Poll of the Day > Got to Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

(+) Yeah! (+)

Dark Souls III is pretty. :3
---

I still can't beat the boss there by myself, I get loads of friends with me to join in a pain train.
---

Ahhh now I wanna blitz through DS3 again.
---

Just killed Yhorm. Once I figured it out it was damn easy.

I don't really know where I go now. I feel like I might have missed a path in Irithyll or something.
---

There's more to do in Irithyll
---

I'm surprised you did the Dungeon first.
---

I'm in Anor Londo! :O
---

Defeated Aldrich. And now the sun is eclipsed and looks like the Darksign. That can't be good.
---

That area is probably the most beautiful in the entire game. Wasn't Aldritch really disturbing?
---

Killed the Dancer, then I went back down to the demon ruins and the Old Demon King was a cakewalk this time. It feels like I'm nearing the end of the game so I decided I'll do Ariandel next. Those big crows with the long claws are spoopy.

So I've been using the Zweihander, as I always do in these games. Currently it's like +7? +8? idk something like that. And It's Heavy.

IDK what I should be making with the boss souls. >_>
---

Sister Freide's third phase was a bit too much for me, so I decided to go back to the base game. Garden of the Consumed King is kicking my ass. Everything here kills me dead in like 2 hits. @_@
---

Lol Friede was a fun time.

Honestly she's not as hard as you would think though. I don't know how many times you tried but once you get the first two parts down you can take on the final part with full resources. Until you get her patterns down, the key is to not get greedy, more so than most other bosses. Also, don't forget about throwables. Lightning Urns and Black Firebombs could give you the extra damage you need.
---

is this your first time on ds3?

green dragon posted...

is this your first time on ds3?

Yeah
---

Just killed Dragonslayer Armor, Oceiros, and Champion Gundyr. Uh... I don't know if I should give the Fire Keeper the eyes or not. Kinda seems like a bad thing? >_>
---

Do you know anything about the multiple endings to the game? It doesn't even hardlock you into it, it just gives you another option

If you don't want to look at that light spoiler, there's no real gameplay downside to giving her the eyes, oh other than the firelink music changes.

Also, if you soloed The Champ then you can definitely handle Friede. At least in my personal experience I had a harder time with him until I figured out how to parry him reliably.
---

Welp, I used Slave Knight Gael, but I managed to kill Friede.
---

3 is such an improvement over 2... doesnt quite recreate the magic of 1 but thats definiteky mostly nostalgia talking
---

Champion's Gravekeeper was way easy. Lorian and Lothric seems easy enough once I get the patterns down. First phase is a cakewalk at any rate.
---

Also I noticed the DLC bosses had bonfires right in front of their rooms. FFS From, please make every boss like this, running back to a boss isn't fun.
---

Beat the Lord of Cinder. That was surprisingly easy for being the final boss.
---

Can I just skip the fucking King of Storm? Most of the time I'm just fighting the camera, and he's so big and there's no floor it's hard to accurately gauge if my attacks will hit him or not.
---

Yeah he's completely optional.
---

I mean I just want to go straight to the second phase. The first phase is easy, it's just the bullshit with the camera.
---

i was trying to get all the achievements but getting covenant items from pvp is hard cause i suck at pvp.

did everything else too. Feelsbadman
---

I called for help, but I killed The Nameless King. There's no shame in that, a kill is a kill. >_> I was just sick of wrestling with the camera in the first phase.

Also I bought The Ringed City DLC. I'll do that later and start NG+.
---

nice
---

You're getting through this game pretty fast. I guess you're not spending much time with the online component?

Uh you might wanna do TRC in your first game. I'm gonna keep the names seperated by their own spoilers since you haven't played it yet.

The Demon Prince fight is actually quite tedious on NG+ iirc. The amount of extra health they get makes the fight seem like it drags on forever. It's even worse in NG+2 or higher. If you're gonna fight them make sure to bring along an upgraded Black Knight Weapon for the damage bonus. Hmm, iirc it went alot faster my third time around with bleed as well, so you might wanna give that a go.

