Am I the only one who didnt struggle on Commander Gaius

[Jibes]

I hate being that guy but literally all of this dudes attacks were stupidly easy to read. First tried him when i wasnt even expecting him and so i was shocked when it was a remembrance boss, even more shocked when i looked it up and found how many people were struggling over him.

[Grimmz]

nope. i killed him 2nd try.

on my first try i noticed he relies heavily on moves that take up a large space, and charge attacks if hes on the distance.

so what i did was hug the wall and force him to close quarters battle, thats half of his moves just poof gone.

[Greb]

My friend didn't struggle, but that's because he builds DEX (ew!) and had some weapon art called Dynast's Finesse or something that let him dodge and stab in the same move, which completely nullified Gaius entirely. Was amazing to watch the fight. Just like 4-5 dodges and a stagger, into a riposte and repeat. Guy got handled in the doorway.

Me though, I had to break out the Windy Crystal Tear. FromSoft seem to have a bit of a vendetta against midroll in this DLC, it seems. I get that you probably shouldn't be able to use the same build same strategy to win every fight, and they wanted to mix things up and make things interesting, but damn.

[Dr.Acula]

Originally posted by Jіbes:

I hate being that guy but literally all of this dudes attacks were stupidly easy to read. First tried him when i wasnt even expecting him and so i was shocked when it was a remembrance boss, even more shocked when i looked it up and found how many people were struggling over him.

Are you playing with a greatshield by any chance and consistently use block? He becomes considerably easier compared to dodge centered playstyles...

[Nauct]

It was annoying at first because his charge and double attacks were hard to dodge. After you know you can roll through the charge and dodge to the other side for the double attack it's pretty easy, he didn't have much HP

[Napalm®]

Bloodhound's step goes 'swooosh'

[Flibble]

By rolling towards him you can avoid most of his attacks, except the gravity spike AoE, that I went outside of the radius. Also as someone else mentioned, you can get him near the walls and he has a limited move set.

[Nauct]

Originally posted by Flibble:

By rolling towards him you can avoid most of his attacks, except the gravity spike AoE, that I went outside of the radius. Also as someone else mentioned, you can get him near the walls and he has a limited move set.

The gravity dive I roll right into his body and then I got a nice Charged R2 punish

[Lucifer_]

I didn't struggle. Took maybe 10 tries. I thought he was a goofy and fun boss. Can't believe some people are asking for nerfs

[Lucifer_]

Originally posted by Greb:

My friend didn't struggle, but that's because he builds DEX (ew!) and had some weapon art called Dynast's Finesse or something that let him dodge and stab in the same move, which completely nullified Gaius entirely. Was amazing to watch the fight. Just like 4-5 dodges and a stagger, into a riposte and repeat. Guy got handled in the doorway.

Me though, I had to break out the Windy Crystal Tear. FromSoft seem to have a bit of a vendetta against midroll in this DLC, it seems. I get that you probably shouldn't be able to use the same build same strategy to win every fight, and they wanted to mix things up and make things interesting, but damn.

Windy was my go to as well. I also noticed how light roll makes dodging some combos much easier.

[Saph]

No, no you are not. Me and my friend both beat him first try solo. I feel like the people who moan about him are either trash, or more likely, they're using some map to see where fragments are and beelining him WAY too early.

[KF]

tbh he's not hard, but that damn charging attack inconsistent hitboxes making him kinda suck

[ﾏｿｿｿ ₒ❤]

i also didn't struggle with him cuz i'm kinda used to the optimized way to dodge a charge attack sideway is to sprint first to maximize the dodge distance, Gaius is one of the most predictable boss so far for me.

[DumpyThick]

Genuinely think the difficulty comes from players refusal to use torrent in boss fights designed for torrent use. Unfortunately boss fights with torrent in mind are always boring and lame and slow and boring and lame.

[Rena Ichigawa]

I beat em my third try. I had more trouble against the dancing lion than i did giaus.

[LuckyCheshire]

Guys. This thread is from months ago. Gaius has been patched/nerfed in several ways since this thread was active.