LVL 120 Blessed Build

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Build summary	Utilizes the strength of Faith. Its where hp regeneration meets high magic defense.
Recommended starting class(es)	Templar Knight
Recommended Soul Level
	Recommended stats (Leave at default (**) if not raised)
Vitality	50
Will/Intelligence	15
Endurance	40
Strength	18
Dexterity	**
Magic	"10"
Faith	48
Luck	**
Recommended equipment	The "10" can be lowered to 6 when the desired spells is obtained. Leveling Vitality(cannot be lowered) and Magic first makes this process much easier. 4 extra points can go to Vitality, Strength, or Faith. Yuria will let you remember your spells even if your Magic stats is below 10. Male Armor: Anything that lets you roll. Recommends Old Kings Doran set. Female Armor: Anything that lets you roll. Recommends Binded Cross set and Rogue set. Weapons Great Axe(requires 18 str to 2-hand) Great Sword(requires 18 str to 2-hand) Mirdan Hammer(requires 12 dex) Knight sword Claymore Anything that can be blessed Off-hand weapon(s)/shield(s) Morion Blade Dark Silver Shield Adjudicator's Shield
Recommended spells/miracles	Magics Warding Death Cloud Miracles Second Chance God's Wrath Anti-Magic Field
Gameplay tips and progression	The blessed build is a PvP powerhouse with varieties of weapons to choose from. Damage isn't as good(about 100-200 less) as a str or dex build but it makes up for having high magic defense and doesn't require any weapon buffs. Starting with the build Choose the Templar Knight class. After beating 1-1, level up vit, end, and faith. You can also level up magic which will make 5-1 much easier. When you have every spell you want, you can just delevel by suiciding as black phantom until magic is back at 6. When you're confident in your stats, go to 5-1 and get the blessed mace +1. Try getting your faith to 20 before talking to the female follower of Urbain. Go to 4-1 to get the adjudicator shield. Try upgrading it to +5 by killing primevals, Mephistopheles' target(Patches and Biorr), and "trading" the gold mask + talisman of god with the crow girl. Beat 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3. Gain access to Ed so he can upgrade your weapons to blessed. Beating 2-3 clears the fog after beating 1-2. Free Freke before or after beating 1-2 so you can learn Warding(helpful against 4-2 Old Hero). Go to 4-2 and beat that level. You have a choice between Large Sword of Searching or Second Chance. I would go for LSoS if you're gonna farm faintstones. When you're ready, go beat 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3. Find and kill the geckos(5-1 drops shards while 5-2 + 5-3 drop chunks and pure) and equip LSoS with thief ring. Also try making the the world pure black. When all geckos are dead, farm from the goblin shamans(purple aura around them). To do that, go to 5-3 and backtrack to where the filthy woman is. There's a total of 3 you can kill. Make sure the world is pure black and always carry LSoS. Do this offline so it won't affect your world tendency after returning to the nexus. Overview of each blessed PVP weapon Mirdan Hammer One of if not the best stun-lock weapon in Demon's Souls. The mirdan hammer's damage comes from its R1 combos. 2-handing is a must. The blessed version is weaker than the crushing and quality because it can't be enchanted. Using Curse weapon or Light weapon boosts the hammer to 400+ damage at high level. Great for new players but is disdained by veterans. Strategy When Using Just R1 spam(joking or maybe not…). There are 3 moves for a hammer user. Running + R1 does a vertical hammer slam. The range is pretty far considering how it looks when using it. Sometimes it will still hit the opponent even if he/she rolls away or to the side. The standard R1 attack does its job most of the time. At 40 endurance, the user can pull off 4-5(I need to check) hits that will usually kill or set off the opponent's Second Chance. Thats if all of the swings land a hit. The user can cause the opponent to stagger with the Forward + R1 move. Damages taken when staggered will do more than usual. When Used Against Roll, roll, roll, and roll some more. Seriously you should join the circus after facing a hammer user. A strong counter against hammers(if you're blessed build) is the Great Axe. The Great Axe R1 swing will interrupt the hammer's swing even if both landed a hit at the same time. Roll + R1 works well against the hammer. Great Axe The power behind the blessed weapons. Slow yet strong, the Great Axe strikes more fear when there's more enemies. Its attack will be more than a surprise against newcomers. Strategy When Using Its R1 combo does 3 swings that stun-locks(depends on how close the target is) and knocks the opponent down on the third swing. Easy to pull off against decent players but rarely does it work against a skilled player. Some who knows the game well knows what a Great Axe is capable of. If all 3 swings connect, Second chance will activate or they will die. Each swings does 500+(at level 120). Warding isn't going to be helpful against a blessed weapon. The roll + R1 can and probably will be the match ending move. Once the Axe pounds the ground, it does an AoE(Area of Effect) that damages anything caught within the radius. This will surprise many people who don't PVP(I won so many 1v3 because they thought it was alright to surround me when