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| Location | Chasm of the Abyss |
| Health * | NG: 6,665 |
| NG+: 10,464 | |
| Souls * | NG: 60,000 |
| NG+: 120,000 | |
| * Recorded in PATCH 1.5 |
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| weakness: silver pendant (against his magic) |
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Manus, Father of the Abyss is a Boss in Dark Souls Remastered.
Manus, Father of the Abyss Information
Manus, Father of the Abyss is a final boss of the AotA expansion. While something of a demon in appearance when encountered by the player, Manus was in fact once human. He became the Father of the Abyss when his humanity went wild, but it is not known what caused this. According to both Marvelous Chester and Hawkeye Gough, an unidentified Primordial Serpent (whether it was Kaathe or Frampt is uncertain) urged the citizens of Oolacile to go delving in the dark of the Abyss, where they awoke this primordial man. Upon awakening, he became enraged and set to expand his domain while seeking out his precious Broken Pendant. The Abyss consumed the citizens of Oolacile, whose humanity went wild in turn, mutating them into ghastly creatures. With inhabitants maddened, Oolacile was left to fall to ruin. Nothing remains in present day to mark the passing of Oolacile, save Dusk.
When the player finds half of his pendant, Manus reaches out through time and space to reacquire it, taking the player to Oolacile in the process. He also takes Marvelous Chester in the same manner, who may have found the other half of the pendant in another time. While this pendant obviously held some deep meaning to Manus, it is unknown what, the answer long since lost to time.
Attacks
- Hand slam
- Hand slash combo
- Close range frenzy attack (Roar->6hit combo)
- Close range spin attack (when behind him, 1s wind-up)
- Horizontal hand sweep
- Leap Attack
- Dive attack
- Dark Rain (Lifts catalyst skyward: Creates rain of dark homing missiles)
- Dark Wave (Swings catalyst sideways: Spawns waves of dark bolts in a rough cone shape in front of him)
- Dark Circle (Thrusts catalyst into the ground: Many orbs are created as a ring at the edge of the arena, closing in towards him and usually striking anyone in their path along the way)
The Facts
- All his dark magic can also be blocked with the Silver Pendant.
- Physical attacks can be easily blocked. (Greatshield of Artorias or Havel's Greatshield are recommended)
- Has no grab move.
- His tail can not be cut off.
- He starts doing his Dark Magic attacks after his health drops below 60%.
- His magic attacks are blockable (Dark Circle must be blocked by turning away from Manus), but they will still deal a small amount of physical damage.
- All his dark magic can also be dodged: Dark Rain can be dodged by rolling backwards, Dark Wave can be dodged by rolling sideways, and Dark Circle can be dodged by running toward him (the spell will cease right before it hits him) or by watching the other incoming orbs on your screen and then rolling directly away from him and through the orbs coming from behind you. However, if you fail to dodge them, you probably will die since each of them will stagger you. Dark Wave is particularly dangerous if it connects because of the large number of orbs that almost always break any shield guard and result in a OHKO if you stand directly in front of it.
- His Frenzy attack combo will do considerable damage to light weight characters who do not back out quick enough. He roars before he begins the attack as the 'tell'.
Strategy
If you saved Sif in the area before the boss room*, it's possible to summon him to assist you during the battle. There will be a White Summon Sign near the middle of the room (behind and to the left of where you start) that will summon Sif to aid you in his puppy form, although the summon sign can be a little difficult to reach due to the boss's quick attack rates. The summon sign can also be tricky to spot at first, given that your attention will be on avoiding Manus' attacks from the moment you enter the arena. Sif attacks rather slowly for approximately 100 damage on NG but it is extremely difficult for Manus to kill him, and he is thus a suitable distraction for solo players, or for those who cannot find summon signs for Manus in their level range. As opposed to other summons signs, all you need to do is interact with this one to summon Sif, there is no confirmation dialog.
(*From Oolacile Dungeon Bonfire, head down to the first mass of humanity spirits, then turn left and take the small fall off the small ledge onto an illusory floor rather than turn right to fight them. Then follow the ghostly Alvina through the caves until she disappears next to the shortcut to the surface; The last time Alvina disappears, there will be an illusory wall directly behind that you can strike or roll through to open, head in and kill the spirits to save Sif).
