I wouldn't let the scaling be the determining factor. All you need to know is. If you want to poke from behind a shield, use Estoc. If you want to backstab, use lightning rapier. www.armoredcoreuniverse.net. Vapid_Zero 11 years ago #5. Small Smooth & Silky Stone. A smooth and silky stone. Use to slightly restore HP. The shine of this stone is no ordinary polish, and can only be achieved over a long period. Some in this land are in search of such stones. Small Smooth & Silky Stone is a type of consumable in Dark Souls 2. The jester chest piece functions the same and weighs a fraction of the ironclad. It does prevent the crits though. You only take standard damage. Defense isn't very effective except against toy weapons. My 1200-1400 armor character still takes 500 damage swings from heavy weapon users, and bosses 1-2 shot. 884 hours registered with KBM. Rank 2 in Brotherhood of Blood. It's entirely possible; in fact, I believe that aiming my beloved Crypt Blacksword's attacks with a controller would be imposible. You two may try to use autohotkey and find a Dark Souls 2 config. Greatsword +15. Greatsword is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered. One of the gigantic straight greatswords. Very few have what it takes to wield this incredibly heavy, damage-dealing monster." "A favorite of the Knights Berenike, known for their heavy armor, and Black iron Tarkus." Quickly press the attack button to trigger the backstab. Lock on to enemy so that you are facing them. When you see an opening (spell cast or strong attack windup), release the lock and immediately roll past the enemy so Without rotating the camera, face the opponent's back by using the movement 1 Nameless King. Although he is referred to as "The Nameless King," players have come to know this optional boss all too well. The Nameless King is considered by most to be the hardest Dark Souls Start: Opens the game menu – this does not pause the game (there is no pause in this game). Things can still attack you, and you can still move with the left analog stick, but the buttons control the menu operations (your shield is down, you cannot sprint, attack, etc). While using the menu you can hit Start again at any time to immediately A gimmick that has been in every Souls game. Unlike DaS, DaS2 gives you ways to counter backstab fishers directly. Furthermore, backstabbing was ridiculously easy in DaS, much easier than DaS2 (before the advent of binoboost). You can tank up with the turtle armor, have something light with jester's suit or just wear a ring. UMDF.

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