I'm down). The roll + R1 gives the user a moment of invincibility(when rolling and a brief moment after pressing the R1 button). This move will also stun anyone within its perimeter. Against a good player, the rolling + R1 won't work without surprise. The user will have a maximum of 3 rolls + R1s at 40 endurance and full stamina. Opponents will roll away if the user rolls in his/her direction. An experienced axe user will usually know when his/her opponent's stamina is running low. The idea is to use the full stamina when attacking. Never leave yourself empty of stamina unless the last attack is the final attack. The recovery animation is really slow when you're out of stamina. Against dual katanas, it will certainly mean death. Roll away(if you have enough stamina) should your attack fail. By rolling, it cancels out the recovery animation. It will also confuse your opponent. Will you follow your attack or will you just roll away? When Used Against The idea is to stay out of it's range(unless you're going for a backstab or confident enough for first blood). Most people will incorporate the Great Axe with the Morion Blade. Never rush in thinking you'll get the first blow. When hyper mode takes affect, the person will be more aggressive yet also cautious of the weapons being used against him/her. The person will panic if Second Chance is activated. He/She will likely try a feint in order to heal. Always expect the unexpected when the person rolls. Attacking while the other person is low in stamina is key. Great Sword A good weapon to have since it can be blessed. Part of the Extra-Large Sword category, it is inferior in almost every way to the Dragon Bone Smasher(Keel Smasher). Armor really doesn't matter at high levels. What it does have is variety. The blessed version is one of the worst upgrades for it but its still an option. The reason being is because the damage output doesn't outweigh the stamina it uses. Overall great weapon in PVE and somewhat in PVP. Strategy When Using Never ever do the R1 + R1 + R1 in succession. Press R1 and wait until the attack animation finishes and then press R1 again. It should do the same attack. Never ever do the the rolling + R1(the 1-hand roll is good but at 18 strength its pretty useless). It waste a large amount of stamina and usually leaves an opening for an opponent to attack. Most of the time it will miss the target completely. The running + R1 is one of it's finer qualities. The idea is to knock the other person down and wait until he/she gets up. This is the time to press R1 or another running + R1. Luck plays a role if the swing lands a hit. It's R2 is powerful yet slow and can be easily interrupted. When Used Against Extra-Large Sword users are predictable in their attack pattern. What isn't predictable is if the attack lands a hit or not. A person can still be hit even if he/she rolls away. This is where the Great Sword reach fruition. There bad are some users of the Extra-Large Sword category that don't lock on their opponent. Always remember that a Great Sword's attack takes up alot of stamina; more so than the Great Axe. Knight Sword A very versatile weapon. Damage isn't that great but enough to be a threat. Part of the Straight Sword class, it has the option of being wielded one-handed or two-handed. Strategy When Using Attacking while two-handing it can stun-lock an opponent. This is very useful because each swing contributes little usage of stamina. At full stamina, the damage really adds up and it can knock an opponent into activating Second Chance. Equip it with Morion Blade and you got yourself a dangerous weapon. One-handing the Knight Sword lowers it's attack optimization but heightens it's defensive capabilities. The swings are quick but its no replica of the Blueblood sword. Using a shield is the only reason to one-hand the Knight Sword. Its too risky to fight against a Light Blueblood Sword or a Cursed Dragon Bone Smasher. Always roll, wait, and block. One stun-lock from the enchanted Blueblood Sword and its all over. More of a different story when it isn't enchanted. No reason to give your opponent an edge. Wait until the odds are even or more so in your favor. When Used Against The Knight Sword should be treated like an un-enchanted Blueblood Sword. Single hits isn't a big deal until you're caught in a stun-lock. The only time its a big threat is when hyper mode activates. Claymore The Claymore is the jack-of-all-trades. Damage/range/speed/stamina cost are good; great belongs to the Great weapons. It has long range similar to the Great Sword. Its swing stun-locks(not always and rarely does) like the knight sword. Its roll + R1 is a reminiscent of the Great Sword one-hand roll + R1. No knockdown for this weapon unfortunately. Strategy When Using Its R1 + R1 + R1 swings have a really long reach. At 40 endurance, a person can pull off 4 swings. Each does about 350-400 per swing. This attack only stun-locks when the opponent is close. Ironic for a weapon that prides itself on range yet only when the target is close does it reach its full potential. Using the Claymore's R2 isn't a necessity. The swing is quick and powerful but it doesn't do an area sweep like the R1. The reason to use the R1 mainly is because it can still damage an enemy if he/she rolls away. This is also true about the rolling + R1. The only downfall is lag backstabs. Still editing

