Demon Prince is a Boss in Dark Souls 3, available with the Ringed City DLC. This Dark Souls 3 Demon Prince Guide features locations, strategies and videos on how to defeat the Demon Prince easily, as well as tips, weaknesses, trivia and lore notes for the Demon Prince boss.
After defeating the Demon in Pain & Demon From Below, fire gathers inside the corpse of the last demon killed, and a few seconds later, there is an explosion with a small AoE revealing the Demon Prince. A pair of large wings sprout from the Demon Prince's back and they have a different set of attacks based on which demon was killed in the first phase.
Having fire resistance will be a huge boon in this fight due to how many fire attacks the Demon Prince does. This boss is optional to finish the base game, but must be defeated in order to reach The Ringed City. Two NPCs can be summoned to help you in the fight against the Demon Prince:
- Slave Knight Gael - Summon sign can be found beside the Bonfire before the fight.
- Lapp - Summon sign can be found on the ledge before you drop down.
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 Demon Prince Location
Where to find the Demon Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- The Ringed City: Demon Prince is the second phase of the Demon in Pain & Demon From Below boss fight.
- You have to defeat the Demon in Pain & Demon From Below EVERY time you re-attempt the boss fight.
Demon Prince Drops
What do you get from defeating the Demon Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- Souls: NG (100,000) | NG+ (150,000) | NG++ (165,000) | NG+3 (180,000) | NG+4 (168,750) | NG+9 (255,000)
- Co-Op Souls: NG (25,000) | NG+ (37,500) | NG++ (41,250) | NG+6 (53,412)
- Other: Soul of the Demon Prince
Demon Prince Notes & Tips
What should you know about fighting the Demon Prince in Dark Souls 3?
- Parriable: No
- Demon Prince's attacks deal Fire Damage and Physical (Slash/Standard?) Damage.
- Can be staggered, which may give players an opportunity to perform a critical strike.
- Neutral to Physical Damage, Magic Damage, Lightning Damage, and Dark Damage.
- Has the same amount of Bleed resistance as the Demon in Pain and Demon From Below, so Bleed is just as effective.
- Highly resistant to Fire Damage.
- Weak to Slash Damage.
- Immune to Frostbite and Poison/Toxic.
Demon Prince Stats
| Playthrough | NG | NG + | NG ++ | NG +3 | NG +4 | NG +5 | NG +6 | NG +7 |
| Health | 7,045 | 7,151 | 7,866 | 8,223 | 8,581 | 9,296 | 9,654 | 9,705 |
Dark Souls 3 Demon Prince Boss Guide & Strategies
DS3 Demon Prince Video Strategy
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Dark Souls 3 Demon Prince Attacks
Demon Prince has 2 different phases, depending on which of Demons (in Pain/from Below) was slain last.
| Demon Prince | |
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| Flaming Reunion | After killing last demon (Demon in Pain OR Demon from Below), fire gathers inside its corpse. Few second later there is an explosion with small AoE dealing fire damage for 50% of attack's duration, which ignites the boss fight arena. This move opens the fight with Demon Prince and he does not use it later. |
| Fireball | Creates a ball of fire in his right hand and leaps up, throwing it towards the player and then landing a few feet away from its original position. |
| Fiery Swoop | Flies up and swoops down, slashing the ground with its claws in a forward motion and leaving a pool of lava. |
| Critical Grab | Demon Prince - twice - tries to grab player. If he succeds, he throws him on a medium distance dealing physical damage. |
| Triple Seething Chaos | Demon Prince throws 3 fireballs on small distance, which acts identical to Seething Chaos spell. Deals high fire damage. |
| Air Wave | Demon Prince uses his wings to create an air wave, which knocks out player, and lands few feets away. Deals no damage, but may put player in a difficult situation. Usually used before Fireball Shower or Laser Beam. |
| Fire Serpent | Demon Prince rotates 180 degrees and attacks ground with his right claw. This attack releases a Fire Serpent, which acts similar to "Black Serpent" spell. Deals physical and fire damage. Often appears after Modified normal moveset. |
| Modified normal moveset | Demon Prince will strike with his claws in a similar way, as Demon in Pain or Demon from Below in "flame" mode. This time however, these attacks are far more aggressive and faster. |
| Fiery Shout | Demon Prince tries to scare off enemy by performing a fiery shout. Sometimes performs after regular attacks. |
| Floating Chaos (Red Variant) | Casts an enhanced version of Floating Chaos that fires at the player. Usually leads to Fireball Shower. Only available when the Demon Prince is revived from the red Demon from Below. Note: After Demon Prince death, they instantly disappear. |
