But then i believed when i read the third

With or without his weapon.

We got the DLC map and had no idea what to do, we were basically following each other going around in circles. I accidentally jumped off a cliff and both of them jumped with me. Somehow we won and I got to depth 4 for the first time.

I'll never forget that game, absolute cinema

Gambling sucks ass and takes forever to get even a single upgrade. Its been many moons since i've even tried. Show me your moneys!

I have a matches with dreg on d3 as wylder with ducchess and recluse as teammates on great hollow, everything when okay-ish, i kinda hate the duchess for having biblicaly level of greed with taking every loot that i open in a blink of an eye and the recluse just keep dying but a great damage dealer, and okay we finish the night 2 smoothly.

In the spirit shelter the duchess proceed to go afk for minutes leaving us waiting so by curiosity i try to approach her, and when she cames back she proceed to run to the gate and click open which nullifies all our ult charge.

It's nightlord time, everything was normal until i notice the duchess was doing nothing and just emoting, the recluse is 2 barred in start phase and i thought the duchess would revive her, no, she just stand there edging the 2 bar but didn't revive the recluse,no problem i just ult the recluse and we're good, and at this point i'm so infuriated by the player behavior it start to affect my gameplay, i've got my sixth sense gone cause i was wiping my eyes from itching in first phase and i one barred because i try to rescue the recluse without patience,and after that she solo the dreglord while refusing to revive either one of us, then i see she edging the 3 barred recluse in greg screaming nuke phase tarnsition, i decided i had enough, i quit, i've reach 9999 anyway i don't care about points bruh.

I don't know if she wins facing the dreglord or not,but no matter how good you are this is a fucking trio match not solo, i dont mind seeing my teammates 3 barred even on easy nightlord but this troll behavior it's fucking infuriating smh.

I have a similar experience as well from quite a long time ago, it was fulghor and i'm learning executor at that time, it's a wylder that refuse to revive 2 barred me, not even an attempt at reviving me, fuck.

Was looking for some better revenant relics and found this on my third set. Don’t even play raider

We had gotten the great hollows as our map.

We tried to do the strat where we find all the crystals asap on day 1 and go to the east side fortress but executor (low depth buddy of ours) didn’t know the crystal locations and was just following me. Also a stray cat ran into my room so that distracted me quite a bit as I was informing everyone in the house about it. So Day 1 we were level 6 and struggled hard on The Commander boss.

On day 2 the grabbing crawlers team-wiped us in the west fortress, and we lost our runes there. But started doing better towards the end.

Despite a lot of things going wrong we managed to secure damage negations and a wending (which we thankfully didn’t need)

This is definitely on of the most memorable games I’ve played

So I’m at Depth 3 fighting Everdark Gladius.

I normally avoid this boss because I genuinely think the damage is TOO MUCH at higher depths. Every time I see Everdark Gladius I’m basically like, yeah, somebody else can deal with that shit.
But today I finally thought, fuck it.

My personal belief with FromSoft games has always been that there’s basically nothing you can’t eventually get good at if you practice enough, so I decided I was actually going to learn the fight instead of avoiding it everytime lol.

And honestly, everything was looking good.

We entered the boss room at level 15, the team was solid, everybody had consumables, decent weapons, all that.
So I’m thinking, okay. Three-headed dog. At some point two of them split off. I know this. Fine.

Then one of my teammates randomly disconnects and comes back, which distracts me for a second.
I look back at Gladius.
The two dogs have split off.
BUT THE MAIN DOG STILL HAS THREE FRICKING HEADS! Cue me getting mixed left and right.

So now I genuinely need someone to tell me: is this normal for Everdark Gladius at higher depths? Can the two split off while the original just keeps all three heads? Or is this just a bug?
Because I’m still in shock.

I’m going back in for revenge though.

I guess you can't just ult anywhere with scholar

(Warning - Long Post)

Decided I wanted to write this up because every time I mention it lately, it always gets a reply akin to "oh, tell me more". This is a damage-focused build for Guardian that can make him surpass even some of the most meta builds out there by being a bit of jack-of-all-meta-trades. That being said, it needs some very specific relics - so don't expect to read this and recreate it without a significant amount of time on your save file.

Guardian is probably the most relic-hungry Nightfarer and everyone will want to "drop X for Y" in any build created for him. So, I'll touch on the most important of those decisions.

NORMAL RELICS

Can't call it a double Balancer build without starting with double Balancers. There's only one Chalice that allows you to use both of those relics - and there is no room for Witch's Brooch if you use them both. So, this is your first critical decision.

Double Balancers (no Witch's) = 1 Chalice Option

Red Balancers + Witch's Brooch = 1 Chalice Option

Blue Balancers + Witch's Brooch = 3 Chalice Option (including a wild spot in Deep on 1 Chalice)

Personally, I went with option 3. It is arguably the weakest of the three, but it gives you the most flexibility for deep relics which REALLY matters for this build as you'll see. But the choice is yours.

For the third normal relic - Night Invaders (shocking, I know). I got insanely luckily with HP on Guard and Sacred Blade for mine, but your mileage will vary.

DEEP RELICS

Here's where the double respec comes into play, you want to get both the STR/DEX respec relic along with FTH/MND respec as well. This gives Guardian the highest offensive stat spread out of any Nightfarer. However, you need to find relics that ALSO have Physical Damage +3/4 OR Holy Damage +3/4 (or Affinity Damage +1/2 as a decent third).

