I'm going to change my build to a Dex one and just
#Elden Ring (DLC hype room)
frozen olive
True
I'm still waiting to find non dogshit sorceries
I fucking KNOW there are at least three different types of new sorceries
And i WANT them
frozen olive
I found two new seals and i want the sorcery to go with them
frail ferry
I'm still waiting to find non dogshit sorceries
have you fought fem pontiff
frozen olive
have you fought fem pontiff
I've not
frozen olive
||Knights Lightning Spear is the only good sorcery i've found so far||
frail ferry
when you say sorcery do mean any spell
frozen olive
I mean incantation
Really
I've found uh
||dogshit messmer fire rain, bear scream, dogshit rot butterfly tornado and the god tier Knights Lightning Spear||
frail ferry
WHEERE IS THE BEAR ONE
frozen olive
Fight bear
frail ferry
i thought i did
frozen olive
They like to be near water
frail ferry
i fought a red runebear and got its hat
vestal night
Threatening statement
frozen olive
Yes
frail ferry
this is good news
frozen olive
There's even ||a Bear man||
frail ferry
i want bear power
frozen olive
||i have his claws||
vestal night
I feel like despite exploring around a bunch I've still found almost nothing lmao
frozen olive
Same
Where are all the weapons
Where are my incantations
Where have all the armors gone
vestal night
I also still feel very underpowered, despite 80 Int Carian Scepter sorceries
frozen olive
Same
glossy delta
I can do damage good I just die to any two hits
frozen olive
Fr
frail ferry
3 if you have the armor physick
twilit path
damn. Almost one shot the ||dancing lion||.
signal harness
I also still feel very underpowered, despite 80 Int Carian Scepter sorceries
Get more skibidi branches
They scale your damage really hard
vestal night
That's why I'm just exploring around for now partially
vestal night
Is the bonus from scadutree blessings additive or cumulative?
signal harness
I don’t know I just know it helps a bunch
frail ferry
idk but its not enough
old brook
I've found a good bit of weapons, only one armorset tho
And I've just been putzing around the Graveyard Plain
twilit path
gotta say, punching doesnt feel anywheere near as good on bosses
I think I will split between punches for exploring/human sized enemies, and milady for anything bigger
kind garden
so uh
how much Scadutree Blessing should I have for the Shadow Chamber boss
I summoned a +10 endgame summon and used everything I had and barely laid a scratch on him
glossy delta
gotta say, punching doesnt feel anywheere near as good on bosses
Yeah, short range weapons inevitably run into trouble against bosses
Since they really commonly like
Body check you with their own hitbox out of range of your attacks
kind garden
like forget "gitting gud" I would need hours to whittle down this much health with my damage output
twilit path
Also the camera just freakin out doesnt help heh
twilit path
one shot the lion on first attempt with the beautiful, elegant milady tho
kind garden
oh also
twilit path
wing stance does SO MUCH DAMAGE
kind garden
is Shaded Chamber boss:||Messmer|| a "I do not care about fire or holy damage, Faith builds please consider respeccing" type beat like Mohg
frail ferry
no idea but if so lightning damage
glossy delta
is Shaded Chamber boss:||Messmer|| a "I do not care about fire or holy damage, F...
I would be quite surprised if they were strong against holy, fire probably lmao
Alas I cannot provide a great deal of general use advice since I did a bleed build
But what I would say is they have a lot of big openings for a humanoid boss in this game, so I focused on landing big charges and heavies over whittling with dodge attacks
kind garden
w-where
glossy delta
w-where
Okay this will require spoiler text I think
||After his spear throw is a huge obvious one, another after his big waterfowl dance combo (big horizontal spear whirl, rapidfire stabs, downstab into explosion, opening is after that, another is the big orb he starts the fight off with, dodge the inital landing, then pop, do a charged heavy, and then in general I found his fire spear combos, which are usually 3 hits long, to have pretty decent openings after the third one||
How low have you gotten him?
frail ferry
kind garden
I can barely touch this guy and he's ripping me apart in maybe 2 touches
signal harness
how much Scadutree Blessing should I have for the Shadow Chamber boss
I don’t know a specific number but aiui each one is worth 4% or so so they scale hard
frail ferry
there is a +3 fire defense talisman i can tell you abotu
signal harness
How many do you have?
kind garden
I've got Scadutree Blessing lv7
glossy delta
maybe 10% of the way down?
Alright he has some more moves where you can really beat the shit out of him but
🙂
🙂
I will say- that's how I started out with my attempts but once I started tailoring my loadout to em I had a far easier time
Get fire resist stuff on, it will help massively
Heaviest fire-positive armor you can still medium roll in
kind garden
oh btw this guy does not give a FUCK about holy damage
I'm swinging a 1044AR weapon and getting a solid 600 damage with R1
glossy delta
Can lightning even scale faith in this game
I'm pretty sure lightning infusion scales quality
kind garden
lightning infusion does not scale
frail ferry
not the infusion no
kind garden
what's the FAI/STR weapon
tropic stream
Now comes the question for my new build with Milady and Dryleaf Arts
Pure Dex
or Dex/Fth
I am inclined
To Dex/Fth
glossy delta
Its an awesome fight after the first 15 tries imo
kind garden
lmao.
frail ferry
man thats the most lightning weapon ive ever seen
twilit path
damn, blackgaol knight... they really just put ||black swordsman Guts in this game huh?||
frail ferry
have you gotten to the area below the plateau
frail ferry
mayhaps
tropic stream
Is this a good dex/fth spread?
