Alright Sup Forums how do i do an SL1 run?

alright Sup Forums how do i do an SL1 run?

tips? weapons? rings?

thanks

always block
use drake sword
tiny being's ring + blue tearstone

A SL1 run is super easy, you can kill every boss in a couple hits with pyromancy: dusk's helm, bellowing flame ring, red tearstone ring, great combustion.

If you don't want to do that, lighting/fire weapons can still slaughter bosses quickly.

Versus some certain bosses you can use the leo ring + heavy crossbow and you'll have a very easy time since you'll have plenty of time to react.

You might want to add some more restrictions to your run.

first thing you wanna grab is the red tearstone ring then the grass crest shield (and try to get the bk halberd while you're at it)

after that, play the game like normal, just don't level up and don't get hit

thanks

drake sword defiantly best?

>bellowing flame ring
>OG DaS
That being said; this user isn't entirely off the mark. Pyromancy can become incredibly overpowered and is extremely useful in these kinds of runs. Lightning weapons can also help to cheese the game and are relatively easy to obtain.
If anything; I would recommend a low level, forced glass cannon run (cursed, dusk ring, red tearstone) at around level fifteen or thirty depending on how much leeway you're willing to allow.

>alright Sup Forums how do i do an SL1 run?
You do ok until you get to 4nigz and then get stuck there for several hours.

At least that's how it went for me, was a lot of fun, though.

Reinforced club

That is all

pyro

>drake sword defiantly best?
Not even close.
It's either one of the clubs or battle axe, obviously infused with electric or something.

>SL1
>bk halberd

Not happening

And btw, once you did a SL1 run, you should try doing an "aggro AI" mod run, that's also really entertaining.

I was just joking
drake sword is a beginner's trap that will break you once you get to capra demon

dodging is better than blocking in most cases as you lack the stamina to block bigger attacks

yeh but i thought the trap was it was amazing then becomes shit, i thought if im not levelling maybe it stays amazing but nevermind

>>>>>>>
just fatroll once and stay on his nads spamming estus

>haven't run the DLC at SL1
>suddenly get the urge to
DaS switch can't come soon enough

I've completed SL1 NG+7 melee only, here's what I use most of the time:

Lightning Reinforced Club
Fire Reinforced Club (Chaos if you're duping Firekeeper Souls)
Blacksmith Giant's Hammer
Jagged Ghost Blade
+15 Reinforced Club
+15 Light Crossbow

Balder Shield
Grass Crest Shield
Crest Shield

Mask of the Child
Crown of Dusk

FaP Ring
Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring
Lingering Dragoncrest Ring
Dark Wood Grain Ring
Hornet Ring (Nito, Gwyn)
Chloranty Ring
Red Tearstone Ring
Dusk Crown Ring
Darkmoon Seance Ring
Ring of Fog
Rusted Iron Ring

RTSR is really not needed for regular NG, it's easy as shit. With upgraded clothes you can take like 2-3 hits from every boss and still live as SL1. It's better to just user Lingering to cast Power Within, then switch it out for a combat ring and go with full HP. Or store Power Within in the 3rd Attunement slot from Darkmoon ring, cast it and swith it out. In NG bosses have practically no HP, you can just overpower them with Crown, Bellowing ring, Power Within and Great Combustion. Melee only is harder, but the only bosses that are real bitches are O&S and Kalameet due to bad RNG, shitty hitboxes, glitched AI and pathfinding and other stuff. But you won't even notice all this stuff in NG, so it's fine.

>sl1
>use sword that basically makes it like you levelled up
youre a cheating faggot tbqh

>+15 Light Crossbow
Why not 2H the heavy crossbow?

When is the FaP ring useful?

How do you kill the four kings on NG+7 if you're restricting yourself to a +15 and no pyromancy?

>four kings
roll through every attack and avoid the occasional background king attack

> these idiots suggesting levelled gear for a sl1 run.

Just run you faggot. Run your fucking ass off.

You still need to kill bosses.

Light Crossbow has a faster reload animation and Heavy Crossbow is also heavy, I don't even know if you can fastroll with if if you use a Reinforced Club/BS Hammer in the other slot and Grass Crest.

FaP is useful for everything that isn't 4 Kings. It gives you enough stamina for a 2nd roll after a roll and a Reinforced Club R2. Because stamina gets frozen and doesn't regenerate for a second or so when you use it.

I did 4 Kings with the BS Hammer (which deals less damage than chaos), it's really not as hard as everyone thinks if you're not shit at the game. Hard bosses are the bosses full of RNG and glitches (O&S, Kalameet and also 3 skellies aka Nito).

+15 Reinforced Club is only used for Artorias, Manus and Kalameet because they shit all over split damage from elemental weapons.

Running keeps them out of range until you have an opportunity to attack.

You can legit kill the asylum demon at the start without firebombs with this tactic if you're patient enough, but who cares about that?

>alright Sup Forums how do i do an SL1 run?
In DS1? Just use pyromancy

Pasting what another user said in previous thread

>start pyro
>master key
>go to the valley of drakes shortcut
>red tearstone ring(optional if you are confident with not getting hit)
>grass crest shield(all around best option at this point unless you want to grind balder knights, shouldn't block anyway)
>get axe to +5 at Andre
>gargoyles
>capra
>pyro guy and ember in depths
>quelaag
>sen's(unlimited large shards and balder shield at the merchant)
>O&S(manmode with your Hand Axe+5, do NOT go lightning yet, easy mode pyro)
>sif
>4 kings(man mode roll and lightning hand axe +5, easy mode havels and 20 estus)

if you're confident in not getting hit that's all the more reason to get the tearstone ring.

Fall damage.

Drake Valley is a shitty place to die though.

I did mean with bosses.

havels + rofap
always fastroll
buy multiple reinforced clubs
get a fire + 5 reinforced club at least before you head off to anal rodeo
kill giant blacksmitth for his wood hammer, 2h it
don't parry gwyn like a pussy
make sure it's an all-bosses run, dlc included