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| Phase 1 Lorian-4294 Phase 2 Lorian-3436 Lothric-5799 |
85,000 | Grand Archives |
| Drops | Cinders of a Lord and Soul of the Twin Princes |
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| Weak | Resistant | Immune |
 Lightning Frost Magic (Lorian)Physical-type (Lothric) |
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Lothric, Younger Prince is a Lord of Cinder and Boss in Dark Souls 3. This Dark Souls 3 Lothric, Younger Guide features locations, strategies and videos on how to defeat Lothric and Lorian easily, as well as tips, weaknesses, trivia and lore notes for the Lothric, Younger Prince and Lorian, Elder Prince boss.
Lothric is a purely magical boss and is a force to be reckoned with while he's accompanied by his brother and partner boss Lorian, Elder Prince. He is a tall hooded figure with the most notable feature being his spindly arms, and is the only of the twin princes to speak during cutscenes. While he isn't fought during the first phase, after depleting Lorian's healthbar once, Lothric teleports to his brother's side and clings to his back for the remainder of the fight.
While his magic makes for a challenging fight when synergized with his brother, he has only three attacks and is stationary and vulnerable when revivng Lorian. This boss is not optional and must be fought to progress through the game. Two NPCs can be summoned to help you in the fight against Lothric and Lorian:
- Sirris of the Sunless Realms - Summon can be found just in front of the fog door on the left. Take care not to let her take the brunt of the aggression as she can only heal herself three to five times during the fight and can easily be killed before the second phase actually begins, leaving you to solo the hardest part of the fight.
- Orbeck of Vinheim - You must have given him all 4 Scrolls and have bought all the sorceries that he sells. Summon sign can be found to the left, at the top of the stairs before the double doors to the fog door
Bosses are unique and challenging Enemies that drop Boss Souls capable of being transformed into powerful Weapons, Spells, and Items for the player.
Dark Souls 3 Lothric, Younger Prince Location
Where to find Lothric, Younger Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- The top of Lothric Castle.
Lothric Drops
What do you get from defeating Lothric, Younger Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- Souls: NG (85,000) | NG+ (170,000) | NG++ (187,000) | NG+3 (191,250) | NG+4 (204,000) | NG+9 (216,750)
- Souls for Cooperator: NG (21,250) | NG++ (51,425 w/ Silver Serpent Ring)
- Cinders of a Lord
- Soul of the Twin Princes
Lorian Notes & Tips
What should you know about fighting Lorian, Elder Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- Attacks deals Strike Damage, Thrust Damage, Standard Damage, Fire Damage and Magic Damage.
- Weak to Frostbite, Lightning Damage and Magic Damage.
- Resistant to Dark Damage.
- Immune to Poison/Toxic.
- Parryable: Yes, but it will not provide a chance to riposte. It only stuns him for a while. He takes extra damage during the stun animation. Also, parrying is very difficult, as player has to parry the arm using sword, not the sword itself.
- Can be poise-broken, what allows to perform a riposte.
Lothric Notes & Tips
What should you know about fighting Lothric, Younger Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- Present only during 2nd phase - killing him ends the battle, regardless of Lorian's HP left. If the player fails that phase, they must also repeat first. If Lorian dies first, Lothric revives him with a bit shorter HP pool.
- Attacks deals Magic Damage.
- Weak to Physical-type damage.
- Resistant to Dark Damage.
- Immune to Poison/Toxic.
- Lorian's "Soul Spear" attack can be spell parried, but timing has to be perfect.
- Is affected by Vow of Silence and nullifies all of it's offensive magic except for the Wrath of the Gods revive spell.
- Can't be staggered or riposted.
Lorian, Elder Prince Stats
| Playthrough | NG | NG + | NG ++ | NG +3 | NG +4 | NG +5 | NG +6 | NG +7 |
| Phase 1 Health | 4,294 | 4,328 | 4,761 | 4,978 | 5,194 | 5,627 | 5,843 | 6,060 |
| Phase 2 Health | 3,436 | 3,463 | 3,810 | 3,938 | 4,156 | 4,503 | 4,676 | 4,849 |
Lothric, Younger Prince Stats
| Playthrough | NG | NG + | NG ++ | NG +3 | NG +4 | NG +5 | NG +6 | NG +7 |
| Health | 5,799 | 5,845 | 6,430 | 6,722 | 7,014 | 7,599 | 7,891 | 8,183 |
Dark Souls 3 Lothric, Younger Prince Boss Guide & Strategies
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Dark Souls 3 Lothric Attacks
| Attacks | Attacks Description |
| Magic Homing Arrow | Fires a golden sorcery, similar to soul spear. Slight tracking and noticable charge time. |
| Magic Homing Projectiles | Casts multiple tiny magic projectiles floating into the air, similar to homing soulmass. The difference is that it is a far greater amount, does not follow the caster around, and is golden with smaller projectiles. After casting they will float in the air for a while and then shoot off towards the player. |
| Revival | When Lorian, Elder Prince dies he will begin to cast a miracle that does both substantial AOE damage and revives Lorian with approximately half of his health. |
General Tips
- As many people know, Lorian, the Elder Prince, who is the larger prince, always kicks off the fight with a teleport. The player can choose not to take any steps after entering the boss fog, or the door (this will be the barrier on your first time fighting the princes in your playthrough), or he can step forth, where Lorian will teleport, and do one of his attacks.
