The PvP servers for Dark Souls: Remastered, Dark Souls 2, and Dark Souls 3 have been temporarily turned off following fears of a security issue that could leave some players’ PCs open to hacking. While neither FromSoftware nor Bandai Namco has formally detailed what’s happened, rumors across both the Dark …
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If you pay close attention in Bloodborne, you learn that a werewolf’s ultimate weakness isn’t quicksilver or wolfsbane – it’s doors. Specifically, it’s doorframes that are too big for their hulking bodies to fit through. You can stand on the other side and comfortably hack them to death without any …
Read More »How to beat Avaa, the Kings Pet in Dark Souls 2
Try to leave Frozen Eleum Loyce for the cathedral, and you’ll be attacked by an invisible boss. But once you’ve obtained the Eye of the Priestess, you can take on this massive jungle cat: Avaa, the King’s Pet. Avaa isn’t too difficult to defeat, but she (I assume she) is …
Read More »How to beat The Pursuer in Dark Souls 2
You might’ve met this giant armoured man early on, in the Forest of Fallen Giants, when a humongous bird drops him on top of a roof. There’s a good chance he killed you. The trick here is roll dodging his advances. Circle strafe is unreliable because he attacks very quickly, …
Read More »How to beat The Looking Glass Knight in Dark Souls 2
If you played Dark Souls 2’s multiplayer beta, you might have encountered this boss before–except, back then, he was called Mirror Knight. He’s a slow, lumbering enemy, but has some decent range on his sword attacks. If you get too far away from him, watch out–he’ll cast a volley of …
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