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Sacred Order Pots absolutely destroy these guys... (probably regular Holy Water Pots too).
For the apostate derelict one, I spent forever on torrent firing haligbone arrows, only to realize after I ran out of arrows that a single pot did about 5x as much damage, and can be conveniently tossed from above

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Sacred order pots absolutely destroy these guys (Regular Holy Water pots probably do too)

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WE ARE THE MASTERS OF THE GALAXY

THE LORDS OF SPACE DUNDEE

THE DESTROYERS OF REALITY

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Visually the coolest reoccuring boss in the game. The way they look, to how they spawn in, to their lore, and to their cool attacks, they are by far my favorite non-unique boss in Elden Ring. I wish there was more coldflame and death magic in the game.

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Holy tear n scorpion, golden epitaph wa > right hand tree spear wa > swap to right hand inseparable gs
lock on the birbs head, fire sacred blade till it dies
Tree spear got this buff applying to swapped weapon bug, abuse it while u can

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I've always wanted to fight Camera 2.0 in Elden Ring. I HATE THIS BOSS! I HATE IT!

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Easy peasy if you're running a melee-faith build. Get Envoy's Long Horn and bubble em to death.

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I was fighting the one in gate town and it just randomly died. TF?

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That fracking Death Chicken next to the mausoleum turtle that volleys tactical nukes on you is annoying as hell in consecrated snowfield area they aren't hard persey just tucking annoying

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The apostate one is absolutely cancer. Had to kill it using holy arrows from a safe hill thingy close to where this stupid trash and broken boss spawns.

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These bosses are pretty interesting. I wish we could see what things were like before the erdtree.

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This fight is actually interesting for ranged fight because it can close distance easily and have frantic camera lock but you have torrent. So I have to get on torrent to widen distance, get off, lock to fire, unlock, get on torrent, escape, over and over again.

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No mention of the weeping peninsula one?

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Absolute personification of an enemy that's completely done with the tarnished's ****

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The fire is literal bullshit

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They really need to decrease the range of its Explosive Ghostflame. Especially the one at Caelid, with the terrible terrain.

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bad desing boos meh. very agile for a skeletal rotten body also his attacks dont let you take a breath especially in close range when you are under his head

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The other dudes were right. Just defeated the one at Consecrated Snowfield by using Sacred Blade on a Sacred Great Stars +18. My build is nowhere near optimized for holy damage because it is a bleed STR/ARC build, so it has barely any Faith. Sacred Blade still wrecks it especially if you target the head, and since Great Stars is a strike weapon, I also used some jump R2s for good measure. Even managed to get a cinematic finish with a crit.

Staying in melee range also means he doesn't spam his AOEs of tarnished doom as much. I think I only needed to use Sacred Blade 4 or 5 times in addition to some well timed jump R2s.

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SKREE

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Staff of Avatar help me to groudpound that chicken freeze bone in apostate derelict, still was rough because still I need to master the art of jump heavy attack.

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the one in apostate derelict killed himself due to fall damage, did the attack where he flies away and casts a rain of arrows from the sky, landed on the hill where the walking mausoleum is, then tried to do a plunging attack while i was on the frozen lake and got one-hit by fall damage

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Am I the only one that actually likes fighting these things?

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The power of the Golden order compels you ill omened creature! For I, zooteddauby will extinguish thy cold flame.

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Your biggest advantage against these things is the fact you're fighting in open terrain, meaning YOU set the battlefield. Do not be an idiot, Elden Ring isn't Dark Souls, this isn't a You VS Boss-10-by-10-battle arena-duke it out till you win scenario. Get on Torrent, climb on top of ledges, find strategic positions and then Holy Pot that mf in its heads. The game designers made the game with those intentions, stop trying to have an honorable swordfight with a ****ing berserk flying bird of death.

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Literally one of the sh*ttiest boss From has ever made. Has a rabid moveset, not to mention that the amount of damage these f*ckers deal is ridiculous. Have you seen the video where they put the one from Apostate Derelict against other bosses? It demolishes them.

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There is also a death rite bird in storm hill that I don't see mentioned here. It appears on the ruin south east of warmaster's shack at night.

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May the 3rd Church of Marika Bless you.

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ONE MISSING, there is one in limgrave close to the War Master shack, drops the Blue fethered branchsword talisman!!!!

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The Death Rite bird in Apostate Derelict is able to fall to his death if you can lure him onto the ledges while you're on your horse, he did this big dive move of the ledge to get to me and he 1 hit KO'd himself it was super funny

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This bird actually gave me aids in my eyes.

