I specd for a shield before the dlc came out. Such a good decision. Guard counters are awesome in the dlc

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

This is true, seems like a lot of bosses were more manageable with the guard countering and they added some cool stuff in the DLC for it specifically.

I did this with the fingerprint shield and the same hammer and you can basically script this boss if you know the Moveset. Used the turtle talisman 2, great jars arsenal, guard counter talisman and cragblade on the hammer

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

I like this build to, I don’t have cragblade for some reason on this character. I considered using royal knight resolve but having the shield doesn’t let you use it

@Evolfurnace

Ай бұрын

@@Valhooli use fingerprint with No Skill ash

I did this very thing, a great shield, high poise, etc. He would just destroy my guard and dead. I’ve watched so many videos and I don’t get the same results. I’m not out of stamina, just strange. I did finally get him. Shirley boy with Moores armor came in a tanked the hell out of him.

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

I died a few times doing this strat, I think he has a few attacks that go around the shield, so I get it. Glad to hear you were able to get it down though!

As a mage, I used bloodhound step to dodge his charge. Then slash one hit of Adula’s moonblade. Sometimes u can get greedy and get two hits but patience got me the win.

@Valhooli

8 күн бұрын

This boss seems pretty fun with magic! Havent spent a lot of time with it though

Commander Gaius! Ice cream. I brought you some ice cream Commander Gaius.

Also after you get the repost you have the time to get a charged R2 in for massive poise damage

As a mage I cheesed him. If you stick to the corners of the castle and equip carian sovereignty you can hit him through the wall. It takes a minute to get the set up right but i did it on my 2nd try. Lol

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

I know a lot of people had to do weird things to kill him. Gotta do what you gotta do

Annoying to have to respec for a single boss, but it's looking like I might have to.

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

I was lucky I didnt have to fully respct to do this build, but hes pretty rough

@MrSwitchblade327

Ай бұрын

Shouldn't have to respec in an rpg dlc.Anyone who says different is insane.

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

@@MrSwitchblade327 you dont HAVE to respec, but this boss is trivialized by a few builds. So if you struggle you can do so. But people are beating him with level 1, and other stuff so hes learnable.

@sivispacemparabellum6217

Күн бұрын

​​@@MrSwitchblade327it's difficult to make an actual good build with effective stat spread. This is one of the reasons why larval tears exist. Every well made build could defeat any boss, this is why you cannot level every stat to use anything you find. Or you could, but it will drastically be less powerful than a dedicated build... hence why you think you have to respec at some point.

Shields are soooo good in the dlc

Imma try this out

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

Let me know how it works for you, definitely a very different playstyle

People hate on this boss a lot, but there is actually some room for expression here. I have a faith/int golden order fundamentalist build, so a heavy shield wasn’t an option BUT he is weak to holy, so the solution was putting bloodhound step on a dagger and using it for the dodges, which are brutal otherwise. Then triple rings of light shreds him.

@Valhooli

22 күн бұрын

Yea I have beaten this guy two additional times now after this video was made including once at rune level 1. I have actually grown kinda fond of him now that I have learned him. I think guard countering is still a great way to beat him if you struggle, including the weapon I used since it had holy on it. Faith/int build probably rips this dude though

Drove me crazy, I ended up spamming the wave of gold attack with the relic sword, definitely cheating but it got me past this guy😂

Nice vid

@Valhooli

Ай бұрын

Thanks! glad you liked it

I'm trying to stick to scadutree blessing lv 2 but this dude is tempting me to level up.

@Valhooli

8 күн бұрын

If its your first playthrough level up your blessing and have fun, do some crazy shit after haha

@mta110

8 күн бұрын

@@Valhooli I hear that. I kinda do the opposite though, I want the first playthrough to be raw (no summons, no spirit ashes) and then in NG+ I do it all lol.

Used Taylew Spirit Ash and he was pretty perfect for the battle. Golem with high physical defense and only weak spot behind him and deals physical and poise damage is a good option. Being a spell blade build with Spiral Shard also shreds him like paper. Also those hit boxes, while doable are pretty wonky. Fighting him on torrent is quite a chore. Feel a little bad I didn’t duel him, but there’s always next time.

@Valhooli

22 күн бұрын

spirit ashes are probably fantastic for this fight for sure. the taylew ash is pretty tanky to. I think magic in general is pretty good against him and hes weak to holy. Sounds like you had a good build though, good stuff!

How I beat gaius nacho cheese.

Dumb question but how were you able to block so much including the charge attack? I was using a max upgraded blacksteel great shield and it wasn’t doing much at all. Is it because I need the no skill ash of war to hold down L2? Sorry I never use shields so I’m a noob with this information lol

@Valhooli

26 күн бұрын

I wont pretend to be an expert at using shields but ill try my best. Blacksteel great shield should be a good shield for this boss as it has high physical negation. I would first make sure you have the required stats to use the shield, but I assume you do. On top of that when you block depending on the damage you take it consumes stamina, so make sure you arent getting stamina stagger busted. Also I assume you are using a controller, to guard/block with a controller its not L2 to block it would be L1 on Playstation or LB for xbox. I hope this helps, but if it doesnt try finding a regular enemy to test blocking on first before going back in.

@squibby4410

26 күн бұрын

@@Valhooli yeah I was using L1 to block and the charge move would just knock me over, weird

@Valhooli

25 күн бұрын

@@squibby4410 The only time I would ever get knocked over from something like this is if I wasnt holding block all the way through of it was consuming all my stamina

@joelmichaelviado1226

22 күн бұрын

Use the deflecting hardtear on your flask and timing guards will negate damage and stamina drain.

No lie I’ve been watching video after video but I finnaly beat him after just attack attack get attacked heal twice repeat, it’s a pretty trash boss fight either way tho

@Valhooli

29 күн бұрын

He is by no means my favorite, but the more ive done him the less I hate him. Hes certainly not great but other than his charge attack hes manageable.