Dark Souls 3 - The Best Starting Class!

[@IronPineapple]

Time to spend 3 hours editing my face before it gets turned into beef jerky and covered by a helmet

[@ReaperCaliber]

yup

[@bulink5087]

+Iron Pineapple Love you Pineapple (Not in a romantic way)

[@emmetbayne2561]

actually, you don't Hollow in DS3, so no beef jerky face

[@IronPineapple]

Emmet B not to give too much away... but you are incorrect

[@calumduffy5917]

+Iron Pineapple cough true strenght cough youl

[@abdur4754]

everyone else: This has good stats im going to choose him me:this guy looks cool ima choose him

[@stevensims5978]

WarAreas Yeh lol that's y I did a harald play through the second character I did love that armour

[@betterwithage3864]

That's why we call it fashion souls.

[@MakoTheFrog]

you forgot me, pick the stupidest looking character possible: deprived with no muscles, green skin, a fucked up face and a purple bowl cut.

[@schmittza]

pathetic 😂👌

[@daemonvanmeir9697]

Me in ds1... I regretted it

[@groovyhoovy4760]

I use knight...what's to say?he looks cool.ive always been a big fan of knights with closed face helms.heck,I just like closed face helms,period.

[@fadedsoulyt2194]

Agreed

[@legrandite7329]

You cretan's think knight is good and look's cool??? HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT THE DEPRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@briiioche4643]

SporeLover cretins*

[@amadeodante]

Cobalt DEPRIVED HAS 10 LUCK GET REKT NERRDDDDDDD

[@polarbearlikescake3304]

Same that’s why I hate early game ds1 face is always shown

[@SunlightBlade]

So this video has *NO* spoilers past the first boss, it only contains the first tutorial area and starting classes. Hope all of your Dark Souls 3 copies are arriving and everyone can finally play together! See you on the battlefield ;) There's also a link to a build optimiser in the description if you're interested in that.

[@222Pyrolord]

+SunlightBlade im prettty sure and i might be wrong, but doesnt respec work like dark souls 2? in which you can only put a stat to as low as the starting class? or has it changed?

[@Marcus-ir8yt]

+SunlightBlade Couldn't you just put that at the very start of the video?

[@ottega8376]

+SunlightBlade I still have to wait about 14h... :'(

[@RabbleRousy]

Mine is not there yet so with installing time i won't make it till Steam release ;_; I'll dry my tears in the artbook then

[@fede6811]

+SunlightBlade Seems like I'll be going with the Knight once again, I wanted to go with pyromancer but my research indicates the Pyro hand isn't too far into the game, so I think I should stick to learning the melee ropes before going into magic... I played DS1 and 2 but I can never say Im good at the game, Im just mediocre at best XD

[@sgtmiller90]

"Knight has the most poise out of any class" Yaaaaaaaaay....

[@spinyslasher6586]

use a hollowslayer greatsword and you will see the difference.

[@justnoob8141]

And armor is look cooler than other

[@l-shadow1775]

Poise doesnt matter in this game

[@amandaspink2225]

actually it matters a lot I'm a noob and i find using vordts hammer if I up my poise with its weapon art I can attack without being interrupted by other enemy attacks

[@leviathantb4014]

weapon arts that give poise work like they should many heavy weapons have hyper armor so they are difficult to interrupt mid swing poise from armor and stats are worthless in this game

[@crazyguy1913]

Start with nothing, it makes everything you get awesome.

[@TxRxAxP]

Should I really? I suck ass as the knight as it is.

[@LGPLXIII]

I always play derprived

[@caleb5257]

Yeah. That class you can get all stats you need with all stats being 10 at start but level being 1. :)

[@danieldebod2663]

Deprived is hard af

[@brolymaininfighterz962]

I like pyromancer

[@MalfunctioningAndroid]

Top 5 best classes: 1) Deprived 2) Deprived 3) Deprived 4) Deprived 5) Call of duty sniper or whatever.

[@hassouss4512]

almo

[@azncloud7479]

Elmo

[@L.K.48]

Olem

[@terothehero8538]

alom

[@ivyspliitz138]

Lol

[@Epicmonk117]

I really like the Pyromancer class because I feel like it's got a good balance of stats that allows you to become either a powerful spellcaster with good melee, a powerful melee fighter with good magic, or somewhere in the middle

[@patrickimperial579]

literally everything you mentioned falls under somewhere in the middle

[@grant4our50]

Idk I chose the pyromancer and just stayed with the starting stuff not understanding anything made it to vort before I changed anything

[@haydenpalmer1094]

@@grant4our50 i didnt change the hand axe or spells untill i got to pontiff sulyvahn 😬

