Optimal adaptability? Just finished DS3

[skyhrg]

So I just finished DS3 and I want to give DS2 a go. But in the past, what prevented me from playing this was the clunkiness. But I heard you can level up your adaptability to make it better.

What is the optimal adaptability I should level up to? What's the best agility so that it becomes pretty much like DS1/3?

[AerSilver ♞]

96 AGL is a nice breakpoint, both attunement and adapt will help u reach it.
stay below 70% equip load and its pretty much the ds 1 roll.

[Enderspoons]

Adaptability raises Agility (AGL), which is one of the secondary stats in the middle section of your status screen. AGL starts at 85, and maxes out at 120. You can raise AGL by levelling Adaptability, or Attunement — which is half as efficient as Adaptability, but also handles spell slots and casting speed, so how much Attunement you want depends on how much you want to lean into the spellcaster side of things.

Agility controls how many i-frames your rolls have, and how fast all consumable animations — firebombs, estus, and so on — will play. If you want an experience that's comparable to Ds3 rolls or Ds1 fastrolls, you should raise Agility up to 99. If you want to shave a couple frames off your estus drinking animation, raise it up to a nice even 100.

[skyhrg]

Thanks guys!

[Willheart]

Originally posted by AerSilver ☻:

96 AGL is a nice breakpoint, both attunement and adapt will help u reach it.
stay below 70% equip load and its pretty much the ds 1 roll.

96 Is my preferred AGI too, at 92 it's manageable but far more demanding. I would recommend higher though, even as high as 105, you'll feel the difference.

Some enemies (bosses especially) have 'shockwave' or otherwise large hitbox attacks which linger longer than you'd expect, so the more iFrames you have the better until you know exactly what to look out for.

Equip-load even below 70% is probably advised, the extra roll distance can get you further away from danger before your iFrames end, and lots of enemies have looong swings.

[milk]

i perfer around 20 to 22 for melee and if you are going for a caster (may vary if you are using hexes or not) 16 to 19

[rynken]

Along side adaptability, It's also good to keep in mind that the distance of your dodge is governed by your equip load. It will be long at 0% and short at 70% with every percentage having a gradual change.

[Crypto Gamer]

100 Agil for fastest estus drinking.

If going for melee build I like to have 105 AGI which has same amount of I-frames as DS3/ER roll.

Also in DS2 weight carried % affects your stamina regen speed.
So keep that in mind.