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Hello, readers, to the first of what I hope to be a series of posts for character builds for Dark Souls 3. This is something I've been wanting to do for a short while, and with SunlightBlade doing his next DaS3 top ten list on cosplay builds, I'd figure I'd go ahead and share my first one.
This is a cosplay build based on the character Lucina from Fire Emblem: Awakening. Lucina is a princess from the Halidom of Ylisse, and is the daughter of Chrom, one of the main characters of the game. She plays a major role in Awakening's story; she goes back in time to prevent events from occuring that would bring about the end of the world disguised as her ancestor, Marth, one of the most well known Fire Emblem characters and a legendary hero at Awakening's point in time. She eventually reveals her identity and joins her father and his army later in the game. She is also featured as a playable character in the most recent Super Smash Bros. games for the Wii U and 3DS, and is one of the most popular characters to play as. However, this build is based on Lucina's appearance and abilities in Fire Emblem: Awakening.
This is a more PvE-focused melee only quality build using mostly straight swords and little to no shields; rolling through attacks is key for surviving with this build. The Astora Stright Sword is the stand-in for Lucina's Parallel Falchion, but since she can equip normal swords in FE: Awakening, you are free to use a variety of straight sword weapons here. The Long Sword and Lothric Knight Sword are very good straight sword-class weapons that suit this build. The Sunlight Stright Sword is also a great performer, if a little plain looking, if you wish to put in the required 16 Faith. The normal Rapier and Ricard's Rapier are used for the rapier weapons that Lord classes use in FE: Awakening. Finally, the Herald set, minus the helmet, makes for a great approximation of Lucina's outfit.
She is considerably less armed and armored in her default "Lord" loadout, which I felt made for an interesting challenge. However, you can upgrade to the "Great Lord" class loadout, just like in Awakening! Add a Halberd or whatever polearm weapon that strikes your fancy, the Golden Falcon Shield, and replace the Herald Gloves and Trousers with the Knight Gauntlets and Leggings. Now you have a little more variety in your arsenal, a shield to block, parry, and regen HP with the Blessed infusion, and a little bit more defense thanks to the armor. The Halberd is for the Great Lord class' ability to use Lance-class weapons, the Golden Falcon Shield stands in for Lucina's butterfly shield, and the Knight gear is to add the extra armor like her Great Lord outfit.
I'm pretty satisfied with how this build looks, given what I had to work with. I kinda wish the Lothric Knight armor came in the blue variety, so I could use the blue Lothric Knight set for the Great Lord loadout. I also really wish there was a tiara or some sort of decent mask, as the crowns are too big and the current set of masks aren't suitable matches for Lucina's mask. Hopefully, the Ashes of Ariandel DLC will offer some new armor that can make Lucina look more accurate. I used this character in my second playthrough of Dark Souls 3, and I had a lot of fun playing through the game! Playing with no shields presented a new challenge for me in the Souls series, having to be more evasive and rely on invicibility frames while rolling through attacks; a play style akin to Bloodborne, actually. This being a quality build, you are also given some freedom to play with a large variety of weapons if you wish to break character.
THE BUILD
-=Lucina V.1=-
SL 100
Starting Class: Knight
Covenant: Blade of the Darkmoon/Blue Sentinels
Attributes:
VIG - 27
ATN - 10
END - 29
VIT - 15
STR - 40
DEX - 40
INT - 9
FTH - 12 (16 if you wish to use the Sunlight Straight Sword, make adjustments to VIG and END)
LCK - 7
Equipment (Lord Class):
RH1 - Astora Straight Sword (Parallel Falchion)
RH2 - Ricard's Refined Rapier (Noble Rapier/Rapier)
RH3 - Nothing
LH1 - Nothing
LH2 - Nothing
LH3 - Nothing
Head - Nothing
Chest - Herald Armor
Arms - Herald Gloves
Legs - Herald Trousers
Equipment (Great Lord Class):
RH1 - Astora Straight Sword (Parallel Falchion)
RH2 - Ricard's Refined Rapier (Noble Rapier/Rapier)
RH3 - Refined Halberd (Lance-class Weapon)
LH1 - Blessed Falcon Shield (Butterfly Shield)
LH2 - Nothing
LH3 - Nothing
Head - Nothing
Chest - Herald Armor
Arms - Knight Gauntlets
Legs - Knight Leggings
Rings:
Chloranthy Ring
Ring of Steel Protection
Speckled Stoneplate Ring
Knight's Ring
Alternative Equipment:
Most Straight Sword weapons
Sunlight Straight Sword (You'll have to bring Faith to 16, though)
Rapier
Most Polearm weapons
Torch (For when it's needed)
Flynn's Ring (If you're using the Lord loadout)
Carthus Bloodring (If you're confident in rolling through attacks and not getting hit)
Reversal Ring (Well, she did disguise herself as Marth...)
I'll be updating this build later, as I want to bring Lucina to SL 120 as well as keep an eye out for new equipment in Ashes of Ariandel. I hope you enjoy!
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