Remnant: From the Ashes was my first dive into a soulslike game and I fell in love with the grind of it, then followed up with playing Remnant 2.

But I hate Melee combat and it seems soulslikes are usually focused on it.

Is there any that focus on ranged combat or have viable builds for ranged?

Thanks!

  • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    FWIW you can play completely ranged in the the Dark Souls games. DS2 has binoculars which let you treat it like a FPS with spells if you so choose. It’s a lot of fun imo. Bows are also viable.

    Unfortunately I don’t know of anything else like that besides Remnant.

      • meowmeowmeow@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 days ago

        They absolutely can be. Ofc for ranged sorcery/pyromancy/miracles/incantation are way better but you can absolutely deal good damage with bows

            • techt@lemmy.world
              5·
              7 days ago

              Yeah! Some of my favorite builds involve bows. However, I think suggesting Dark Souls to someone who hates melee and enjoyed Remnant is a trap. Bow gameplay in Souls games is highly janky and bow-only is primarily done as a challenge run. I’d never suggest that to a first-timer to the series, but that’s just me :)

              • meowmeowmeow@lemmy.world
                3·
                7 days ago

                That’s a more fair explanation than just saying “don’t fall for this bait” which makes it sound like bows are useless.

                I did say in a separate comment that doing some bosses as bow only is a bit janky.

                Edit: But I did a bow only run on Elden Ring as a challenge run and was surprised how easy it was most of the time. Was only a few bosses that felt janky.