Aava, The King's Pet

[Larry]

What ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is this?! Her attacks are landing when she's not even connecting her blows! Her bite hits me when i'm two feet to the side of her. I'm getting hit TWICE by ONE attack! If I roll into her I take damage even if i'm not hit by her claws or head, I just take damage from her chest?!

These hit boxes are absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! Never been so frustrated with Dark Souls before. I don't mind dying when I mess up but this ♥♥♥♥ is just broken!

[Cinderpalm]

Just wait until you have to vs the duo. Can't really suggest much for this, normally I just roll, other than that maybe a super stable greatshield?

[Larry]

I have the second best shield in the game. 100% damage resistance. She's STILL staggering me in two hits, spamming her bite attack and still hitting me even when I use my shield. This is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.

I've also tried dodging but the hit boxes are such ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ i'll get hit by her chest when she swings!

[Cinderpalm]

What's your Adapatability like? Also what SM are you I might be able to help.

[Larry]

Adaptability is 5(Isn't it supposed to be 12 for more reliable immunity frames? Can't remember...).

My SM is 1308106

[Cinderpalm]

Gah, won't be able to help im afraid as im at 3.5m SM. I personally always try to get at least 20 ADP which puts me somewhere in the mid 90's for Agility, remember Agility is the stat that determines the i-frames. Lighter equip load also helps.

[Larry]

Ugh. This is a huge pain. Even the AI co-op friends are terrible. Steelheart Ellie deals 5-7 damage with her attacks. It's pathetic.

[Cinderpalm]

NEVER SUMMON ELLIE. Holy dear god is she bad. Honestly for the DLC bosses I just don't summon, the ai give the boss more health than they will ever work through.

[Larry]

Yeah, I got that impression after I tried summoning them in. Am I just too low and the game is punishing me for it or what? Everything up until this boss was a cake walk. I'm level 127, 40Str, 21 Dex, 30Vgr/End/Vit and I have the Black Knight Greatsword plus Pursuers Shield upgraded to +3. As well as a mix between Drangelic armour and Vengarl's set. Got the Dragon Rider bow too but that's not very useful here.

[Cinderpalm]

Whats your equip burden at? If its close to 70 your rolls are gonna suck regardless. Have you tried a faster weapon? I have beaten Aava at SL100 with jsut a Longsword and light armor.

[Larry]

Thank god. Thanks Kate 1993ru for helping me beat that!

[Jäger]

Interesting thread i'm bumping it. I have 15 or 16 ADP, is this supposed to be enough against Aava and her ridiculously godly hitbox?

It's even more terrible than Alonne when he does his stab attack.

[Surfacing]

Originally posted by Frank Jaeger:

Interesting thread i'm bumping it. I have 15 or 16 ADP, is this supposed to be enough against Aava and her ridiculously godly hitbox?

It's even more terrible than Alonne when he does his stab attack.

I find adp isn't that big a deal for this fight, I always fight him nake with -29% weight. just keep rolling to his left and try to stay almost right behind him.

[Jäger]

Thanks, but i already won the fight. It wasn't that hard, but Aava's hitbox is insane, causing me to die stupidly multiple times.

[Larry]

Originally posted by Lentil:

Originally posted by Frank Jaeger:

Interesting thread i'm bumping it. I have 15 or 16 ADP, is this supposed to be enough against Aava and her ridiculously godly hitbox?

It's even more terrible than Alonne when he does his stab attack.

I find adp isn't that big a deal for this fight, I always fight him nake with -29% weight. just keep rolling to his left and try to stay almost right behind him.

Lower weight =/= invulnerability frames. Adp = immunity frames while rolling.

Lower weight = faster rolling. 60% weight = fastest roll as far as I can remember. Adp of 12 is all you need really for immunity frames(Need 90% agility I think) but 22 to be 100%.

[Scorpion62]

Learn to roll.