Commander Niall is Cheap

[STOPchris]

Commander Niall is an extremely cheap boss fight. I think this is the worst boss fight that I have come across in this game.

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

Shaman Bo--- I mean Bewitching Branch is your best friend.

[LongParsnip]

It has been my favorite boss fight so far, you just gotta learn to dance with him.

[aristateles]

Bewitching Branch, Mimic Tear, YOU. 4v1 BABY!

[Mepho]

Yeah he's basically a tutorial for another boss later down the line, he's a pushover.

[MingQWERTY]

Originally posted by LongParsnip:

It has been my favorite boss fight so far, you just gotta learn to dance with him.

I think the problem is not with Niall himself. It's with his summons. But then again his summons should die in like 5 hits at this point of the game.

[Sure, Not]

Originally posted by aristateles:

Bewitching Branch, Mimic Tear, YOU. 4v1 BABY!

^this, turn his summon against him. made the fight trivial. (if you got trouble with him)
Else yea, he walk, got 4 diferent attack.. he is. .. low boss design

[General Tenebrous]

Fully Charged R2 followed by a jump attack should down the dual swords guy. After that, riposte should kill him. I would then just leave the shield guy hanging around and smack Niall when he goes for a buff.

P2 is pretty boring. You only have 1 real move where you can actually get an attack in. Then you should run back because you have cooties and he's very afraid.

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

Originally posted by MarkQWERTY:

Originally posted by LongParsnip:

It has been my favorite boss fight so far, you just gotta learn to dance with him.

I think the problem is not with Niall himself. It's with his summons. But then again his summons should die in like 5 hits at this point of the game.

Basically this. The challenge comes from the hit and run of actually getting those hits in unless you're blitzing Niall himself until Saiyan phase.

Having said that, a buddy of mine says that NG+ Niall is the hardest boss in the game - harder than Malenia. I thought that was an interesting take, especially so when I consider him a stronger gamer than I in general. His zappy leg one-shots him. Good fun.

[i whiffed that]

Commander Niall in Caelid wasn't so bad. The one in a certain castle was painful.

[General Tenebrous]

Originally posted by яight:

Commander Niall in Caelid wasn't so bad. The one in a certain castle was painful.

Well that one's O'Neil. And yeah, despite being the same character model, they sure do feel like different bosses altogether. And that's even if you fight O'Neil off the horse and don't cheese him out of the arena.

[STOPchris]

Originally posted by яight:

Commander Niall in Caelid wasn't so bad. The one in a certain castle was painful.

That's the one. It is a VERY cheap fight. From Software can do soooo much better than this garbage.

[Daegon]

>Refuse to elaborate
Ok OP, it seems that you need to git gud.

[Mepho]

Originally posted by STOPchris:

Originally posted by яight:

Commander Niall in Caelid wasn't so bad. The one in a certain castle was painful.

That's the one. It is a VERY cheap fight. From Software can do soooo much better than this garbage.

Why tho? I liked him.
The adds may be annoying, I rushed the dualwielder down and ignored the rest for the whole fight. His moveset ain't bad and he basically exploding a nuke by stomping his peg leg on the ground was hilarious.

[Random Dan Random Snack Man.]

So cheap you don't even need to be in his arena to beat him.
And yes that is the castle one.

[STOPchris]

Originally posted by Random Dan Random Snack Man.:

So cheap you don't even need to be in his arena to beat him.
And yes that is the castle one.

That's the problem, you can cheese him just fine. You can cheese all of the bosses, but I am not going to do that. Matter fact, I don't use ashes either. The thing is, I am past this area, I already beat the Fire Giant. This particular boss is just a cheap design by From Software.