Watcher Knight Strategy

[buddy holly]

I've fought them about.... 7 times now and the furthest I've gotten is 3/6 knights defeated, only to die soon after.
Any tips on how to beat them? Whether that be charm combinations or just small little things to help out, anything would be nice at this point

[ALL MIGHT]

do u know the chandelier thing?
before u enter to fight...theres a hidden room where up where u cut a rope to drop a chandelier on one of the knights...so that decreases the total amount of knights by one

[arejang]

Directly left of the arena there is a breakable ceiling (accessible via Mantis Claw) which reveals a secret area containing the anchoring of a chandelier. Striking it with the Nail will drop the chandelier, crushing one of the corpses below and permanently reducing the amount of reanimated Knights from 6 to 5.

My mainstay has been longnail, quick focus, and some defensive charm like baldur's shell or something that gives me more health like lifeblood or fragile heart. That said, some other people have had some good success with a spell build, ie spell twister, shaman stone, soul catcher/eater.

It's a frustratingly difficult boss and I'm not looking forward to taking them again on in my steel soul run. Best of luck, man!

[buddy holly]

Thanks to you both, I didn't know about the chandelier until now, and I'll keep that charm combo in mind, I'll keep you posted

[Sail Dayton]

honestly I just put on glass strength and balder's gate and fast slashed the ♥♥♥♥ out of them

[Angry Owl]

I went with the spell focused build, but yes, it took a few tries. Mainly because they seem sometimes so random.
Also, make sure you're NOT taking the no-knockback-on-nail charm. This way you're less likely to get hit when knights retaliate.

[buddy holly]

I'm trying a spell build (Shaman Stone, Spell Twister, etc.) and with the Shade Soul, I'm doing about 40dmg a pop against them, so it only takes around 4 shots to kill one
The only problem is getting knocked around when I go to attack to get my soul back, in retaliation to that I have the grub charm equipped (the one that grants soul upon taking dmg) but I still manage to die
I'm getting close enough to keep trying with my current build though, I'll let you all know when I finally beat them, thanks :)

[Aknaton]

I was doing a speedrun and lost 45 minutes to the watcher knights. How I beat them was : Level 4 nail, 6 mask containers, Fragile Strength, Fragile Hearts, Thorn of Agony. Just pogo like 💗💗💗💗

[buddy holly]

flukenest guys
still having trouble but with my normal spellbuild + flukenest if I'm close enough I can kill a knight in two shots oof

[buddy holly]

alright! I beat them!! god finally
that flukenest thing I have going is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ golden
I beat them in under 1:30