A good start for any build, makes the rest of the game pretty easy. You can go back to Felkin later to buy more spells, and the chime you get from killing Licia is pretty good for hexes.
Dark Souls II: The game where you can get to level 40 by beating one merchant to death, punching another off of a tower, and getting a massive soldier with a halberd to kill himself not once, but TWICE. Just one of the many things that makes this game amazing.
+tigerheart6 The armour he received increased soul yield, so he earned enough souls to level up enough for hexes. He killed the other one to get the lockstone, which gives quick entry to the hexman. Killing her isn't exactly necessary, though, but you will have to spend another 2000 souls to get to hexman.
Omg, what the F?! I just started playing this game doing a "normal" str build and I thought I was pretty though for such a "short time" aka 5 hours in.. When you lured the boss into the water just made me drop my jaw cause I battled that dude too many times and was so proud when I finally beat him xD
you normally should just play and test things. kinda the point of souls games. that said seems like most people do walkthrough stuff, and the game can stump people. The man that sells the hex's in that cave requires you to have a certain amount of FTH & INT . The exact number escapes me, but without the proper stats, or items, etc. There are SEVERAL npc's that won't talk to you. Like the scorpion dude for example.
I dodged every fucking big knight in the hopes of going Through the mist and saw a boss fight I pissed my pant.but to mus surprise he killed himself, first try that dargonrider
Not sure if you're still curious about that, But he doesn't give you items until you have 20 INT & 20 FAI (could be 15, but I'm pretty sure it's 20 of each)
Caesura It does, I've done it several times in SoTFS. Although I know the timing may be a bit different, so instead of instantly falling off he slowly slides off.
you can also go in, wait as far on the left edge as you can.... he will walk to you and then do his thrust attack... dodge it to the right and then go onto the mainplattform as far left as you can so that there is much open space between you two... he will then try to walk towards you again and fall of. Its much saver than the one in the video... on the one in the video you are save dead when you fail. the other one lets you proceed the battle so that you can try fighting him normally when you fail to bug.....
you made it look so easy... I just started playing dark souls 2 im at forest of giants atm, man its so tough.... I have like 3-4 guides open on tabs and im getting sleepy killing mobs again and again cause I cant kill them in one go..
+Luciferarrow i would play without guides if its your first run IMO it ruins the experince, the game does have a steep learning curve, i remember being stuck in the first area for awhile
controlfreak494 is there any way for me to get a good spell or a good weapon from that area itself? cause righrt now I have only soul arrow and a little dagger im not progressing further with that man
+Luciferarrow shoot them with soul arrow and finish them off with your dagger, take your time and stay at range, attacking one enemy at a time. look up how to get the fire longsword, very useful if you have a lot of int
@@Luciferarrow It's also been two years, so I'm sure you've done the git gud maneuver, but for any new players in 2019 who find this vid and view the comments I'll leave this as well. There *is* a more powerful soul arrow down in the ballista room near Pate.
Tip : kill the old knight with sublime bone dust both the times that way you can get 2 of them right away, and also lower the bridge to old dragon slayer. possibly try to beat orenstien on base difficulty with the gold pine resin you get at starting area near the ogre as it becomes a living nightmare to get to him in +1 difficulty and you get more souls and beat him before you cheese dragonrider as it has no risk of losing souls of dragonrider.
+michael arellano Well, players will typically raise the platforms to make the traditional fight easier, but that makes baiting him off the ledge more difficult. You should be able to do it by imitating what this guy did in the video, just make sure to wait for him to walk towards that small bridge at the entrance and roll past him without falling into the water yourself. :P
+michael arellano 5 steps, start running forward as soon as he starts to take his 6th step. That's how i got it to work 100% of the time, i even think i heard one of the speedrunners actually count it out.
Dark Orb's one of the best PvE spells in the game. Everything else either has few casts (miracles, pyromancy, soul spear) or has had its damage neutered (most sorcery). If you upgrade the sunset staff and pick up more dark orb casts when you can, it will absolutely carry you through the game with ease and even NG+ and beyond. For those (very) few spots where you might have trouble, you're already set up to use sorcery and miracles so you just have to find and attune the spells.
Lion Reichelt Not sure what would be the cause there. If you have high int & faith (20/20 is good, 30/30 is better), and a sunset staff +5, it should do a really nice amount of damage for how fast it is and how many casts it has, apart from some enemies with particularly high dark resist. In NG+ it may not one-shot stuff, but you can easily toss 2-3 at an enemy, especially given that it staggers most things. You can buy it three times too so you can have 60+ casts by the end of a playthrough. Just checked on my high level character (balanced int/faith). Dark orb with a dark sunset staff +5 does somewhat less damage than a great heavy soul arrow using a magic staff of wisdom +5, and about the same damage as a lightning spear using a lightning dragon chime +5. It's got a speed advantage on both of those, and has about double the casts of GHSA and several times what you get of lightning spear.
Lion Reichelt I checked it out again (just because I like hucking spells at things!) using the black witch's staff (same modifiers for everything). Dark Orb does the same damage (against basic hollow jerks who I'm pretty sure have no damage resistance) and has the same cast number as Heavy Soul Arrow. The main differences are that HSA will travel farther, but Dark Orb casts noticeably faster, and is larger (so you can hit stuff easier.) The dark sunset staff +5 also has the strongest modifier of any casting tool in the game, which is pretty significant considering the magic and lightning equivalents have really high requirements and are really late-game, in the dragon shrine and Pilgrims of Dark covenant respectively. I guess what I'm saying is it's kind of a middle-of-the-road spell at face value, but it's got a lot of little things going for it that add up, and few of the downsides that hurt other spells (low range is the only real problem with it). Also, one thing to watch out for if you're comparing spell damage is that spells can get headshots, and get a pretty significant bonus from it. Tall staves like the sunset staff make this quite a bit more common since the spell will usually be angled downward.
