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Hey guys, I joined the forums about a week ago but have been lurking for about a month now so I thought it would be time to get a post out there.

I've been playing Dark Souls for about 6-7 months now but only really gotten into PvP about 1-2 months ago. Its been REALLY tough finding a build that works for me since I can't seem to latch onto a certain style. This is my most recent build that was changed from a 12 STR Falchion + SLB build.

It's cheesy, stupid, easily countered, but I win about 70%~ of my matches in the Burg/Kiln/Forest due to people being unable to parry my swings, as well as being stunlocked until they die. (It's great when you stunlock 2-3 people ganking you and come out with no damage taken and a triple kill xD)

http://mmdks.com/2rg2

I sometimes change out the Wolf Ring since I keep 70+ poise but I'm totally unsure about how to make it work better. Thanks for reading

Hello and welcome to the forums.

You have a nice build there, but I must say that you're wasting all that Dex if you're using Zwei.
How about this?
http://mmdks.com/2rdn
This is the same build. Just changed masks, one spell, ring and your primary weapon. As great and easy to use as Zwei is, a lot of players you'll face are skilled and know very well how to fight a Zwei, because they're so widely used. Murakumo, on the other hand is by far more dangerous than Zwei and it is one of the most powerful and most dangerous weapons in the game. However it is very hard to master and may even seem as a useless weapon at first sight.
A good Murakumo user is feared even by the most skilled players and with your stats, you have a build that would be a great Mura user.

Just a suggestion. ^^

I did try the Murakumo and it's not a bad sword, I actually have a 15+ in my inventory that I sometimes use in PvE, I just didn't like the moveset. It just didn't seem to pack a big enough punch to warrant all that poise incase I was up against an R1 spammer. Seems like I could get away with fast rolling and 40 poise and be as effective as mid rolling with 70+ poise.

But yes, I do know the stats are a bit off, I originally had a level 80 dueler that I brought to the Kiln for PvP but I wanted to change it so I bumped everything up as much as I could to stay within a good level.

Still - I'm working on Dead Angling and while it's hard to tell if I'm doing them properly or not, I win ALOT more than I lose because people spam parry when I'm swinging and they just aren't connecting. Suddenly, I've dealt 1900 damage in 4-5 swings and they die before they get an attack in.

(Forgot to add in, I'm TERRIBLE at BSing/Parry - Riposte. While the increase of damage is nice and awesome, I couldn't put it to good use considering I can only parry if I get stupidly lucky.)

Thats true, I know the feeling of being stunlocked by a Mura and wondering why on earth I can't do anything against it.

It just seems like it's 100x easier to parry a CGS than an UGS because of the huge arc in the swings that can throw peoples timing off if you mix up hitting them at the beginning of a swing or right at the end.

Thats probably just a visual thing and in actuality does nothing to help against parrying. :I

You do have a point, and I know its a valid one because of your Dagger thread. I tried it out in a couple matches and I just DEMOLISHED people. So many swings in so little time that if they missed a swing I could pump out 2-3 hits for 300-400 damage each time before they even had a chance to roll. Got my *** handed to me by a Dragonslayer Spear though. :L I don't fight against those often though, I'll let that one slide.

Are there any tips on figuring out Dead Angling? I have a general outline of what it is and what it does, but I can't seem to replicate it consistently enough to say "I can DA".

I feel like I can DA with Wrath pretty easily, it's just getting the swings to have the same effect.

Say I'm swinging a Zwei from the left to right. Does the person basically have to be at the exact END of the arc of the swing for the DA to take effect? I'd go test this right now but my Xbox is currently in use.

Welcome to the forums o/.

For the record, you CAN block a DA Wrath of the Gods, just turn around and block. Whenever I'm able to catch on that the caster turned around first I do that, it usually works.


Can't say I have any suggestions like everyone else about your build or what you're doing lol, good luck out there. If you're on PS3 maybe we could fight sometime, I need practice against the Zwei anyway.