Demons souls

[user]

If you are using the right weapon then a mage can brawl just as easily.

This is true. I think that this doesn't get stated enough in fact. W/ a crescent weapon, moon weapon, or northern regalia (dragon weapons too early on) a mage can hit extremely hard w/ melee weapons. As such, a mage is still a very viable melee warrior.

I think in general this game's hardest enemies are player sized enemies such as Doran, BP Selen Vineland, and the 5-2 Cleaver phantom.
All of them can be cheesed though.

 

[Juez]

Sponge theres no point in trying to use the Dragon bone smasher as you need 30 St to wield it. Use a Haldbred or Miridian hammer and just make it a blessed or whatever the other one is called that is affected by magic stats. Thats probably the best weapon to have out side the north regelia. Also if your like me and don't really use a shield try to get the large sword of searching and just equip it on your left hand and dual wield with your right to get the affects of it.

Oh and those souls you find on the ground you should just eat them when you need souls to buy stuff or Lv up other wise you can just save them. Though later on like in NG+ they become pretty useless as they don't give you enough souls for crap

 

[Jaxel]

5-2 Cleaver Phantom was a BITCH... you are stuck in that swamp, getting poisoned, unable to move at full speed... and that fucker has their full abilities, and acts like a normal person. If you run into a user controlled 3-3 Old Monk, and you are a mage and your opponent is a warrior, pretty much its IMPOSSIBLE for you to win.

 

[Impending_Doom66]

5-2 Cleaver Phantom was a BITCH... you are stuck in that swamp, getting poisoned, unable to move at full speed... and that fucker has their full abilities, and acts like a normal person. If you run into a user controlled 3-3 Old Monk, and you are a mage and your opponent is a warrior, pretty much its IMPOSSIBLE for you to win.

Laggy firestorm begs to differ.

 

[spongebob]

man these gecko's are annoying me now. I've killed 1 in total. I tried to kill the same 1 but it was stuck in some spot, i fired some arrows at it and it wudnt die, didn't kill it so re loaded and and same thing, then i lowered its hp and tried to go round and get there as quickly as possible but it still didn't move and when i got back it dissappeared... guess i shud have killed it then went to get the drop later.

My second one just walked off the map...

Third one dissappeared into a wall and wasn't there when i reloaded... -_-

And i really need materials to upgrade my uchigatana. I think i need those shards of sharp stone, i have a ton of other stuff but none of them left, i spent a few on upgrading my kiliji which was kida dumb.... Where can i find those?
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can any1 around a 40 soul level help me kill doran? I wana get the sword behind him and also his armor since it seems to be the best weightless armor in game (im still in default wizard robes lol, not mobile enough in heavy stuff). Does he drop his armor guaranteed?