Just tried this on SotFS and it works. Took a couple of attempts to make the Dragon Rider fall. I do suggest that after you beat him the first time you go back to Majula and level up so if you fail the second time you don't lose your souls. They also moved the placement of the praying npc so you have to punch her to the next opening first to push her off . Otherwise she will just fall downstairs and come back up to wreck your shit.
This still works everybody, don't worry about the SOTFS update, the Heide Knights WILL NOT aggro you after using a bonfire ascetic at the first Heide's Tower Bonfire. Only difference is hexes hit for a good deal less, but this is still a great way to start the game regardless of build.
paul delgado i did it on accident once i went in saw the arena and went oh shit without moving the boss slowly creeping up on me i thought he'd block my only way of getting on the small circle so i ran past him and this happened i laughed my ass off
Killing the merchant seems like a waste of time, since you end up with the hexer gear anyway... Also, did you speed up the video? Looks like there's some Benny Hill shit going on...
Good tip but this makes the Ring of Binding very difficult to obtain by NG+ the Heide's Tower of Flame area. Before burning the Bonfire Ascetic at 5:25 should first head for Cathedral Blue's entrance to obtain the Ring of Binding from the corpse. Or even kill the boss inside first.
@@christophercollins3632 I like that you came back 8 months later, to make a secondary reply to a comment over a year old, that was older than the one im replying to now in the initial.
How did you manage that much damage? I followed guide and I can only assume that the Hexes have been nerfed in the following years? I don't do anywhere near 200 damage on those guys, even with the stats you have.
I finally got her, and everything went perfectly until I was followed by one of the Old Knight's into the doorway with the mist for the dragonrider... Anyway, it's late... Gonna give it a go again tomorrow...
I keep getting one shotted by one of the knights and losing all my souls on the way to kill the boss the second time, its supremely frustrating. Their hit box is HUGE it hard to dodge around them
Good guide, completed the full walkthrough in 12 minutes! Failed first attempt getting the Dragonrider to fall in NG, but went to bridge on other side of room and tried again, he fell straight in that time and no problems in NG+. Make sure to punch Licia out of window on left of where she is kneeling, otherwise she lands on steps and comes back! Not using full SoFS DLC, only have DS2 and Crown of Sunken King DLC.
+Kouska Chikara typically guides like this are not aimed at someone doing their first playthrough, and you really shouldn't follow them on your first playthrough. This is more for someone just looking to quickly set up a second character, imo. Killing NPCs in general means you'll miss out on something or another. In the case of Maughlin, you're basically missing out on all the boss armors he sells and a set he gives for free, for like 10k souls or something trivial like that. It's a nice early game boost but not worth it in the long run if you care about those armor sets at all.
His armor set gives more souls per kill. I'm pretty sure you can get his set later on as well as other sets and rings that do the same without killing him. I do not endorse killing NPCs. Makes you far more invadable online, limits your ability to obtain items and it's murder. Well. The last point is moot, but it is, even when you're out murdering everything in the countryside. At least these people. Still have a functioning soul of their own.
still works fine, you have to lure the dragonrider closer to the entrance to make him drop after a second swing, souls are enough even without killing the shopkeeper in majula
InAshesWeStand You have to have the Rotunda Lockstone, which you get from killing Licia. If you just want to get in to the Huntsman's Copse you can exhaust all her dialogue with the "talk" option and she will move to the location at 8:19. You have to pay her to get through though, which is why I chose to kill her in this method.
Xephyr when you exhaust her dialogue and use her stone later in the game she tries killig you , she uses lightning spear so careful if you have no armor it can one shotu
you teach to use a bonefire ascetic to new players and ruin all theyr game , i know you did this video with the propose to help , but i think willl hurt more then helps because they dont know that they are putting that zone in new game plus one.
SlynchThePuppy its the first or second area a new player will go , its hard for many to remenber that but it is , i see many many players going there even before going forest...
gorytarrafa If they do it the way the video showed them already have the bonfire to get to no mans wharf. So I wouldnt worry about it ruining their playthrough.
SlynchThePuppy a good way to do that its to make the bonefire ascetic in things betwixt , but its a lot harder to kill those 2 red phantoms , but after that its super easy you can farm 600 souls in each guy and even get the falcon set for free , imade that and was pretty nice.
Ik it's been a years but you can just leave that to when you reach the end-game if your level is a problem,or not because that area isn't even that hard
As a warning to new players, *Because I know tons of Hexer mains who aren't new will have a field day with this* Starting with hexes in no way helps you improve. Hexes are a football helmet with extra padding, with training wheels and an electric wheelchair. Trust me, using them is not a challenge nor is it going to help your gameplay spike upwards. I can solo the game at the highest NG cycles through use of careful positioning, timing, tactics, a couple miracles and my trusty array of curved swords and whatever else catches my fancy, and fashion souls armor. Your gear and combat choice mean a lot less if you are not proficient on your own without all the accoutrement. Oneshotting people with climax and resonant soul != skill. I say that coming off of my no death no bonfire run with two new rings, so trust me, newer players, don't cheese your way to victory at the beginning when your learning means the most.
Ms Tsvanni Pretty sure the "football helmet with extra padding, with training wheels and an electric wheelchair." is more appropriately applied to havel mages/ havel UGS rather than a bog standard 'op' hex build early game. Hex is fucking weak either way anyways, soon they realise that they get smashed by anything with the tiniest bit of dark resist.