- Dodge Lorian and Lothric's wide array of attacks. A highly flame resistant shield, like the Dragon Crest Shield, or Black Knight Shield (this has very good stability) makes this safer, but it's not necessary.
- Lorian doesn't throw any combo longer than four swings, not including combos that happen after teleports. Use that to punish him, along with his heavier attacks, where he slightly struggles to heave the heft of his blade.
- Remember that the fight only ends when Lothric, the younger, smaller prince dies. You can repeatedly kill Lorian for free hits, but it's not make or break.
- Lorian has a tendency to make fake telegraphs by delaying his attacks.
- Invincibility frames get optimized the most when the player rolls in the opposite direction of the attack, but is not touching the means of attack. So for example, if Lorian uses his magic, and the player dodges it, yes, he will be invincible, but if the player is still touching that fire, or faith magic after his invincibility frames, then it's a botch. A common mistake is to horizontally roll to avoid his slashes. This can put the player out of range, so for players who are using something shorter than a greatsword, try using diagonal rolls, so you are close and can mix a rolling attack with another attack.
- The player only has up to two seconds, and less often three, to attack Lorian or Lothric, depending on whether Lothric is trying to heal Lorian, or climbing on Lorian's back or not. During those times where Lothric is healing Lorian, or climbing on his back, the window is about twice as big, but the player should note the gestures the bosses will use. Very often, Lorian and Lothric will do a power attack after this, so the player should keep his eyes open for that.
- Lothric will do an AOE attack that heals Lorian when he is downed. He gestures with his hands and arms for this, the player should make sure to roll out of that.
- Sometimes, the teleportation in the fight can catch the player off guard. If Lorian or the Twin Princes teleport, and the player's lock-on is broken, then Lorian is preparing an insta-kill attack. When he does this while he has Lothric on his back, Lothric will cast a giant sun spear after, which will travel fast. For info on the other more powerful attacks, see #16.
- Based on their combat capabilities, both Lorian and Lothric are at about SL 150 each in NG, as they easily cut through a pool of 1300 HP on an SL 97 character. In comparison to other bosses, they are about as hard as Old Demon King and Aldrich, who are at the highest tier of difficulty, because of what they can do, how much damage they can take, and how frequently. If one thinks of Lorian as a combination of the attack power of Aldrich, but with the feverishness of Old Demon King, then they have a good idea of what they need to do.
- Lorian can be stunned by hitting his right half of his pelvis, on the side where his sword is held. This is not advised, because it uses up stamina, and can lead to being stun-locked to death.
- If the player needs to heal (which he should only try to do during the second phase of the fight, when Lothric comes in), then he can hide a few feet behind a pillar for an extra second or two to use Estus, or pop an Ember. However, the player should not think that any of the princes, or both of them together, will not circumvent this. They are more than happy to teleport (which they always do behind the player, when the player not up against the walls in the room), or cast magic through the pillar, and interrupt any wandering that the player's mind may do.
- There are two shortcuts to this fight. At the top of the exterior stairs is a safer and slightly faster one of the two, to the right of the first door of the entrance to the Twin Princes fight, when facing the building.
- If the player is always urging to do damage and cannot stomach the slow rate of progress in the fight, then it is best to remedy that, and not play until the player can be totally zen. This way eight or less Estus at +10 strength can be used.
- There are times where Lothric is going to cast multiple projectiles. Do NOT try to attack during this phase, as you do not have any time for even the fastest attacks!
- It is easy to think that the Twin Princes, or Lorian alone are actually teleporting at lightning speed, and giving no windows for attack. This is not true, if the player watches their animations, but there is an instance where Lorian, in either phase one or two, will teleport, causing a big pillar of light on the player. When he does this, he is preparing an insta-kill attack, where he will do something akin to a drop attack on the player. When that pillar shows up, that is the queue to dodge roll!
How to fight and beat Lothric, Younger Prince
Strategy 1 (Melee)
Phase 1: This phase doesn't actually involve Lothric, but is still relevant due to it being part of the fight and a prerequisite in order to even fight Lothric. It's a pretty easy fight during the first phase as his attacks leave big windows. Move towards him, bait his combo which is most often a double horizontal slash and then roll backwards out of harms way, moving back in at the end of the combo to capitalize on the window. Be cautious because some of his combos, like the double horizontal slash, will sometimes be followed up with a vertical slash and there seems to be no way to tell which combo it will be aside from waiting and watching. Although a sure fire window is after the holy flame beam attack and after the flame wave attack, those never have immediate follow-ups so if you really want to play it safe only attack then, but often it will be pretty easy to attack him during other combos, just risky. Try to not get hit at all to conserve all estus the second phase.
