Mini Boss with a shield?

[BigEazy]

St F rangelico Cathedral Chapel mini boss who holds up a shield like thing? What is the best way to defeat this guy? Having a bit of a hard time.

[Rif.]

dodge and go around his back

[Dollmaker]

Try to hit him whenever you can essentially, also try to circle around him.

How you deal with shields enemies in any souls games essentially.

[BigEazy]

I die in like 2 seconds I dodge then an instant attack always.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by SecularSmoker:

I die in like 2 seconds I dodge then an instant attack always.

Might wanna level up some HP then.

Also, the game is more focused on blocking/parrying than dodging.

[Heiinz]

Move to the right when he charges with shield and try to get to his back.
Step him once you got there.

When he tries to clobber you parry him and step him once or twice.

The red attack is delayed to bit longer so you need to adapt to that or just get away from him once he starts.

He will stagger from time to time where you can get in a charged R2.

Do not try to take advantage of the white bar except he is staggered.

[Gormogon]

Climb up the ladder and plunge him.

[Phantom Limb]

If you are struggling with that enemy, you can easily cheese it. Lure the guy to the door you came through and stay on the other side. Enemy is too big and can't follow you, so as long as you hide on the other side you are safe. Keep your distance and land a couple of attacks when you have the opening.

[BigEazy]

Originally posted by Phantom Limb:

If you are struggling with that enemy, you can easily cheese it. Lure the guy to the door you came through and stay on the other side. Enemy is too big and can't follow you, so as long as you hide on the other side you are safe. Keep your distance and land a couple of attacks when you have the opening.

Thank you.

[Limp Squirrel]

I had to cheese this guy. He is just so poorly designed, it's not enjoyable at all.

He constantly does the shield charge, which has two phases. He has a high-tech motion tracker so dodging does little. If you get hit by the charge, it's a multi-hit stagger combo followed by another hard hit. Seconds later, he does it again.

The worst part is he will sometimes do two consecutive charges in a row. Overall, an incredibly tedious and very poorly thought-out encounter. Not to mention the lengthy track to get to him.

Overall, I find bosses in this game to be insane damage sponges. Heavy weapons or light weapons rarely seems to matter.

[Savager]

I ended up cheesing him through the doorway.