Godrick - I give up!

[eyethemack]

I have spent a whole day trying to kill Godrick and am failing miserably!
I have tried summoning the rot dog, but he just gets killed and never poisons Godrick.
I have tried firing rot bolts at him, but he never gets poisoned.
I can always get to stage 2 but Nepheli never lasts the pace. In stage 2, I just can't get close to Godrick with a melee weapon.
I am level 31 with a +4 longsword.
I literally am pulling my hair out over this, as well as shouting at family members in total frustration!!! I even tried the YT video technique when he shows climbing a tree to avoid contact. I can't get up that tree! Don't know if they have changed the game since that was posted.
Anyway, I'm going to stop playing this game as it is very bad for my health unless someone can tell me a way to get past this. I managed to kill Margit without any real issues.

EDIT: I did manage to kill Godrick in the end at L32 with a +4 Longsword. Thanks for all the advice.

[paulaus333]

Stay away from him and learn to bait attacks that you can punish without getting hurt.

Are you looking for a sunbro? :)

[Zygfryd]

Originally posted by eyethemack:

I am level 31 with a +4 longsword.

Just go do other stuff until you're stronger. I won't believe you've done all or even most of Limgrave and Weeping Peninsula at level 31.

[Lumina]

My advice would be: when you're so frustrated about Godrick, take a break from him and do something else in your game. You can skip him for now and go back to him a bit later. There is another way to enter Liurnia, or search for some dungeons, pick up some flowers, whatever helps you to relaxe a bit.
Spend your time with upgrading a few other weapons, try other strategies or ashes of war, use all movesets the weapons have to offer. Well, and level up your vigor.

[Manemo]

If stage 1 is not issue, try to get some hits in while godrick prepares to cut off his arm. After stage 2 starts rush up to him and stay close. It's easier to dodge the breath attacks if you are near him.

When he charges up and starts rolling + jump attacking - dodge the jump attack and get some hits in.

Keep in mind that using nepheli will boost godrick's health so you might want to do it on your own. Gives you also more opportunities to learn how to avoid certain attacks better.

[Enderspoons]

As annoying as it may sound, you're probably just going to have to put in the leg work committing every one of Godrick's attacks to muscle memory. Sorry to report that the entire game works like this.

Elden Ring takes away all the mental shortcuts that previous Souls games may have given you to be able to spot-react to much of anything: You just need to know what tenth-of-a-second window every individual attack in the game gives you to dodge and in what direction to dodge.

For general advice though, you want to keep Godrick at arm's reach at all times; the storm vortex move is fast enough that you would need to spot-dodge in reaction to Godrick doing any within the span of a couple frames animation in order to avoid it in time; but once used, it's your signal that Godrick's about to do something that you can reliably punish.

[AlexTheSkjegg]

If you want some help with your build and the game in general feel free to add me. It can be frustrating when stuff doesn't 'click' and you end up ramming your head into a wall repeatedly.

[Coth]

It's an open world game, go explore lmao

[Anewbous]

This some weak bait.

[eyethemack]

Thanks a lot for your help guys. I think I'll take a break from him. I think I can see his attacks clearly, but when I get into stage 2, I just can't handle it as I don't seem to be able to get close enough to him to land any decent blows.

[[AJSA]MeloDeath]

you can always summon a player to help you

[Sonnenbank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u95c01RLCU&ab_channel=lordad

you can watch my Guide on him
3.30 you see me soloing him in coop for someone else

rest of the guide is several fights of me vs him and where i describe what to do on each attack

and yeha you can summon but i advise to learn the boss on your own
its actually a very fun boss once you get his attack patterns down

[ĐiVlodus]

I can help with killing him right now

[-Paxton-]

Godrick? ...yeah you better quit it only gets worse.

[Excell]

you gotta get somebody to help you. I recommend getting a magic caster to help. with the help, I beat it in like 5 tries.

[TheLuckyAce]

Originally posted by Enderspoons:

As annoying as it may sound, you're probably just going to have to put in the leg work committing every one of Godrick's attacks to muscle memory. Sorry to report that the entire game works like this.

Elden Ring takes away all the mental shortcuts that previous Souls games may have given you to be able to spot-react to much of anything: You just need to know what tenth-of-a-second window every individual attack in the game gives you to dodge and in what direction to dodge.

For general advice though, you want to keep Godrick at arm's reach at all times; the storm vortex move is fast enough that you would need to spot-dodge in reaction to Godrick doing any within the span of a couple frames animation in order to avoid it in time; but once used, it's your signal that Godrick's about to do something that you can reliably punish.

The muscle memory part might be correct for people who does not use Summons... but else?
I'm far from good at Soulsborn Games and most bosses gets easy with Sums, specially when you level them up a bit and use the correct ones for the boss you fight with.

At this point I even intent to not use sums/ash for my NG+ for most bosses (Melania maybe, as the fight su...) as Godrick for example was a first-Try, used the Golden Sum Nephli and she Tanked the Boss like a Boss through P1 and half of P2, while I could Bleed him dead with my +2 Uchikatana... it was not that I won the fight because of skill it was pure luck+sum.

The same goes for 90% of the Bosses, besides some special attacks of some bosses, you do not need to muscle memory anything. More than 10 Try's are not needed if you Sum and use a strong Build (I did use Bleed due to Samurai start without knowing how strong it would be) so that most bosses just get down to "outDPS their skills". As sooner as they are dead, as less things you need to dodge or know about them. Worked like a Charm up until Melania, the only Boss I needed more than 10 Try's for (40 around).

So basically the main Tip for people like me who use Sum's and are willing to use everything they can muster to win Fights would be - get stronger Items/Sums.
Level your Ash, get a Weapon with a good status builder (Frostbite, Bleed or Rot which will be hard to find early), get some Vigor (your damage early does not come from stats. You will need 80+ levels to get scaling worth the effort, +level and using the correct stat-change like heavy will be far more effective) and just try to identify one Skill you can easy punish, force the boss to use that skill - you win.

Sure this makes the Game pretty easy most of the Time, but after a while you will get better at the mechanics and start to "hardmode" bosses for yourself, with limiting your Tactics down (or you simply dont do this and just enjoy that you can win basically all fights, nothing wrong with that :D).

So for Godrick - get a better Weapon, change the scaling to heavy. Getting it to +3 is easy early and enough for the fight.
Get a good Ash and maybe 1-3 level on it as well. (even the basic Jellyfish could do the trick).
Abuse Nephi and let her Tank.
Learn one Trick of him and how to force that one attack - punish it. For Godrick the Flamethrower thing were he does not move seems to be the best, as he keeps shooting it, even if you underrun him and smack him like a Red-Button.

With this tactic you can beat nearly every Boss in this Game, specially after you get the Mimic Ash and when you get some good Selfbuffs through Items/Spells.
It might be that people will look down on you, because "you do not play Elden Ring like a Soulsborn Game should be played" but just ignore these and have Fun. It's your own Playthrough afterall :)

EDIT:
To be more clear about the scaling/level part, not +80 on one stat, but character level 80+ ;) as I would not tell anyone to push all into a damage scaling skill, besides you are really good at the Game. Dont muss out on Vigor and Endurence for good Amor.