| Quick Floating Chaos + Fire Serpent (Red Variant) | Demon Prince casts a short version of Floating Chaos and flies away. Then he moves his right arm to the back (like he is scared of something) and attacks swiftly with his hand, what releases a Fire Serpent. Only available when the Demon Prince is revived from the red Demon from Below. |
| Fireball Shower (Red Variant) | A follow up after casting Floating Chaos, the Demon Prince builds up a ball of flame from its mouth that results in fireballs chasing player and - if they manage to hit - deal very high fire damage. Good chance to get some hits in. Cue for evacuation would be the bright flare after casting. If Demon Prince is staggered at this moment, fireballs will fall around him. Only available when the Demon Prince is revived from the red Demon from Below. |
| Laser Beam (Orange Variant) | A sweeping laser beam that does massive damage if connected. Lasts for quite a while as the Demon Prince sweeps it left and right. If dodged correctly, the player can punish for massive amounts of damage by simply staying behind the Demon Prince. Can be easily avoided by performing a "Stretch Out" gesture. Usually leads to Laser Burst. Only available when the Demon Prince is revived from the orange Demon in Pain. |
| Laser Burst (Orange Variant) | An explosive beam that does damage through the beam itself and also in an AoE around the Demon Prince's head. Usually cast right after the laser beam. The player can get behind the Prince and continue their combos without getting severely damaged. Can be easily avoided by performing a "Stretch Out" gesture. Only available when the Demon Prince is revived from the orange Demon in Pain. |
How to fight and beat the Demon Prince
Strategy 1 (Melee Co-op)
For this strategy, you have to play Co-op. Many say to use only one summon, but using both Amnesiac Lapp and Slave Knight Gael is an amazing combination because they heal themselves constantly, and draw aggro so the player can have huge windows to do damage. If the player is adamant about using only one, or is doing better with just one for some reason, it is better to choose Lapp as he does similar damage to Gael, but takes more damage easier than Gael does.
Phase 1 :
In this phase, while Gael or a player aggroes Demon in Pain, you will focus on Demon from Below. Now, the strategy will change depending on if the Demon from Below is or not on fire. An important note is that a good shield for this fight that resists high physical and fire can come in handy blocking their attacks.
If the demon you're facing is burning, then you'll mostly want to stay under or behind his legs, as he will have difficulties reaching you to make damages, while you'll be able to attack him all you want. Now, it might seem like a really basic advice, but don't use up all your stamina, since you'll need it if you have to dodge. Green Blossoms can help, in order to land more attacks, while still being able to dodge after.
If the demon you're facing isn't on fire, stick to his face like a bubble-gum sticks under a high schooler's desk. This way, if the demon barfs, you won't get hit nor poisoned. However, if he slowly rises on his legs while raising his arms, that means he wants to slam you, so turn around him, and dodge if necessary, then go back to his face.
When your demon is dead, go finish the other. Now, the second phase begins.
Phase 2 :
In this phase, you're fighting the Demon Prince, who is always burning. Simply repeat the strategy for the burning demon by staying under or behind his legs, as his physical attacks will be almost if not the same. Be wary of two things though: his charge, and his magma shower.
For his charge, he will create some distance between you and himself, and then charge you while leaving fire in his trail. I don't really have advice for dodging him, since I only got hit once, while the other time he tried it on me, he completely missed me, so you're on your own for this.
His magma shower will happen after he makes 2 floating turret-like fire orbs, which is followed up by spewing fire in the sky after making some distance between both of you. Now, I advise you to do what you can to interrupt him, while dodging the projectiles shot at you by the fire turrets.
The three demons can actually be staggered, and then you can land a critical hit by attacking their face.
Finally, just be patient, focus and attack when you can. Good luck!
Strategy 2 (Melee solo)
First Phase:
First of all, if you stay in the ring at the beginning (don't cross the bricks) both demons will always begin with same moves. Staying still and charging R2 to attack the demon who's jump attack barely misses you is a good way to get some easy damage in. Also they do not immediately regroup so focusing on one demon at the beginning and killing it fast before the other drifts too close is a solid strategy.