Phase 2: First phase involving Lothric, he appears sitting on Lorian's back at the carpet near balcony (doesn't matter where was Lorian "killed"). Lothric will do 4 things. He will cast multiple tiny homing magic projectiles into the air which will float until locating you and then beam towards you. When that spell is cast, just roll through them. When you see them cast, distance yourself from Lorian to allow yourself to only focus on dodging that sorcery. Move in for attacks on Lorian during his windows after combos and while Lothric is inactive (he has a lot of down-time during the fight; he's not constantly casting). Be careful of one combo that Lothric and Lorian will often do. Almost right after Lorian performs his holy fire beam attack, Lothric will fire off a homing spear sorcery, so now just be sure to be ready to dodge right after Lorian slams his sword down. But when you do get Lorian's health all the way down, move in and barrage Lothric with attacks for only 2-3 seconds and then run away for he's casting a healing miracle which doubles as an AOE blast (Wrath of Gods?) on Lorian which will revive him with about half his health regained. The fight will just continue as normal and the next time Lorian goes down odds are Lothric is dead, very close so it will be the last time he goes down.
Strategy 2 (Magic)
This boss is just plain harsh on pureblood casters. If you get hit without a block, you will generally die. Lots of patience and learning te patterns will be key here. Phase 1 isn't too horrible, but is still not fun. Lorian will teleport on top of you, requireing either a block or good dodge frequently. Try to block the first shot (shield with physical and max fire resist), then dodge the following attack(s). No fancy spells for this, it seems just Great Heavy Soul Arrow will be your bread and butter here. If you can get far enough from Lorian down the hall, he will just crawl on his knees towards you, giveing time for 3-5 blasts before he teleports you and you have to reset him.
Phase 2: If you thought phase 1 was bad, you're going to love this. Lothric will climb on Lorian's back, and cast spells from there. Hopefully you got good at dodging after the first block in phase 1, because failing to do so in phase 2 will almost guarentee death. Lorian will have the same attacks, with Lothric casts versions of homing soulmass and soul spear. Lothric will not be constantly casting, however. Try to get away from them like you did in phase 1 so Lorian has to crawl towards you. Wait for lorian to cast, then get a few casts in yourself. When you dps Lorian down, Lothric will get off and res him. You want to shoot him as much as possible, which sucks, because he takes about half the magic damage that his brother does. If you can ready a crystal-enchanted weapon it would probably be a much better option against lorian. However, time window constraints from how very little Lorian is available to be hit makes this strategy unlikely.
Strategy 3 (Pyromancy)
This boss can be somewhat tricky for pyromancers. The first phase won't give you much trouble. Powerful fire spells such as Chaos Bed Vestiges or Great Chaos Fire Orb do considerable damage to Lorian. Simply be prepared to dodge his attacks when he teleports, and evade the smash. If you keep your distance, Lorian will often simply crawl at you, giving you time to free cast spells.
During Phase II, things will get somewhat harder. Lorian will become more aggressive, and Lothric will cast spells at you, making getting casts off risky. Hitting Lothric while Lorian is still alive is very difficult, since the cast times of most pyromancies are so long that any window of opportunity you get will close before you get the cast off. Killing Lorian again and taking the chance to deal damage to Lothric during this time works fine, and two Lorian kills during Phase II should be enough to kill Lothric.
Strategy 4 (Irithyll Rapier/Straightsword+Pontiff's Eye Ring)
Lorian is weak to frostbite. The Irithyll Rapier causes frost damage and it is a fast dps weapon. The Irithyll Straightsword is also a viable option. Combine that with Pontiff's Right Eye ring (dmg boost as long as attacking persists) and Carthus Beacon pyromancy (Damage increases with consecutive attacks) and you will have very fast damage dealing potential. That is, if you can dodge boss' attacks and stay aggressive.
Try to stay near and behind the boss at all times. Butt hugging makes him circling around too instead of spamming attacks so it gives more openings, helps to avoid taking damage and makes stamina control little easier. Some of the boss' swings even miss you without dodging, if you stay close to him. It takes a lot of practice to get used to him teleporting around. Rule of thumb for first timers is that if he teleports near you, dodge soon or immediately, but if he teleports little further away from you, wait and do not dodge immediately. With training you will learn his moveset and begin to predict what move is coming.
Strategy 5 (Melee with Black Knight Shield)
This strategy is fairly simple. Use a Black Knight Shield and circle strafe around Lorian to the right. After he swings, hit him a single time and continue circling. The Black Knight Shield's high fire absorption and stability will make his attacks almost meaningless and a few will probably miss altogether. The only threats using this strategy are the magic attacks from Lothric and the Light Beam attack Lorian sometimes does after teleporting.
