GusBricker
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Is Boulder Heave worth trading in a boss soul for? Is it better than Fire Orb?
I really don't need a havel ring, my load is pretty much at 50%
I really don't need a havel ring, my load is pretty much at 50%
Dark Souls III |OT| Thy path has been tested, now fight unkindled ash
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Yes, they are in your inventory as Key Items.
Ghostmaster
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Eh, honestly this is well explained and makes some sense.
The only big one that bothered me in DS3 -
Ornstein...again...again, for the third time, I mean yeah, possessed armor whatever, but 3 times in 3 games...what. Should have went with Artorias as the series mascot instead.
That's the fan service in the game I think is the most interesting.
the final boss being a blend of all the chosen undead and then Gwyn was also a perfect cap off if this really is the last Dark Souls for a long time/ever.
Played the game all weekend and just beat it (got the regular
ending). I think I missed a couple optional bosses, so I'll keep playing this file a bit more before I try to go for the more complicated ending.
How hard is NG+ btw? If I want to get that ending as fast as possible, should I go into NG+ after beating all the optional bosses/upgrading my stuff, or will I be better off just starting a new character? And just in case I end up going to NG+, what should I make sure to do before I start?
Uh, I don't think that was him though?
"Usurping the Fire"
How hard is NG+ btw? If I want to get that ending as fast as possible, should I go into NG+ after beating all the optional bosses/upgrading my stuff, or will I be better off just starting a new character? And just in case I end up going to NG+, what should I make sure to do before I start?
Uh, I don't think that was him though?
Ghostmaster
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Yeah, that's what I meant with
possessed armor, I just don't understand why they went with the same boss (visual) design for the third time in the series
DorkLord54
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Is it safe to that
is this game's O&S in terms of determining whether a player will continue playing or give up?
Pontiff Sulyvahn
Dio Brando
Banned
FINALLY DEFEATED
SOLO. god, that was incredibly satisfying.
NAMELESS KING
Dancer
Pontiff
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
No. People are not noticing a couple of important things if they're hitting a wall there and need to experiment more.
O+S was tough no matter how much you spoiled yourself on strats.
RespectThySole
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That was the first challenging boss so I guess you could say that, but not really equivalent to O&S.
JTCx
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From my experience, the best way to dodge the move is to run along the side of the room in a circle and then stop if you see 2 soul arrows pass by you. Sometimes he doesn't even do the soul arrows at all and will just shoot the homing missles but the general idea is still the same.
Same
Theres a diff between fanservice being in your lore and writing your thing around the fanservice, and I've heard arguments for both
It was for me. I had trouble with others but nowhere near as much as with
Pontiff
Honestly, I think he's not that well designed and I would go as far as call him cheap. He's not fun to fight due to how unpredictable he is, how unrelenting his attacks can be and sometimes there's no tells for what he can possibly do. Not to forget he splits in two.
He's hard for sure, but compared to my previous roadblock bosses in the other games, I felt miserable fighting him even with co op. Even his visual design felt a bit bland to me
He's hard for sure, but compared to my previous roadblock bosses in the other games, I felt miserable fighting him even with co op. Even his visual design felt a bit bland to me
>invade
>bow to initiate honorabru duel
>chug ashen flasks and hope opponent chugs their hp flasks
WhiskerFrisker
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Dancer of the Frigid Valley
Hmmm, I found him super difficult and yes, in a sense the O&S of the game for me, (though other bosses are harder IMHO) but I loved every second of it and felt like I really earned the win once I got it down. I did it solo with a long sword and by the time I beat him I knew his patterns super well. He was really hard to parry reliably, so I gave up on that personally.
I am sure I'm going to find him 10x easier on my current run as a result of the effort I put in on my first NG.
I just noticed 2 of the 3 bosses I summoned for are easier than most bosses I soloed
I didnt summon for
,
,
or the last boss.
And yet I summoned for
and
.
Just lack of patience got to me I guess (I hated
and just wanted to be done with it, and
...I dunno, was having a bad day I guess?)
I didnt summon for
Watchers
Pontiff
Dancer
And yet I summoned for
Champion Gundyr
Old Demon King
Just lack of patience got to me I guess (I hated
smoldering lake
Gundyr
Freezasaurus
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Nah. He felt like a brick wall the first couple times I fought him, but if you pay attention, you start to find weaknesses. It does help a bit if you fight him by that small flight of steps leading to the slightly elevated area where he starts. It varies the height of his attacks and adds the potential for some of them to go over your head.
there is a boss later in the game that makes him a joke.
