Should I kill Lautrec early in the game?

[Zeretrelle]

I don't care about his armor, but I'm worried that I won't get a firekeeper's soul. I would want to improve my flasks tbh.
I've checked it out and there are 4 more available as treasure you can find + 1 as loot from one of the two firekeepers( i need the last one to improve them and then I suppose I could kill her as well to get another one that I would use for upgrading flasks in the new game). So, it gives me +5 per first walkthrough, +1 soul at the beginning of the second walkthrough and maximum upgrade is +7 anyways.
What would you suggest that I do?

[Jordan The Rock]

Kill him. You get one of the best rings in the game (for PvE at least)

You don't really get a firekeeper soul, you get the firekeepers soul who lives under firelink shrine. If you use her soul, the fire at firelink shrine will go out, and that's ill-advised.

[Goatrider]

well i didnt kill him, because i didnt know it.

but i used the firekeeper soul to upgrade my estus flask. so at the end of my first playthrough my flask was plus 6 and i also had one firekeeper soul left which ive spent in ng+ right at the beginning for upgrading.

its just up to you. if you want to keep the bonfire at firelink shrine, then kill him. if you dont think it is necessery, than just let lautrec kill her and also kill the other two firekeeper at the end of you playthrough.

so in my opinion this decission is more about keeping some bonfires up or not.

[Husk720]

how dare you use Anastasia`s soul to improve your Estuses? she is so innocent, and, plus, Firelink is a good hub spot

[Zeretrelle]

I see. I guess I'll kill the bastard then. ;P

[Goatrider]

yeah but i didnt know that i could save her. i just got the firekeeper soul and i thought she were gone forever. later a friend told me that i could have used it to bring her back to life.

[Ennea]

I usually don't kill him, as I like bringing back Anastacia, restoring her tongue.

[Jordan The Rock]

Originally posted by gl1tch:

I usually don't kill him, as I like bringing back Anastacia, restoring her tongue.

Meh. The ring is great for early game, it means you don't have to put points in VIT/END till mid game, which is critical for some builds. It also lets you stack damage by the time you ring both bells

[Xenodevil]

i woudnt kill him first time round as you get a lot more stuff if you do his storyline but its entirely up to you

[Jordan The Rock]

Originally posted by |UKMD| Surgeon:

i woudnt kill him first time round as you get a lot more stuff if you do his storyline but its entirely up to you

You should do the opposite. As I have mentioned, the ring is great. It gives 25% more stamina and Health, and 20% more equip load, making life much easier for newer players who find it hard blocking/taking hits from hard hitting enemies/bosses.

[dunderiv]

Originally posted by Jordan McBeast:

Kill him. You get one of the best rings in the game (for PvE at least)

You don't really get a firekeeper soul, you get the firekeepers soul who lives under firelink shrine. If you use her soul, the fire at firelink shrine will go out, and that's ill-advised.

You can just put the firekeeper back once you get her soul from Laurtrec. It seems like a waste for the armor aswell.

[RoflWorld]

Knowing nothing about the game I killed the ♥♥♥♥ out of him the first time just because he is so damn sketchy. However I did kind of regret doing that because I found out you get to invade and kill him later. Its more fun to not kill him. But he's a ♥♥♥♥ so if you can't resist kick his ass off the cliff.

[Ornstein]

I kicked him off the edge and didn't get the ring ;-; only 400 souls....rip

[Hjelpmooglene]

Originally posted by PrizeFighterInferno:

I kicked him off the edge and didn't get the ring ;-; only 400 souls....rip

Quit and reload so that his gear will show up.

[Hatrix_]

I prefer to wait until he kills the firekeeper and go and invade him to be honest. You get the RoFaP anyways, plus you get access to his armor as well as the challenge of 1v3ing him.

[Tackleberry]

Originally posted by Ornstein (ProbablyDrunkIfOnCSGO):

I kicked him off the edge and didn't get the ring ;-; only 400 souls....rip

quit and reload the game and it should be where he was siting