Melee
Use a Green Blossom or equip a stamina recharge piece( Cloranthy Ring, Grass Crest Shield or Mask of the Child), before entering the boss room. The best way to defeat him is just to stay close enough and block his attacks with Greatshield of Artorias or a high stability 100% physical shield(+15 Heater Shield, +5 Black Knight Shield, etc. If you have enough endurance after his attacks, you can hit him once immediately after with a medium speed or faster weapon(No Zweihanders or other UltraGreatswords/etc), or just wait until he does one of the more powerful attacks, as he will have a one to two second delay afterwards.
You must watch your stamina, because if you will fail to block one of his hits in a combo, you will be unable to block the rest of his attack due to the speed. He will also Leap occasionally (even in melee range), this is difficult to dodge and near impossible to block it in melee range (because his hand will land behind your character, and thus your shield will not mitigate it), but it is easily avoidable from a distance.
It is a good idea to watch him carefully, as when the area around him starts glow he will cast one of his Dark energy spells. When he casts, you can see what he casts by his animation, and decide where you will run (Right or Left from Dark Wave, Backwards from Dark Rain or Closer to him if he cast Dark Circle).
Another method to defeat him is just running far from him and waiting, when he will leap, then counter attack. But you will be almost unable to dodge Dark Circle attack. It is recommended that you lift your shield only before a hit, and recover right after. If a low stability shield user constantly block when Manus uses his hand smacking combo (you can predict this move when Manus screams), the player might find himself vulnerable as the damage done can easily eat up a whole stamina bar. Don't be scared to recover stamina between hits since there is decent pause between each hit.
Light weight characters can dodge nearly every attack with their invincibility frames, although some of the attacks such as his frenzy are impossible to dodge due to the incredible attack speed and the massive area that some of the attacks hit, necessitating a hasty retreat when he winds up.
Moments when you can safely attack Manus/Manus' hand:
He opens his hand and digs some fingers in the ground to violently smack with his hand horizontally. You can strike his body once if you blocked close to him before he initiated the movement, otherwise you'll be too far since the hit would make. Beware, there is another horizontal smack that he uses, but it will be immediately followed by 1 to 3 more hits(alternating between catalyst Smash and hand Smack). The difference resides in the hand slowly "charging" his big smack while entering the ground a bit.
After a Leap, which is an attack that uses both his catalyst and his fist to smash the ground (blockable by circle-strafing on his right while holding up a heavy shield)
At the end of the Smacking combo(total 3 fast Smacks, one Ground Smash and one Leap after his scream), Manus uses Leap attack, but only an on-the-spot jump. If you want to avoid having your stamina depleted, just back off while lifting your shield, half the hits will miss you. If you are out of reach of the second to last hit , the final hit (Leap attack) won't hit you and you'll be able to attack his fist.
If he lifts his free hand in the air and a whirlwind of darkness spins around it, he will smash it downward. Block it while backing and recover to full stamina if you have low stamina, hot once if you have around half your stamina bar/twice if you have near full stamina.
If you want to get used to his moves you can hold you shield up and stay close to him while circle-strafing around him. Don't forget to lock on Manus as much as you can since it can come off when he backs off or Leaps.
Keep in mind that the best time to heal and reuse Green Blossom or to land 1-2 hits when he uses his far-reaching vertical smack.
Take note that at under 50% HP Manus seems to use more spells whether you are close to him or not.
Recommendations:
- Havel's Greatshield or any shield with higher Stability should resist the whole Smacking combo/volley of Dark Beads without breaking (tested on NG)
- Less than 50% burden and Mask of the Child(stamina recoveryt)/Green blossoms(but it would take time you could use to Estus flask up/enchant weapon)
- Try to keep your stamina above 50%
- Hold your shield high whenever he's attacking, but don't forget to recover a bit of stamina between each hit if possible(one section of stamina bar is great)
- Never stay between a ledge and Manus, if he does Dark Rain, you will have a hard time avoiding all the magic missiles/avoid the Smack combo
Magic Blocking Tips
- When Manus conjures a cone-shaped volley of Dark Wave towards you, just lock on Manus and hold your GREATSHIELD up without moving forward or on the sides (doing that would result in getting hit by more beads, which would break your guard). If done right, no bead would hit you squarely.
- If he conjures the Dark Rain, just walk back diagonally (while blocking and Manus locked on) and no missiles should touch your shield. If it does, the missiles avoided should make your stamina bar able to handle the other ones.
