Dark Souls

[Windstar]

http://darksouls.wikidot.com/covenants

So THAT'S where you get Solaire's Lightning Spear spell. I've been wondering how to get that forever. So I started a new character and just slammed down my soapstone and just ran through the Taurus Demon and Gargoyles bosses until I met the requirements for the Warriors of Sunlight. Got the Lightning Spear and pumped my Faith to 20 and ran through those areas again until I had enough Sunlight Medals to pick up Great Lightning Spear. I'm now in Anor Londo at level 52 with 20 Faith, 25 Dex, 16 Str, 18 End 12, Att, and 18 Vit. Overall, that Lightning Spear spell helped out a ton. Even now, though, I haven't ran into many players to help with other bosses like those before, despite putting my Soapstone down every time.

EDIT: So any ideas where I should take this character? I've been thinking of trying to get to 30 Faith before tackling Ornestein and Smough. And trying to get that NPC from Artorias' grave equipment. You guys said I have to kill her, right?

My original character is doing just fine too at level 72 or 73. Needs to kill Manus, but I heard there's a way to make him easy, although I'm not certain how. I also fought a dark spirit called Marvelous Chester, but he didn't drop anything.

 

[Inmortal]

Wrath of God isn't that great against people. You can roll when it's cast and avoid all the damage it deals and also avoid the knock back. Gravelord blade is nice because no one expects you to use it, it gives you the surprise factor.

really? i have no problems at all landing WOG at all of course if you spam or doing it when the oponent is expecting it then they will roll i only wish i had more than 3 casts seems kinda unfair imo i just think faith shouldve gotten more ofensive miracles in the dlc, kinda disapointed the the dlc dosent have any new miracles in it, i really hope miracles get more love on DS2 which is already anounced! GOD IM BUYING THE COLLECTORS!! btw kicking some ass with my sorcerer/pyro build! heres how i kill someone in 10 seconds: 1 cast pursuers spell 2 run towards target 3 pursuers hit and then finish with dark beads repeat

 

[Juez]

really? i have no problems at all landing WOG at all of course if you spam or doing it when the oponent is expecting it then they will roll i only wish i had more than 3 casts seems kinda unfair imo i just think faith shouldve gotten more ofensive miracles in the dlc, kinda disapointed the the dlc dosent have any new miracles in it, i really hope miracles get more love on DS2 which is already anounced! GOD IM BUYING THE COLLECTORS!! btw kicking some ass with my sorcerer/pyro build! heres how i kill someone in 10 seconds: 1 cast pursuers spell 2 run towards target 3 pursuers hit and then finish with dark beads repeat

You aren't PvP'ing against people who are good at PvP then. With my Faith build I have a hard time landing WOG unless I set it up properly. Then again I PvP in the arena where people are actually built for playing against me and Faith builds are probably the strongest builds in the game because of Darkmoon blade so they can't really add more without making them completely broken.

So THAT'S where you get Solaire's Lightning Spear spell. I've been wondering how to get that forever. So I started a new character and just slammed down my soapstone and just ran through the Taurus Demon and Gargoyles bosses until I met the requirements for the Warriors of Sunlight. Got the Lightning Spear and pumped my Faith to 20 and ran through those areas again until I had enough Sunlight Medals to pick up Great Lightning Spear. I'm now in Anor Londo at level 52 with 20 Faith, 25 Dex, 16 Str, 18 End 12, Att, and 18 Vit. Overall, that Lightning Spear spell helped out a ton. Even now, though, I haven't ran into many players to help with other bosses like those before, despite putting my Soapstone down every time.

EDIT: So any ideas where I should take this character? I've been thinking of trying to get to 30 Faith before tackling Ornestein and Smough. And trying to get that NPC from Artorias' grave equipment. You guys said I have to kill her, right?

My original character is doing just fine too at level 72 or 73. Needs to kill Manus, but I heard there's a way to make him easy, although I'm not certain how. I also fought a dark spirit called Marvelous Chester, but he didn't drop anything.

If you're using miracles then I suggest you stick it out with your faith build, start leveling up a good normal weapon until it's maxed out. Then join the Darkmoon Covenant, get to level 2 and start using darkmoon blade and the darkmoon catalyst. Also you will come to realize that lightning spear isn't that great later on in the game unless you have really high Dex.

If you want Ciarns armor then yeah you just have to kill her, be warned though that she uses loyd's talismans against you and her weapons cause bleed. Her armor is pretty cool looking but there are better armors when it comes to defense.

 

[EyeofCalamity]

Wrath of the gods is a lag tactic meaning its very hard to avoid when its laggy. And imo faith/dex are probably the best one's when it comes to PVP. Dex/Pyro is pretty solid too

 

[Windstar]

Hmm. So I killed Ciaran and got her armor and two weapons. How exactly are you supposed to use them? Dual-wielding seems kinda... bad, and Gold Tracer seems like you're supposed to use it in the left-hand while Dark Silver in the right for backstabs/counters. But how can you parry using this method? And backstabbing seems rather challenging to do without being able to block and dart behind them during the stun.