by BLA1NE Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:40 pm
Has OP decided?
My opinion: Light Crossbow.
Hear me out! In Demon's Souls, I used to invade with a Sticky Compound Longbow +5 (or whatever it was, don't remember precisely, but it did absurd amounts of damage!). It either killed my opponents in a few shots, or forced them to turtle while they made their way to me. And that's when I'd pull out my Blind and kill them right through their shield--surprised the hell out of everyone!
You can essentially do the same with your Shotel. So I'd recommend the Light Crossbow to get your opponent to turtle. I say this one rather than the Avelyn because the latter is too slow. Your opponent just dodges the first shot and doesn't need to worry about the following 2 while you're stuck in the shooting animation and then the interminable reloading animation. So it doesn't really get them turtling; just rolling a little bit. With the Light Crossbow, on the other hand, you can keep constant pressure on them and keep annoying them with it until they turtle. At which point you pull out your shotel and kill them through their shield!
Try it, lots of fun.