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[nogoodnames]

God damn it.

I was fighting the throne duo. The guardian was almost dead and the watcher wasn't far behind, but I had taken some hits and was looking for an opportunity to heal.
The watcher decides to go for one of her heavy stab attacks. No problem, I've blocked dozens of them over the course of the fight, this would be no different. Would be no different, that is, if my controller had not chosen this precise millisecond to stop transmitting the block command. On screen my shield had not even begun to lower, but the watcher's sword went through it as if it weren't there at all. I died.

Time to take a break and change the batteries in that controller.

[Levi]

Would be no different, that is, if my controller had not chosen this precise millisecond to stop transmitting the block command. On screen my shield had not even begun to lower, but the watcher's sword went through it as if it weren't there at all. I died.

That has seemed to happen to me a few times as well.  I'm not entirely convinced its the controller.  I half-think that the game just forgets that you have the shield up 1% of the time.

[nogoodnames]

The shield stops blocking damage as soon as you let go of the button, not when the shield lowering animation plays. This caught me a few times, but it's never just decided to not block a hit before. The batteries in the controller were low, so I'm more inclined to believe it was at fault rather than the game.

[nenjin]

The shield stops blocking damage as soon as you let go of the button, not when the shield lowering animation plays. This caught me a few times, but it's never just decided to not block a hit before. The batteries in the controller were low, so I'm more inclined to believe it was at fault rather than the game.

I dunno, I'm inclined to agree with Levi. Maybe it's the timing of the animation fucking with me, but there have been a few times I've mashed the block button and the game didn't seem to recognize it (in time for me to not have my face smashed in.)

[Levi]

I remember specifically one time against just a regular easy hollow zombie guy where I could have sworn I had my shield button pressed the entire time, and he just attacked right through it.  Its possible I could have let up on the button a bit, but I don't think I did.

[nogoodnames]

Well when you raise your shield there is a fairly significant period of time before it actually takes effect. If you played the first game, the change can catch you off guard (pun unintentional). There have been many times where I thought I would block something but didn't, but I've always been able to link it to me not raising my shield fast enough or releasing the button for a moment. Some enemies also have unblockable attacks.

So I just randomly stumbled onto the crushed eye orb invasion...

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Who knew that some sleazy cleric is stronger than all of the bosses I've faced up to this point (with the possible exception of Vendrick). She can even one-shot me by hitting me with her chime. That wrath of the god's-esque spell she uses is undodgeable unless we're on opposite ends of the room, and takes off a good half of my health even when blocked with a 90% lightning resist shield.

The only weakness I've seen to exploit is her lack of poise. I'm thinking that if I can get a fast weapon with low stamina use and upgrade it with poison, I can time my hits to prevent her from getting any attacks off until she succumbs to the poison. All the other tactics I've tried have been able to knock off at most a fifth of her health before she takes me down, and that's if I'm lucky.

[Jack_Bread]

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Who knew that some sleazy cleric is stronger than all of the bosses I've faced up to this point (with the possible exception of Vendrick). She can even one-shot me by hitting me with her chime. That wrath of the god's-esque spell she uses is undodgeable unless we're on opposite ends of the room, and takes off a good half of my health even when blocked with a 90% lightning resist shield.

The only weakness I've seen to exploit is her lack of poise. I'm thinking that if I can get a fast weapon with low stamina use and upgrade it with poison, I can time my hits to prevent her from getting any attacks off until she succumbs to the poison. All the other tactics I've tried have been able to knock off at most a fifth of her health before she takes me down, and that's if I'm lucky.

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Yeah, her fight is fucking ridiculous. Did you use an ascetic at Majula? Because that increases her strength. Having to fight NG++ Licia in NG sucks.

[nogoodnames]

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Who knew that some sleazy cleric is stronger than all of the bosses I've faced up to this point (with the possible exception of Vendrick). She can even one-shot me by hitting me with her chime. That wrath of the god's-esque spell she uses is undodgeable unless we're on opposite ends of the room, and takes off a good half of my health even when blocked with a 90% lightning resist shield.

The only weakness I've seen to exploit is her lack of poise. I'm thinking that if I can get a fast weapon with low stamina use and upgrade it with poison, I can time my hits to prevent her from getting any attacks off until she succumbs to the poison. All the other tactics I've tried have been able to knock off at most a fifth of her health before she takes me down, and that's if I'm lucky.

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Yeah, her fight is fucking ridiculous. Did you use an ascetic at Majula? Because that increases her strength. Having to fight NG++ Licia in NG sucks.

Heh heh, yes I used two ascetics. Now I'm glad I decided not to find out what three would get me...

Oh, did I mention I'm in the company of champions? Yeah, that probably doesn't help either. Well, time to experiment with weapons.

[Farce]

If you can use the Great club or something, you might be able to stunlock her on the ground with the 2hand R2.  That was my approach.

Speaking of, I love my Great Club.  If only it fit aesthetically with the armor I'm favoring.

[Mindmaker]

The weapon selection is somewhat lacking so far.
I could use a good two handed one so I have some punch AND range.

The Belltower covenant is a lot of fun though.

[nogoodnames]

Finally got her with a poisoned bandit knife. She had 12000 freaking hp! I just had to keep slapping her around the room while the poison and bleed did their things. I had to guide here in a circle around the central pillar because if we got too close to the walls, something would make me miss a hit, allowing her to get a spell off and kill me.

[Jack_Bread]

Anyone have any tips for advancing through the Pilgrims of Dark covenant?

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I haate that place so much. That Havel kept killing me and when I finally got past him, I was 1-shot backstabbed by the other guy while I was lighting my torch.

[Karkov]

Anyone have any tips for advancing through the Pilgrims of Dark covenant?

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I haate that place so much. That Havel kept killing me and when I finally got past him, I was 1-shot backstabbed by the other guy while I was lighting my torch.

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I poisoned everything and walked my way through, it's probably the easiest way for spellcasters and their like.  I saw friend stunlock everything in there with a regular Greatsword +10, so that's also a possibility (everything including Havel, he killed Havel in like 4-5 hits).

[Jack_Bread]

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I poisoned everything and walked my way through, it's probably the easiest way for spellcasters and their like.  I saw friend stunlock everything in there with a regular Greatsword +10, so that's also a possibility (everything including Havel, he killed Havel in like 4-5 hits).

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I've got a Dark Black Cryptsword +5 on my character and it does decent damage to Havel, but I don't have the stamina to swing it willy-nilly. I think I'll just go full turtle caster mode and stock up on poison knives.

[BlackFlyme]

Anyone have any tips for advancing through the Pilgrims of Dark covenant?

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I haate that place so much. That Havel kept killing me and when I finally got past him, I was 1-shot backstabbed by the other guy while I was lighting my torch.

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Considering the areas, you could also try getting a few force miracles and spam every one of the enemies into the pits. With a bit of luck you can also try to bait them into falling of their own accord, though that will be a bit harder to pull off.