Finally beat that annoying old man. With +10 Fire Zweihander, I was doing something around 900 damage per parry, and since I used the Wolf Ring, I was able to stand up to his 4-hit combos and parry them as well. Hell yeah, it's NG+ time. Thanks guys, you helped me a lot. :D
So I'll just get my Zweihander upgraded then. Now I have to go to that annoying catacombs to get it up to +10 fire, but meh. Also, I use a mixture of different medium-light armor and Havel's Ring to be under 25%, and the other ring slot has RoFP, so Dark Wood Grain Ring can't be used, I guess. (It takes him usually 3-4 hits to kill me, but since I have low poise I get stun-locked when I make a mistake, and I'm dead.)
So I basically made this Giant Bomb account for this. The posts in this forum have definitely helped me out in my playthrough, so yeah. Anyways, the reason I'm posting this: Gwyn keeps crushing me over and over. So I need a few tips.
I know most of you would say to parry/riposte, and that's what I've been doing. But I have been using a Quelaag's Furysword since I made it in Anor Londo, and I have never looked back, except now. It only takes 425 of Gwyn's HP per riposte! And he's supposed to be weak to fire. I've watched videos where they seem to take down over a third of this HP with a single riposte, whereas I take maybe a tenth or twelfth. So I upgraded my occult club (I read somewhere that it does more damage to Gwyn), and it still does meagre damage (only like 50 more than Furysword?).
So yeah, I'm out of options. I can usually parry most of his attacks (except his 4-hit combo and the stab) but I manage to flop over and die. I highest I've been able to drop his HP to must have been aroun 15%, I guess. But I was on a roll then, and I'm not now. So any tips regarding which weapons and tactics I should use to beat him would be appreciated.
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