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Sacred Blade absolutely demolishes them, regardless of build. Even the one in Consecrated Snowfields took eight hits at most (don't remember the exact number). For reference, I play a Vagabond with a whopping 9 FTH. So yeah, use Sacred Blade. It's even applicable to any melee armament. Use it. I'm not goving you a choice.

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such a **** boss

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Idk why but the gate town drb just nuked itself all I was doing is spam my ornamental straight sword ;-;

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Somehow managed to kill it after ~8 attempts on my RL62 profile (43 vigor). I won't lie, I think it was mostly due to luck that I was able to get out of his AOE one-shot attack unscathed this time... BHF's unique skill's follow-up attack has I-frames and that too saved my butt a couple of times during the fight.


Weapon: Bloodhound's Fang +4
Buff: Golden Order
Physick: Boost Holy Attack + Boost Faith
Talismans: Immunizing Horn Charm, Two Fingers Heirloom, Marika's Scarseal

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I kinda wish the scream was more dangerous. the death blight it gives you is hardly a threat

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Physick: Holy + Faith increase
Talisman: Anything that increases holy damage and faith plus Shard of Alexander
Weapon: Anything that can be imbued with Sacred Blade
Buffs: Aforementioned Physick, Last Rite & Golden Vow
On NG+6, I killed this tweety lookin bro using +24 shortsword with Sacred Blade in 3 hits.

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for melee users that not use holy dmg, the ones that are in snow area are hardest bosses of the game that ties with malenia just because of camera and stupid movement of the boss.

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Ah, yes, yet another fight where melee builds have to choose between being able to hit the boss and being able to see what the boss is doing. It sure is fun dying to attacks you can't see!

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Just ran across this bad boy in Caelid for the first time, and the only good thing I can say about this boss is that it made me feel like less of an idiot for buying all of those cracked pots that I never use for anything. After about an hour of trying to beat it legit with the same wonky melee build I've used so far, I resorted to hopping on Torrent and chucking holy pots at it until it died. I regret nothing, and will do the same thing to every one of these I see, screw these guys.

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Sacred Blade ash of war + Holy dmg physic = 1 taps

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I decided to get an early Death Poker, not knowing how much pain the boss will bring me. If you want to get it too, get Sacred Blade from Third Chruch of Marika and some fast weapon. When it comes to the bird itself, be agressive. It's close combat attacks are not as mental as the ranged ones.

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Maliketh's Black Blade drains these fkrs' HP real quick

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I've slayed literal gods and demons but I can't kill an oversized bird.

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Can I just say how ****ing dumb it is that you can lock onto its head instead of the body? If you're a melee character and get locked onto his head, it just massively screws with your camera because his head is a meter away from his body, so if you get too close your camera just swings around.

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For mage builds with no Faith investment, simply get above them and spam Nightmaidens Mist or Founding Rain of Stars. This works very well for the Caelid, Mountain tops and Apostate birds where they spawn below cliffs.

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I saved this guy for end game mop up, even then it took me a few tries, I started to get a bit frustrated so I decided to take his ass to church:
Golden order greatsword +9
Golden epitaph
Shard of Alexander
Two finger heirloom
Holy-shrouding cracked tear
Anything to raise poise

And any other holy boosters you feel are necessary...but honestly if your faith is at least 50 or so its only gonna take a few hits anyway.
Before the fight simply apply Last Rights with the G.Epitaph, pull out the greatsword and take a sip, get into position up close as he enters, spam him with 2-3 hits of Establish Order. Then move on from this terrible idea of a boss.

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Worst boss I've fought in a while.

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I am a death mage and I was having a lot of trouble with this fight up. How I beat it was I stayed on torrent and spammed Regal Omen Bairn item. I kept my distance and torrent made it easier to dodge his attacks. Hope this helps. Good luck!

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If you're struggling with this miniboss, try the golden slam AOW on a weapon with the Holy Weapon incantation cast on it. Deals between 3-4000 with each cast. I personally used this combo on a butchers knife but will work on any weapon.
Also bonus points becuase you cannot be knocked out of the AOW animation.

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Pet theory: maybe From designed these as hybrid bosses, which are easier if you mix on-foot and mounted combat. Most of their moves are hard to double-jump over and easy to dodge if you're up close, but sometimes they hop away or charge huge AoEs/homing projectile swarms. Torrent's i-frames and closing/fleeing speed really helps in those situations, but most of the time you're better off hacking their legs.

