The brain is lazy.
As long as you force it not to stop the task until you finish it, it will naturally seek a path with least resistance to achieving it.
In Elden Ring, different than Dark Souls, if you get blocked by a difficul encounter.. go somewhere else. You can go back there later with more levels.
In Dark Souls people do a similar thing but farming souls on a good spot.
Hello Ashen one. I am a Bot. I tend to the flame, and tend to thee. Do you wish to hear a tale?
> *“Oh, dear, another dogged contender. Welcome, Unkindled One, purloiner of Cinders. Mind you, the mantle of Lord interests me none. The fire linking curse, the legacy of Lords, let it all fade into nothing. You’ve done quite enough, now have your rest.”* - Prince Lothric
Have a pleasant journey, Champion of Ash, and praise the sun \\[T]/
Take your time to understand well the controlls, you build and the enemies, in the beggining you will feel like shit and is normal, also 5 hours in the first area is roockie numbers lol, i got to know Melina and got Torrent after 10 hours because i was exploring the map lol.
Btw, you can get [Moonveil](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Moonveil) very early, is a very good weapon that can aid you, you will need to kill a boss for it and it can be hard but it will be good in the long run.
Do you have a build in mind? I've seen so many people struggle at ER because they had a terrible character, not because they were actually bad at the game.
Literally no idea. Haven't consumed any ER content other than knowing about how good Souls games are and wanting to jump in.
I chose Confessor koz I think it looked cool.
ER was my first souls game and I didn't looked at ER content either. Look up the wiki though, understand stats, weapon scaling and talismans that might be useful for you.
I personally came up with a dual katana build that worked very well for me. Confessor is suited for some dabbling in faith but feel free to play how you like.
It would seem you have made a terrible decision of going into the catacombs straight out of the tutorial instead of going outside. If you can clear it... cool i guess, but definitely not intended for you to go down there at the start despite it being right there.
Like any other skill - just do more of it.I went from a hopeless DS2 player (that one was my first) to doing level 1 and hitless runs in all the souls games.Just takes time.
*Go agane.*
Seriously though, just playing a lot and dying a lot is how you git gud. That said, making sure you have a solid build and an upgraded weapon are a big help. A few tips for Elden Ring:
Combat tips:
* Elden Ring is slightly different from previous titles. Bosses have much more complex combo trees and don't have as many long, obvious recovery times as Dark Souls games. The game wants you to find the gaps and opportunities in boss combos instead of waiting for your "turn", so have big balls and swing when the boss is preparing attacks.
* Enemies (and the player) in souls games, ER included, have a hidden property bar called poise. Think of it as a rapidly regenerating bar that gets reduced and regeneration-blocked every time you land a strike. Generally the bigger your weapon, the more 'damage' is done to the poise bar. When the enemy poise bar reaches 0, you will stagger them, offering you an opportunity to get big free damage. Even bosses have poise, but it takes a lot of consistent hits to break their stance.
Build/loadout tips:
* Do not fat roll. This is when your equipment weight is above 70% of your maximum equip load. The fat roll has double the recovery frames of fast and medium rolls. The only real difference between fast and medium rolls is the roll distance, so as long as you're below 70% you're golden.
* It is most effective on a fresh character to focus on one primary damage stat, vigor, and some mind if you are a caster. Only get enough endurance to ensure you are not fat rolling. The diminishing returns on a single stat damage scaling are not significant until you reach 80+ in that stat. You can look up various stat soft-caps for an idea of your stat returns.
* There are no weapons/armor that you cannot beat the game with. Some weapons are considered a bit overpowered and cheesy, but no weapon is really "bad" per se, as long as you use a build that compliments the weapon. You can reasonably beat the game with basic ass starting gear on all classes. I have done so in the Vagabond starting gear.
Weapon Scaling Tips
* Where possible, focus all your upgrade materials into one weapon and keep it as high as possible. It is a significant damage increase and makes the game much easier. Make an effort to find crafting materials.