Strategy 6 (Bow and cheesing phase 2)
Locking on Lorian while using bow and keeping will give you great opportunity to free cheesy attacks. You should only worry about teleporting or using his long-ranged magic attack (by hitting sword to the ground).
Phase 2 can be cheesed by killing him while standing right in the spot when Lorian will spawn after "death"in phase 1. Your location has to be exactly behind this spot - walking, touching stairs or being too far away from "center line" of the carpet will aggro them. If you place yourself correctly, Twin Princes will just stay in place, giving you free opportunity to shoot Lothric in the back using bow. You can also use Pestilent Mercury, but it will kill Lorian first (or you), so not really useful as a main "weapon".
Please notice that if NPC phantom is killed right before starting this cheese phase 2 his or her death animation would still last in phase 2, aggroing the Princes.
Lothric & Lorian Lore Theories
- Lothric Castle shares Lothric's name, but Lothric is a family name and not unique to this one Prince (as evidenced by the Divine Blessing description). Indeed, it seems that Lothric Castle was not named for the prince but for the bloodline. This seems to reflect either that young Lothric bears no name besides that of his family or that he was named after his family and kingdom, either of which reflects his intended role as the last hope of their line.
- Lorian's Armor Set description notes that Lorian was left mute and crippled by the curse of his younger brother, Lothric. That is the reason why their souls are inseparably united. It is implied that this is what Lorian desired, although why is unclear.
- Prayer Set description notes that as Lothric was destined to become a Lord of Cinder, he was cherished by the royal family despite being born into illness, a frail and shriveled child.
- Lothric might be some kind of dragon-kin, and this may be due to the curse/illness he has. His fingers are long and claw-like and his skin is pale. This may be the result of the attempts of Oceiros to produce a draconic heir, a symptom of the extreme means used by the family to produce a heir worthy of linking the fire, or may be a sign of distant relation to Seathe the Paledrake, which itself might explain Ocerios's obsession.
- Lothric is the way he is (frail, malformed, but magically powerful) as a result of his bloodline's long history of obsession with creating "the perfect heir". When they failed to do so through conventional methods of conception and pure-breeding they resorted to more extreme means.
- When the time came for Lothric to assume his duty as a Lord of Cinder he refused, apparently due to the belief of his tutor, the first of the scholars (potentially Pontiff Sulyvahn). Instead, he left the castle with his brother and relocated to a faraway palace where they intended to watch the flame die out.
- Lorian appears to be crippled during the fight (crawling instead of walking) due to willingly sharing the "curse" of his brother and the burden of lordship.
- Lorian's teleportation and light sword abilities are actually the result of Lothric interfering with the fight by using his magic on his brother from atop his pedestal (and later, from over his brother's shoulders). The description of Lorian's and Lothric's transposed swords suggest this.
- Lorian's sword became black and permanently enchanted with fire after he had killed the Demon Prince.
- The room is filled with white feathers, suggesting a link to Gertrude and the worship of angels in Lothric, a link further supported by the parallels between Prince Lothric's magic and the effects of the miracle Divine Pillars of Light.
- Based on the description of Divine Blessing, it is probable that Gwynevere is the mother of both brothers, making them grandchildren of Gwyn.
- The fact that Lorian can be physically killed and must be manually revived by his brother indicates that he does not bear the Undead Curse.
- The nature of the methods which permit Lorian to teleport and through which Lothric revives his brother are unusual, as Lothric's abilities resemble miracles yet inflict magic damage, being therefore similar in nature to Gwyndolin, yet apparently being of sunlight rather then moonlight (at least based on coloration.) The primary abilities of revival and teleportation parallel the relationship Undead have to bonfires, indicating that their curse may be of a similar nature.
Lothric, Younger Prince Dialogue:
- Before fight: Oh, dear, another dogged contender. Welcome, Unkindled One, purloiner of Cinders. Mind you, the mantle of Lord interests me none. The fire linking curse, the legacy of lords, let it all fade into nothing. You've done quite enough, now have your rest.
- Second phase: Oh, dear Brother… I’m on my way. My brother, unyielding sword of Lothric's Prince. Rise, if you would... For that is our curse.
- After victory: Mark my words, Ashen One... You remain among the Accursed.
- When the Player is slain: This spot marks our grave, but you may rest here too, if you would like...
Lothric & Lorian Trivia
- Both Lorian & Lothric can bleed, what makes weapons causing Bleed very useful.
- In the second phase, you can hit Lothric while on his brothers back, weakening him before Lorian goes down. You have to stand exactly behind Lorian to do this, as with most weapons you will only hit Lothrics feet. Weapons, such as the Estoc, that use fencing thrusts improve the angle behind Lorian that allow Lothric to be hit. If Lothric is weak enough he can be killed while reviving his brother, shortening the fight quite a bit. Alternatively, Lothric can be killed while still on his brothers back through use of the above noted strategy for striking him.
