by BLA1NE Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:59 pm
I only kill the Drakes if I'm farming Dragon Scales at the same time as titanite Chunks. Otherwise, I'll just run past them too. As for killing them, I find the Painting Guardian Sword does a great job. I forget my exact combo, but it goes something like this:
- Run toward the drake until he aggros and spits lightning at you.
- During the lightning, run to his side, and spam R1 (2H) until your stamina is almost depleted
- With the last of your stamina, finish him off with a R2
(This works best on NG. On NG+, the PGS is a little underpowered to farm Drakes.) If you execute this properly, you dodge the first lightning easily, then the R1 spam will stagger the Drake right before he starts his second attack, and the R2 will finish him off before he can attack again. Takes a few seconds each Drake.
I prefer farming chunks in the Kiln, though. I do it on NG+ and only kill the first 3 Black Knights (titanite chunk, red chunk, titanite chunk) then homeward bone back to the lordvessel. On NG+ the BKs give plenty of souls that you can then use to buy titanite shards and large shards to go along with the chunks, or twinkling titanites. Even better if you farm alive and online, since the invaders will provide a constant stream of extra souls you can use to buy more titanites!
(That being said: anyone want red chunks? I have a ton of them! I'll trade them for regular chunks.
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