Ms Tsvanni So another "spells = no skill" comments, as someone who used a pure caster build I can assure that being good with spells is really, really hard you have low health and almost no armor and to win you have to be really good with dodging/timing your spells, not to mention that PvP is almost all about combos, sure some people will not know how to dodge a climax or soul spear, but those who do will put a good fight, and I can assure guarding behind a shield and spamming parries is no more skillfull than using spells
Lexender Casters are only OP for PvE for PvP i'd say melee users are more OP. If you have ANY roll timing ability with a good high agility for more s fighting spell casters is nothing, my melee user can just walk up to you with his rebel's greatshield and block at least most of whatever you throw at me and just give you a good poke with my grand lance or a few good swings of my claymore. And thats a gimped to fuck faith build with melee abilities. I digress fighting mages in PvP is as simple as knowing how to roll and having an appropriate shield for blocking. Melee is a whole different can of worms, you have people with big weapons that 1 or two shot you, fast guys that need a lot of hits to kill you but good luck hitting them, or people in between. Being a mage demands you know how to roll to avoid death cause you have no HP or defense, particularly for those idiot hexers who use the ring that takes HP to boost the power of your hexes (THATS NOT WORTH IT GUYS) while melee you can have decent armor and what would normally one shot a mage, a melee character can possibly tank two or three times. Mages also have to know how to time attacks and combo well while melee users have to be very godo with stamina management and parrying. This goes doubly so for strength builds making use of big weapons. Super armor doesn't protect you from damage, backstabs, ripostes, or losing stamina. In short mages equal easy PvE but hard PvP, melee equals hard PvE but easier PvP. Now the dumbest thing in these games is when invaders bitch that you use estus when they fucking invade you as if were supposed to allow them to kill us. Like were obligated to do so and it is some how dishonorable to do so.
So dumb, don't do this. Save your bonfire ascetic for the skeleton lords and get a 55% cast speed ring instead making all your spells better. the guy gives you the hexers hood and the staff when your stats are 20 faith and 20 intellect. And you get better items later anyways (good gear early on tho).
Nice little video, you could have improved it quite a bit by adding annotations/description for what you were doing and your tactics i.e. let Dragonrider take 5/6 steps before dodging. Just some constructive criticism because I enjoyed your video.
I very much doubt you did. That part of the level is riddled with high-level white knights that can 2-shot you and kill you easily. The designers of the game intentionally put them there making it impossible to do this run. They even moved the rings to other parts of the map to chests that are guarded by White Knights. So no; it is *NOT* possible in the new update.
MechaAkuma Only played a little bit of the sotfs update as I don't own it myself, but I did this run just as easily as in this video. The Heide knights (white knights as you call them) doesn't seem to be agressive until you attack an enemy in the area, which I never do in this run. So maybe git gud? (Just kidding, I love you)
MechaAkuma I'm well aware that when you kill Dragonrider that the Heide Knights will start to roam the area. However, when you use the bonfire ascetic, Dragonrider returns and the Heide Knights sit back down where they originally were. Even if the Heide Knights were active after using the bonfire aesthetic you could easily outrun them and dodge their attacks. Also, considering how you don't know the names of the enemies or who made DSII, I'd assume that you don't know much about the game. The run is incredibly possible and I could record and upload the run for you if you don't believe me.
We'll first thing those who ask why he had equipment it's because he had the pre-order dlc or the special edition(vanilla d2).Every form of magic got nerfed after this video,killing maughlin for the set won't net you that much souls so it's a waste killing the praying woman it's also a waste,past mid game one whill acquire a object called crushed eye orb with this we will invade her and after killing her we'll be awarded with a aoe healing miracle really useful for co-op and for the ivory king dlc.I see comments talking of how they got reckt by the sentinels,fromsoft doesn't tell you that because you have access to that are it doesn't mean that you have to start there you can skip the sentinels by getting the key that is near one of the bonfires that key opens a door past the wall patch with wood in one room use a lock stone and behind a wall there will be a elevator cage this way it's possible to get to the lost sinner, tho you will be forced to fight with a light torch.I suggest not even touching this area bosses theire the second hardest pre-shrine of winter instead go to the lost hunts man copse or drop in the majula pit if you get holy water you can cheese the rat boss after getting the fragrant branch un petrifie the statue before majula.
Man, that method is so fucking stupid. Like even if you're a seasoned pro you're still fucking up your area by activating the Heide knights which you'll have to beat because they'll chase you and the dragon blocks Slayer and Targay. Beat up Maughlin, go through forest, buy key, do it again, buy pharros, do it again then clear out the other areas without taking on either boss and buy the yolo, get serpent +1 for being a big spender, kill hippo 12x then kill the one in betwixt. That's about 20 levels for free. If you're good then start as the explorer with all of his shit and his adp, if not then pick whatever suits. You're now at a massively high level, can use weapons or magics and you haven't made an area a pain in the ass, fought a boss or broke the sequence. You've also got all key items from old Dementia and you're getting just shy of 50% more souls. So that's 1491 instead of 1000 from the hippos.
Cool trick but I tried it about 100 times and then I realized the entry bridge is shorter than yours. There's no fracking way he'll fall down. I'm using PS3. Maybe you're using Xbox one? Or PC? Or probably it was patched? Or do I have to wear shop keeper's clothes? I was naked.
Probably a gonna sound like a noob when saying this by why r u killing the NPC right off the bat? There's only been a few NPC I kill as soon as I c them example Patches Dark Souls 1 Hate that fucker.
Sooo let me get this straight you Killed a merchant with social anxiety Killed a old nun Convinced a kight to jump to his death twice Then bought black magic from a friendly guy in a chair Got to try this asap time for another playthough lol
made the mistake of trying this, now I'm stuck after forest of fallen giants cause I'm in NG+ and doing no damage to the million enemies and dragon standing in my way.
thank you for the video,before burning ascetic, I would invest one point into str so you can one hand the mace, and go kill oristien. summon the npc outside the dragonrider and run like hell to the next boss gate.
thats not OP mate any1 can one shot those hollow zomies they are the weakest enemy in the game, that build is about as strong as an average player on playthough 1 with a longsword upgraded once maybe twice. at best
XD i make better builds and stronger builds just by placing my small sign and the large sign in the forest of fallen giants XD no need to farm a boss that doesn't pay out much by the time i get to the dragon rider im at 80+ soul lvl
Do not even bother doing this. Once done when you need too return to kill the dragon slayer the whole area is in new game + pretty much impossible to complete
Dark Souls II: The game where you can get to level 40 by beating one merchant to death, punching another off of a tower, and getting a massive soldier with a halberd to kill himself not once, but TWICE. Just one of the many things that makes this game amazing.