- While cooperating, if the targeted player keeps baiting Lorian the partner can easily aim for Lothric, eliminating the revival sequence all together. Though several players can rush Lothric easily in one revival sequence it is questionable to do so instead of focusing down Lorian.
- When he climbs on his brother's back Lothric resembles the spirit of Gower's Ring of Protection (Dark Souls 2)
- Additionally, the posture Lothric takes is highly reminiscent of the position of the arms over the chest of the Armor of Favor.
- Lothric is voiced by Harry Lister Smith, who also voiced Gwyndolin from Dark Souls 1.
- Cut data that can still be found in the game's files show Lothric & Lorian were possibly once going to wield a scythe and shield, respectively. "Scythe born from the soul of Lothric. Forged for Prince Lothric, this weapon's blade is slightly elongated and boasts beautiful craftmanship. It has a sharp edge contains a hard alloy, and can rip through anything like paper." - Lothric's Scythe
- The image art of Lorians greatsword resembles its original design evidenced in concept art, not its final design visible in game, both when Lorian and the Player use it. This is likely unintentional.
- If you quit the game immediately after killing Lothric but before receiving the cinder, Lorian can be found alive after reloading the game and you can still receive the cinder by re-entering the boss room. It is possible for Lorian to teleport to the outside of boss room.
Lothric, Younger Prince & Lorian, Elder Prince Gallery
AnonymousI have just beaten this thing in NG++ and it's obvious the game cheats with cam lock on, the boss teleporting in your blind spot even when you re constantly moving the camera after his teleportations.
So play with cam lock off. I have a melee build and sticking close to the boss allow sometimes missed swings from him opening nice windows for retaliation.
Not really pleased by this boss, the TP mechanic seems somewhat abusive
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Difficult boss but very rewarding when you work out how to beat it.
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A prince who runs from their duty of linking the fire, from their fight, which they fight for themselves and for their kin, is no prince.
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The wikia needs better organization. The numbered list of paragraph tips is partly incoherent rambling / walls of text. Come on people. It's strange that people write "guides" without any consciousness about clarity and organization.
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Also from my other comment, the Covetous Rings, which represent Frampt and Kaathe, say they are snakes who couldn't become dragons, and the original dragons have what looks like feathers (could be fur, hard to tell) in Dark Souls 1. I know the Stormdrake has feathers. Look at the dragon transformation stones in Dark Souls 1.
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The other four lord's second phases show them embered, using fire attacks, since they linked the fire long ago in their own time. Lorian and Lothric however never do that, since they have never linked the fire before in the most current era, despite Lothric being coddled with that fate since birth. Lorian's sword is on fire due to his fight with the Demon Princes. In cut content, Kaathe was originally going to be present, explaining the angel feathers covering the arena, which are also present on the primordial serpent statues around Lothric Castle. This also would explain why they decided not to link the fire.
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I've found that when his one-shot move goes off, if you are drinking a flask, it won't touch you.
My brother said I should start using magic during phase one, but I think that’s rude. Don’t you agree?
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GOD I LOVE the barrages of Homing Soul Mass. GODDAMN the holy light of Lothric feels so GOOD on my undead skin. UGHGGH the Eternal flame of the Last Demon Prince exfoliates my hollowing face so WELL. 10/10 boss, I love femboys, will recommend to friends.
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I never really noticed before how their configuration kinda makes it look like he's getting a piggyback ride from his older brother... neat detail
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*teleports crippled brother behind you*
nothin personnel ashen one
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I like this boss but I dislike magic spam. Bosses like aldrich, sage, and twin princes’ second phase really piss me off. At least aldrich can be cheesed with vow of silence and you can one cycle sage by parrying him or using sacred flame.
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Lothric doesn’t shoot magic he shoots light, and it’s not a golden colour it’s white…
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God i love fights where the lock-on is off every 20 seconds.
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After no hitting them, i can say that this is third best boss in game for me, after Champion Gundyr and Sister Friede. Pog boss 9/10 (**** their magic tho)
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Another one down , haven’t yet once died to a boss , all first tried .
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“tHiS sPoT mArkS oUr GrAvE, bUt YoU mAy ReSt HeRe ToO, iF yOu LiKe…”
I’ll rest after I’m done dancing over your grave
In my randomizer run,they replaced the crossbow jollow in cemetry of ash but I still defeated them.
Idk how
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To get Orbeck's summon sign to appear for the Lothric, Younger Prince boss fight, you have to give him all 4 scrolls, buy all of his spells and have him tell you he is leaving. You then need to leave Firelink shrine and come back to see that he is gone. This has to be done on every ng cycle.
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Using dragon crest shield trivialize all the melee attacks.
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Just want to share my experience against lothric, I'm a melee build using claymore, at first I tried going claymore without shield. Dodging every attack needs too much concentration because many of his melee attack has wide range and little wind up (not to mention the camera could make me confused). So I decided to use dragon crest shield and tank his melee attacks, works very nicely. Hope this helps.
