You’ll start with the Heal miracle meaning you’ll have more ways to heal if you run out of Estus Flasks (the game’s standard healing item). The Cleric class is also up there as a good magic choice that relies more on Strength and Faith. With the Pyromancer class you’ll start with the sought after Pyromancer Flame, which you won’t get til later on in the game with other classes, and the even spread of attribute distribution means this is one of the stronger starting classes. If you’re more swayed by a bit of magic then the Pyromancer or Cleric class should be right up your street. It’s up to you what’s more important in a fight. Each has a slight advantage over the other in the early stages of the game with the Warrior having a slightly higher Strength, Endurance and Dexterity meaning you’ll be able to take out enemies quickly, but the Knight, even though it’s slightly weaker, has a higher Vitality meaning you can take a bit more punishment. If you’re more of a melee player that doesn’t mind getting up close and personal with enemies then the Warrior or Knight class is for you. Having said that there are a few classes that I would recommend for any newcomer to Dark Souls. Once you get right into it you’ll be levelling up the attributes noted above to suit your play-style within an hour or two. Each class only really serves to give you a slight boost in a particular attribute at the start of the game.
There are 10 classes in all but honestly it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things which one you pick from an attribute perspective. Now that you’ve had a crash course in attributes I should probably mention a bit about the classes you have to choose from. Humanity – While not a proper attribute like those above, in that it can’t be levelled up, the more humanity you have on you the higher the probability of discovering items and also increases Curse resistance. (Disclaimer: This attribute does not grant the ability to walk on water, reverse blindness, turn water into wine, or duplicate bread and fish to feed the masses). This is also needed for some weapons and boosts your Miracle power. Cue the “ooohs” and “ahhhs”.įaith – Another magic related stat. Intelligence – Boost the thinking capacity of your bad self with this attribute which again, is needed for some weapons, but also increases your Sorcery power. Resistance – Each new level of this wee gem will grant you an increase to physical and flame defence as well as boosting resistance to the forever present poison effect.
Higher strength levels will also be needed to wield some weapons so keep an eye on what you’re buying.ĭexterity – Same as strength to be honest so let’s move on. Strength – Increases your attack power for some weapons, as you’d expect. Magic users are going to want to get in on this. Vitality – This is what you’re going to want to level up if you want an increase to that sweet health bar.Įndurance – A quadruple threat affecting your stamina, equipment burden, physical defence and bleed resistance! Can’t go wrong with a 4 in 1.Īttunement – Increases the amount of spells slots you have. Mick Dohertyĭark Souls is known for not explaining, well anything really, but I’m here to give you new Souls players some tips around levelling and starting classes that should hopefully fit around your particular play-style.įirst, let’s go into a brief bit of detail about what each of the character attributes actually mean: We’ve tried to think of the types of things we wish we knew going in, and hopefully by sharing these, it should make that steep learning curve just that little bit more manageable. We have pooled together the collective wisdom (or our equivalent at least) of not one but three Dark Souls’ veterans in the form of Mick Doherty, Gary Bailey, and Chris Hyde to offer you some advice for when you’re starting out into the world of Lordran. Well if you are one of those newcomers to Dark Souls, and plan to pick up the Remastered version, then have no fear.
And not just because by reputation Dark Souls was a hard game, but also because it explained very little about its mechanics, instead opting for the player to try and figure it out as they went. As Dark Souls Remastered hits consoles and PC, we’re reminded here at GodisaGeek, not only what a great game the original Dark Souls was, but also how challenging it could be for newcomers.
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