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[Muddy]

I'm talking about the Crucible knights which become Angels after losing half their health.

Still haven't managed to kill a single one of them.

Haven't had any issues so far against any mandatory or optional bosses so far. Just beat Godskin Duo and Maliketh yet the Crucible knight between the 2 managed to kick my ass.

Not sure what I am doing wrong. I have a Melee build so maybe it's more difficult.

Update: Just finished the game and still couldn’t beat a Crucible knight. Finished at lvl 150.

 

[Insane Metal]

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[Muddy]

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Cheers mate. I knew that reply was coming.

 

[k_trout]

jeeze not fought one yet, I still have problems with those little gargoyle feckers in the tombs lol

 

[Danjin44]

I also have pure melee build and yeah these guys are tough, so far I fought him twice, first time I fought him by himself and another one dual fight with him and Misbegotten.

My basic tactic against him is whiff punish him, blocking is not good option since his attack are heavy and just destroys your stamina, so you better off dodging.

 

[Mr Moose]

I've only beat the one you go into the circle thing to fight, there's more of those assholes?

 

[Muddy]

I've only beat the one you go into the circle thing to fight, there's more of those assholes?

Yep they are everywhere.

There's many which look similar to them but to tell the difference these guys don't stagger when you hit them. They become Angels after losing a certain amount of health.

 

[Saber]

That fight you have with both Crucible and Misbogen is pure cancer. My battle mage is doing well so far, Night Mist is a good tatic against no hyper mobile enemies like him. Shielded enemies are supposed to make melee builds a nightmare, the best chance you have is hit-n-run tatics.

 

[Danjin44]

That fight you have with both Crucible and Misbogen are pure cancer.

That fight broke something inside me and still haven't recovered.

Muddy Also one warning when his health is low and after he does his flying charge attack STAY AWAY from him because he suddenly bring out his giant ass tail and try to hit you and it has ridiculous range.

 

[V4skunk]

I'm talking about the Crucible knights which become Angels after losing half their health.

Still haven't managed to kill a single one of them.

Haven't had any issues so far against any mandatory or optional bosses so far. Just beat Godskin Duo and Maliketh yet the Crucible knight between the 2 managed to kick my ass.

Not sure what I am doing wrong. I have a Melee build so maybe it's more difficult.

I killed one in a Evergaol in Limgrave at about lvl 45. Think i killed him on my 8th go. Took about 10 minutes.

 

[Spaceman292]

If you stick to them as best you can, right up against them, then it's easier to dodge their attacks. Don't back away - that's what they want you to do.

 

[Muddy]

I killed one in a Evergaol in Limgrave at about lvl 45. Think i killed him on my 8th go. Took about 10 minutes.

I'm lvl 135 and still haven't beaten one.

 

[Danjin44]

But even Crucible knights is no match for Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast.

This motherf**cker was absolute nightmare for pure melee build like me.

 

[AJUMP23]

I beat my first one a few hours ago. I found a second, died, got my runes back and ran.

They are hard because they are fast and have high poise. Most enemies are easily broken, not the Knight, he just keeps on swinging.

 

[RiccochetJ]

I'd just recommend just putting a marker down on the map where they are and come back later with better stats and equipment instead of smashing your face against it again and again. That, or spend enough time where you know their move set inside and out and get practiced at parrying. The fact that they can pretty much poise through anything you throw at them, you need to be comfortable with getting one attack in and getting away quickly.

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They show up again a number of times during regular map traversal as well as put two of them as a boss in at least one dungeon that I found.

 

[rofif]

That fight you have with both Crucible and Misbogen are pure cancer. My battle mage is doing well so far, Night Mist is a good tatic against no hyper mobile enemies like him. Shielded enemies are supposed to make melee builds a nightmare, the best chance you have is hit-n-run tatics.

They just disappeared for me for the festival.
After the festival, I wanted ot go and talk to the guy (some levels later) and OH FUCK THEY ARE BACK and I got em first try
Bleed does the job on the lion. Mimic on the other guy

 

[iHaunter]

I gave up on one I was fighting. Just not enough damage. I managed to get 7-8 parry's off though. Just going to level and get a better weapon.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Just infect them with scarlet rot and watch them die - that's what I did to the one at the bottom of Stormveil castle.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

These assholes are very hard with 2H colossal sword. They have infinite poise, are hard to get away from (a lot of range and fast movement) and at least with slow 2H leave you no time to get away after you hit them, so you basically have to trade blows with them. Took me literally 20 tries to kill the one in Limgrave.

 

[Kuranghi]

I haven't played but those black smoke teleporting horned guys seem pretty intense for a "trash mob", they remind me so much of the black smoke guys from Ico.

 

[Muddy]

Update.

Just finished the game.

Didn’t beat a Crucible Knight throughout cause I couldn’t no matter what I tried.

They are the True Elden Lords.

 

[The Gamer Triple H]

How did you get past the Godskin Duo? Playing that as melee is fucking awful.

 

[Muddy]

How did you get past the Godskin Duo? Playing that as melee is fucking awful.

Lvl 135

Mimic Tear +10, bloodhound fang +10

strength 60
Dex 50
Vigor 50

Make sure to get Mimic tear ashes and get all the ghost gloveworts to level it up to +10

Will make the godskin duo battle look like child’s play.

I finished the game at lvl 150.

 

[Muddy]

How did you get past the Godskin Duo? Playing that as melee is fucking awful.

If you want to farm the best place is Mohgwyn palace. You will be super strong in no time.

 

[Plantoid]

People tend to say "just parry" but i can never pull it off consistently, so i just strife and keep a good distance, don't try do break their posture or trade hits, play it safe, don't try to block em unless you have a good greatshield, either parry or play safe

 

[fart town usa]

I was fighting one last night. One of those 1v1 battles you get transported to.

I was doing good damage but yea, dude was wrecking me. I noticed that parrying was effective, instantly stuns him. Just gotta get the timing down.

 

[Danjin44]

Just finished the game.

I think I'm exploring too much, I fought bunch of mini bosses but as for main bosses only fought Margit, Godrick and General Radahn so far.

 

[lillars]

That fight you have with both Crucible and Misbogen are pure cancer. My battle mage is doing well so far, Night Mist is a good tatic against no hyper mobile enemies like him. Shielded enemies are supposed to make melee builds a nightmare, the best chance you have is hit-n-run tatics.

They are just as annoying with sorcery. Their shield makes magic utterly useless too. I had to run around that fight and cheese him on the platform with my offhand weapon hitting him twice every time he jumped up then I ran away hoping not to get backstabbed. Fortunately that strategy worked once.

 

[Batiman]

I think I'm exploring too much, I fought bunch of mini bosses but as for main bosses only fought Margit, Godrick and General Radahn so far.

Same. Just beat Goodrick. Taking my sweet ass time with this game. With this rate I’ll be playing this for 2 years…

 

[V4skunk]

I'm lvl 135 and still haven't beaten one.

Go kill the one in Limgrave. I thought it was hard but didn't get the impression I was under leveled and I killed it after I killed Godrick. I had at the time something like 31str,14dex,22stam,22vit and base everything else with a +5or6 Guts ultra great sword.

 

[Muddy]

But even Crucible knights is no match for Full-Grown Fallingstar Beast.

This motherf**cker was absolute nightmare for pure melee build like me.

Absolutely destroyed the one in Mt. Gilmir.