Ask me anything about invasions.
What weapons to use, and if they are viable.
Good builds, etc.
What SL and weapon level should be on a certain area and what not.
>asking a filthy scrub shit about invasions
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/1452
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>>336204180
Too much vigor. Round up INT/FAI to 40. Minus the points from Vigor. Pyro is actually very viable in invasions.
On "muh honors" though, I'll be honest, not so sure. I don't play those.
best faith/lightning build?
>>336204443
what specific pyromancy spells are used?
>>336203980
Has the scythe always been shit? Or am I just using/building it wrong?
>>336204675
Faith is garbage.
Why do people still bitch about straight swords and estocs when a caestus on your left hand is free parrys
Can I upgrade a weapon with scales and twinkling titanite without messing up matchmaking?
>keep standard weapon at +3
>upgrade unique/boss weapon to max
>still able to connect to players with +3 standard weapons
>>336205123
Twinkling weapons count as twice the upgrades as titaninte ones do. So a +3 twinkling would be a +6 titanit. So no it wouldnt work.
>>336204794
Scythe right now is so garbage I don't even understand why they put it in with it's sorry state.
I loved using it on DS1 so really, I was so disappointed.
>>336204962
I'll be honest, it is quite a legit complaint due to some factors.
>There is no poise in the game. It's actually switched off.
>Straight swords and Estocs due as much damage as Great Swords and even the Ultras.
> They are fast, cost little stamina, and they can just go about their business again, especially if the player knows what they are doing.
That said, there are a few ways to beat them.
1. Use a weapon that has longer range than them. Meaning halberds.
2. Use Maces for their weapon art (poise). It works damn well.
3. Use pyromancy if your build supports it.
>>336205123
No. Don't. This is how I messed up mine. Well I'm actually still able to invade people, but no one visits me, and I seldom only am able to be summoned for covenants.
Keep your boss weapons to +3 that's it.
>>336203980
What are the best PVE dex weapons?
>>336204752
The usual suspects are:
Fire Orb
Chaos Bed Vestiges
Sacred Flame
Great Combustion
Profaned Flame is sometimes used as a trap.
>>336205487
I don't care about PVE. You can use any weapon you want in PVE.
Im working to level up darkmoon covenant
what are your recommendations on a build to farm silver knights
>Look around for a bit
>Notice shit at the bottom of the pit in Catacombs, rope bridge area
>Figure out how to climb down the bridge
>Find out Skeletons hate Demons, they killed that guy for me
>Smouldering Lake
This place is awful. What is down here to warrant me being here?
>>336205752
exceptionally powerful pyromancy spells and a dandy boss
Is Great Scythe still good in this game?
>>336205879
Invasions, no.
>>336205752
pyromancies
some anri questline stuff
lightning miracle..
couple shards
an emote
>>336205752
pyro paradise
>>336205861
>Dandy Boss
Yeah... he 2 shots me with no chance to roll if he hits me once.
So uh, WHAT does he give?
>>336205879
No, not really. The whole Reaper line (3) is really mediocre.
>Great Scythe normal has meh scaling
>Corvian has decent scaling, but stacks bleed on you, still not great since it's slower than a shortsword and faster than an axe/greatsword
>Damage reflects that
>Third Scythe, you get off one of the guys before Pontiff, can't even be Infused, possibly the worst of the 3 despite
>>336203980
How do you bust open shield fags? How do I approach with the Dark Sword? Where can I gett he item that prevents healing?
is refined dark sword+10 viable? Trying to get into pvp
>>336206256
>Shield fags
Weapon Arts in most cases, wait for them to make the first move in others.
>Dark Sword
Use a different weapon.
>item that prevents healing?
Undead Hunter Charms and from the Shrine Handmaid after giving her Paladin's Ashes. First Bonfire in the Cathedral of the Deep area, before the Cathedral itself.
>>336206256
This is easy. If you want additional help on busting open shield peeps, equip the knight slayer ring. Also just try hitting them once while following them while they are rolling and stuff, you can easily calculate if they have no more stamina anyway.
Also, just kick them. It works.
One time I was against this shield user who just wouldn't put down his shield. So I just attacked him one strike at a time, while following him. After around 3 strikes, I was sure that he had low stamina, so I did a weapon art on him and it bust him open for a kill.
>>336206405
+10 a weapon is not viable for invasions. I don't are about duels if that is what you are talking about.
Keep your weapons at +6/+7 people. For boss weapons keep it at +3.
>>336206456
What's wrong with the Dark Sword?
>>336205371
What pyromancies beat ss and estoc shits? I want to know because I will learn to use them
>>336206956
Fire Whip/Surge/Sacred Flame
How to beat gotthards shitswords?
>>336206643
Literally every PVP fag uses it. It's cancer. Use something else so when it gets the Nerf hammer you aren't disappointed and instead rejoicing.
>>336207302
I wasn't aware, is it OP? If it is I'm certainly not using it to a fraction of it's potential.
That said, I'm the only person I've seen using it, I'm mostly meeting UGS users and weeb katana users.
My question is who are you, and why should I think you know more than me or anyone else about any game?
How do I deal with small shield parry spamming faggots?
>>336205312
if you shoved a weapon in the item box does it still go off it for summoning or just your highest weapon you own? Wish from was less obtuse about this shit.
