What kind of boss is Deacons of the Deep...

[slide me my spiders]

I'm not one to complain much about level or boss design, I tend to enjoy it either way, but what on earth was Deacons of the Deep?

I got to the fog door, out of estus and with only half health or so but thought "heck, I'll try it", and I don't think I took more than one or two hits. For a plot required boss, that was weak as anything. Just me?

[Juice]

As with most bosses from DS2 and 3, I agree, very poor indeed.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

I'll tell you one thing, it sucked going in underleveled with a spear.

[slide me my spiders]

Originally posted by NWIO:

As with most bosses from DS2 and 3, I agree, very poor indeed.

My problem isn't so much the boss design, it's the tactics. I want to have to adapt to fight different bosses, but so far the Old Demon King (a fight I really enjoyed) was the only one I found it worth keeping my distance rather than staying really close and smacking him.

[slide me my spiders]

Originally posted by ⊂╫i└└ i∩':

I'll tell you one thing, it sucked going in underleveled with a spear.

Did you still do it first time? And what level were you, out of interest? I'm about level 45 I think, having just done it? And using the Dark Sword +5 which is wrecking most things for me.

[Ebon Wolf]

Each Souls game has a Phalanx type boss.

[ariba]

Deacons of the Deep, High Lord Wolnir, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Yhorm, Ancient Wyvern all have Godawful boss design. Lackluster, boring and just lazy.

[Ebon Wolf]

Originally posted by ariba:

Deacons of the Deep, High Lord Wolnir, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Yhorm, Ancient Wyvern all have Godawful boss design. Lackluster, boring and just lazy.

Man Souls fans are absolute cancer. lmao
Now please continue to wear those rose tinted glasses and talk about how DS1 was SO amazing.

[Soulkey]

Deacons of the Deep is the "Prowling Magus and Congregation" of DS3

[slide me my spiders]

I enjoyed High Lord Wolnir. He only took a few tries but he was quite good fun. Just chill, I don't knoe why Dark Souls fans constantly seem like From are insulting their ancestors with game design

[Morphic]

I did it as a Level 35 Min/Max Pyro/Dark build(so basically start as Pyro and pump FTH/INT/ATN) with an Astora Sword +3.

Did it in one go but I did summon Anri and Horace for it because I had no idea what I was getting into. I was actually surprised because, at first I thought it was just mow everything down... so I took a couple of hits that almost killed me. However once I realized you had to kill the specific guy it became quite easy. It still took me ~10 minutes because I had such low stamina and could only afford 1-3 cuts and needed to back out.

Overall I think this Boss was the most disappointing. Though I've enjoyed most of the other Bosses so much better than DS2 ones. I ended up fighting Aldritch which makes for a fun Bullet Hell fight, really enjoyed that. The Abyss Watchers was another fight I thought was pretty cool and quite difficult to Solo. Hated Old Demon King, died like 15 times before I finally won and that was after summoning an NPC lol.

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Originally posted by ariba:

Deacons of the Deep, High Lord Wolnir, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Yhorm, Ancient Wyvern all have Godawful boss design. Lackluster, boring and just lazy.

Whaaat?! Pontiff was a straight shout-out to Allant from Demon's Souls. I mean he has almost the same lunge move and everything, not to mention all the other stuff. He was fairly cool and had some nice moves that can box you pretty well.

Maybe don't go cheese builds or overlevel? So far I'm really enjoying the game but apparently I'm like ~20 levels behind the average, according to Walkthroughs and other players.

[slide me my spiders]

Originally posted by Soulkey:

Deacons of the Deep is the "Prowling Magus and Congregation" of DS3

So accurate, I always forget that boss when I replay 2.

[goka9696]

Originally posted by Ebon Wolf:

Originally posted by ariba:

Deacons of the Deep, High Lord Wolnir, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Yhorm, Ancient Wyvern all have Godawful boss design. Lackluster, boring and just lazy.

Man Souls fans are absolute cancer. lmao
Now please continue to wear those rose tinted glasses and talk about how DS1 was SO amazing.

It was though

Originally posted by Soulkey:

Deacons of the Deep is the "Prowling Magus and Congregation" of DS3

While Prowling Magus was a bad boss fight, I liked the idea of a necromancer controlling the populace in a village.

Originally posted by ariba:

Deacons of the Deep, High Lord Wolnir, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Yhorm, Ancient Wyvern all have Godawful boss design. Lackluster, boring and just lazy.

Pontiff is cool man

[Mr.N00B²]

You think that boss is easy? ever tried the wyvern? xd Its like it doesent even try

[slide me my spiders]

Like I said, Old Demon King is the first boss that made me keep my distance and rely on the magic half of my build (Pyromancer, but used heavy soul arrow because he's obviously fire resistant).

[kirsche]

I thought this game is designed to be beaten without leveling. This Boss isn´t optional. Bashing through the horde with a sword nobody could wild from the beginning on is easy.