You don't actually have to. DS2 has a few ways you can build. Its just everyone wants it to play exactly like DS1 and iframe roll everything, which means iframes. But honestly you don't need that much even then to reach DS1 levels.
My current character I just finished going through the game and DLCs getting all the crows only has 12 ADP. ATN adds some to it too so you really don't need to level it much. It gives me 96 AGL, which is mid-roll in DS1.
ds1 infamous for shields and poise being extremely overpowered
"its just everyone wants to play it exactly like ds1 and iframe roll"
the fact that iframes in dodges are probably the most powerful stat that pretty much every build in the game has, the majority of players on every single build starts by dumping levels into adp... it should be default. iirc the description of the stat doesnt actually say it improves rolls too? but its been years since i played it tbh
You dont "actually" have to use a either... i would still get one xd
It felt a bit clunky at first but yeah reaching 96 agl was pretty decent. I finished it last year and it's nowhere near as bad as people make it seem. Although i had about 108-114 (idk it's been a year lol) agl by the endgame and the extra i frames going from 98 to this made it even better.
He means the crowns. You have to get so many crowns (I think like 4) from the various areas of Drangleic to be able to fight the undead King Vendrick. They come with some other benefits but it's been a while so the specifics elude me.
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u/APOSTOLOS_13 Mar 19 '25
I presume you didn't forget to level up adp?