Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24721972-20140512132647/@comment-16047389-20140613135301

Paladinmanface wrote: A lot of people are saying skill is the determining factor. What if the person you're fighting is higher leveled and has more skill than you? Then he has two advantages where if you where evenly leveled he would only have one. Then that means you'll get a clean and faster death than a lengthy drawn out one. If he's a more skilled player than you, then why should the second factor even matter? This isn't World of Warcraft where the winner can be determined before a match begins, just by comparing item levels. A swift series of proper parries and backstabs can quickly turn the tides, regardless of a level difference. Poison and bleeds also work.