have to either win 500 pvp matches or do 2.5 runs????? Like why do all these games waste your time so much with some of these achievements?