Magic Zweihander Any%

Edited by Vergil-LDK- and PinkAndOrangeAndGold
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Website used:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com 					- item and weapon informations
https://www.mugenmonkey.com/darksouls 				- Levels calculator
http://darksouls.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Souls_Wiki			- item and weapon informations
http://speedsouls.com/Magic_Zweihander_Any%25_(Dark_Souls) 	- original notes
http://speedsouls.com/SpeedSouls_-_Save_Organizer		- program used for testing
http://speedsouls.com/Duke_Skip					- duke skip
http://speedsouls.com/darksouls:Moveswap			- moveswap
http://speedsouls.com/Ceaseless_Skip				- Ceasless skip
http://speedsouls.com/Tokhi_Bombs				- Tohki bombs
http://speedsouls.com/darksouls:Item_Dupe			- Item Dupe


#1 Level up = 37,91 	(9lvl) 	- 16 STR, 12 END
#2 Level up = 419,05 	(26lvl) - 27 STR, 18END/*15INT (your choice)
#3 Level up = 120,090 	(38lvl) - 21INT/*27INT
#4 Level up = 159,036 	(42lvl) - 25INT/*31INT
#5 Level up = 275,526 	(51lvl) - 20VIT
#6 Level up = 398,184 	(58lvl) - 32INT/*38INT
#7 Level up = 482,709 	(62lvl) - 36INT/*42INT
*only optional*
#8 Level up = 553,643 	(65lvl) - 39INT/*45INT
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Asylum Demon
Start as Hunter with Master Key.
Unequip all weapons and armour, drop the Straight Sword Hilt as you open the Asylum door.
Pick up the Shortsword and the Shortbow (not the Leather Shield because fuck shield).
Kill Asylum Demon, fly to Firelink.

Asylum Demon = 2,000
Knight = 100
Hollow = 20
- When you arrive to Firelink you should have 2100 (without killing any hollow)
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Belfry Gargoyles
Pick up the Homeward Bones, Zweihander, Soul of a Lost Undead and Firebombs (in that order) in Firelink Shrine.
Take the elevator to New Londo Ruins, pop Soul of a Lost Undead in elevator, pick up Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier (on the left side from elevator), pick up the Estoc and make your way through the ruins.
Save & Quit at the top of the stairs. Kill Ingward with Firebombs and the Shortbow (dupe the last Firebomb if necessary or if you can).
Pick up the Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier on the way to the floodgate, push the lever, jump down, heal once.
Climb up the ladder near the drakes (rearrange items for moveswapping later on) and grab the Red Tearstone Ring (RTSR).
Roll off and roll three times towards the bridge. Run accross the bridge to the elevator.
Pop the both Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier on the elevator and equip the RTSR.
Grab and equip the Grass Crest Shield.
Run towards the Undead Parish.
#1 Level up 16 Strength and 12 Endurance.
Get in RTSR range by backstepping through the Berenike Knight's attack, moveswap the Zweihander with the Estoc.
Kill Gargoyles, ring the bell, use or dupe a Homeward Bone.

Ingward - normal headshot 27dmg, when hes running 32dmg
Soul of a Lost Undead - 200
Soul of a Nameless Soldier - 800
2x Large Soul of a Nameless Soldier - 2,000 (1000 one)
Gargoyles - 10,000
- Need 9x Titanite shards (7,200) and upgrading to +5 (4,000) = 11,200
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Chaos Witch Quelaag
Upgrade your Zweihander to +5 (Andre - Undead Parish).
Go towards Firelink Shrine, drop unnecessary items on the elevator(don't drop gargoyle helm if you have it you may need it).
Make Lautrec fall down the cliff (foward + RB/R1), Save & Quit to get the Ring of Favor and Protection (FAP ring).
Go down to New Londo Ruins, equip the FAP ring on the way.
Use the Blighttown drop and poison to get into RTSR range at the foggate.
Kill Quelaag with moveswapped Zweihander, ring the second bell, equip Soul of Quelaag and use a Homeward Bone.

Laurtec - 1,000
Quelaag - 20,000
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Iron Golem
Dupe Soul of Quelaag 5 times.
Head through Sen's Fortress, get in RTSR range with Boulder Skip.
Buy 10x Green Titanite Shards, 3x Black Firebombs and rest Green Blossoms (10x Green Blossoms is must) from the Crestfallen Merchant, at this point you must have 61,500 or more.
Kill Iron Golem by knocking him off the edge. Eat a Green Blossom before entering the foggate if you want.

