♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ Astel star of darkness

[Syro System]

As in the one in the tunnel in consecrated snowfield.

This guy has at least 3 attacks that are instant death if they hit you (all of which have different things about them that makes avoiding them way worse of a problem than it should be) and is extremely annoying in how he moves around.

Trying to hit his head is just stupid in how hard it is because it's either soaring around out of reach because of his extravagant animations or you literally get pushed away from it by the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idle animation of his arms.

[[LZ]Icy]

https://youtu.be/blSXTZ3Nihs

This should be worthy advice (Serious)

[ALBERN DRAKE]

Sunbro if you need help. I could come a take aggro if you want

[Sparhawk 59]

Albern is a great helper

[ALBERN DRAKE]

Originally posted by Sparhawk 56:

Albern is a great helper

Thank you sunbro, you are too Sparhawk 56

[Kaiden Kumori]

*laughs in bloodhound step* I can help kill him if you need.

[Syro System]

So I just looked up what he drops and it's a spell with high int requirement and I got a strength/faith build.
Not gonna waste any more time on this dumb bug thing.

Also, enemies that ambush you when you walk though doorways is not cool or interesting game design, it's just the worst thing ever.
I just waded through what felt like a hundred dudes in the haligtree only to lose all the progress because a cleanrot knight did a bogeyman jumpout through the doorway I was going through and pushed me of a ledge right down into a revenant.

[Nerevar]

none of his moves oneshot. another case of no vigor meme casul clearly.

[Foosty]

I'm also struggling with this guy. I'm doing a full shield only run and he's really difficult to hit at all because he's up so high. And I can't just focus on my one-eye shield blast, cause it roots me in-place for too long and he whips out one of those instakill moves XD.

Snake shield is a god send.....

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

none of his moves oneshot. another case of no vigor meme casul clearly.

Yes they do. His gravity field deals massive damage and kills you if you aren't at full hp, his meteors deal obscene damage, and his grab and eat attack is a oneshot.
Btw I am level 164 and just killed the godskin duo on the second try.

[Don Lobo]

Originally posted by anomalyFiend:

Did you fight midir in ds3. I'm willing to bet that makes a big difference between people who find both astels easy and others who find them really hard.

Huh. Ok I was wondering about that. I didn't find either Astel fights to be particularly hard and Midir is a fight I know very well and like a lot. Keep the mid distance, bait an attack, punish with one jump attack, move back and observe. Fairly straight forward. It didn't even take that long. The multiple Astels did took me by surprise but that's about the worse it ever got for me.

As far as advice goes I can only add to what I already said by stating that jumping attacks with any weapon are extremely fast and easy to dodge right out of if you need to. Doesn't matter if it's a tiny little dagger, a shield or a colossal weapon. They're an easy way to end a sprint or follow up to a dodge from one of Astel's lunges or attempts at grabs and bites. Oh and, it might be overstated at this point but try not locking on. For most extremely large enemies is better to go full Monster Hunter and manually handle the camera at all times.

[Nerevar]

Originally posted by Syro System:

Originally posted by Nerevar:

none of his moves oneshot. another case of no vigor meme casul clearly.

Yes they do. His gravity field deals massive damage and kills you if you aren't at full hp, his meteors deal obscene damage, and his grab and eat attack is a oneshot.
Btw I am level 164 and just killed the godskin duo on the second try.

no they dont. your level is irrelevant if you didnt level out vigor enough youll get oneshot. same if you use soreseals at lower vigor.

i beat the godskin duo solo on my first try blind. so what? that has nothing to do with the fact this is a simple not enough vigor issue. oneshots dont exist in first playtrough unless you lack vigor (aside lethal falls of course)

i fought this thing multiple times. and aside my low level run i was never oneshot by any of its moves. and i got hit ALOT by it.

either you lack vigor or you where not full hp on certain attacks.

[Syro System]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

Originally posted by Syro System:

Yes they do. His gravity field deals massive damage and kills you if you aren't at full hp, his meteors deal obscene damage, and his grab and eat attack is a oneshot.
Btw I am level 164 and just killed the godskin duo on the second try.

no they dont. your level is irrelevant if you didnt level out vigor enough youll get oneshot. same if you use soreseals at lower vigor.

i beat the godskin duo solo on my first try blind. so what? that has nothing to do with the fact this is a simple not enough vigor issue. oneshots dont exist in first playtrough unless you lack vigor (aside lethal falls of course)

i fought this thing multiple times. and aside my low level run i was never oneshot by any of its moves. and i got hit ALOT by it.

either you lack vigor or you where not full hp on certain attacks.

42 vigor and the heaviest armor I can find (with the crystal tear that makes it count as light load)