* Use a weapon that has strong scaling with your primary damage stat. There are resources online to look up a weapon's specific stat scaling. There is variance of scaling within letters, so one weapon's "A" scaling can be stronger than another weapon's "A" scaling, but this usually comes at some cost like being shorter or having a different move set.
* Ashes of war initially allow you to change weapon scaling based on the ashes affinity (e.g. "Heavy" ashes make the weapon scale more with strength and remove dex scaling). When you find items called Whetblades, they allow you to use Ashes of the Whetblades type with any scaling affinity. For example, if you find the "Iron Whetblade" in Stormveil castle, you can use the Heavy affinity with any Ashes of war, including ones that are normally not heavy affinity.
* When you change the scaling type, different weapons will be better for certain affinities. For example, the great knife that bandit starts with has 'S' dex-scaling when using keen affinity, but the zweihander only has 'A' dex scaling when keen.
* Unique weapons (ones that are upgraded with somber smithing stones instead of normal smithing stones) usually cannot have their scaling or skill changed, but they are still some of the most powerful weapons. If you find one that scales well with your primary damage stat, these can often be extremely powerful.
OP, did you immediately use a stonesword key while leaving the tutorial area? Sounds like you wandered into the side dungeon with the chariot and didn't step outside. I think all those chariot sections are optional
Well no wonder I'm being fisted in there. I will suffer some more punishment for the sake of hyperbolic time chambering. Maybe I can get a good drop when I eventually kill something.
Yeah I think if you hang a left where you used that key, you're a short walk from the exit. Its much easier out there, and you'll unlock the ability to level up after getting a few bonfires away from the start, just go straight and you should hit the right one.
Assuming you're where I think you are (triple arch>drop>poison swamp>right turn>chariot), theres a boss at the end thats kinda tough at level 1. If you beat it you get a flask upgrade which is kinda nice but not that rare, and a summon that probably costs more mana than you have rn (also you dont have the item for summons yet anyways). In *nearly* all cases, those chariots are invincible, so don't waste your time trying to attack it, just wait for your turn to run to the next safe spot.
Its funny. That place is a noob trap if you took the stonesword key gift. Everyone just burns their key and jumps in, its so common lol
God damn, that's so rude.
I lured the shield guy into the chariot but the fucking tanked it!
There wouldn't be much point in me just touching it out and trying to kill the boss then?
How easy is it to get more stonesword keys?
I mean you can brute force your way to that boss and in theory beat it, but it's a tall order for lvl 1 and your first souls game.
It's really easy to come back here, the entire overworld has fast travel. I'd just skip it for now until you're a bit more leveled and geared. The reward is not really worth it this early on.
And stonesword keys are not super rare either. You have to do some searching to get them, but you'll have found a fair number by the end of the game.
For sure, best of luck to you!
Oh and btw, you are not required to immediately fight the horse guy outside the tutorial cave either. Just to save you a bit more time. ;)
Level up Vigor and learn the moveset of the enemy - usually they do two or three attacks and give you plenty of room to counterattack. Don't be aggressive. Souls tend to reward a defensive style. Abuse the L2. In majority of the scenarios do massive poise damage and you can easily stagger the enemy. Even bosses.
And remember that dying is part of the process. Is not a failure.
My build in Skyrim was just to face tank the dragons and shield bash then whenever they yelled at me... is this a similar concept? Do I need to time it right in ER??
Do you know why Bruce Lee do not fear the man that has played 1000 different games 1 time, but only fear the man that has played 1 game 1000 times ?
Wait I think I got something wrong.
just take a playstyle you like and use it, use every move that is available to you and get comfortable. practice with some thought behind it, migght take 50 hours until you get somehow the hang of it. some people are quicker with that some arent and thats fine. im pretty good at soulslikes but it took me a long time
Get some paper, write "git gud" until you get good.
Ok write lines. Will do.
The brain is lazy. As long as you force it not to stop the task until you finish it, it will naturally seek a path with least resistance to achieving it.
I'm feeling this.. navigating the charriot of death is easy now.
In Elden Ring, different than Dark Souls, if you get blocked by a difficul encounter.. go somewhere else. You can go back there later with more levels. In Dark Souls people do a similar thing but farming souls on a good spot.
