Dark Souls 2 cosplay/character in game builds?

[Sean Hollyman]

Do you ever try and make your character look like a certain someone from something else, in game? I guess it counts as cosplay, of sorts, didn't know how else to word it

I tried my best to make Jon Snow from Game of Thrones. The moment I saw the Llewelyn armor, I was like OMG THAT'S NIGHTSWATCH ARMOR

And the Bastard Sword just completes it


And I have to use Dark Mask because my guy is blonde.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I don't have any screen shots, but I made a "Guts" (Berserk) build for Dark Souls.

No shield, greatswords and ultra greatswords only, put all points into strength, no magic/miracles/pyromancy, crossbow offhand.

It's unfortunate that there isn't any armor in the game that looks like Guts' armor.

I tend to go with no helmet, black iron chest, black leather boots, and the black knight gauntlets and Great Lord Greatsword.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

I haven't gotten around to doing it but I want to try cosplaying Kratos Aurion or Zelos Wilder. The Blue Flame's existence makes it a possibility!

 

[TheMigrantSoldier]

Can someone tell me if it's possible to make a Belmont character in any way? I loved doing that in the original.

Slightly off-topic but are whips more viable in combat, now?

 

[Benpasko]

Can someone tell me if it's possible to make a Belmont character in any way? I loved doing that in the original.

Slightly off-topic but are whips more viable in combat, now?

Whips are good now, but you need bits of mid-game equipment to make them viable for long-haul use (They're really fragile, a ring fixes that)

 

[Ishal]

Can someone tell me if it's possible to make a Belmont character in any way? I loved doing that in the original.

Slightly off-topic but are whips more viable in combat, now?

It's definitely possible.

I've put together a build with the same idea. There are lots of leather armor sets and cloth tunics to wear. Several whips are awesome, and scale incredibly well. I even threw in some throwing knives and holy water urns to mimic the item picks up in the games.

 

[Dexter S. Bateman]

Dual Caestus and bitching moustaches let you get pretty close to a Major Armstrong from FMA/Dudley from Street Fighter look

 

[Church185]

I don't have any screen shots, but I made a "Guts" (Berserk) build for Dark Souls.

No shield, greatswords and ultra greatswords only, put all points into strength, no magic/miracles/pyromancy, crossbow offhand.

It's unfortunate that there isn't any armor in the game that looks like Guts' armor.

I tend to go with no helmet, black iron chest, black leather boots, and the black knight gauntlets and Great Lord Greatsword.

The Balder set in Dark Souls 1 was inspired by Guts' armor. The Souls series actually has a ton of references and inspirations from Berserk.

 

[Jesus Machuca]

I've made only two themed characters so far. One was Simon Belmont, used the old whip, had the drakes blood armor and looking glass knight gauntlets, with leggings. He also used throwing knives and holy water. The second character I made is a Hammer Brother from Super Mario. Bandit starter helmet, with leggings and the old turtle knight armor, no gloves. He has two hammers for weapons, blacksmiths/craftsmans. But now I want to make a new character and have no ideas, anyone have one?

 

[iLikeHippos]

I've played the shit out of Dark Souls II, so I have, out of laughs, obtained all possible armor and weaponry in the game and I've used it to cosplay quite a bit.

Could give some pieces of advice on sets for the cosplays and how they performed, but stat builds aren't my strong point.

So here are some cosplay "builds" I've constructed.

<spoiler=The Pursuer>
The Pursuer

1 Elite Knight Helmet
1 Steel Chest
1 Steel Gauntlets
1 Steel Leggings

1 Pursuer's Ultra Greatsword
1 Pursuer's Greatshield

Tactical Evaluation: Since I am personally bad with using heavy weaponry, and the same with shields in general, I found this build to be completely useless in PvP, however somewhat effective in PvE. Of course, you could do much better in both PvP and PvE with normal armor and weaponry.
Looks badass however, and will definitely make you smirk for a good 5 minutes of gameplay.



