The Official Dark Souls Thread - .....It Begins

[Areym]

Crystalchild said:

Areym said:
Somebody please help me out. How do I beat those damn gargoyles? Once the second one comes down, I get beaten to by one while the other spams fire. It is a nightmare and i've been stuck there for the past 3 hours.

1. get the dragonsword, since 200ATP is a huge deal at the beginning.

2. beat the first ones health down as far as possible, but stop  very before triggering the second one to appear, and then;

3. Kite him to the entrance, to large the gap between those two, and wait for a good opportunity to strike. if the gargoyle attacked, go all out (maybe even holding yer weapon in both hands) and try to hit him from 55% to 20%. (<- thats at least what i've accomplished before they were together at last)

4. Endure the last percent of the first, and then nuke the second.

I got the first one to 20% once but then they both lounged at me one after the other i went from 100% health to like 10% in less than 5 seconds.

My best weapon is an axe +3, which does great damage but the timing has to be near perfect for me to land the hit, cause my long sword and scimitar don't do jack squat. Once I dodge the two or three side attacks, i have maybe half a second to get up and attack before it a) jumps backwards and dodges or b) bashes the shit out of me with his shield. One way i've been able to get the first one low is get on it's face and stay right next to it while circling it, it tends to ready and attack and i just step away from it and slice it's tail off. Too bad the Great tail Axe is a crappy weapon.