DLC damage and stats check

[Stormcaller]

I feel like I'm a fair ways into the DLC, with my next boss fight being the one at Church of the Bud

I wanted to see if anyone else feels like they're attacking bosses with wet pool noodles in their playthrough.
I'm at a +7 with the Scadutree's blessing but I still feel like I get dogwalked by the bosses in damage like I've never been with any other boss.
Any singular attack (I'm currently using a +25 Light Greatsword with 60 dex) feels like it's barely doing a percent of any boss's health, and any single hit from them drops me down to half or more.
Boss fights don't feel impossible, but I'm not sure I'm enjoying it as much as I would if I were able to feel like I was actually trading damage with the boss instead of running scared and then poking it with a stick once every 30 seconds

I guess I wanted to see what everyone else's experience was with damage and whether I'm missing any Scadutree fragments (though I couldn't see any from exploring)

[Despaired.]

Mind sharing what NG are you in ? I'm on NG+2 with 50 vigor and medium armor with dragonshield talisman still getting 2 shotted left and right by elites and bosses. Collected a few fragments so far and almost can't feel the difference on incoming damage.

And yes bosses are very tanky in general with, I feel like you have to actually go for their weakness to bump up the damage

[Stormcaller]

Originally posted by Despaired.:

Mind sharing what NG are you in ? I'm on NG+2 with 50 vigor and medium armor with dragonshield talisman still getting 2 shotted left and right by elites and bosses

I'm on just a regular NG cycle, 60 vigor, medium armor and dragoncrest shield +2.
Glad to know I'm not the only one getting smacked around though

[Despaired.]

Originally posted by Stormcaller:

Originally posted by Despaired.:

Mind sharing what NG are you in ? I'm on NG+2 with 50 vigor and medium armor with dragonshield talisman still getting 2 shotted left and right by elites and bosses

I'm on just a regular NG cycle, 60 vigor, medium armor and dragoncrest shield +2.
Glad to know I'm not the only one getting smacked around though :zaglol:

Yea the damage scaling is absurd in the DLC, I think if you wear the heaviest armor in game with other talisman/ spell buffs / max fragments it's possible to bring the damage down to a 3 hit kill range but definitely not like in the base game where we could just trade and face tank hits. I feel like the best way to approach this DLC is probably playing super offensive glass cannon setup or some ultra defensive build with shield and regen stuff. The middle ground is probably the worse spot since you're not doing enough damage and can't outlive the boss unless you've learned it's movement inside and out.

[Kyutaru]

This version seems to be hyperfocused on min-maxing. Bosses have weaknesses, enemies take barely any damage from things they are resistant towards, and the new weapons are just more damage versions of the old ones. Even basic enemies are sometimes smoking me because they attack as much as Malenia. Overall I'm thankful for my faith build because the catacombs are LOOOOOOOOONG and the castles are deadly, so being able to heal and use four different damage type spells is wonderful for getting through efficiently without resting at graces. By not resting, I can clear the castle and explore at my leisure.

God help anyone trying to lvl 1 run this place.

[Drake Platinum THE WORLD]

Originally posted by Stormcaller:

Originally posted by Despaired.:

Mind sharing what NG are you in ? I'm on NG+2 with 50 vigor and medium armor with dragonshield talisman still getting 2 shotted left and right by elites and bosses

I'm on just a regular NG cycle, 60 vigor, medium armor and dragoncrest shield +2.
Glad to know I'm not the only one getting smacked around though :zaglol:

Bro my vigor is like 40 so I'm basically getting one or two pieced by bosses lmao.

[Despaired.]

Originally posted by Kyutaru:

This version seems to be hyperfocused on min-maxing. Bosses have weaknesses, enemies take barely any damage from things they are resistant towards, and the new weapons are just more damage versions of the old ones. Even basic enemies are sometimes smoking me because they attack as much as Malenia. Overall I'm thankful for my faith build because the catacombs are LOOOOOOOOONG and the castles are deadly, so being able to heal and use four different damage type spells is wonderful for getting through efficiently without resting at graces. By not resting, I can clear the castle and explore at my leisure.

God help anyone trying to lvl 1 run this place.

I find it absurd when clearing a whole room in a castle or dungeons doesn't refill your flasks but killing 2 mobs in the open world area will trigger the refill.

[PU55YMA5TER]

currently at ng3 and 65 vigor. basically anything significant can 2 shot me, and for reference, moongrum 2 can take out about 85% of my hp with one swing. currently stuck at the twin sword lady, even with mimic or tiche and needle lady i can barely get past half hp, and i can barely do damage. currently considering just leveling a new save and going from there