frail ferry
more endurence
tropic stream
How much more and what gets the axe
frail ferry
which axe
frail ferry
a bit off dex
the soft cap definetley kicked in
@kind garden go to the bit centered here and follow it till you reach the grace
kind garden
yeah so uh
frail ferry
its a cave with some perfumers and a miracle in it
frail ferry
oh the cerulean coast is pretty
steel scroll
spoiler for big ol' hole (coincidentally in the cerulean coast) (you'll know it when you see it) ||found st trina :o||
twilit path
damn, blackgaol knight is a super fun fight. Had them to a sliver and intentionally died so I could try it with fists
frail ferry
"you were truly magnificent"
twilit path
truly
twilit path
and this savage lion's claw... its just the beserk armor moves. It's berserk all the way down my god
frail ferry
fantasy medieval action game, looks inside, beserk
twilit path
ooh, good tip for the STYLE
the drip in thi game is already sick
but... now I must sleep :(
frail ferry
behold, the power of art direction
left willow
A needle pulling thread
tropic stream
Oh I’ve never played ds3
frail ferry
she is basically pontiff if they took estrogen and cocaine
glossy delta
This one has no stand however
tropic stream
Clued me the fuck in real fast
frail ferry
she dont need one
steel scroll
did you get got by the ||twin moon attack||
frail ferry
she has several lunar objects for that
frail ferry
you cant miss it
steel scroll
if you dunk them hard enough you can skip it, i saw it once and immediately reached for ol' mimi
frail ferry
man throwing spears on horseback really makes you feel like a mongolian raider
frail ferry
tropic stream
Know what
Gonna get to her later
I feel like I’m slowly getting her and getting over the fear
But I’m tired and still feel like her carian sweep is bullshit
old brook
Still can't believe they've weaponized Hoarfrost Stomp against us, punishment for hubris
golden pond
Tummy, B
golden pond
tropic stream
and farm the blackflame monk hood
For a chainmail robe vibe
Okay
Good news
Only had to kill the basement monk three times for it to drop
Bad news
fuck it looks bad
golden pond
what the fuck kind of cheese invasion did i get
spawned next to the big jar coloseum place
guy is next to the tree, across teh ravine
i can't go anywhere cause the only way back is the elevator thing 😭
limpid peak
grave bird
north west of where you start, I think, but I can't remember well enough to be more precise
it's guarded by several of the birds
left willow
north west of where you start, I think, but I can't remember well enough to be m...
start in the DLC, right?
limpid peak
yeah
left willow
I hate those. I hate those. I hate those. I hate those. I hate those. I hate those. I hate those.
tropic stream
I'm getting kind of like... nun+Bronze Age warrior vibes?
Like she looks like a weird murder-nun right
I'm not just seeing that?
limpid peak
I hate the lampreys with the kilometre long grab more
left willow
Look, fighting them is fine
They're really easy as a sorcerer
I just hate the way they move
Hand Spiders move in a way that makes my skin crawl
jaunty solar
Standing before the final fog gate
Nothing spoiled except the wall around the final fog gate and my armor set
limpid peak
oh, you know that annoying attack Rellana does where she does this kinda Carian Grandeur slam and follows it up with a swipe?
you can get that as an Ash of War
called Carian Sovereignty
jaunty solar
Carian Pre-emptive Bombardment
limpid peak
found it while trying to work out where this is (spoiler for the third map from Ymir)
can't find anwhere that looks like it
it looks a good bit like where I picked it up, but not enough
actually, it looks identical except for the bit out front
is there a basement? I tried looking around but I couldn't find anything
jaunty solar
found it while trying to work out where this is (spoiler for the third map from ...
Would you like a hint?
jaunty solar
:>
limpid peak
back from lunch and into the breach once more
I've noticed I instantly dislike any boss that can do damage by just running near you
limpid peak
anyone know why Leda isn't moving from Highroad Cross?
limpid peak
ah, think I found out why
rich lintel
wait where
stone cove
wait where
||Temple Town Ruins||
...which i dont actually know how i got to, lol. Stupid multi level map!
rich lintel
yeah no the insane verticality is really tripping me up
stone cove
yeah no the insane verticality is really tripping me up
Oh, i figured it out for you! Via backtracking
limpid peak
oh god, that is too many snakes all at once
stone cove
yeah no the insane verticality is really tripping me up
||In Scadu Altus, there's a small lake directly north of Moor Ruins. Head to that, and you can find a cave, and if you follow that whole path around it loops under the shadow keep and too the area to the north where you can then head towards there||
Sorry for delayed reply, Cats.
limpid peak
good lord, that leaping spear thrust Messmer does, he practically teleports
rich lintel
||In Scadu Altus, there's a small lake directly north of Moor Ruins. Head to tha...
bet thanks
frozen olive
so uh
(story spoilers) ||I found a scroll detailing a ritual to incarnate a god into a soulless body and i gave it to Ansbach, and you know, he said Miquella is going to use Mohg's fucking body for it||
limpid peak
got hit with an "Inappropriate activity detected"
from trying to summon people repeatedly because it kept failing
frozen olive
the fire knights suck so fucking much
limpid peak
yeah
I've taken to cheesing them
anything that hits them a lot very quickly works, as far as I can tell
they don't have a lot of poise
frozen olive
i've been using ||Knights Lightning Spear to just fucking stunlock them||
they are so fucking dogshit to fight
umbral portal
(story spoilers) ||I found a scroll detailing a ritual to incarnate a god into a...
This happened to my friend jim
golden pond
Gf found weird squelchy disgusting dudes
Made her turn off the game cause it made her sick
stone cove
(story spoilers) ||I found a scroll detailing a ritual to incarnate a god into a...
||I mean the fact all his followers are charmed and Leda goes full PURGE THE UNWORTHY the moment the charm breaks, i think is... a give away.||
umbral portal
||I mean the fact all his followers are charmed and Leda goes full PURGE THE UNW...
||maybe Miquella is the bad guy 🤔 ||
stone cove
||maybe Miquella is the bad guy 🤔 ||
||Someone constnatly refered to as Kindly, with a big theme of brainwashing, a bad guy? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.||
So one thing that bugs me with the game, is that there's very little variety on the new weapon types. Like inot expecting crazy weapon vareity, but... a built in status option, etc
instead it seems like there's one basic of eavery one, a couple get smithscript versions, but it's generally pretty lacking in general. Like it seems there's literally one infuseable light greatsword, one infuseable great katana, one infuesable beast claws
it's just really werid.
