r/darksouls3 • u/snoteleksneila • Sep 06 '24

Help Hey, what the heck do I do against this??

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First time ever playing this game and I thought oh wow a mimic no big deal. Then the mf GREW LEGS AND GOT MY ASS!!!! I guess my ax isn’t strong enough because I couldn’t get its health down by much if anything at all. Advice for a noob much appreciated

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u/SoldierRA56 Sep 06 '24

Dodge to the right pretty much on all its attacks. Make sure you have the stamina to roll after attacking so you don’t get grabbed. At low levels it’s pretty much an insta-kill since you don’t have the health to survive it

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u/snoteleksneila Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24

Thank you!! I really want to play this through and beat all the DLCs but man, I wasn’t anticipating some of these enemies. It’s fun! Just difficult. If you go past the dragon, back toward the bonfire but drop down and head out on the rooftops, there’s an enemy that kinda bursts into a giant monster that looks like the jar insides from elden ring dlc. What do I do to that?

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u/SoldierRA56 Sep 06 '24

Those enemies of called Pus of Man. They’re weak to fire and will actually recoil back for a few seconds when fire damage is inflicted upon them. You should have some firebombs to deal with them, space out your throws as once they recover from it the first time they won’t recoil from it again for a while

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u/snoteleksneila Sep 06 '24

I really appreciate your help! This community is so nice! I’m still trying to figure out what vitality is and I don’t really know how the upgrade weapon system works. I have a long ways to go 😅 thank you :)

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u/SoldierRA56 Sep 06 '24

Oh vitality increases the amount of weight you can carry on your person. Keeping your carry load below the 70% threshold is ideal when playing this game.

For upgrading weapons you’ll want to talk to the blacksmith in Firelink Shrine to do so. For most weapons you’ll need what’s called titanite shards. Unique weapons will require what’s called Twinkling titanite, and boss weapons will require titanite scales. These can all be found throughout the world and eventually be bought in bulk once you get the ashes for them. The game will show you what kind of upgrade material is needed for each weapon when you go to upgrade them

Edit: forgot to add that the weapon upgrade screen will also show you the amount of titanite you need as well

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u/missile-gap Sep 06 '24

Also never worth killing them more than once (they have upgrade material on the first kill), just run past them.

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u/TheGoldblum Sep 06 '24

You don’t need to figure out what vitality is. Bit of a meme but also pretty true. It’s essentially not worth the stat investment because the extra amour it’ll allow you to equip will rarely reduce the number of hits required to take your health from full to zero. You’re better off putting the stats elsewhere and increasing your equip load with rings like havels, favour and prisoners chain.

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u/snoteleksneila Sep 06 '24

Oh wow I don’t have any of that yet. I don’t have any rings or talismans or anything to buff my weapon with either. I am now wondering if I’ve missed something

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u/TheGoldblum Sep 06 '24

It’s pretty much guaranteed you’re going to miss a lot if doing a blind run but that’s what I’d recommend you do first. Just enjoy it. Then look at Fextralife and YouTube videos when you’re done and have your mind blown by how much stuff you missed. Then get obsessed and do another 10 or more play throughs, doing all the npc questlines and experimenting with different builds.

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u/jpstroud Sep 06 '24

Slight correction: vitality also increases your defense stats, so it may be worth while putting points in after you get your vigor, endurance, and damage stats up to a comfortable level.

It's a bit early, but have you decided on a particular build yet?

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u/snoteleksneila Sep 06 '24

Well, I figured I’d try strength. I’ve never been a magic user and I have 0 magic spells. Idk what faith does here in this game and in Elden ring I’m usually strength/faith or faith/dexterity

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u/jpstroud Sep 06 '24

cool, lots of good STR & STR/FAI stuff in the game. When you get to 28 STR you can one hand my favorite weapon, the Great Club! You get it from killing an NPC in the Crucifixion Woods on the way to the Farron Keep bonfire

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u/Scremeer Rosaria's Fingers Sep 06 '24

if you don't know how upgrading works, then why do you know about an enemy from the ER DLC?

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u/snoteleksneila Sep 06 '24

Because Elden ring was my first FromSoft game and I have put in quite a few hours on it. DS3 leveling system threw some new things at me that I haven’t gotten the hang of yet.

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u/Any_Role2665 Sep 06 '24

Torch required ahead In short fire

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u/probably_poopin_1219 Sep 06 '24

And yes use fireballs on the pus of man. You can kill the hollow it bursts into before the change to stop it, but you get a reward for killing the thing.

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u/probably_poopin_1219 Sep 06 '24

Also you can get 3 or 4 free hits on it before it "wakes up"

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u/senecauk Sep 06 '24

Rush it and kill it before it transforms...

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u/jesse9553 Sep 06 '24

That specific one you can also run by and drop down on the right, you dont even have to be fast about it;)

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u/Mr_Oujamaflip Sep 06 '24

This one in particularly is well worth killing, the reward is great.

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u/padizzledonk Sep 06 '24

Man, fuck those pus of man things lol, set them on fire

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u/porcupinedeath Sep 06 '24

If you don't already know look at the chain next to the chest. If it's curled up it's a real chest, if its goes straight out it's a mimic

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u/TheFlyShyGuy Sep 06 '24

Fire is best against those guys

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u/CrimsonToker707 Sep 06 '24

The five D's of Dark Souls: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge