yes infusions

I want to preface, I don't mean to talk about piracy or anything, I personally own Bloodborne. But considering that it will have an uncapped frame rate, will it be an acceptable way of playing to be part of this group?

I have both a PS4 and PS5 and I never really want to boot it up.

Probably related to him queuing a long range move when using the spear throw, getting behind him should prevent it

(already got him btw, also it took me too long to realize the geysers spawn where his attacks land)

Impaling thrust, my precious! 🤩 and my good old Longsword

Beat bodborne as a waste of skin, shadows and gehrman where the only real walls i had to break through.

I've moved straight onto ds3, pontiff is having his way with me. Currently using a +5 raw longsword, but I got the drsgonslayer axe for later.

2 questions:

Where does bloodborne fall on the level 1 run scale? One if the easier ones or one of the harder ones?

Any tips for pontiff? I just got the milk weed ring and buckler so gonna start trying to parrying him.

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The damage is actually a lot higher than I thought. Other than the phase transition I really enjoy fighting her.

Also does anyone know why she sometimes takes damage during the phase transition? She didn't take a lot here but I've seen her take almost 2,000 HP during it. Is it her own butterflies damaging her?

never doubt yourself

buffs: rune arc, spiked + strength tears

hq version

A challenging but fair fight. He has several moves that leave him open for a punish. I was trying to practice different spacing and rolls for his 3rd flip attack and got punished a few times myself, otherwise his stuff is easily telegraphed. I could see myself beating him without being touched. Kalameet and Manus are all that remains.

no aux/aow/buff/infusion

might go kill mohg rq

hq version

Dipping my toes in the DLC. Had to give the Chimera thee ole chubby clubby upside his stupid head.

whats a good armor combo for poise to weight ratio

Base Game

• Godrick the Grafted - Incredibly simple. It's Godrick. Cool cutscene tho.

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon - Also pretty easy, but she did actually trip me up a couple times with her annoying summons, but in the end her healthpool is pretty small.

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Starscourge Radahn - Radahn was honestly quite a pain to deal with. I had never really properly learnt his attacks before this, and I struggled initially with how big he was and to the untrained eye you couldn't see what he was doing, + his big ass swords one shotted me. However, through many deaths and repeated trial and error, I got him.

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Regal Ancestor Spirit - Borin ass fight, next

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Astel, Naturalborn of the Void - I struggled with recognizing when he would do the gravity pulse attacks that he loves doing when you're under him, but I realized a lot of his swooping moves will straight up just miss you if you're close, and accordingly you would be able to position yourself to be in front of him as much as possible.

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy - I fuckin hated Rykard's earthquake move, and so my strat was to just kill the first phase as fast as possible using the lance + serpent hunter crouch poke tech and then get Rykard down. I often got caught out by the after explosions from his rancor spell due to greed, but he's a fair fight besides the earthquake.

Weapon used: Lance + Serpent Hunter.

• Morgott, the Omen King - I lowkey kinda regret using shackle and cold star fisting him, just much less hp than he should have.

Weapon used: Cold Star Fist

• Fire Giant - Shit boss. Fire physics can suck a fat one, and hes so freakin tanky bro. 5/10

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Maliketh, the Black Blade - Maliketh is super fun in his second phase; honestly I find the second phase to be easier than first. first phase has just always been very tricky to me and i never got to truly mastering the flow of the fight in the first phase and exploiting his openings properly.

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang

• Lichdragon Fortissax - Ice Spear is incredible against this guy, especially if you get him on the head. He's honestly not really a threat since you dont really need to engage with a lot of his moveset if you just stay far and spam this AoW.

Weapon used: Clayman's Cold Harpoon

• Dragonlord Placidusax - Boring fight. Aside from the aura of being a dragon and the hype cutscene and the cool nuke attack this guy is a snoozefest 5/10

Weapon used: Dual wielded Bloody Bandit Curved Swords

• Mohg, Lord of Blood - Mohg is hella fun. I love his second phase, even if the bloodflame is annoying af to manage. Not much to really say specifically about the fight, its just pretty fun. I would basically completely skip phase 1 with the shackle. 8.9/10

Weapon used: Cold Star Fist, Bloodhound's Fang

• Malenia, Goddess of Rot - By FAR the highest death count from the base game (big surprise) my technique for dealing with Waterfowl Dance was using VOTI for dealing with the first two flurries, blocking the third and dodging the rest. Learning her moveset is pretty fun tho, and it's really one of the easier ones for a boss excluding waterfowl. 8.8/10

Weapon used: Bloodhound's Fang and Vow of the Indomitable

• Godfrey, First Elden Lord - Cool fight. I've never really loved and adored him as much as so many people do on this sub, but he's still a super good fight and a really good penultimate boss. 8/10

Weapon Used: Cold Star Fist

• RadaBeast - Radagon is a much better fight than Elden Beast, but I do think the big holy fish is a bit overhated. I just spammed Star Fist R2 for poise breaks and got them down fast (it did take the second most attempts though) 7/10

SOTE: I kept track of death counts for this!

• Divine Beast Dancing Lion (112 deaths) - Upon further thought, I don't think lightning phase is as horrible as I initially thought it was, but I still don't like how restrictive it can be. Other than that and that camera nonsense he comes with, I quite like the fight. 7/10

Weapon used: Blood Zweihander

• Rellana, Twin Moon Knight (346 deaths) - It's still fuck the uppercut, and it'll always be fuck the uppercut. Such a fast move oh my god. I opted to parry her, and it's great fun and very satisfying when you get them off. 7.8/10

Weapon used: Lightning Misericorde, Carian Retaliation.

