Swordlemage V3 SKAS Revision

Swordlemage V3 (SKAS Revision)

Hunter, firebombs, shield + sword
Merchant Snipe, mb, Griggs, resin, Taurus, hellkite, pickup 800 soul, pop it at the gate, get BKGS
After BKGS kill 3 Balder Knights in the Church for 520 souls with Drake Sword (more info at the bottom of the pastebin)
Trigger elevator, do Gargoyles with Drake Sword moveswap and ring bell, bone back
Get 22 STR 18 DEX 10 INT, punch Petrus' face in with BKGS, go kill Stray Demon, kill the BK for souls, get Doll, dupe bone
Buy FC + SC + LDR from Griggs, go up elevator, drop stuff, do SGS as normal with taking bonfire
Do IG with BKGS moveswap, rest at AL bonfire, 10 ATT 24 STR 15 INT, attune FC, put on LDR
FC Drop, over rafters, turn down staircase elevator, quitout
Get deathcam with FC plunge, do SKAS, quitout right at the Giant Blacksmith
Buy 10 twinkling with QS, upgrade to +5, kill O&S, bone back
FC drops to Painted World, get RSS, kill Priscilla, leave, kill Gwyndolin, bone back
Level 12 ATT 18 END 26 STR 17 INT, warp to UP, buy crest and 999 arrows from Andre, QS pikes
Rest at Darkroot bonfire, Hydra (2 jump attacks + 1 bomb), Sif, bone back
Warp to Firelink, buy GHSA + BDR from Griggs, seal skip, Four Kings (dupe Gwyndolin soul once), place LV, dupe bone
Level 23 INT + attune GHSA, warp to AL, Duke's (don't need to get lizards), Butterfly, Guardian, buy HB, RWS
Early Kalameet trigger, Artorias, get PCC, level 14 ATT 37 INT, attune HB
Crest Key, Dark Bead, Manus, Gough, Kalameet
Parish WW, Capra, Gaping, warp to Firelink, rest, Pinwheel + Nito
BTS, Quelaag, Firesage, Demon Ruins WW, Ceaseless, Centipede, BoC
Gwyn



General timesaves/-losses (more specifics below):

- No extra trip to Gargoyles
- 100% consistent and faster Iron Golem
+ spending a few seconds to scrape by some souls for 10 INT after Gargoyles
+ 1 extra running attack on Stray
+ 1 running attack + 1 R1 more on Gargoyles
+ extra elevator trip from Firelink back up to Undead Parish (including a Griggs visit)
- No extra warp to Firelink for Stray Demon
- No extra warp to Parish for Gargoyles
- No extra Gwyndolin warp
- Small timesave of doing SKAS
- Don't have to get any lizards at all (this also means early Kalameet trigger)
- Timesave of +5 BKGS early on multiple fights: O&S, Priscilla, Hydra, Sif, Four Kings, Seath


=> ~10s timesave

Other things:

- Running past the two archer in front of Priscilla and quitting out is 0.5-1s faster than killing them
- Doing a railing quitout + drop down to the Stoicism to get the PCC is 4s faster (takes 9s rather than 13s)


General benefits/notes:

- It's faster (whoa)
- It's also cool
- SKAS is useful in two categories now, dang (that's why it's cool)
- Generally less RNG fuckery. Less "skill and talent" required (that's also why it's cool)
- A bit of midrolling though
- Getting souls for 10 INT at the start is kind of a meme route wise, but should be fine to run.
- Faster methods/fights are bound to be found/happen. Timings result in ~8 seconds faster atm, I expect this to become slightly faster with more optimization.
- Guardian only needs 1.5 running attacks in every case now, interesting for when a 4th hit would miss.



Timings:


Trip from Church entrance to SGS quitout spot: 0:16.3 (-)
AL FC Drop: 0:2.7 (-)
From AL Staircase lever to O&S foggate via Darkmoon Tomb: 2:46 (-)
From Darkmoon Tomb bonfire to Painted World: 0:43 (-)
No boneback from Painted World: 0:5.5 (-)
Extra warp to Firelink for Stray: 0:08 (-)
Extra warp to Parish for Gargoyles: 0:08 (-)
Extra warp to Darkmoon Tomb for Gwyndolin: 0:04 (-)
Trip from Parish bonfire to elevator: 0:27.4 (-)
Andre menuing without SKAS: 0:27.5 (-)
Faster Griggs visit on way to Four Kings: 0:03 (-)
Don't have to get any lizards: 3s (Taurus), 8.5s (Kalameet with early trigger), 7s (Crystal Caves) = 0:18.5 (-)
BKGS+5 fights on multiple bosses: 0:30.6 (-)
BKGS+0 on Iron Golem: 0:07.5 (-)
Running past hollows instead of popping soul at Stray: 0:03.5 (-)
Can skip bonfire rest before Butterfly: 0:04 (-)
No separate levelup after Gargoyles: 0:01.5 (-)
No separate levelup after Kalameet: 0:02 (-)


