Ulteriortech9 - Invidious

Hello guys,

Here we go again with the usual stats!

In a ~2-hour session, I counted 61 encounters:

- 37 invasions (3 invaders)
- 24 Abyss invasions

Out of those, 18 weren't counted (invading the same person twice, host crossing the fog gate, etc.), leaving me with 43 unique interactions.

Here's what I found:

- Most common build: STR with 17 players (including 1 STR/INT and 2 STR/FTH)
+ 9 of them were using an UGS
- Most common weapon type: UGS with 10 players (5 of them using the Greatsword)
- Most common weapon: Ice Rapier with 6 players (one paired with a Warped Sword)
- 3 pure casters
- 17 RB spammers (melee and/or magic), with one player doing both
- 3 players using Dark Weapon (all rapier users, including the Ice Rapier + Warped - Sword player)
- 3 powerstancing (2 katanas, 1 UGS)
- 2 using Sunlight Blade (Red Iron Twinblade and Curved Dragon Greatsword)
- 2 backstab fishers
- 2 full Havel's with an UGS
- 1 hacker with infinite HP

Platform: PC
Date: 07.05.2026

The remaining players were using a wider variety of weapons: Red Iron Twinblade (3), Greatswords (4), Curved Greatswords (3), Katanas (3), Greathammers (3), Casters (3), Straight Swords (1), Spears (1), Curved Swords (1), and Hammers (1).

My thoughts? No surprises once again.

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Ulteriortech9

I'm back with some new data for you guys.

In today's session (about 1 hour and 30 minutes), I went through 37 online interactions: 28 invasions and 10 Red Arena matches. As with yesterday, I'm excluding 9 encounters because they were repeat opponents, the host died before I could reach them, or they crossed a fog gate immediately.

That leaves 28 unique players for today's analysis.

Results:
- 12 were using Ultra Greatswords:
+ 3 Ivory King's Ultra Greatswords
+ 3 Greatswords
+ 2 Zweihanders
+ 2 Fume Ultra Greatswords
- 8 were using rapiers:
+ 7 Ice Rapiers
+ 1 standard Rapier
- 9 relied heavily on R1 spam or spell spam:
+ 4 were using UGSs
+ 2 were using the Ice Rapier
- 4 were using Dark Weapon.
- 4 appeared to be playing from Asia (based on extremely high latency and their Steam profiles).
- 2 were cheating:
+ 1 invader with infinite HP.
+ 1 Arena player at max level with infinite poise, Estus usage during the match, and very high latency (of course...).
- 1 Arena player somehow managed to combine Ice Rapier, Dark Weapon, Engraved Gauntlets, R1 spam, and over 6,000 ms ping... quite the achievement.
- 8 were running Strength builds (pure STR or STR hybrids with FTH, INT, or HEX).
- 6 were running Dexterity builds (pure DEX or DEX hybrids with FTH, INT, or HEX).
- 5 were SL200+.
- 4 appeared to be running quality builds.
- 2 were SL300+.
- 1 was max level (the same Arena player who was cheating).

Platform: PC
Date: 07.03.2026

No real surprises today either. The Ice Rapier continues to dominate, Ultra Greatswords are everywhere, and the amount of passive or spam-oriented playstyles remains pretty consistent. I'll keep collecting data over the next few sessions to see if these trends hold up with a larger sample size.

What do you guys think?

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Ulteriortech9

I'm currently collecting data from my online PvP encounters (both invasions and being invaded). For each player I meet, I record information about their build, weapon choice, and other notable details, such as whether they use magic, buffs, or specific pieces of equipment.

During the last hour, I interacted with around 50 players in total, including 3 invasions into my own world. Out of those, 19 players were excluded from the analysis because either the host died before I could reach them, or they were repeat encounters (sometimes the second or even third time I'd matched with the same player).

Among the remaining 31 unique players, I observed the following:

- 11 appeared to be running quality builds (based on their equipment and weapons).
- 7 were using the Ice Rapier (this includes every invader I encountered), making it the most common weapon in this sample.
- 6 relied heavily on R1 spam or spell spam:
+ 3 were using the Ice Rapier.
+ 3 were primarily casting sorceries or hexes.
- 4 were using weapon buffs, self-buffs, or both.
- 2 were wearing full Havel's.
- 2 were using Engraved Gauntlets.
- 2 were cheating with infinite HP.

Platform: PC
Date: 07.02.2026

I'll most likely continue collecting this kind of data from now on. I think it's fascinating to see how people approach Dark Souls II nowadays and how the meta has evolved over the years.

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Ulteriortech9

WHAT COULD IT BE?!? 👀

Surely, no one was expecting two videos in a row... 😏

Will you be there tomorrow? Let me know!