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I'm actually quite enjoying my experience with Elden Ring. I'm on my 3rd playthrough and there are a lot of things I like about this game. But when I encounter Bosses like these Death Rite Birds... it just doesn't feel fun. Janky hitboxes, extremely high damage AOE combos that are super unintuitive and inconsistent to dodge, and let's not forget even after more than 10 years Fromsoft seems to not understand how to properly develop a camera that actually compliments the combat system and doesn't screw you over for using a fundamental mechanic of the game.

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There is another one in the cemetery between the Hermit Merchant's Shack and the Minor Erdtree close to Blackguard location, it drops the twinbird kite shield.

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These dudes gives mages absolutely zero openings in the no-summon spots, Super annoying to have to respect for a field boss.

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The one near academy gate town is bugged. In two separate playthroughs now, it just randomly died while in the air. Like there’s some region up there that kills it instantly if it enters. It didn’t turn to day time while we were fighting either.

It sucks, it’s a tough enemy and it usually kills me a couple times but then to just win like that. Unsatisfying.

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GIANT-CRUSHER. LAST RITES. ORDER'S BLADE. HOLY TEAR. PRAYERFUL STRIKE!

I've done it.

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There's atleast one in the Altus Plateau, just East of a Hermit Trader. Funny enough, the same one that has the Bell Bearing hunter visit you at night.

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There seems to be a few birds missing isn't there some in limgrave

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I'll take these and the ulcerated tree spirits all day over those pesky runebears and overgrown crow birds. Haha.

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This boss makes me think that FromSoft forgot how to balance fights sometime in the last few years. What were they thinking giving something 15 times your size the ability to travel 30 meters in 5ms with 3 separate moves, one of which one shots you if you've less than 40 vigor?

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i pray that there is a place in hell for whoever designed this enemy. holy damage or not i shouldn't have to grind a completely different damage set just to deal with a horribly designed fight

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An important thing to realise/understand is that the bullshit aoe explosion that almost always one shots you does not cover a complete circle around him - it only covers a "+" shape if you were looking directly down from above).

If you imagine directly in front of him (where he is facing) ss being 0 degrees, standing a metre or two back and anywhere between 30 and 60 degrees to his left) ( and - 30 to -60 to his right) should be completely safe and result in not being hit.

The rest of the fight is basically fine, it was just that one attack that was driving me mad as it extends so far it is almost impossible to run away in time. However if you look out for the attack's tell/warm up and move in front but to the side of him (aim for a 45 degree angle where 0 is in front and 90 is to his side), the attack will miss (although you still need to be wary of the lingering aoe black goo on the floor).

Trying to simply run away was instantly killing me as without torrent (and i can never reliably switch between items quick enough), there is very little time and you cant get far enough away. Plus, even if you dodge the initial wave, the lingering goo/flames stagger and wipe out any remaining health you have left.

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The bird in caelid can be tricked to jump off the cliff and die

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If you take any +24 weapon with sacred blade and buff it with holy shrouded cracked tear, holy scorpion charm, and golden epitaph buff. You can now 2 shot any death rite bird in the game. Bonus points if you add golden vow and shard of Alexander

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Blow bubbles at it.

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Bubble shower goes brrrrrrr

Deathrite bird by Apostate Derelict goes d-d-d-down!!

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the one boss in the entire game you absolutely cannot get hit by

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yeah mimic tear with epitaph really helps. Mimic buffs you and doubles your damage and if you give them shabriri they'll take a good amount of aggro. Only boss besides this I use mimic for is Niall. That fight is just boring

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Met this bird for the first time on the mountaintop of the giants. It was a pretty tough fight, but the good old Bolt of Gransax and mimic tear got me through after 5 or 6 unlucky deaths. Decently tough fight though.

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Was fun until it threw down an AOE that's spreads fire about in a range that's impossible to get out of range of even on torrent and one shots you, so you're only hope is to stand still and hope you are standing in one of the spots the fire happens to not cover.

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These ****ers are fun to fight, I just wish they don't ****ing fly away every time I roll towards it and do a full charge attack. Sick and tired of R1 combat.

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Why does fire on the ground stagger me? Please hear my cries, O' Fromsoftware!

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The Consecrated Snowfield one is easy to cheese, spawn it then ride back to the top of the cliff by the Apostate Derelict. Drop Holy Water and Sacred Order pots on it, they do tons of damage, especially if you boost Holy / Pot damage and Faith.

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Fun fight. I don't know what people's problem with this is, it's not bad nor hard once you learn the moveset. Most of its attacks can easily be dodged by rolling towards it. And the moves it does is quiet predictable based on your distance to it. The projectiles can easily be dodged by using Torrent.