This phase is all about free camera, staying near one demon to fish for attacks and dodging below it as soon as it attacks. However, unlike with Lud and Zallen in Dark Souls 2, a demon can melee attack you through the other one so staying below one is not a safe place from the other
Phase 2, The prince:
Three rules of thumb: get near it, walk right and always stay locked on. This way you will mostly trigger short range moves that are punishable just by rolling below it and attacking like before. Staying locked on helps when it jumps up to do explosive punch dive. It is very difficult to dodge blindly. If it does a short jump behind you while you are near, it will always either swing too or punch the floor creating a homing fire trail.
If its right hand slowly forms a fireball it is about to jump up and throw a homing fireball at you. It always jumps little backwards so blindly running towards the direction of where its back was facing usually avoids the attack and let you close in and attack before it recovers.
If it slowly summons two fireballs it is later about to jump away and conjure the meteor shower. Both are excellent opportunities to attack and hope for a chance to stun and visceral attack it. Great thing is, if you stun it during the summoning of first two fireballs, it will do it again after it recovers from your visceral attack.
In conjunction, the below includes a playbook:
- The boss fight will open up with both the Demon In Pain, which is on the right, and Demon From Below, which is on the left. The Demon From Below will be glowing a bright color, and this is a sign that he is doing melee attacks, and berserking at you. He will start off with a delayed jump attack. Roll into his safe spot, which is his rear and side pelvic region, and get in some hits.
- In some moments, the Demon From Below will stop glowing, but his brother will start to glow. This means you should focus on the currently glowing brother, as you have to kill both enemies anyway. When a demon is spraying toxic, he is more open to being hit, but it is easy to get flanked by the berserking demon. If you can, hit the demon's head to stun and riposte him for bonus damage. If you can, try to kite the demon who is charging and throwing melee attacks at you so they are separated.
- This fight is largely about timing stamina. The bosses want you to think that you can deplete your meter, but their follow up combos are extremely powerful (600-900HP damage per attack easy) and you really don't want to get hit by those. Using a shield here will be foolish, as your stamina will be too drained to do the maximum of five rolls needed to attack.
- The timing for these demons' attacks is among the most irregular in the whole game. You have to really be conscious about your dodges because the Demons try to roll-catch, and wait for you to dodge so they can hit you on recovery.
- Still talking phase one, the demons will alternate between glowing bright and berserking, so once you punish, get in position to efficiently attack the other Demon. Sometimes, they will both berserk. During those times, just back off, focus on avoiding damage, and let one of them calm down so he won't interrupt you while you are hitting the berserking Demon. Two things you can also do is (again) use the charging demon to separate from the other demon, to buy you some time for hits, as these demons are most dangerous when they are together, hitting you. If you have the charging demon blocking the other demon, you can hit the body part closest to you to minimize the chance of being hit. Very often, hitting the distal portion of its arm will allow you to hit without being hit through the demons body, or "wall-banged", by the other demon.
- Now for phase two. The Demon's special attack is either going to be a persisting beam, or a shower of fireballs, followed by an AOE, and floating chaos fireballs. It doesn't matter which one you kill first, but the laser beam demon (Demon From Below, I think) has a much bigger opening, as he is sedentary for about ten seconds while he is firing his laser in a three attack combo (which, I think ends in an AOE). Again, always leave enough stamina to dodge roll up to five times, because any of the three Demons in this fight can kill you in two hits, easy.
- For all three parts of the fight (two demons, one demon, then demon prince), keep your punishments short, and focus on out-lasting the bosses. Put the rest of your focus on dodging their insanely fast attacks, as well.
- The Demons have a berserk attack where they march toward you, and claw into the ground, repeatedly, much like how a gorilla gallops on its knuckles when it is trying to scare off something. Trying to dodge only one claw saves more stamina than trying to dodge both!
- The Demon Prince (third phase) has an attack where he flies and swoops down, grinding his claws into the ground. For this attack, since there is somewhat of a strange zone of effect, dodge rolling to the sides works much better than to the front and back.
Strategy 3 (Magic/Pyromancy)
If you have 30 intelligence, equip Pestilent Mist as the damage it deals is a set percentage of the enemy's max HP.
It will deal massive damage in the second phase and some attacks have him standing there without moving for a while. Try to get behind in that situation and cast Pestilent Mist Back off and shoot him with additional spells.
Strategy 4 (Dorhys' Gnawing/Bleeding Build)
Recommended to exploit both Phases' weakness.
Equip Dorhys' Gnawing, as a fail safe it is recommended to cast Tears of Denial before you drop down into the fight, also to get at least 1 Phantom (Lapp for example) to distract one of either Demons of your choosing.
