| Knight Artorias the Abysswalker | |
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| Location | Royal Wood |
| Health * | NG: 3,750 |
| NG+: 5,887 | |
| Souls * | NG: 50,000 |
| NG+: 100,000 | |
| * Recorded in PATCH 1.5 |
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| weakness: headshot (while charging for buff) |
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Knight Artorias is a Boss in Dark Souls Remastered. He is located just before Oolacile Township in the DLC portion of the game.
Knight Artorias the Abysswalker Lore
Knight Artorias was one of the four Knights of Gwyn, the commanding knights of Lord Gwyn's army. Artorias had an unbendable will of steel, which both helped and fed his hatred for servants of the Dark, particularly the Darkwraiths of Kaathe.
Lord Gwyn bequeathed him with a custom-made ring, the Wolf Ring, to assist in his already unmatched ability to wield a greatsword.
When in New Londo Artorias discovered the ability of abysswalking; earning him his title: Artorias the Abysswalker. This allowed him to enter The Abyss, the home of the Darkwraiths and the Four Kings themselves. At some unspecified time in the past, when Oolacile was attacked by the Abyss, Artorias traveled to Oolacile to rescue Princess Dusk of Oolacile.
Defeated by Manus and the Abyss, Artorias sacrificed his great shield to protect his loyal companion, a young Sif, from the myriad Humanity Sprites that littered the deepest reaches of Oolacile. With his left arm shattered following his confrontation with Manus, he had no use for the shield and chose to wield his greatsword in his one good hand. With time, Artorias became fully-corrupted by the Abyss (though, in hunting the corrupted denizens of Oolacile, it is clear he didn't wholly forget his mission). At some point after this, an unknown hero (The Chosen Undead) travelled back to the past and, in the process of relieving Oolacile of its corruption and rescuing Dusk, finally bested Artorias.
In doing so, The Chosen Undead preserved the lost knight's honour. Despite The Chosen Undead's feats, the saviour of Dusk and Oolacile would come to be attributed to Artorias. Rather than being corrupted by the Abyss like the rest of Oolacile, it was believed that he perished while facing the Abyss. Perhaps the only compatriot of Artorias that knew the truth was Sif, who in thanks for his rescue from the Abyss gifted The Chosen Undead Artorias' Cleansing Greatshield.
Attacks
- Savage Leaping Strike, Artorias howls, then leaps to the player to use him as a sheath for his sword, dealing massive damage. Can be blocked while moving sideways or avoided by rolling forward/to the side when he's about to land. Good moment to hit once.
- Stabbing Charge, Artorias dashes to the player in an attempt to pierce the player. This attack hits twice, unless you manage to avoid it, and while blocked, can take most of your stamina bar away if you don't have a proper shield for it. If blocked, it's a good moment to hit safely on Artorias as he will back off if hit. If hit in the back, he can perform a Slashing Dodge.
- Slashing Dodge, at close range, Artorias can perform a very fast backhand slash at the player, while leaping away at the same time. This attack is very fast, and it one of the main reasons a shield should always be held ready when close to Artorias and not attacking/regaining stamina.
- Light Stab, Artorias will often follow with a light stab after closing up on the player with a previous attack.
- Gliding Slash, Artorias glides a short distance to slash horizontally in front of him. There is another version where Artorias rather slashes downwards after approaching with a disarticulated upperbody motion. Can be blocked or avoided by rolling sideways. May follow with a Light Stab.
- Slashing Combo, Artorias will swing his blade 1-3 times. Commonly followed by 2-hit Hurricane Swing/Light Stab.
- 2-hit Hurricane Swing, Artorias will swing his blade for 720°, hitting the player twice in the process. Can be blocked or dodged. Used when standing near him for a long time/after he does a melee attack.
