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[hammerhead]

Start off with 3-1. In this level too some of the lesser demons will be harder than the boss fights.

[Sunny Coffee]

LOL what a pushover the giant spider turned out to be. The Tower knight was a nightmarish motherf**ker. This one died with almost zero effort or strategy. Hell forget the Tower Knight I had a harder time with those flame chucking fatsos in 2-1 than I did with the 201 boss. At least they managed to kill me a couple of times, the spider went down in my first try and I only had to heal twice.

Still I aint complaining. I will take an easy boss any day.

So now, should I do 3-1 first for 4-1? Which is better for a melee character?

NO don't go to 3-1
NO NO NO

Save it for last

go to 2-2 & 2-3

[R a g h u]

If you have a good bow, 4-1 boss is very easy. Not sure about Melee.

[Bulovski]

4-1 every time

[hellraiserpop]

4-1 is easy, the patterns are easy to figure out. It's just that you die even if you make a single mistake

[Aftrunner]

Too late. Already in 3-1.

Tried 4-1 but the skeletons keep stunning me. My shield is sorta puny.

[R a g h u]

Also, once you finish 4-1, you can farm for souls very easily at the beginning of 4-2.

[Noctis]

Too late. Already in 3-1.

Tried 4-1 but the skeletons keep stunning me. My shield is sorta puny.

Don't block the skeletons, doge or parry. Actually the 4-1 is the first level I went to after 1-1 because the area lets you level up insanely fast once you learn to parry.

[Aftrunner]

How do you parry?

[Karooo]

Don't parry. It requires a lot of practice. If you miss, which you will; you're dead. Just hit and run.

[Noctis]

Block right before the enemy's attack makes contact (parry), and immediatly press r1 with a weapon equipped to perform an extremely high damage dealing critical attack (riposte).

If you haven't been using this till now then the game should get significantly easier for you. I had moved out of 1-1 only after mastering parry on the weak monsters there and it lets you take out enemies in one hit that are otherwise much tougher to handle.

Don't parry. It requires a lot of practice. If you miss, which you will; you're dead. Just hit and run.

I have to disagree, I spent some 30-60 minutes practicing it and was hardly missing anything after that (except some fast ones). Anyway killing an enemy with a parry + riposte is extremely satisfying, I don't see much point in playing DS as a melee if you are going to rely on hit and run all the time.

Edited by Noctis, 09 October 2011 - 11:26 AM.

[Aftrunner]

Hmm I have just been skewering my way out of combat ATM. Relying on positioning and timing. I think I tried that counter reposte thingy in 1-1 but never landed anything. Maybe its time to give that another shot.

Also the level design in 3-1 is terrible. Everything looks the same.

[Karooo]

I rarely used parry. Hit and run on something like, say, Red Knight is very satisfying as well. First you need to learn the enemy attack pattern, then the attack animation before you can successfully pull that off. You can easily beat the game without doing that, but it depends. I don't want to take risk with that move when I have a lot of Souls. That's the best thing about the game, you don't want to take risks mostly.

[R a g h u]

The skeletons in 4-1 will be easy to handle once you get the cresent falchion at the beginning of 4-1. And when fighting the golden colored skeletons make sure you lure it to a safe place so can roll and evade their attack.

[Sunny Coffee]

seesh just bow fk em skeletons

[hellraiserpop]

Parry is extremely satisfying on those 4-1 skeletors. Only way to kill them early if you don't use that fire enchantment oil thingy.

Edited by hellraiserpop, 09 October 2011 - 12:20 PM.

[Noctis]

Just approach and fight an enemy normally and once you see how it attacks you can easily parry all the rest. It has it risks, but if you can pull it of correctly you can wipe an area clean in 1/10th the time it usually takes and hence level up quick.

And there is nothing like walking towards the middle of a large group of monsters and taking them out with a chain riposte. Nothing else in DS felt as rewarding.

The game does not restrict you to a particular style anyway, so whatever feels right for you.

Edited by Noctis, 09 October 2011 - 12:23 PM.

