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![]() His most dangerous move during this cycle is his backstep however, it's extremely rare. Sometimes he'll start turning around or fly up to buttslam instead in both cases, keep circling him and wait for him to recommence his side swings. This lets you continuously have him keep doing the same attack while you hit him as many times as you'd like. To evade them completely, you can stand on one side, await the attack, then quickly strafe to the other side. He'll hit on whichever side of him you're currently on. ![]() There is an almost completely safe spot standing right behind him while in it, he will usually only go for his sideward swings. It's recommended to keep trying to circle behind him, as it sets you up for gettings a lot of attacks off between his hits. While you're close to him, his only attacks that can't be blocked are his prolonged forwards overhead attack, which you can easily step out of the way from, and his fly-up butt-slam attack, for which you can simply back away, then close back in. It's essential to stay close to him because if you get too far away, he'll use long-range wide-arc attacks, which are hard both to block and dodge. Preserving stamina doesn't matter it can even slightly hurt you, because whether you're at full stamina or next to none, you'll still fully block his hits, and if you're at low stamina, you'll receive the shorter guard-break animation instead of the major knockback animation at high stamina. You'll take nearly no damage from a blocked hit. BlockingĮvery class' starting shield, apart from Pyromancer's, can effectively block most of his attacks. Note if you stand here too long, he will jump up and break the platform, dealing damage and causing you to fall. He can be killed here for his weapon, but without any weapons, it takes a long time unless you picked Black Firebombs as a starting gift or are in New Game Plus.Īfterward, once you find all your equipment, you will walk through a Fog Gate on the second floor to find him staring up at you from below. You should run along the wall to the left and through a gate that opens which will end the encounter. Your first encounter with this boss is through the big double doors past the first bonfire and on your first playthrough will be practically impossible. Sourced from the Future Press Official Dark Souls Strategy Guide Attack Patterns Attack
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