[@the_soggster3464]

1:05 "As you can see the Knight has the most poise" don't remind me ;-; rip havel

[@trapdoormajesty]

[@Error0101]

The_Nights_Watch ExPoSiOn

[@rogerfvb]

The Mercenary has the most useful starting weapon (Sellsword Twinblades) by a long shot. It's extremely fast for short R1 attacks, meaning you can dodge or turtle more easily against bosses while steadily getting their HP down, and the L1 two-handed combo is brutal for killing common enemies before they can react. And it actually has incredibly high damage rating, even in the endgame, if you have a dexterity or quality (40/40) build. If you haven't started as a Mercenary, you can pick the Twinblades at Farron Keep. Sharp infusion, no questions asked.

[@policeofficer176]

there is no best....there is only......git gud

[@trapdoormajesty]

Git gud man! Speak up!

[@creightonthewanderer1220]

Lol

[@heyjeySigma]

hah! noice 1 m9

[@akashinda]

I picked up thief and yep i regret it at the abyss watchers. first time playing a dark soul game

[@juggledlotus5431]

Preston Garvey yeah I couldn't watch the video. Deprived is the only acceptable class. unless u like having levels you can't reroll later

[@Raydjr_wolf]

New to Dark souls & still started as deprived. just made sense to me for that rpg experience.

[@justnoob8141]

RayDJr oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Start as "Novice" or "Beginner"! Pretty much how I make any build

[@moreless7759]

Brooooo me too and I totally regret it I'm literally stuck right now

[@elijahhmarshall]

Nothing wrong with that my friend

[@thaddeusmccaustland8023]

Best class for parry gods/noobs destroying Gundyr: Assasin. Best class for overall usefulness/least limitations early on: Knight. Best class for respec: Deprived becuase you have the least restrictions level wise My favorite class? Warrior.

[@flous666]

This video has one of THE BEST intro I ever seen. Good job SunlightBlade! Also nicely done on all the research you've done

[@ebertisedison]

thanks for the video!! I really like how you guys went against the first boss on every class and showed us the difference in an encounter instead of just talk about and have the chars wave or some boring shit. Thanks for the quality content! :D

[@davidmcdevitt7583]

2:08 The warrior starts with 16 FUKCIN STRENGTH

[@davidmcdevitt7583]

***** Go watch a video called "HE'S BACK"

[@AzureFulgur]

That's the reason I went with Warrior! He is strongest :))

[@mr.brokendreams9721]

He bacc to smacc

[@marshingo5262]

hmmmm *starts with thief*

[@streetcred3604]

Marshingo yo same😂😂

[@schmittza]

video-banana do ett and git gud

[@bashvash]

I started thief, week later watched this video and was like .....oh.

[@_leo.png_3208]

I started wth theif quickly changed to knight

[@azazeraazymoto6520]

I chose pyromancer then deprived. I’m a level 25 deprived right now and I’m about to go fight the winged knight. Pyromancer is best thought his guy is just stupid. See here’s the thing sure pyromancer has less health and slightly lower melee but he has a ranged attack that’s bad ass. You know how he struggled with Iudex. Well I beat him first try with my pyromancer and deprived just because I have good strategy. I runaway Iudex jumps I get behind hit and run away. See with the pyromancer you can do this one or two more times after he transforms and then you can just hang back throwing fireballs but still being careful.

[@madlarkin8]

"Chime has a weapon art skill for healing that requires no miracles even be attuned" Dropping gems of intel for us.

[@alphaxtitania5597]

I actually found my Deprived to be one of my bests. If you can make it past Gundyr, then the fact that it starts at level one means that you'll be able to get more levels right away due to them being so cheap, and since all your stats start at 10, it puts you at a somewhat decent place to start building it into whatever you want!

[@osriccauldwyn]

I thought Pyromancer was the best. The fireball is really useful early on.

[@charlescourtwright2229]

Pvp class not pve

[@dwg8084]

osriccauldwyn Agreed.

[@stevensims5978]

Lol it's very easy to replace xD firebomb are just as helpful and u find 5 at the start and are really cheap

[@darthreaper6311]

osriccauldwyn I started with a Pyromancer since I just got the game a few days ago. 8 hours in I kept getting wrecked by Vordt so Im restarting with an assassin.

[@phuckyall6079]

Scorpion Sub-Zero if you found the dark element axe by entering the door below the fire breathing dragon, you would of easily defeated the vordt dog. Why? Because his weakness is darkness

[@boingo762]

For me, a starting class does matter. When I roleplay in dark souls, I create a backstory and everything for my guy

[@nalthanzo4648]

Finally, someone gets it.

