Elemental weapons often do the least damage, but add the elemental aspect to be used against specific enemies once you're knowledgable enough to know their exact weaknesses, but aren't really supposed to be used long term or in every situation. Weapons with high base damage are meant to be used in low lvl, early runs, while weapons with high scaling being useful for your end game characters that you plan on pushing through NG+(and I believe every weapon type has at least 1 S rank scaled weapon, including pistols). Every weapon has it's purpose, it's just many people wish every weapon was ez mode high base damage infinite scaling when the weapons in this are no different from dark souls. I thought about trying to get the Dex/Magic katana but I have 0 points in Magic so that seemed pointless.Guns certainly do not become unuseful in NG+. So it's more suited to battles where you hit once and dodge. the weapon does a lot of damage but it's slow - often you can't get 2 strikes in. It took a bunch of levels to be able to use it (level 5 I think). ![]() No thanks.įinally, end game, I transmuted a Headsman's Voulge because it sounded amazing and had great stats. On a whim, I transmuted a Kraeken Longswong and hated it. Honestly, it was hard to tell the difference. It swings very much like the Taichi but is class 3 and has a slightly higher damage output. Late in the game I transmuted a Lowlander's Greatknife. You can transmute a Taichi but I found mine in the Red Hall near the room with dual swordsmen.Īs I mentioned, Taichi served me well. So fast! So little stamina drain! Such brutality! A level 4 Taichi with the fire charm attached butchered most enemies and bosses. After that battle I switched to the Taichi and played ninja/katana nearly the rest of the game. I'd often proc poison and then switch to the spear. The poison didn't feel as powerful as the Woodwraith consumable, and the damage output felt low. I had a blast running around the early game with an upgraded dagger and a soldier's spear for the occasional reach. ![]() Marksman was the best improvement to my Quality-of-Life in this game. Buy some blessed pages and some shot and go be a boss.Īnd maybe you're worried about not putting every single point into your precious greatsword progression. No sense in carrying around gold anyway as you'll lose some of it every time you die. Buy 30+ shots after you kill a boss and top off when you can. You may be worrying about paying for shot but I found it's a non-issue. I've read you can also buy one from the Iron Merchant if you upgrade your devotion.) ![]() (For those who don't know where to find one, I believe you get a Flintlock pistol in the Dome. Really anything that hovers about is 10x easier to deal with if you have a gun. ![]() I've yet to find anything more satisfying than leaping up and boomstickin' the flying enemies. I had a bow but couldn't do any significant damage with it. In fact, most all flying baddies were real irritations. Dealing with the hanging men (the guys who snatch you from across the map) was such a nightmare. My first playthrough I played a Dex based sword-fighter with no magic. I have no idea if casting is anything like this, but either way I'm 7 hours in and still realizing how deep this game actually is and how so many cool mechanics are "hidden." If you're not playing a caster and you haven't picked up a ranged skill yet (or even if you have) Marksman is well worth trying out. ALSO to my surprise I've actually been able to parry enemies if the shot is timed right. you don't have to buy "lightning rounds"). Also the bullets take on whatever extra damage type you apply to your main weapon (i.e. Freezing midair to line up shots is such a cool game mechanic that I didn't expect, especially when the result is a satisfying shotgun blast that can take out 3 enemies at a time. Turns out pistols and their transmutations are amazing. I started out as a Knight mostly putting points into the branches for swords and shields, but I've been a huge Bloodborne fan relative to Dark Souls, so I figured, why not try out pistols? As the skill tree is enormous and most people are still figuring out what skills/builds/weapons they find fun, I have to say Marksman was hands-down the best investment I've made.
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