Stuck on vordt of the boreal valley

[Pumpkin]

I know this sounds pathetic as ♥♥♥♥, but I just got the game and I am really enjoying it, haven't gotten frustrated with it yet and just got up to vordt and I haven't been able to get past him, I easily just run back to the boss fight place but I can still never beat him for some reason (I know this sounds extremely pathetic but I am not very good at video games), does anyone have any tips?

[Eligos]

stay behind him

[Jroc]

And under him

[Stun]

Also take a few fights to learn all of his attacks
He was a pain in the ass in my first playthrough until I did that.

[Pumpkin]

Wait, forgot to mention I never have any flasks by the time I get there because of the stupid dudes with the daggers.

[Fatty Tomato]

rofl

[adamg15]

Originally posted by Kiwi:

Wait, forgot to mention I never have any flasks by the time I get there because of the stupid dudes with the daggers.

The guys at the elevator? Run ahead a bit and anticipate them. Keep your spacing far enough away that when they attack, they miss but are close enough for you to counter. And try using your widest range weapon to stagger / kill them in a group. If you have the claymore, one hand it, as it has a good wide range and a quick startup. If not use what you have in the set up that widens its range (eg one handed longsword is wider than two handed).

Dont give up skeleton!

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by adamg15:

Originally posted by Kiwi:

Wait, forgot to mention I never have any flasks by the time I get there because of the stupid dudes with the daggers.

The guys at the elevator? Run ahead a bit and anticipate them. Keep your spacing far enough away that when they attack, they miss but are close enough for you to counter. And try using your widest range weapon to stagger / kill them in a group. If you have the claymore, one hand it, as it has a good wide range and a quick startup. If not use what you have in the set up that widens its range (eg one handed longsword is wider than two handed).

Dont give up skeleton!

Or just kill the 2 closest to the elevator before they climb up. If you're good with firebombs you can knock down the 2 further ones from a distance as well without aggroing any of them.

[Eligos]

glad your asking for tips instead of summons. It's a good way to experience the game the first time playing.

[Pumpkin]

I managed to get past there with help of a new friend, I am now at crystal sage so you don't need to reply here anymore.

[adamg15]

Originally posted by Eligos:

glad your asking for tips instead of summons. It's a good way to experience the game the first time playing.

Was about to say something of the same....then...

Originally posted by Kiwi:

I managed to get past there with help of a new friend, I am now at crystal sage so you don't need to reply here anymore.

Try to solo what you can, man. We need more capable players in the community, and the game is easier than it seems - you just have some growing pains in the beginning. Once you learn the patterns, and most of the mechanics, it becomes a simple game of chess mixed with rock paper scissors. I don't know if that analogy really fits but the point is that it can be fairly simple once you get the hang of things.

This is my last comment. Good luck!

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by Kiwi:

I managed to get past there with help of a new friend, I am now at crystal sage so you don't need to reply here anymore.

Oh you're going to love his half health phase. I also summoned for the Vordt fight, but that was when I sucked. The only boss I've summoned to beat since was the Pontiff (which was today actually) because in one attempt he was literally a hit away, plus the fact that parrying was basically required so I had to learn to parry, combined with his stunlocks, all contributed to him pissing me off.

Now I'm at Aldritch.
I'm going to try my hardest to solo him, but that beam attack is the worst. Drink an estus, boom ready to go, oh wait nope I got hit by an energy beam.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Dessembrae:

For the dagger guys, you can also run past and up the stairs to the left. If they do follow, they'll usually be in a line so you can deal with them one at a time. Or just run past.

General rule for DS games, if it's a demon and/or has a giant ass, stick right under and//or between its legs at the rear.

Speaking of demons:

Absolutely every demon mini/boss in DS3 can be easily cheesed with a bow.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Captain☆Sp@ce☆Pan:

Originally posted by Kiwi:

I managed to get past there with help of a new friend, I am now at crystal sage so you don't need to reply here anymore.

Oh you're going to love his half health phase. I also summoned for the Vordt fight, but that was when I sucked. The only boss I've summoned to beat since was the Pontiff (which was today actually) because in one attempt he was literally a hit away, plus the fact that parrying was basically required so I had to learn to parry, combined with his stunlocks, all contributed to him pissing me off.