- Somersault Smashing Combo, at medium range, Artorias might do a fast somersault towards the player to heavily smash his sword downward. This smash can be repeated another 2 times, each swing individually tracking the players new position. Dodging/blocking the first attack is vital as each strike will stagger the player/crush the player to the ground, which are very hard to avoid if having higher than 50% Burden. Not recommended to hit after avoiding the first hit since Artorias can do the same counter as the follow-up of Stabbing Charge. Can safely hit if you blocked the 3 somersaults. He slowly regains stance after the last smash. This is one of the few attacks in the game that completely ignores iFrames, meaning that it will damage the player even mid-roll or on the ground if the sword connects with the player. Rolling to the side is the best way to avoid it.
- Oozing Darkness, if standing behind Artorias for too long, he will throw sludge at the player with a backhand swing of his free hand. Medium-ranged, can be blocked or avoided with a back roll.
- One with the Abyss, after losing 1/3 of his HP, Artorias will gather Darkness around him to unleash a violent AoE explosion while giving him a damage buff and a trail of harmless Darkness will float behind him. He can stack the buff if he does it again before it runs out and the explosion has a medium-sized AoE. The explosion can be avoided/blocked and the whole attack can be interrupted by hitting Artorias a certain amount of times while he channels the explosion, causing him to get staggered. The number of times you have to hit him depends on the weapon (3 hits with a Man-Serpent Greatsword or 2 hits with the Avelyn crossbow were enough, for example, but it's very hard to pull it off with Ricard's Rapier). A headshot with a bow will always knock him out of the channeling process, but you've only got enough time to get maybe 2 or 3 tries at it if you're quick. It seems to occur no matter the damage output, since headshots on humanoids always stun. It is better to interrupt the buff as it may be troublesome to deal with Artorias when a buffed Savage Leaping Strike might drain a whole HP bar/stamina bar, even with Havel's Greatshield. While he is channeling this ability the damage he receives is reduced significantly.
Relevant Videos:
Drops
- 25,000 souls if fought with a sunlight warrior or 50.000 souls without (100.000 in NG)
- Soul of Artorias
Trivia
- Artorias possesses most of the attacks of Great Grey Wolf Sif.
- If the player rescues Sif before attacking him in Darkroot Garden, a different cutscene will be played.
- The game's database reveals that Artorias has his own cut dialogue.
- In the ending credits, Artorias' voice is attributed to Freddie A'Brassard.
- Artorias's name is likely derived from Arthur of the King Arthur myth, much like Gwyn's and Gwynevere's.
Strategy
Melee Rolling Strategy
While this boss is really difficult to predict, he does have a few tells for his attacks and a quick roll is very important. Place yourself away from him by about twice his reach at all times (even for melee).
- Aerial Attacks
When he uses his Somersault slam attack you will want to roll to the right as the camera tilts upward while locked onto him. You want to do this three times and then get in 1 or 2 attacks (based on your weapon) after the third attack lands. Avoid attacking after his Steadfast Leap. Instead use that opportunity to heal or get some distance from him.
- Standing Attacks
When he uses his Overhand Smash, roll to the right. While he leaves himself open for a frames, he will usually follow up with his Spinning Slash attack. Therefore it is best to get some distance from him instead as the Spinning Slash attack is difficult to get away from when it begins.
- Charging Attacks
With his Charging Slash move you will always want to roll backwards from where he intends to land the attack. After successfully dodging this attack, you will be able to get 1 or 2 hits on him.
His Heavy Thrust attack will need to be side dodged. Depending on which way he turns during the charge, you will need to dodge the opposite way. After you dodge he has a long recovery time and you should be able to get 2 or 3 hits in.
- Other Attacks
When you are behind Artorias he may use his Abyss Sludge attack. This move does little damage but can stun you. If timed right, you can roll forward through the attack and get a hit on him then immediately retreat.
