The engraved gauntlets give a chance for a normal hit to do the damage of a critical hit, like a backstab or riposte. Keep attacking until you trigger a critical hit from the gauntlets, then take off the gauntlets. Every hit will now become a critical, for a lot of damage. There was a input delay on mouse and keyboard users in the orginal version of Dark Souls 2. You will almost never make the correct input because of 60fps makes the timing twice as hard to pull off and ten times more difficult because of input delay. The result is a terrifyingly powerful Optional Boss who's able to wield the maddening power of the Abyss as if it were a toy. Fan Nickname: Dyna & Tillo have been nicknamed "Silky" (Or "Silky & Smooth"), keeping the tradition of Snuggly and Sparkly's names. Old Ornstein for Old Dragonslayer, or Dark Magic Ornstein. Start: Opens the game menu – this does not pause the game (there is no pause in this game). Things can still attack you, and you can still move with the left analog stick, but the buttons control the menu operations (your shield is down, you cannot sprint, attack, etc). While using the menu you can hit Start again at any time to immediately Dark Souls II PlayStation 3 . PC Xbox 360. When you backstab two-handed with a dagger, you use the same technique as you would 1 hand. Why would it deal more damage? Dark Souls 2: Backstabbing for Noobs. theOldestNoob. 19 subscribers. Subscribe. 252. 16K views 6 years ago. Oldest Noob gives short tutorial teaching how to backstab in Dark Souls 2. Dark Usage. Can only be used at Blacksmith Steady Hand Mc Duff. Used to imbue weapons with an Intelligence-based magic bonus. This removes all the other scaling a weapon has. (Different weapons add different tiers of scaling). Can not be used on shields. Comparable to Dark Souls 1's Enchanted upgrade. At 50 Int, the Enchanted path will outscale the Quickly press the attack button to trigger the backstab. Lock on to enemy so that you are facing them. When you see an opening (spell cast or strong attack windup), release the lock and immediately roll past the enemy so Without rotating the camera, face the opponent's back by using the movement 98gs.