nameless Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 If you already went to the Depths, you will get a Spider Shield that boosts defense against Poison and Toxins (Only while blocking attacks and not while walking in the Swamp). It also has 100% Physical damage reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan_Hunt Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 As for the gear, I'd suggest dawning the Pyromancer's set as it has an excellent resistance stat against poison damage. With this and the Spider shield, you can easily explore the entire swamp, even if you get poisoned. The rate at which your health would decrease would be substantially low with this gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 You dont really need poison resistant gear or anything. The rate at which poison hurts you is almost negligible. I have fought the boss and won easily despite still being "poisoned". Even if you dont want to do that, you still only need purple moss to detox yourself before you fight the boss. Otherwise a bonfire can heal poison and toxin effects so just run back to the bonfire if you arent fighting the boss and get poisoned. The Depths is a hell of a tough place (tougher than Blighttown IMO) and its not really worth going there just to pick up gear. Infact the Spider shield is also on the bridge in the Valley of the Drakes. If you really REALLY want it (it isnt that important) then just do a suicide run to that bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreyasp Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Quelaag furysword +5 or lightning uchi +5?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 I would go with lightning unless you happen to walk around with 5+ soft Humanity most of the times. Why cant you make both though? They both require different items to upgrade. And compliment each other nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan_Hunt Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 You dont really need poison resistant gear or anything. The rate at which poison hurts you is almost negligible. I have fought the boss and won easily despite still being "poisoned". Even if you dont want to do that, you still only need purple moss to detox yourself before you fight the boss. Otherwise a bonfire can heal poison and toxin effects so just run back to the bonfire if you arent fighting the boss and get poisoned. I clearly remember being shot by one of those poison darts from the snipers and it chewed away my health pretty fast. This was when I had my Elite Knight's armour set on me, on my first trip to blighttown. Then I experimented with the armour and the Thief's set proved to be pretty decent at resisting the impact of the poison damage. Then I got hold of my Pyromancer's set again in the swamp (dropped my original one at the start of the game) and post that, the poison resistance was pretty solid. I could make a whole trip around the swamp and let the effect of the poison wear off on it's own, by probably using, say 1 Estus flask, that is unless I didn't get mauled by those boulder barbarians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan_Hunt Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 ^ Those darts deal toxic damage which i think drain the health bar faster. Being poisoned is different. Is that so? Then I must have been mistaken, as I assumed both had the same effect and it lead to the poison meter being depicted on the screen. Well, in that case, it's a good thing those snipers don't re-spawn once they are finished off, which the first thing I did on my suicide run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 It's a sucky place to be in anyway. I always open the shortcut, go to the Bonfire directly. Kill the Maneater Phantom, finish the boss fight and head back to Firelink Shrine. The only useful thing to do in the Swamp is upgrade your Pyromancy, after finishing off the boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan_Hunt Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 It wasn't nearly as bad the swamp from the 'Valley of Defilement' level in Demon's Souls. That was one place where you could easily get lost and navigating through it was a pain in the arse. Blighttown's swamp was much smaller in comparison. Thankfully, with the PC version, I didn't notice any drop in frame rates. I saw the console Walkthrough video to see how bad the frame drops were and I was shocked; it was atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Ugh f**k Valley of Defilement. Esp 5-2. And Tower of Latria 3-1 while we are at it too. Horrible level design, everything looks the same and the whole level is like a freaking maze. Thank god they learned from that in Dark Souls. Anyway, Toxicity is not a problem either. Esp if you are doing Blighttown via shortcut. Only one dart guy can hit you on the way down and he isnt even in your path so its easy to avoid. You can run down to the bonfire in like 60 seconds flat easily. Lost like 170k souls (+7 Humanity) last night in Tomb of the Giants. Not the most I have lost in NG but close enough. I should have spent them on some twinkling titanite but got lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Getting this game soon :pagaldance: any tips for this newb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 ^^^^ Still not tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 why pyromancer only? what are his special abilities? hmm kk, will take master key as gift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreyasp Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 He has 2 attunement slots at start and is lvl 1 so u can invest points fast from the start itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 received the game today now let's begin as you said :| Let's prepare to Die AGAIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstationdude Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 received the game today now let's begin as you said :| Let's prepare to Die AGAIN Abey its not the prepare to die edition. Didn't you read my thread properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Abey its not the prepare to die edition. Didn't you read my thread properly? u scammed me now gone are ur 400 just kidding mate. Actually i had earlier also dark souls but had to sell of cuz needed a nice game at that time therefore i have written, lets prepare to die again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstationdude Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 u scammed me now gone are ur 400 just kidding mate. Actually i had earlier also dark souls but had to sell of cuz needed a nice game at that time therefore i have written, lets prepare to die again Bhai you nearly gave me a heart attack there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueelvis_RoXXX Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Bhai you nearly gave me a heart attack there So started the game and did the things as told by you waveking. Now some basic doubts - 1. what is attunement? What is it's purpose? 2. Same question for humanity also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameless Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 Attunement is for increasing the number of Attunement Slots. Before using Pyromancy (eg. Fire Combustion), Magic (eg. Heavy Soul), Miracle (eg. Homeward), you need to place them in the attunement slot (Rest at a Bonfire and Choose Attune Magic). The more points you put in Attunement, the more slots you have and so you can cast more magic, miracles etc (Though it is not linear. Maxes out at Attunement Level 30 I think). Putting anymore points in it after that is pointless. Humanity, Is well basically humanity. You use it for becoming Human, Kindling Bonfires to get more Estus Flask (Max 20). It also increases your resistance against poison, toxin etc. It also increases your Item discovery. Some weapons damages increase depending on you Humanity level. However most effects peak out at 10 Humanity (Can reach max of 99). Reverse Hollowing (becoming Human) enables PvP and people can start invading you when you are playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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