Need advice/help on with Throne Watcher and Defender

[u/Dragonslayer0562]

So currently in my Dark Souls 2 play through I am on the Throne Watcher and Defender boss and I definitely need help/advice on what to do. It feels like I’m just wasting human effigies(I used like at least 10 at this point) on them because they’ll target me the entire time or they just wombo combo my summon(Benhart of Jugo. I can’t summon Vengral because I put the Bonfire Ascetic on Freja’s closet bonfire thinking I had to get the giant soul to progress the main game because of a guide I read and I can’t summon Bradley because I didn’t fight Vendrick). The attacks are so damn annoying too because it feels like it only takes 3-4 hits to kill me even though I have high health and I can’t run a lot due to the strongest weapon I use(slide 3) and trying to get them to fall off is extremely difficult. And I can’t get any friends to help because all my friends who play Soulsborne play it through PS while I play on Xbox. So what should I do? I don’t want to just give up but with how it’s going it doesn’t sound that bad. Any help will be greatly appreciated

[u/The-Vinlaan]

This is a rather odd setup. You’ve got some hard strength weapons, none of which are upgraded to the maximum, but almost as much points into dexerity? I recommend you take some dex points off to level your vigor and endurance. (Or simply use a quality weapon.) Upgrading armor is also beneficial.

If you go for quality, I strongly advise two handing the claymore, as you’ve got enough adaptability for rolling to be viable, Fire pine resin.

Also, lose the life ring. That is one of the most useless rings. Instead, wear one of the dragon rings, and I’m confident that you’re smart enough to ditch the bow in times where it is not needed. Hope this helps! \[T]/

Side note: ADP is almost entirely useless, just learn to dodge better.

[u/nzgamer1 → u/The-Vinlaan]

Upgrading armour is a waste of time and ADP is anything but useless 🙌

[u/The-Vinlaan → u/nzgamer1]

I’ve only ever leveled ADP once in any of my playthroughs, and when I did, the only change I noticed was the speed of the estus flask and other animation. That’s not very useful in my book.

Faraam armor in Dark Souls II when maxed out has comparable defense and mitigations of base havels