The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[Slimebeast]

lestatdark said:

Slimebeast said:
lestat thank for your post earlier about level and weapon power.

I died a few times on that black knight in Undead Burg (and there is another one on top of the spiral stairs in Parish right?). Just in vague general terms, how do I beat a black knight, by blocking or by evading? No details, I dont want too much spoilers.

Blocking is by far more effective, especially if you have a good physical reduction shield (the closer to 100% the better). Evading is too timing-restricted with the BK's, since their attacks go pretty fast. My personal strategy? Backstabs.

Well shields with 100% physical reduction drop early I think. I know that shields with good defense against magic usually have less than 100% physical redutiocn but what's the motivation to use a wooden shield?  They're just in the game for fun, right?

So what's your stratey for backstabbing a dark knight? Do you strafe to get on his back or do you evade jump behind him?