[@33korki77]

Same

[@endd8738]

I don't see any backstory or roleplay in your channel. Weird

[@dylantryalot6187]

@@endd8738 They don’t have to upload it for it to happen.

[@Its-Elroren]

The Knight class is what I've chosen since the first Dark Souls and the knight is what I will choose this time around. I strive to be a knight with an I breakable will!

[@Its-Elroren]

*Unbreakable

[@oniuserjh]

+Mr. ClassyCat i picked thief... then i realized i hadnt been parrying at all since dark souls 1....i regrettted my decision ;__:

[@oniuserjh]

Islam is Cancer Bring Back Crusaders ! swag souls or no clothes

[@trapdoormajesty]

"With an I breakable will" ?__?

[@niggoderechte2051]

So glad to see a nice Video from you again :) Thanks and keep going the good work as far as your freetime allows it :P Greetings from Germany

[@IP1kachuI]

+Niggo DerEchte Ich bin der einzig wahre Niggo.

[@niggoderechte2051]

+Niyko Niemals :o

[@NarutoUzumaki-jg4pw]

+Niyko who you calling a niggo

[@valhalla_1129]

+Niyko Wir wissen alle, dass ich der einzig Wahre bin, aber netter Versuch ;P

[@NarutoUzumaki-jg4pw]

Benjamin Slater But im black, oh noooooo!

[@uchihaavenger2068]

Sorcerer is really good for defeating Gundyr. Literally just soul arrow and run. I actually defeated him without getting hit and DS3 is my first Souls game.

[@trapdoormajesty]

It will be my first too.

[@karlokos4822]

piromancer was the same for me

[@trapdoormajesty]

***** (ʘᗩʘ')

[@uchihaavenger2068]

***** No

[@NoobNoob-hj6xe]

You noobs haha

[@LordAero316]

Dude, you just convinced me to buy this game.. Dark Souls owe you a sale, thanks for the vid.

[@ImpactedWhisper]

It's a shame poise makes zero difference in this game, no matter what your poise is pretty much every enemy can stunlock you =/ feels like a major oversight to me, not to mention the armor you wear makes nearly zero difference too given the highest base armor stat is 150 and then absorb % is taken into account, but every single armor in the game gives the exact same armor base stat, you can wear rags and have the same base stat as haval's >.< Absorb does make a bit of a difference but after 20% it's pointless tbh as it's just diminishing returns! I love this game but I really dislike how they've done the armor values :P

[@iamsancho443]

Warrior it is then, thanks mate.

[@Wulfbanez]

Poise is useful as hyperarmor and that's it. So only use poise for slow str builds

[@Slender_Man_186]

+Wolfbane Hyperarmor frames activate so late into a weapons attack animation that it makes no difference 95% of the time. Hollowslayer is so popular because it's one of the few weapons that has early Hyperarmor frames.

[@leboomer5455]

I don't even play the game yet I'm still watching

[@kurtkan5566]

Deprived is the best one for the long run, you get the most customization with your class since you start at Soul Level 1 Knight is the most consistent and helps out starters Cleric assists people who want to play defensively with its extra heal and shield stability Warrior is similar to knight but the axe’s moveset takes a tiny bit more skill to know the timing Herald is the best class for 1 on 1’s since the spear can be used behind the shield Thief is good if you can fish out some backstabs, parries are a bit too risky for its overall setup, the bow also helps to do some chip damage Sorcerer is the best ranged, I’d say avoid this class unless you want a sorcery only build and keep in mind, you will have to spam the 2 spells you have for the most part of the early game up until the 3rd area of the game where you meet Orbeck(sorcery merchant) Pyromancer is decent overall, it doesn’t specialize too much in anything but the pyromancy helps out to take out a few enemies or to damage bosses from a distance

[@sambmackenzie]

Spears take no brain cells to parry. Herald is not good for 1v1.

[@kurtkan5566]

@@sambmackenzie Dude, this is for beginners not for PvP.... I dont think a hollow or a lothric knight is gonna parry you.

[@knopHDTV]

thanks for the explanation mate, very helpful for someone like me who is just now starting

[@Fopalope]

deprived being a better class in the long run is a myth, starts with the same amount of stats(every class starts with 99 points spread across their attributes) and you aren't minmaxed, wasted stats across the board. jack of all trades isn't the "best one" for a souls game

[@kurtkan5566]

@@Fopalope damn you must be fun at parties

[@torinjones3221]

Lol my first time playing a dark souls game I picked the deprived cause I couldn't decide on a class. I spent 3 hours fighting Iudex Gundyr.

[@773Spair]

-just 3?

[@felipealarcon4622]

Why are you flesing on me so hard?