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if it were not for the teleports the fight could very well replace gundyr in cemetery of ash
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I utterly despise the homing magic volley, aside from that good boss
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I like the line he says after killing you, he doesn't mean to insult you or humiliate you for losing, he knows of his illness and that he will eventually die in that place, but he just wants you to respect his decision to not linking the flame, even going as far as to giving you the honor of "resting" at his and his brother's grave. Sad that you have to kill him anyway, even if you don't choose to link the fire in the end.
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Don't know what people are praising about these two. The Sister's hit box is broken. Legitimately doesn't have a hit box on her hands or head and back hits work like 70% of the time. He is buggy, he might teleport into the wall and then you'll have to retry. And yes, of course he has a one shot attack, and the tight roll timing on it changes between phases.
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amazing boss. the fight is beautiful, cinematic while still being a challenge. the lore of the brothers is great and the OST is amazing!!!
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As a dex build with enough strength to wield a lothric knight greatsword, I've found the sharp LKGS to be most effective for me against these two throughout my playthroughs. I don't even buff it, the innate lightning seems to be enough. Sellsword twinblades with lightning resin work well too but the LKGS results in a quicker fight for me.
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one thing the guide does not mention for pyromancy is can easily spec in the crystal chime to use it as alternative lightning stake makes very good work of phase 1
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Probably my second favorite duo fight. The first phase isn’t hard but it’s fun and the second phase takes it up several notches. One attack feels unfair to me but the fight is so fun it doesn’t matter.
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The moment they teleport and you know judgment is coming over you.
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Would have been a great boss if most of your time wasn't spent running back to him. 2 long ass elevator rides later...
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Is it necessary to fill every boss arena with chairs and stuff blocking your movements and spells, From? Other than that, good boss.
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Make me use all the flasks, a good fight the patterns aren't that difficult but the camera with the teleports struggle so it's easy to loose focus and being hit, I truly believed he's gonna wipe me but when all the flakus ended I play really safe and kill him with the last remaining hp on 1st try. Use a ice weapon (a lot of bosses have ice weakness in ds3)
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Am I the only one who really badly struggled with these twins? I unironically had a harder time with them than even Darkeater Midir, they were quite a wall for me for a good while, felt great when I finally beat them though
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this boss was one of my favorites. the satisfaction of learning his moveset, his aesthetic. Not to mention the OST, especially in phase two.
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anybody know how to get the Lothric achievement on Xbox? for some reason the game forgot to give me it even though I beat him along with the soul of cinder. im hoping my game isn't corrupt or anything
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Mixed feelings about this boss on so many different levels. I left my summon sign out while doing the archives, fought him 8 times, each time a easy joke. One player plays defence while the other plays offence.
Finally get to him doing a solo run, he killed me more than all the non DLC bosses put together, 45-60 times. Just a absolute relentless assault, I hated this boss more than anything, cursing the name Lothric. Finally I get the roll timing right, this goes from my least enjoyable boss to the best. The music, the challenge, the ultimate dark souls flow state. Master when to roll is my advice, waste a run practicing just rolling and not swinging your sword so you don’t end up wasting hours like I did. Truly the easiest/hardest/worst/best boss.
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They used to give me so much trouble, but I found this boss is a piece of cake equipping a Lightning Bandit’s Knife +10, and using the Quickstep skill instead of the dodge roll.
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on my low dmg run i used +3 heavy flamberge with base requirement stats. can stance break and bleed lothric fairly easily. just roll to his left and don't go for more than 1-2 R1s at a time. i used gold pine resin for phase 1, but in phase 2 physical damage is fine because you have to kill both of them anyway and lorian is weak to phys only. use the same strategy but hit his back as much as possible so you can hit them both. the only downside is you will rarely be in position to riposte when his stance breaks, but 2-3 R1s is not bad.
the main thing you have to do in this fight is not panic roll. if he hits you don't queue a roll. only roll when you need to and don't spam attacks too much. you want to make sure you pretty much always have enough stamina to roll through his double sword swipe attack, then R1, and then roll his next attack almost immediately. if you need to heal get very far away from him, or do it when he does an attack with a lot of cooldown like the fire trail attack or his lunging sword slam. also don't try to fight when lorian uses his homing attack, just strafe and roll through everything until it's safe and you've recovered your stamina.
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Around the arena there are elevated stairs. If you put your back to them, lothric will teleport on them and be unable to hit you with his horizontal slashes or magic. If you do this to the left pillar closest to the entrance, you will also be able to avoid basically all of the homing magic & missiles.
You'll need to roll through the wave attacks from big bro, and the downward slash / teleport slam, but the rest miss.
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I don't get why the guy who apparently wrote the strategies for most of these boss pages is so fixated on great heavy soul arrow when there are stronger faster sorceries that can end boss fights much faster if you just dodge and bring enough ashen flasks to keep your mp from running out. Did he never actually try a pure sorcerer build?