<spoiler=Ninja>

Ninja

1 Thief Mask
1 Shadow Top
1 Black Leather Gloves
1 Varangian Leggings

2 Cool weapons of your choice that you think a ninja would utilize, or more (I recommend Berserker Blade (katana, rare drop) Shadow Dagger (dagger, rare drop) and Monastery Schmitar (schmitar, rare drop) and a good, quick bow.)

Tactical Evaluation: If you have 8 in Vitality, and you use Ring of Blades+2 and Flynn's Ring, you gain 100 damage with ALL weaponry in the Physical Damage category. With the addition of a good amount of dex and str, it's not unusual to see 200+ damage on pretty much any weapon you pick up. Since this set weighs barely anything, you can still roll quite conveniently as long as you don't choose to wield heavy weaponry or shields. I find this to be REALLY good in PvP and PvE, and is one of my favorite builds.



<spoiler=The Peasant>

The Peasant

1 Peasant Hat
1 Peasant Torso
1 Peasant Gloves / Tseldora Gloves
1 Peasant Boots / Tseldora Leggings

1 Pick-axe
1 Hand Axe
1 Scythe

Tactical Evaluation: Since this build barely takes up weight, the Ring of Blades + Flynn's Ring combo at 8 Vitality adds a serious punch to your frail peasant arms. You might also be surprised how well invaders can be persuaded to let you live if you simply act of as a mere humble peasant. I have on several occasions stood in an active PvP hotspot, got invaded by someone random, and conviced him to start mining some wall with me when I handed him a spare pick-axe of mine.
It's not supposed to be good in either PvP nor PvE, but it is very good for a laugh or two with random people.


<spoiler=The Tauren>

The Tauren

1 Minotaur Helm
1 Drakekeeper Armor
1 Drakekeeper Gauntlets
1 Executioner's Leggings

1 Smelter Hammer (requires 70 strength to wield, and more to Power Wield with another weapon if you are so daring)

Tactical Evaluation: Looks cool, feels cool, and it deals ludicrous amounts of damage, even without enchantments. I would not recommend it for PvP (because I simply cannot recommend what I cannot use. If you are experienced with great hammers, go for it!), but it actually packs a punch in PvE. This can't utilize Flynn's Ring for obvious reasons. The Smelter Hammer alone weighs 35 points, which will make you fat roll at 8 vit.
You could also switch Executioner's Leggnings to something else, like Steel Leggings or Drakekeeper Leggings, but I didn't want to look like a freaking statue - a tauren is a living, fictional being and should have some skin shown to indicate this. That's why I recommend Executioner's Leggings.

Also, try using the parry move with the hammer. You won't believe your eyes, most likely.


<spoiler=Bloodborne>

Bloodborne

1 Hunter's Hat/Durgo's Hat
1 Robe of Judgment
1 Black Leather Gloves
1 Black Leggings/Llellynn Shoes

1 Butcher's Axe
1 Nothced Whip/Old Whip
1 Red Rust Schmitar

Tactical Evaluation: After seeing the Bloodborne trailer and some other videos talking about it, I found some inspiration to make a proper depiction of this Bloodborne character you see, but there is one problem - shotguns do not exist in DKs II, and crossbows/bows proved to be an extremely poor substitute, as they take ages to reload, and do not necessarily stun your opponent. That is why I decided to use a whip in my offhand instead to stun my opponent and then slice the living crap out of them. This build proved to be very effective in PvP and PvE. You can use the Red Rust Schmitar to parry opponents or make a quick attack on nearby foes (just like the whip, it acts like a stun that Bloodborne utilizes)

It looks cool as shit and can utilize the RoB+2 and FR combo quite nicely.


I could post some more cosplays I've attempted, but they aren't anything special nor interesting and just copied the appearances of other bosses or NPC's. It's just that these 5 sticks out to me.

If you don't know where some of these items are, you could search these links for information on how to obtain them:
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Weapons
http://darksouls2.wiki.fextralife.com/Armor