[@Skebaber]

Me too. I didn't know different classes had different leveling. Almost quited the game, but glad i didn't.

[@paulbowler5345]

I'm totally new to Dark Souls, so was a bit daunted by all the different classes at first. Great video, detailing all the different classes, glad I chose the Knight now!

[@marcosdheleno]

i will say, pyromancer for life here, 1 point in dex, and im able to wield an astora straight sword, put it raw, and just upgrade it normally, and you will have to put alot of points in str to surpass an equally upgraded weapon for at least the first third of the game. you start with the fireball, meaning you can just throw a (small) area grenade that will deal alot of damage to alot of enemies. you get the axe, a good weapon to start with, and it had the warcry skill. you can grab and use a silver kite shield without any stat investment, so you can have a great shield, expecially if you go for sorceries, since you will be able to powerup your staff. pyromancer's only ault is its starting armor, and endurance, but put a few points in there, enough to wear a good armor, and you are pretty much set to go whatever way you want.

[@Zukenii]

Started as mercenary and have no regrets.

[@justinmoraal4764]

aww man, mercenary is awesome, started with knight but switched to mercenary after seeing the starter weapon. Love it

[@Freakysussybaka]

Mercenary have one of the best swords in game its the best starter

[@Avilio71]

Same, Murakumo+10 was all i needed

[@gitgudlol8816]

@@justinmoraal4764 good stats too

[@cloudburst27]

This is one of the most helpful yet non-technical guides I've seen so far on the game. This new-ish player thanks you 😇

[@romanalonzo9045]

This is great to watch before it unlocks later today.

[@alanshowalter756]

Can't wait till midnight (^:

[@tennohack6704]

As a fairly unskilled newcomer to DarkSouls 3, I found that the Pyromancer was the best class for me, due to the fact that I start with a ranged magic attack, because I can pick off hard bosses from outside their attack range, and it's usually a one hit kill for most normal enemies. I find myself using it quite often when I want to get the drop on an enemy or pick off a boss from a semi safe distance.

[@verro9153]

finally beat the first boss. Felt like my heart was gonna explode. Was on a sliver of health at the end

[@aeoncalcos7830]

This was 6 years ago so I'm betting you kick ass for breakfast now

[@verro9153]

@@aeoncalcos7830 yeah I eat a bowl of nails for breakfast without any milk every morning.

[@fullmetalarshole]

what is that thing on his back? dont you know master Roshi was a cleric?

[@jamesbland5207]

I'm always the cleric, SCREW PATCHES

[@dprince1987]

LMAO

[@elijahhmarshall]

HA!

[@aeoncalcos7830]

Ive always been a spear and polearm fan so i automatically chose Herald (outfit looks sick too). Fighting bosses was alright and surviving after waves of mobs was good as well because of Heal Aid. The only thing i wasnt prepared for was Kite Shield Hollows make my spear bounce off, regular Spear has poor range, the game punishes poking behind a shield because of severe stamina depletion as well as big chip damage. You can however block, let the shield get hit AND THEN shield poke. This lets you cancel a little bit of animation frames without getting the chunk of shave damage. SunlightBlade is correct about this class being strong and not overpowered. If you're new then i also recommend this class. Not only does it make you survive as a noob but also teach you new game mechanics like i've mentioned above.

[@helix713]

Wow, here I though Deprieved will be the go to class since is already starts at level 1 and all it's stats are 10. Thanks for making the video Sunlight and also putting that calculator link too.

[@j-69]

lol he says poise like its useful xD

[@nolongeraperson]

Yeah, that cracked me up too. Course, he couldn't have known at the time.

[@spinyslasher6586]

it is....after the latest patch.

[@Divinefapper]

It's always worked as intended, people just didn't figure out how it worked due to it being changed. It affects do you get staggered while attacking or not.

[@ronanvankessel6329]

vex it is, a casul like you just wouldnt know how to use it

[@americancheese9103]

Ronan Van Kessel did you even play dark souls 1 and 2

[@biocta]

There is no best... just... PRAISE THE SUN!

[@sinnin7532]

My Dark Sould III experience so far is : Looking in 1 direction get 30-40 fps looking in the other and get 5-10 fps

[@Kvicken223]

+Szabó Róbert If you have a Nvidia card, go to the Nvidia control panel, go into Manage 3d settings, and pick Dark souls 3. Now scroll down and turn Virtual pre-rendered frames/images down to 3d. Hope that helps :)

[@ricardoalmeida4719]

In DS2 if you use the Soul Vessel you can only reset the points you put in your character. So, in this case, the assassin with 14 luck points would stay with 14 points. Unless the Soul Vessel works differently in DS3, choosing the assassin for the luck points to later on reset them wouldn't work.

