3401

(What feels like) ages ago. Did it before stumbling down into the catacombs, probably right after the gargoyles, actually. Maybe after Blighttown…I can’t be sure anymore. Lightning Spear made it a total joke boss. I remember it was much harder as a pure melee.

3402

The tears are for the dog you murdered, not a warning of difficulty.

3403

Bud, I’d do the same thing for a dog that came after me with a sword in real life, too.

Although I think that would be significantly harder to survive.

3404

Sif is one of my favourite fights in the game. It’s not overly difficult, although it took me a few attempts back in the day, but here I am trying to kill a loyal companion defending the resting place of her master, loyalty over generations of time, just so I can selfishly continue with my quest (and yes, it’s an obligatory fight). The knife twist is the way in which you finally put her down. And there’s more to the story too, but that would involve some serious spoilers at this stage! Fair warning, do not watch this video until you’ve finished the entire game including DLC, but this will make you feel bad, you monster.

3405

I’m not sure what you’re referring to by “the way you put her down”. I just kept hitting her with my mace same as everyone else until she dissolved. After, I got a ring which rang some bells, as I’m sadly not entirely unspoiled on the game. The thing is, how would you even know you needed this thing and where to get it? I have not yet been all the way to where you need it yet (fuckin ghosts), so maybe there is someone or something down there that spells it out for you?

3406

The fact she becomes visible injured, limping and yet still continues to fight. Even before I knew anything about the lore, that made me feel really bad for killing her! It’s even worse when you know the lore.

As for the ring, in my game there was a message saying “Ring needed” or something similar at the site in question, and I’m pretty sure I learned of its location from someone in this thread. I guess you can piece it together by reading the ring’s description, but if you didn’t have it then I’ve no idea. Maybe there’s a vague clue somewhere, but it’s not like Dark Souls to ever spell anything out for you!

3407

How did I not even notice this? Whatever, dog, you started this, but I’m gonna end it.

3408

Yea, she does. Limps and everything. But if you are trying to stay alive you see that as a good thing.

3409

By that stage Sif stopped putting up much of a challenge, probably deliberately so to try and make you feel bad. Or not? I guess it’s just me. No other boss fight ever affected me that way; it’s usually HAHA DIE! YES I ROCK!

3410

For me it was more like, “Is that it? Hmph. Nothin personnel, dog.”

3411

Kinda lame how the very first thing that happens in the Nito fight is you take a ton of unavoidable damage from dropping down the big hole, then immediately take some more from the unavoidable toxic blade strike.

Edit: apparently it is technically avoidable, but I sure haven’t been able to roll out of it.

3412

For me the Nito fight was always about managing the damn Skeletons. Avoid them and destroy Nito and the fight is pretty easy. IIRC a faith weapon (which I normally never build) works best against him.

3413

Looking at the wiki he is weak to fire. My divine claymore +2 did not do much to him (but did keep his skeletons down), but I had plenty of time to pull the mace out while he was doing one of his big blasts and from there it was beatdown city.

3414

On the one hand I am now clad entirely in the armor of the sun. On the other hand…sad.

3415

Yea, I assume you found out the story line of the worlds greatest Sunbro?

He does have a temple kind of behind or under the dragon you meet early in the game.

3416

Yes, that’s where I got my lightning spear from. However I despair of ever getting the Greater version.

3417

Speaking of despair: Bed of Chaos

3418

Probably one of the worst Dark Soul bosses. The best way to fight this boss is to literally make 2 suicide runs, as the changes you make in each will remain changed. On the third run you go for the “kill”.

There is a lot of loot in the area though. And the Onion Knight, maybe.

3419

I hated that boss, if I was the kind of person to smash my controller, I’d have smashed my controller. Also, I can’t believe how quickly you’re going through this! Or rather, I can’t believe how slowly I play these games in comparison with everyone else. I have someone on my Galaxy client who has beaten DS3 with several more achievements than me, done in 44 hours. I’m currently at 102 hours. Dark Souls took me 125 hours including DLC (DS2 was a breeze at only 99 hours!)

3420

Wow, yeah I think I’ve hit right around 47 hours for every one of these games I’ve played so far. We’ll see how much DS1 clocks in at.

As far as suicide runs go, I have probably done a dozen so far. Every run at the Bed is a suicide run. Stupid swipes.