Comments

Great Axe vs Great Sword

Ojimaru 17 Mar 2010 06:01

You forgot to mention one of the biggest distinction between these two Blessed powerhouses: 90% of the attack animation of a Great Axe cannot be interrupted, where as a Great Sword's slow swing will be stopped short by a single pin prick.

Re: Great Axe vs Great Sword

HenryFonda 17 Mar 2010 07:23

I see your point but that would further demoralize anyone from using the great sword. IMO its better to emphasize on a weapon's strength. Besides, I already mentioned which was the better weapon. The Great Sword is indeed more prone to counters compared to the Great Axe. However, not everyone will favor it. May it be how it looks or the way it feels.

The Great Axe is the bigger brother. No reason not to give the little brother a chance to shine rather then to be outshine. I decided to keep it brief but now I'll probably provide a more in-depth understanding of each weapon.

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Riveting tale, chap

Re: Great Axe vs Great Sword

TearsOfBlood198 05 Dec 2010 17:01

actually… GS's are seldomely seen in PvP and a seen a little bit in PvP, GRA (my term for it, GA can also be guillotine axe) has about 150 dmg on average, and as ojimaru said, has hyper armour, extremely dangerous when being 2h'd. but if your a player that wants to prove your prove, then use GS over GRA, it will make you an extremely great player for PvP if you become successful with it

Not a bad build

eikichi00 17 Mar 2010 08:44

My Faith-build is almost similar to yours.

Except I increase 2 more strength to use 1H Guillotine Axe and I had 4 vitality less.

really enjoying this

GullFire 20 Apr 2010 21:34

Just wanted to say thanks for this build.
This is not a direction I would have gone in without seeing it laid out.
Blessed Guillotine Axe is my new favourite swing.
I don't think I've ever had so much fun in a NG+

cheers

clickrush 25 Apr 2010 17:00

you could mention the 2h r2 attack with mirdan hammer. it gives hyperarmor.

Large Sword Of Moonlight

ecoronin 07 Jun 2010 17:14

You should put on Large Sword Of Moonlight as a possible weapon. It stacks heavily with faith, you don't need high strength to use it, and goes threw armor and shields. I have never killed red eye nights so easily. Its the best weapon I can find for my build. With New Game + it still takes maybe 2 hits to kill enemy's at faith 50 and +4 with colorless demon souls. Thanks for the tip on great axe, Ive been looking for a weapon to bless that is strong enough to use.

MasterKratos87 09 Aug 2010 16:56

Huh? Isnt this Ikar's build or am I mistaken?

Guillotine Axe

Dylan090 22 Aug 2010 05:59

the guillotine axe is pretty when two-handed it has a good stunlock.

I think Ilkar's is better IMHO

Oldspice2625 23 Aug 2010 22:20

This build doesn't even recognize two of the best weapons to use blessed, the guiiotine axe and the great axe.

