How am I supposed to kill the bandit commander in the steeple?

[Punished "Venom" Glams]

He blocks every hit making it impossible to attack him

[PafunaMT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKan9ZSeVH4

[Philippe_at_bay]

In normal mode it's fairly easy. All you have to do is train up a bit before the fight -- low teens in sword should do it, but you'll need some warfare and defense as well.

Runt doesn't wear a helmet in normal mode (he wears one in hardcore) and he's vulnerable to thrusts to the head. In any fight against a trained opponent the trick is to get them off balance. Try retreating and then suddenly thrusting while he's running to catch up. And if you've built up your strength and have some warfare skills, get him in a clinch and whack him immediately after he breaks off.

Most of the time the archery tactic probably isn't a good idea: do you really want to try to parry a longsword with a peasant's bow?

[✪ Wuhan Warrior 🍉🍉]

So bloody easy. If you can't do combos, just do feints and aim for his head.

Just a few of them will get him to surrender. If you got headcracker and got lucky, he surrenders easily, almost instantly.

[vipex]

how the ♥♥♥♥ am i supposed to kill him with 5hp how everytime i try to save my hp and not fight it says to many meen lost wtf is this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass game i cant even do this ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ this holy all of my stats are above 10 and my sword is really good wtf is wrond with this game

[Dragonzord]

Originally posted by v1pex:

how the ♥♥♥♥ am i supposed to kill him with 5hp how everytime i try to save my hp and not fight it says to many meen lost wtf is this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass game i cant even do this ♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ this holy all of my stats are above 10 and my sword is really good wtf is wrond with this game

What's "wrong" with it? I'll tell you. It actually requires you to learn the game mechanics to progress in the story. If someone with 10+ stats struggles at this point, they clearly haven't learned the necessary basic mechanics. Stats alone aren't enough in this game.

[scheidsgate]

Shoot him in the face with an arrow. he dodges some so run past to other side of room and behind the beam. he has to manuver to get at you and gives you one fairly clean shot to his face. if he doesnt drop you probably missed face, easy to do under pressure with low bow skill and no aiming dot. if you get a hit he drops.

[Bospor]

Train before you get in these battles. In this game you don't have to rush through the storyline. Use sword with poisoned edge. Use mace or war hammer (very good thing against armored foes). Shoot him with poisoned arrow and then fight him. There are so many ways to fight this guy.

[Humpenstilzchen]

You only need one masterstrike to kill him, which means you have to press two buttons.

You can learn this from Bernard and you definitly should.

[Javier]

I realy did it, with the bow and run. Try to shoot his head and just 2 arrows he died kaka

[MacSuibhne]

Old thread...but if you train with Bernard, get Master Strikes, and get your strength and agility and so forth ,up, he's easy... even on hardcore.

[italianeddie65]

Even in normal mode, he beat me a few times. I got it right the 4th time with plenty to spare.
First off, your skills on your chosen weapon have to be at least 11 or 12. Same with defense. Go see the Captain and bring up your skills, you can usually do a good job just using wooden weapons if you don't want to spend time and money healing, etc.
Next, load up on potions. Buck's blood and the one that enhances your Strength and Warfare skill work best and they stay active through the fight if you take it at the initial assembly point(before the bridge is crossed).
Next, not a very warrior like thing to do, but you need to minimize your damage before that final battle. if you are bleeding out or have less than half health you will have a tough time. You can do ok through the first wave of bandits and the Cumans. The next task is to take out the archers. Chasing them too far into the fortress brings their reinforcements and you have to fight too many before your soldiers get there. I have killed all but one and he runs off in a different direction and it throws everything off. It's not a big deal to fail that quest. Then when you get to the church, stay close to the wall to avoid what archers are left.
The worst part is when defending against the counterattack. You can lose health big time there. Your best bet is to support the army, stick to the edges and fight the one or two who get past the melee. Then get against the wall again while they batter open the door.
That should put you in a good spot to defeat Runt. High slashing blows to the head work best with a sword because he doesn't wear a helmet. I'm guessing you can do the same in the tougher mode but use an axe.
Hope this helps.

[Xarko]

Do you guys not use master strike? Makes every 1v1 easy.

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by Xarko:

Do you guys not use master strike? Makes every 1v1 easy.

First time through, I didn't have Master Strikes. I still beat him first time, but they carried me out on a stretcher--it was a near thing.

[Captain Skinny]

In lieu of saying 'git gud', I'll offer you some equally helpful advice.
Get lucky. Play smart, play slow, play patient. Pick your attacks and most of all keep from dying yourself.

[MacSuibhne]

Originally posted by Cynocephalus I:

In lieu of saying 'git gud', I'll offer you some equally helpful advice.
Get lucky. Play smart, play slow, play patient. Pick your attacks and most of all keep from dying yourself.