But you should always evaluate your current weaknesses to see if you can make up for them in some way. If you're focusing on offense (for example), concentrating on strength, vitality, and endurance will serve you well. You may be tempted to level up attributes evenly, but in Lords of the Fallen, a jack of all trades is a master of none. And, finally, increasing luck gives you a better chance of receiving good items from slain enemies. Agility boosts the damage of fast weapons, and also gives you a slight increase in energy. Endurance raises your amount of energy (more on this later), and significantly raises your maximum equipment burden. Faith boost magic damage, and increasing it will also allow you to level up your spells. (And, keep in mind each weapon and shield comes with its own strength requirement.) Vitality raises your hit points and makes health potions more effective. Strength raises the amount of damage you do, and also your maximum equipment burden-having more of the latter allows you to move and evade more effectively with heavier armor. So, which attributes should you focus on? Well, it all depends on your play style-though your equipment choice should also factor into this decision. Buying an Attribute Point allows you to increase one of your six attributes, while buying a Spell Point allows you to increase the level of one of the four spells available to you-but keep in mind leveling up these spells requires a certain amount of faith, which is detailed in the description of each one. When you select "Character Development" instead of "Use"-the button you'll press differs based on platform-you'll be given the choice to dump your current experience into either Attribute Points or Spell Points. And remember, it's entirely possible-but not recommended-to ignore magic entirely, if you'd rather sink your attribute points into a category that will serve your play style better.įirst of all, you'll only be able to spend your experience at those glowing, red crystals scattered throughout the world, which also serve as checkpoints and refill your potions. The Deception type takes a little more expertise to use, so you might not want to start out with it if you're just learning the ropes of LotF. Though if you'd rather focus on defense, the Solace type features some great ways to strengthen your turtle tactics. If you're new to this type of experience, the Brawler set of magic offers mostly offensive boosts, which can help you brute force your way through some encounters. Each of the three types of magic are engineered towards a certain character build (as are the equipment types), so decide on what kind of play style you prefer. Though all sets of magic come with the Prayer spell, which creates an enemy-distracting clone, the other offerings differ pretty substantially. Magic is largely supplemental in LotF, so pick the set of abilities that will make up for your character's weaknesses, or bolster his strengths.
If you start as, say, a Rogue, and quickly find out that you prefer combat with heavier weapons (or need heavier armor to survive), it'll only take a few level-ups to boost your strength enough to use them effectively.Īs for Magic Type Selection, it may be hard to decide, seeing as you won't be able to experiment with these spells before you use them. Whatever you choose, don't get too hung up on it-these chosen roles only determine your initial equipment and tweak starting attributes slightly. If you'd like to rely more on magic for support, the Cleric is a good choice, while the Rogue emphasizes speed and agility. If you're new to this sort of game, the Warrior comes strongly recommended, as he's equipped with a good set of gear for melee combat-which is something LotF really emphasizes. Though the options aren't nearly as extensive as what you'll find in Souls, creating a character in LotF can still be pretty intimidating.
How to Create a Character in Lords of the Fallen Follow the hints below, and you'll find success will come much easier to your bald and rude face-tattooed medieval dude. To help you on your journey through this harrowing action-RPG, we've assembled some basic strategies to make Lords of the Fallen's challenges a little less. Seeing as Lords of the Fallen takes a lot of inspiration from Dark Souls, reaching the end is no walk in the park.