Weapon upgrades effect who you can invade? How does that work?
>>336207728
+2 or -2
so if you have a +2 sword, you can invade people with 0 upgrades or +4
>>336207653
Your highest level weapon, whether it's in the box or not, is what the game memorizes.
>>336207792
Just equipped or even owning it?
>>336207607
Dont attack so obviously(delay attacks after rolls, mix up R1s with R2s) and if you feel they are spamming the parry then run up behind them and backstab em.
>>336207653
Even if you throw away a upgraded weapon itll count as if you still had it. Once you upgrade you cant go back.
>>336203980
Has there been community wide consensus on SL meta? I have a character who just started ng+ at 80 and I was thinking I might try to get him set up as a dark moon/farron woods hunter, but I'm not sure what level I should do that for/if it's worth sticking with these two covenants
I played rosarias finger first time through but there's something rather dismal about being one
how do you counter a party of three all wielding estocs and katanas while a giant seed is active? Any general tips?
>>336207792
Is this the same for covenant invasions as well?
>>336207871
By this logic, max you should go for upgrades if you want PVP is +8.
>Can attack people as low as +6
>Can attack people as high as +8
It covers the +7 Meta as well.
>>336207917
PVP duel meta is 120.
80 is a good level FOR INVASIONS, but keep your weapon levels to +6/7.
How can I get invaded more? I just went through the whole catacombs while embered and a single invader didn't show up. I summon a phantom for funsies and an invader appears. I was having fun fighting them until my buddy phantom appears and both run away and die off screen.
I tried being an invader earlier but every time I invaded the host would have 2 or 3 bodyguards.
>>336207960
Yes.
I have a +5 boss weapon now, so now covenant summons rarely happen for me. But I can still invade a whole lot with a red orb.
>>336207917
Seems to be SL120 right after Pontiff for PVP meta.
I seem to get a lot of SL50 invades with +6 gear. Little worried that if I push +9 I'll get bumped out of the bracket, though.
>>336208010
Oh shit, I slabbed a few weapons, should I aim for 120 now?
>>336208071
I think dried finger makes you a priorety. Though it might cause more invaders than you asked for to come, havent tried it.
>>336208071
Dried Finger
>>336208130
Slabbed, meaning you have boss weapons as +5? Because that counts as +10.
I'm SL 72 with a +5 Gundyr Halberd.
Why are all the covenents so uninspired this time around, remember how trolly Nito's was, with you spreading your signs through players worlds like cancer and then putting it in the super dark Tomb of the Giants?
>>336208130
I don't see why upgrading is that bad. You still get a ton of invasions in Irithyl dungeon and similar areas.
>>336208216
Wait so a +3 BKGA counts as +6 for matchmaking?
>>336204180
Cap Vigor at 27, that's its soft cap (1000 hp).
Put the rest in Int/Fai.
>>336208237
Yeah, the convenants in DS1 that never worked?
>>336205487
Just finished a full a quality rapier run, destroyed absolutely everything without any problems whatsoever. All non-bosses stagger in 1-3 hits. It's ridiculous.
>>336208289
Yup.
>>336207917
in oceania region(unlocked) i was darkmooning with a +10 weapon at SL80, then 86, with extremely few summons. recently bumped myself up to SL106 for 61str and have found there are far more invasions, and particularly more that i can counter-invade.
i'd imagine ~100 is a good place to be, given that counter-invasions look for your own level in a range of HostSL+10/-40 levels.
>>336203980
>that image
there is something very wrong with the way this is drawn
>>336207948
Parry
Are any of the daggers/short swords any good, or is their damage to pitiful to do anything even with their attack speed?
>>336208435
SEA here, SL 100 and there are a lot of Darkmoon summons?
>>336208754
Not worth it. Straight swords are infinitely better than them.
How do i punish somebody for sipping?
What str weapons are viable. I'm using yhorms atm.
>>336203980
Running pure Faith build. Are Lightning Halberds viable in SL120 meta?
What are some fun weapons to use on a STR/FAI build? I've used gargoyle flame hammer, lothric greatsword, and great machete (with lightning weapon buff) up to this point, but I still want to try other things out.
Is demon fist shit?
ye here's a question: why is invading so pointless in this game?
>>336209076
Use Dragonslayer Greataxe. Buff with Sacred Oath. Bring the thunder.
has from fixed the thing where they automatically softban you if you get hit by a hacking player's weapon?
>>336203980
Dragonslayer Spear is good, the weapon art is god like against heavily armored opponents
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/2433
Hows my build looking? What level should I stop at?
With more stats that are useful this time around wouldnt it make more sense to increase the pvp meta level from 120?
>>336210147
Frankly, 120 is too much. I was even thinking 100 should be the new one. Problem is, magic users need more levels to be better.
How's this for an uchi samurai build?
https://mugenmonkey.com/darksouls3/2452
>>336211569
This
I'm a dex faith build and at almost SL100 All I can do is buff myself a little. Miracles don't do enough damage to equip the non buffs for me. I'm better off with a bow.
>>336205752
>What is down here to warrant me being here?
>>336206256
Throwing Knives are good for preventing heals and getting chip damage in if the person is about to die.
