Dark Souls

[Juez]

Thanks for all the advice guys.

I have no idea what to raise right now with my 60k souls. So I pretty much decided I'm going to come up with some long term goal and aim for that with my build and all. So I guess I'll go with Tom's suggestion about the Greatsword of Artorias (and maybe his armor if its actually possible to get that) and just get all Abysswalker-like and build my way towards that. I'm hoping I haven't screwed up anything yet as far as the build is concerned, my guess is that I'm still in a good position to expand.

Anyway, how best could I stat towards wielding Artorias' gear, and what spells, Attunement levels, etc. should I go for? You guys mentioned Soul Spear and Magic Weapon buffs (can I even buff the Greatsword of Artorias?) and also Pyromancy. I'm not sure I can spread out my stats that much... but I'm willing to try.

If you want to use The Greatsword of Artorias you have to have your stats at 24 STR 18 DEX 20 INT and 20 FAITH but it is a decent weapon. The only real problem is the Artorias build is only really good at higher level since it really stretches out your stats. If you aren't going to be using miracles then having high faith is a bust, though once you have your faith at 16 you can use homeward. Homeward makes farming souls and items so much easier.

Edit: I remember you mentioning that you had the Balder shield. If you do then start using it as it has the highest stability of all normal shield outside of the silver knight shield.

Second edit: Also use the balder side sword, from what I've been hearing it is the best straight sword in the game. People call it the Balder Swag Sword.

 

[EyeofCalamity]

Jeuce it is one of the best straight swords...gotta have good dex tho to use it and its a rare drop. 10 humanity and gold serpent ring should do it, Scales in a B but at +14 and 15 scales in a A it really owns and its versatile. The long sword is good too. Im more of a katana user which really owns with pyro or faith.

 

[The Landslide]

If you want to use The Greatsword of Artorias you have to have your stats at 24 STR 18 DEX 20 INT and 20 FAITH but it is a decent weapon. The only real problem is the Artorias build is only really good at higher level since it really stretches out your stats.

What makes that weapon total garbage in most situations is that the damage is mostly magic, so it gets reduced across the board. If you were to use the Cursed Greatsword it will do more damage for most characters, because even though the stat bonuses are lower (all Cs I think) the damage is purely physical.

 

[Juez]

Jeuce it is one of the best straight swords...gotta have good dex tho to use it and its a rare drop. 10 humanity and gold serpent ring should do it, Scales in a B but at +14 and 15 scales in a A it really owns and its versatile. The long sword is good too. Im more of a katana user which really owns with pyro or faith.

You can actually just buy it from the Crestfallen merchant in Sen's Fortress. 4000 souls and it's all yours!

What makes that weapon total garbage in most situations is that the damage is mostly magic, so it gets reduced across the board. If you were to use the Cursed Greatsword it will do more damage for most characters, because even though the stat bonuses are lower (all Cs I think) the damage is purely physical.

I was actually unaware of that. I knew the normal version did magic damage but I didn't know that it was the majority of the damage it dealt.

 

[The Landslide]

I was actually unaware of that. I knew the normal version did magic damage but I didn't know that it was the majority of the damage it dealt.

I was let down hard by the damage my melee class got out of the thing. I had decently high Faith because I was using a lot of miracles, but I had high strength and decent dex but the weapon really did low damage. Enemies have high magic damage resistance in this game.