- As for the Dark Circle, I've never avoided it, it always hit me since I stayed locked on Manus(it never killed me, even with a mere 20 points in Vitality and no HP enhancing items). What you should do is to disengage the lock on and face the orbs on your back and hold your shield up, without moving. Don't forget to lock back on Manus since he'll follow up with melee attacks. [Seems that it could be avoided by rolling towards the orbs nearest to your back, haven't tried -needs confirmation-][Small chance to avoid getting hit as well when running towards Manus and striking him. Did only happen twice (Asmodan)][If you are far enough away from Manus, you can avoid the orbs by simply walking in-between them]
Don't forget to repair your equipment if you are defeated by Manus a few times. His multiple attacks will greatly damage your shield's Durability if you blocked all of them.
- Have fun fighting Manus!
Ranged:
It is possible to take down Manus by strafing around the arena while locked on with a good ranged weapon and light armor (tested on NG with high-dexterity build, Black Bow of Pharis+15 and Large Arrows). Mobility and timely dodging is paramount in order to escape his physical attacks. Using the Silver Pendant to block the dark magic attacks in the second phase of the battle is extremely helpful. Summoning Sif during the battle helps somewhat, he should provide time to get in a few free shots or heal yourself if you take a hit.
Notes
- Upon defeating Manus, a Bonfire appears near the ledge of the fighting grounds with Dusk of Oolacile lying near it, only able to whimper. She appears back at her original location in the Darkroot Basin after you warp or exit the game and Elizabeth the Mushroom at the Oolacile Sanctuary waypoint will give you three Elizabeth's Mushrooms. Upon talking to her at the Darkroot Basin she will comment on her rescue by Artorias from the creature of the Abyss, noting that his presence resembles the player character's own. From this it is apparent that Artorias' legend lives on through a predestination paradox, where the legend told in the present time influences the player character's decision to return to the past only to create the circumstances which would lead them to that point in the future. The anonymity of the player character and their sojourn in Oolacile leads many to believe the events of Manus' demise were the result of Artorias, thus preserving his legend and his honour.
- Manus can be attacked and killed before going through the fog gate. During the boss's approach area, in the room with the fog gate, hug the rock wall with the path from which you came (two small Humanity sprites on top of it). If you look in the hole in the floor standing in between you and the gate, you can actually see Manus' numerous red "eyes" down below in the darkness. From here, the only known way to damage him is using a bow with 50 Range, NOT greatbows (so, no Gough's or Dragonslayer) because you cannot lower the aiming sight low enough. You need to aim the attack JUST under the rock, but high enough so that the falling arrow hits Manus. It's bit complicated to aim, but after 10 or so arrows you'll zero in and can attack Manus from here.
- If Manus is killed that way, his Drop will appear in your inventory like in normal play. Otherwise, you can simply lower Manus's HP really low and kill him in a hit or two when you enter the bossfight arena. Beware doing so, because Manus may immediately start using Dark Magic attacks, due to his low HP.
Since this way of defeating Manus is literally risk-free or makes the bossfight completely trivial at worst, it's possible it's simply an oversight on developer's part, and as such best left ignored as not to ruin the final bossfight experience of the downloadable content. - For those of you who want to see it, here is a video demonstrating how to defeat manus from outside the boss fog with a bow. It will ruin the boss fight however as stated above.
- Manus can actually be infinitely stunlocked by firing arrows directly at his head
Drops
- 60000 souls (128401 souls in NG++)
- Soul of Manus
- 10 Humanity
Lore
- "Manu" is a Hindu concept which refers to the archetypical man, and progenitor of humanity (like the Biblical Adam).
- "Manus" is the also Latin word for "hand".
- "Manes" in Roman religion, refers to the souls of the departed, particularly those who were morally ambiguous.
- In DS2, The Abyss brought forth Nashandra, Elana, Nadalia and Alsanna. They are the grandchildren of Manus.
Gallery
The only correct way to beat Manus:
-Wear Artorias's Helm and Armor, with the Silver Knight Gauntlets & Silver Knight Leggings
-If on NG, use either the Cleansing Greatshield & the Greatsword of Artorias, or the Abyss Greatsword & Artorias's Greatshield.
-If on NG+, use Artorias's Greatshield & the Greatsword of Artorias
-Summon Sif
Kill Manus, and you will have successfully carried on Artorias's legacy.
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Who's the ***** laying on the ground after I beat him? And what do I do with her? Is there a way into her abyss?
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Who's the ***** laying on the ground after I beat him? And what do I do with her? Is there a way into her abyss?