Omega Ultimus
Member
The D
A
looks a lot more appropriate for someone who was supposedly the
, which then ties into the N
K
lore.
Personally, I liked its inclusion in the game, and the fight intro itself is really interesting lore-wise.
ragonslayer
mour
leader of the Four Knights, and it also confirms that the Ornstein in DS1 was an illusion
ameless
ing
Personally, I liked its inclusion in the game, and the fight intro itself is really interesting lore-wise.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
What did you do for Dancer?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I have some sick masochist quality about me where I NEED to beat bosses solo. In fact, I have never summoned another player in all my Souls playtime for any reason.
I wonder if anyone else here has the same hang-up.
Freezasaurus
Member
Out of those, I haven't fought
Dancer
Gundyr
I'm not sure I get what you're saying, CG is one of the hardest bosses in the game. Not NK tier but harder than most of the non-optional bosses for sure. Harder than half the bosses in your solo list for sure, maybe more though ymmv.
RespectThySole
Member
Equip Lothric Knight Shield if you have it. He's a cakewalk with that. 87% Electricity Absorption.
DorkLord54
Member
I don't even think it's because he's
cheap, as he is well designed...
for Bloodborne, which is the problem: he's a Bloodborne boss transplanted into Dark Souls, which doesn't really work due to the decreased i-frames.
for Bloodborne, which is the problem: he's a Bloodborne boss transplanted into Dark Souls, which doesn't really work due to the decreased i-frames.
I finished the game. I found every subsequent bosses to be easier than him mostly because they don't freaking attack for 10 hours.
Bosses like
Dancer, Dragonslayer armor, Nameless King and Gundyr I really enjoyed. They're hard, but they all have a manageable rythm once you read them and they're pretty adapted to a variety of playstyles, and mostly Souls style
Pontiff has just too much bullshit. He's manageable but with a pretty narrow set of conditions compared to other bosses and still is hard as fuck
Fhtagn said:
I think for me is just that it's related to one of the complaints we were discussing earlier: Some builds who used to be viable are just way too inadequate for the game at the moment. I'm sure now that I know how to get him in New Game + it'll be manageable but i'm just annoyed at how restrictive he is and yet still so punishing
Exactly. He could fit well into bloodborne because then you could get an easier parry openings on him, while still maintaining an appropriate challenge. Sadly, this is Souls which is why it aggravates me.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
No no no. There's much, much harder bosses to come
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Where to go next
I just killed Aldrich, and it seems I've hit a dead end. I don't really know where to go next, there doesn't seem to be anywhere else in Anor Londo to go and I can't think of anywhere else to find a new location.
anyone care to point me in the next direction?
anyone care to point me in the next direction?
That's been a sort of annoying theme throughout most of this game for me. I always feel behind in terms of stamina and vitality no matter what point i'm at.
Ghostmaster
Member
Just go 2h and when they shield bash (there's a big tell) dodge and start slashing, most of this guys can get staggered, do damage and then back off, and repeat. You can circle strafe and go for the backstab just keep in mind that most of the times you'll have to dodge the shield bash.
Church bonfire in Irityhll, head downstairs and go across the lake and keep going downstairs.
Dodged a lot? :/
It was the hardest boss in the game to solo imo, well not counting the ones I didnt solo lol. By the way the third boss I summoned for was NK obviously
Oh no shit? Why dont people ever mention him then? Its always the same
NK/Pontiff/Dancer
Abyss Watchers
Crystal Sage
RespectThySole
Member
Dodge in first form. Abuse the Pillars in second form.
RandomSeed
Member
I beat everything solo offline on my first playthrough. I just want to make sure I can do everything before maybe summoning NPCs in a future playthrough here and there to try different things. Having help can also screw with the AI, so you don't have to learn how to avoid damage and understand what makes the boss tick.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Ghostmaster
Member
The trick for the dancer is not to rely too much on lock on, the massive combo is very hard to dodge with a lock on, just sprint and get the fuck out when it starts.
Futurevoid
Member
Absolutely adore this game but FUCK Smouldering Lake. Good lord. Had to quit and recollect myself for later tonight. I was starting to get pissed.
Freezasaurus
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When does the Dancer fight open up? I went back to the room with the old lady (the one opposite the Vordt boss room) and it didn't trigger a fight yet.
Yeah, I was doing that tonight. Great loot, cool concept, fucking hard as shit.
Ghostmaster
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When you defeat the first three lords of cinder, or
you can kill the lady and trigger the fight early, don't do this
RespectThySole
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