Talk:Denial/@comment-70.209.99.187-20141006160358/@comment-3492791-20141006162500

If you're aiming for the rings, I believe they can only be acquired on NG (or at least the pages say so), so you'll be unable to use it until you can get to it, which requires traversing quite a ways. Also you only get one cast, which could be a big problem with no bonfire to restock spells.

To the point, denial stops you from dying, so it won't count as dying.