Now I'm at Aldritch.
I'm going to try my hardest to solo him, but that beam attack is the worst. Drink an estus, boom ready to go, oh wait nope I got hit by an energy beam.

For Aldrich, try to fast walk (to save stamina) and run when it attacks, so you dodge as little as you can to be able to get close, hit and get out dodging with the bare minimum amount of stamina u can have left, then u fast alk or run away.

just pay attention to its second phase attacks, you may be 1shot or staggered to death.

Pontiff u dont need to parry anything, it is not "required" by any means (no boss have a parry requirement).

If you manage to stay far enough and keep distance untill the last hit of his combo, you can land hits on Pontiff without even dodging.

Just bring a shield for safety and that is it.

If you are good at dodging, you can also do it.

If you are not, you can bring a heavy armor, heavy shield, stay far and block just the last attack, hit, step away and let your stamina recover, just repeat untill it is dead.

(ah yeah, notice Pontiff have a shadown that perform his next moves before him. I know the shadow also hit you but you can know exactly what the Pontiff will do before he does and when the combo will end).

[Little Miss Terror]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Originally posted by Captain☆Sp@ce☆Pan:

Oh you're going to love his half health phase. I also summoned for the Vordt fight, but that was when I sucked. The only boss I've summoned to beat since was the Pontiff (which was today actually) because in one attempt he was literally a hit away, plus the fact that parrying was basically required so I had to learn to parry, combined with his stunlocks, all contributed to him pissing me off.

Now I'm at Aldritch.
I'm going to try my hardest to solo him, but that beam attack is the worst. Drink an estus, boom ready to go, oh wait nope I got hit by an energy beam.

For Aldrich, try to fast walk (to save stamina) and run when it attacks, so you dodge as little as you can to be able to get close, hit and get out dodging with the bare minimum amount of stamina u can have left, then u fast alk or run away.

just pay attention to its second phase attacks, you may be 1shot or staggered to death.

Pontiff u dont need to parry anything, it is not "required" by any means (no boss have a parry requirement).

If you manage to stay far enough and keep distance untill the last hit of his combo, you can land hits on Pontiff without even dodging.

Just bring a shield for safety and that is it.

If you are good at dodging, you can also do it.

If you are not, you can bring a heavy armor, heavy shield, stay far and block just the last attack, hit, step away and let your stamina recover, just repeat untill it is dead.

(ah yeah, notice Pontiff have a shadown that perform his next moves before him. I know the shadow also hit you but you can know exactly what the Pontiff will do before he does and when the combo will end).

If I parried and riposted Pontif I could kill him in approximately 6 swings. Without parrying it would take 17. I've already beat Pontiff, as I said. Also his shadow was a non-issue, I basically ignored it.

I don't need strat tips for Aldritch, but thank you for offering.
Also, why would I run away from Aldritch when I can avoid being hit by just staying behind her? I've only been hit by her melee like twice, and that's when I messed up getting behind.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Captain☆Sp@ce☆Pan:

If I parried and riposted Pontif I could kill him in approximately 6 swings. Without parrying it would take 17. I've already beat Pontiff, as I said. Also his shadow was a non-issue, I basically ignored it.

I don't need strat tips for Aldritch, but thank you for offering.
Also, why would I run away from Aldritch when I can avoid being hit by just staying behind her? I've only been hit by her melee like twice, and that's when I messed up getting behind.

Because Aldrich teleport away then proceed to try to oneshot or stagger.
If Aldrich havent done this when you did, lucky you.

About parry.
I finished the game some 5 times, never used parry (like, literally, never) on any boss and I am still terrible at parry even against normal enemies (ok, not "terrible" but I still miss a lot and every enemy attack have its own timming for parry, not something I would like to spend time learning) and, if instead of dodging the last moment I would parry (also it is not all enemies you can parry neither all bosses you can parry . . and the bosses you can parry it is not all attacks you can parry) . . . I dont like the mechanic, instead I prefer to get behind and backstab instead of parry.

I mentioned the other ways of killing Pontiff as you mentioned "the fact that parrying was basically required" when it is not required at all.