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[Chuck Berry]

Have you fought Ebrietas?

Nope but I have the summon for it. What should I do?

Just killed The One Reborn

 

[begotten]

Nope but I have the summon for it. What should I do?

Just killed The One Reborn

You can go through the Upper Ward whenever you want then now, you'll answer your previous question at the end of the area.

 

[Saber]

Nope but I have the summon for it. What should I do?

Just killed The One Reborn

Ebitreas is not an easy boss thanks to high hp, good amount of arcane damage, a dash that is very hard to evade and survive and constant whiplash of attacks from almost all points.
I suggest you to level up first so you can be it easier. General strategy is to glue on its hear and hopefully it didn't fly to reposition itself.

 

[sachos]

A 4k Remaster 60fps with maybe better shadows, ambient oclusion would be good enough for me. Better use the resources for a sequel instead of Remake.

 

[Chuck Berry]

You can go through the Upper Ward whenever you want then now, you'll answer your previous question at the end of the area.

Fuck I totally forgot about the Upper Cathedral Ward. Just went back to the Yahar'gul hul village to get the key.

According to my trophy list I did beat Ebrietas back in 2015

 

[Isa]

I'd want it with the cut content, expanded to feel more complete. I loved the game to pieces back when it launched, imported it, then bought it again and played through several times with my best friend. Got him into Souls from that point. Its a good introduction but limited in content to me and the magic is not very good which is a shame. I loved the style throughout, crazy how many games, mainly indie, that it has influenced over the years yet Sony just seems to scoff at it and the fan requests. I can only assume its ego, indifference or plans for a FF7 remake announcement to garner up hype.

 

[Valonquar]

We've had a re-re-remaster of Last of Us, but still no BB.

 

[NeverYouMind]

IMO neither are good NG options or worth investing in the softcap for. These archetypes (particularly Arcane) in BB don't run and play the same as other Soulsborne games. They're just baked into the weapons and for boosting Transformations & Abilities (This sounds like there's a lot to it but there's really not). It's something you want to do and is fun in subsequent runs too.

Kos Parasite (Arcane), Holy Moonlight Sword (Arcane - Transformed Attack) and Bloodletter (Bloodtinge) are all weapons you get during the DLC too.

If you really wanted to run Bloodtinge, you could complete Cainhurst early to obtain Evelyn & Chikage (2H Mode). If you're new, guns are actually good for clearing weak mobs and dealing with dogs.

Now that I think about it too, there's an earlier point after beating BSB and unlocking Chalice Dungeons, where you could try looking up Glyphs for early game CDs, that might have weapons available for purchase at baths. This is another thing with Arcane or Bloodtinge builds, you also need to buy or find Lost/Uncanny versions of these, and get the right Blood Gems for them to really pop off.

Also the consumables like the Eye that scale with Arcane and Bloodtinge are largely shit too outside of specific use cases.

Arcane and Bloodtinge are definitely tough runs. The way I do them is wolf throw glitch through stairway wall in starting area to get Cainhurst Summons. Use the starter weapon to off the Father. Jump into Old Yharnam to get Rifle Spear and off the Blood Starved Beast. Whack the witch in the channel after going around the side of the cathedral and summon the undead carriage in the village to get to Cainhurst. After that Evelyn/Chikage will carry Bloodtinge build while Executioner's Gloves will carry Arcane build. Some chalice dungeon diving will give enough blood echoes and stones to make them endgame material. An alternative for the Bloodtinge build is to beat the Cathedral boss to get to the DLC and cheese Simon by aggroing hunters and using poison knives and the like for the guaranteed Bow Blade drop. Arcane build does not really get anything else formidable until the end of the DLC with Accursed Brew and Kos Parasite/Milkweed Rune unfortunately. But when they are acquired the player is set for all the New Game+ cycles.

P.S. Some people swear by Augur of Ebrietas tool as an alternative to gun parry and for two handed stuff it is very valid even if it is not as versatile as the hunter pistol.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ebrietas down on the first try



It’s always the “easy” bosses in these games that are rough on me Both the celestial emissary and Micolash took me a handful of tries.

On the second part of the Mergo area. Closing in…

 

[Chuck Berry]

Aaand done. Chose to die. My first run I collected the umbilical cords so it was cool to put another trophy on the board

Cool ending regardless

Top ten of all time

I started this shit Thursday evening. Record time for me finishing a From game. I curbstomped the fuck out of it.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Aaand done...

You aren't done until you beat Queen Yharnam in the depths of chalice dungeons!

 

[bender]

After replaying the Souls series in the past year, Bloodborne cemented itself as my favorite. I used to have it tied with Demon Souls, but I slotted DeSo in the tier below with Dark Souls and then everything else in tiers further down. Bloodborne will go down as one of my favorite games ever.