A lot of people think the Guillo axe is just some crap version of the BBS… it's not… i've stunlock killed a vitality NR build with it, so it does great damage, the stam consumption and speed is just wonderful. Against enchanted weapons you don't want to use it because they far exceed your damages then, and the short range will punish you, but against a big boy weapon that's slow like MC, or GAxe or DBS, wait till they attack then wade in and combo them 2h R2, then R1 R1 R1 they should be in SC by now or very close….

Another one, the blessed great axe… this thing is lethal, not only does it do magic dam, regens ur hp, but grants you hyper armor… IMHO Great Axe on faith build should be your bread and butter weapon, only switching to mirdan hammer when you get out ranged or have a Cursed DBS or a LW BBS you need to keep poking at to keep their attack away… VS anything else the great axe outpreforms any weapon in damage, stun, and variety… straight swords have same range, but crap power, asian swords can't stunlock you, so they lose to you because of their crap power compared to your super uber stunlock hyper armor attacks, daggers… lol just rolling R1 to kill them, and even big slow weapons can't match you, but against a pro, the Mhammer obviously would do you some good and give you the edge…

I personally never use the knight sword unless I'm up against a noob, it's a crap version of the BBS and is really not worth using in PVP unless you are fooling around. Anyone who is experienced in PVP will either out power you, out range you, or out stun you, it's like the jack of a ll trades, master of none, not worth using unless you are god's gift to PVP.

With claymore, you want to disengage the lock on, since it's swing arc is rediculous and it's reach is a mile long. This is another "bread and butter weapon" for when you get tired of the Mirdan Hammer, but still want the same killing power.

Ilkar's build lets you utilize both warding and poison cloud/acid cloud at the same time, and has a better miracle line up as well as having a hugely deep discussion with how to deal with anything that's thrown at you.

This is'nt bad and worthless, but if you want this build done right, go to ilkar first… no offense

About Blessed Weapons

Epic-Phailure 28 Aug 2010 20:13

Well this builds good, but when you 2 hand wield blessed weapons attack power goes up about 5-10 points which is pretty much nothing at all with great axe goes from 548 power up to 556 power (50 faith) not much of a difference. And also with 26 strength you can use parry then chest stab with great sword or great axe is a for sure 1 hit kill

Re: About Blessed Weapons

TearsOfBlood198 05 Dec 2010 17:07

theres no need to do a parry & riposte with GRA (my term for great axe, GA can be guillotine axe too) it has hyper armour so none of its attacks can be interupted, a 3 hit R1 combo will undoubtedly break your opponents guard with the 1st hit, 2nd hit will do a ton of damage and stun them, 3rd hit does MORE damage and sends them flying, a GRA riposte does up to 1200 dmg but your opponent always has 100 or so hp left after that… which is lag related. they also have time to heal before you can attack them. you are on the right track though

Re: About Blessed Weapons

Astrichthyes 08 Jan 2011 01:10

actually, if you riposte with the great sword or great axe, you can always use a finisher. Roll next to them while they are down and unleash an attack when they roll away. I see this done all the time and it works 75% of the time with proper timing.

Like this build

(account deleted) 07 Jun 2011 20:00

While IIkar I definitely credit IMO with mentioning a pure faith build that can be used for PVPing, this version is quite different. Great thing with any build is the little tweaks here and there, along with the detailed description presented in accordance with this build, provides a ton of imperative information for beginning PVPers.
+1 . While Guillotine Axe is looked upon as a weak weapon, short range, it nevertheless is still a powerhouse when connecting for a stunlock. Fast hits, hard to get out of even with the known stunlock escape.
Knight's sword has great backstab damage and is another blessed weapon I like using.
As for Great Axe, while I used to think it was nothing more than someone R1, R1, R1, it takes more technique, and precision to use. Have to truly get a handle of your opponents moveset, timing, space, and if there is any lag..
Overall, while blessed weapons are deemed as having all advantages except damage versus other builds, aside from the Blessed Axe which is just as strong damage wise as any other upgraded weapon, the only issue with blessed is against gouged builds constantly grassing. That isn't however, a challenge to lose or win against one of those MANeaters.
Good job. I like that you have faith and vit at similar stat numbers.
Only thing that could possibly be mentioned would be using the LSOM and Istarelle. the LSOM especially at 50+ faith works wonders against even non turtle builds.
Pure magic hits against non-faith builds does damage. Underated weapon indeed.

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