Except I am using 3 different setups, with the longswords on bleed because it's still completely broken and fuck you if I need to autistically cycle through every element, most of which are dependent on other stats, to see if I can increase my damage. Or grind for items rather than play the game.
Your supposed to craft heavy furnace pots to one hit them if you throw it in their chalice, but of course you can't craft any until you kill one of the wicker men.
I feel like FromSoft never got over people abusing poise in Dark Souls and how you could easily poise break enemies by going two handed with a heavy weapon and heavy armor. Shit was fun.
Poise was what made DS1 pvp great. There were other things too but they all required poise to shine. It was simple, straightforward, had counterplay, and wouldn't help you against a better player.
Yeah, even the Dark Souls 2 "another knight" boss battle will be an improvement, very little bosses have mechanics or other uniqueness, you just go in, kill them and fuck off to the next destination. Having enemies deal flashy combos that you can't since you'd be instantly killed if you try is just a slap to the face.
The one that's just chilling in the overworld? It didn't cause me much trouble, a few strong attacks and you can crit it. But it's moveset did feel like it needed more time in the oven.
As far as the DLC goes, there is one boss that I really like. The Dancing Lion, mostly because of it's phases. It's generally the same move-set but it has a few variations with the elements. I had to change my aggressiveness and approach with each phase and I can't remember a boss that made me do that at least in the base game. I did manage to solo it at the start of the DLC without any of the blessings
As if GiantDad isn't peak fashion.
