the damn ogre at the beginning

[thedarkwhatever]

so that fxcker has the ability to just magnetize me into his damn eating attack..no matter if i roll out of the way im still cuaght in his grasp for him to take a bite out of my head...

[duftin]

Hah, I'm new to the series, so when I died 20 times to that guy I thought "I must be missing something here".
Eventually I just ran past him and found the real beginning in the hut.

[ChuckleNut5]

It's easiest to just lure him towards the small opening that is past him. When he reaches it he will reset and start heading back to his original position. If you're patient, you can kill him by avoiding all of his attacks.
Later on you will encounter more in open areas. I find that the sword I received as a knight was too short to attack and roll away. The best way is to just be patient and draw his attacks until he falls on the ground, hit him once (twice is sometimes too long), and repeat the process. The thing that kills you the most in Dark Souls is trying to get too many attacks in, having no energy, and then getting countered.

[thedarkwhatever]

thank you guys, really starting to lose hope as ive clocked in about 2 hrs and have all been fighting the damn ogre.

@hasbin apparently the ogre gives you a ring so i wanna see what dats all about...once again thanks for the help friends

[duftin]

Ah. Good to know. Maybe I'll go back to him.

[thedarkwhatever]

almost had him but im tellin you even when you roll out the way that grab attack kinda just pulls you in whether youre in his vicinity or not..i hope they fix that

[duftin]

I know what you mean. I may have been exaggerating when I said I died 20 times, but it was probably ten deaths when I thought I was being careful.

[thedarkwhatever]

ive just about had it man...not even the asylum demon was this difficult..hell the bell gargoyle was easier

[Merick]

hug his ass and bait him to do the sit attack, its the safest way to kill him

[xen_tech]

its because the hitboxes are off for quite a couple attacks from enemies the worst is some of the boss types

[Gadwin]

Originally posted by ChuckleNuts:

The thing that kills you the most in Dark Souls is trying to get too many attacks in, having no energy, and then getting countered.

This. I used to go full-offense in the original game with little consequence since I memorized attack patterns and all that, but this game is brutal when it comes to stamina and dedicated attacking. I tried attacking that giant boss 2-3 times before every dodge and got oneshot-stomped twice because of it. I kinda don't like it because it makes certain enemies a boring chore, but I see the reasoning behind it.

[tyrant1224]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=252608205

Burned into my memory forever!

[Viper]

I think the game means for you to avoid him till you get stronger..

[thedarkwhatever]

yep, ive gotten him down to like 1 or 2 hits, but the thing is ive died so many times, he takes me out in literally like 2 or 3 hits..idk, so far im actually not enjoying this..

Originally posted by Merick:

hug his ass and bait him to do the sit attack, its the safest way to kill him

[tyrant1224]

Originally posted by dbgager:

I think the game means for you to avoid him till you get stronger..

Probably. But after a few tries I finally killed him. And it was oh so satisfying =D

[SyberWolf™]

Originally posted by dbgager:

I think the game means for you to avoid him till you get stronger..

u can beat him with your starting gear just takes a while if you dont know his pattern