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A good enemy to practice parrying on, their attacks are well-telegraphed and pretty predictable, and learning to parry them makes them way more manageable since they're very difficult if you try fighting them the "normal way" given their immense poise, high aggression, massive damage and the fact they can easily stunlock you or pancake you and send you flying with their stronger attacks if you don't have high poise yourself

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as soon as i start a dex run the game just "decides" to drop the bk greatsword ofc

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to confirm there is a black knight in the undead asylem

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I think that there are black knights in the undead asylem because ever since you escaped securityu got really tight and I mean tight

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Black knights used to be silver knights but the flame of Izalith burned their armor so then they were black knights reheeheeeheeeeheeeeheeeeeeheeeeeee

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What makes these guys so metal, besides the name and power-spike, is the fact they're just empty armors possessed by their spirits and forever bound to duty.

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They look like darth vader to me:hits hard,black suit,terrifing face,mostly silent,walking towards enemy with a menancing look

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Love the overly swaggering fancy flourishes they do after sending your ass into space

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Is it even possible to get 2 drops in one kill? Let's say you get the Axe & Shield or the Sword and some armor piece. That would be really lucky.

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Worst f***ing enemies in this s***ty f***ing game!!! F*** you, Miyazaki!!!

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girly physique

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i literally went through the entire game killing every knight before the kiln with max out item find gear. not one black knight weapon feck random drops just put it on a gosh darn merchant.

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unironically get a girl and touch grass bro

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I fatroll and I can backstap them no problem, get as close as possible and keep circling until they leave themselves open, wiki is full of shite with this "keep your distance" casul propaganda.

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I killed them all. None of them gave me their weapons. And when i killed a silver knight for the 3rd time i got their shield which is 1% chance to drop. Is this game mocking me? Is this too easy for you?

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The way how easy it is to backstab all knight type enemies is comical. What's the point of making scary rare enemy which is easier to kill than even skeletons. Such great imposing enemies shouldn't be that easy

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You know what you need to say after killing it? GET THE **** OUT OF HERE HAROLD!

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The black knights in the Kiln don't give you the items if killed by gravity.

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>no heal, armor, shield, summon run
>aggroed burg bk
>realize can't beat with low health, run to burg bonfire to heal and reset bk
>mf is chasing me. think it's fine as bonfire will reset him
>rest at the bonfire while he is entering the room. no worries, mf will be gone as soon as fadeout
>after fadeout, to my utter surprise mf is still there. scream Jesus fing christ
>somehow survive the encounter.
wtf was that? bug or mechanic?

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I have the sword and the ultra greatsword and the greataxe now I am having to think which one I wanna upgrade to the max

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Just shoot the 1 in undead burg once with an arrow then run to that wood structure with the firebomb throwers and spam arrows. It takes a while but at least you get the souls and the drops + your first usefull ring

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Is this. too easy for you?

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L2 r1 l2 r1 l2 r1 l2 r1

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lmao, i killed all three bks users, and the last one dropped the shield. No sword. F**k me

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in the lore shouldn't they be called burnt knights not black knights they are just burnt

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I was playing dark souls remastered for 30 and beat a dark knight in undead burg first try and it gave me a black knight sword I was using the schimitar

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Has there been a patch or something? I'm trying to get the halberd from the black knight in the basin with 6 humanity (putting the drop chance just below 40%) and knocking him over the ledge with a back stab, after doing this about 10 times all I've gotten are chunks

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Who’s more annoying the black knights or the silver knights?

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are the knights human or are they a weird human lord hybrid

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Till this day...I can't get any of the weapons or shield to drop despite the ring and humanity ;-;

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can you get weapon/shield from one knight?

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i bloody LOVE this enemies, tough and unwielding. and packing a punch strong as the Anor Londo Sentinels, these things have a deep lore and amazing armor and weapons. all around best enemies in dark souls

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what BK weapon is the best? i really like the swords moveset but the damage offered by the greatsword and greataxe is tempting, although i dont like them as much

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i got to shields in a row, this happend during my shield only run, is it posible the drop chance is afected by what type of wepon you kill it with?

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Tis’ but a scratch!

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Anybody remember the Anor londo Archers god... that was harrible

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Wanted to design a build focusing on BK gear mixed with some thorns armor. I went after the axe first and it took a few tries to get. The rest of the BK weapons I got first try with 10 humanity. Felt lucky to have all 4 before Gargoyles. Only miss was the shield.

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when i was fighting the one in undead burg i got invaded but instead of killing me the invader started attacking the knight instead and left i guess everyone hates the black knights

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This knight is my biggest obstacle right now, i'm stuck in undead burg o god.

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Oh man I got a good laugh out of a recent co op session in the burg. I wanted the host to get the blue tear stone ring for their journey but I died to the black knight and turned the camera around to see the host fat running away while the knight pursued them at full speed. I wonder how that played out after I was gone. Have a great play through, host that I failed.

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Got owned On my First playthrough. On my second Black knight went nighty night

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the one in in the burg on someone's first playthrough : YOU SHAL NOT PASS

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I took a 6 months break from the game, and today I came back to it and got all 4 black knight weapons in one run, jesus this game is ****ing amazing

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Against this guys parry is the most effective move

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The greataxe knights jumping attack is the most ballsy move in the game. Leaps about 6 metres straight up with no regard for anything and rails your ass into fine dust. My favourite enemy move in the game.

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I have made a couple of posts on the "Occult" page trying to see if an Occult weapon actually does extra damage against BKs which I have not been able to verify. Curious if anyone else has tried Occult against BKs or any other enemies that Occult is supposed to help against.