[@ricardoalmeida4719]

So his point about choosing the assassin because it has 14 luck points and then take them out is wrong, right?

[@Hypertension777]

+Ricardo Almeida exactly what i thought while watching it, there was no way to go below starting stat in a certain attribute with respec in ds2.

[@ricardoalmeida4719]

+Hypertension777 yes. and it makes sense to be like that. it's kind of a noob fail tbh :/

[@Hypertension777]

+Ricardo Almeida Otherwise imagine the deprived with 10 in all stats at level 1 :D if they allowed you to go lower it'd be OP as hell.

[@ricardoalmeida4719]

+Hypertension777 a deprived with stats 10 and lvl 1 would be OP yes xD unless you had a rotten arm or something crazy like that that would block you from using some mid-heavy items :p should be fun

[@cuteandfluffypikachu3405]

I’ve just brought this after playing Elden ring I can’t wait to play this this had been really helpful so thankyou 😊😊😊

[@SunlightBlade]

Great to hear, hope you enjoy it! :)

[@AleZ4]

I cant play this game as i have no ps4 or a good PC,I tried downloaded and cant run it with my shitty laptop.So i download the firelink ost and cry every night until i fall sleep.FML

[@TheArnoldification]

+AlexP ouch

[@TheGrowWings]

+AlexP Welcome to the Shit PC club! What would you like to order? Our specialty of the day is a cup of tears!

[@AleZ4]

+GrowWings Thank you,kind sir.I want to order a cup with extra salt and a pc-mustard race special!

[@ReddoX30]

+AlexP Hey don't be sad! You can still play DOOM 2, what else do you need?

[@IHSchwingo]

+AlexP I feel your pain. I, too, thought that my CPU was too small. But then I overclocked it. Now it works and I feel like a genius. But there is a nice added sense of dread when, as well as dying in the game, you always have to fear that your pc could catch fire aaaaaany time now.

[@dricsi07]

Could you give us the build optimizer please?

[@Shikori_Tsuru]

+dricsi07 battlecalculator.com/dark-souls-3-class-selector/

[@SunlightBlade]

+dricsi07 Added a link to one in the description

[@dricsi07]

Thank you!

[@antonekstrom1450]

+dricsi07 ☻/ This is bob. Copy and paste him so he can take over youtube. /▌ /\ coool :D i like thhis vedeo do jew?

[@dricsi07]

Jmack1lla Thanks. I wasn't sure If the cap is 50 or 40.

[@adventurersitem-shop3050]

I love how well made this is! Love all the little edits you made when highlighting things in the menu! :D

[@4evermilkman]

My starting class will actually be chosen in a very unique way. I will be picking the option that will get me into the coolest top 10 videos on this channel, and im thinking thats the thief... XP

[@SunlightBlade]

+Ray Inked Ahahaha :D

[@Dragoon200022]

+SunlightBlade my class will be their as well just because dat style dough.

[@Dragoon200022]

+Dragoon200022 Theif phones autocorrect

[@otarooyama8409]

+SunlightBlade if i pick knight can i be pyromancer ?

[@Dragoon200022]

+Otaro Oyama you can't start as a pyro if you chose knight you will have to find the pyromancer master guy to be one.

[@xTobi95]

"Whatever you do, just don't pick the thief" oh boi here i go creating a new character again

[@baizuo_6246]

The class doesent even matter.

[@gamester512]

And here I was able to comfortably beat Iudex Gundyr first try with the Thief and without using any Firebombs....when I'm very much accustomed to *Strength* builds rather than Dex.

[@YourSweetDevil666]

I'm new to dark souls. You've been a big help

[@countdooku6320]

Well guys... if anyone is watching this in 2021 I’m about to play my first Dark Souls game so wish me luck :(

[@magnofajo6159]

Did you forget that deprived has the higest stats while still being level 1 also the part of being the weakest starting class makes it the strongest instead since the added risk increases your concentration and you start being untouchable and parrying everything

[@Fopalope]

has the same stats as every other class (99 points distributed amongst attributes)

[@magnofajo6159]

@@Fopalope i meant it on the sense that all the other classes have stats that you may not want over 10 and others that you want over 10

[@ioniann7741]

Nice vid! I actually wanted to go off the vid again as I was more looking for a comparison of all character classes rather than only the top three but then I realized you actually did that! 😅 I appreciate the effort!

[@A____G]

Luck is an insane stat because it makes you proc more status per hit on enemies. It also increases the damage of the status effect from what I understand.

[@fredman2640]

1 hour and 55 minutes till release. WOOP WOOP!!!

[@stepwise2765]

Where do you live???