5x Quelaag soul - 40,000 (8,000 one)
10x Green Blossoms - 10,000 (1,000 one)
3x Black Firebombs - 1,500 (500 one)
10x Green Titanite Shards - 50,000 (5000 one)
Iron Golem - 40, 000
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Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smough
Rest at the Anor Londo bonfire, #2 level 27 Strength and rest into Endurance or Inteligence (your choice).
Use Core of an Iron Golem on the elevator.
Run through the rafters and past the Silver Knight archers.
Get RTSR range from the Silver Knight at the bottom of the stairs.
Jump over the railing of the stairs and Moveswap the Zweihander with the Estoc and eat a Green Blossom.
Kill Ornstein, then Super Smough.
Kill Gwynevere with the bow, dupe a Homeward Bone and warp to Firelink Shrine.

Core of an Iron Golem - 12,000
Silver Knight - 1,300
Ornstein & Smough - 50,000
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Great Grey Wolf Sif
Place the Lordvessel, warp to Firelink Shrine again.
Go down to New Londo Ruins, dupe Soul of Smough twice, upgrade the Zweihander to Magic +5.
Go down to Blighttown, dupe Soul of Smough again twice, moveswap on your way down, grab the Demon Ruins bonfire, #3 level up Intelligence as high as you can.
Don't use any other bonfire from now on until you have killed Demon Firesage!
Warp to Undead Parish, kill Andre of Astora, get in RTSR range by using the Titanite Demon (1 hit while sprinting, 2 hits while blocking (not sprinting)).
Pick up the Stone Armor(under that fucking BRIDGE!).
Use Soul of Smough while waiting for Sif's gate to open. Pick up Hornet Ring behind grave.
Kill Sif, dupe a Homeward Bone.

5x Smough Soul - 60,000 (12,000)
+5 MZ + 10x Green Titanite Shard (50,000) > +5 --> magic(weapon modification) --> +5 magic(weapon upgrade) - 4,800 (6 upgrades)
Sif - 40,000
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Seath the Scaleless
#4 Level up Intelligence as high as you can. Warp to Anor Londo bonfire.
Head to The Duke's Archives.
Dupe Soul of Sif twice on each elevator.
Duke Skip (like why the fuck no).
Use falls to get in RTSR range.
Try and avoid having clams in your Seath fight.
Break the Primordial Crystal with a Black Firebomb and kill Seath with R1s (don't combo them).
Pop Soul of Sif and Homeward Bone out.

Soul of Sif - 48,000 (16,000)
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Demon Firesage & Centipede Demon & The Bed of Chaos
#5 Level Vitality until you can do Ceaseless Skip (20 should be enough).
Ceaseless Skip.
Use the Ceaseless Skip and the drop to get into RTSR range (get hit by a Demonic Statue if necessary (Blocked with estoc: 1.5 bars of health / Unblocked: 2 bars)).
Moveswap before Demon Firesage and eat a Green Blossom.
Kill Demon Firesage.
Heal before Centipede Demon.
Kill Centipede Demon.
Equip Orange Charred Ring and run to The Bed of Chaos.
Kill The Bed of Chaos with Tokhi Bombs and Homeward Bone back to Firelink Shrine.

*RTSR Setup for Centipede with gargoyle helm*
Drop to middle root drop down, go to fog gate eat blossom, equip gargoyle helm(when you get to middle hurt yourself with lava one time to get RTSR).

Firesage - 20,000
Centipede - 40,000
Bed of Chaos - 60,000
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Pinwheel & Gravelord Nito
#6 Level up Intelligence as high as you can.
Head towards the Catacombs, moveswap before Pinwheel.
Kill Pinwheel.
Keep moveswap for Nito fight.
Equip Stone Armor as you go through the Nito foggate.
Use Green Blossom and Kill Nito, unequip armor, then Homeward Bone back to Firelink Shrine.

Pinwheel - 15,000
Nito - 60,000
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Four Kings
#7 Level up Intelligence as high as you can.
Go towards Four Kings, make sure you have the Covenant of Artorias and FAP ring equipted.
*RTSR state for more DMG, RTSR ring change for FAP ring(you wont need it anyway now)*
Moveswap and equip Stone Armor(stone armor your choice), eat a Green Blossom in The Abyss.
Kill Four Kings. Use the Darksign or a Homeward Bone.

4Kings - 60,000
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Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
Enter the Kiln of the First Flame.
*Optional: #8 Level up Intelligence as high as you can*
Exchange Covenant of Artorias for Hornet Ring as you go through the foggate.
Kill Gwyn with parries and ripostes.

MZ = Magiz Zweihander