After Artorias has lost 1/3 of his health he will start to use his Wrath of the Abyss power up. If left alone, he will do much more damage after he completes the power up for a limited time, potentially one shotting you. If you can get close fast enough, you can stun him out of his power up before it's completed by hitting him repeatedly. If you don't do enough damage fast enough then he will hit you with an AOE blast attack that will knock you on your back. Your best bet is to use a heavy, high damage, weapon and stop him from gaining his attack buff, or to quickly whip out a bow and shoot him in the face.
Heavy Melee
He has 3750 HP and gives 50000 souls.
Artorias lives up to his billing as being unmatched with a greatsword, and even co-op battles against him can be a drawn out and exhausting affair. He is extremely aggressive (pretty much like Gwyn) and usually controls the pace of the fight, but also uses his speed and dodge-rolls to defend himself or break away from walls or multiple attackers. He switches rapidly between defense/offense as well as his targets, and will press his attacks against injured opponents to finish them off before they can heal. It is very important to keep moving and not let him wind up on you. Summoned players should try to maintain aggro on him and keep him away from the host, as his aggressive tactics and leaping abilities can make it easy for him to cover a lot of ground and surprise a host particularly if they are trying to cast a spell or drink Estus. Staying at a close or middle distance while constantly strafing to one side can be an effective way to avoid his various gliding stabs and somersaults, but backing off too far can result in punishing leap attacks that track fairly well, or give him time to use his charge up attack. All of his attacks can be blocked with a fairly nice shield quite easily (Balder Shield + 5 for example is more than enough) so you should try to use a good shield and keep your guard up whenever possible. Blocking with a high stability shield and good stamina tends to be safer than trying to roll through his attacks, as a number of his attacks have the range and tracking to punish all but the most perfectly timed and directed roll evasions. But when he pauses to kneel down and start charging his power up, that is the moment you NEED to attack him. He can be staggered out of his charging animation with a few swings of a strong melee weapon (such as a greatsword or ultra greatsword wielded two handed) or by the obsidian greatsword's 2-handed R2 AoE attack. This can also be an opportunity to hit him with a few spells. If you let him fully charge however he will emit an AoE attack and increase his damage for some time. After a few times he may be far to strong to be blocked in any way, depending on the shield used.
NG+: The charge-up which increases his damage will not last for the entire fight, but he might charge again before it has run out. Even charged though, he remains blockable, only his very high leap can be unblockable and must be avoided by walking backwards from him, otherwise he will strike behind your shield. If only attacked in uncharged state and healed when he´s at a distance makes this fight very controllable.
Always keep stamina bar over 50% at all time as none of his direct attacks are to be taken lightly and considering Artorias' extremely fast stance recovery/follow-up speed.
Note: I've experienced the fight easier with a long ranged spear, like the Silver Knight Spear. With a long ranged spear, you can safely hit him once or twice when he has landed his Savage Leaping Strike, Somersault Smashing Combo and his Gliding Slash (always remember that while rolling to his left side, you cant be hit with this attack), just remember to quickly roll backwards after you've hit him. Also, some poise will help you with the fight, as with around 40 poise you can outstand one or two of his weaker attacks, and one hit of his Somersault Smashing Combo, and safely roll out if you miss the timing.
Pyromancy
This fight becomes relatively easy for an upgraded pyromancer. You will need to have your flame upgraded to ascended max and have acquired the Power Within, Great Chaos Fireball (GCF) and Great Fireball (GF) spells. Also, having a 100% high stability shield (I used Caduceus Kite Shield) the Crown of Dusk (or other pyro boosting gear), Cloranthy Ring and Dark Wood Grain Ring will help a lot. The Cloranthy to keep your stamina up and Dark Wood Ring to give you extra dodge frames. At the fog door pop Power Within. Enter and try and bait him into doing his high leap attack. Dodge the attack with a quick side roll and immediately hit him with a GCF. Rinse repeat. After the second (or sometimes first) GCF he will back flip to do his buff charge up. Be on the look out for this constantly! As soon as he does this rush to casting range and hit him with two quick GCF. This will stagger him out of the buff. At this point you may have one GCF left. It is best to switch to GF if you do, you always want to have 2 spells queued up to interrupt the buff. Follow the same strategy with GF. It shouldn't take more than all of your GCF and GF to finish him, but you may want to have some fireballs on hand in case you miss a GCF or GF or two.