It is helpful to equip the following rings: Morne's Ring, Ring of the Sun's First Born & Dusk Crown Ring; if possible also equip Carthus Bloodring for better chances of dodging at the cost of weaker defense. This should however not be a problem since the attacks of either demon are slow by comparison.
The tactic is rather simple: Keep your distance and keep casting Dorhys' Gnawing, roughly every 2nd to 3rd hit resulting in bleed-burst damage. Thanks to Farron Ring you will be able to cast a good number of spells before you will have to consume an Ashen Estus Flask.
Should you be mostly melee focused, it is a good idea to use weapons with high bleed capability, as an example, Exile Greatsword infused with Blood Gem but any bleeding build you are comfortable with will work, preferably with greatswords though.
As a personal recommendation, it is suggested to kill Demon in Pain first as the following fusion of both demons has fewer wide-range attacks and slower attacks that can be dodged easily. Keep repeating the previous steps and dodge Demon Prince's attacks and this fight should be no problem.
Demon Prince Lore Theories
Because of the differences in body type between the Old Demon King and the Demon Prince, it is unlikely that this boss shares any relation to the Old Demon King.
Demon Prince Trivia
- The moveset of the Demon Prince depends on which demon in the first phase is killed last (see "Attacks" information).
- If player manages to defeat the second demon (in Pain OR from Below) with a critical strike, the beginning of this fight will look slightly different.
- Before events of Dark Souls III - as is said in Lorian's Greatsword description - Lorian managed to defeat Demon Prince.
- Older description of Soul of Demon Prince stated, that he retreated to beneath the Earth. This helped him survive, as Lorian thought he died during battle.
- Boss fight arena is a devastated Firelink Shrine from Dark Souls I.
- Demon Prince shares the same tail with the Centipede Demon, a boss from Dark Souls I.
- In contrast to Dancer of The Boreal Valley and her "fire traces", fire caused by Demon Prince "Flaming Reunion" attack after defeating him will last forever.
- At one time during development (when there was a Crimson Bat instead of Demon in Pain) the Demon Prince had an additional name - Crimson Prince. This name occurred, when the player defeated Demon from Below instead of Crimson Bat.
- Bug (during jolly cooperation, very rare): Soon after the beginning of this phase and hitting Demon Prince, despite fact that he is still alive, I got message "Heir of Fire destroyed" and prize for doing it.
- Bug (very difficult to achieve in co-op, impossible when solo): If the player manages to perform a critical strike on a last living demon (in Pain OR From Below), while it's HP is 0, 2nd phase will begin instantaneously and Demon Prince will spawn with 1 HP.
Demon Prince Gallery
AnonymousAwesome fight, really fair even though its a Gank Fight :D
Staying close to 2nd phase did the trick, made it really easy to dodge his swings
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Bandit's knife with carthus rogue is unironically the best weapon for this fight. Shreds them easily even at SL1
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ended the demon species so hard in this game they didn't even come back for elden ring
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Pointiff Knight Sword make this actually one of the most fun fights in the game
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Don't even bother fighting Meteorite Variation just beat up the Demon on the right, he doesn't use chaos orbs which makes the fight 10x easier.
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Never really thought about it, but they have the same bulging brains and creepy mouths as the batwing demons that once guarded Anor Londo, the BoC bug has a similar head. The Demon Scar weapon also looks like the scythes the Bed of Chaos uses against you.
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if yall have trouble with this boss just get good i first tried him with a broken straight sword and i was level 20
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Too lazy for doing the quest for the other summon so I used Gael only, needed to constantly take the aggro from him so he doesn't die. 10/10 fight tho, took a day of my life away, wouldn't do it again
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If anyone is reading the attack area.
The orange demon is the Demon from Below, while the red demon is the Demon in Pain.
To get the orange version of the Demon Prince you need to kill the Demon in Pain FIRST, and the opposite for the red version. The last demon you kill is where the Demon Prince revives.
I just made lorian kill this pathetic excuse for a demon again.
