Beginner's Guide to Characters Dark Souls The Board Game

[Music] nick here and on today's episode i will be analyzing the dark souls board game characters that you start with the base game going through each one of them talking a little bit about the weapons that they start kind of the gameplay for them and some ideas for weapons and armor that you can use as you play the game on my channel you can find board game and video game analysis as well as unboxing and how to play videos so if you're new to my channel welcome and consider subscribing to receive the latest updates this guide is focused on play sessions with 2 to 4 players let's start with the assassin class the assassin's best stats are dexterity and intelligence and they have an initiative of 8 which means that they pull enemy's aggro if there is no knight or warrior around its character class ability is backstab after a successful enemy attack dodge the assassin can use the ability to attack the enemy they dodged without any stamina costs you'll still need to be in range though this class relies a lot on dodge and in case you're learning the game each successful dodge costs one stamina the assassin starting gear allows the player to use two dice to dodge but it has only one black dice for physical and magical resistance and its weapon the stock does -1 damage by default which is really bad and will cause a lot of frustration but we will talk about that later for encounter positioning i strongly suggest that you should have the assassin far from the enemies as to not pull the aggro towards you i like pairing it with the herald in case an enemy still find its way towards the node as it will pull the aggro towards the assassin instead of the herald the first piece of gear you should replace is your weapon the stock is really bad and causes a lot of frustration because independently of the roll you get a -1 so you want to change it to another one-handed weapon that favors dexterity and intelligence and has an upgrade slot like the scimitar the next thing you would should look for is increasing your dodge dice roll from two dice to three dice there are a few good armors that give two dice if you don't find anything to increase your dodge roll try having gear that increases physical and magical resistance like black armor so if you find enemies that have attacks with too dodge difficulty you can block instead of rolling if you find the assassin transposed a shield called elkhorn round shield stick to it it's a very good one as it allows you to have a two-handed weapon while equipped with it and it allows you to use some cool weapons like the lucerne or mankind claws from darkroot try looking for weapons that add another dice to dodge rolls and also that have move icon on the attacks for armor upgrades i recommend the dark wood grain ring from the explorers expansion what it does is that it makes you move two nodes instead of one for free and the life ring from iron keep as it grants an extra stamina slot if your team is up for it the dancer of the boreal valley has some fun loot for assassins with its armor that has two dice for a dodge and the dancers enchanted swords that gives you movement and magical damage allowing you to attack two times in a row once you have the weapons that have the movement you can use them to move without spending your movement action attack the enemy and then retreat to a safe position on the board another cool item to go for if you have the asylum demon expansion is fighting the demon as a miniboss and acquiring the big pilgrims key that allow you to start the combat from any entry node and not only the ones aligned with the tiles you moved from that way you can start on the opposite side and take those nasty archers let's move to the herald class the herald's best stats are faith and strength and they have a low initiative so you will be safe against single target attacks if another player character is on the same note this class ability is perseverance the herald can use it during its activation it removes two stamina points for all the player's character's sheet the herald starting here allows the player to attack in a range of 1 but also contains a talisman that removes up to 6 stamina from other players characters cheat as a herald your focus should be on healing stamina and health and you have to try staying out of a fight because your character doesn't start with the best defenses for encounter positioning i recommend having the herald far from the enemies as to not pull the aggro towards you i like pairing it with the assassin in case an enemy still finds its way towards that node as it will pull the aggro towards the assassin instead of the herald the first piece of gear you should replace is your shield it doesn't give magic resistance and it's fairly weak i recommend again the effigy shield for its low stats requirements or anything that makes you a little bit more resistant and pairs with your strong stats then i would recommend changing your armor a good armor in the early game would be the sunless armor and later on the cathedral knight armor which is the herald class gear i would pair the armor with the herald class item tiny beans ring and the clarency ring which boosts your stamina heel powers in parallel start looking for other healing options you can go for heel aid and later on for heal which allows you to heal for health every turn and if it's paired with the chloranthy ring you will never be spending more stamina than the cost if things go south you can also equip the talisman and the heel aid so that you heal stamina and health at the same time but make sure that you are far from from enemies when you do so for later gear i recommend getting the partisans transposed herald class weapon in case you still have the effigy shield and the soothing sunlight which drops as a treasure for the dancer of the boreal valley next let's talk about the warrior class the warriors best stats are strength and the class is balanced on dexterity and faith it has the second highest initiative in the game the class's ability is berserk charge it can be used during the warriors activation and allows the player to move one node without spending stamina and it also makes the next range zero attack costs no stamina and target all the enemies inside the node the warrior's starting gear allows the player to do attacks in area by spending two stamina and thus two black dies for damage its physical resistance is ok but as the other classes it has poor magical resistance for this class you should focus on damage power and good resistance for encounter positioning i recommend having the warrior as close as possible to the enemies but in the same node as the knight so that the knight gets the aggro and you deal damage this strategy might change if enemies do damage to all the characters in the same note on that case move the warrior to the same node as the herald and the assassin the first piece of gear you should replace is your shield as to strengthen your defenses again effigy shield is a good choice for its ability to be equipped with a two-handed weapon a fairly good item is the gargoyle tail axe from the gargoyle mini boss or the stone great sword from the dark root expansion boost your weapon with a plus one damage asap so that you can do heavy damage to enemies and don't be shy this class's main focus is about dealing damage to enemies it's about dps so go for it for armor i recommend the firelink armor then the fallon knight armor transposed item or the black knight armor from the characters expansion later on i would look for weapons that deal damage from one of range to all enemies inside the node like the giants halberd good options for one-handed weapons are the warpic and the dragon's lairs x and for end game i would go for the fume knight greatsword or smoze hammer and for last let's check the knight the knight best stats are strength and dexterity and it has the highest initiative in the game becoming the target for most enemies the knight's ability is stand fast if used during a knight's block roll the character may row an additional blue die and add it to the roll the knight starting gear is the best at physical resistance with one blue and one black dice it's weak against magical resistance and its weapon starts with one blue die for damage at zero stamina cost so pretty good but remember your main role as a knight is to strengthen your defenses so you become the character that will be taking all the heavy hit calling the enemy's attention while the assassin and the warrior deal damage for encounter positioning i recommend having the knight as close as possible to enemies as to make them attack you instead of the other characters if your enemies do single target damage you can have the warrior with you in the same node as the knights initiative is higher and they will attack you instead of the warrior and then the warrior can attack without moving as they will be on your node the first piece of gear you should replace is your shield get something that increases your magical damage resistance like the dragon crest shield or my all-time favorite effigy shield then improve your armor two good choices are the lothric knight armor and the firelink armor for weapon you can go for the morning star or if you have the effigy shield you can go for the winged spear or the halberd or the great axe as they also increase your defenses later on for one-handed weapons you can go for the dark sword or drake sword and for armor you can go for the black knight armor from the characters expansion or the firm armor transposed night treasure for end game armor you can go with the winged knight or the black knight armor rare version from the characters expansion the two night class equipment upgrades the sun princess ring and the blue tear stone ring are very good to have as well now that we've talked about all the classes i hope you have a good idea on which class you want to play or if you played already with one of them i hope to give you some understanding about how the other classes work and the kind of items you should be looking for thank you and see you guys next time [Music] you

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Id: OlIt82jglQY

Length: 10min 57sec (657 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 06 2020