Pletny more greatswords though!
limpid peak
lmao, just got a phase 2 cutscene after I died
god, the mega snake attack
what do you even do?
dodge like 6 snakes then a lungeing follow up and an explosion?
steel scroll
I've not squashed messmer yet but I've scraped up probably everything in terms of story up til that point. I have an idea what Miquella is doing but I have no clue what is plan is
Also i can't believe fromsoft put a lancer referenc in (there's a part where you drink deep and descend)
limpid peak
I've not found that
I have an item I can drink to "put me to sleep" but it's apparently quite deadly
steel scroll
I have an item I can drink to "put me to sleep" but it's apparently quite deadly
Optional story spoilers about that ||chug that shit until something happens||
limpid peak
wait, really?
steel scroll
Wait, not an item, a thing in the world you can drink from
limpid peak
you almost got me killed, lmao
stone cove
I'm not sure that's an actual lancer refrence
steel scroll
(I am being silly. Their actual lancer reference is that other game they made. Idk why they put a six on the end of the title though)
stone cove
I wish i liked the look of the divine beast helm||s||
Anyway, look at my drip and how fucking good i look in this light
mellow silo
Almost beat the hippo boy, but host died just before 😭
The hippo flip claims yet another soul
Solitude armor once again going hard
I've got a piece on my character too
Kinda a bad pic though
Confessor set with Solitude set goes hard
frozen olive
i beat ||Rellana|| first try lol
tropic stream
i beat ||Rellana|| first try lol
Tell me your secret
frozen olive
||Knight's Lightning Spear||
mellow silo
Makes sense lol
frozen olive
||i just mimic'd and threw lightning at her until she died||
stone cove
Honestly, the answer is mostly "AGGRESION"
ALso i'm pretty sure summoning fucks up the scaling somehow
frozen olive
||she hit me with like, one attack which was the fuck off moon explosion||
also
that spell
stone cove
because i was chunking her when i foguth her solo, and when Mouse summoned me it was a nightmare
frozen olive
is going to go SO FUCKING WELL ON MY COLD SORCERER
old brook
Riverside Cave perhaps the least worth-it thing I've found so far
frozen olive
LETS FUCKING GO
stone cove
Riverside Cave perhaps the least worth-it thing I've found so far
Hey, it's filled with friends!
You take that back
also if you back out of it, check the waterfall nearby
best fucking talisman in the game.
mellow silo
Oh?
old brook
Oh I just finished, s'how I know it ain't worth it
stone cove
||Two headed turtle Talisman.||
stone cove
Oh I just finished, s'how I know it ain't worth it
You take that bat, the Molerat Ogres are friends.
tropic stream
||Knight's Lightning Spear||
Where is that, I'm doing a dex/fth lightning build rn
stone cove
Psychotic, horrifying friends.
old brook
I was expecting a weapon or a spell or somethin is all
Room with 21 guys and 'here's some meat'
frozen olive
Where is that, I'm doing a dex/fth lightning build rn
||Scorpion River Catacombs||
||the weapon that Rellana gives is so cool||
mellow silo
||Two headed turtle Talisman.||
Is that the two hander talisman?
stone cove
Is that the two hander talisman?
Nope, it's upgraded stamina talisman.
as in, stamina regen
mellow silo
Oh, ok
stone cove
Genuinely insanely strong.
tropic stream
||the weapon that Rellana gives is so cool||
I know lol, when I get it I'm going back to my Int/Fth XD
old brook
I've never felt like a lack of stamina regen has killed me :|a it's pretty zippy already
Like unless it gets rid of the initial delay idk
frozen olive
||it's going to go well on my main character||
stone cove
I've never felt like a lack of stamina regen has killed me :|a it's pretty zippy...
I'm a very aggressive player, more stamina regen, more doing things
the base one is a 17.7% faster regen boost
i dont actually know how fast the upgrade is
limpid peak
Optional story spoilers about that ||chug that shit until something happens||
Just died in || the Garden of Deep Purple, chugging nectar ||
mellow silo
How do you deal with the Hippo flip? It just oneshots me no matter what I do
60 vig, shield Drake talisman+2, still a oneshot
stone cove
Get the greatshield drake talisman for one
limpid peak
chugging really was the answer
stone cove
Also Opaline Hardtear is a free 15% damage mitgation
Like i just stacked up Opaline + Dragoncrest Greatshield and went from 50% ish mitgation which was getting me two shot by the boss i foguht, to over 60 or 70% mitigation
the boss was taking about 10% of my hp with ah it
still ow, but like
a lot less
steel scroll
Just died in || the Garden of Deep Purple, chugging nectar ||
WE'RE SMOKING THAT SCADUTREE BLESSING. WE'RE SMOKING THAT FORBIDDEN MESSMER WINGED SERPENT FIRE. I'M SO OFF ON THAT HORNSENT STANK IM BARKING AT THE JAGGED PEAK SEEING TWO MOONS. YOU MONGREL INTRUDERS.
junior spade
stamina regen makes blocking waaaaay easier
especially with how aggressive the dlc enemies are
speaking of, man, did they need to give every flame guy insane tracking on all attacks
tropic stream
So
You have to get to this plateau to my left which if I remember basically involves just peeling off the road to the west of the three-path cross grace and hugging a cliff
And you have to get basically to the south end of the plateau
If you find a church guarded by a curseblade monk, you're doing it right
Also, hilarious
The armor is on an overhang above where you spawn in in the dlc
Okay fun fact
Leda's chest piece with the tabard and cape is unique
Can't alter the chest piece I got
also inside the church I mentioned is smaller item spoiler ||an fp version of blessed dew lmao||
tropic stream
It's a small cliff ledge
tropic stream
You gotta basically hug the wall as soon as you get out of the path under the rock arch west of Three-Path Cross
mellow silo
Oh I find it
old brook
So. ||Igon|| (Graveyard NPC spoiler) Can't tell if this is a ||mercy kill|| type situation
mellow silo
Oh I got the armor les go
frozen olive
||ME AND THE BESTIE||(story spoilers)
mellow silo
We are so winning
tropic stream
||ME AND THE BESTIE||(story spoilers)
I'm so jealous of you rn
Btw
Belurat is so intriguing from an architectural-cultural standpoint
mummified monks in the lotus position, Nepalese/Tibetan architecture but with some distant Spanish influence in the materials and some of the design
So good
I love it here
mellow silo
Anyways. Back to hippo suffering hunting
stone cove
Everyone else: Blackknife Tiche!
