Another great method would be cooping in Grand Archives. Help a person to clear the entire archives and you pretty much get 100k+ souls in a single run on NG. This one is definitely the most fun method, since you don't have to mindlessly kill the same three enemies over and over again. 13. ogrelin. Dark Souls III PlayStation 4 . PC Xbox One. It's really aggravating that a small 5 step walk is enough to avoid a backstab when chugging. PSN: SushiPudge glad I am not the only one who has noticed this. i put around 225 hours into the xbox version and never had any issues whatsoever backstabbing the Silver Knights in Anor Londo. However on the PC version they really gave me a tough time my first time through. Everyone one else, i can backstab every time i want to. i am glad i am not hallucinating. Dark Souls. What people dont realize about backstabs and lag. Dex_Pyromaniac 11 years ago #1. Without any latency at all, backstabs would be even more OP. Right now, exactly due to latency/lag, you can abuse counters to certain backstab 'tactics'. Think about thorn equips negating bs damage, its a great way to counter a rollbs once its too late Parry = too easy, Backstab = too hard (pvp) So its come to my attention that backstab not only does less damage, but is also more difficult to land for some reason; i mean you can actually roll out of the animation.. Parry on the other hand is significantly easier to land due to the fact that most people just spam it to victory then land a near For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "At some point the backstab fishers will have to try something new". 3. Parry the attack before it actually finishes. In order to do that you hide behind the shield and press the button responsible for the strong attack (and the right-hand weapon action). For Dark Souls on the PlayStation 3, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "How to counter someone's counter-backstab?". NtwaG.