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the hardest part of this fight is the fact that if you go slightly too far away you can't see what the hell he is doing since he is the same color as the bloody background
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Shoutout to Goat. We beat Artorias together, braved the abyss, and faced Manus as a true duo. I may have already beaten the DLC, but you genuinely made my day. Helping you through the Chasm of the Abyss was a pleasure, as was beating Manus into the ground with you. I teared up when you called me the GOAT for helping you, but I know you’ll be good enough on your own to face the horrors of the Abyss someday. Goat my man, this one’s for you.
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I’m gonna get some downvotes for this but manus is my favourite fight in the game, purely because of how fun he is
Best way to finish off the dlc
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shittiest boss in the souls series hands down, worse than bed of chaos if you consider that a boss. Good luck using the pendant on his dark bead attack (the one shat shoots directly in front of him) with 1 second of wind-up that looks like all his other magic attacks. I have no idea how this got green-lit. Such a dissapointment after Artorias
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Not sure if luck or what but in ng and ng+ on the same character (very heavy tank), the best "strategy" was to just stick close to him, especially his right and right-back side, circling him non stop in this direction (with shield up). He seemed to "miss" a lot of his hand attacks and it looked like the majority of his magic attacks were blocked by his own body. Havel's shield, ring boosting physical damage and the green blossom made it pretty easy.
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I got caught with his attacks more than I liked because 2 things :
- Dark Hands + Dark background = I can't see his overhead slam
- his jump attack made me roll into his slam instead away from the AoE
Overall not hard, but annoying cause I can't see..
Kalameet is more fun to fight imo
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After an hour of failed attempts, realised in the last 3 hits his dark arm is a weak spot. Mo****er is down and out.
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That huge hand tho it ruins your look you gotta exercise both arms not just one.
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Feels a bit like fighting Rajang in monster hunter, hes got that angry monke energy
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Great shield of artorias my beloved make this boss like a joke
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passei um bom tempo tentando ate que que um undead como eu , intitulado ´´v´´ colocou o sinal de invocação, descemos e enquanto ele tava farmando humanidade eu morri, pensei que era o fim de nossa breve amizade,mas ele colocou o sinal denovo, descemos para Manus, e meus caros amigos, foi uma batalha absurda, toda hora um tinha que chamar a atenção dele se não o outro ficava em apuros, ele me salvou da morte umas 2 vezes baitando ele bem no ultimo segundo,eu vim aqui agradecer esse feito,thanks V !
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can face tank the frenzy combo (scream one) for about 300 dmg with full Havels on first NG cycle. First hit does 200 ish and the next 4 do like 20 each lol. Seems to work best if you don’t block any of the hits.
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if you're struggling with him, here are some tips:
-Use a pure physical weapon for the fight, he is very resistant to all three elemental damage types.
-If your damage isn't good with a physical weapon because your build is oriented towards elemental damage, use power within.
-lower your weight until you can fast roll, medium rolls take very long to recover from and have shorter invincibility times, which will put you in situations where you can't escape his attacks because he is too fast.
-use the dark wood grain ring if possible, it boosts the invincibility frames from rolls even further, and makes your rolls cover more distance, which means you can more easily evade telegraphed attacks like his combo and the dark shower, and you can even roll through his dark orb circle attack.
-play without locking on, as that'll make your character roll exactly in the direction that you want, making it easier to evade his attacks.
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Manus was tough as heck! took me 3 hours. I got O&S third try but Manus is so fast paced!
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manus is weird because no other boss in the game has this amount of relentlessness; this guy feels more like a ds3 boss imo
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i didn't think dlc bosses in 1 got worse than sanctuary guardian but here we are i guess
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Is this guy resistant to Divine damage or something? Why am I hitting him for less than 300 with a +4 Grant with 50 strength and 30 faith?
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The first time my brother played ds1, he killed manus without dying, using the stone guardian set and stone greatshield. Yet somehow he kept dying to gwyn. Now imagine my disappointment remembering the near one hundred deaths manus caused me in my first few playthroughs, only to see someone who had little to no experience at souls games before, solo him in one try.
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I can't summon sif even though I saved him before the boss fight
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It's all thanks to special item
Actually factually though, the silver pendant greatly simplifies this fight. Equip it along with estus in your quick items, and nothing else
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Beating this guy then finding out about the silver pendant was an experience, not a very good one but this fight was really good other than the magic. Now that i know it has a counter his magic doesnt seem nearly as unfair. Top tier FROM boss imo.
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and here i was dying to him multiple times trying to cut his tail off
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Sif and two-handed Dragon Greatsword +5. He dies after 4 strong attacks. Just let Sif create the opening after Manus lands the Hand Slam. 50 strg suggested.
