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[SOLDIER First]

An easy way.

[USEC_OFFICER]

You can. It's called New Game Plus. :v _{I never said that it was the most practical method.}

After all, completing the game is easy compared to the alternatives. Mostly because the alternatives don't exist

[SOLDIER First]

y

[Arcvasti]

Shields are for the weak. Dual-wielding Caestuses is the most macho way to go.

The Halberd is totally one of my favourite weapons though. Who needs scaling with spins like deez?

[SOLDIER First]

How do you block without a shield, you fool.
A shield (and Solaire, bless his heart) got me through the Gargoyles. Praise be those long-ass windups, I almost never staggered.

[SeriousConcentrate]

You don't need to block, ever... if you're good. You just roll through everything, maybe parry occasionally.

[SOLDIER First]

But, you see, as a lowly Xbox Live-bereft, Knight-tank build scrub, blocking is my lifeblood. It is ingrained in the very essence of my being. I art blocking, and blocking art I.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Tanking is viable in Dark Souls 1, but word of warning if you play 2 and 3: Armor doesn't really matter except for looks in those games. The amount of defense you get from your outfit is damn near negligible.

[SOLDIER First]

BLOCKING
To quote a steam discussion I literally just read,

it's not intended to make you invincible, it's meant to keep you ALIVE when you get hit hard.

Just... at least tell me there's still 100% Physical reduction shields...?

[SeriousConcentrate]

Yeah, they still exist. I still recommend learning to dodge, though. It uses less stamina in the end, gets you better positioning, etc.

[SOLDIER First]

I will learn to dodge when shields stop existing I can begin to reliably dodge mid-attack and get that frame-perfect no damage bullshit down.

[Nighthawk]

Saved Forrest from certain doom on my first try through excellent tactics and probably excessive use of Siegfried. Swords that grant a huge defense bonus and shoot laser beams of darkness are not at all balanced.

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Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest

[Egan_BW]

I will learn to dodge when shields stop existing

You should play bloodbarn than.
And shields are for the weak. Two-handers forever!

[SOLDIER First]

Hoonters must hoont, but I am no hoonter. _{sunlight wife and crossbreed wife = doll wife tho, gotta say}

Also

two-handing is stupid. I can't live without my 100% Physical reduction. ;-;

[SeriousConcentrate]

No you're stoopit. :V

We should probably stop derailing though, in all seriousness, no matter how much I could talk about Dark Souls all day.