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

[blunty51]

ithis said:

blunty51 said:

ithis said:
I kinda stopped playing for a while. I have to beat the 4 kings, but I don't see how. Only tried a few times though. Doesn't help that the closest bonfire is Firelink Shrine.
There's a question for you. Is there another one that's closer/faster to arrive from?

Well you're right in that Firelink Shrine is the closest bonfire. However there is a shortcut to the right of where you encounter the first two ghosts that makes it easy to reach 4 kings. I just basically run passed everyone straight to the fog door.

Ah, you can jump down there somewhere?

Also on the four kings. I killed one with fire easily enough. But then the other two then the third arived. I don't see how I can concentrate on one while not being hit by another or the third. And all their attacks are hard hitting. I was thinking that I can finish off the first one with chaos whip quickly, then run to the second one and maybe finish that one off quickly too... Assuming that they all have the same weaknesses and attacks/attack patterns.

Yup, pretty close to the first set of stairs you encounter. Just don't go up the stairs, and keep to the right. It's basically somewhere you can jump down now that the water level is low.

For the 4 kings I just basically tank it, using havel armor set, strong magic shield and iron flesh. When you are right up to them, you usually take less damage, and can use combustion pretty easily. They all have the same attack patterns, and you wanna kill each one as fast as possible before the other arrives. I used up all my pyro/magic for about 3/4 of their health and two-handed the rest. I died a decent bit even with this method, mainly because they respawn if you take long enough.