'The only weapon is Greatsword The only coating is Greatsword.' For all you who read this, weep not at your own failures coating your weapons with fire and lightning and all other sorts of drivel.

With 42 strength, 15 dexterity, and only 2 attunement, I set out a new man. That I was born with two arms, and yet, only held one greatsword. While others sprang to dark heresy involving coating their less great swords with all sorts blasphemy, it was I who was given eyes with which to see the truth.

But alas, on came NG+, and my sword seemed less great. The Greatsword.Īll things that knew my greatsword would know the mercy of our one true lord, which is eternal rest via dismemberment. That is, of course, until I found a sword that was great. Going through Dark Souls 2, I used a large variety of sharpened metal peasant sticks called swords. Which greatsword, you ask? The, of course. This is for all you fine people that know the power of the one true god, The Greatsword. Because of that it's probably best to stick with a physical attacker. The only early musts for new players are to get your adaptability up for 96-100 agilty and to get your vigor up to 20 to heavily increase your survivability.īe careful with magic though it's really powerful for a lot of the game but the DLC enemies have large defense against it so you can run into major issues there even if you breeze through the rest of the game. Plus there's so many customisation options between rings and infusions that even the obviously crappy stuff can be surprisingly strong in some cases. Just smashing things with the biggest weapons you can find is another super-effective and simple build though.Īs others have said though, despite having the most options Dark Souls 2 SOTFS is also probably the hardest the screw up your level grows much faster than the other games (letting you get past early game weakness pretty fast), it showers you in upgrade materials, and the respec option is always there when all else fails (and you can get at least 7-8 in a single playthrough). I'd say the easiest way is probably to use a mace or other blunt weapon to start with (because the Heide enemies are a pain in the ass without them) and then transition into Rapiers, then use rings that increase damage and counter attack damage and you can do massive damage with light weapon(s if you power stance).

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