Notes from author
For 25 hours, 47 minutes, and 51 seconds, I have endured much. But soon, I will have beat Dark Souls without the ability to roll, without the ability to run, and the inability to combo. Currently, I am at the Penultimate boss, the the final great test of this run: Bed of Chaos.
Where I would go with this was never really planned, I originally thought to go to 50 Str for Havel's Shield and Demon Weapons but started heading toward quality once I hit 40 Str because I didn't want to blow all my levels into Vit, and I wanted to make this Rapier useful for things other than transportation. There's a couple reasons I am focusing on stamina regen, first and foremost being I have fuckall stamina. Second, you can't perform basic actions like drinking Estus when you have 0 Stamina. As scrubby as it looks, Havel's is the best armor to not go anywhere fast in, and the Zwei is a powerful choice to fight bosses with. Stone Greatshield is a great shield, as it has great stability without having to upgrade it, nice magic defense, and blocking is necessary against bosses. I also have Gough's Greatbow and a Short Bow (which I still use because I don't want to waste time upgrading a comp bow), which you will need for Artorias,
To start this run, pick any class, and then pick Black Firebombs (yes, you must go through upper Blighttown). Kill the Asylum Demon with those firebombs, take his hammer, equip it in your secondary offhand slot and never unequip it until you have so much shit on you, you look like a SL713 trying to look cool.
I've killed a couple invaders with this, even invited myself to other worlds to see how well I am at inflicting myself onto others. Perhaps you can rework this build into something you can consistently kill people with. I doubt it, though.
I swear to god once I beat this run I won't touch this game again for a MONTH
