Poll of the Day > After seven years, I finally beat the Bell Gargoyles in Dark Souls.

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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/26/20 5:04:52 AM
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I bought Dark Souls in June of 2013. After a day of playing it, I got to the Bell Gargoyles boss fight, the second (third counting tutorial boss) boss fight in the game, and tried dozens of times to beat them to no avail.

And now today, after nearly seven years, I have finally beaten the Bell Gargoyles. I can finally progress in the game. Played for a few more hours afterwards, got to Blighttown.
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YoukaiSlayer
05/26/20 5:13:59 AM
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Congrats. Was it as hard as you remember?

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Lokarin
05/26/20 5:17:26 AM
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Did you try, umm, R1? Maybe some R2?

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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/26/20 5:18:18 AM
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YoukaiSlayer posted...
Congrats. Was it as hard as you remember?
The beginning wasn't. I was able to get up through the first boss without dying. Then the Bell Gargoyles were just a bitch so I grinded a bit and got a better weapon and killed them.

Also I just gotta say what the fuck was up with the Capra Demon? They made it so easy to cheese him!
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Blaqthourne
05/26/20 5:58:37 AM
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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
Also I just gotta say what the f*** was up with the Capra Demon? They made it so easy to cheese him!

You mean how you can get below an enemy on stairs and damage it with horizontal attacks that don't actually graphically touch it, due to their hitboxes starting from the ground (regardless of if they're on the ground)? That's not a flaw (after all, the game has no flaws), it's a feature.
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Krazy_Kirby
05/26/20 10:05:03 AM
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should have just waited until day, then smashed the statues
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Judgmenl
05/26/20 10:15:18 AM
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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
Also I just gotta say what the fuck was up with the Capra Demon? They made it so easy to cheese him!
I never got past that guy.

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papercup
05/26/20 10:34:31 AM
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That's like... the easiest boss in the entire franchise. >_>

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NeoSioType
05/26/20 11:19:02 AM
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7 years? Time is convoluted and you're basically a zombie so it's okay.
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ChimeraBlue
05/26/20 12:32:42 PM
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papercup posted...
That's like... the easiest boss in the entire franchise. >_>

I know soulbros like to brag, but the Gargoyles are definitely not the easiest boss in the franchise.

Just stop.
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Zikten
05/26/20 12:36:50 PM
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I've come close but never beaten them without summoning that npc. Ironically I have beaten the capra demon and the gaping dragon solo. but something about the gargoyles. I guess just cause there is 2 of them and it fucks me up. but gaping dragon is the furthest boss I have beaten. I can never make it down to the ground floor of blighttown. and I haven't tried in a few years. honestly, I wish there was a mode where you just fought bosses and skipped the other shit. I only enjoy the boss fights. and I wish I could just try them over and over without having to deal with the rest of the game
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I_Always_Die
05/26/20 12:39:15 PM
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bell gargoyles were easy af

i just got to lost izaleth for the first time last night

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papercup
05/26/20 12:40:20 PM
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I_Always_Die posted...
bell gargoyles were easy af

i just got to lost izaleth for the first time last night

The boss of that place is the worst fucking thing From Software ever made. Fuck that zone. lol

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I_Always_Die
05/26/20 12:46:19 PM
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papercup posted...
The boss of that place is the worst fucking thing From Software ever made. Fuck that zone. lol
thats what Ive heard. when does it get bad? at the boss?

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Kyuubi4269
05/26/20 12:54:32 PM
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I_Always_Die posted...

thats what Ive heard. when does it get bad? at the boss?

When your eyes melt out of your head the moment you enter Lost Izalith.
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I_Always_Die
05/26/20 12:56:49 PM
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Im already there wrecking shit

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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/26/20 2:17:41 PM
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Blaqthourne posted...
You mean how you can get below an enemy on stairs and damage it with horizontal attacks that don't actually graphically touch it, due to their hitboxes starting from the ground (regardless of if they're on the ground)? That's not a flaw (after all, the game has no flaws), it's a feature.
it's not even the stairs. There's like a tree branch you can walk on from the stairs that the Capra Demon will always fall off of so you literally can not lose to him if you just keep on running in a circle from the stairs to tree and then drop down on him when he falls.
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YoukaiSlayer
05/26/20 4:26:50 PM
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I think bell gargoyles are about middle of the road difficulty. No shame in getting stuck on them for a while. I notice in all the souls games early bosses tend to have a really varied reaction form the community. The bell gargoyles come early enough that you might be used to the game by then, but you also might not. I'm sure TC will wreck their face if he ever plays through the game again.

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InfestedAdam
05/26/20 4:38:21 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
should have just waited until day, then smashed the statues
Hah! Disney Gargoyles reference? One of my favorite cartoon series. Think I learned more about Shakespeare's characters and plays from Gargoyles than from my middle school English classes.

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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/26/20 6:32:06 PM
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damn, blighttown ain't playin'.
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InfestedAdam
05/26/20 7:03:56 PM
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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
damn, blighttown ain't playin'.
Those toxin/poison darts are the worst.

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Cruddy_horse
05/26/20 8:03:27 PM
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papercup posted...
That's like... the easiest boss in the entire franchise. >_>


No they aren't, stop trying to wave your e-peen around.

Pinwheel, Capra, Taurus, Asylum are in the same game, 2 of which need to be done before Gargoyles and another 1 can optionally be done if you know where to go.
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Blaqthourne
05/26/20 8:08:02 PM
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papercup posted...
That's like... the easiest boss in the entire franchise. >_>

Before I quit Dark Souls out of boredom (I made it to the Four Kings), I found the Gaping Dragon to be the easiest in the game. The only reason it took me two tries was because I fell off a cliff in the floor that I didn't realize was there. I just stayed away from the areas of the floor with water on them on my second try.
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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/26/20 9:33:07 PM
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well I guess I'm done playing the game. can't beat quelaag.
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Cruddy_horse
05/27/20 12:00:47 AM
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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...
well I guess I'm done playing the game. can't beat quelaag.

Just shoot her in the head with arrows.
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NeoSioType
05/27/20 12:26:15 AM
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Mildred seems she can solo her but I never actually waited it out.
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Cruddy_horse
05/27/20 1:07:42 AM
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NeoSioType posted...
Mildred seems she can solo her but I never actually waited it out.

People always say this yet in my several plays of the game she always contributes almost nothing and just makes the fight needlessly harder.
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agesboy
05/27/20 4:27:52 AM
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I tried a bunch and Mildred eventually kicked her ass while i played super safe.

On the note of gargoyles, I found that their difficulty was directly tied with how fast I could kill the first one. The fight was a joke if I had good enough weapons to kill the first before the second could do much to me but an absolute nightmare if I slacked.

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EvilMegas
05/27/20 6:19:39 AM
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ChimeraBlue posted...
I know soulbros like to brag, but the Gargoyles are definitely not the easiest boss in the franchise.

Just stop.
I didn't even finish that game and I killed them in one go.

Edit: I got to the library without knowing how to parry lol

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