Godskin Apostle Tips?

[Mist of Majora]

I'm really stuck on this guy and he's a tough one for me to fight. He doesn't seem to break poise, I can't backstab him, and in the time it takes me to swing my scythe once, he's already doing his next attack (not to mention he outranges my scythe). His weakness seems to be at range, and I have faith spells as well, but the charge-up time is a killer. I'd love to fight him melee in spite of that, but it seems near impossible with my current loadout.

I don't want to cheese him on a horse, so can any kind souls (pun intended haha) give me any tips on how you went about beating this guy.

[MagnusGrey]

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

[Target]

many of his attacks are best dodged through rather then away. Especially in the second phase. Hes built to run you down. Also, if hes about to cast fire ball, you dont have time to heal, dodge then heal. This is a boss where you need to waif for his openings, dont even try to stagger him.

[Mist of Majora]

Originally posted by MagnusGrey:

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

I've been literally trying to do this as stated by above, and no matter how close my timing, he always hits me by the time my attack finishes, whether it hits OR lands.

Originally posted by Target:

many of his attacks are best dodged through rather then away. Especially in the second phase. Hes built to run you down. Also, if hes about to cast fire ball, you dont have time to heal, dodge then heal. This is a boss where you need to waif for his openings, dont even try to stagger him.

I'll definitely try dodging into him. Funny enough this is the one opening I've found so far - I can usually get 1-2 hits if I start early enough in his fire casting animation, though it's a gamble.

[Target]

Originally posted by Mist of Majora:

Originally posted by MagnusGrey:

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

I've been literally trying to do this as stated by above, and no matter how close my timing, he always hits me by the time my attack finishes, whether it hits OR lands.

Originally posted by Target:

many of his attacks are best dodged through rather then away. Especially in the second phase. Hes built to run you down. Also, if hes about to cast fire ball, you dont have time to heal, dodge then heal. This is a boss where you need to waif for his openings, dont even try to stagger him.

I'll definitely try dodging into him. Funny enough this is the one opening I've found so far - I can usually get 1-2 hits if I start early enough in his fire casting animation, though it's a gamble.

I dont even know if you made it to the second phase and I dont want to spoil it, but when it looks like he is gunna run you down with an attack, thats when you dodge through and he will be wide open, or at least part of him will be :P

[Enderspoons]

If memory serves, the Godskin Apostle's resistance to bleed is relatively poor. If you have it, cast some Bloodflame Blade on your weapon and the fight should speed up at least like tenfold.

[asura]

For the first half of the fight just concentrate on closing range when he throws fireballs. Most of his melee stuff is 3 to 4 hits so watch out for that and like other people have said roll towards him.

For the second half of the fight don't get trapped in the circles. Remember that when he gets stretchy stretch he has a hurt box for his entire body.

Dude suffers massively from bleed. Poise damage is also an option. Let him do his 3-4 hit attacks and jump kick him one time - do no other damage. He'll fall to a guard crush soon enough where you can get a critical. Repeat.

If you're doing the one in the tower this one gives a stupid amount of souls so once you learn the fight drop your summoning sign and get rich quick.

[Mist of Majora]

Originally posted by Yew Nough:

If that's who I think it is, I used 2-3 sleep jars on it for status effect, then inflicted frost damage (while it was dazed) to soften'em up. The jars are easier to land when it's trying to cast magic.

Aside from that, I have no useful strat outside of learning the fight and taking advantage of animation times.

He's weak to frost when dazed? Good to know, cause I have yet to daze him and one of my scythes does frost dmg anyways. I'll give the sleep jars a shot - I could use a quick breather partway through the fight to heal anyways.

Originally posted by 76561198063878214:

Originally posted by Mist of Majora:

I've been literally trying to do this as stated by above, and no matter how close my timing, he always hits me by the time my attack finishes, whether it hits OR lands.


I'll definitely try dodging into him. Funny enough this is the one opening I've found so far - I can usually get 1-2 hits if I start early enough in his fire casting animation, though it's a gamble.

I dont even know if you made it to the second phase and I dont want to spoil it, but when it looks like he is gunna run you down with an attack, thats when you dodge through and he will be wide open, or at least part of him will be :P

Yeah I made it through 3/4 of the fight on a horse and the game crashed on me. That being said, I didn't like how I was cheesing the fight, so I'm not using my horse again. And ty, that attack of his is creepy as hell, but it's really good to know it leaves him vulnerable!

[Target]

Originally posted by asura:

For the first half of the fight just concentrate on closing range when he throws fireballs. Most of his melee stuff is 3 to 4 hits so watch out for that and like other people have said roll towards him.

For the second half of the fight don't get trapped in the circles. Remember that when he gets stretchy stretch he has a hurt box for his entire body.

Dude suffers massively from bleed. Poise damage is also an option. Let him do his 3-4 hit attacks and jump kick him one time - do no other damage. He'll fall to a guard crush soon enough where you can get a critical. Repeat.

If you're doing the one in the tower this one gives a stupid amount of souls so once you learn the fight drop your summoning sign and get rich quick.

I actually recomend dodging into the circles if he is not about to explode. tthere is enough space for you to stand next to him and keep attacking. trhe attack gets wider and wider, keeping your distance is not easy and gives you no chances to strike back.

[urabe mikoto]

Originally posted by MagnusGrey:

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

Do not hit mid animation, since they seem to have infinite poise

[Target]

Originally posted by urabe mikoto:

Originally posted by MagnusGrey:

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

Do not hit mid animation, since they seem to have infinite poise

The apostle has allot of attacks that leave him open even if you dont stagger him, again, this is why I try to dodge through most of his attacks. If he is doing the helicopter spin and comming after you, dodge through. If he is using a black fireball dodge through. If he is doing any of his noodle attacks dodge througha nd most of the time you can get a safe hit in on im. If hes spinning his weapon but is not chasing you dont dodge through, if he is about to explode with black fire dont dodge through.

[MagnusGrey]

Originally posted by urabe mikoto:

Originally posted by MagnusGrey:

Wait for attack, dodge fast, then hit mid animation

Do not hit mid animation, since they seem to have infinite poise

What? The bosses respond to your attacks and heals in this game, mid animation is the only time they wont attempt to counter you maneuvers. You should be able to get in one fast attack easy, 2 on longer moves. Don't try it with the fireball, just dodge.

And watch out for the fire explosion, roll back if you start to get staggered by it.

The bleed or frost salve will up your dps by a fair margin.

[Khyzan]

Bleed damage is really effective, and it doesn't go down fast enough between openings to make it pointless.

[Mist of Majora]

If it's at all possible, I'd love to see someone record getting in melee hits fast enough to proc that bleed/frost, or even just melee him into second phase especially. I thought my timing before was already as good as it could have possibly been, but perhaps it's my positioning via dodging in tandem that's the issue.

Either way, thank you for all the tips and advice so far, and feel free to keep discussing - this has given me a lot of strategies to try!!!

P.S. If everyone from this thread is still following, would you mind also volunteering what weapons you're using to beat him. I'm still wondering if weapon speed is a factor in consistently getting hits on this guy without the ability to stagger.

[Target]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9KuYPKZT_U

Hear is a good guide, see how he takes advantage of the noodly attacks? I did the same thing just dodged trough them and attack the pants. he doesnt use bleed but he doesnt need it, if he had applied a bleed grease to his weapon would have even been a faster kill.

[3borg]

In P2 whenever he goes stretch armstrong, dodge through and hit him in the extended stomach. It's a weakspot and does HUGE damage.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/473997340680650752/950539069593649183/unknown.png

You gotta fight this guy 3 more times :D