[hammerhead]

I blocked their most of their attacks. But I had finished worlds 2 and 3 before I ventured into 4. I had some good armor and weapons and a high level.

[ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ]

guys need help

got soul arrow dunno how to use it

Spoiler

also iam at 2-1 tunnel stuck in a tight room with fog backside,this guy keeps on releasing fire bolts my weapon doesn't do enough damage have to use two hand weapon.
but defence sucks with this weapons also have water veil but dunno how it works.have to go back to nexus to remember it currently equipped with soul arrow,plus arrows doesn't work with my crossbow,i don't have any bolts left just 10 arrows

Edited by ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ, 19 October 2011 - 01:53 PM.

[Aftrunner]

You will need a catalyst(?) to cast a spell. So you need to have that before you can fire soul arrows. I think you can find one in 1-2.

Those fat guys are a pain in the a*s. Dont bother blocking. Lock on to them and strafe. Most times you can find them in a doorway so you can use the side areas to hide, hit them, hide again. Or if you meet one in the open, strafe from mid range and wait till they cast, move in quickly and hit them, move back again and strafe again.

2-1 is actually easier than 1-2. After that though, its a PITA.

Check the Demons souls wiki. It helped me out a hell of a lot.

[MarketTantrik]

Parry, Riposte. Bah!

Soul Arrows FTW !!

[Sunny Coffee]

Parry, Riposte. Bah!

Soul Arrows FTW !!

ssssh that was my platinum secret

[MarketTantrik]

^^ Like you're the only one who has platinumed the game.

[Sunny Coffee]

^^ Like you're the only one who has platinumed the game.

heh heh I don't miss the chance to rub it in

[ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ]

got both catalyst and long bow from 1-2

but my regulaer weapon is still weak,can't wield those spear and big sword forget the name with single hand.plus the fat guy inflict huge damage with fire balls

[ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ]

beat 2-1 boss
onto 3-1 dam this weird guys are irritating
even with theif ring not able to give them backstab,being too close is also sucking up huge health,only option for me is to use soul arrows
but my mp is low ,guys i have 2000 souls and my magic level is 10 if i upgrade this portion will it increase my mp portion or mp attack power??
also should i wear regular solider armour or magic armour found in this level,they have low defence points compare to my default solider armour,but will it have better magic defence from this weird guys?

Edited by ΨΨ babloos ΨΨ, 22 October 2011 - 04:10 AM.

[abhishek.m]

beat 2-1 boss
onto 3-1 dam this weird guys are irritating
even with theif ring not able to give them backstab,being too close is also sucking up huge health,only option for me is to use soul arrows
but my mp is low ,guys i have 2000 souls and my magic level is 10 if i upgrade this portion will it increase my mp portion or mp attack power??
also should i wear regular solider armour or magic armour found in this level,they have low defence points compare to my default solider armour,but will it have better magic defence from this weird guys?

which weapon are you using? Ge the crescent falchion from 4-1 and try to upgrade it if you have the materials to do so. It does good magic damage and is pretty useful early on.
What kind of character are you trying to build? melee || magic || ranged || etc...
3-1 is easy if you take it slowly. Wait for those medusa heads to turn around and then run behind them and R1 R1 R1. Hopefully, if your weapon is reasonable, they will be dead before they ring your death bell.

[Bulovski]

Parry is extremely satisfying. With some decent armour you can always take chances. With those skeletons I usually took the super safe approach of luring them, hit with soul arrow and run like hell. Else I would roll behind enemies and back stab them.

The worst generic enemies are:
Giants in the swamp
Invisible assassins in 4-2
Assassins in the palace

[hope]

Cancelled MGS Buying,going for Demon Souls.Fearing already by all the Hype surrounded that the game is tough tough tough tough

[playstation]

been playing this game...i just keep dying...i dont see proper save option also so that i know i can save for now and switch off the ps3...on top there is no pause option.....at my place load shedding is also so much that i sometimes have to switch off my ps3 before ups battery runs out...leaves with no option at all this damn game.