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The halberd knight drops blue titanite chunks in the Darkmoon basin and in the Kiln of the first flame, but the one halberd knight in the Tomb of the Giants drops a white titanite chunk. He's often overlooked since he has a bad habit of just falling to his death in the dark when you pass by. Similarly, in the two sword knights in the undead asylum drop red titanite chunks when normally, elsewhere and in the Kiln of the First flame, ultra greatsword knights drop red titanite chunks and sword knights drop ordinary titanite chunks.

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Halberd knight can bug out and get poop pants animations

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I have no idea why, but during my first play through, the black knight at Undead Parish just died and I didn't even do anything to him. I ran down stairs to run away tho, but that's it. Did he clip through the wall when he was chasing? I'll never know, but at least I got his weapon and shield.

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When I played the game for the first time and spoke to the undead merchant, I thought the first black knight (who guarded the BTSR) was the terrible goat demon ... Well, he's big, scary and the helmet has horns. I was a very virginal Casul.

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I just spam Zweihander like the gaming menace I am

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I came back after a year off and in that year I played the **** out of dark souls 3 and the black knight with the UGS in the undead parish destroyed me about 10 times. It’s slower paced yet requires much better dodge timing and if you don’t have the stamina to block attacks you’ll be jam on the floor rather than being guard broken. The original holds its own against the later titles to this day and I love it for that.

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Honestly even though they are some serious mfers, the parry animation for them is so funny. It's like you gave him the world's most powerful slap ever.

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One in northern undead asylum breaks my heart....

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TIP: DO NOT GET INTO A CORNER WHILE FIGHTING THESE GUYS. YOU CANNOT ROLL OUT OF IT AND UNLESS YOU KILL THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE, YOU'RE DEAD.

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The dedication to their king breaks my heart :/

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They are weak,you can easily defeat them with backstabs

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Best way to beat in undead burg is to let the black knight follow you into one of the houses then quickly run out and close the door behind you. The black knight will be locked in the house and you can throw firebombs at him and kill him. Easy as pie.

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really fun after 3new characters legit speedrunning all bks to for a run with that weapon. 2 days later still got 0 when I kill every fkin bk with 10+ humanity. good joke

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a really cheesy way to deal with them is the black knights is to just double-handed power attack with the ZweiHander, not quite as satisfying as parying but it takes them out in 2-3 hits and staggers them

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"None shall pass"

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What was the inspiration to their creation? Is there any information about that?

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I am at kiln of the first flame and have like three of each black knight weapon except the freaking halberd, the last knight at the fog gate just wont drop it, i have like 8 of them shields tho

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Do not keep your distance, this is a bad tip. Parry & Riposte. This is the easiest way and quickest way to deal with MOST enemies in the game especially Gwyn & his Knights.

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if you had parry experience in DS3 , all of black knight and silver knight just a cake for you , their moveset very slow and easy to predict

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Once on my first playthrough of this game i smacked the one in burg did very little dmg and ran all the way back too the bon with him hot on my tail, was able to rest and had a heart attack when he came through the doorway after i reset the enemies and backstabbed me. He is too powerful for the bonfires...

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How doe the drop percentages change if you have humanity and the gold snake ring? Do the weapons become more likely at high humanity or is it a flat 20%?

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They are pretty simple to take out of you can’t put poise them if they hit you I find that low level is best to just become a parry god and Parry everything than to fight head on that’s how I fought all of them until o got the black knight straight sword

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What's the black knight greataxe drop rate?

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For anyone having a hard time killing these knights in Undead Burg or Undead Asylum I have a solution. Lead the knight to a set of wide stairs. Bring the knight to the top and circle around him so you are below him. Once you are both on the stairs and you are lower them him get close to bait the shield bask attack. The knight will follow with a stab attack that is easily parried and most of the time will not hit you unless you are basically touch him. After the parry walk up even with the knight and riposte then repeat. This only works with sword and shield knights so trying this with a knight using the greatsword or greataxe will probably get you killed.

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they can't climb ladders, so you can cheese them to death like that

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The Black Knights in Anor Londo respawn. I know because those Beestards killed me a bajillions times.

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i have my own theory about the knights of anor londo i believe the black knights were the elite knights and thats why they were sent to kill demons and the elite have different weapons and armour and the normal (silver knights) have different weapons and armour too by the weapons it seems the silver knight are dex users and the elite knights use strength weapons and i think their shields look different as well

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You don't get the drops. I'm in Remastered v 1.03 Regulation 1.04. I'm in Kiln of the first flame and if I get the black knights near Gwyn to fall to their deaths, I do not get their drops. If I backstab them to death, I do 100% get a drop every time.

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You forgot the chances of getting the axe from the knights. Could you fix that?

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come partner with me for the burg I' stuck

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I killed the one in the burg and lucked out because he dropped his shield and I now use that shield even at sl 40

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My first fight with the one in the Burg back in 20.... (oooh that long ago??) scared me so hard I think a little bit of wee came out...GOOD TIMES!

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please to a show vid for me im lost on the undade burg i am looking for all ways crits like an soureser play thru i cant spell goodly

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The two Black Knights you fight in the Asylum during the revisit drop Red Titanite Chunks.

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LOL I thought I suck because I got the shield only, but I see now that I only had a 5% chance to get it! WTF

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They are hard to kill if you don't know how this helps

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The Black Knights aren't bosses, they're just enemies that don't respawn.

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Ayy guys

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