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Dark Souls Fist Weapon Only, No Poise Challenge Run

I am about half way through the game using these set rules, and it has been very fun. Dark Souls is already a mean game, but with Fist weapons having the lowest reach in the game, meaning you have to get up close to even damage an enemy, and with no poise to handle an attack if you miss your swing, it easily becomes quite hard. It may not be Black Run difficulty (SL 1, Perma-Deathlord, Aggressive Mod, Ng+7) , but for someone who's new into Challenge Runs and wants something a little harder, its defiantly got some difficulty. An easy way to make this harder would be SL 1 Run or No Shield, something along the lines of such.

Please tell me what you guys think, and thanks.

I think this is a nice, fun run. I am not very partial to a Black Run because although its obviously challenging, It seems like its so much overkill that it would be ridiculous unless you were a true master of the game. In general I think a challenge like you are doing or one like I am doing(Perma Gravelord + Aggressive Mod) provides enough challenge that it remains a fluid, fun playthrough. I am nowhere good enough at the game where the Black Run would feel that way but I know that for some some who it would so I very much respect the run. Are there any stat or SL restrictions for your run?

DarklyDreaming, on 10 January 2014 - 09:25 PM, said:

Why so defiant?

auraplatonic, on 11 January 2014 - 12:55 AM, said:

In this current run I have no stat restrictions, but have thought about doing a SL 1 Run, for more difficulty. I had originally started it as a Fist Only Run, and after I had gone to Capra, I was wondering why it was so hard, only to find out I had had 0 poise the whole game up to that point. I finally beat him and felt a great sense of accomplishment, so I decided to continue that through the whole run. I am also doing all bosses, but that doesn't really need to be done for it to still be difficult. You could also set No Chaos or Reg Path for some more strategy.

In my opinion, if you're going fisticuffs, it would be best to dual-wield fists the whole time.