But why do you have to kill the merchants? Maybe I am asking a silly question
+tigerheart6 The armour he received increased soul yield, so he earned enough souls to level up enough for hexes. He killed the other one to get the lockstone, which gives quick entry to the hexman. Killing her isn't exactly necessary, though, but you will have to spend another 2000 souls to get to hexman.
+Edward Harvey thanks for your explanation :)
also don't forget you can 1 shot bosses without any level ups in Dark Souls 1 if you have the right gear
And you do not get the chime if you decide not to kill her.
Hearing the majula music brings alot of memories :) its been forever since ive played ds2
+Squirmy Wormy Today.
+Luxinite naw man
still the best souls game /=
Weeb
why did you say naw man again? lol, i wrote that because it was ds3's release date
also, it does really bring back memories, the character creation music does too
Omg, what the F?! I just started playing this game doing a "normal" str build and I thought I was pretty though for such a "short time" aka 5 hours in.. When you lured the boss into the water just made me drop my jaw cause I battled that dude too many times and was so proud when I finally beat him xD
That guy has to be the easiest boss in the game. How did you have trouble with him?
+Mardesol isnt CSGO relatively difficult?
+Mardesol Yeah that's it.
+Robber7 you can parry his attacks, you can get even against him when you fight 2 of them later on.
+Luke Gege Hahaha yeah good ol' Jabba the Hutt!
Instructions not clear, im under nashandras skirt, and its not pretty, send help please
*sends help*
Zaki plays why if i talk with the last man sitted doesn't give me a single weapon?
you normally should just play and test things. kinda the point of souls games. that said seems like most people do walkthrough stuff, and the game can stump people. The man that sells the hex's in that cave requires you to have a certain amount of FTH & INT . The exact number escapes me, but without the proper stats, or items, etc. There are SEVERAL npc's that won't talk to you. Like the scorpion dude for example.
its 8 in each for him to give you the time of day, and talking to him with 20 in each gets you the gear
VG guru thanks, I was one short on faith, now I know
me: dies to dragonrider 8 times after 30 minutes of gameplay
him: beats dragonrider twice without throwing a punch in six minutes
Zane Valentine Well it's easy when you lure them into a pit. Bad thing is you don't get the item drop.
@@asleeplessgamer is the item drop wroth the effort ?
I dodged every fucking big knight in the hopes of going Through the mist and saw a boss fight I pissed my pant.but to mus surprise he killed himself, first try that dargonrider
If you have the skill to do this, you are already OP in NG.
+Brad Thomas says "kek" on youtube to signify edgyness
HyperOpticalSaint why if i talk with the last man sitted doesn't give me a single weapon?
True,true true... It took me many tries before, shit, even Licia jumped off the cliff after killing me a few times :)
Not sure if you're still curious about that, But he doesn't give you items until you have 20 INT & 20 FAI (could be 15, but I'm pretty sure it's 20 of each)
No not really.....
Lol fuck that summon sign, like who puts it there
+OmegaMercenary Solaire
WASSUP STRIMMER
+Daniel Ray twitch username?
+FaZe Booce hey faze booce can I join the faze club
Le Person NO DONT TAKE MERKS CHANNEL
oh my god dude. I lost my shit when that enemy fell off the ledge. holy god. great video.
Yeah, it's like "I am the proud Dragonrider of Drangleic, and I shall destroy you! CHAAARGE! *falls off ledge*
lots of shits lost when that dude fell off!!
+Evangelion Unit 01 do you know if it still does that in ds2:sotfs?
Caesura It does, I've done it several times in SoTFS. Although I know the timing may be a bit different, so instead of instantly falling off he slowly slides off.
you can also go in, wait as far on the left edge as you can.... he will walk to you and then do his thrust attack... dodge it to the right and then go onto the mainplattform as far left as you can so that there is much open space between you two... he will then try to walk towards you again and fall of.
Its much saver than the one in the video... on the one in the video you are save dead when you fail. the other one lets you proceed the battle so that you can try fighting him normally when you fail to bug.....
have you ever considered speed running any souls games your pretty good as far as i can tell
+Josh Telles Yes I have, too lazy to learn the runs though. Might make an effort to learn DS3 speed running when it comes out :)
+Jeck I guarantee you won't.
+PirateZ two days
guarantee*
***** no dumbass
you made it look so easy... I just started playing dark souls 2 im at forest of giants atm, man its so tough.... I have like 3-4 guides open on tabs and im getting sleepy killing mobs again and again cause I cant kill them in one go..
+Luciferarrow i would play without guides if its your first run IMO it ruins the experince, the game does have a steep learning curve, i remember being stuck in the first area for awhile
controlfreak494 is there any way for me to get a good spell or a good weapon from that area itself? cause righrt now I have only soul arrow and a little dagger im not progressing further with that man
+Luciferarrow shoot them with soul arrow and finish them off with your dagger, take your time and stay at range, attacking one enemy at a time. look up how to get the fire longsword, very useful if you have a lot of int
@@Luciferarrow It's also been two years, so I'm sure you've done the git gud maneuver, but for any new players in 2019 who find this vid and view the comments I'll leave this as well. There *is* a more powerful soul arrow down in the ballista room near Pate.
Tip : kill the old knight with sublime bone dust both the times that way you can get 2 of them right away, and also lower the bridge to old dragon slayer. possibly try to beat orenstien on base difficulty with the gold pine resin you get at starting area near the ogre as it becomes a living nightmare to get to him in +1 difficulty and you get more souls and beat him before you cheese dragonrider as it has no risk of losing souls of dragonrider.
Did NOT expect you to fucking cheese the Dragonrider like that hahahah
not gonna lie i can never get the dragon rider to fall
+michael arellano Well, players will typically raise the platforms to make the traditional fight easier, but that makes baiting him off the ledge more difficult. You should be able to do it by imitating what this guy did in the video, just make sure to wait for him to walk towards that small bridge at the entrance and roll past him without falling into the water yourself. :P
+michael arellano 5 steps, start running forward as soon as he starts to take his 6th step. That's how i got it to work 100% of the time, i even think i heard one of the speedrunners actually count it out.
