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I am intrigued by this. What would the build at 150 be like? And what talismans would you recommend for the heavy Nagakiba build?

@@tonytran9463 Long comment ahead, I just went and kept typing details for a really long time, so read at your own risk. For me personally, my starting class is Vagabond, and I go with 60 Vigor, 18 Endurance, 99 Strength, and 17 Dexterity. I get the last 5 points of Dexterity I need to reach the minimum requirements of the Nagakiba from using Millicent's Prosthesis, and I also wear the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia (I'd recommend getting the Rotten Winged Sword Insignia first since it's harder to obtain all the way in the Haligtree, then go into NG+ to get Millicent's Prosthesis from killing her in the Windmill Village from doing her quest again.), the Roar Medallion, and the new Two-Handed Sword Talisman. My armor set of choice is the new Rakshasa set, and my Crystal Tears of choice are the Thorny Cracked Tear and the new Bloodsucking Cracked Tear for when I'm trolling/Opaline Hardtear for when I'm playing seriously, and my consumables of choice are Bloodboil Aromatic when I'm trolling/Exalted Flesh or Boiled Crab for when I'm playing seriously, and Uplifting Aromatic because it stacks with either of those options. The three hit true combo of Barbaric Roar will activate the first level of your multi-hit buffs on the third total swing, a second true combo will activate the second level on the sixth total swing, and the third true combo will activate the third level on the ninth total swing, discounting any hits you land outside of your heavy attacks the buffs will fall off very rapidly meaning ideally you'd be hitting multiple opponent's at the same time, managing to hit 3 people will result in ridiculous blendering as your attack skyrockets. Also, the Rakshasa set gives enough Poise for you to Hyper Armor trade with the two-handed light attack of a Colossal Sword without the need for the Bull-Goat Talisman, which is a pretty nice plus as well. My default attack power with no other buffs active (besides the passively active Two-Handed Sword Talisman and Rakshasa set) is _769._ You can easily reach over 1000 effective attack power with basic buffs like Barbaric Roar, Exalted Flesh, and Uplifting Aromatic, then even higher with the multi-hit stuff, and then go even further beyond with memes like Bloodboil and Bloodsucking for the ultimate "I don't care if I die immediately afterwards due to life drain, I'm going to trade into you" Berserker-style, with everything active I've see it reach over 1900 in the menus and it probably goes even higher if I was faster at menuing to see the buffs before they drop off. This build is ideal for turn and burns where you are running away from a gank squad then you throw out a random heavy attack and trade into 3 people running on auto pilot while chasing you down and delete them all, but it's pretty risky and you'd probably be better off using more reasonable defensive buffs like Boiled Crab and Opaline Hardtear over the ones that give you lots of damage in exchange for actively killing you for using them. And a secret bit of Talisman swapping tech (if you are in to that kind of thing), you can equip Marika's Scarseal prior to Invading to have exactly enough Faith, Mind, and Arcane as a Vagaond to cast both Bloodflame Blade (for even more Bleed than Drawstring Blood Grease) and Bestial Vitality (for some extra health restoration) while still having enough FP to use Uplifting Aromatic and Barbaric Roar (EDIT: you won't have enough to use Bloodboil Aromatic even with the Soreseal, so you'll either need to drink some blue, forgo the memes and use Exalted Flesh/Boiled Crab instead, or disgustingly invest a point into Mind from reallocating from some other stat), then you can swap back to something else after casting your buffs. I discovered this on accident just the other day when I realized Vagabond starts with 9 Faith and 7 Arcane, and the Scarseal gives you 3 in each, and is found really early in the game in Siofra River next to the Dragonkin Soldier boss fight at the base of a waterfall.

@@michaelbowman6684 Thanks buddy. Trying to improve because I am still new.

I am proud

I am proud

considering I beat every other boss in 1-3 tries. by attempt number 20 he fucking asked for it lol

You just need to dodge the hug

@@kurotsuki12 Just one time?

​@sonoman123 every time. 2 hugs and you lose

@@Kowalski12Analysis 😔

Glad you enjoyed!

Simple but highly effective!

it's all about spacing. u gotta keep walking forward and that spinning attack will become the most consistent parry out of her movelist.

Yesterday I started practicing and now I can parry some attacks consistently. I'm still struggling with phase 2, though.

@@wisllayvitrio I find it mostly reliable to bait her spinning slash by doing 4 consecutive light attacks everytime there's an opening, that's how I get through phase 2 at level 80 with 0 fragments

Go to master Iji, he sells one.

Technically true....but the confessor has drip, and fairly balanced stats. Drip wins. And if your doing any sort of faith based build you'll lose maybe two levels at most.

Lol must have hit close to home

Not the OP's fault you cheated on your wife.

Ye, hate it when everyone is always making infidelity jokes wherever I go 🤨 said only you, ever.

​@@SomethingScotty i think its the other way around

Nerd spotted

So dual wielding a Cold and an Occult or Blood and Occult uchigatanas with is viable?

@@LordSerion Cold is good on weapons with innate Bleed for building up multiple status effects, but are otherwise not very noteworthy in comparison to other cold weapons. Generally, Cold is better on Dex-leaning weapons because it's a Dex/Int scaling infusion, so yes it's good on the Uchigatana, although I would recommend going an split Int + Dex Build if you are going to do that. If you only care about Bleed and actually want to deal respectable amounts of damage with your weapon, Occult on a weapon that already has Bleed is your best option. Cold will have way less bleed buildup and deal less damage overall because of the low scaling values and dealing split damage that has to go through defenses twice, which is _partially_ made up by the Frostbite status effect, but I generally don't really prefer it. If you want to Power Stance Katanas, my recommendation is an Occult Nagakiba and Occult Uchigatana, which would be replaced by a second Occult Nagakiba once you reach New Game Plus. If you want to be quirky and use outside the box strategies, you could instead try out the Serpentbone Blade in place of the Uchigatana along with the Mushroom Crown and the Kindred of Rot Talisman to get a bunch of extra damage whenever you proc Poison, which scales with your Arcane already so it's not all that bad honestly.

@@michaelbowman6684 I was actually thinking about Keen Uchigatana + Occult Wakizashi or a second Uchigatana

Frost Katana always a great choice!

Meh

Do u power stance or use a shield?

@@Walking.L i used the sword alone💀, but for my fight with some bosses like malenia, i had to use a shield to block her special move

lightning armorment or what ever its called (the lightning version) scales a tad higher

it also looks hella cooler lmao

Thats what im rocking now.. add flame grant me strength too. and add tear fame shrouding cracked tear.

Yes

@@unrhu how?

@@fenrys_baskerville One hand the left hand weapon than use Left trigger or L2

@@unrhu can i use both hand skills when dual wielding?

@@fenrys_baskerville no you have to one hand the left hand weapon to use that ash of war. It's not hard just triangle+L2 to one hand the left handed weapon when dual wielding