I have been summoned into that fight a lot and I am surprised how helpful Lapp is. And yes, the laser demon is much easier. I also leveled up a Black Knight Sword for that fight.
That early in the game you run into some pretty hard hitting enemies, as well as an NPC invader.
It is a bit of a slog, but I still enjoyed my time in the Cathedral a lot. Don’t forget to stop and marvel at the architecture. I also like that this giant Cathedral has developed its own post-apocalyptic eco-system with sections of it used by different types of creatures, including two giants and slug creatures and worshippers and other things.
I just love the way these games do their visual flair and geography. Like in that area near Tsorig, there’s a Black Knight on a floor above him, and if you go that way instead of towards Tsorig, you come to a giant ladder that goes upward. But it’s not enough that it’s a giant ladder. Not for Dark Souls. It’s a ladder that goes up and up and up, out of your line of sight. Even if you angle the camera as far up as it will go, the only thing you see is that the ladder keeps going.
I know they’ve got level restrictions of how everything has to connect with everything else in the Dark Souls games, which is partially why you get things like this, but I also think this is on purpose, to give the player that moment of wonder of seeing a ladder where you can’t see how high it goes. As far as you can see, it just keeps going up.
I love it. After I beat Tsorig I’m going to find out what’s up that ladder.
I’m never so disturbed by ladders that go up where I can’t see them as the ones that go down into dark holes.
Agreed. I don’t remember who here wrote it but usually going down in DS is a bad thing, while going up is a good thing. I have no idea if that is actually true though as I can’t think of many “good things”. :)
The Twin Demon Prince fight. The Wiki’s say when summoned you should try to time your original fall so that you can get a plunging attack on a demon. I don’t know how many times I tried that, probably more than a dozen, and never came close.
As the host who summons I guess you are supposed to get them to stand below the fall point. But yea, seems like a waste to me. Better to make sure you kill the right demon first.
The one that does all the fire shit. The laser demon is easier to kill in phase 2. Trouble is I can never remember which is which, plus I usually try to make sure the host lives to phase 2 by helping kill whichever demon he is messing with. Especially if the host is magic user cause they need someone to keep the demons attention.
Wait, are you saying someone left a message for the enemy, and the tough enemy ahead was you? You just blew my mind. We probably are the toughest enemy in Dark Souls.
You talked to the woman behind the door? She wants you to kill Midir. She will get pissed if you kill someone else. That area is ripe for invasions in the Ringed City.
Maybe I should try invading there. :)
I never did beat that guy.
Yeah, really no need to kill that summoner guy.
Did you at least get the ring that is on the cliff below where you fight him?
You don’t need to kill him. But he is easy to kill with arrows in a sort of shoot, hide, shoot and hide technique. I think I used the large bow you get in the Profaned Capital to kill him. By this point in the game the arrows for it are available from the merchant.
Have you gone around and fought the Dragonslayer?
Yeah, I dropped down and got the ring my last trip through that area. Worth it, I guess! By that time I had given up on Pure Strength and didn’t need to go for the hammer.
That is a particularly nasty phantom. As for Lapp, if you go back you can get his gear.
I thought the phantom in the tower beyond the show your humanity puzzle was Ledo, but you say you already fought him? I guess there was a ladder tucked away in the corner of the swamp that offers a different route up there. Honestly that puzzle seems pretty superfluous.
I did see a guy on line figure it out. Vaati I think. Ledo is the phantom in the building above where you find the ring, across the swamp from the bottom of the stairs. The ladder there is guarded by those annoying magic using priest guys.
Yes, although I got there throught the humanity puzzle, which as I said I am having trouble seeing the point of.