- If you don't break the buff, don't freak out. Just keep dodging and trying to bait him until it breaks. Though you may not want to cause a second buff before the first wears off due to the stack effect.
- The high leap has the longest recovery time and is easy to bait which makes it the the best chance to attack. Not only for your casting time but also he is very good at dodging projectiles. He can't dodge during the recovery animation.
Gallery
“Whatever thou art, stay away.”
“Soon, I will be consumed.”
“By them, by the Dark.”
"I beg of thee, the spread of the Abyss… must be stopped."
-Artorias's cut dialogue. Why they didn't include this, I have NO IDEA.
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stunning him during the powerup trivializes the fight, wish it was just a phase 2 lol
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One of my favourite fights in the game, visit him, die, or quit out, get fall control and your equip load to between 25-29% and meme roll down the unactivated elevator, claw your way out of the chasm of the abyss and through Oolacile township until you reach Artorias's arena, go up the stairs to the right and shoot him through the gaps with arrows. Sif always deserved better than that daft chump.
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One of my favorite fights in the game, honestly. Even though I started the Souls series with this game many years ago, it's been a few years since I've played it, and once you're used to the faster enemy movements in games like Elden Ring and Sekiro, returning to Dark Souls initially feels significantly easier, so much so that I don't think I even got close to dying on any of the other bosses, except for Bed of Chaos predictably making me grind my teeth on a few attempts. However, I was pleasantly surprised to fight Artorias again and see how much on your toes this fight keeps you when it comes to both defensively dodging his fast swings and offensively staying on top of him enough to keep him from buffing. Anyone with a tanky build is probably going to find this fight somewhat trivial, sure, but, as a Faith build, compared to a lot of other bosses in the latter half of the game, Artorias is a nice change of pace that I'll always have fond memories of fighting.
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It is weak to lightning damage. zweihander lightning +5 made the fight easier, heavy attack staggers him and interrupts the buff charge
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There's nothing wrong with the moveset of this boss, but I don't think it's a particularly good fight (although it does still manage to be one of the better boss fights in this game). My biggest problem is that his actual moves are fairly easy to avoid and the entire fight is either incredibly easy if you stop him from buffing or is an unfun struggle to avoid getting OHKOed by his hyper fast attacks. For me, the fight swings too much between the extremes of being too easy or hard in a way that's not interesting or fun.
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bro i just read this guy lore he accomplished nothing why is he so praised bruh
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Artorias: -rose up the ranks of the military to the point where he became one of the knights of Gwyn
-risked his life to venture into the abyss by himself
-left a protective spell around Sif
-despite falling to the abyss, he still lives on through legends and has an entire fanbase trying to be him
-fights with his non-dominant hand and still destroys a **** ton of Chosen Undead with his skill
Guts: -couldn't even save his girlfriend from getting banged
-relies on armor and brute force for his strength
-will probably never die because merch has to get sold somehow
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Does Artorias have any fire resistance?
I was using Quelaag's Fury sword and they only seemed to be taking the physical damage while completely resisting the additional fire damage it deals.
In the 1st phase - roll - hit - roll - hit (sometimes twice) and repeat. In changing phase drink potion or throw a fireball at the boss. In 2nd phase keep ur shield up and roll to the right (!) till it ends. When he jumps at u from afar - run forward (sometimes also roll forward in the last seconds).
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Artorias the abyss walker, a legend who able to walk in the abyss without being consume by it darkness, "art" + "notorious", famous of mastering the art in himself, because of his existence "Artorias", I was able to talk among it without being consumed.
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Black Knight Halberd also deals very high damage to him. I ve test it.
