I had extremely miserable time using melee on my first play through. Dark Souls Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. I will explain why. I thought it had the best PvP personally. He is a heavily armored demonic knight who employs powerful melee and fire based attacks. Be wary of rolling into the walls as sometimes you glitch and get stuck partially in the wall unable to move. It punishes turtling enough as to incentivate you enough to know its moveset, and after that it becomes a matter of timely dodging (although the big overhead smash is tricky to get used to, and I got hit by the first horizontal swipe a whole buncha times). The odd long-range attack may still hit you so be ready to dodge, but otherwise just shoot him to bits. wait for openings and keep strafing left around him. The Smelter Demon Armor is a chest armor piece in Dark Souls II. Consume for 8,000 souls or trade with Straid of Olaphis along with 1,500 souls to acquire the Smelter Sword. Swings his sword from player's right to left and then follows it with a Vertical Cleave. He is optional so if you have trouble dealing with him, it is better to come back to him after some time. DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin. Let her pull aggro and move as far away as possible and range him. If the run-up to the boss fight depletes your spells, remember that you can always consume herbs to replenish your spell uses just before the fight. My fire sword does more damage. Summon Lucatiel, bring toxic mist and around 40-50 Hexing urns. Dark Souls 2: How to Beat the Smelter Demon Kill the Smelter Demon, light the bonfire and prepare for the Old Iron King. Created from a mound of iron by the Old Iron King, it betrayed its master, leading to his death and downfall of his kingdom. But after I was flattened and burned for the estimated thirtieth time by this flaming fiend suffering from chronic heartburn and burning hemorrhoids, my PS4 overheated to the point that it literally burned out. Once lit however, the flaming arc will reach you at any distance, so dodging to the side makes for a more effective escape. With all that fire damage will no longer be a problem, allowing you to focus on dodging attacks and taking your window of opportunity to attack when you have it. - Page 2. DARK SOULS™ II. NG+ whole fight took under 1 min 10-15 Great Lightning spears. It gives enough window for you to heal, particularly after the jumping attack, and that window gets bigger the longer the fight goes on. You will know that the buff has been applied by the fact you have wet footprints behind you as you walk. Dark Souls II… View all games. . By the way, as with all other enemies, Smelter Demon can be inflicted with BOTH toxic and poison at the same time. Obtained after defeating the Smelter Demon in the Iron Keep. Very fast stab with a long reach. Faced the boss with a pure pyro character using only toxic and poison mist. The Smelter Demon is a boss in Dark Souls 2. Was this metal goliath there from the beginning, or was it a product of the king's conceit?" Be wary of a third, vertical attack. If you summon help, survive until the phantom dies at all costs. 0. Once his sword is on fire this attack sends out a flaming vertical arc that travels along the ground, similar to the dragon tail weapons from Dark Souls 1. Though the demon's arc is very wide, his reach is relatively small. He's fun to fight although the aura is a bit bs. The Smelter Demon is found in the Iron Keep, in a circular room after crossing the drawbridge in the wide open lava area with several Alonne Knights. The Smelter Demon is an optional boss located inside the Iron Keep. Aside from the Bridge Wyvern, I still never killed that Jerk. Its body is made entirely of iron except for a portion of its chest, which is hollow and exposes a core of magical flame. *looks at lvl 105 sorcerer with lvl 40 attunement* Ya sure? As soon as he jumps, run or dodge backwards to distance yourself. Solo Melee strategy this boss can be very difficult if players are NG and primarily dedicated to Melee, due to the fact that he focuses attacks on whatever is closest to him (if there are more than one Melee players in the room, eg- lucatiel's phantom, he will prioritize the last attacker) and his high armor doesn't help either. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews ... Is there any point to the smelter demon? The Smelter Demon is a minor antagonist and optional boss in Dark Souls II. His body is made entirely of iron except for a portion of his chest, which is hollow and exposes a core of flames. Slow double slash that goes from player's left to right followed by a return slash from right to left. Also, leveling up your staff dramatically increases your magic damage. I played ds2 on 360 4 years ago, but I was a stupid child and never left the Forest Of Fallen Giants, because I didn't know where to go, but now on ps4 I finally killed Nashandra (and it was quite easy) and beat dark souls 2. Page hasn't been updated in so long that the Notes section says something about using "10-15 Lightning Spears", that's been patched out of the game for what, 4 years? "Armor of the Smelter Demon, a great mass of iron that was given life. Commonly referred to by the community as the "Strawberry". Mods. As soon as he jumps, step back and take a safe distance from him, firing 2-3 spells before two-handing the shield again. In both cases, the boss was quick to react to my vulnerability, so my advice is to not give in to temptation and only attack him after his Jumping Plunge. If you have a Pyromancy glove and Toxic Mist or green pine resin, it is also worth using especially while he is recovering from attack or buffing himself (poison does 15 dmg and it ticks quite fast, taking roughly 15% of his health). Aromatic Ooze or Gold Pine Resin really help in this fight. His body is made entirely of iron except for a portion of his chest, which is hollow and exposes a core of flames. Lucatiel can become stuck and never enter the fight. and this one turned out to be the easiest. The miracles Magic Barrier and Great Magic Barrier are also helpful if you have access to them. Being a ranged character will greatly reduce the difficulty of this boss fight as most of his attacks can be easily dodged and the boss himself isn't too fast, allowing the player to do a great amount of damage. I suggest buying as many Great Heavy Soul Arrows as you can before attempting the fight. User Info: SoulRegalia. The scene is always too dark. Sorceries shot during his kindling or sword ignition animation do greatly reduced damage. It is highly resistant to Magic and vulnerable to Dark. Smelter Demon is easiest to fight if you dodge to the left rather than the right. This is because you need extra time to two-hand your shield, and the other attacks simply do not provide you with such risk-free opportunity as the Jumping Lunge does. Smelter Demon is weak against magic, and depending on your INT and the level of your staff, you are unlikely to run out of spells during this fight. During the fight, once you manage to chip a quarter/third of his health, he will roar and stoke his fire*, this will add a constant low damage burning AOE to his person, additionally the room becomes darker and he becomes brighter. This along with flash sweat will prevent almost all fire damage. Log in to view your list of favourite games. 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