+michael arellano iu
its really easy
you save like a minute. not worth the risk/effort
I did it for the first time because I got scared.(Dark Souls 2 was my first ds game.)
you see fromsoft this is why you don't put npcs next to ledgedes
Also thanks for the vid it really helped me get used to hexing straight from the start
Julius Staples Fromsoft didn't made this...
@@holyflame2 Fromsoft DID make ds2 they just had a differnt developer because Miyasaki was busy with bloodborne
I like how you ignored Solaire summon sign at 5:50
Wrong game. This is dark souls II Not Dark Souls.
+Ebony Warlord watch again and look carefully the name of the summon sign...
Diego Dias Oh I see now.
Not actualy solaire though
It's not the real Solair
Maybe "OP for ten minutes >.>"
Dark Orb's one of the best PvE spells in the game. Everything else either has few casts (miracles, pyromancy, soul spear) or has had its damage neutered (most sorcery). If you upgrade the sunset staff and pick up more dark orb casts when you can, it will absolutely carry you through the game with ease and even NG+ and beyond. For those (very) few spots where you might have trouble, you're already set up to use sorcery and miracles so you just have to find and attune the spells.
KoboldCommando
wut?? it does practically no dmg on my char? hmmmmmmm
Lion Reichelt Not sure what would be the cause there. If you have high int & faith (20/20 is good, 30/30 is better), and a sunset staff +5, it should do a really nice amount of damage for how fast it is and how many casts it has, apart from some enemies with particularly high dark resist. In NG+ it may not one-shot stuff, but you can easily toss 2-3 at an enemy, especially given that it staggers most things. You can buy it three times too so you can have 60+ casts by the end of a playthrough.
Just checked on my high level character (balanced int/faith). Dark orb with a dark sunset staff +5 does somewhat less damage than a great heavy soul arrow using a magic staff of wisdom +5, and about the same damage as a lightning spear using a lightning dragon chime +5. It's got a speed advantage on both of those, and has about double the casts of GHSA and several times what you get of lightning spear.
KoboldCommando
then maybe its because i used a normal staff + 10 my soul arrows did more dmg with that so i thought it was incredibly bad
Lion Reichelt I checked it out again (just because I like hucking spells at things!) using the black witch's staff (same modifiers for everything). Dark Orb does the same damage (against basic hollow jerks who I'm pretty sure have no damage resistance) and has the same cast number as Heavy Soul Arrow. The main differences are that HSA will travel farther, but Dark Orb casts noticeably faster, and is larger (so you can hit stuff easier.) The dark sunset staff +5 also has the strongest modifier of any casting tool in the game, which is pretty significant considering the magic and lightning equivalents have really high requirements and are really late-game, in the dragon shrine and Pilgrims of Dark covenant respectively.
I guess what I'm saying is it's kind of a middle-of-the-road spell at face value, but it's got a lot of little things going for it that add up, and few of the downsides that hurt other spells (low range is the only real problem with it).
Also, one thing to watch out for if you're comparing spell damage is that spells can get headshots, and get a pretty significant bonus from it. Tall staves like the sunset staff make this quite a bit more common since the spell will usually be angled downward.
Just tried this on SotFS and it works. Took a couple of attempts to make the Dragon Rider fall.
I do suggest that after you beat him the first time you go back to Majula and level up so if you fail the second time you don't lose your souls. They also moved the placement of the praying npc so you have to punch her to the next opening first to push her off . Otherwise she will just fall downstairs and come back up to wreck your shit.
StrangleTheEmotion the boss won't respawn ;-;
Bonfire Ascetic.
StrangleTheEmotion why if i talk with the last man sitted doesn't give me a single weapon?
Luca Marcheggiani you need int and faith to make him gives u the set
I just let her come back up the stairs and punched her over the edge xD
ALERT NOOB INCOMING! Do you keep those levels you bought in the level up menu when u die? thanks
Yes, you can only reset them with a Soul Vessel :)
Ok thanks
Jakob R Jakob I have a question, how can you, when you level up, choose to go up one level or go down one level? I'm sorry but I'm a noob too :D
Skyline42asd once you level up and confirm it you can't go back down unless you reset your stats.
Dylan Golatka Oh, thanks.
This still works everybody, don't worry about the SOTFS update, the Heide Knights WILL NOT aggro you after using a bonfire ascetic at the first Heide's Tower Bonfire.
Only difference is hexes hit for a good deal less, but this is still a great way to start the game regardless of build.
Might be 7 years late but yes they do?
Dark Souls 2 - Overpowered in 10 minutes
Step 1: play the game
SM ruins everything. including what the word "overpowered" even means.
This is the most funnies Dark souls video i seen hahahaah those Dragonriderkills made me cry^^ thx you Jakob^^
Lol forgets binoculars
The big dude you make fall off doesnt respawn again for me once i made him fall the first time
Did they lower the power of the staff , it does half the damage now.
that’s what i’m saying dude
Thanks for armour tip. Knew the rest! All the better to feed my low level invader supplies!
Lmfao at the boss battle ! Man I wish I would of seen this video before I went against him
paul delgado i did it on accident once
i went in saw the arena and went oh shit without moving the boss slowly creeping up on me
i thought he'd block my only way of getting on the small circle so i ran past him and this happened i laughed my ass off
Fabian MarTime . Why so you can cheese through the whole game like the little bitch you are!!! Fucking sickening!
Tried this "6 steps run to his left method" many times today, but the fat Dragonknight boss just wouldn't jump off the clif…
Killing the merchant seems like a waste of time, since you end up with the hexer gear anyway... Also, did you speed up the video? Looks like there's some Benny Hill shit going on...
I kill the merchant because his gear increases the amount of souls gained from fallen enemies. And no, I did not speed up the video.
+Jeck do you need the merchant for anything later? I don't want to mess up my save
+Teemo IsSatan you can buy some armors after you killed some bosses
+Teemo IsSatan You can ress him anyway.