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Mooom this weird looking dirty man is screaming at meee!
Also kinda ironic that his own shield (the one made from Sif's soul) makes the fight with him a piece of cake.
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got him on my 5thish try while only taking damage once. partly due to his stupid ai decided to go for a buff when his hp dropped to %30 which allowed me to quickly finish the fight
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As much as I love the interaction of being able to prevent his buffs through staggering him, I kind of wish his buffs weren't able to be cancelled and were permanent. Love the boss, he's my second fav after Kalameet, just wish he had that extra bite to make turtling not as rewarding against him.
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poise is so unironically broken that I can just sit there and buff while he does three consecutive slam attacks.
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Just some additional info about Artorias and King Arthur's connection
In japanese version Artorias's name is Artorius. And Artorius is one of the historical figures who potentially was the basis for King Arthur (Lucius Artorius Castus). Also in his earlier version, Arthur is not a king but "a peerless warrior who functioned as the monster-hunting protector of Britain from all internal and external threats. Some of these are human threats, such as the Saxons he fights in the Historia Brittonum, but the majority are supernatural, including giant cat-monsters, destructive divine boars, dragons, dogheads, giants, and witches" (the quote is from Wikipedia).
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Won against O&S first try, then lost 15 times to Artorias. I either got worse, or people have a completely different strategy than me.
Faith build btw
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Just beat Gwyn for the first time -- and can now say for sure Artorias was my favorite fight (just barely ahead of O&S) in the game. Going reverse Elden Ring > DS 3 > DS 1 gives such an interesting perspective to see how they evolved the mechanics... and wish I had would have known about Artorias while experiencing Farron Keep and the Abysswatchers. Guess a good reason to NG+ w/ DS3 next. Was really hoping Gwyn would be this much fun, but alas was not... Artorias, thanks for being the path for so many later great Soulsborne fights.
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this boss has kicked my butt so much but i love it
and i thank firexixa for the help
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Not THAT tough, but this dude is a test of reflexes. Feels like a DS3 boss.
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Beat him first try. No, nobody invites me to parties; Why do you ask?
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he is not really hard , all you have to do is bait his mid -long range attacks (like his dash and jump attack) hit him run away and redo the process , if you hit him where he had his broken arm he will not touch you with his fast spin attack , you can go lightweight and use the Dark Wood Grain Ring if you have trouble to run way from him
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Didn´t Artorias get the ability to traverse the abyss by receivning the ring from a primordial serpent (most likely Kingseeker Frampt)?
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With 40 STA and +11 Tower Shield, he could never even get close to push my stamina to the bottom.
I just held up the shield and wait for him to empty his attack-stamina during his attacks. Then hit him.
Then just wait again. I took him out first try. I didn't even notice that his buff made a difference. I thought he was bugged or something.
The only attack that actually emptied my stamina bar - but did no damage after that - was the high jump and dive down attack. But after that, he has no follow up, then he's empy on his attack-stamina. That attack can also be quite easily avoided by walking in the direction of him when he starts the attack. Then his dive attack misses, and he landed behind me, and I could get 1 hit on him for free.
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Coming back to this game, I found it a little jarring that 3 2h light attacks from quelaag's furysword could stagger him out of his buff animation. I always remember him tanking nearly everything only for the explosion to knock me onto my ass.
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I fight Artorias again after finishing Elden ring several times, now he feels much easier, must be because I've got much more experience now. His charging Abyss can be interrupted with 3 light attack of 2H gargoyle axe. I also prefer to stay close to him while holding up grass crest shield. His movements are kinda intimidating but it's quite clearly telegraphed. As long as you keep cool and calm, rolling to the side or almost directly at him is best to avoid and counterattack him. Hope this help.
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Overrated af boss both in gameplay and fanfare. Beat him 1st try on my first character on str build blindly, then less than 5 tries on my low SL sorcerer chara to get Dark Bead early. His attacks are simple and easy to read and dodge. I was hyped for this boss cuz ppl were praising this fight so much but O and S is a much more fun boss fight.
