Some insights for the Four Kings on NG+

[M E T A L]

I just beat this boss and it was by far one of the hardest of the game. Therefore I wanted to make this discussion so I can tell you what I used to beat the boss in the hope of providing some help:

1) I was SL 108 which is pretty high for this boss atm and I really noticed the difficulty increase.
25 VIT / 16 ATT / 30 END / 24 STR / 18 DEX / 11 RES / 30 INT / 36 FTH

2) I went in full Havel armor and had the Eagle Greatshield equipped (for the extra poise).

3) I've tried every kind of weapon against them: Lightning weapons deal damage but not as much as others in the long run and you can only use Sunlight Blade once (per slot). Fire weapons don't deal much damage and neither do most pyromancies (Great Combustion deals less than regular weapons). Divine and Occult damage deal almost the same damage than regular weapons and magic/enchanted weapons are the ones that deal the most damage.

I managed to beat the 4 Kings using a Man Serpent Greatsword (MSGS) +15 and infusing it with Crystal Magic Weapon (3 charges per slot). It is by far the weapon I had that dealt the most damage to the boss. My Occult Claymore +5 dealt very little damage and my Fire Balder Side Sword +10 wasn't fast enough. I also had Quelaag's Furysword but, again, it didn't deal damage quick enough to the boss, so these weren't an option for me.

4) I managed to maintain the number of spawned kings to a maximum of 2 by pretty much 2 handing my infused weapon and hacking nonstop. Iron Flesh helped some in that regard reducing the amount of damage I sustained. I used it with the first, second and fourth king. And infused the weapon as soon as I got to the Abyss, halfway through the second king and around the end of the third king.

5) Remember you can deal damage to the boss when it's desappearing and if you want to improve your stamina regeneration a bit you can use Green Blossoms (sold by Crestfallen Merchant in Sen's Fortress fr 1000 souls each).

Best of luck!

[MaenaZ]

Basically :
- Physical and magic resist UP.
- Crest Shield, or Grass Crest Shield for passive stamina buff, or any shield with high physical and magic resist if you plan on using shield a lot.
- BUFF YOUR WEAPON. Even just GOld Pine Resin helps here. Darkmoon Blade / Sunlight Blade / Crystal Magic Weapon really rip them a new one.
- If your weapon buff goes down, buff again.
- If you cannot buff / buff again, use weapons that have both scaling and split damage. Demon Spear, Dragonslayer Spear, and Quelaag's Furysword at 10 humanity are good.
- Magic Barrier and Great Magic Barrier MASSIVELY help.
- Don't summon Beatrice.
- Do summon a friend, especially if they can do the above things.

[M E T A L]

Summoning Beatrice is a complete waste of time and it will make the boss even harder so it is best to avoid her, I agree. As for the Grass Crest Shield it helps but personally I went with poise to shield against long range attacks from the kings.
Great Magic Barrier reduces magic dmg by 90% (more or less) for 40 seconds and can be used twice but it requires 25 FTH and a Talisman. However I could not equip one (unless you do it in the middle of the fight) since I had a Catalyst and the Pyromancer hand equipped, so basically you need to choose which one you think is going to help you the most Iron Flesh (which gives you +40% pshicial defense for 30 seconds and can be used 3 times) or Great Magic Barrier.

[Baby don't hurt me]

Worst boss fight
Just put on heaviest armor
run to boss face smash their nuts
no skills required

even worse than that wiper

[dinodog1998]

Originally posted by M E T A L:

I just beat this boss and it was by far one of the hardest of the game. Therefore I wanted to make this discussion so I can tell you what I used to beat the boss in the hope of providing some help:

1) I was SL 108 which is pretty high for this boss atm and I really noticed the difficulty increase.
25 VIT / 16 ATT / 30 END / 24 STR / 18 DEX / 11 RES / 30 INT / 36 FTH

2) I went in full Havel armor and had the Eagle Greatshield equipped (for the extra poise).

3) I've tried every kind of weapon against them: Lightning weapons deal damage but not as much as others in the long run and you can only use Sunlight Blade once (per slot). Fire weapons don't deal much damage and neither do most pyromancies (Great Combustion deals less than regular weapons). Divine and Occult damage deal almost the same damage than regular weapons and magic/enchanted weapons are the ones that deal the most damage.

I managed to beat the 4 Kings using a Man Serpent Greatsword (MSGS) +15 and infusing it with Crystal Magic Weapon (3 charges per slot). It is by far the weapon I had that dealt the most damage to the boss. My Occult Claymore +5 dealt very little damage and my Fire Balder Side Sword +10 wasn't fast enough. I also had Quelaag's Furysword but, again, it didn't deal damage quick enough to the boss, so these weren't an option for me.

4) I managed to maintain the number of spawned kings to a maximum of 2 by pretty much 2 handing my infused weapon and hacking nonstop. Iron Flesh helped some in that regard reducing the amount of damage I sustained. I used it with the first, second and fourth king. And infused the weapon as soon as I got to the Abyss, halfway through the second king and around the end of the third king.

5) Remember you can deal damage to the boss when it's desappearing and if you want to improve your stamina regeneration a bit you can use Green Blossoms (sold by Crestfallen Merchant in Sen's Fortress fr 1000 souls each).

Best of luck!

the boss is easy not difficult you just have to know what attacks they do know when to and not to block. iron skin is not a good idea with them you need to be able to move around some always aim for one target at a time fighting 2 at once makes them live longer summoning beatrice so long as you dont jump all the way down and get her killed she can be of use in my opinion at dealing with the targets for a little while

and with your stats you should be using one of 2 weapons
1. you for some odd reason have both faith and magic so use the uncursed sword from the soul of sif (use your hilt or a broken straightsword to make it)
2. the obsidian greatsword.-you can buff this dragon weapon it is the only special weapon that i know of that you can buff

[CazadorDeLobo]

Vitality way too low, stats wasted in fth and int.... it was hard. You basically handicapped yourself.

How much did your int/fth play a role in the boss fight? Eh, you buffed a weapon. A weapon that scales with your abysmally low strength, and a buff that scales with your mediocre intelligence. Otherwise, your stats did nothing to help you. Your Soul Level only really matters if you're leveling stats that actually benefit you instead of stats you level so you can use EVERYTHING!!!11!

[M E T A L]

Originally posted by Wulf Hunter:

Vitality way too low, stats wasted in fth and int.... it was hard. You basically handicapped yourself.

How much did your int/fth play a role in the boss fight? Eh, you buffed a weapon. A weapon that scales with your abysmally low strength, and a buff that scales with your mediocre intelligence. Otherwise, your stats did nothing to help you. Your Soul Level only really matters if you're leveling stats that actually benefit you instead of stats you level so you can use EVERYTHING!!!11!

And yet I managed to beat every boss in the game including this one...

You don't have to like it I just posted a valid method to beat the 4 Kings EVEN with my stats (which I honestly don't think are that bad).

[CazadorDeLobo]

Originally posted by M E T A L:

Originally posted by Wulf Hunter:

Vitality way too low, stats wasted in fth and int.... it was hard. You basically handicapped yourself.

How much did your int/fth play a role in the boss fight? Eh, you buffed a weapon. A weapon that scales with your abysmally low strength, and a buff that scales with your mediocre intelligence. Otherwise, your stats did nothing to help you. Your Soul Level only really matters if you're leveling stats that actually benefit you instead of stats you level so you can use EVERYTHING!!!11!

And yet I managed to beat every boss in the game including this one...

You don't have to like it I just posted a valid method to beat the 4 Kings EVEN with my stats (which I honestly don't think are that bad).

Missed my point. I don't know why I bother with people.