+Jeck but why did u change it then, does the hexer set have somthing special beside better stats ?
i got killed by the red phantom twice in a row and lost all my souls goddamn it.
More like overpowered FOR ten minutes
Good tip but this makes the Ring of Binding very difficult to obtain by NG+ the Heide's Tower of Flame area.
Before burning the Bonfire Ascetic at 5:25 should first head for Cathedral Blue's entrance to obtain the Ring of Binding from the corpse. Or even kill the boss inside first.
4:28 ............ *Slow Claping*.
"Strange game, the only winning move is not to play."
*intro starts*
"Perhaps you've-"
*player cuts out*
"Damn it, again?!"
It's now 2019, how the sound quality has degraded over time
the chime you get from killing her is "pretty good"
you are that ninja.
what?
Psyhco Mantis?
who?
anan
How did he get all the items at the start
Necrolord 19 choosing cleric class
Sorry, it was from purchasing separate DLC
@@christophercollins3632 I like that you came back 8 months later, to make a secondary reply to a comment over a year old, that was older than the one im replying to now in the initial.
royalcat10 I don’t want our robot masters to think I’m dumb.
@@royalcat10 I have all the dlc but didnt get the items???
I forgot to reply, yes I ended up getting past him. Took a few more tries but success 😆😆😆
i don't know why but i only do 177 dmg
This vid was before they patched whole magic
:(
it was real OP back in that time.... I'm happy they patched it
Benhard Wiesner Patched what? Magic Weapon on a Fire Longsword at min requirement + 50 int = Nice damage output :x
How did you manage that much damage? I followed guide and I can only assume that the Hexes have been nerfed in the following years? I don't do anywhere near 200 damage on those guys, even with the stats you have.
I can't seem to angle my punches on the lady -.-
I finally got her, and everything went perfectly until I was followed by one of the Old Knight's into the doorway with the mist for the dragonrider... Anyway, it's late... Gonna give it a go again tomorrow...
+Nikolaj “Cohen” Jakobsen press r3 to lock on
wife beater
@@CPalanysamy She's a real B. anyways. She tries to kill you multiple times. A punch to the face is nothing.
I keep getting one shotted by one of the knights and losing all my souls on the way to kill the boss the second time, its supremely frustrating. Their hit box is HUGE it hard to dodge around them
Good guide, completed the full walkthrough in 12 minutes! Failed first attempt getting the Dragonrider to fall in NG, but went to bridge on other side of room and tried again, he fell straight in that time and no problems in NG+. Make sure to punch Licia out of window on left of where she is kneeling, otherwise she lands on steps and comes back! Not using full SoFS DLC, only have DS2 and Crown of Sunken King DLC.
And here I am, stuck with half my health in a *You Died* loop, :)))
Have fun getting to Ornstein.
just bought this game and I’m having so much trouble. Bout to try this lol
Did you do it?
why kill maulin? is his armor decent?
Kouska Chikara gives you extra souls from killing enemies
+Kouska Chikara don't kill npsc they're all special in some way... also maughlin sells boss armor so you shouldn't kill him
+Zombieekill514 Npcs*
+Kouska Chikara typically guides like this are not aimed at someone doing their first playthrough, and you really shouldn't follow them on your first playthrough. This is more for someone just looking to quickly set up a second character, imo. Killing NPCs in general means you'll miss out on something or another. In the case of Maughlin, you're basically missing out on all the boss armors he sells and a set he gives for free, for like 10k souls or something trivial like that. It's a nice early game boost but not worth it in the long run if you care about those armor sets at all.
His armor set gives more souls per kill. I'm pretty sure you can get his set later on as well as other sets and rings that do the same without killing him. I do not endorse killing NPCs. Makes you far more invadable online, limits your ability to obtain items and it's murder. Well. The last point is moot, but it is, even when you're out murdering everything in the countryside. At least these people. Still have a functioning soul of their own.
still works fine, you have to lure the dragonrider closer to the entrance to make him drop after a second swing, souls are enough even without killing the shopkeeper in majula
How do i get the button at 8:19 to work? It wont open for me.
InAshesWeStand You have to have the Rotunda Lockstone, which you get from killing Licia. If you just want to get in to the Huntsman's Copse you can exhaust all her dialogue with the "talk" option and she will move to the location at 8:19. You have to pay her to get through though, which is why I chose to kill her in this method.
Jakob R doesn't she invade you sometimes? Or something of the sort. It hasn't happened to me, but I've heard it can happen.
Xephyr when you exhaust her dialogue and use her stone later in the game she tries killig you , she uses lightning spear so careful if you have no armor it can one shotu
Well I'm still on my first playthrough, and I've gotten to the throne watcher/deffender
Ig I never exhausted her dialog.
Xephyr nvm you have to get the eye thingy to invade her then u fight her
watching that made me feel like watching a hot knife cutting through butter.
+Kaiser King i tried that once. took to long so i tried pushing the knife and burned myself.
you teach to use a bonefire ascetic to new players and ruin all theyr game , i know you did this video with the propose to help , but i think willl hurt more then helps because they dont know that they are putting that zone in new game plus one.
Not really because Heides tower of flame is an entirely optional area and you don't really ever need to come back to it at any point, not even in NG+.
SlynchThePuppy
its the first or second area a new player will go , its hard for many to remenber that but it is , i see many many players going there even before going forest...
gorytarrafa If they do it the way the video showed them already have the bonfire to get to no mans wharf. So I wouldnt worry about it ruining their playthrough.
SlynchThePuppy
a good way to do that its to make the bonefire ascetic in things betwixt , but its a lot harder to kill those 2 red phantoms , but after that its super easy you can farm 600 souls in each guy and even get the falcon set for free , imade that and was pretty nice.
SlynchThePuppy its not optional how the hell will you get to hunstmans copse otherwise?