Also why is he so popular lmao he's just a crazed dog you need to put down cuz he lost to Manus, and has no impact to the story at all.
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People complain about all the Artorias references in 3, but then 1 hits you with this sh*t
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Wait you were supposed to interrupt his buff? I just steered clear of him when he did that because I assumed there was an AoE involved.
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Honestly my favourite boss in the whole series because it has no bullsh**,no small area,no annoying camera,no dogs,no dou,no lava,no ranged attack,no cheese strategy,no glitch. Just you,him and the soil you go 6 meters through with his somersaults. Quite fair if you ask me
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I fought artorias yesterday, throwing daggers also works to interrupt his abyss power up
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This is probably my favorite fight in the game so far. I never really got frustrated or mad, and i knew exactly how i ****ed up when i did. Then beating him finally was soooo satisfying, i felt so accomplished. Learning his moveset felt really intuitive, nothing felt BS or OP, his stunlock move doesn't even do a whole lot of damage if he does decide to stunlock you (unless he's buffed) and his buff can easily be stopped if you hit him hard and fast enough. Really really good fight, the first time in this game when I felt the boss was a real CHALLENGE and didn't have any janky bullshit it could abuse. Just you, him, and an empty arena fighting it out. Really ****in fun.
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Also - only heal when he buffs. Most bosses let you back off and sneak one in, he and Gwyn are really the only two that absolutely will not allow it except for very specific windows.
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This is a serious “don’t get greedy” fight. You lose when you try to hit him and he’s not affording you a window. I tanked his slashes with a high stability shield but never countered as they are unpredictable in number. Tank his lunge, hit him back after. Roll his big jump attack, counter after that. The somersault he can string together up to three in a row - you can hit after, but if you guess wrong after one or two and he does it again, it’s gonna hurt.
He buffs himself three times during the fight, so mistakes are survivable early, but if you try to sneak one extra hit in late because you almost have him, you’re going to die, no matter how much health you have. Keep composure, wait him out.
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Just take a washing pole and it is as easy as an asylum demon fight
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I’ve flown through most bosses so far (Ornstein & Smough took a few tries, the rest one or two), but Artorias is my first roadblock. This MF’er does Elden Ring’s Lionsclaw to you!
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I think I died over a dozen times before I remembered how to two-hand my Balder Side Sword. Really helped against interupting Artorias' power up. Now I just have to pull off the same **** against Manus, Kalameet, and finally Gywn, with miracles mind you, then do the DLC again using my Pyromancer and Sorcerer. Should be fun.
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This boss took me 30 minutes worth of attempts, making him the 2nd longest boss fight encounter i've ever had. Just me, no buffs, a +10 Longsword, Silver Knight armor set and mid rolls. Pretty fun boss fight if it weren't for the anxiety of getting hit while i get to the arena.
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I rushed through my very first NG through completion without touching the DLC. Gave it a go on NG+1 and boy Artorias gave me a good drubbing the first moment I stepped through the fog wall. Took me I think around 30 tries with the winning attempt both of us left with a sliver of hp. Mix-and-match armor for fast roll, +15 zweihander and grass crest shield with a power within buff for the start of the fight. Overall I really enjoyed this fight. 10/10 for a satisfying win
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honestly this fight kinda blows. its cool if you try to tank it since youll both be trading hits, but actually dodging his attacks means you have to wait for the few attacks where he cant instantly punish you for hitting him. a step in the right direction in boss design though that probably lead to bloodborne/ds3s combat.
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Does he have a damage type he is less resistant to? Nothing does good damage against him.
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This boss teaches you to ACTUALLY dodge and is your introduction to 1v1 PvP. If you can't beat Artorias, don't even bother going online. It also means you're a casul, lol.
