how to kill naked katana man

[chinesse warrior]

help please (i solved this within the first 5 minutes of posting this. just stand on the edge and fall off and he'll fall off with you. take his stuff and do whatever you want. unsubbed .)

[Cronotekk]

try to hit him off the cliff

[[1]InfinityInfiltrator]

the miracle force does wonders against him

[chinesse warrior]

i fell off a cliff and he fell off too and thats how i killedd him gg

[[1]InfinityInfiltrator]

hell that works. just run back out there to grab his stuff

[Hunubul]

Igenerally just hit him until he's dead. Like every other enemy in the game. Works wonders.

[ɸ It That Dwells ɸ]

Originally posted by The Frog Who Ate Ponion:

Igenerally just hit him until he's dead. Like every other enemy in the game. Works wonders.

This strat' is best strat'.

Seriously, spam light attack and roll away. Spam light attack, then roll away. Congratulations, he's dead.

[[1]InfinityInfiltrator]

i try to legit kill him, but sometimes it's easier to cheese him off the ledge

[chinesse warrior]

Originally posted by ɸ Mianethroza ɸ:

Originally posted by The Frog Who Ate Ponion:

Igenerally just hit him until he's dead. Like every other enemy in the game. Works wonders.

This strat' is best strat'.

Seriously, spam light attack and roll away. Spam light attack, then roll away. Congratulations, he's dead.

easy to say when you start with a club no armor

[Hunubul]

Originally posted by TALIBANSOLDIER:

Originally posted by ɸ Mianethroza ɸ:

This strat' is best strat'.

Seriously, spam light attack and roll away. Spam light attack, then roll away. Congratulations, he's dead.

easy to say when you start with a club no armor

Easy to do as well. If you hit him, he'll get staggered. Hit him until you run out of stamina, roll. Armor doesn't effect anything, because if you roll and you hitstun him, you won't get hit. So if you can't do this you should seriously think about not playing DS3.

[DiabolusUrsus]

Originally posted by The Frog Who Ate Ponion:

Originally posted by TALIBANSOLDIER:

easy to say when you start with a club no armor

Easy to do as well. If you hit him, he'll get staggered. Hit him until you run out of stamina, roll. Armor doesn't effect anything, because if you roll and you hitstun him, you won't get hit. So if you can't do this you should seriously think about not playing DS3.

Try not to forget the terror and uncertainty of inexperience. In DS1 black knights are a joke once you realize you can backstab them continuously just by sidestepping. But before you learn that and gain confidence, it's the hesitation that lets them plaster you to the wall with horrifying ease.

As someone who started deprived first time through, the range advantage the Uchi provides against the club is a daunting obstacle. The fact that the Uchi provides a parry only adds to the paranoia you feel when starting out.

Then you learn jumping attacks can't be parried, but that takes time or luck.

Simply hitting things until they die does in fact work well, but it doesn't quite work the same way for new players who don't yet know how to exploit the mechanics quite so efficiently.

[Hunubul]

Originally posted by Diabolus Ursus:

Simply hitting things until they die does in fact work well, but it doesn't quite work the same way for new players who don't yet know how to exploit the mechanics quite so efficiently.

Hitting things until they die only uses 2 mechanics. I mean 2 mechanics if you roll away. 1: hitstun, 2: i-frames. This is easy mode. You don't have to know range. You don't have to know anything about parry. You don't have to know anything about backstab and riposte mechanics. Once you get parried all you have to do is wait before attacking, you don't have to pretty anything other than R1 or roll.

At least I started DS1 like this. I had a weapon, and hit everything until they died, and if there was a hit coming my way, I dodged. You don't have to know more to beat the game. Black knights I didn't kill at first, of course, because I didn't have to! It's the same with sword master: he doesn't even have to kill him.

EDIT: If he wants to kill him it most likely means he read a guide, which has a psychological effect which makes him less able to learn mechanics, which will definetly make the game harder for him.

[Eksu]

Maybe he just found him by accident, got attacked and just decided to take him on, thats how it was when I found him. I didn't even notice him standing at the top of the staircase at first

[Polaric]

Naked mans are dangerous mans

[SOULSBORNE]

Level up and learn how to parry

[Chang Thunderwang]

If you're new to the game, I would suggest waiting till you gain a few levels (kill the big lizard before Gundyr for some nice souls). At low levels he can easily 2-3 shot you depending on the armor/class.

Or you can cheese him by making him fall off.

You dont really need to kill him early unless you want his weapon.

Originally posted by The Frog Who Ate Ponion:

Igenerally just hit him until he's dead. Like every other enemy in the game. Works wonders.

Every single thread there's some jerk who's too amazing for the rest of us. How about some constructive advice instead?