Dark Souls 3 - Soul Level 1 Guide Part 12 (END) - Soul of Cinder (Info in Description)
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Soul of Cinder is Hell in SL1...
1:47 Speedrun strats
2:20 ALWAYS use Tears of Denial before this fight
3:23 Soul of Cinder [Boss] - Attempt 1
3:33 Use Gold Pine only
3:37 Phase 1 always starts with Sword Form - Always assume he's going for a 3-hit combo in this state
3:39 Never roll away from or into the thrust
3:42 Overhead gives a small opening for 1 R1
4:03 Sword on Fire - Uppercut (can do 2 in a row)
4:10 Catalyst Mode - Best time to attack
4:12 Soul Greatsword
4:15 Farron Dart Barrage
4:20 Holding that catalyst up will either be Soul Spear or Homing Soulmass. If he has a blue glow, Soulmass will re-appear over and over. Stagger him to stop Soulmass
4:30 Stay behind him to avoid the Kamehameha
4:43 Curved Sword Mode - Run like Hell, he has only 1 opening in this Mode and it's very risky
4:46 Poison Mist
4:52 Roll away, into for a small opening
5:08 Power Within works just like Soulmass, but has a red aura. Gives bonus attack to Cinder
5:12 Pike Mode - Stay close, range is his specialty
5:16 Roll into the 720 spin
5:20 Wrath of the Gods
5:25 Standing Thrust - has amazing tracking
5:32 Always does 2 Thrusts
5:51 Evade the Charge at the last second
5:58 5X THRUSTS!? THE HELL!?
6:05 Back to Sword
7:26 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 2
7:55 Sword on Fire - 360 Spin - Very odd attack, long hesitation
8:03 Sword on Fire - Thrust - Has long range
8:33 Will often try to combo Greatsword and Kamehameha
8:50 Fireball
10:06 Phase 2 - Triggers at 5% Health - I'm not good at avoiding his close-range melee attacks in this Phase
10:18 Wombo Combo - Avoid at all costs
10:28 Thrust can follow up with Reverse Slash
10:34 Lightning Spear - evade to side
10:42 Grab - If hit it will buff him, similar to Power Within
10:45 Lightning Stake - roll to evade
11:00 Jump attack
11:18 Wombo Combo will be done after Thrust or Jump most of the time
11:30 Jump can follow up with Overhead
11:40 Back jump means Sky Lightning - Run, not evade, to side to avoid
12:50 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 3 - Phase 1 is way harder than Phase 2
13:53 Backslash attack is quick and hard to evade
14:10 Phase 2 already!?
15:10 Overhead Slam Jump attack - This was the first time I'd ever seen it
16:20 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 4
16:39 The Reverse Slash can either be very quick or hesitate a bit, it's annoying
16:54 Back attack - easy to evade
18:00 Running Thrust - Usually done at long range
18:25 Heal - The same as Soulmass but with a Gold glow, stun to deactivate. When activated it heals, but it continues to regenerate health for as long as he glows. This is probably his worst "attack"
18:30 But the worst possible thing is regenerating while using Curved Sword
19:40 This is why you always evade Thrusts to the side
19:49 FUCK NOT AGAIN!!!
20:40 Kick attack that does small damage and is often followed with the grab
21:22 Jump can also follow with Close Thrust
21:26 3-hit combo I had never seen before this
22:35 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 5
23:55 Pike Grab
25:05 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 6
26:03 Step Back attack
29:33 If you are close to SoC during Sky Lightning, it will come straight down. Then, and only then, can you evade it safely with rolling. However, I backed up so it didn't come straight down
30:55 Soul of Cinder - Attempt 7
32:40 Catalyst Mode at long-range is bad
39:11 He can also do Sky Lightning without back-stepping
40:55 Fuck it, just equip Firebombs - Use them during the Wombo Combo
42:10 SHIT GOT TOO GREEDY!!!
42:40 GET FUCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - DS3 Beaten!
45:50 Ending
I hope you all enjoyed this. I might even do SL1 NG+ one of these days!
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