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Did this in a little over 10 tries as a melee only build. Really quite a simple boss if you get the teleport mechanic down. Stay close learn to use your rolls and pray you do not get oneshot by some random range attack.
At first I hated this boss now I love it.
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Why does the one strucken with illness from birth who can barely walk have more hp than the one who is a warrior who once slayed the demon prince
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Has it been documented that if you stand too close to the wall during the boss fight, they have a chance to teleport into a wall and die instantly?
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Fought them few days ago, running a refined knight sword. Going naked with Flynn Ring.
But I hope there were more in phase 2... Lothric literally remains the same except having Lorian casting range spell. Slight disappointment.
It is a beautiful boss fight and I do love it. Lorian's voice is so soothing, get to hear it 5 times until I beat them. No greed is key I'll say.
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this is just my view on these two but i find it really hard not to like them their fight is annoying don't get me started lorian looks col so dose lothric
their lore actually makes sense lothric doesn't think the age of fire is doping the world any good and lorian is just being a good brother to lothric by staying by his side
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I got stuck on these guys for a very, very long time. Pyromancer with longsword, just couldn't lay down casts in the second phase and took too much chip damage in the first.
Having abandoned it for the best part of a year, I came back to it the other day. After EASILY fifty deaths - which was baffling, having one-short bosses like the Dancer and only got heavily into double-digits on the Pontiff - it was more out of habit than expecting to finally do it. But I did!
Some really helpful tips that utterly changed the fight for me:
1) I respecced a bit. Dropped Int, kept a bit of faith, and left Dex/Str at 40/25 with a few extra points into Endurance (30)
2) Infused a +10 Lothric Knight Straight Sword with Lightning
3) Stopped treating it as a fight from a distance and got stuck in. Not just closer, but right up in his face. This does two things. First, it cuts down on the amount of teleporty bullshit. Second, it maximises the openings. He swings, you roll towards him and to his left (your right) as close as you can. Hit him once and wait for the next swing. Repeat. This turned "why did I waste 7 estus in phase one" into not getting hit at all.
4) Continued being right up in his face in phase 2. This not only reduces the number of teleports, but also the number of spell casts. It also allowed me to get a bit of chip damage in on Shoulder Bro and an extra hit on him when he goes to heal Lorian.
5) Learn the irregular pacing of the homing missles. Get right up close and roll in circles. They princes will teleport to you, lock-on will make you roll around them (avoiding the swing) and a staccato rolling pattern will dodge the projectiles.
6) When you enter the arena, DON'T MOVE. This prevents his insta-teleport attack which seems to have a 50% chance of catching you, regardless of roll. Instead, he teleports to his own location and starts swinging wildly, allowing you to set the pace and get up close from a good angle in the most open part of the arena.
Hopefully this will help any other struggling Ashen ones overcome what is otherwise a potentially very, very brutal boss.
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beautiful fight. unquestionably hard, but not unfair. kick ass soundtrack and the design makes it a top tier boss fight for me.
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Why can’t I find a single youtube clip or something of a player being able to spell parry one of Lorian’s soul spear attack?
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God that was a fantastic fight. Lothric, Champion Gundyr and Dancer of the Boreal Valley are my absolute favorite fights in the base game. So much fun. FROM actually managed to design a dual boss fight that has none of the typical frustrations of multi enemy boss fights. There are 2 enemies and they both do different things, but you're not having to constantly dodge and attack 2 separate beings. You don't have to split your attention and get interrupted by the other. Putting Lothric on Lorian's back allows there to be 2 separate enemies to deal with, but in a way that feels like just 1. Plus I am in love with the brothers' design and lore.
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You guys pure sorcerer is not difficult, just spam heavy soul arrow in phase 1, then in phase 2 spam heavy soul arrow until Lorian dies and place a pestilent mist on top of Lothric, and repeat. Also, while Lorian is reviving just go away and you can kill him with heavy soul arrows before he attacks because he will start crawling, it just takes a little bit of patience and rng
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Quickstep really trivializes this boss. All of Lorian's sword attacks will sail right past you and you can carve him up between combos. Then just roll through Lothric's magic attacks. I just beat them solo on NG+2 and didn't even have to heal. +10 Sharp Bandit's Knife and Carthus Flame Arc.
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The hardest part of the fight is trying to not get hit while running back to it
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Does anyone else mute the Voice volume and disable subtitles to fight bosses and NPCs that mock you when you die? Lothric, Oceiros, Friede, Hawkwood... I don't need that negativity in my life.
I don't bother with Halflight. It's tedious to sit through but you can't skip it either way, so whatever
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I used Strategy 6 (Bow and cheesing phase 2). Not proud, but it worked.
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Pyromancy makes this fight relatively easy, especially if you have a summon. Even an NPC summon will do.
Miserable fight as a pure sorcerer (really the whole game is miserable as a pure sorcerer). The only way I could manage phase 2 was with Soul Stream, because it actually hits both princes when fired at the right angle.
