Old King's Antechamber too hard.

[Snek!]

So far i have been going fine, beating all the bosses on my first, second or third attempt but am now stuck here. Those 4-armed fire witches take around 2 full bars of stamina with my Wolf Knight Greatsword +2 to kill and kill me in 2 shots of the flamethrougher and 5 small fireballs. The next area has 3 or those weird zombie horn things that also take a full bar of stamina to kill. EACH. And kill me in just a few hits. Oh, and they have shields, and are fast AF. And the camera does't like it as it is such a small room. I can also barely ever see because of the poison mist. I just get hit up against the wall and pummeled by two of them when i can't even see and die almost instantly.

[Taco Cat]

This area is optional, just an fyi. You can always come back later.

[mighty]

1. its optional
2. go for 27 vigor at least and nothing will 2hit you

[Snek!]

Optional? Then where the hell am i suppost to go? And i'm not getting 2 shot, just stunlocked and always hit before i can finish my attack.

[Average Citizen (Not FBI)]

Stamina consumed is not a measure of offensive capabilities, it's just a measure of stamina consumed. More stamina consumed does not equal more damage dealt. Any given weapon consumes the same amount of stamina per hit at SL1 as it does at SL800+. Talking about the number of stamina bars it takes to kill an enemy is worthless information.

[Taco Cat]

Originally posted by Mr Snek:

Optional? Then where the hell am i suppost to go? And i'm not getting 2 shot, just stunlocked and always hit before i can finish my attack.

I'm assuming you killed wolnir?

[Snek!]

Sorry about that Average Citizen. It takes 3 full swings to take out those weird horn guys and around 8 for the fire witches. And who is wolnir? Never heard of him. Killed the fire demon king person thing though.

[Snek!]

Just got 2 shot by a black knight.

[Average Citizen (Not FBI)]

The entire Smouldering Lake is an optional area, it's not even an obvious location. You have to cut the bridge to Wolnir and then wait about 5-10 seconds for the "ladder" prompt to appear to actually access the Smouldering Lake....

Wolnir is the next boss in the normal game sequence that you would fight if you went the rational path and just continued past the rope bridge in the catacombs, which leads to most of the rest of the game.

[Snek!]

Is there suppost to be anything at all in here? It just seems like a maze with nothing good in it.

[Average Citizen (Not FBI)]

Originally posted by Mr Snek:

Is there suppost to be anything at all in here? It just seems like a maze with nothing good in it.

In addition to multiple Undead Bone Shards and an Estus Shard? A bunch of pyromancy tomes and lore that'll make you cry if you played Dark Souls and have any capacity for empathy. Also some Dark Souls 2 items to fool fans of DS2 into thinking it actually matters when it really doesn't.

[vczh]

Originally posted by Mr Snek:

Is there suppost to be anything at all in here? It just seems like a maze with nothing good in it.

When you cross the bridge, go straight and touch the skull cup. You will see Wolnir. Now you cut the bridge and go down so you see demons.

[Taco Cat]

Originally posted by vczh:

Originally posted by Mr Snek:

Is there suppost to be anything at all in here? It just seems like a maze with nothing good in it.

When you cross the bridge, go straight and touch the skull cup. You will see Wolnir. Now you cut the bridge and go down so you see demons.

That's where he went.

[Laati]

Originally posted by Mr Snek:

Is there suppost to be anything at all in here? It just seems like a maze with nothing good in it.

Another demon boss, estus shards and a undead bone shard, black knight sword (a pretty damn good greatsword), izalith staff, two pyromancy tomes, Fume Ultra Greatsword, lightning stake miracle, shield of want, etc.

[Snek!]

Another demon boss? I only found the one down here. By the way, should i use the black knight sword or wolf knight greatsword?

[Piglet]

I have SL 45 and no problem beating that area with 17 vigor 12 endurance