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?

[nfinite.recursion]

Meh. Just grab Mimic Tear.

If you find and explore all of the pre-Leyndell underground areas thoroughly, you can even upgrade it to +10 shortly after acquiring it.

FromSoft really should have made Ghost Gloveworts harder to come by, because as it stands regular Grave Glovewort is a much bigger pain to find to upgrade your "normal" summons.

[Scheneighnay]

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.

Nice larp

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by 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.

OP just reached Liurna, so I don't think they know what pre-altus means

[cridus]

guys don't look down on the marionette archers. the AI of some bosses outright breaks, with them.

[impuretrash2878]

Greatshield Soldiers are pretty damn good. They form a circle around the enemy and shield bash. Many bosses get trapped in a stunlock. Plus they're pretty tanky. But they're down in Nokron so it's not exactly super easy to get. The demihumans are good too, I think.

[cernodan]

The monke boyz (demi-human) ashes are fun to use, especially at night.
There's 5 of them.
They scream.
They are aggressive.
They monke.

[Wedranikus]

Banished knight Engvall no questions asked. You can get him early in Murkwater Catacombs. Has poise break for days. Second best imo is Lhutel the Headless.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by cernodan:

The monke boyz (demi-human) ashes are fun to use, especially at night.
There's 5 of them.
They scream.
They are aggressive.
They monke.

the best to use for Renalla because watching them bludgeon children is hilarious

[Nibbie]

I don't necessarily think she is the best, but I enjoyed using Latenna. She is found early into Liurnia, and as long as you can hold aggro fairly well, she deals quite a bit of damage in a very safe way.

[Drhalkur]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

Originally posted by cernodan:

The monke boyz (demi-human) ashes are fun to use, especially at night.
There's 5 of them.
They scream.
They are aggressive.
They monke.

the best to use for Renalla because watching them bludgeon children is hilarious

I just did this tonight and it was extremely entertaining. They also kept staggering her phase 2 out of the laser beam so it was even better lol.