Talk:Blowdart Sniper/@comment-4826432-20141005192849/@comment-25950924-20150109004134

After accidentally leaving Blighttown I did go back through the back entrance. I am glad I initially took the front entrance first. Partially just to say that I did it and didn't go the easy way, but also because I found the Shadow set and Power Within. I'm glad I had the master key because going through valley of drakes via darkroot basin is a lot longer and I wouldn't be able to buy the master key until killing quelaag.

Speaking of which, the power within and fireball makes killing slimes very easy (although you are right that the titanite drops are pretty rare). The pyromancy flame is barely upgraded and I still get the overkill bonus. However, it takes less than 15k per level so I'm also getting souls along with the titanite. I also made a magic weapon with the green titanite they drop.

In regards to Shadow vs. Black leather I thought the physical damage reduction was significantly higher than the Shadow once upgraded more, but I was wrong about that.

I think I am going to upgrade my elite armor for physical reduction and then wear the shadow for other body parts. And then Crimson waistcloth which has good physical and poison resist for it's low weight. My character will look like a hobo, but hopefully I'll have better sets later.

I did manage to find the Dragoncrest shield so maybe I should upgrade that. I also remembered that I have flash sweat which is good because I'm not great at blocking.

I checked the walkthrough to see how close I was and it looks like I was almost to the lower bonfire, but I went the wrong direction and hit the blowdart/flaming dog ambush. And there's 5 blowdart snipers in that one little area, but there's a firekeeper soul there so I will be going back there I guess.