VGchartz's Demon's Souls thread

[lestatdark]

iBlah said:

guess who's late to the party?? ME!!!! I'm late to the party!!!

I was doing pretty well, finished 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 5-1 and died only once (got greedy in 1-1, tried to pick up all the treasures in the area with dragons and was smashed to death by the tail )

then I tried 2-2 and the flamelurker totally ravaged my sorry ass >_<

what should I do now???!!! the enemies in 4-1 looked so brutal so I went with 3-1 instead and the first enemy zapped half of my health with one hit, WTF!!!

You should preserve on 4-1. Since you've already done 1-2, you can try killing the Red Dragon (if you got a good bow, over 16 agility and a couple hundred arrows), by positioning yourself at the top of the first tower on the dragon's path and taking pot-shots at his health. It should take at least 10 minutes to kill him.

It will be worth it though, since then you can go back to 1-1 where the red dragon was roosted, and pick up a Purple Flame Shield. This is the second best shield in the game, in terms of Guard Reduction and 100% Damage Reduction, if you level it up all the way to plus 10. 

With this shield, it should be a cakewalk to block the skeleton's attacks from 4-1 (except the Black Skeleton attacks, that one you should dodge like mad). 

World 4 is the best world to farm for souls early in the game, so you can get a nifty SL boost in it, that will allow you to tackle world 3 in a much easier fashion. Also, the bosses in world 4 are amongst the easiest in the game, so you can finish it quite fast. 

If you're still having trouble in world 4, you could ponder trying to complete World 5 first instead. This is because the boss in 5-3 drops an amazing shield which has 100% Magical Damage Reduction, and it's the best shield for this effect.