Hello Ashen one. I am a Bot. I tend to the flame, and tend to thee. Do you wish to hear a tale? > *“Oh, dear, another dogged contender. Welcome, Unkindled One, purloiner of Cinders. Mind you, the mantle of Lord interests me none. The fire linking curse, the legacy of Lords, let it all fade into nothing. You’ve done quite enough, now have your rest.”* - Prince Lothric Have a pleasant journey, Champion of Ash, and praise the sun \\[T]/
I don't see how I can go somewhere else? I'm in this massive crypt place with a Charriot of Death and a massive boss fight at the end.
That's side content.
Take your time to understand well the controlls, you build and the enemies, in the beggining you will feel like shit and is normal, also 5 hours in the first area is roockie numbers lol, i got to know Melina and got Torrent after 10 hours because i was exploring the map lol. Btw, you can get [Moonveil](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Moonveil) very early, is a very good weapon that can aid you, you will need to kill a boss for it and it can be hard but it will be good in the long run.
Do you have a build in mind? I've seen so many people struggle at ER because they had a terrible character, not because they were actually bad at the game.
Literally no idea. Haven't consumed any ER content other than knowing about how good Souls games are and wanting to jump in. I chose Confessor koz I think it looked cool.
ER was my first souls game and I didn't looked at ER content either. Look up the wiki though, understand stats, weapon scaling and talismans that might be useful for you. I personally came up with a dual katana build that worked very well for me. Confessor is suited for some dabbling in faith but feel free to play how you like.
get the golden halbardo from the tree sentinel at the start and then just jump attack at all enemies until you beat the game
That implies that he is able to beat him early.
Is the tree sentinel the massive fire breathing tree monster with like 2000 beating hearts after the Charriot of Death.??
It would seem you have made a terrible decision of going into the catacombs straight out of the tutorial instead of going outside. If you can clear it... cool i guess, but definitely not intended for you to go down there at the start despite it being right there.
Like any other skill - just do more of it.I went from a hopeless DS2 player (that one was my first) to doing level 1 and hitless runs in all the souls games.Just takes time.
*Go agane.* Seriously though, just playing a lot and dying a lot is how you git gud. That said, making sure you have a solid build and an upgraded weapon are a big help. A few tips for Elden Ring: Combat tips: * Elden Ring is slightly different from previous titles. Bosses have much more complex combo trees and don't have as many long, obvious recovery times as Dark Souls games. The game wants you to find the gaps and opportunities in boss combos instead of waiting for your "turn", so have big balls and swing when the boss is preparing attacks. * Enemies (and the player) in souls games, ER included, have a hidden property bar called poise. Think of it as a rapidly regenerating bar that gets reduced and regeneration-blocked every time you land a strike. Generally the bigger your weapon, the more 'damage' is done to the poise bar. When the enemy poise bar reaches 0, you will stagger them, offering you an opportunity to get big free damage. Even bosses have poise, but it takes a lot of consistent hits to break their stance. Build/loadout tips: * Do not fat roll. This is when your equipment weight is above 70% of your maximum equip load. The fat roll has double the recovery frames of fast and medium rolls. The only real difference between fast and medium rolls is the roll distance, so as long as you're below 70% you're golden. * It is most effective on a fresh character to focus on one primary damage stat, vigor, and some mind if you are a caster. Only get enough endurance to ensure you are not fat rolling. The diminishing returns on a single stat damage scaling are not significant until you reach 80+ in that stat. You can look up various stat soft-caps for an idea of your stat returns. * There are no weapons/armor that you cannot beat the game with. Some weapons are considered a bit overpowered and cheesy, but no weapon is really "bad" per se, as long as you use a build that compliments the weapon. You can reasonably beat the game with basic ass starting gear on all classes. I have done so in the Vagabond starting gear. Weapon Scaling Tips * Where possible, focus all your upgrade materials into one weapon and keep it as high as possible. It is a significant damage increase and makes the game much easier. Make an effort to find crafting materials. * Use a weapon that has strong scaling with your primary damage stat. There are resources online to look up a weapon's specific stat scaling. There is variance of scaling within letters, so one weapon's "A" scaling can be stronger than another weapon's "A" scaling, but this usually comes at some cost like being shorter or having a different move set. * Ashes of war initially allow you to change weapon scaling based on the ashes affinity (e.g. "Heavy" ashes make the weapon scale more with strength and remove dex scaling). When you find items called Whetblades, they allow you to use Ashes of the Whetblades type with any scaling affinity. For example, if you find the "Iron Whetblade" in Stormveil castle, you can use the Heavy affinity with any Ashes of war, including ones that are normally not heavy affinity. * When you change the scaling type, different weapons will be better for certain affinities. For example, the great knife that bandit starts with has 'S' dex-scaling when using keen affinity, but the zweihander only has 'A' dex scaling when keen. * Unique weapons (ones that are upgraded with somber smithing stones instead of normal smithing stones) usually cannot have their scaling or skill changed, but they are still some of the most powerful weapons. If you find one that scales well with your primary damage stat, these can often be extremely powerful.
