Does about 420 on a hollow in NG+. The weapons, armor, and stats you need to backstab or parry a black knight are literally anything. I recommend backstabs though, parrying those assholes is a shortcut to ouch time. You can use your fists to parry and repost Gwyn. You can do that + backstab black knights. Here is how I found how to do it (gargoyle Halberd) 1) dont have your shield raised. 2) behind them. 3)pressed right up against them. If you are a little ways behind them, you will just swing normally. This has been fairly reliable for me vs the snake guys in Sef's and the poison giant guys in Blight town. DevilDave20 12 years ago #6. The area outside the first bonfire in the Undead Burg is a good place because of all the hollows right outside. Try parrying during each of their attacks until you can consistently do it. If you get hit, it won't do that much damage. Once you get it down with the short sword guys, move to the spears, then the axes, then the long sword guys. Can you backstab while 1-handing these (I havent tested because I only have 34 STR) Yes, you can. "Today, world. This is basic spoken. God inhale computer. Hardly consumer, but with a modest water fowl." -Babelfish. Just be sure to put it in slowly. If it's so big that you have to use too hands you should take your time with it. Here's some thngs that I want to emphasize: - Light/Medium Armor - Backstab weapon(s) - Dual Wield weapons - Spells - Rings - Enchants Thanks GodsPoison 11 years ago #2 "Points to the standarized Build topic about halfway down the page" Go there bro, i just posted almost exactly what you are looking for, the Stealth build Ala Dark souls lol. Stamina é a energia que você usa para executar várias ações, tais como bloqueio, ataque, parry, rolar ou correr, tornando assim a stamina extremamente importante no combate.Stamina se regenera quando você parar de usar essas ações.Isso faz com que escapar e se regenerar tornem-se uma parte muito importante do combate.Se você mantém o very strong option for PvP the damage is great the 2hr1 is amazing and the backstab damage is nutty. the only problem is this thing is a yuuge investment. to use it you need 18 dex which doesnt change the AR. the things weighs alot too so you need alot of endurance if you want to abuse the hornet ring which you 100% are gonna want to do. but its worth the investment its an amazing weapon Pursuer Information. The Pursuer is a boss in Dark Souls 2. A giant, aggressive knight that relentlessly "pursues" the player. Heavily armored in black, it wields the Pursuer's Ultra Greatsword with a corresponding "heavy hitter" moveset. He can move very quickly for such a large enemy, and can, in particular, close rapidly on the player from a You mention it in your post, so I'm going to go ahead and say that it's probably the problem you're experiencing. My suggestion would be to either not bother with a backstab at all (silver knights are fairly easy to parry), or to just block until you stagger them and can get behind. Circle strafing the silver is more frustrating than helpful. for a backstab, you basically walk up bhind quietly, press and HOLD R1 and you'll get it, when fighting, you want to riposte. to riposte, use L2 at the right time to DEFLECT the attack with your shield then quickly tap R1 and you'll get a huge damage bonus and a slowdown attack animation. for regular enemies, once you master riposte you can fly thru levels, I used to run naked thru worlds in 4QxRUdv.