Guardian ape help

[Vargas Erikson]

I need advice for guardian ape tahnks

[spy]

Do some work in the first two stages. You have to figure out how to dodge every move. you learn easily.

Use deflect/block basic attacks. If your stance is full, you must retreat and regain it.

If he picks up dirt from the ground, run towards it. You will automatically follow him again and be behind him. make two attacks

If he lies on the ground and swings his sword at you, run and walk to his right. You can't hit and you have 2 attack chances.

The real important thing is the 3rd stage. Here you have to run away when the purple terror attacks. Memorize this attack and always dodge. Can be blocked with purple umbrella.

In the third stage, when he attacks 3 times and raises his weapon, you should definitely deflect. You have only one right. At this stage, he will let himself fall to the ground. The stage is very easy if you deal as much damage as you can. If you press the spear attack to the head twice, it will take good damage. If you do this step 3 times, he will die easily.

You should definitely and definitely run away when the purple attack occurs. Otherwise the third stage is disappointment

[Vargas Erikson]

I can get him to second phase consistently

[Octopuses]

Just deflect the full combo that ends with him lifting his weapon up. He will be on the ground for a long time after that. Run away from scream and be patient.

[NachosPonchos]

fire crackers helps alot

[Crypto Gamer]

First phase oil+flame vent will burn him and you can get a few"free" hits in best paired with dmg+sugar.

You can repeat that a few times for very good dmg per 3 embelm cost.



Once he goes headless.

If possible use divine confetty for 37.5% extra sword health damage.

His charged slam down attack should be parried at all cost this knocks him down then spear him and pull out the centipide(1 embelm cost)+a few sword slashes after that for very good health and posture damage.

If you want you can even bait him into that attack pattern over and over again.

Getting the sacrifical dagger from the Shicimen warrior can be useful for most boss fights.

[twintailz]

fire crackers for the first phase. i think it's easier to focus on depleting his health, rather than filling up his posture. alternatively, you could try the flame barrel. it'll help you deal more damage while also easily setting him on fire and stunning him.

in his second phase, he has a vertical swing and if you deflect it, you can use the spear for huge posture and health damage. just watch out for his scream attack. from what i remember he does it after a full combo or two.

[imani]

as a former struggler of guardian ape to now the master of the ape, i suggest you get good.

[MAD]

First round use firecracker second round just waiting for parry after attack him

[GuggaWugga]

firecracker is more consistent in allowing big bursts of damage. careful of his slam retaliation when you do it. for the second phase its just parrying. if you parry the huge attacks, you get a massive window for damage, plus confetti makes it a breeze

[Vargas Erikson]

i used up all my confetti

[Octopuses]

Keep in mind you can use mortal blade even if you are out of spirit emblems. It does a lot of damage.

[Vargas Erikson]

ok good to know

[*9asp*HoppeR]

I didn't see anybody mention it, so just do the completely normal and not predicting thing at all, and when he yeets up like 343 stories, jump when he's about to land and you'll scoot over his grab attack. Don't let the nerves make it harder. You can run the entire fight. Idk I stay near mid range and wait for poop flinging, then run over and traumatize him and tell him he's grounded.

[Tsunero]

I just beat him today, lmao he took me waaaaaay longer and with more tries than Genichiro.
This boss is the one I hate the most so far (apart from all the terror inducing mini bosses, of which I just got my purple umbrella and will cheese those mofos), once he goes headless his attack pattern is pure unpredictable crap, even if reading the moves isn't that bad the hitboxes for his attacks are wonky af.

I went the "battle of attrition" way of beating him, baited his double rolling slam attack in the first phase over and over again and chipped his health away slowly but surely.

I did the same in the second phase but there are way less opportunites to go in and do a slash or two. His range is insane.

[CazadorDeLobo]

My main criticism of the boss is the inconsistency in his animation pacing. It's way faster than anything that large in the Souls games, from links between them to the attacks themselves. You're forced by trial-and-error to figure out the rhythm for deflecting, rather than having a clear telegraph/visual tell; mix-ups require you to memorize a bit of the AI's patterns.

A tricky boss that stretches the limits for what the game's combat mechanics are made for.