Darkeater Midir is just as simple in NG+ as in NG, but the extra HP is gonna make that more of a chore too.

Also on NG+ Harald Legion Knights become real walls.

Forgot to mention, nice job with NK It takes a while to get his patterns down. Can't wait to run through this game again during break.
---

Yeah I'm really bad at PvP. And my connection isn't the greatest, so it makes an already difficult situation pretty much impossible.
---

The Demon twins are a fucking joke. I can get through that whole fight without getting hit. Demon Prince however is nuts, just cus of his insanely large healthpool, and that long ranged laser attack wrecks my shit.
---

Just found Darkeater Midir by total accident. =D I'll save him for later though.
---

OMG Spear of the Church. That is so fucking cool, I was not expecting that! I actually managed to beat it on my first try, and I'm god awful at pvp.
---

So Gael seems very manageable. Got him down to what I believe is the final phase with all the projectiles and lightning bolts. I can get through the first phase with using 1 or no estus flasks. I'm sure I can consistently get through phase 1 without healing with a little practice.
---

Beat Gael! All I have left is Midir.
---

papercup posted...

I called for help, but I killed The Nameless King. There's no shame in that, a kill is a kill. >_> I was just sick of wrestling with the camera in the first phase.

I usually try to solo a Souls game at least once, but I needed help on that boss, too. Just could not beat him. Even tried to respec out of desparation. Dude I summoned absolutely crushed him, I barely got any licks in.
---

Midir Killed! All Dark Souls III bosses down! Time for NG+!
---

I'm happy you're enjoying DS3 that much.
---

papercup, who was the hardest boss in the game for you (including DLCs)?
---

JanwayDaahl posted...

papercup, who was the hardest boss in the game for you (including DLCs)?

and how many attempts did it take you to beat that boss
---

Probably Dragonslayer Armor or Nameless King Each probably took me about 20 tries, and I summoned help for Nameless King. I try to beat every boss without help in these games, but I called for help for NK and used the NPC phantom for Friede. Other than that I did it all on my own. I actually killed the second Dragonslayer Armor on my first attempt. It helped that the first fight was still fresh in my mind, and that the arena was larger so I had more room to dodge.
---

For context, I still die to the Taurus Demon in DS1. Yes, really. That boss wrecks my shit and I've beaten that game a couple times.
---

papercup posted...

Probably Dragonslayer Armor or Nameless King Each probably took me about 20 tries, and I summoned help for Nameless King. I try to beat every boss without help in these games, but I called for help for NK and used the NPC phantom for Friede. Other than that I did it all on my own. I actually killed the second Dragonslayer Armor on my first attempt. It helped that the first fight was still fresh in my mind, and that the arena was larger so I had more room to dodge.

I never understood why people had trouble with the nameless king. I think I got him on my second try. Pontiff Sulyvahn, on the other hand, was horrible for me- I think it took me like a dozen tries to beat him. Of course, I had no idea you could parry him, but I consider parrying a boss like him to be a cheese.
---

So, NG+, going for Usurpation of Fire ending. I bought some dark miracles, and Irina is gone. Also the sorcerer is gone. idk, guess I fucked something up, oh well.
---

If you don't give Orbeck a scroll before abyss watchers he dips, and you probably gave the dark tomes to Irina, rather than Karla, so Eygon takes her away to protect her.
---

Is he just gone forever?
---

papercup posted...

Is he just gone forever?

yes. i fucked that up on one of my playthroughs as well. super infuriating.

papercup posted...

For context, I still die to the Taurus Demon in DS1. Yes, really. That boss wrecks my shit and I've beaten that game a couple times.

i mean if you get bad luck you can get hit by an arrow, stunlocked, and knocked off the bridge, happens to me still too and I've played through that part like a hundred times
---

Welp, already back to Dragonslayer Armor >_> idk if I should do the DLC or not in NG+. I bet Demon Prince will be a real wall. Also, the Dancer Kinda just let me kill her. She attacked me like twice in the entire fight. >_> And I always heard that fight was hard.
---