Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-17834624-20140814132507/@comment-17834624-20140815131453

'''Are you using a shield? Artoria's Greathsield, Havel's Shield and the Tower Shield help a lot in the beginning.'''

I don't have the DLC, meaning I can't get Artorias' greatshield, as much as that would help.

'''Havel is out of the question for you (why did you feed it, anyway?  =/ ), maybe Artorias, too. But you can always buy the Tower Shield from the Crestfallen Merchant!'''

I'm not a tanky build, despite using the Knight class. I'm a terrible tank, so I wouldn't need something that would place me at a disadvantage. I use light armor for being quick.

Havel's Ring and the awesome Ring of Favor and Protection are two items that will help you a lot.

Sold most of my Havel shit to Frampt (I know, I'm a terrible person) without knowing that it would actually be useful later on.

'''As for your magic, get that Pyromancy Flame! !!! The developers built Pyromancy into the game as a fail-safe: except for Lost Izalith, Pyromancy can get you through everything! And a bow in reserve, with poison arrows, often allows for taking on enemies you normally would really struggle against. '''

Let me make this clear. Laurentius and Eingyi are dead. I paid for killing Eingyi, though, because later on after killing him I got the Egghead status effect and had to spend most of my evening to get it cured before it got too far.

'''Your movement doesn't matter that much against the Four Kings, put on the Havel set. '''

... I forgot the part where I said that I'm not a tanky character.

Thanks, though.