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challenging, but extremely fun and a fair fight as well, probably the best one in ds1
Definitely the most difficult boss of DS I. But it's a really good and satisfying win when I finally get it.
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Falchion +15, power within, sunlight blade, canvas talisman and grass crest shield
stats:
vig: 23
end: 30
att: 14(could be 12 tho)
str: 12
dex: 40
int: 8
fth: 30
Wasn't that hard really; dps is really good i used the gold-hemmed set and for rings FaP and ninja flip. Good luck :)
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Tanked most of his stuff with a high stability shield. Big jumpy, you need to roll. Silver pendant spam the Magic attacks. If you’re struggling, Sif doesn’t do much damage, but she absolutely will attract his attention a solid amount of the time.
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Today I beat Manus! I spammed pendent that deflects his magic attacks when he casts them and rolled backwards when he launches an attack.
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This boss is what I call a real way to test your abilities. After all, experience is a great teacher, and nothing says experience like dying a lot, right fellas? Well, I've said my piece, onto Kalameet and then Gywn.
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I had harder battles with kalameet and artorias than with him.
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Coming back to this guy after the insanity that is endgame bosses in Elden Ring, it's weird to think he used to be the toughest fight around. I assume after From's next game we'll all be coming back doing bare fist SL1 permadeath runs just to feel something from DS1 bosses again.
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Something tells me the Chosen Undead is not the first undead that Kaathe has persuaded to become a Dark Lord.
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Why the heck are this guy’s magic attacks undodgable?!! Overrated DLC!!!
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For his wombo combo if you’re having trouble dodging just try to dodge the first hit of it because the rest does pathetic damage
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Beat Manus first try on my very first run. My secret? Bury The Light from Devil May Cry 5
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This boss makes me wish Bloodhound Step was in this game...
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crystal ring shield is actually somewhat effective against his magic since dark damage isnt its own section in this game
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When I first fought this boss I was disappointed because I just killed kalameet and went straight to manus but I found out I could just tank all his hits and I just attacked him with barely any dodging .-.
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Of all the soulsbourne bosses, Manus is still the hardest one for me. The ptsd of sifting through the dark abyss just to get to him then his crazy ass monkey moves and second half dark magic one hit bs still haunts me to this day. After like 100th attempt or so I had to pick up havels shield to just compensate for his bs second half moves.
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Getting caught in his Wombo Combo was the most annoying ever!! ……..
Until Malenia’s Waterfowl Dance.
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Manus was by far one of the most fun fights I've had, being a bit overlevelled for NG. It was the first boss whose lifebar did not vanish after a few swings.
Having relatively low Vit and wearing weak armor, meant that every misdodged hit ate a good chunk of my health.
Fighting Manus was like following a choreography, except you die if you fail.
Every hit was fair, well telegraphed and easily dodgeable/shieldable.
So long as I don't mess up, I'd win.
My guide is simple:
Shield up. Dodge right, no fat rolls allowed here. Hit once or twice, then back off, cause if he gets you with his roar, you are screwed.
Thanks Manus.
Next stop, Emo Drake's Tail.
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guide: greatshield of artorias, +15 demon greataxe, 50 str, enough equip load to fast roll
block then punch. gg
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Guide: No Zweihander
Me: Let's see about that
+15 Zweihander, +7 Grass Crest Shield, Sunlight Maggot & Gold-Hemmed Black set.
Whenever Manus attacks, dodge right and use Zweihander dodge attack (sometimes de-lock to hit, if you want), all the while circling towards his right (if you're in the center, you shouldn't have to worry about walls). When he screams, back away and wait it out, or throw some spells. When Manus uses rain, walk backwards while shielding; when Manus uses his ring attack, de-lock and walk toward the balls while shielding; when Manus uses shotgun, just shield if you're at a medium distance (barely took any of my health at 22 VIT).
That's what I did, killed him 2nd try after I gave up on looking for Sif.
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was it ever actually confirmed or not if manus was the pygmy
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The Sif summon sign really needed to be outside the boss door. Trying to find that thing in the boss arena is harder than the actual fight.
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shotgun dark bead is a little op if you don’t get the pendant. ng iron flesh tank makes this fight to easy but with out getting pendant and fighting without iron flesh make this fight a little annoying because he’ll just insta kill you. what with from giving bosses insta kills on ng bosses(BoC)? and that unblockable attack is pretty annoying at least it easy to dodge unlike shot gun dark bead.
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Imagine an enlarged Skeleton Beast with an inflated healthpool and ranged attacks and you have this fight.
