Bell gargoyles

[BooQueefius]

I’m new to dark souls after just getting ds3 in the summer sale and beating it in a week in 35hrs loved it but ds1 is a different beast I’m on the third boss bell gargoyles and I ♥♥♥♥ you not they have cause me more pain and I struggle with them more than any boss I did in da3 aside from the princes. Am I just bad or are these things actually hard? Also not to mention the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ run to them

[Witch of Lizards]

they are hard ngl, what password and where should I place my sign?

[Witch of Lizards]

I'll just stop waiting for a response now

[BooQueefius]

Originally posted by 🎮Emma🎮:

It's first boss of this game....

# another ds 3 pro appears.

? i legit just said im new to the series lol

[gas chambers for pit bulls]

they are the first "hard" boss of the game. the fight is designed to punish turtle tactics. a strong weapon in two hands and a lot of naked rolling is the best way to beat them. shields will just get you killed by fire.

[SunDriedSheet]

They are not hard you just need the right equipment and well upgraded. It takes like 3 strikes to kill a gargoyle with +2 black knight sword or +5 zweihander and lighting buff. Or 3 lighting spears at 30 faith if you prefer miracles. What most noobs do they don't use buffs and keep upgrading their starting gear or some rubbish weapons generally, for example the longsword or shortsword, those are useless rubbish weapons, rubbish even if they are upgraded to their maximum.

[gas chambers for pit bulls]

Originally posted by 654681631:

They are not hard you just need the right equipment and well upgraded. It takes like 3 strikes to kill a gargoyle with +2 black knight sword or +5 zweihander and lighting buff. Or 3 lighting spears at 30 faith if you prefer miracles. What most noobs do they don't use buffs and keep upgrading their starting gear or some rubbish weapons generally, for example the longsword or shortsword, those are useless rubbish weapons, rubbish even if they are upgraded to their maximum.

a lot of the basic weapons are okay, if not pretty good. the longsword, though worse than the balder side sword, is a serviceable weapon to the endgame for certain builds (the shortsword admittedly sucks). the first time i beat the gargoyles it was with a +5 battle axe i picked up off a hollow warrior.

[SunDriedSheet]

Originally posted by Fake Vacation to Cisalpine Gaul:

Originally posted by 654681631:

They are not hard you just need the right equipment and well upgraded. It takes like 3 strikes to kill a gargoyle with +2 black knight sword or +5 zweihander and lighting buff. Or 3 lighting spears at 30 faith if you prefer miracles. What most noobs do they don't use buffs and keep upgrading their starting gear or some rubbish weapons generally, for example the longsword or shortsword, those are useless rubbish weapons, rubbish even if they are upgraded to their maximum.

a lot of the basic weapons are okay, if not pretty good. the longsword, though worse than the balder side sword, is a serviceable weapon to the endgame for certain builds (the shortsword admittedly sucks). the first time i beat the gargoyles it was with a +5 battle axe i picked up off a hollow warrior.

Whatever you like. I just like to use the best weapons I have access to, upgrade them early as much as I can and I am really big fan of red tearstone ring, power within and weapon buffs, I just like to jump into the boss area and murder the boss. I can easily one shot Capra Demon for instance whilst people here on forums sometimes complain he's hard. No, he's not, you are just playing it wrong or you are not making a good use of your resources, that's what I would answer. Whatever, you can beat the game just using your fists whatever way you like, but don't complain it's hard.

[Lumina]

The Gargoyles can be hard for a new player. But you don't need any op gears or veteran strategies to beat them. Just upgrade whatever weapon you're using to +5, learn to roll and dodge and you'll be fine.
The normal weapons you found in early game are enough, like Claymore, Reinforced Club, Battle Axe, Longsword....., but take your time to farm some souls / shards and UPGRADE your weapon.

[kat998]

Don't be a ♥♥♥♥♥ and beat all the bosses solo. Leave the jolly cooperation for NG+

[richardson]

Upgrade your weapon - sure, a balder side sword or zweihander is better, but the next rung down - halberd, longsword, claymore, etc. are fine

Even if you have a BSS +5, you can't just rush in and mow them down. Pick your spots and keep on the defensive otherwise (shield works a treat with just one of them up, rolling/dodging is safer when both are active). When one is up, try to always hit from the back, trading blows is a mug's game, and getting the tail off will cramp their style.