[@LosLinoo]

i got a text this afternoon that i could pick it up.. starting it up now 😏

[@fredman2640]

Alexis Gutierrez Denmark. GMT+1

[@xoantisocial3150]

5 years later we still playing the same game

[@chrispeterson9447]

Something else to note about the thief-he starts with the iron round shield, the best small shield in the game-100 percent physical damage absorption, stability on par with a lot of medium shields, and short parry start-up frames.

[@AnimeMiner57]

I've been playing Assassin

[@minimareanie1044]

I went with deprived and beat Gundyr on my first go when I was expecting to get walloped a dozen times. Turns you have a lot of mobility when you're in your undies.

[@Snaakebabu]

LMAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@ajwtube]

Ppl are so clever with their humble brags

[@renewagain6956]

"I went with deprived and beat Gundyr on my first go" No you didn't.

[@bad_guy678]

@@renewagain6956 skill issue

[@Kyle_Schaff]

Deprived for the most versatility for respecing. Definitely a ton of fun to switch around from dex, sorceries to str to faith, sorceries.

[@VultureXV]

I can attest to "never start thief" **unless you know what you're doing. I started thief on a blind playthrough. I saw "oh look soul level 5, this is like starting pyromancer in Dark Souls". God I was horribly wrong.

[@Beatamox]

+draconic33 I started thief my first time ever playing Dark Souls, when it was given out for free on 360 almost 2 years ago. I couldn't beat Taurus Demon. For months I would sometimes get on and try again, then fail. About 4-5 months later I finally beat it, and from then on Dark Souls has been my favorite game series.

[@ChevalierGrenouille]

Beatamox OMG This is exactly the same as me :0 Except I started with the knight ^^ PRAISE THE SUN !

[@lunarbronerz3574]

I’ve never played a dark souls game I just saw it on sale and bought it I’m still on the tutorial >:(

[@dariancusco2676]

Xi I’m about to get it on pc

[@gavinimel4530]

@@xi9314 i just got it and can’t beat ludex gundyr as knight

[@gavinimel4530]

@@xi9314 thank you

[@davidgutierrez8297]

@@gavinimel4530 The lock on system is deceptive. A lot of time for larger denies I prefer to run free. For example the crystalized lizard monster you can find in the tutorial, I beat it with the mailbreaker as a sorcerer. I never locked on, I just ran around it without using a dodge. Same thing with gundyr. He's a large enemy and I found it best to run around him without locking on. Try to stick to his rear and let the wide swings of your sword hit him. In the second half of the fight use fireballs to make it easier.

[@zachyoung4496]

This is hugeeee Thank you this helps massively while I’m in quarantine

[@Orthane]

Since I'm not a filthy casual, only deprived for me. Don't even need to watch this video great vid though

[@harioschtroliki]

+Orthane Kappa

[@dorksouls9215]

I use deprived too

[@thekillers1stfan]

+Orthane Deprived is literally Wasted stats, the starting class

[@Big_Dai]

+Orthane Wrong. It seems this time, choosing specific class is better for optimization.

[@Pickle_Pee]

+thekillers1stfan I thought deprived would be good because it's lvl 1 and has 11 in everything.

[@Nonon471]

I'll be starting my first playthrough as a Herald. The only reason is because I like the armor set a lot. :P

[@crowg7823]

Same, and the heal will be useful

[@zentryx32]

+Jakuzure Nonon same here and i want to use a strength/miracles build

[@stevensims5978]

Best looking armour by far at start ^^

[@desertsane]

Just use him for the spear. Spam normal attacks and shield yourself. Ez.

[@erickgort3758]

Really good video man, awesome

[@DrMemer-xx4gz]

Tip: Mark enemies before using ranged/magic so it takes less/no time to shoot/cast

[@MissingChunks]

My body is so ready for this game...

[@ranndomundead9112]

+Mouldy_Old_People Ive already written the contract to sell my soul

[@Jon-Mark_W]

I'll be getting it soon! I can't wait to dive in! Thanks for the video!

[@hansfranzwilli1958]

The moment when you know you have done the right choice when he says that you should not start with the thief and you started with the thief it’s your First time dark souls and you win first try vs Iudex Grundyr

[@moyga]

I thought the deprived was always the most efficient starting class for min/maxing because it starts at level 1 so you have complete control over where your stats go so no stats are wasted. I guess not?

[@sionjones5226]

+moyga derprived is a great class for players who are use to the game....not so much for beginners

[@stevensims5978]

No stats are wasted? What if your like me u use and axe, shield and crossbow xD full strength and hp build loads of stats are wasted

[@desertsane]

Everything starts at 10. That means points wasted. Say you dont level dex. At all, and choose a class that has 5 dex starting. 5 saved points.

