Dks 2 Sotfs has different enemy placement from vanilla except on Ps 3 Xbox 360 . It improves a lot of things that way minibosses for example but does make a few areas in the game harder . It ' s still the best version I think . Adaptability is a new important stat . It increases agility which means more iframes during rolls . It also makes healing faster . You want to have around 96 or 105 agility to have real benefits and good rolls . Also , roll length and your stamina regen will change with your equip load . There are no breakpoints like 25 % for fastrolls , but the heavier you are the shorter your rolls get and your stamina regen gets worse . Parrying has been made harder . You have to predict the timing right . It can still be useful against some enemies and bosses . Backstabs have been nerfed but are still strong , poise is weaker but also has hyperframes extra poise during ultraweapons attack animations . A last tip , your total health decreases every death . Use an effigy to restore it only when it gets too low . One of the starting areas has an item that helps a lot reducing that hollowing effect . Edit about healing , don ' t rely on the estus flask too much . Lifegems are what you should use most of the time , even the standard ones .