Me: Mimic Tear, use Blackflame blade on Milady.
Mimic Tear: You got it, Boss! MURDER NOISES
Anyway, that's a silly and also fun combo
knotty rune
Anyone got any luck against ||Putrescent Knight? I swear he's fucking me good and hard, especially the bullshit two-vector attack he's got with his horse and the huuuuge frost AoE pattern of which I can't figure out||
||scadutree level like 9 or 10||
mellow silo
Anyone got any luck against ||Putrescent Knight? I swear he's fucking me good an...
Roll into the horse spiral
Not away
junior spade
Anyone got any luck against ||Putrescent Knight? I swear he's fucking me good an...
||he's weak to holy/sacred, and you can jump the frost AoE, for most of his attacks roll into them or get a good 100% block shield and stamina regen||
mellow silo
Also, you on PC? I can summon for you if wanted
knotty rune
figured that out, the horse often catches me though
knotty rune
Also, you on PC? I can summon for you if wanted
Sure, thank you! I'm in EU though
vestal night
btw, is there some kind of trick for those wicker giants?
or do you just need to chip away at their legs and hope they fall over for a critical?
mellow silo
Sign down, name is Mercenary Petra
knotty rune
Summoning
old brook
Everyone else: Blackknife Tiche!
Me: Mimic Tear, use Blackflame blade on Milady...
Deenh shall be my Battle Buddy forever, best bird, best friend
real shadow
Even at scadubiditoilet 3 I was really close to killing a wicker giant.
knotty rune
lmao
real shadow
his AOEs are easy to jump over.
kind garden
going bearzerk
mellow silo
Sign down again. I'm going as long as you will
knotty rune
1 more try, I've got to drop after
mellow silo
o7
vestal night
i should try again im at scadu 15
15, damn
junior spade
ive been checking every nook and cranny, theres so many cool spots to find and explore
mellow silo
Oof
frail ferry
oh yeah that horsedude is a fuck
but the shield bois are unstoppable
wtf do i do with the ||nectar person||
old brook
I think ||Beast Claw|| does the Visceral Attack if you guardbreak someone lmao
kind garden
Analysis has indicated to me that shields are the fucking best in the DLC
umbral portal
||Damn Radahn got hands||
mellow silo
Can I request some support for Hippo? I just want him dead and summoning doesn't well work normally
junior spade
name is down under the LANCER code
mellow silo
@junior spade it's time to call in the cavalry
junior spade
summon sign is down
mellow silo
Well that was kinda sad lol
junior spade
it happens!
mellow silo
That bite attack is an absolute bitch to avoid
Death yet again. That was one of my better runs though
junior spade
😭 i rolled badly there, my bad
frail ferry
finally found the one specific hole in the morth ruins
limpid peak
Wait, where's that last dude? I'm wearing that armour set, but I didn't know an NPC had it
junior spade
Wait, where's that last dude? I'm wearing that armour set, but I didn't know an ...
Explore the right side of the map more, cool stuff hidden away
limpid peak
that's where I found the armour 😄
junior spade
on the right track then!
limpid peak
I am missing a map chunk on that side though
steel scroll
Wait, where's that last dude? I'm wearing that armour set, but I didn't know an ...
||big church||
vivid spire
Found how to get the next incantation
mellow silo
Think I'm done for now
vivid spire
Wear the ||Lion head|| in front of the ||Grandmam|| and talk to her
I.. I’m going to have to hurt ||Miquella|| aren’t I
What was the point of discarding your ||love and doubt||
junior spade
Scrble, have you found the Purple yet (vague for spoilers)
mellow silo
I assume yes, given their previous statement
frail ferry
||butterflies?||
junior spade
Yeah, just not sure if they've gotten the Purple Lore Conversations yet
vivid spire
Uhh
No
I found the Cerulean Coast
And the ||Putrescent Knight|| but didn’t beat him yet
mellow silo
Oh, you're basically there then
vivid spire
I’m struggling with the Knight
mellow silo
Same spot for me lol
vivid spire
Also I just found the ||Finger Ruins||
mellow silo
Knight is scary
frail ferry
shield bois and lightning spam did it for me
vivid spire
Fucking remarkable
junior spade
I'll only add that getting past that will give you some lore answers you're looking for
vivid spire
I am afraid
frail ferry
speaking of ||what do i do with the nectar person||
mellow silo
That knight is a really freaky boss
Like, aesthetically
Skeleton blob monster riding half a horse
junior spade
speaking of ||what do i do with the nectar person||
||Talk to them a lot :)||
frail ferry
someone crossbred orphan of kos and GYOBU MASATAKA ONIWA
frail ferry
||Talk to them a lot :)||
well i wouldnt have gussed that
steel scroll
the hip?
mellow silo
Hippo
steel scroll
||yes__________________||
junior spade
yes
frail ferry
short for calculator
junior spade
||Moorth Ruins is the way||
steel scroll
||^ east of twin moons boss lady castle||
mellow silo
Time to go Skip The Hip™
steel scroll
if you do kill it however it drops ||two blessings||
mellow silo
Skipping Rellana, Skipping the Hippo, let's see how much of the game I can skip because of my terminal case of stage 4 skill issue
steel scroll
there might only be three mandatory bosses to 'beat' the dlc, idk yet
frail ferry
||Talk to them a lot :)||
is it a certain number of times or is my leg being pulled
frail ferry
is it a certain number of times or is my leg being pulled
well never mind
golden pond
so far consensus from gf is that scooby snack system is wack
junior spade
mountain stuff: ||holy shit. they added a monster hunter boss fight, this guy rules||
frozen olive
||ok Commander Gaius fucking sucks as a fight, his attacks are bullshit, some of them seem actually undodgable||
junior spade
||Commander Gaius, kinda fucking sucks||
||He's super worth killing, there's like 6 scadu fragments right where he blocks off||
frail ferry
||bayle?||
frozen olive
||He's super worth killing, there's like 6 scadu fragments right where he blocks...