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Well actually one of my shortest battles. After few attempts of blocking I realized that my shield (blood 4+) is trash, and put on a pyro flame with chaos storm on it, just for fun. Cast it immediately after leap, roll, hope he doesn t interrupt me. And then voila! Poor fella impaling-charged straight through the pillars, receiving BOTH pillar and lava damage, losing 5/6 of hp. Few hits finished him off. Also a viable strategy lol
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Why the f*** does this f***er’s flips stun lock me to death!!! F*** this overrated DLC!!!
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I didn't have any problem with him in NG but when tried to do NG (Remastered Edition) he was real pain in the ass. Finally found (for me it worked, of course it's only subjective) answer for him: 1) best melee weapon against: UGS sword (I choosed Zweihander) - Zweihander stunned him after 2 hits and usually after being stunned he went on distance which gave me chance to use estus 2) I removed my Havel set (because finally, when he goes very agressive in later part of fight armor gives us almost nothing) and choosed to have fast rolls. Fast rolls were everything cause evading his attacks is key for win and middle rolls were just too slow. Tried all favourite weapons but Zweihander with stunning ability after 2 hits was absolutely best. Very fine boss and great fight. For me one of the best in all DS series (for me was little similiar to my favourite Sir Alonne).
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its easy to kill him only problem is that the estus animation takes too long
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My only issue is when he chains the slam attack it stun locks and can easily one shot you and you can’t escape it if you get caught by one it’s over if he decides to chain them
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So. Fun fact, Tranquil Walk of Peace doesn't work on him. Another fun fact, the casting animation for TWoP ducks under his sweeps and I got it off without a scratch
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One of my favourite bosses in all Soulsborne games. Dynamic, fast-paced, fun, but fair. No gimmicks here.
Not quite among the hardest in the series, but likely tricky for most.
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Artorias is the soul of Dark Souls series literally. Show a picture of him and people immediately recalls.
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Suffering through 13 attempts of sanctuary guardian and then dying to this guy just as I enter the room. Love it
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Beat him probs my 5th or 6th try, quite fast-paced and didnt had much chance to healup. Shield + Claymore. When you see him backing off from you, he's about to buff himself, 2h the claymore and it takes only 2 light attacks to break it making the fight much easier
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Elden Ring first timer here going through the rest of the DS series, this guy was the bomb. however I feel like Artorias stands out between all other DS1 bosses simply due to the fact that he's the only fast-paced boss in a game where most bosses are slow as a snail. put him as a boss in Elden ring and he wouldn't even scratch top 5 hardest bosses in regards to difficulty
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Beat his MOFO on my second attempt. Using a Mace +15 with Sunlight Blade, Havel's Set with Havel's Ring so I could still medium roll. Stay at mid distance from him, bait out his thrusts and block + attack, or bait out his somersault and roll FORWARD then hit him from the back. Also DON'T get baited into attacking him when he charges up if you're too far away, he recovers quickly and combo you to death in seconds if you don't stagger. There is a rhythm to this fight that makes it great. If you came from Elden Ring this is the OG Maliketh fight.
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since The blood of the wolf was spread amongst the Abyss Watchers, and their souls are one with the soul of the wolf blood master. which is my fav Artorias and the abysswatchers are lords of cinder so by proxy or technicality is Artorias not only the Abysswalker but Artorias the lord of cinder if this its true
how much cooler can my boy Artorias get
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Tried him on a pure Int build (Melee only with MLGS), I witnessed true horror
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With max pyromancy you can thrown 2 great chaos fireballs as soon he going to buff and it will break his buff and start attacking again. I use steel and dark wood grain rings and great lord greatsword. Thanks fextralife !
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i was foolish enough to finish the game and start a new game+ only to now figure out there was additional content.
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i can't believe how many people say artorias got weaker because of the abyss, like he literally have a move that powers him up after consuming more abyss
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Just because this dude had a pet dog dosent mean im going to feel bad for him. He literally tried to kill me.