The one in Academy Gate Town somehow freaking dies immediately if it flies too close to Raya Lucaria around the copes of trees near the bridge. happened to me twice now. So freaking annoying, I'm having an epic fight here then comes the anticlimactic finish.

The one in Concecrated Snowfield can also get stuck in the rock jutting out in the area if it flies there, killing it after a while too.

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I don't like this boss, it's moveset and damage are toxic... it's not fun to play against (I don't care facing hard enemies but this one is unfair)

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Death of camera bird

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For the Apostate bird, use the greatsword with the holy ash of war (the one where you slam the weapon in ground and shoots holy beams). Combine it with mixed physique that increases holy damage + Shard of Alexander to enhance your weapon skill. Equip in lefthand a knife with the sacred order to strengthen holy damage even more
Absolutely stunlocks this chicken in 2 hits

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there are 8 in total so far:
1 in limgrave
1 in weeping peninsula
1 in caelid
2 in liurnia near the academy
1 in altus plateau
1 in mountaintop of the giant
1 in snowfields

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y'know what? For a spell and weapons I'm never going to use... yeah not bothering.

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somehow, these Tweety looking mfs makes the Foreskin duo look like mere foot soldiers

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This and the death birds are the only bosses nearly everybody hates but in all honesty, the fight lorewise is amazing and it’s something that’s fun to hate.

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THE ONE IN APPOSLE DOES NOT SPAWN AFTER YOUR STOP THE MONUIMENT FROM NUKEING YOU

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You can get the one at Apostate Derelict quite easily by triggering it to spawn, and then hopping onto Torrent and running back up the mountain towards the Site of Grace. Wait a bit until it de-aggros, stealth back to the edge, and keep throwing holy water pots on him. Surprisingly simple to do for the big reward.

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This ****ers grab attack in the Snowfields deals like, 95% of your health even with a Rune Arc before Frostbite, afterwords you are screwed. And that’s not the worst part. The worst part is the ****er animation cancels out of his flight to frame one dash over and grab you. You don’t even get a microsecond to react and dodge because he’s already got you in his claws. And don’t bother mashing, you literally can’t do anything about it. For the love of Mila this boss is an absolute mess.

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Totally not overloaded moveset with totally not 0.3 sec wind-up attacks and insane tracking/range.
What a shitshow

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Was really struggling with the apostate derelict one.

Accidentally cheesed him by spamming discus of light at the entrance to the area. It just walks sided to side just at the edge of its range.

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my favorite move from this boss is that one spear move that has indicators for the first like 3 spears, and then praying you dodge the rest.

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Probably the most horrifying enemy design I've seen in a FromSoftware game. Royal revenants being a very very close second, but if you play the game once, you'll probably remember where they spawn and will be able to get ready for them. For the bird, it's just different... just seeing it materialize in the sky and hearing that grim, threatening ost makes my skin crawl every time.
Fittingly, it probably is the most dangerous field boss too. The one at the Mountaintop absolutely destroyed me when I went there underleveled in my first playthrough. Ever since that though, I kinda had its moves downloaded in my head. Now, it' much more enjoyable to fight them.

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Apostate Derelict one likes to cheat by phasing through your attacks. Chucked 24 pots, and 4 hit him. The rest went right through him.

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Have you heard the good word of our Lord and Savior, Holy Water Pot?

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Just hear to say the spear should've been a lower tier reward but also happy I got the poker so early

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So much salt against a pigeon with a fire poker

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After about a dozen attempts I found the best way to kill this thing is to have a tanky summon like Dung-Eater or Rollo, and spam a holy ash of war like sacred blade or Miquella's Ring of Light. I don't like having to resort to using powerful summons, but certain bosses in this game are extremely cheap. This boss in particular is mostly a camera fight combined with a wacky hitbox where much of the time your attacks miss. If you happen to get behind the thing it doesn't matter because your weapon attacks will not connect. Poorly designed boss.

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These guys were a wall for me. Then I levelled up a bunch. Like 130+. And now, after all that work, they're still a wall because I lack skill

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Ancient calling bell plus distance

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One is missing. The one that drops the shield in Leyndell

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Such an awfully designed/ made boss. What were they thinking?

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Use holy water pots and thank me later.

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its the last fromsoft game i will ever buy, i was fan of dark souls but this is worse than anything ive ever played.

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Bro goes full touhou in his second phase

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**** this bird. Only managed it by being hyper aggressive [and lucky] w/ Flame of Redmanes, and once stunned, spam Sacred Blade at its head. after that, dodge, duck, dive, and dodge while sacred blade/jump attacks to finish it off.

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