How to deal with the archers on roofs you cant get on?

[Ted]

I know I can block their attacks by deflecting, at least until I run out of stamina.

But there seems to be no way to actually kill these annoying archers that I can tell. Any suggestions of what I am missing here as I am finding them very annoying to deal with!

[Nobody watches your TTV]

heavy attack

[Ted]

Originally posted by Nobody watches your TTV:

heavy attack

What?!

They are on the roof, how the hell can I heavy attack them when I cant reach them?

[Fauxkiller]

If you're talking about towards the end of chapter 1, you can jump up via the cliff round the back of the most difficult one to reach. You can also run past to the save point and come back and take them from behind.

[Nobody watches your TTV]

Originally posted by Ted:

Originally posted by Nobody watches your TTV:

heavy attack

What?!

They are on the roof, how the hell can I heavy attack them when I cant reach them?

yes


have you considered jumping?

[Houstonheart]

Get you staff Standing ability up. Hold heavy rise up up up up 5 levels and let go.

be suprised how high and far you can hit by maxing that skill earlier.

Usually there is always away up to them as well.

or ignore them as they are worthless.

[RubyCante]

you can reach them, BUT the "platform" needed to reach them is annoyingly stealthy, not marked with BRIGHT ORANGE/YELLOW PAINT, and the game janky jump-no climb system is not helping

[Ted]

Originally posted by Houstonheart:

Get you staff Standing ability up. Hold heavy rise up up up up 5 levels and let go.

be suprised how high and far you can hit by maxing that skill earlier.

Usually there is always away up to them as well.

or ignore them as they are worthless.

Thank you, this is likely to work. You cant ignore them as they spam you while larger enemies gank you at the same time so yeah you have to deal with them.

I wish there was a ranged attack option but oh well

Originally posted by Nobody watches your TTV:

Originally posted by Ted:

What?!

They are on the roof, how the hell can I heavy attack them when I cant reach them?

yes


have you considered jumping?

You cant jump that high, absolutely useless trolling responses. Blocking so I don't waste my time again in the future

[Ted]

Originally posted by RubyCante:

you can reach them, BUT the "platform" needed to reach them is annoyingly stealthy, not marked with BRIGHT ORANGE/YELLOW PAINT, and the game janky jump-no climb system is not helping

No you cant reach all of them, there is no platform to reach ones later in the game.

[candles]

do you not have a jump key lol

[Ted]

Originally posted by looking for gurl:

do you not have a jump key lol

OMG another one... you CANT jump as high as the roofs they are on later in the game. Blocking so I don't waste my time on you again either

[Nobody watches your TTV]

Originally posted by Ted:

Originally posted by Nobody watches your TTV:

yes


have you considered jumping?

You cant jump that high, absolutely useless trolling responses. Blocking so I don't waste my time again in the future

Sometimes I wonder if you people ever play this game with both hands. You were given hints on what to do.

Pretending to block won't help you anywhere.

[Noop]

You are supposed to run past some things. The bald boss at the very beginning? Pretty sure they wanted you to run past it and come back later.

[Ted]

Originally posted by Noop:

You are supposed to run past some things. The bald boss at the very beginning? Pretty sure they wanted you to run past it and come back later.

Yeah I get that and yes I have since realised that you actually have to run past some of them completely.

The idea is they want you to open the gate near them from the other side (very FromSoft like - but it's not souls-like game apparently lol) and then when you open these gates the archers all come down to fight you.

So yeah there actually is no way to fight some of them on the roof, you indeed to have to simply run past them to start with.

[damian2472005]

and thoose in second act on the houses?? they are a pain

[Ted]

Originally posted by damian2472005:

and thoose in second act on the houses?? they are a pain

Yeah but I learned you have to just run past them and you eventually get around to the back of the gate to the other side where you can actually open it. When you open the gate they all jump down off the roof so you can deal with them, so this is clearly what the devs want you to do

I still say I would like a ranged option though but I am a bow enjoyer in most RPG's and souls games