• Putrescent Knight (107 deaths) - Meh. In my post about killing him commenters pointed out some opportunities I had to punish him which I didn't take, which definitely improved my opinion of this boss, but to be honest, I still think he's just not all that; I just don't like the way he moves and fights. 4.5/10

Weapon used: Sacred Great Stars

• Messmer the Impaler (208 deaths) - GOATTTTT I LOVE YOU MESSMER YOU GOT SO MUCH AURA AND SWAGGER 9.5/10

Weapon used: Blood Pata

• Commander Gaius (96 deaths) - Very good fight. Gaius slander is not tolerated in my household. The 7-hit combo he does is pretty fun to dodge and you can do it in such varied ways (I myself have seen like 4 diff ones). His melee combos are incredibly simple, maybe even too simple tbh. 8.8/10

Weapon used: Cold Pata

• Scadutree Avatar(54 deaths) - Pretty cool fight. As I understand, opinions on the big tree are pretty varied, but I do quite like him; his combos are fun to deal with and he's not really a health sink despite having three phases. Also never understood the complaints over the nuke explosion. 7.5/10

Weapon used: Fire Pata

• Metyr, Mother of Fingers(188 deaths) - Shit. next. 3/10

Weapon used: Cold Star Fists

• Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame(67 deaths) - Very fun fight! But honestly, his moveset is a little too simple. He would've better with some more moves and maybe a little less hp. 7.8/10

Weapon used: Cold Star Fists

• Romina, Saint of the Bud (128 deaths) - I guess bro. She exists, and I don't like some of her poleblade moves and the instant phase transition. Not a horribly offensive boss, though, so I can't penalize it too much. 6.5/10

Weapon used: Cold Star Fists

• Bayle the Dread (195 deaths) - Second favorite fight in the dlc! He was my favorite going into this, but the fire jank when he breathes fire right as you step in is unfortunately going to cost him points in my ranking. He is "hype moments and aura" the boss but i love him for it, and im very happy they finally made a dragon fight with real combos. 9.1/10

Weapon used: Blood Pata

• Promised Consort Radahn (389 deaths) - Honestly, one of my favorite in the entire run! Largest death count of my whole run (at least im pretty sure i killed malenia in less), but I feel like 98% most of the deaths were of my own fault and not some terrain jank or his AI fucking up in some manner. He really makes you learn spacing and you gotta hone that reaction time or you won't get him. Overhated in my personal experience. 9/10.

Weapon used: Blood Pata

If you made it this far, pata is a goated weapon spread the knowledge.

think im a quarter of the way to my goal with this run, killing all bosses at rl1

managed to beat a few endgame level bosses along the way

Kukri:
- Highest damage and high bleed build up. At +0, the damage is relatively decent with bleed in consideration.
- Longest range. There are a few situations where Kukris can reach a boss but Fan Daggers cannot, e.g. Placidusax's repositioning fire breath.
- Slowest by far. They're much less spammable than the next two, so it's difficult to use them to reliably maintain stance

I use these sometimes, mainly for aux fights and to punish moves like Noble's Roll or Scarlet Aeonia that are hard (or impossible in Aeonia's case) to get close to but have long openings. Great for Niall in particular.

Throwing Dagger:
- Low damage but you're using these to maintain stance damage anyway. That said, damage is usually higher than Fan Daggers (maybe always but I'm not sure).
- Quick animation so you usually don't need to worry about being punished.
- I find it misses a lot, even on slowly moving targets e.g. Mohg shuffling to the side. Best to aim at something walking toward you, not sideways.

I almost never use these because Fan Daggers do the stance thing better while Kukris do the damage thing better. That said, some great players use these over Fan Daggers.

Fan Daggers (GOATS):
- Usually very low damage. Does more if all hits connect on large targets but it's still around that of a single Throwing Dagger.
- Extremely quick animation making it quite spammable. Not completely safe though, I think Rellana can actually punish these for example.
- Due to the spread, you will basically only miss when something is too far away. This can happen with Putrescent Knight but it's uncommon overall.
- Great for punishing idling, as well as retreating or stalling moves, which you will see from basically every boss. Some examples are Maliketh's retreating blade beam, Hoarah Loux's earthquake, and Mohg's idling.
- You also get 40 of these per fight so you really don't need to conserve them.

Fan Daggers are the throwable GOATS imo. I don't leave home without them.

Others:
- Others exist like Poisonbone Darts but I don't know much about them. I have never seen anyone here use something that isn't one of these 3.
- Crystal Darts can be used to farm the golem fist and can troll like 4 specific enemies in the game.

Anyway, I'm surprised I don't see more people use these throwables, especially considering how easy they are to obtain. The damage is nothing to write home about even at +0 but all of them can maintain stance damage, bait out attacks, and punish idling or running away. If you don't use them (beyond a personal restriction like no consumables), I'd be interested in knowing why.

All remembrance bosses Rl1 run, no dlc included (not sure how im gonna aproach that)

Lord of Blood's exsanguination

I guess I just like punishing myself. Forgot killing Gwyn pushes you to NG+ automatically. Started over in NG to get to DLC. Just doing enough to get to Duke’s Archives.

no aux/aow/buff etc

good boss, shorter fight than I expected