||he fucking sucks tbh||
junior spade
||It took me the better part of an hour to get him down and kill him, jump attacks really nail him||
frozen olive
||he's so hyper aggressive you can barely get an attack in and some of his moves seem actually undodgeable||
vivid spire
I swear to god
If they make ||miquella|| an antagonist that would be so demeaning to trans people
Only canonical trans Esq person in fromsoft games like ever
And they’re evil
):
I hope not
junior spade
I don't think its useful to use Good and Evil in elden ring
there's just different sides
frozen olive
i have ||literally all of my stocks on Miquella being up to no good||
||there is so many things stacked in favor of Miquella not being what he's said to be thanks to all the shit i've found||
junior spade
its in the same way that in ds1 Dark Sun Gwyndolin isn't good/evil, just doing their job
frozen olive
I don't think its useful to use Good and Evil in elden ring
i think you are wrong because Dung Eater exists
junior spade
I am not, but thank you
limpid peak
three fucking phases?
I hate the || scadutree avatar || , jesus
is there a trick to it?
frozen olive
no
limpid peak
sick
frozen olive
ok yeah (boss)||Gaius is the worst boss of the DLC so far, fuck him||
absolute fucking dogshit
junior spade
can we tag spoilers, please
like boss names and stuff
wasnt at you Freyja, sorry, youre doing fine
tropic stream
Kind of me rn fighting (boss) ||Rellana|| but I know I'm definitely malding
She's totally beatable, I just
Am ass rn
frail ferry
ok wtf do i do against the ||armored torch giant||
theres a spiritspring but i cant figure out what to do
vivid spire
Was thinking about that one dialogue choice for ||Thiollers friend||
I picked ||Move past it|| when responding to the question of what to do if ||Miquella abandoned us||
Self determinism
tropic stream
Okay what does 'raises potency of storms' on (item spoilers) ||Enraged Divine Beast|| mean?
Like, wind skills?
junior spade
i will say for a lot of bosses, going and getting scadu upgrades and specifically getting defensive gear For Them helped me a lot
frozen olive
ok this is the first boss that i think just fucking sucks
limpid peak
ashes of war
limpid peak
but beside that, I dunno what counts as "storms"
tropic stream
I hope (cope) it also means lightning damage
golden pond
i will say for a lot of bosses, going and getting scadu upgrades and specificall...
man, not scavenger hunts
frail ferry
just fuck about and kill anything out of place
junior spade
honestly i havent had to "hunt" for them, just going "wow that place looks neat" has rewarded me with upgrades at every turn
frozen olive
i've explored fucking everything and it's honestly not helping that much
frail ferry
it would be worse without them tho
junior spade
whats your scadu level?
junior spade
I needed scadutree blessing 11 before i felt comfortable with who youre fighting rn
frozen olive
13
tropic stream
God I want Rellana to step on m- I mean what
frozen olive
ash blessing is at 5
vivid spire
I just can’t get the knight
vivid spire
God I want Rellana to step on m- I mean what
Me too… 
He guts me instantly
And he’s so fast
golden pond
theres a lot to do and see
I know but like, eh
not a fan of "go literally everywhere else" being the solution to being stuck on a boss
tropic stream
I will point out
vivid spire
My blessing is 7
tropic stream
Rellana is Rennala's elder ||sister||
vivid spire
OH MY GOD
vivid spire
WELL SHIT THATS INTERESTING
now I feel bad for rennala ngl
Sister abandoned her to fuck off witu ||mesmer||
frail ferry
wow i jst stunlocked dane to death
tropic stream
lol nice
I like the zamor armor's layering on the skirt too much (also I need at least some armor)
vivid spire
this is actually just bad
Which one
frozen olive
Which one
||Commander Gaius||
i don't mind difficult
i beat Malenia with a fire flamberge on a full caster build using minimal actual spells and no summons
but this is just bullshit
some of the attacks are genuinely undodgable unless you are in a certain spot
which fucking blows
it's just
not enjoyable
and he can do combos that are instakills and basically imposible to dodge
limpid peak
|| Scadutree Avatar || does this really annoying thing, where they summon projectiles from the sky, but if you're up close you can' see them coming because the boss is in the way
frail ferry
close enough, WELCOME BACK SHRINE OF ANAMA
frozen olive
love having to pull out a melee weapon and as a caster in a fight
frozen olive
Dung Eater actually a fucking phenomenal summon
dogshit person, really clutch on the summon side
mellow silo
Only redeeming quality
vivid spire
Yall I found the ||Specimen Storage||
mellow silo
Also you get to watch him get beat uo repeatedly which is nice
vivid spire
||Mesmer seems fucked||
limpid peak
hollowed out and turned into a useful puppet, couldn't have happened to a better person
frozen olive
||Knights Lightning Spear|| is such a fucking goated spell
frozen olive
unironically the best thing i've found in the dlc so far
i hate str dex
why is everything str dex
frail ferry
cause swing stuff aint easy
limpid peak
y'know, I though || Scadutree avatar || was blocking progress maybe, but nope
dead end
tropic stream
||Knights Lightning Spear|| is such a fucking goated spell
Where is the dungeon you told me it was lol
frozen olive
y'know, I though || Scadutree avatar || was blocking progress maybe, but nope
(boss/story spoilers) ||you get Miquella's broken rune from it||
limpid peak
yeah, that's what I was shocked about
frail ferry
Where *is* the dungeon you told me it was lol
north of the temple town ruins
steel scroll
hooooOOOOLY SHIT (north west map optional boss spoiler)
frozen olive
Where *is* the dungeon you told me it was lol
steel scroll
mellow silo
Barry the bear wizard
frozen olive
||Give it to me, that thing, your Bear Communion||
steel scroll
WHAT PART OF THE MAP
coincidentally the orange bit of the part freyja just posted
frozen olive
Iiiiiii don't know where that is lmao
||Rauh||
frozen olive
||northwest on the map||
steel scroll
Good question, it's hardly easy to miss
vivid spire
OH SHIT
IT IS RAINING FIRE
I wanna get a hold of the mesmerflame incantations I’m on the receiving end
frozen olive
also
(boss spoiler)||I WAS FUCKING RIGHT, GAIUS WAS RADAHNS FRIEND||
||THE GOATED DUO, MAN WITH COMICALLY SMALL HORSE AND HOG RIDER FROM CLASH OF CLANS||
mellow silo
