The Black Knight is an iconic enemy type in the Dark Souls series, and they’ve made a return in Dark Souls III.

Sold by the Shrine Handmaid for 4,500 souls after completing Anri of Astora's questline. Getting the Black Knight Armor in Dark Souls III. The mere mention of Astora invoked wistful pangs, and perhaps it was such a dream that drew Anri to this faraway home known only by name. That can happen in dark souls 2 as well but not once you get at least 20 or so adp and wear heavy armor. Armor said to have been given to elite knights of fallen Astora. It's not fun getting staggered by hollows with broken swords while in full heavy armor like in dark souls 3. I don't care if some people think it's unbalanced. Especially when for the Four Kings you need to sacrifice a ring slot just to access the boss and for Lost Izalith you have to sacrifice a ring slot to navigate the blinding lava.Īnd btw i'm noy saying the poise in dark souls 1 is a bad thing. Also having only two ring slots doesn't help at all.

With your Elite Knight set - optionally advanced to +5 - and the legendary Crest Shield from the Undead Asylum, you can act as a Magekiller, blocking magic attacks to exterminate the user, quickly.The ideal weapon would be a spear (Lightning Spear, etc) to fight behind your shield. I have over 700 hours in the game so i'm used to it but it seems that in every dark souls game heavy armor users are discriminated against. There are a total of 4 possible variations of the Elite Knight of Astora character sets.

F*ck the carry weight system in dark souls 1. Oh you want to fast roll in heavy armor plus a shield and a greatsword? Yup, you need 99 endurance plus havel's ring & the fap ring, have fun'. It's like Miyazaki thought 'well we accidentally made poise OP as hell so to balance it we'll make it insanely difficult to be able to fast roll in even the most basic heavy armor. Endurance is completely f*cked in this game.

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