Talk:Basilisk/@comment-72.159.148.10-20141202170249/@comment-4511886-20141203081734

To be fair, both of those shields are found at the point were Basilisks are not that big of a threat.

You can rush to the Cursebite Ring, which is what I usually do, to more or less nullify their curse. Combine with one or two humanities, and nothing but carelessness will get you cursed. The Crimson Set can also be gotten, without too much trouble, through taking the backway into Blighttown, found in the Valley of Drakes.

As stated, spears and thrusting swords are amazing at taking them out, since you always block the curse at no stamina cost.