I like how this entire DLC is fromsoft hearing that we like legacy dungeons and then fuckin delivering
frozen olive
dripped the fuck out
also how do i keep ending up as a ||carian sorcerer||
it keeps happening
steel scroll
I KNEW WHERE I'D FIND IT. ROUND TABLE CRONE I WOULD DIE FOR YOU
frail ferry
well i sure did miss the one part of the forset with the biggest bear
glossy delta
dogshit person, really clutch on the summon side
Its a best of both worlds because to summon him you need to subject him to a fate worse than death 😌
frozen olive
trueeeee
mellow silo
With how scary rune bears are in the base game, I am in true fear of fighting one of these monstrosities
steel scroll
it's pretty dodgeable
frail ferry
honestly theyre easier
steel scroll
maybe i botched the timing but kind of mad jumping didnt save me from its ||earthshaker||
frail ferry
yeah its jumpable
vernal imp
I’m trying to hold on in case this gets discounted by the summer sale but it looks so good sigh
frozen olive
WAIT WHAT
(boss spoiler) ||GAIUS WAS AN ALBINAURIC WHAT||
||a fucking hogriding albinauric||
mellow silo
Legendary
golden pond
||a fucking hogriding albinauric||
||HOG RIDAAAAAA||
limpid peak
oh, I got a stone sword in those ruins
glossy delta
Man this map is built like a labyrinth
Its starting to become a complaint albeit a mild one
I have 0 clue how to get to the map stone in the north or the entire northeast or south lol
Well, the entire south other than ||THE ABYSSAL FOREST||
frail ferry
vaati wasnt lying bout 5 limgraves in a stack
limpid peak
Man this map is built like a labyrinth
Its starting to become a complaint albeit...
funnily enough, the only bit of the south you have is the bit I don't
glossy delta
It was a very involved process to get there
limpid peak
oh dear
glossy delta
AAAAAAAAAAA
vestal night
I've only found the starting map and the coast for now
limpid peak
If you want a hint, || I got to the south via the River Ellac ||
mellow silo
Do we ever go up the big ass spiky mountain to the southeast?
limpid peak
Yes
junior spade
yeah
umbral portal
Loving the DLC but man is the difficulty high
limpid peak
nope
umbral portal
on the final boss atm
glossy delta
Why am I attracted to ||Frenzy|| like a magnet
I got tricked into (not spoilers save how it informs what I'm talking about above) ||inheriting the flame of frenzy in my very first playthrough by just fucking around and reading messages, too||
frozen olive
Loving the DLC but man is the difficulty high
yea it's pretty fucking difficult
frail ferry
how hard is it to kill this flower
junior spade
it does feel like the dlc wants you to play it like its bloodborne
which is points off in my books
glossy delta
Also
(boss weapon spoiler) ||Romina's Scarlet Rot halberd scales with ARCANE 👀||
frail ferry
status status status
twilit path
Honestly, I am really enjoying the game, but the tuning definitely feels off on some of the attack chains from monsters. It's more in the Malenia school of design, which is definitely not my preferred souls boss type
glossy delta
I could use it with the deadly poison perfume................
twilit path
If I had a sekiro parry...
junior spade
yeah, theres at least 3 bosses i havent finished where i genuinely dont know when i get to get an attack in or heal
frail ferry
the first torch giant drops a hard tear that gives you a pseudo one
vestal night
the first torch giant drops a hard tear that gives you a pseudo one
kinda wish that one had been a talisman or something
tying it to flask still feels a bit limited
vivid spire
Fuck
How do I get to the second Divine Lion
I found it once
Died and lost my way
umbral portal
There's a second?
vivid spire
Yeah
Supposed to have one of the stronger incantations
It’s in the ||Ruins of Rauh|| but that place is a mess
I don’t know where to go after the black tower
steel scroll
The axe you get from the scorpion cave lets you dodge gaius' charge pretty easily I think
frail ferry
steel scroll
what do you mean he has a second phase
vivid spire
I could use it with the deadly poison perfume................
Are the perfume weapons pretty good
mellow silo
How do I get down the Moorth Ruin hole
glossy delta
Are the perfume weapons pretty good
Have not actually tried them yet
frail ferry
they dont stagger at all so use em for bosses
paper badge
speaking of ||what do i do with the nectar person||
you gotta ||keep chugging from her until something weird happens. assuming you mean the purple one||
unrelated: I just found ||Marika's hometown|| (big lore implications)
mellow silo
Can I get another hint on how to skip the Hippo? At Moorth Ruin, haven't found any leads
frail ferry
that was the hardest to kill sunflower since cuphead
paper badge
Can I get another hint on how to skip the Hippo? At Moorth Ruin, haven't found a...
go down the moorth hole
paper badge
there's like
one really really really specific spot
that you can survive the fall from
don't bother with torrent
also I need to
frail ferry
just bum around until you find it between a house and the ground
paper badge
- ||there's a puzzle to access the northeast part of the map from shadow keep that involved the phrase "Have mercy, for the spirited-away shamans."||
- ||there's a location in the northeast part of the map called Shaman Village. It is abandoned and there are no enemies. Very gentle harp strums play in the background, like from the Elden Beast's theme or that part of the trailer for the DLC where Marika is doing some stuff with gold threads.||
- item description one, for ||the Minor Erdtree incantation: "Secret incantation of Queen Marika. Only the kindness of gold, without Order. Creates a small, illusory Erdtree that continuously restores the HP of nearby allies. Marika bathed the village of her home in gold, knowing full well that there was no one to heal."||
- item description two, for ||the Golden Braid talisman: "A braid of golden hair, cut loose. Queen Marika's offering to the Grandmother. Boosts holy damage negation by the utmost. What was her prayer? Her wish, her confession? There is no one left to answer, and Marika never returned home again."||
lorebrain dump
junior spade
its such good lore
paper badge
_its such good lore_
clearly ||Marika is the last surviving descendant of the Shaman Village. But is it because of tragedy, or did she make herself the last one??||
umbral portal
you gotta ||keep chugging from her until something weird happens. assuming you m...
