Trying to pull off the Dragon Rider glitch

[pretorian]

So, I thought I was going to try to instakill the old dragon rider boss just for reasons and giggles but I can't seem to pull it off. I never get him to stab at me so he gets close enough to the edge. I've come real close but he then just turned around and never took that step of the edg that I've seen in other videos where it seems so easy. Is there a special trick to this?

[Wii remote gaming]

There a outer circle line in the podium, roll to the side when he step on that line

[Wii remote gaming]

It's more of a cheese than a glitch

[pretorian]

I know it's a cheese and usually don't use them but I thought I'd try this one becuse it would be fun to try it.

Ok, so now I actually managed to get hem close enough to the edge that he had one foot literally in the air, and still he just rotated and came after me. I thought that he would take at leas a nanostep forward and fall down (as seen in the videos).

[Hans Meiser]

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

[pretorian]

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

What boss are you talking about? There is now pit in the dragon riders boss room, only the free fall by the platform.

[Hans Meiser]

Originally posted by pretorian.stalker:

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

What boss are you talking about? There is now pit in the dragon riders boss room, only the free fall by the platform.

Pit, abyss, chasm, precipice, "free fall", call it what you want, the part without floor.

[pretorian]

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

Originally posted by pretorian.stalker:

What boss are you talking about? There is now pit in the dragon riders boss room, only the free fall by the platform.

Pit, abyss, chasm, precipice, "free fall", call it what you want, the part without floor.

Fair enought. Still, I've gotten him so close to the edge I can and he still doesn't falloff, despite standing halfway in the air.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

Bs. Thats not how you actually do it.

Right when you enter the bossfight, take one step to the right so that you're in the corner. Let him do 6 steps towards you, then sprint like a madman to the right (his left) and past him. He'll attack and fall off.

[pretorian]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

Bs. Thats not how you actually do it.

Right when you enter the bossfight, take one step to the right so that you're in the corner. Let him do 6 steps towards you, then sprint like a madman to the right (his left) and past him. He'll attack and fall off.

AFAIK, it's 7 steps now, post SoTFS. Anyway, this is what I've been doing and he just doesn't fall off. He still instantly turns around.

[Hans Meiser]

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

When you enter the arena stand on the left or right (doesn't really matter) end of the gangway and let him come to you, block his attack, then switch sides and position yourself so the pit is between you and him, try not to get too much space in between yourself and him, or he might walk back onto the platform. Then just hold up your shield and block his attacks until he attacks himself of the gangway. If he walks back onto the platform, you just have to get back onto the gangway until he is back in position.

Bs. Thats not how you actually do it.

Right when you enter the bossfight, take one step to the right so that you're in the corner. Let him do 6 steps towards you, then sprint like a madman to the right (his left) and past him. He'll attack and fall off.

That's how I do it and it's more consistent (for me) than the running or jumping method, but Mr. Youtube tutorial here knows better I guess.

Edit: Btw. this is the problem with alot of the souls community, they watch a video on something or read something on reddit and assume they know it all. I can only facepalm everytime.

[Hans Meiser]

Since I just did it yesterday, I still had a save for dragonrider, so I made a quick video for you to show what my method looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahVU6WheKqM

OBS was not set to my recording settings unfortunately, so the quality isn't the best, but you should be able to see what's going on regardless. ;)

[Bonkers]

After you pass through the fog, go one step to the right. then wait till ol' fatty steps one the outer line of the arena circle and run past him on his shield side.

It's really useful to earn sexy 36000(+12000) souls right at the start of the game.

[TrueArchery]

Originally posted by pretorian.stalker:

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Bs. Thats not how you actually do it.

Right when you enter the bossfight, take one step to the right so that you're in the corner. Let him do 6 steps towards you, then sprint like a madman to the right (his left) and past him. He'll attack and fall off.

AFAIK, it's 7 steps now, post SoTFS. Anyway, this is what I've been doing and he just doesn't fall off. He still instantly turns around.

It's 6.

Originally posted by Dr. Venkman:

Originally posted by TrueArchery:

Bs. Thats not how you actually do it.

Right when you enter the bossfight, take one step to the right so that you're in the corner. Let him do 6 steps towards you, then sprint like a madman to the right (his left) and past him. He'll attack and fall off.

That's how I do it and it's more consistent (for me) than the running or jumping method, but Mr. Youtube tutorial here knows better I guess.

Edit: Btw. this is the problem with alot of the souls community, they watch a video on something or read something on reddit and assume they know it all. I can only facepalm everytime.

Well sorry to bust your bubble, but that's how I killed him most of the time during my 30+ playthroughs.