Best pre-Altus Plateau spirit summons?

[davidj123456]

I’ve unlocked Liurnia and I don’t want to unlock Altus Plateau yet. I’ve barely progressed any quest lines. I’ve killed Godrick.

What are the best spirit summons? Which ones are best for tanking and distracting bosses?

[vamirez]

At this level you can try different ones. The named ones are usually strong, like Lhutel, but you can also experiment with soldiers or marionettes, for example. If you have them as the starting gift, the imps are great (or find where you can buy them in the game).

[cridus]

marionette archers. they're one of the absolute best.

[Dragonirian]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

I’ve unlocked Liurnia and I don’t want to unlock Altus Plateau yet. I’ve barely progressed any quest lines. I’ve killed Godrick.

What are the best spirit summons? Which ones are best for tanking and distracting bosses?

Titche, you get her by following ranni questline.

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

I’ve unlocked Liurnia and I don’t want to unlock Altus Plateau yet. I’ve barely progressed any quest lines. I’ve killed Godrick.

What are the best spirit summons? Which ones are best for tanking and distracting bosses?

Titche, you get her by following ranni questline.

Don't I need to unlock Altus Plateau to get him?
I played the game without wiki when it first came out. Logged 100 hours, and completed the game. I kinda remember where stuff is but it has been a year.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Ranni's aint pre altus platoes.

Yes, you can technically do it, but boi you're not leveled for those area's.

Any boss up to Lyendell is kind of trivial.

[LT2483]

Personal recommendation is the Skeletal Militiaman Ashes. Super easy to get and find (just beat the Tibia Mariner in Summonwater Village in Limgrave, just follow the road to Caelid and you can't miss it). They do some solid damage and stagger, you get 2 of them, low FP cost, and when they go down, they revive with full health provided they don't get hit again for a short time (just draw aggro by hitting the enemy once or twice whenever one/both go down). They are solid spirits for basic the entire game, except for a few late bosses which counter them quite hard.

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Titche, you get her by following ranni questline.

Don't I need to unlock Altus Plateau to get him?
I played the game without wiki when it first came out. Logged 100 hours, and completed the game. I kinda remember where stuff is but it has been a year.

Nope. You bounce between the lakes, caelid, and underground. Quite some challenging fights on the way though. EDIT: Due to FS's quest line bull, you have to have at least visited the plateau. None of it takes place there, but you are required to have visited.

[Dragonirian]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Ranni's aint pre altus platoes.

Yes, you can technically do it, but boi you're not leveled for those area's.

Any boss up to Lyendell is kind of trivial.

Blaidd is easy, lake of rot is easy, the natural born of the void is easy, and the evergaol assassin is easy. Did it at level 15+3

[Scheneighnay]

Raya Lucaria soldiers and the storm hawk are great against big groups of normal enemies.

Latenna is interesting but niche since she has massive range but can't move.
I summoned her on top of a rock against the mariner in Liurna and she could snipe all of the skeletons without getting hit.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Ranni's aint pre altus platoes.

Yes, you can technically do it, but boi you're not leveled for those area's.

Any boss up to Lyendell is kind of trivial.

Blaidd is easy, lake of rot is easy, the natural born of the void is easy, and the evergaol assassin is easy. Did it at level 15+3

I dont think I asked for a bragger, cause thats what you look like now.

Barely anyonne on theyr first playthrough will do this.

[Dragonirian]

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Blaidd is easy, lake of rot is easy, the natural born of the void is easy, and the evergaol assassin is easy. Did it at level 15+3

I dont think I asked for a bragger, cause thats what you look like now.

Barely anyonne on theyr first playthrough will do this.

The fact is you can easily do this at lvl 15+3. If I could you can do it too. The argument is that you can't be "underleveled" for it.

[Mr_Blank]

Gigachad engvall.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

No, The arguement means progression wise the game isnt gonna be intended to be smooth sailing if you go that route, so shhhh.

@OP, Wolfs will carry you up to Lyendell and if you explore you will find replacement.

[vamirez]

Originally posted by Dragonirian:

Originally posted by GamingWithSilvertail:

I dont think I asked for a bragger, cause thats what you look like now.

Barely anyonne on theyr first playthrough will do this.

The fact is you can easily do this at lvl 15+3. If I could you can do it too. The argument is that you can't be "underleveled" for it.

But OP doesn't seem to want to make a run to get an uber-item from the late-game. He asked for spirits at that stage of the game they're at.

[Vinnolo]

Caelid and raya lucaria soldiers are both great and not hard to get, imps are also good

[Sabaithal]

Oleg or Engvall are pretty solid summons that can solo most minibosses.

There's also Mausoleum Soldiers which are some of the best "Soldier" ashes available. It takes a little work to get them, since you gotta beat general Chadahn to unlock Nokron, but that's still pre-atlas.

Both of the spirit ashes in the tomb past Chadahn are also pretty good, but that dungeon is gonna be a challenge even at endgame levels.