||Wjhere?||
oh nvm
junior spade
clearly ||Marika is the last surviving descendant of the Shaman Village. But is ...
||I think the incantation gives me the implication that tragedy occured||
umbral portal
the former but I waas scrolled up
paper badge
||I think the incantation gives me the implication that tragedy occured||
||good point. 'there was no one to heal'||
steel scroll
Bruh why can gaius' back kick hit you TWICE
limpid peak
jesus christ, fighting a guy with a nodachi in a mausoleum
that much reach, that much hyper-armour and bleed is painful
mellow silo
Why is there a bootleg butchering knife
limpid peak
I actually wondered that
it's got a new ash of war I guess
but it's otherwise basically identical
junior spade
its got Lore Text on it
limpid peak
it does
and it could tell us more about the original purpose about Anastia's knife
(if they have the same origin)
junior spade
honestly if theres lore i didnt expect to get in the dlc but that has turned out weirdly gross, its the pot lore
vivid spire
The jars…
limpid peak
wait, that's bitching
I got his sword and the hyper-armour is built in
it's a trait
limpid peak
1) ||there's a puzzle to access the northeast part of the map from shadow keep t...
I saw that puzzle, but did not work out what it meant
vivid spire
Which church
mellow silo
Manus Metyr
mellow silo
I'm in the Black Keep now, the water isn't fake
mellow silo
Did you get past the hippo
Nope, went around
Oh fuck oh fuck
Black Keep ||there's a monster under the water, help I'm scared||
vivid spire
Oh shit fr
mellow silo
||also the water just kills you. It's not fake 1 inch deep water like normal||
frozen olive
going absolutely insane trying to get to ||the second set of finger ruins||
genuinely confused how the fuck you are supposed to get there
every place i've looked has nothing
vestal night
found my way into the ||Finger Ruins||
can't actually do anything yet though, guess I came here too early
junior spade
going absolutely insane trying to get to ||the second set of finger ruins||
|| You know that site of grace before the hogrider boss? Theres a riddle near there ||
vivid spire
found my way into the ||Finger Ruins||
can't actually do anything yet though, gu...
Me neither
junior spade
An npc will instruct you on the ruins once you find them
frozen olive
|| You know that site of grace before the hogrider boss? Theres a riddle near th...
||is it the shamans message?||
||ok thanks for the hint, now i just need to find some fucking shamans i guess?||
junior spade
Ye
frozen olive
||i remember them beeing at the frenzyflame place and moorth i think||
steel scroll
I KILLED THAT GOD DAMN FUCKING HOG
frail ferry
how the hell do you reach the northeast ruins
steel scroll
try finger bit whole
junior spade
Riddles! All around us
steel scroll
for real i think it's ||shadow keep, some lift at the top of the specimen hall||
frail ferry
do i need to kill ||messmer||
junior spade
Nah
steel scroll
nope
frail ferry
god that place is a fucking maze
junior spade
I explored everything before even seeing that dude
steel scroll
in fact the only place i think is locked behind messmer is ||whatever the fuckin spooky tower is||
steel scroll
then you get to meet. HIM. 🐖
frail ferry
nah
limpid peak
Got that skeleton drip
junior spade
Youll be on the right path once you do
frail ferry
is he in storage somewher
steel scroll
YOU WILL KNOW HIM BY HIS SQUEAL
junior spade
Yes
frozen olive
i am seriously stumped by the ||shamans thing||
junior spade
Try exploring around ||Bonny Village ||
Thats how i solved it; they give both the hint and the thing needed as answer
mellow silo
These fire knights can fuck right off
junior spade
It had me giggling i was so excited
YEAH THE FIRE KNIGHTS SUCK
they have so much poise and tracking
frail ferry
fire does a number on it
limpid peak
size of Limgrave my arse
junior spade
size of base game
limpid peak
I'm in a catacomb the size of Limgrave
mellow silo
What does the ||Iris Of Grace|| do
junior spade
save that for some npc stuff
tropic stream
Got that skeleton drip
I kinda want that helmet to see if it goes with my drip
glossy delta
I had a special combo that could oneshot them but yeah they're a pain
I put Savage Lion's Claw on my Milady
SLC to groundsplat them, charge heavy as they stand, that staggers them, crit, another charged heavy as they stand
tropic stream
Savage Lion's Claw?
limpid peak
I kinda want that helmet to see if it goes with my drip
It's in the || Darklight Catacombs ||
limpid peak
uh, || through an illusory wall down a ladder from the bridge with the burning boats in Shadow Keep. And then, descend ||
glossy delta
Savage Lion's Claw?
||New upgrade to the Lions Claw weapon art, makes it a combo of flips||
||Its located very early in the DLC, I can try and describe further if desired||
steel scroll
you beat ||messmer||?
mellow silo
So, the hole in the wall at the Tree Worship Passage grace. Do we do anything about that? Or is it just a random dead end
vivid spire
you beat ||messmer||?
