Best Class for easy mode

[Fifty Shades of Hacks]

Hello guys,

which class u guys would recommend for an easy mode run`? I just want to get all Archievments.
What class n build?

thanks!

[Senki]

try sorcerer with rock sling in early game for the big guys and bosses

Use night comet for enemies that try to dodge spells

Melee weapon go for moonveil or dark moon greatsword

get mimic summon as well obviously

easy

If you don't want to look for too many things though then just play blashpemous blade once you get it and use golden halberd until then

[Silent Warrior]

The best build for you depends on your preferred playstyle. What do you like the most: melee or sorcerer ? Keep in mind the game is huge and it will take a while to get all achievements. Don't chose a playstyle what maybe get boring for you after a while. Same for weapons, especially for melee you need to figure out which weapon moveset you like, imo that's more important than searching for "the most powerful op gears".

In case you like melee I recommend going strength / faith. For sorcerer chose astrologer.
Imo going melee is easier for a first playthrough. Because to find the necessary spells and gears for a sorcerer you'll need to google it / watch guides. But as a melee you can start right away, pick up some weapons and figure out on your own what you like.

Easy mode is to summon spirit ashes. Maybe you want search for some informations how to get powerful spirit ashes and how to upgrade them. It depends on your playstyle which spirit ashes are the best for you. When playing a sorcerer you need a tanky spirit ashes, like Dung Eater. Tiche is good for everyone.

[Sonnenbank]

The easy mode would be just getting strong summons at all times.
Also overlevel / outgear content by looking at a guide how to get weapon upgrades without fighting.

For example you can get to +5 Somber Weapon material without having to do a single fight

Wolves as starter
Banished Knight Engvall next
then Mimic or Tiche depending on your build.

sorcerer is easy mode in bossfights but can be pretty "difficult" in normal level progression
since you die so fast

[Senki]

Origineel geplaatst door Sonnenbank:

sorcerer is easy mode in bossfights but can be pretty "difficult" in normal level progression
since you die so fast

i mean... i don't really see how you ''die fast''

this game doesn't work like the usual games where mages are squishy. You can still get 50 vigor and be a mage. You can also use melee weapons

The only thing is that you'll probably not invest into heavy armor but light roll and powerful ranged attacks arguably give you way more safety than that in normal level progression

[Jouni]

Origineel geplaatst door Senki:

i mean... i don't really see how you ''die fast''

You can still get 50 vigor and be a mage.

You don't start the game with your endgame build.

If you want to be primarily a spell caster then you have to invest levels into an extra stat. Unless you start the game by going to get a ton of runes from Dragonbarrow bosses or something then neglecting Vigor to some extent is necessary. Otherwise you end up being a melee fighter because you either can't cast a lot of spells or your spells don't do much damage.

[Jouni]

Origineel geplaatst door Fifty Shades of Hacks:

which class u guys would recommend for an easy mode run`? I just want to get all Archievments.
What class n build?

You can have fun and still get all achievements. If you are looking for an easy mode then you probably get a very bland experience.

Class only dictates your stating stats and equipment. It doesn't have any significance past that.

For an easy mode use Spirit summons at all boss fights to keep the boss away from you and spam dragon breath incantations from afar.
Invest your levels to Vigor(to stay alive), Mind(to get FP for casting spells), and either Faith or Faith + Arcane to power up your dragon spells.
Pick Faith + Arcane if you pick up the Dragon Communion Seal from the locked dungeon near the beginning and want to make it as powerful as possible. Increase neither stat past 45 in this case.
Pick Faith if you want to do better damage with melee weapons(fire infusion mainly). Use some other sacred seal than the dragon communion one for casting incantations but still keep it in your other hand for damage bonus.

Invest to Vigor until you have 40. Invest enough points to Mind so that your healing flask can completely fill an empty FP bar(depends of flask upgrades). Faith/Arcane for damage. Only put enough points to other stats to meet weapon wielding requirements. "Prophet" is the best starting class for this.

[Sparhawk 59]

Samurai and bleed build are easy mode and mix in a few sorceries/incantations

[Krypto]

Start with sorcerer. Get the meteorite staff and rock sling. You're set for quite a while.

[TheSuit]

Origineel geplaatst door Senki:

try sorcerer with rock sling in early game for the big guys and bosses

Use night comet for enemies that try to dodge spells

Melee weapon go for moonveil or dark moon greatsword

get mimic summon as well obviously

easy

If you don't want to look for too many things though then just play blashpemous blade once you get it and use golden halberd until then

Can you get Mimic summon before beating Rhadabon? or how ever you spell his name?