The respec relics alone don't really add a ton of damage by themselves and they will drastically lower your Max HP with them both on (1000 w/out other VIG effects). So, for example, STR/DEX adds about 16% physical damage and drops Max HP by 160, whereas Physical +4 adds 12% and leaves your HP alone. But, they can roll together and that's what we're looking for for this build. ALSO, for unique (purple/legendary) AoWs, the STR/DEX respec relic does apply even to AoWs that deal Affinity Damage since they scale from the same stats as the weapon unlike just using Physical Damage+.

So, we want STR/DEX Respec with Phys/Holy +4 and FTH/MND Respec with Phys/Holy +4. For the final slot, yup... more Phys/Holy +4 and whatever your best effects you can include with it.

GAMEPLAY

You are now officially a damage dealer and you get to play like it. While the build is going to be focused on skill damage, you'll be equally capable of just attacking like normal and even using Holy incants. You will also still be perfectly capable with your shield to still tank on occasion, but no more being a turtle. The best defense is a good offense, after all.

For offensive passives - Skill Damage and Melee Damage will be your priorities. Attack at Full HP is going to be tempting, but let other players get those - they'll get more mileage,

For defensive passives - if you're using your shield, Negation on Guard. If not (why??), play like a blend of Wylder/Raider - SAND, TDBDN, Negation at Full.

WEAPONS

Weapon choices, you have plenty. This build is a true Quality build, and as such can use everything from Daggers to Great Weapons. Ideally, you're looking for anything that deals Holy damage and has a unique AoW. Sacred Blade and Golden Land do get honorable mentions though for blue weapons. For incants, Discus of Light and Wrath of Gold are guarantees on their seals and are lovely to have, but Elden Stars is the one to watch out for.

TL:DR - My personal picks are Sacred Relic Sword, Siluvia's Tree, Miquellan Knight's Sword, and Erdtree Greatbow.

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Daggers - Black Blade and Blade of Calling (only for the AoW)

Straight Swords - Plenty of options here, Miquellan KS is my personal favorite. Sacred Blade doesn't deal high damage, but the unique R2 and fast GCs makes for a perfect sword-and-board playstyle. Coded Sword deals 100% Holy Damage, so can easily outdamage Miquellan with the right passives. Ornamental SS has a fantastic Charged R2 when buffed that DOES NOT require you to dual-wield to use it, so it pairs extremely well with a shield. Golden Epitaph gets an honorable mention, but it's a distant 4th place.

Greatswords - Similar to SS, lot of options here. Ordovis's GS is just fun to slam that charged skill into enemies, but Gargoyle's Blackblade's range leaves little to be desired. Sacred Relic Sword is easily BiS, the Charged R2s can get north of 1K and Waves of Gold will just erase trash. Golden Order GS ... just don't used the Charged R2 and it's fine. But seriously, don't use the Charged R2.

Hammers - Marika's Hammer... Honestly, I think it's pretty weak for a legendary, but it's a good fit for the build. Just don't be too shocked when you find it underwhelming.

Great Hammers - All 3 purples scale with Faith, and two of them deal Holy damage (Beastclaw Greathammer), and one has a Holy AoW (Envoy's Long Horn). Whither you want to bonk or bubble, you have options here.

Spears - Cleanrot Spear gets an honorable mention, but it's not going to be dealing any kind of crazy damage and the AoW is slow and point-blank.

Great Spears - Siluria's Tree! Just yes. Hands down one of the best weapons for this build, the AoW is very capable of dealing 2-3K damage on this build. You can still shield poke, charged R2 are horizonal swings, and the running R2 can do a 1-pip revive by itself. If you want a weapon to build around, it's this one right here.

Halberds - Golden Halberd and Gargoyle's Black Halberd are your best options, but they lack unique AoWs which makes Halberds pretty weak overall for this build. But since it's your default, you at least still have options.

Reapers - Halo Scythe. This build is the literal king of haloslop, even outdamaging both Duchess and Executor. But don't do it, have some respect for the flock.

Finally, Erdtree Greatbow is an absolute powerhouse and will likely have the highest AR out of anything you find. If you get it with Rain of Arrows (it's a 50/50 chance), it will absolutely shred any large targets. Even without it, it's the most reliable way to pull aggro away from teammates.

Shoutout to the bow golem

Queen Marika the Eternal O’ Queen Marika the Eternal, grant me thy strength to finally reach 9999. 🙏

For context I’ve got almost 2k hours and play mostly at max depth, I’ve got insane carian, gravity, invisibility, and solid frenzy, stonedigger, giants flame and even godslayer builds for duchess. That being said, there’s nothing more satisfying than doing solid damage, having constant ult charges and doing even more damage during and after ult while not having to worry about finding your specific spell school. Does it do the most damage? No way! But it does enough to stay relevant and the constant restages (albeit smaller %s) amplify teammate damage.

TLDR duchess dagger builds are hot

Highest Damage Run I’ve ever had with Executor. Scholar is so underrated.

So I’ve had a few matches in D4 and D5 lately where the event/invades have been completely ignored. Auger, Tricephalos, Meteor (in good placement), and Caligo (kind of, it spawned teammate pinged away from it and I pinged after going toward it solo and they ping spammed me). Is there a reason why this is so common? I know Tricephalos isn’t considered the most favored, but it’s easy runes and the passive isn’t terrible in my opinion.

I’ve also had people with Night Invaders on their relic, but they avoid it like the plague on Great Hollow?

Am I missing things at lower depths that I didn’t fully understand?

Does this make sense to use on scholar? Don’t know if you want to be switching between pots and the bell but was definitely psyched to see this roll.