I'd be interested to know how you progress with this build, I've always gone straight melee from the start never hexes
ok so the dragon rider won't respawn for me
Im patrick and i like bologne that was an old comment and i figured it out already but thx anyway
1 week isnt exactly old
Im patrick and i like bologne I've been playing a lot lately and I'm fine now, still suck at building my character though
Im patrick and i like bologne do you play on ps3
im patrick and i like bologne yes i was in a blue green hill and i rubbed BBQ sauce on my nipples
Cheated 1:53 look at his weapon bedore and after the bonfire rest at majoula
Maybe it's an undiscovered feature for you, but you can switch weapons in this game. Crazy right?
Elton Bales . Tell me your joking! Please!!
Does it work still in 2016. I want to see if I can get through dark souls 2 before I get dark souls 3.
They heavily nerfed hex's, but I'd still recommend playing ds2 before going on to 3. ds2 is, in my opinion, easier, so start there.
The thing where you can get the Dragon Rider to fall works, I just did it.
+Kevin Sanders how bad are the hexes?
I think that Dark Souls 3 is harder than 2 , but each to their own opinion
This tip leads to a nightmare down the track when you have to clear the area underpowered on new game plus to get to blue cathedral.
Ik it's been a years but you can just leave that to when you reach the end-game if your level is a problem,or not because that area isn't even that hard
is this speedrun still doable in Scholar of the First Sin..?
Lurentino Victor YES.
cool..! I may as well give it a try on my next playthrough...
04:24 bruhhhhh.....
As a warning to new players, *Because I know tons of Hexer mains who aren't new will have a field day with this*
Starting with hexes in no way helps you improve. Hexes are a football helmet with extra padding, with training wheels and an electric wheelchair. Trust me, using them is not a challenge nor is it going to help your gameplay spike upwards. I can solo the game at the highest NG cycles through use of careful positioning, timing, tactics, a couple miracles and my trusty array of curved swords and whatever else catches my fancy, and fashion souls armor. Your gear and combat choice mean a lot less if you are not proficient on your own without all the accoutrement. Oneshotting people with climax and resonant soul != skill. I say that coming off of my no death no bonfire run with two new rings, so trust me, newer players, don't cheese your way to victory at the beginning when your learning means the most.
Ms Tsvanni Pretty sure the "football helmet with extra padding, with training wheels and an electric wheelchair." is more appropriately applied to havel mages/ havel UGS rather than a bog standard 'op' hex build early game. Hex is fucking weak either way anyways, soon they realise that they get smashed by anything with the tiniest bit of dark resist.
Tom Roberts
Dark transgressors with dark armor and GMB, I call it the Witchhunter.
Ms Tsvanni So another "spells = no skill" comments, as someone who used a pure caster build I can assure that being good with spells is really, really hard you have low health and almost no armor and to win you have to be really good with dodging/timing your spells, not to mention that PvP is almost all about combos, sure some people will not know how to dodge a climax or soul spear, but those who do will put a good fight, and I can assure guarding behind a shield and spamming parries is no more skillfull than using spells
If it's part of the game, don't complain.
Lexender
Casters are only OP for PvE for PvP i'd say melee users are more OP. If you have ANY roll timing ability with a good high agility for more s fighting spell casters is nothing, my melee user can just walk up to you with his rebel's greatshield and block at least most of whatever you throw at me and just give you a good poke with my grand lance or a few good swings of my claymore. And thats a gimped to fuck faith build with melee abilities. I digress fighting mages in PvP is as simple as knowing how to roll and having an appropriate shield for blocking. Melee is a whole different can of worms, you have people with big weapons that 1 or two shot you, fast guys that need a lot of hits to kill you but good luck hitting them, or people in between.
Being a mage demands you know how to roll to avoid death cause you have no HP or defense, particularly for those idiot hexers who use the ring that takes HP to boost the power of your hexes (THATS NOT WORTH IT GUYS) while melee you can have decent armor and what would normally one shot a mage, a melee character can possibly tank two or three times. Mages also have to know how to time attacks and combo well while melee users have to be very godo with stamina management and parrying. This goes doubly so for strength builds making use of big weapons. Super armor doesn't protect you from damage, backstabs, ripostes, or losing stamina.
In short mages equal easy PvE but hard PvP, melee equals hard PvE but easier PvP. Now the dumbest thing in these games is when invaders bitch that you use estus when they fucking invade you as if were supposed to allow them to kill us. Like were obligated to do so and it is some how dishonorable to do so.
It would be good to mention if someone isn't in a rush that they can get two sublime bone dust this way.
How to fuck up your game in 10 minutes.
I just started DS2 last night, I'm so glad I found this video. Thanks a bunch bud.
So dumb, don't do this. Save your bonfire ascetic for the skeleton lords and get a 55% cast speed ring instead making all your spells better. the guy gives you the hexers hood and the staff when your stats are 20 faith and 20 intellect. And you get better items later anyways (good gear early on tho).
+MegaOZX Chill dude geez....
+Noite Etion sorry we're not an unbelievable pro like you.
MegaOZX Are you shitting me? The Skeleton Lords are a quick jog up the hill from the hex merchant.
My sunset staff doesnt do much damage on the same enemies with dark orb. It did like half the damage you did.
I see what you did but that's not overpowered. The zombie you killed was incredibly weak, their one hit kills even for a very weak character
Nice little video, you could have improved it quite a bit by adding annotations/description for what you were doing and your tactics i.e. let Dragonrider take 5/6 steps before dodging. Just some constructive criticism because I enjoyed your video.
Lol. This method is now useless. Specially now with the Sins of the first Scholar update makes this run impossible. Lol. Worthless
MechaAkuma I did this without a problem with the Scholar of the First Sin update. You'd be surprised by how incredibly easy this is to do.
I very much doubt you did. That part of the level is riddled with high-level white knights that can 2-shot you and kill you easily. The designers of the game intentionally put them there making it impossible to do this run. They even moved the rings to other parts of the map to chests that are guarded by White Knights. So no; it is *NOT* possible in the new update.