[@Slender_Man_186]

+Тиберий Цезарь Август considering how every stat starts at 10 and your starting level is 1, it really is the most effective option. That always bothered me about Dark Souls 1 and 3, deprived is arguably the best starting class. In Dark Souls 2 every stat starts at 6, which make the class a challenge (like it should be).

[@bartholomulesphensvil2284]

In Dark Souls 1 deprived was lv 6

[@CleverFauxFox]

Not even half way into the video. Already like the way you cut and put this together. tyty in advance.

[@Soydrinker999]

sorcerers spells absolutely destroyed the first boss when i tried it, probably the easiest class actually to beat him with

[@silvertemplar8061]

I usually always pick the knight class, because it is so cool and because of a greater physical strength. My focus on each game because of this, is focusing on physical strength and then allowing for upgrading my attunement and faith as a secondary assistance variable.

[@ochonganokwu]

Just played my 1st souls game this year - Bloodborne. Now I can't wait to get my hands on DS3 and maybe demon souls. But BB made me fall in love with souls games

[@warrenjr608]

And I can't even get passed the first boss

[@yaboi2500]

Just keep your distance and wait for his jumping attack. In the second phase, wait for his slam and arm swing combo, this gives you the opportunity to hit him at least once.

[@JD-yy7yo]

I had trouble with him and was keeping my distance. then I stayed up close with both versions of the boss and I killed him without hardly getting touched. just roll and then attack. watch your stamina. also if you can save your firebombs for when he transforms that might help.

[@neeeksta]

+Watty Smithy You are not alone - I lost count of the attempts .. umm it is fun .. I guess it's fun, umm tell me it's fun pleeeeeze :-(

[@warrenjr608]

The Only One Awoken tanks mayn

[@warrenjr608]

neeeksta use your shield a lot thats what i did

[@Lunartic_]

What is this? A video for Casuls?

[@koba9421]

*casuals

[@Lunartic_]

Tactical Ace *Casuls

[@danilshumeyko2325]

+Tactical Ace writing casual as casul is kind of a meme

[@uynn9067]

+Tactical Ace Casuls*^

[@yugiohguy]

*casuls

[@fiction8495]

Been playing as the Deprived. The way I've built him probably isn't the best but it's been really working for me. So yay

[@YesIAmDavid]

No matter which starting class you choose, you will become a Knight, no helping it. You'll lose the sorcery staff and move over to a straight sword (on the 1st walkthrough at the very least)

[@alvawayfarer6096]

My first playthrough was a Guts cosplay so it was pretty easy to stick with stuff. Abyss watchers and the dancer were a bitch without a shield

[@jamesstephenson1983]

Ive never become a knight in DS3, I end up either sorcerer, pyromancer or a katana wielding maniac 🤣

[@draw-der7749]

in my first character was an Herald and when i arrive with Rosaria I turn into a Mage, now when im gonna play dark souls 3 in pc I wanna make a cleric

[@theodoortwink3338]

Thanks for including the link too the class calculator :)

[@tanvirsuresh2]

Been using knight, just got past abbyss watchers and I'm still using my starting weapon, shield and half the starting armour. Knights are kinda privileged lol

[@mccartneyfix8695]

I literally cried when I saw this in my sub box

[@mccartneyfix8695]

Drxutc

[@alexandru6747]

That moment you keep closing the video to avoid ads and you realize it's the intro

[@C3lticlord]

Assassin is best class because it is easy peasy, ESTOC OP

[@vovautube]

who is watching this as your game is downloading on Steam? xD

[@oscarofastora3187]

me

[@toprakyetkinichedefler62]

Whaat?Steam?Lol PS4 dude

[@theindiediary5950]

+Toprak Yetkin İçhedefler I don't think you have any clue about what you are saying. :)

[@toprakyetkinichedefler62]

+Mikee Remastered same feelings lol

[@theindiediary5950]

Toprak Yetkin İçhedefler What do you mean? Do you even steam bro?

[@juu4953]

Switching to knight from cleric was the best decision I ever made god bless u

[@MsPysoul]

cleric for me. Sun Bros! :)

[@beastmaster4749]

fuck yah

[@knightpaladin9841]

started with Thief played the game cosplaying as Greirat

[@azazeraazymoto6520]

Is it really cosplaying or is it the best you can do as a thief.

[@blackwingninja1195]

Great tips and video. New to Dark Souls coming from Sekiro and Bloodborne. Giving this legendary game a try. I felt Dark Souls 3 to my liking based on the pacing planning to play the DS1 Remastered after.

