Why do we hate the Capra demon?

[👽GLEEPUS👽]

Like, he was difficult, but I managed to get him and his stupid mutts out of the way on my first try. Took a lot of my health, but I did it.

Am I the chosen one or was I just lucky? Because he was like my favorite part of the game so far.

[TheAlmightySunBro, Silkaire]

The stupid dogs and the size of the arena is the problem

[Serious Business]

You were probably overleveled for the fight. He does a jump attack which puts you at or near death the moment you traverse the fog wall, and then the dogs stunlock you in a corner so he can finish you. I get the idea of using spells or items to get to the stairs, but honestly it's a bit asinine. He's very weak to firebombs thankfully, so it's mostly a matter of surviving the first attack and making it to the stairs.

[dcy665]

Originally posted by Serious Business:

You were probably overleveled for the fight. He does a jump attack which puts you at or near death the moment you traverse the fog wall, and then the dogs stunlock you in a corner so he can finish you. I get the idea of using spells or items to get to the stairs, but honestly it's a bit asinine. He's very weak to firebombs thankfully, so it's mostly a matter of surviving the first attack and making it to the stairs.

Same mindset that want god modes in their games
Which they will never fess up to

[Rill]

Fight is very easy, just use the stairs to control the direction the dog's can fight you, then circuit the boss around the boss room until he dies.

[Mandalorian Deathknight]

if you are having problems just lob firebombs over the fog gate lol

[carbonfibre]

Would be funny to try it 4 player :-)

[Rena Ichigawa]

Trivialized with a heavy armor. Such as the stone armor.

[Gandorques Hikla]

He is a beginners trap.
Lets say you didnt play any Souls Game before, didnt watch a lot of videos, or read up on the fight beforehand.
You are on a average level with average equipment, didnt understand how magic works yet, and barely made it through the lower undead burg, being backstabbed by a dozen assassins.
You dont know what you are up to, you go through the fog wall, only for this big demon guy rushing at you with 2 Giant Swords before you can even react.
If by chance you manage to survive or dodge the initial attack, the dogs, whose presence you probably notice too late because you where focused on that big boss taking up all your attention, will corner and get you killed before you grasped the dimensions of the arena.
While you die, you maybe see the stairs in the back,
and then you start building up your winning strategy for the next tries.
And that is the beauty of Dark Souls. :-D

All subsequent runs will be a lot easier, and you will feel stupid in hindsight, but it is a definitive roadblock for any newcomers.

[VOID]

It is a boss encounter designed to get players out of their comfort zone... People hate it, because it is doing its job right.

[Dustcan]

Because he's the perfect representation of the game's fake difficulty?

You'll die before you can even react. A lot. On the off chance the RNG finally lets you play the game, you'll dodge roll out of the way and find out he's actually pretty easy.