[Krypto]

Origineel geplaatst door TheSuit:

Origineel geplaatst door Senki:

try sorcerer with rock sling in early game for the big guys and bosses

Use night comet for enemies that try to dodge spells

Melee weapon go for moonveil or dark moon greatsword

get mimic summon as well obviously

easy

If you don't want to look for too many things though then just play blashpemous blade once you get it and use golden halberd until then

Can you get Mimic summon before beating Rhadabon? or how ever you spell his name?

You need to beat Radahn to gain access to the area where you get the mimic tear.

[Senki]

Origineel geplaatst door Jouni:

Origineel geplaatst door Senki:

i mean... i don't really see how you ''die fast''

You can still get 50 vigor and be a mage.

You don't start the game with your endgame build.

If you want to be primarily a spell caster then you have to invest levels into an extra stat. Unless you start the game by going to get a ton of runes from Dragonbarrow bosses or something then neglecting Vigor to some extent is necessary. Otherwise you end up being a melee fighter because you either can't cast a lot of spells or your spells don't do much damage.

You don't...

You trade some endurance points for mind, that has no effect on your hp either way. The vigor is still the same as the other classes.

The only thing I can think of is that you trade some hp pots for mana pots. But that's pretty irrelevant when you can murder most enemies from afar so they can't even hit you. Melee builds would get hit more often so it's the same thing

[TheSuit]

Origineel geplaatst door Krypto (Jaded Grumpus):

Origineel geplaatst door TheSuit:

Can you get Mimic summon before beating Rhadabon? or how ever you spell his name?

You need to beat Radahn to gain access to the area where you get the mimic tear.

Ah thanks.
That sucks.

I only beat Godfrey in Stormviel and Moon Queen in Academy so far

[Sonnenbank]

Origineel geplaatst door Senki:

Origineel geplaatst door Sonnenbank:

sorcerer is easy mode in bossfights but can be pretty "difficult" in normal level progression
since you die so fast

i mean... i don't really see how you ''die fast''

this game doesn't work like the usual games where mages are squishy. You can still get 50 vigor and be a mage. You can also use melee weapons

The only thing is that you'll probably not invest into heavy armor but light roll and powerful ranged attacks arguably give you way more safety than that in normal level progression

If you play a mage that uses mostly spells which is the only good reason to play a mage
you are on average squisiher than a melee counterpart.
This is no problem in bossfights since you can attack from range and therefore you take way less damage which easily outperforms the better defense of melee by a lot.

For normal area progression though a melee with 100% phys Shield and 1 hand weapon mainly using guard counters is a lot more safe and easier.

Ofc as Mage you can also invest mainly in Vigor and Strength.. but then your damage and cast speed will be terrible.

Its simply that you need to invest into dex (cast speed%) , intelligence(spell damage) and mind (mana) and therefore dont have much points for vigor

Not saying mage is overall harder.
Mage is overall easier
since bossfights especially with summons are so easy as mage that its ridiculous.

Still in my 2 mage playthoughs i overall died more between bossfights than in my 6 melee playthroughs were i basically never die outside of bossfights

[Senki]

Origineel geplaatst door Sonnenbank:

If you play a mage that uses mostly spells which is the only good reason to play a mage
you are on average squisiher than a melee counterpart.
This is no problem in bossfights since you can attack from range and therefore you take way less damage which easily outperforms the better defense of melee by a lot.

For normal area progression though a melee with 100% phys Shield and 1 hand weapon mainly using guard counters is a lot more safe and easier.

Ofc as Mage you can also invest mainly in Vigor and Strength.. but than your damage and cast speed will be terrible.

Its simply that you need to invest into dex (cast speed%) , intelligence(spell damage) and mind (mana) and therefore dont have much points for vigor

Not saying mage is overall harder.
Mage is overall easier
since bossfights especially with summons are so easy as mage that its ridiculous.

Still in my 2 mage playthoughs i overall died more between bossfights than in my 6 melee playthroughs were i basically never die outside of bossfights

You don't have to give up vigor at all. At best you'll give up like 10 vigor in the first few hours of the game and that's it.

You don't have to go full on dex mind and int right away unless you just want to. Spells are still perfectly fine in early without minmaxing those immediately.

You died in your mage playthroughs because you chose to be squishier not because you had to. I didn't.

Also you can literally have the best of both worlds if you choose to. No one says you can't use shields and melee weapons on sorcerers as well and save your spells for the harder enemies.

[Krypto]

Origineel geplaatst door TheSuit:

Origineel geplaatst door Krypto (Jaded Grumpus):

You need to beat Radahn to gain access to the area where you get the mimic tear.

Ah thanks.
That sucks.

I only beat Godfrey in Stormviel and Moon Queen in Academy so far

Good job. Now go beat the pants off Radahn and get your nerfed mimic tear. You have earned it.