[@loveinlatin]

DS1 is fun so far. hard af tho ngl ALSO GRAB THE MASTER KEY as the starting gift. biggest mistake I made was not choosing it.

[@dan240393]

I was really disappointed by the dual scimitars. They're slower and do less damage dual-wielded than they do 1-handed.

[@JinFreeks]

+Strappleberry Nifkin ikr. I was thinking like "yay, neat, dual wield, massiv damage double swings and a realy neat weapon art" and then it couldn't even kill the starting hollows with a full combo while two R1s did. Such a shame.

[@dan240393]

JinFreeks Which is even worse because they feel so good to use and scale so well. They need to patch them; making each of the two handed swings hit for 75% of a standard hit would totally fix them.

[@atijohn8135]

@@dan240393 Well, now they patched them and they are like the best weapon in the game (in PvE)

[@Mantosasto]

Thief ;_; It took me an hour to win against that first boss (yeah, I suck, I know)

[@wyn2208]

+ManTosASTo I hear the thief is tricky though, I spent an hour on herald trying to kill him then switched to Knight and killed him 1st try, Pyro was pretty good vs him too.

[@Mantosasto]

Yeah, the first form was okay as a thief, but the moment the other thing appear... crap. Ended using arrows as a desperate attempt. Then it took me two tries with a knight :P

[@themaximizier4653]

u gotta git gud

[@-u-u-u3696]

Sjng Sjng i did it first try with thief i spammed the light attack button so fast that the boss went down like butter in sun

[@mritachi3878]

Killed first boss on 2nd attempt with thief

[@Yvain-fn7ao]

Damn I just find out about your vid after starting NG+ and wound up looking every other of your vids lol. Currently at level ~180 Good channel, interesting content plus really exciting material and presentation. Like how you enjoy playing your games. Cannot wait to see others! Good job mate, keep it up!

[@Mmmmmmmm-]

Any class is good unless you're a total noob lel. Btw 2h swords ftw,, I've always hated shields no matter what game I played, I just feel like dodging is fun, shields aren't ;v

[@firelance00]

GanjalfZielony true, i like pryo and he needs an empty hand to use Flame. i dont like the generic warrior or knight class cuz its overrated. Though the knight's long sword is cool to start with.

[@stevensims5978]

AXES!!!

[@azazeraazymoto6520]

Axe does more damage than longsword. Also enemies in the second part of the game drop long words and they suck.

[@PunchDParty]

Deprived gang where you at??

[@bL4ckSalamander]

the deprived starting class is underrated imo since it not only swings fast (with the club) but also gets easy staggers on enemys which would aid a newer player to setup some parries while leveling up the fastest early on on top of meeting requirements for basically any npc quest line (off top of my head)

[@mamamedvjed7906]

im a beginner and i picked thief as my starting class and i defeted iudex grundyr on my second try my first try was with a knight class i abandoned

[@tankred119]

first try against gundyr was with knight, abandoned it after 50 tries. then tried mercanary. got him at the third try lol

[@mamamedvjed7906]

DatGuyEirik thats because you *clears throat* got gud

[@tankred119]

\[T]/ PRAISE THE SUN!

[@geminitheminidoge8377]

+DatGuyEirik Lest he praises the sun, PRAISE THE SUN [\[T]/

[@sunlessheaven]

1:05 only reason to choose knight

[@TheGamerFru]

I'm new to the franchise, this really helped me, thanks

[@wurst1284]

lol, knight has the most poise. If only.

[@Chocomunchie]

Are you referring to the uselessness of poise in this game?

[@WUZLE]

+Chocomunchie He's referring to the fact that poise is literally turned off for players. It does NOTHING. A data miner found an "off" switch for poise in the code and turned it on, resulting in normal (for Souls) poise behavior. With it "off", as it is by default, poise is completely disabled. Some monsters have it, but not players.

[@Chocomunchie]

WUZLE Yeah, I already know all that, I was just making sure that's what the OP was joking about, but yeah, it's frustrating. I hope FromSoftware re-enables it in a future patch. It's unbalanced otherwise. A player wearing full Havel's with the Wolf Ring should not be staggered by broken swords, darts or petty enemies, and enemies shouldn't have poise if we don't as well. I mean, come on, without poise, it encourages everyone to use faster weapons, making slower weapons obsolete in PvP. It creates the mentality that "faster weapons always win".

[@WUZLE]

Chocomunchie The lack of poise warps the game. Creatures like the dancer swordsmen in Irythrill shouldn't be able to be stunlocked to death with an estoc the way they are now. And I like estocs. I like long stabby weapons, they just shouldn't be quite so good.

[@DeJai237]

Don't get hit lol fashion souls!!!