Thank you for this. Likening him to Pontiff has recontextualized the fight for me, and I think I can take a more successful run at him now.

You can also focus on perfect guarding his combos that he start with a dash forward and spin attack, which is very consistent timing wise. I was able to break his weapon right after his 2nd flaming weapon phase. If you focus on perfect guarding and just recouping any lost health from guarding, I bet his weapon can be broken even before he imbues his weapon 2nd time.

Another tip is to never stand in front of him because he has a nasty pull that will result in unavoidable damage. Always keep moving to side or just dodge backward after attacking.

His Fury attacks can be a problem but if you constantly move you can avoid his leg spin attack just by accident. Fury attack where he flies high above the ground can be out-ranged if you immediately sprint away from him but you would have to be already at medium distance from him when he starts the animation.

I thought this was one of the easier bosses actually.

I burned down stage 1 with bombs, so that my specter survived into stage 2 without a problem, from there it was relatively easy because the second stage doesn't have a lot of health compared to many previous bosses.

引用自 Aetrion：

I thought this was one of the easier bosses actually.

I burned down stage 1 with bombs, so that my specter survived into stage 2 without a problem, from there it was relatively easy because the second stage doesn't have a lot of health compared to many previous bosses.

yeah i mean any boss is easy if you cheese it lol

Yeah dodging works very well (even the base dodge) for the second part. I wasn't dodging forward but backwards and sideways, so I think it works either way.

Someday we will all see the chains of attacks as parry bait they were designed to be.

lol you want actual easy mode? pick the "temp restore spectre hp" wish and use a spectre. use the wish when the first phase is almost dead. then put shock on your weapon during the start of phase 2 and just beat the living **** out of him when his aggro is on the spectre. i killed his phase 2 in under a minute

引用自 Aetrion：

I thought this was one of the easier bosses actually.

I burned down stage 1 with bombs, so that my specter survived into stage 2 without a problem, from there it was relatively easy because the second stage doesn't have a lot of health compared to many previous bosses.

I stopped reading after you used specter. Ew.

I had so much trouble with the second phase until I stopped trying to parry every attack and dodged instead. You can get behind him very easily and can even dodge his big ~10 hit fire combo but just dodging behind him a few times.

Thank you so much! Finally killed him after like 30 tries. Dodging forward + using Aegis to block his fire combo attack made this fight so much more doable.

引用自 bulldog0890：

lol you want actual easy mode?

No? It is merely an advice for people like me who don't want to use summons.

引用自 An Irate Walrus：

引用自 Quex：

Glad to be of help

THANK YOU!!!! I’ve been struggling with King for a week, didn’t want to use a specter, but was close to giving up, since Romeo would chew through my healing due to the fight getting really long. But with forward rolling I managed to get in FAR more hits, and even staggered him, finally beating him just now!

引用自 tildathebearrr：

THANK YOU!!!! I’ve been struggling with King for a week, didn’t want to use a specter, but was close to giving up, since Romeo would chew through my healing due to the fight getting really long. But with forward rolling I managed to get in FAR more hits, and even staggered him, finally beating him just now!

https://youtu.be/egQuybAixCM?si=TYXMQMh1AHEeqtmi

引用自 𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒：

引用自 Lynfinity：

Talking about phase 2 specifically.

Forward dodge is your best friend. Over numerous deaths I found him to be quite similar to Pontiff, as in his combos become shorter and predictable when you dodge forward to always position yourself behind him, and overall he does not act as aggressive. I was having a lot of troubles initially, beat him first try when I committed to dodging forward every attack he throws at me. With a STR weapon, mind you.

So yeah, go out there and beat him to a pulp :gilgamesh:

Bro no one will struggle anymore as long as difficulty switch is in this game. They didn't even needed nerf all bosses. Taking -30% damage allows you to spam your attacks and kill all bosses even laxasia without getting single parry. And why that is a thing in game which supposed to be souls like, we can't comprehend. Nioh is a single player souls like and no one thinks game is too hard to nerf everything to ground. Same with sekiro, mortal shell, hellpoint and so on.

Bro, you're attacking a comment that predates the difficulty selections by nearly two years.

Might be a good idea to consider context.