0:19 + 2:46 + 0:43 + 0:05.5 + 0:16 + 0:04 + 0:27.5 + 0:03 + 0:18.5 + 0:30.6 + 0:07.5 + 0:27 + 0:05 + 0:03.5 + 0:01.5 + 0:02
= 6:18.6 saved



Trip from Church entrance to elevator: 0:15 (+)
From Firelink to SGS spot with Griggs visit to buy LDR stuff: 0:54 (+)
Taking AL bonfire: 0:20 (+)
From AL staircase elevator SKAS to O&S (without Giant Blacksmith): 1:41 (+)
Giant Blacksmith menuing: 0:12.9 (+)
New Andre menuing: 0:24.5 (+)
From AL bonfire to Painted World: 0:55 (+)
From Painted World exit to Darkmoon Tomb: 0:56 (+)
Additional timeloss on Stray + Gargs: 0:06 (+)
Getting souls for 10 INT after Gargoyles: 0:06 (+)
Killing Petrus: 0:05 (+)
Killing BK: 0:03.5s (+)
Additional rest in Firelink before Stray: 0:05 (+)
Slower Gwyndolin: 0:04 (+)
One more Butterfly shot: 3s (+)

1:29 + 1:41 + 0:12.9 + 0:24.5 + 0:55 + 0:56 + 0:06 + 0:05 + 0:03.5s + 0:05 + 0:04 + 0:03
= 6:10.9 spent



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Comparisons:
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Iron Golem with no RTSR Drake Sword: 33.9s
Iron Golem with BKGS: 26.2s => ~7.7s saved

Hydra with GHSA: 46.2
Hydra with BKGS+5: 41.5 => 4.7s saved

O&S with +2: 44.4
O&S with +5: 32.3 => 12.1s saved

Sif with +2: 36.7
Sif with +5: 32.8 => 3.9s saved

Four Kings with +2: 1:02
Four Kings with +5: 0:58 => 4s saved

Seath with +2: 33.8s
Seath with +5: 32.9s => 0.9s saved

Priscilla: 5s saved (1.5 running attacks saved)

=> 4.7 + 12.1 + 3.9 + 4 + 0.9 + 5 = 30.6s

AL FC Drop: 19.7s - 17s = 2.7s

Griggs visit on way to Stray: 8.8s
Faster Griggs visit on way to Four Kings: 5.8s

Extra Gwyndolin warp later: 8.2 (additional warp) + 3.5s (small trip in Firelink after warping back) - 7.7s (resting at Firelink without warp) = 4s saved

Andre visit previously: 27.5s
Just killing Andre now: 10.2s
Andre visit with buying pikes: 24.5s
Giant Blacksmith visit: 12.9s


Petrus with Drakesword: 21.5
Petrus with BKGS: 21.5


Path from staircase elevator bottom to Gwyndolin:
	normal: 39s
	turning up and then FC drop: 41.4s
	normal + drop down instead of running: 42.2s


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Souls:
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Souls after Giant Blacksmith:

O&S (50k), Priscilla (30k), Gwyndolin (40k), Hydra (6k), Sif (40k), Four Kings (60k)

Guaranteed Souls gained until after Gargoyles:

2000 Asylum Demon
100 Oscar
50 Undead Merchant
96 Undead Dog
3000 Taurus
438 Hellkite kills (guaranteed)
800 Black Knight

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6484 guaranteed Souls, need 8010 to get 10 INT after Gargoyles, so 1526 left to get


800 Soul at hellkite, pop at gate
320 from Balder Knights at church entrance
200 from Rapier Balder Knight before Hollow room
210 from spear and gate hollow before church (only necessary if not enough random kills on the way to BKGS)


Getting 22k souls after Stray: kill Petrus before and the Black Knight after Stray for the necessary 2k souls