Should I kill Lautrec early in the game?

[Zeretrelle]

I don't care about his armor, but I'm worried that I won't get a firekeeper's soul. I would want to improve my flasks tbh.
I've checked it out and there are 4 more available as treasure you can find + 1 as loot from one of the two firekeepers( i need the last one to improve them and then I suppose I could kill her as well to get another one that I would use for upgrading flasks in the new game). So, it gives me +5 per first walkthrough, +1 soul at the beginning of the second walkthrough and maximum upgrade is +7 anyways.
What would you suggest that I do?

[nomoreblues]

killing him makes you miss best subplot - it kills a lot of the first time experience but you can read it up

[LadstonFelisGaming]

Here’s some tidbits about Lautrec:

+ You can summon him as a white phantom for the Bell Gargoyles and the Gaping Dragon. Despite his offense-oriented setup, he’s actually tankier than Solaire. Makes him a good distraction if you’re going for tail weapons.

+ Him killing Anastacia (The Firelink Fire Keeper) is triggered by picking up the Fire Keeper Soul in Blighttown.

I usually kill him after clearing the Depths, because that’s right between where his usefulness ends and where his sidequest really kicks off. His armor is only worth about 400 souls to me, so the FaP ring (worth 1000) and five free solid humanities early is a nice bonus.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by LaddytheOutcast:

Here’s some tidbits about Lautrec:

+ You can summon him as a white phantom for the Bell Gargoyles and the Gaping Dragon. Despite his offense-oriented setup, he’s actually tankier than Solaire. Makes him a good distraction if you’re going for tail weapons.

+ Him killing Anastacia (The Firelink Fire Keeper) is triggered by picking up the Fire Keeper Soul in Blighttown.

I usually kill him after clearing the Depths, because that’s right between where his usefulness ends and where his sidequest really kicks off. His armor is only worth about 400 souls to me, so the FaP ring (worth 1000) and five free solid humanities early is a nice bonus.

Almost.

He is triggered by picking up two fire keeper souls/ringing two bells.

If you kill Quelaag and ring her bell or collect the two firekeeper souls before killing the Gargoyles, in addition to not be in his jail anymore, he will kill the firekeeper Anastacia without being a friendly NPC located at firelink shrine.

[LadstonFelisGaming]

Originally posted by Harrison Ford:

Originally posted by LaddytheOutcast:

Here’s some tidbits about Lautrec:

+ You can summon him as a white phantom for the Bell Gargoyles and the Gaping Dragon. Despite his offense-oriented setup, he’s actually tankier than Solaire. Makes him a good distraction if you’re going for tail weapons.

+ Him killing Anastacia (The Firelink Fire Keeper) is triggered by picking up the Fire Keeper Soul in Blighttown.

I usually kill him after clearing the Depths, because that’s right between where his usefulness ends and where his sidequest really kicks off. His armor is only worth about 400 souls to me, so the FaP ring (worth 1000) and five free solid humanities early is a nice bonus.

Almost.

He is triggered by picking up two fire keeper souls/ringing two bells.

If you kill Quelaag and ring her bell or collect the two firekeeper souls before killing the Gargoyles, in addition to not be in his jail anymore, he will kill the firekeeper Anastacia without being a friendly NPC located at firelink shrine.

In my experience, it’s triggered by the Blighttown one specifically. I always go for the Fire Keeper Soul in New Londo early, so by the time I reach Blighttown I have a +2 flask. If what you’re saying is true, Anastacia would be dead by the time I got the FKS in the Parish, but that’s never happened.

[Call Sign: Raven]

Originally posted by LaddytheOutcast:

Originally posted by Harrison Ford:

Almost.

He is triggered by picking up two fire keeper souls/ringing two bells.

If you kill Quelaag and ring her bell or collect the two firekeeper souls before killing the Gargoyles, in addition to not be in his jail anymore, he will kill the firekeeper Anastacia without being a friendly NPC located at firelink shrine.

In my experience, it’s triggered by the Blighttown one specifically. I always go for the Fire Keeper Soul in New Londo early, so by the time I reach Blighttown I have a +2 flask. If what you’re saying is true, Anastacia would be dead by the time I got the FKS in the Parish, but that’s never happened.

Cool. I literally don't care. I just copied that from the wiki. Feel free to update it.