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I killed the dude on my 5th attempt -- I've got a Faith/Str 50faith and 34str build -- First used div.zweihander+10 and genuinely -- it sucked.
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On my 5th attempt to get rid of this guy -- I simply equipped crown of dusk and Gwyn's first-born's ring then started shooting great lightning arrows at him and using wrath of the gods -- and cheesed him
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sad lore cool boss fight sifs owner seemed like a nice guy before corruption love him
dude really died like a b1tch just because he was simping for a princess LMAOOOOO
- Anonymous
He moves as fast as a bullet and his resistances and defenses and speed and strength are far too high for a game which presents so many flaws especially the PC controls. Dont demand perfection from a game whose mouse and keyboard controls are so awful, (even with all the mods) what the fk where you thinking?!!!!!!
- Anonymous
Used his own shield against him, it can tank fairly well. And of course, I can't block the super leap, but all other attacks are managable. I used great combustion for close range attack, since it's faster than looking at your hand for a whole 1 second. It's actually better for him to buff himself, since I can still block it and I have more time to switch to fire balls. Also a bit of credit to the demon spear as well, it has good range and I can tickle him just enough.
- Anonymous
I found it's better (for me) to wear a dark wood grain ring, keep your load under 25% than using a shield. It saves you more stamina to hit back and safer to roll away from him to recover when needed.
- Anonymous
I feel like every guide is missing this:
He ducks his head down during the empowering aoe charging. This makes his head perfectly aligned with the tracking of a bow without needing to aim at all.
When you see him roll away, switch to even a garbage bow with wood arrows and start spamming shots while he’s targeted- one is sure to hit the head and stagger him within a couple shots.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Rabid things are generally weak to fire, so use pyromancy or any weapon with fire attribute against it.
- Anonymous
I entered his fog wall in a weird angle that made me clip through the wall of the entrance, got stuck there and his ai was still inactive. Had to use a homeward bone to get out of there lol
- Anonymous
Just beat him with sorcery int build. 52 int, 12 vitality to not get 1 hit. With tin crystal catalyst and crystal soul spear. First, dodge first attack. If he has to recover, hit him once ~800 dmg, then spam the rest of your soul spears when he is drawing in more darkness (you should have 1 crystal spear left and 4 normal, you can get them all off when he is charging up, because he will also be staggered briefly from your hits). Then dodge next couple attacks, use homing crystals, bam dead. It is worth noting, i was about mid distance from him the entire time. This baited his fancy flippy jump and gave me enough room to roll forward to avoid it, because he has a big area of attack with that one, but has to recover a bit after it. Took about 6 tries to figure out.
- Anonymous
I had a ridiculously hard time with this fight when I first played this years ago as a spellcaster. Took me many attempts. Today, full strength build, havel set with shield, and demons greataxe... He felt like an absolute joke. Whatever hits I failed to block tickled, and the axe just chunked his hp.
- Anonymous
he wouldn’t be so bad if i didn’t have to run 5 km to boss gate every single time. why are first 2 bonfires so close but none by the boss? retarded game design
- Anonymous
Hardest boss fight in the series, hits like a truck, poise breaks anything, needs perfect dodging, also terrible run up and attacks that require reflexes to counter and bullshit flip attacks and the cherry on top no time to heal.
- Anonymous
Succeed on my 3rd attempt, not too difficult surprisingly. I use Elite knight set, ring of FAP, cloranthy ring, claymore +14, ascended pyro unupgraded, and great combustion. SL 70. I found that artorias tend to be extremely aggressive when I keep moderate distance from him. But when I keep long distance I could easily bait the jump attack which give me quite plenty of attack window, while keeping him in short distance tend to trigger simple greatsword swings from him which also not difficult to dodge and counter. When he charges up, i rush him with 2 claymore strikes followed with great combustion -> stagger and took out like 20% of his health. Hope this help.
- Anonymous
just equip haval's and tank him like a true chad, just take every shot and delete him, ez first try
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