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My chivalry died together with Kalameet. If you want it back, tell Kalameet to transform into a cute dragon maid and serve me her tail as dinner. For now, arrows go brr. I ain't even gonna go into the fog gate. Bye~
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Blocking his "cone shaped volley" unfortunately doesn´t work on ng+ u will have to dodge sideways (with lock on is enough) i did it with medium roll dont know if heavy works to, but every thing else is a breeze to block with a great shield like havel or somthing. ^^ hope this helps
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i beat guardian on my first try,artorias on my third,kallameet on my first,and manus on my second.in that order.all with no help and full havel's with havel's shield and the dragon tooth
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Mages, fret not! For I found a way to block ALL of his physical attacks!
1: get the Crystal Knight Shoeld you find from a mimic in Duke's Archives. You don't need to upgrade it.
2: Grab the useless sorcery, more commonly known as Strong Magic Shield. However, we will find a use for it.
3. Grab Soul Spears, and homing soulmasses, as well as the crystal versions. Use Logan's Catalyst to use as much sorceress as you can.
4: Now you can not only block all of his physical attacks, you can reduce all of the stagger resist! And no stats even invested!
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So you say you cannot beat Manus with your wizard build? That you need tank build? What are you? True spell caster of fu*kin casul? That's how true wizard/cleric does it:
40 Vitality, 40 Endurance, 50 fu*kin Intelligence (or Faith if you go with miracles) and as much Attunement as you want.
What rings you got b*tch? Ring of Favor and Protection, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring (or Ring of the Sun's Firstborn if you go with miracles). Stamina. Health. Endurance. And fu*kin heavy spell power. Everything you could ever want.
Crown of Dusk - the worst looking headgear in the game.
And of course, don't fu*kin forget - your Silver Pendant, decent catalyst (or talisman if you go with miracles) and good stability shield (Eagle Shield wiil do - it requires 16 fu*kin strength).
Well what is it? Are you Pr0 yet? it's time to fu*kin PWN some bosses.
Phase one: Circle targeted Manus to the left side with shield up. Don't forget keeping distance.
Phase two: After each of his attacks charge you spell cannon and... FIRE.
Phase three: If you see him charging dark magic use Silver Pendant ASAP.
Phase four (optional): If you run out of damaging wizardry/miracles switch to Ascended Pyromancy Flame +5 and finish him with napalm strikes.
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His dark bead like attack fells cheap. One of my only complains about the fight
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"an unidentified Primordial Serpent (whether it was Kaathe or Frampt is uncertain) urged the citizens of Oolacile to go delving in the dark of the Abyss"
A dark fanboy wrote that article. You literally find kaathe in the abyss.
That's Dark souls' way of telling stories : place a character somewhere, give clues somewhere else, let players put two and two together.
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Currently doing wanderer run, didn't knew about dlc as knight, as I'm playing ptd edition. Artorias took me a lot of attempts (I was lvl 60), and still can't defeat Manus. Currently I only have 1 twin humanity, so soon I'm going to go, farm humanities and souls for pine resin and weed
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oolicile shouldn't of listened to that serpent **** you karrthe you pissed of Manus
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Tried out the "outside the arena" cheese for the first time today. What a wild thing, that. I'd say it's a crazy oversight, but it looks so intentional. They spawn him in before the fight and give you such a clean shot. Completely baffling, but that's Souls, I guess!
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I like to think that Manus isn't the furtive Pygmy and is some other pygmy, this is because i like the fact that the furtive pygmy is still not known and so they still have a presence of mystery about them.
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Actually the silver pendant thing works more than the shield tactic for the circle attack. Just keep using it then roll
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So the hardest boss in the game isn’t so hard when you walk around him with Havel’s greatshield and black knight halberd.Strength builds for the win!!
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Needs an update to include the silver pendant it blocks dark magic attacks from manus so all you have to do is dodge his bonks also blocks kalameets fire breathe
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In ng, pretty easy boss for that point (late game). Ng+ is a different matter.
His long arm is kinda unpredictable, but you will be fine with a heavy shield and/or fast roll. His attacks don't take that much stamina.and poise to block.
I recomend using a upgraded black knight shield and hard leather set (warrior starting set).
1-handed serpent man sword or black knight sword can kill him pretty easily.
Very hard to beat him with rolling and dogding timing is very hard to dodge his attacks. I got killed each time I faced him with this strategy. Finally I decided to go tank full set of havel with reinforced stone knight shield with sif and I finally beat him.
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