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

[lestatdark]

blkfish92 said:

lestatdark said:

blkfish92 said:
Man, the lightning shotel is downright broken in early game, some weeny got me with it..

Shotels are downright broken, be it Lightning or no lightning  

A skilled player that double wields Shotels + 15 it's a frigging scary sight, since you can't block shotels with shields. It becomes a fight of who deals more damage and who does it faster. Also, Shotels go through defenses, meaning you can either be naked or full Smough/Havel/Giant +5, the damage you'll receive it's the same.

@Luvtospooge - Yeah, everything except Embers, Keys and the Rite of Kindling carry on to NG+. Also the Moonlight Sword is only good for Int builds.

Well I'm sure in higher lvl pvp things will change.

It's still scary, since you can't go all gun-ho on them, especially if you use my playstyle (heavy hitting weapons but very slow) since they'll always be faster than you (and almost every other character, as Shotels are some of the faster weapons in the game). It becomes a battle of strategy and skill. 

The only upside I have against them is the extremely high Poise that the full Havel set has. There are very few things that can stun-lock me in the game, just the most heavy weapons with the strong R2 2H attack. So I can be hit with a full combo of Shotels and do my heavy R2 2H hit and stomp them to the ground XD.