What does hollow damage do ds3?

Infusing your weapon with Hollow does a few things. It reduces the base damage of your weapon slightly (almost always by a lesser amount than any other damage-reducing infusion), it DOES NOT change your weapons natural scaling, and it adds damage that scales with luck.
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What is the benefit of hollowing in ds3?

no invasion, just like DkS 1 but a shorter health bar. that's called being unembered. Hollowing allows you to get 5 free levels from Yoel of Londor, as well as introduces Yuria of Londor and her questline for a "secret" not really secret ending.
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What does the hollowing stat do in ds3?

Hollowing is caused by the Dark Sigil brand and turns player characters into zombie-like creatures after it reaches a certain level or counter—15, to be specific. This Hollowing increases after subsequent deaths.
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What are the negatives to being hollow ds3?

The only negative effect is that your beautiful character you spent hours in the customization screen for will turn into a shriveled up prune. Otherwise, there are no negative effects, unless you decide to reverse the hollowing which will take quite a lot of souls.
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Is Hollow good ds3?

It adds Luck scaling without jettisoning your other sackings like most infusions. It's pretty niche and not very good in general. At 15 Hollowing or higher, a +10/+5 Hollow-infused weapon will give you a +5 Luck bonus.
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Should I heal my hollowing DS3?

This will make you look human again, but if you die a few times it will go back up. The only way to prevent this process is by paying the fire keeper to remove your dark sigils. That will reset your hollowing and keep you human, but will also lock out the third ending.
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What's the most overpowered weapon in Dark Souls 3?

15 Most Overpowered Weapons In Dark Souls 3
  1. 1 Lothric Knight Sword.
  2. 2 Repeating Crossbow. ...
  3. 3 Demon's Scar. ...
  4. 4 Crucifix Of The Mad King. ...
  5. 5 Millwood Greatbow. ...
  6. 6 Crystal Sage's Rapier. ...
  7. 7 Splitleaf Greatsword. ...
  8. 8 Harald Curved Greatsword. ...
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What happens at 99 hollowing DS3?

The damage you take at 99 is insane. I went from getting chip damage at a certain fall to getting almost 50% health depletion. Dragonslayer Armour Could take me to 85% hp an attack to almost death! Be weary of hitting 99 hollow.
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Is hollow Knight harder than DS3?

Would you say Hollow Knight or Dark Souls 3 is more difficult? If you don't count the White Palace, then DS3 hands down (aasuming you're playing solo). With the White Palace though, Hollow Knight has a HUGE spike in difficulty.
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Is there a downside to hollowing?

Hollowing has no negative effects on gameplay. However, it is required for certain NPC questlines and provides a bonus to luck when wielding Hollow weapons with a hollowing level of at least 15. Hollowing can be temporarily cured by paying the Statue of Velka to reverse hollowing, or by consuming a Purging Stone.
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How do I permanently stop hollowing ds3?

The more permanent option for curing Hollowing is to obtain the Fire Keeper Soul and give it to the Fire Keeper. The player must then pay a soul cost equal to the amount of souls they would pay to level up from their current level, by a number of levels equal to the amount of Dark Sigils held.
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How to get 5 free levels in Dark Souls 3?

If you want to gain all 5 levels at once, simply draw out your strength, then jump off the Firelink cliff two times. Rinse and repeat until finished. After gaining these 5 levels, Yoel will eventually die and be replaced by Yuria.
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How important is luck ds3?

The luck stat affects item drop rates and also status effects. For example, if you wanted to make a good bleed build, you would raise luck to increase the chances of inflicting bleed damage. Furthermore, it is good in the early game to get better weapons and armor from enemies at a low level.
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Should I remove Dark Sigil ds3?

Take heed not to act rashly to remove one's Dark Sigils, as doing so will prevent Yoel from speaking with the player (if he is still alive) as well as cause Yuria to leave Firelink Shrine permanently, rendering one unable to follow her questline and attain the Usurpation of Fire ending of the game.
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Why does my character look dead in Dark Souls 3?

Hollowing is a "statistic" in Dark Souls 3 that is accumulated when the player dies while branded with a Dark Sigil. The amount of Hollowing gained per death is equal to the number of Dark Sigils in the player's inventory. At 15 or more Hollowing, the player becomes Hollow.
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Why reverse hollowing Dark Souls?

Reverse hollow makes u human, so u can summon other players. u must be human to kindle. kindling gives u 5 more estus. Being human (reverse hollowing) also allows other players and NPCs to invade you which is a critical part of the fun.
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Is DS1 or DS3 easier?

If anything, DSIII is much harder, at least in the back half. The first game front-loads its difficulty, peaking with Ornstein & Smough at approximately the halfway point, and from there it's all downhill- none of the bosses in its latter half are anywhere near as challenging, at least once you figure out their tricks.
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What's harder DS1 or DS3?

I feel like i'm in the minority for this, but after putting a lot of time into dark souls 1 and recently beating dark souls 3, I can say I had much more difficulty getting through the 3rd game. For example, O/S are mentioned as one of the hardest souls boss fights.
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Is DS3 one of the hardest games?

Dark Souls was so famous due to its game design philosophy and genius map structure that it caused the existence of two more games within the same franchise. Dark Souls 3 might not be the hardest of the Dark Souls, but it is hard, rewarding, and amazingly well-designed.
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What happens if I use a Purging Stone?

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Purging stone only temporarily removes your hollowing, if you die you'll get it again. You can save the souls and just leave it. Theres no functional reason to, do you want to look hollow or human? If you die you will need to use another unless you get rid of your sigils.
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Do I want to reverse hollowing?

And the main reason to not reverse hollowing is you can get invaded while in human form, if you don't mind that then there's no reason not to unhallow unless you're running low on humanity. As long as your online it counts as online. You can summon or be summoned.
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Can you buff hollow weapons?

Because hollow is considered a physical infusion (adds luck scaling to the weapon) you can still apply buffs to the hollow weapon.
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What is the best PVE weapon in ds3?

The Black Knight Sword is considered one of the best weapons for PVE and for good reason. With Perseverance, the player's poise can be boosted to deal incredible damage.
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What is the best straight sword in ds3?

As arguably the most powerful Straight Sword in Dark Souls 3, it makes sense that the aptly named Ringed Knight Straight Sword can only be found in The Ringed City DLC. With the longest reach out of all Straight Swords, it is ideal for out-spacing foes.
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What is the best sword in ds3?

The 15 Best Weapons In Dark Souls 3
  • 8 Astora Greatsword.
  • 7 Black Knight Sword.
  • 6 Claymore.
  • 5 The Dragonslayer Spear.
  • 4 Exile Greatsword.
  • 3 Sellsword Twinblades.
  • 2 Farron Greatsword.
  • 1 Gael's Greatsword.
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