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melee: lock on, hold to the right, dodge the 2 hit swoop or the 1 hit swoop, attack in between. Just roll when he casts his flying popcorn things and beware that after they cast the lightning swordcombo the little one casts a projectile. You can heal after each dodge if nessesary.
I gotta say they are hard, but doable if played correctly. Elfriede tho, thats just pure bs lol
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I completed Orbeck's questline but I don't see this summon sign outside the fog door.
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To me the Twin Princes are by far the hardest boss in the entire game, including Ariandel, Ringed City and optional areas. I recorded my deaths on my 2nd playthrough and twin princes were responsible for one quarter of them.
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say what you want about the mechanics, this boss has the best soundtrack in the game imo
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Been trying to beat this with +10 GS. Hardest boss fight so far. Kill -> revives -> kill -> revives, is there a trick to this ? any way to kill the sorcerer reviving him ?
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Pure sorcerer builds are a pain to use against this boss, ran out of ashen estus as soon as lothric was 0 hp, said screw it and did a barehanded punch. It worked…
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Gwynevere was married to a god. Framd I believe. She cannot be the mother of Lothric.
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Be careful of the chairs in the arena. I got hit by the charged attack because they slowed my roll.
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damn homing soul attack + lorian's attacks always kills orbeck/sirris whenever the second phase starts.
Tried this out as a pure sorcerer, and Lorian goes down so easily with GHSA and/or CSS spells even compared to my previous pyromancer, it was a joke especially if you just kite him. You can even get some free hits in by not moving upon entering the fog gate - Lorian will for some reason just teleport baby steps towards you, giving you a massive window of time with which to throw spells at him. Just dodge his attacks when he finally does get you within his range, and you'll be peachy.
The problem is Lothric in the second phase, since unlike with a Pyromancer you can't burst down Lothric with your spells due to his magic resistance, and since you mostly lock on to Lorian you'll have to contend with seeing Lorian resurrect frequently. If playing as a Sorcerer, it would be prudent to have a good and decently-levelled physical melee weapon available as backup to hit Lothric with when he tries to res Lorian.
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You can spank it.... once.
*tries to spank twice and eats ultra*
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Phase 2 is just stupid and lame. Either you get oneshot from behind by a teleporter or from the front by homing missiles. Worst boss in the entire franchise.
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One of the few bosses that felt amazing to fight even on another playthrough for me, I think the voiced cutscenes really make this one special
It's not mentioned anywhere on the page, so I'll contribute (since for some reason I can't find the button to submit edits):
If you're able to get far enough away from Lorian after his combos, typically by rolling backwards several times, he'll simply attempt to crawl towards you instead of teleporting. This is an ideal window of opportunity for ranged builds to attack him multiple times, as long as you're able to keep your distance, and if you're able to space yourself by kiting him from the edge of the arena you can actually gain like +/- 20 seconds of attack time. Given the size and shape of the arena obviously he'll inevitably be able to catch up to you and begin teleport attacks all over again, but it's at least a good way to get some damage in with less stress.
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I could definitely listen to lothric speak for hours on end
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For strength/quality build people, FUGS is still absurd since in the 2nd phase its greatsword vertical swing can hit lothric as well as lorian. I recommend a lightning resin to make things even smoother. Vordt's great hammer is good all around but again, with heavy attacks you can hit both twins in 2nd phase along with the ridiculous damage and frostbite, this will stagger lorian in phase one. You also can't go wrong with a black knight weapon if you have enough dex at this point, the axe is a little more awkward than the BL great sword but should work. Master your dodging but you can't hesitate. Trading blows is required if you want to make the fight shorter.
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On every SL1 - SL20 run this boss is by far the most annoying. And when I say this boss I mean a F ING CAMERA. Its not a big issue when you have dps, but when you dont and the fight goes on for 10 minutes this h t is disgusting. Like fromsoft knows about their games' camera issue since forever, so decided to do big boss that his size messes up camera, then make him teleport all the time to make camera spin around every time its locked on and then fit arena with tons of pillars that mess up camera.
I really wish for once they did a small boss that doesnt cheat its attack range. He would be a tough badass, but without a weapon 10 meters long.
best advice I can give is to not get greedy, especially in first phase. Beat this boss for the first time with a +10 electric longsword, and I definitely recommend it, as you can easily get an R2 in after rolling out of the way and then just roll out of his counterattack. then just repeat until phase 2, where it gets slightly more complex, but overall same strategy. just whack Lothric when Lorain dies, which will get easier after doing this once due to the lower health. I've hear DSGA can also work with WA punishes but I think this is a bit simpler/easier, as electric does so much damage anyways playing fast and safe still gets reliable DPS.
I love this boss, had 17 embers, summoned orbek and Sirrius, used 10+ chaos dagger now only 2 embers remain.. I kept underestimating his speed in the beginning of the fight. I used tears of denial because he would always cheap shot me somehow and I just would reapply and use estus
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