MechaAkuma Only played a little bit of the sotfs update as I don't own it myself, but I did this run just as easily as in this video. The Heide knights (white knights as you call them) doesn't seem to be agressive until you attack an enemy in the area, which I never do in this run. So maybe git gud? (Just kidding, I love you)
MechaAkuma I'm well aware that when you kill Dragonrider that the Heide Knights will start to roam the area. However, when you use the bonfire ascetic, Dragonrider returns and the Heide Knights sit back down where they originally were. Even if the Heide Knights were active after using the bonfire aesthetic you could easily outrun them and dodge their attacks. Also, considering how you don't know the names of the enemies or who made DSII, I'd assume that you don't know much about the game. The run is incredibly possible and I could record and upload the run for you if you don't believe me.
MechaAkuma Downer
Thank you very much for making this video, it helps out a lot!
I did this today without killing the merchant. You just gotta farm a bit more to get your second atn slot after killing Dragonrider.
We'll first thing those who ask why he had equipment it's because he had the pre-order dlc or the special edition(vanilla d2).Every form of magic got nerfed after this video,killing maughlin for the set won't net you that much souls so it's a waste killing the praying woman it's also a waste,past mid game one whill acquire a object called crushed eye orb with this we will invade her and after killing her we'll be awarded with a aoe healing miracle really useful for co-op and for the ivory king dlc.I see comments talking of how they got reckt by the sentinels,fromsoft doesn't tell you that because you have access to that are it doesn't mean that you have to start there you can skip the sentinels by getting the key that is near one of the bonfires that key opens a door past the wall patch with wood in one room use a lock stone and behind a wall there will be a elevator cage this way it's possible to get to the lost sinner, tho you will be forced to fight with a light torch.I suggest not even touching this area bosses theire the second hardest pre-shrine of winter instead go to the lost hunts man copse or drop in the majula pit if you get holy water you can cheese the rat boss after getting the fragrant branch un petrifie the statue before majula.
Would like to say. Did the run. Got the dark orb and armour and everything. Stats are the same. BUT. I'm only dealing half the damage
uglybros279 Yeah, sadly hexes got smashed by nerfs in this game
Jeck damn
did this, i only do half the damage you do. pretty pissed off tbh
Me too
Hi good video👍🏻 just one question. Is it possible to revive the npcs you’ve killed?
Kill all the npc's before ng
Man, that method is so fucking stupid. Like even if you're a seasoned pro you're still fucking up your area by activating the Heide knights which you'll have to beat because they'll chase you and the dragon blocks Slayer and Targay.
Beat up Maughlin, go through forest, buy key, do it again, buy pharros, do it again then clear out the other areas without taking on either boss and buy the yolo, get serpent +1 for being a big spender, kill hippo 12x then kill the one in betwixt. That's about 20 levels for free. If you're good then start as the explorer with all of his shit and his adp, if not then pick whatever suits.
You're now at a massively high level, can use weapons or magics and you haven't made an area a pain in the ass, fought a boss or broke the sequence. You've also got all key items from old Dementia and you're getting just shy of 50% more souls. So that's 1491 instead of 1000 from the hippos.
I followed this guide and when i made it to the sentinels i got raped, my hex doesn't seem to affect them and i'm stucked.
Captain Reaper you can skip the boss battle
Cool trick but I tried it about 100 times and then I realized the entry bridge is shorter than yours. There's no fracking way he'll fall down. I'm using PS3. Maybe you're using Xbox one? Or PC? Or probably it was patched? Or do I have to wear shop keeper's clothes? I was naked.
YEAH it worked! Totally cool man thanks! Hex Build i'm coming!
Probably a gonna sound like a noob when saying this by why r u killing the NPC right off the bat? There's only been a few NPC I kill as soon as I c them example Patches Dark Souls 1 Hate that fucker.
FTH: 20 INT: 22 ATT: 13 stats needed.
Sooo let me get this straight you
Killed a merchant with social anxiety
Killed a old nun
Convinced a kight to jump to his death twice
Then bought black magic from a friendly guy in a chair
Got to try this asap time for another playthough lol
I keep rolling past the guy like you do but he just doesn’t fall in the water. I’ve been trying for twenty minutes and it’s not working. Help?
Thanks jeck your very helpful.
Ok can someone explain to me how he got all that gear atthe start?? Because I am REALLY confused right now.
ty ty TY now i actually have a chance in this god forsaken game!
made the mistake of trying this, now I'm stuck after forest of fallen giants cause I'm in NG+ and doing no damage to the million enemies and dragon standing in my way.
i cant seem to open the contraption ....whut did i miss.... :/
taecyoon1 the key
thank you for the video,before burning ascetic, I would invest one point into str so you can one hand the mace, and go kill oristien. summon the npc outside the dragonrider and run like hell to the next boss gate.
2:05 best armor
4:24 hahaha oh realy?
thats not OP mate any1 can one shot those hollow zomies they are the weakest enemy in the game, that build is about as strong as an average player on playthough 1 with a longsword upgraded once maybe twice. at best
I tried to do this after I beat him legit...........but I raised the platforms ,anyway to undo them make them small again so he fall off again?
XD i make better builds and stronger builds just by placing my small sign and the large sign in the forest of fallen giants XD no need to farm a boss that doesn't pay out much by the time i get to the dragon rider im at 80+ soul lvl
This is extraordinary!
Cringe lmao slaughter merchants, waste bonfire ascetic and dont even become strong nevermind OP...
i tried ur method bro its 100% correct but only works for either cleric or Sorcerer but doesnt give anything for Melees at all '-'
And...you ruin all the fun about this game by showing this all players should find theyr own ways pff...
lvl 43 in just a few minutes... the heck... it took me 3 hours to be at lvl 15... guess that's what noob like me does..
This works on xbox 360 only Ds 2 was full of bags there and never get fix pach
Do not even bother doing this. Once done when you need too return to kill the dragon slayer the whole area is in new game + pretty much impossible to complete
ten minutes turned into 2 1\2 hours then rage quit
Hey anybody got any tips on dark souls 2 I'm looking to get it because dark souls is way old now and I'm still playing it