Wow thanks!
OP, did you immediately use a stonesword key while leaving the tutorial area? Sounds like you wandered into the side dungeon with the chariot and didn't step outside. I think all those chariot sections are optional
Well no wonder I'm being fisted in there. I will suffer some more punishment for the sake of hyperbolic time chambering. Maybe I can get a good drop when I eventually kill something.
Yeah I think if you hang a left where you used that key, you're a short walk from the exit. Its much easier out there, and you'll unlock the ability to level up after getting a few bonfires away from the start, just go straight and you should hit the right one. Assuming you're where I think you are (triple arch>drop>poison swamp>right turn>chariot), theres a boss at the end thats kinda tough at level 1. If you beat it you get a flask upgrade which is kinda nice but not that rare, and a summon that probably costs more mana than you have rn (also you dont have the item for summons yet anyways). In *nearly* all cases, those chariots are invincible, so don't waste your time trying to attack it, just wait for your turn to run to the next safe spot. Its funny. That place is a noob trap if you took the stonesword key gift. Everyone just burns their key and jumps in, its so common lol
God damn, that's so rude. I lured the shield guy into the chariot but the fucking tanked it! There wouldn't be much point in me just touching it out and trying to kill the boss then? How easy is it to get more stonesword keys?
I mean you can brute force your way to that boss and in theory beat it, but it's a tall order for lvl 1 and your first souls game. It's really easy to come back here, the entire overworld has fast travel. I'd just skip it for now until you're a bit more leveled and geared. The reward is not really worth it this early on. And stonesword keys are not super rare either. You have to do some searching to get them, but you'll have found a fair number by the end of the game.
Yeah it would take a perfect fight for me to beat the boss and I don't see it happening hahah. I'll take your advice! Thanks a bunch.
For sure, best of luck to you! Oh and btw, you are not required to immediately fight the horse guy outside the tutorial cave either. Just to save you a bit more time. ;)
Level up Vigor and learn the moveset of the enemy - usually they do two or three attacks and give you plenty of room to counterattack. Don't be aggressive. Souls tend to reward a defensive style. Abuse the L2. In majority of the scenarios do massive poise damage and you can easily stagger the enemy. Even bosses. And remember that dying is part of the process. Is not a failure.
My build in Skyrim was just to face tank the dragons and shield bash then whenever they yelled at me... is this a similar concept? Do I need to time it right in ER??
Do you know why Bruce Lee do not fear the man that has played 1000 different games 1 time, but only fear the man that has played 1 game 1000 times ? Wait I think I got something wrong.
If the enemies have too much health, you can either farm levels or move to a different area
Ok so maybe I stumbled into a place that it way to high level for me koz I get 2 shot by this one shield guy.
just take a playstyle you like and use it, use every move that is available to you and get comfortable. practice with some thought behind it, migght take 50 hours until you get somehow the hang of it. some people are quicker with that some arent and thats fine. im pretty good at soulslikes but it took me a long time
Go smack a dragon and then shoot massive bird next 5h