Boards. Dark Souls. So I've beaten Smough + Ernstein without knowing how to backstab Thekiller37 10 years ago #1. And I just finally learned how today >_>. I was always wondering how I couldn't ever get the animation to occur. Apparently you have to manually lower what's in the left hand before attacking. DS2 actually gave daggers it's own little niche in pvp. But yeah if you want to one-shot things after a parry, use high AR weapons. Basically traditional 2 handers. Rapier/Estoc is good for 1v1 but for invasions it's really lackluster. The riposte will most likely not kill any host. And if you don't one-shot people, they easily roll away and I picked up the remastered edition a week ago and I've been having fun murdering things and dying repeatedly. But I can't get the hang of… Midroll is viable if you use it conservatively, but fat rolling makes you a prime target for backstabbing, If you're gonna fat roll then consider equiping a piece of the armor of thorns set to hopefully cancel out their backstab or carry a fast weapon, preferably with wide horizontal attacks. For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Rapier backstab damage". I believe locking the enemy would make it easier (default on K/M : O). Don't forget to walk while approaching the enemy (default : Ctrl on hold). Keep approaching until they start to turn their back. When that happens, just right click. If you're not sure, try practising on Balder at Undead Parish. fY7e. BS are BS. In DS whenever I get backstabed it is never a legit backstab. It always have to be a facestab, sidestab, or a rollstab. IMO backstabs should be removed in DkS or atleast tighten up the degree you backstab from so you need to be right behind the guy not to his side or face. Pursuer Information. The Pursuer is a boss in Dark Souls 2. A giant, aggressive knight that relentlessly "pursues" the player. Heavily armored in black, it wields the Pursuer's Ultra Greatsword with a corresponding "heavy hitter" moveset. He can move very quickly for such a large enemy, and can, in particular, close rapidly on the player from a First, some enemies cant be backstabbed, commonly large enemies now To backstab you need to go directly behind the enemy, and Siren Creed said u cant backstab with axe which is wrong, u can backstab with all weapons but is not necessarily a STAB, so go behind the enemy and R1 without your shield raised Like, what weapon has the best backstab damage I don't mind burning a respec for the ability to farm souls later on before I start NG+(so I can stock up on mats and consumables and upgrade all the weapons/infuse them I want beforehand). < > Unlike in DkS1. I've played long enough to confirm that you can backstab while holding the shield up. The button is the same as for the standard light attack btw. Probably a left mouse click, but I'm not familiar with K&M controls. Hmmm I tried it out now on the Tutorialbot but it did not work for me. I believe the Dark Silver Tracer has the highest crit value in the game with the Bandit Knife being second highest. Well, highest riposte/backstab damage is gonna be different than highest critical damage. And weapons like Estoc and Rapier have hidden critical modifiers as well. Highest damage is gonna be like, a crystal/buffed demon hammer, or

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