When the second one is up, take a breath. It's about situational awareness and separating them. Be patient. Both you and the boss have a set amount of HP and as long as theirs are going down and yours aren't, you're winning.

Note that all of these are also advice for fighting Ornstein and Smough later - in fact, this is in a sense a training fight for that one, which is arguably the hardest in the (non-DLC) game to solo.

[MaFomedanu]

DS1 is far easier than 2 and/or 3 (with weird random/inconsistent difficulty spikes in ng+ and up), however, compared to the latter ones, it's a different game. It's slower paced in all aspects. Even if you played 3, you need to "learn" how to play 1. The basics are the same-ish, but the game has a different feel and flow. Gargoyles made me rage quit (the only boss in the entire trilogy) and it took me like 8 tries (more than any other boss in ds1). Either grind it, improve equipment and stats or summon Solaire. 2v1v2 will make the battle way easier, but I understand the desire to solo every boss. Don't give up, skeleton!

[MaFomedanu]

Originally posted by 654681631:

Originally posted by Fake Vacation to Cisalpine Gaul:

a lot of the basic weapons are okay, if not pretty good. the longsword, though worse than the balder side sword, is a serviceable weapon to the endgame for certain builds (the shortsword admittedly sucks). the first time i beat the gargoyles it was with a +5 battle axe i picked up off a hollow warrior.

Whatever you like. I just like to use the best weapons I have access to, upgrade them early as much as I can and I am really big fan of red tearstone ring, power within and weapon buffs, I just like to jump into the boss area and murder the boss. I can easily one shot Capra Demon for instance whilst people here on forums sometimes complain he's hard. No, he's not, you are just playing it wrong or you are not making a good use of your resources, that's what I would answer. Whatever, you can beat the game just using your fists whatever way you like, but don't complain it's hard.

whoa, captain dark souls, tone it down. The guy asked for advice, not whether you're able to one shot Capra Demon or not. He stated he's new to DS1 and you talk about optimizing stuff... It's like trying to explain sprinting to a newborn.

Most people won't use buffs and whatnot until they feel comfortable with a boss. Why waste resources if you haven't even learned the attack patterns? First get a feel of the game/area/boss. Get a weapon you're comfortable with, make mistakes so that you find out what needs improving.

He doesn't even have a pyromancy flame yet. What power within are you on about? Red tearstone? not there yet, you mega warrior you! Weapon buffs? What, you think 50 extra damage is going to win him this fight?

And regarding Capra demon, people aren't in a tizzy about the boss itself. The arena is the reason for frustration. Yeah, on your 50th run ofc it's going to be a meh encounter but on your first go, when you get smacked before you're even able to see what's in front of you? Excuse the rest of us for not being da behstehst eva! In my first ever attempt I got clipped in a wall and couldn't do ♥♥♥♥ but I guess power within and a lightning buff would've won that battle for me, amirite :>? Or should I uninstall the game because my dodge wasn't pure perfection?

[AAA]

Yep those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bastards are almost making me think about uninstalling the game.I wish I could use the Zweihander but I chose the pyromancer class so I cannot use it for some reason so I am stuck with the claymore

[fR0z3n.s0u1]

Go get the tail of the bridge dragon. It will make the beginning of the game easy enough. Just make sure to transition to something decent later.

[SlusheeWolf2 (jRPG Wolf)]

This is a VERY OLD thread but yes Frozen Soul is right. You need a bow and arrow and about 80-100 arrows. Go underneath the bridge as if you are headed to the Undead Parish, and make sure you take aim at the dragon's tail. He'll move to above the bridge, wait for him to come back to his spot on the ledge he's sitting on and shoot again.

This weapon is very good at helping you win this boss fight. Once you do win, you unlock Undead Parish and later you meet Andre the Blacksmith.

You want to make sure that after you get the Sword from the dragon's tail that you upgrade it with Dragon Scales. Make sure you buy the Weapon Upgrade toolkit from Andre the Blacksmith in the Undead Parish in case you accidentally kill him so that you have access to upgrading your weapons at a bonfire and not always using Andre.