Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-28661852-20160730180356/@comment-4511886-20160811110542

91.97.146.16 wrote: Oh yes, this game needs poise badly. It will never come, though, I'm afraid. If it helps, on NG8, Oceiros oneshotted me by jumping one me. I was wearing full Brass set (medium) and had maxed vigor + favor ring for 2102 HP. I am now always wearing the steel protection ring +2 for ~30% physical resist. I sometimes survive with around 5HP left, so it might really be the bonus from the ring helping me out. So I imagine putting on Havel and putting more points into vitality along with the Havel ring might be a viable and even recommendable setup. I hate Oceiros... >=( The problem here is that absorption also get diminishing returns, especially when you throw some buffs and rings into the mix. Wearing Havel's would decrease the amount of absorption from the Ring of Steel Protection, reducing your absorption/weight ratio quite drastically. Additionally, most players won't have that amount of HP anyway, so it's unlikely that armor will be enough to stop a one-shot from Oceiros regardless of how effective it is.