No I beat the hippo
limpid peak
fuck, the stone sword mentioned ||altars of light and darkness|| and I didn't check while I was in the ||Darklight Catacombs||
junior spade
fuck, the stone sword mentioned ||altars of light and darkness|| and I didn't ch...
lmk if you find out anything, ive been looking for where to use the stone
steel scroll
No I beat the hippo
||shadow keep has at least three routes out to other places, and also messmer's in there somewhere||
limpid peak
found a priest (annoying bugger) but no altar
junior spade
theres also multiple ways into the shadow keep, so you may just need to progress via another entrance
limpid peak
Fromsoft, what the fuck
steel scroll
I am staring ||BLIGHTFULLY||
vivid spire
Fromsoft, what the fuck
What the fuck
umbral portal
||Radahn is kicking me ass.||
frozen olive
@junior spade the clue isn't in the gaol is it?
mellow silo
Cannon Acquired
junior spade
<@163849202630262785> the clue isn't in the gaol is it?
nah
junior spade
Fromsoft, what the fuck
thats spooky as shit
grave plinth
||Radahn is kicking me ass.||
||just remember its not really Radahn, its a homunculus shaped like Radahn made from Mohg’s corpse, don’t let it intimidate you||
umbral portal
||just remember its not really Radahn, its a homunculus shaped like Radahn made ...
||Yes but it has Radahn's soul in it, so it's somewhat of a Ship of Theseus thing||
mellow silo
Bear time
limpid peak
found a guy ||at the whipping hut|| talking about shamans, but I can't figure out what to do
grave plinth
||Yes but it has Radahn's soul in it, so it's somewhat of a Ship of Theseus thin...
||that just means you’ve already killed it twice over, you can do it!||
frail ferry
IF I HAD A NICKLE FOR EVRY RANDOM HOLE THAT LED TO ENITRE SECTIONS OF MAP
junior spade
found a guy ||at the whipping hut|| talking about shamans, but I can't figure ou...
you're in the right area!! keep looking, maybe in the landscape right around there
glossy delta
IF I HAD A NICKLE FOR EVRY RANDOM HOLE THAT LED TO ENITRE SECTIONS OF MAP
This is the entire DLC
frozen olive
you're in the right area!! keep looking, maybe in the landscape right around the...
||the guy by the hut is the clue right?||
||it's something about the Shamans being put in jars right||
vestal night
IF I HAD A NICKLE FOR EVRY RANDOM HOLE THAT LED TO ENITRE SECTIONS OF MAP
so true
junior spade
||the guy by the hut is the clue right?||
||he lets you know this is a shaman village, so now you just need to find the next part||
I'll put the actual answer to the riddle here, for those tired of my own riddles: ||Nearby theres a statue of marika with an emote, you need that emote||||
mellow silo
||bear communion achieved||
junior spade
i did it and i could not explain how
steel scroll
there are ways (doors)
junior spade
i just kept trying to go Up
frail ferry
man this is an actually fun fight to use torrent on
maybe elden beast is now too actually
frozen olive
I'll put the actual answer to the riddle here, for those tired of my own riddles...
bruh i've ||had that emote for so long 😭 ||
i had no idea what to do with it though
vestal night
defeated ||Dragon Man||
why is a whole new area behind this random ass side dungeon
frozen olive
||Dragon Man!!!||
junior spade
thats the dlc baby
frail ferry
defeated ||Dragon Man||
why is a whole new area behind this random ass side dung...
dont worry about
you may also want to upgrade that weapon
vestal night
it seems neat
vestal night
not immediately useful for me as a sorcerer, but seems interesting
vivid spire
Oh fuck that noise
umbral portal
It really is the DLC of "I thought this was a dungeon not a whole area"
vivid spire
She butchered me immediately lol
frail ferry
i beat the last 2 bosses on the mountain because if its weapon art
umbral portal
at its supposed job
very
vestal night
i beat the last 2 bosses on the mountain because if its weapon art
||does it just do that much damage to dragons?||
umbral portal
|||Yep||
frail ferry
and since weapon art damage scales with weapon level
frozen olive
lets fucking go
mellow silo
Are there any more ||Bear Communion|| stuff other than Rugalea?
steel scroll
SEIBA!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!!?!??!?!?
https://x.com/arainydancer/status/1804557277816619367
frozen olive
spoiler it
frail ferry
is the ||chalice|| the only thing after gaius
vivid spire
How are yall getting so far ahead
frail ferry
Pro Gaming™️
steel scroll
smoke that shadowed gold blessing
limpid peak
I have done nothing but play Shadow of the Erdtree for the last 2 days
including an ill advised 19 hour stretch
junior spade
i play too much elden ring
junior spade
is the ||chalice|| the only thing after gaius
have you solved the ||statue's riddle||
limpid peak
I've only got 430 hours in Elden Ring
frozen olive
i just found the CRAZIEST lore shit
frail ferry
have you solved the ||statue's riddle||
i didnt realize that was a riddle
frail ferry
i just put it away for later
vivid spire
I have done nothing but play Shadow of the Erdtree for the last 2 days
Me too???
What are yall doing idk
junior spade
when i hit a boss i cant beat i just go another direction, and I have the uncanny ability to find random paths that Work
also ive somehow first-tried a few bosses via luck and Mimic Tear being the GOAT
limpid peak
I can't really credit my build for anything, since I've got 60 STR and DEX and 16 INT and FAITH (just so I can use cool weapons)
but yeah, I don't beat my head against bosses
I leave, explore and then come back and try again
frail ferry
AND THE SECOND ||TREE SENTINEL WITH THE STEEL CHAIR||
limpid peak
AND THE SECOND ||TREE SENTINEL WITH THE STEEL CHAIR||
lmao, that happened to me, I lock onto the one in the distance and then BAM
frail ferry
i got the first one almost dead an the second one blind sided me mid final swing
wait hang on spoiler lore brain blast
vivid spire
I focus on my build a lot and try do do themed fun stuff
But for romina idk
It’s probably the different leveling system throwing me off
frail ferry
||dosent melina use the minor erdtree miracle when we summon her against morgott||
||it says its only know by marika||
grave plinth
||it says its a secret incantation of hers but doesn’t say its known exclusively by her||
frail ferry
well this alludes to the same thought
junior spade
I wish I could offer help Scrble but i somehow beat that one on my first go so i didnt learn much before Shield Good
vivid spire
My fault for not getting the game on pc lol
limpid peak
I used Tiche and a bleed weapon, but I also kinda got lucky I think
junior spade
yeah it was a lot of luck for me
steel scroll
for reference the max shadowtree blessing is ||20||
frail ferry
foolishness
mellow silo
Shadow keep||How do I progress further into shadow keep from the church entrance? Getting stuck in church section||
frail ferry
did you drain it
frail ferry
oh then thats it i think
limpid peak
there's another path higher up, but I don't think it gets you into the Keep
frail ferry
its drop is prob important
mellow silo
