Gravesworn- Servants of the First

Yeah I've never got a good handle on the Gravelord sword, the startup on the R1 is just too long for me to deal with. I must be doing something wrong.

On topic, good story glad to hear you had some success!

Good work in spreading Nito's plague. I will soon return to aid you.

yea the swing does take a bit but swing 2-3 times with it and if they have low poison resist youll cause them to go toxic even if they block oh and viral wen r u gonna update the members post?

You can ''zone'' pretty effectively with the GLS too,

The duel-handed R2 from The GraveLord Sword breaks 76 poise if I remember correctly , makes up for the slow startup a lot, plus causes stun/knockback on block.

The running R1 & backstep R1 combo is awesome (single handed has wide swing, duel is overhead)

throw in some duel handed R1's from a distance , or if they circle you .

(I don't mean combo/spam R1 but single presses with a pause to ''zone'' & keep em at bay )

For landing regular R1's on opponent's it works great to anticipate when they are trying to come close.

If you want to fight offensively with it , it really is best to duel-hand it.

That is very good advice Ziko!

Thanks for the advice, I'll practice more with the sword.

Now what armor is most befitting a Gravelord?

Anything you like really , maybe something dark & shady , may I recommend something black ?

Gold hemmed looks pretty dark and evil... or at least the hood! (I love the way it looks on the savegame screen!)

yes it does ! I wore it along with the wolf ring & havel's gauntlets on my GLS build

Looks awesome while having an EoD active with the aura from the Wolf Ring

Well right now my GL is a bit of. Cosplay with a mix of silver and black knight equipment.

Yes Dan but no poise!

Wolf Ring & Havel's Gauntlets are your friends with the Gold-Hemmed especially with the GLS

Federally wrote:Thanks for the advice, I'll practice more with the sword.

Now what armor is most befitting a Gravelord?

Hollow Thiefs set

I like the black cleric set. dark leggins, and havels hands. crown of lord

I've been using the Havel Set, sometimes with just a thief hood instead of the helm, but I like the way it looks.

I regards to the GLS topic. The way I use it is I 2H it and use the heavy attack (A thrust) until I know I've made contact twice. 2 Hits with a 2H heavy will cause toxic. Then I switch over to one hand with a shield of choice (Usually Grass Crest) and dance around, throwing in a jab from the GLS or other weapon as the opportunity arises.

I agree that the R1 start up on the GLS is slow, but, my character is slow, and has tons of poise. If I ever get backed into a corner, I have iron flesh in my back pocket too. Sure I'll be slow, but if I can get an attack on you, you're doomed.

id b cautious on relying on havels set man. yea its good but there's better stuff

Havel's will get you into the habit of tanking... and when you switch away from it

exactly that and you move really slow in it if you dont have redonculous Equip load

Saying that I have it on my other char Need to make another new toon and relearn good play technique.

Where I'm at in the game, Havel's set is the best I have. I've yet to complete Sen's Fort and haven't actually put any time into Depths to find anything down there.

Once I get further, I'll probably trade up Havel's set for either Orinstein's or Smough's but IDK which one. However; I never intend on using Giant's Armor, as I hate Stamina impeding.

Black iron > all heavy armour unless you desprately need poise.

Black iron is also one of the coolest armors in the game just saying. Also Tarkus uses it so that makes it even cooler.

yea black iron is amazing to say the least

What're you doing with havel in your sig then sunlight

Because I am a knight of Havel in the Noble Knights. I also requested a new one if you check the thread for sigs because I need to better represent the cov I colead. Also for all his awesomeness Tarkus just doesn't suit me and I'm sure somebody else could make better use of him in a sig. I know you were just kidding but I felt like answering.

Tarkus's set is the best heavy armour. 79 poise, great defence and lowest weight.
I'll be sad to see you sig go Sun.