Did you walk all the way back to his boss arena from the research hall or did you use a Hunter's Mark? Because if you walked all the way you accidentally triggered a dupe glitch which lets you duplicate a dropped item if you walk to another area and go back to the area where the item dropped.

Bring in vaaltr, he'll be your guiding moonlight.

McSuck my ***.

I know some people have less trouble with bosses than others, but you know that is just a damn lie.

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I'm having aggravating flashbacks to how Artorias was completely untouchable unless you'd specced a very specific kind of character. I'm on about twenty tries at Ludwig by now and never once have I gotten him past 75%. It's not even a matter of doing damage, it's just almost all his attacks always hit regardless of when i try to dodge and armor in this game doesn't matter. Like, I know, 'git gud' and all but so far this whole inane fight is a great example of how Bloodborne's boss design is "Kill yourself it'll be more enjoyable" or "Sleep through this."

40, and the only difference is that now he hits 50% before the insta-kill happens.

Got him at 42. It's mostly luck; the above strategies only work if you're willing to try and out-hyper-aggressive him.

Slave Knight Gael is mechanically in the top three soulborne series boss fights, and the music that accompanies it fits the phases perfectly and is one of the best tracks From Software has ever produced.

Agreed, I think that if you exlude Orphan of Kos and Ludwig, Slave Knight Gael is my favorite fight in the entirety of the Souls series. The soundtrack and its transitions are flawless and the flow of the fight is unrivaled, no boss fight has felt as fluid to me as Gael.

Gael was alright, but tbh I felt like most of his fight was "dodge backwards, bait such-and-such attack, hit him once, dodge backwards, bait such-and-such attack, hit him once, etc., etc...." It dragged on and on. At least he looked cool, and the music was awesome, but it got kind of boring after a few minutes. Ludwig was much more "fluid." He doesn't pull punches, and he attacks in a blur of motion. He has way more attacks than Gael, to boot. I'm always on my toes when I fight Ludwig, but Gael puts me in a stupor with his lumbering sword swings and lazy AoE's. Definitely still a great boss fight, but not better than Ludwig. Midir, on the other hand... HOO MAMA PASTA WHAT A SPEECY-SPICY MEAT-A-BALL