In all seriousness this is one of the best Duo fights in the series
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Please help me with the demon prince. Ng+7 and i can’t kill the bastard for the love of God. Not a summoning sign to be seen…
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its genuinely disgusting how juiced his resistances are in higher ng’s
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the first time I stumbled across them : died in a few seconds
second time : died in a few seconds after the demon prince phase
third time : I'm weak, I used an ember and summoned lapp and gael. these guys are chads, I beat it third try thanks to them
He has more meat on him than you have estus, without any % damage this fight is a slog
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Bro I was using a black knight greatsword +5, Sacred Oath, and Deep Protection in ng+6 and I still only did 317 damage per swing. The only reason I got through the fight was because of soothing sunlight
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warden twinblades +9 by always standing behind their hind legs = dead boss
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Warden blades are satisfyingly effective even at +0, it’s tempting to get greedy.
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Top tier boss. The gank took time to grow on me but eventually it did and phase 2 is perfect.
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The overlap of their aggressive phases is sheer and utter cancer. This boss would be 10x more manageable if they actually switched states at the same time instead of both going full rage mode, forcing you to run away because after ng+4 they can and will two shot you, even with 50 vigor.
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This boss ****ing broke me on ng+6. I had to resort to using twinaxes and summoning lapp.
If you're having trouble:
1. Kill Demon In Pain first.
2. Black Knight Sword.
3. Congrats
Elden beast is just a non-burning version of this boss,although 10 times worse.
Both spam projectiles and jump 100000000 kilometers away in 0.000000001 seconds and keep being annoying.
I honestly prefer this one
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Guys if you don't want to deal with this boss at all and make him too easy just kill demon in pain first, then kill demon from below, and then use sharp sellsword twinblades + pontiffs right eye and chloranthy ring + grass crest shield. almost feels like cheese
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Would be the best boss in the series if it didn't take 20-30 minutes per attempt
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There are some mistakes as it relates to the colors of the demons in first phase.
Demon in PAIN: RED: He’ll do the METEOR shower as his big attack in Demon Prince stage
Demon from BELOW: ORANGE: He does the LASER in second phase
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Whoever wrote strategy 4 mistakenly wrote 'thanks to the Farron ring' when it seems like they meant to reference the Dusk Crown ring. Farron Ring's effect only applies to WAs.
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Best Duo Boss from ever made, it is the evolution of o and s!
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this boss sucks
second phase is way too juiced for absolutely no reason
first phase is an annoying gank fight only meant to take estus away
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Dorhys gnawing, med heal and both summons. The big boy takes a lot of sword strikes with both summons, so pure melee is not fun. Having 2 pages for the same boss fight is a bit daft.
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Holy smoke that was a lot of fun. Nailed him on the first go but had no estus left and it easily could have gone the other way numerous times. This is why I love FROM games.
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I keep seeing message signs suggesting people use dark damage against him, I wonder why this is a thing?
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Hands down this by very very far the best duo boss from ever made
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Overall pretty good fight. However, I personally feel phase 2 resistances are a bit too high. Damage is generally lower in this phase which can make this a bit tiresome to get done. It's also a bit weird that the demon prince has less HP than either of the demons from before. I also like phase 2 a lot more compared to phase 1. Personally, this fight would be improved a bit if the demons in phase 1 had like 20% lower health. Gives the resurrection of the demon prince more meaning since he is beefier (more health), tankier (more absorptions), has more attacks and does more damage, while not making the fight too long to where it starts losing it's charm.
I realise that this may also be because I fought them underlevelled idk (had a level 90 str build with a zwei)
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The attacks table gets the names of the demons wrong. Demon in pain is the RED one, and Demon from below is the ORANGE one.
To get the easy second phase with the laser attacks, kill the RED DEMON FROM PAIN first.
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I gave up after the first attempt as a pyromancer because I didn't do any dmg with dark or fire. Then I respec 40str/40dex as a typical melee and started testing 3 maxed weapons: drakeblood, onyx & wolf gs. Onyx was useless, drakeblood was ok with lightning infusion(~350 dmg/hit) but wolf knight gs was what i was looking for: almost 500 dmg headshots. After a few more tries it was over. I could write that it's a good boss, praise From and generally recommend the fight. But it's not, because this is the second time in a DLC I have to change the build. I don't know how a pure sorcerer or cleric handles this boss, but I would definitely recommend anyone to switch to melee build. Unless you're using summons. Then everything is trivial...
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i got 100k suls while having silver serpent+3 equipped, is this bugged or is this info wrong?
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This fight is ****in metal. Amazing everything but also hard as hell. Good one.
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I killed him right when he casted meteor,he died but gave me the hell of a good shower and I died too
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two shot it with a +5 artorias greatsword, kite the demons and stay close to the one you're fighting to only trigger melee attacks, much easier if you kill demon in pain first because then the demon prince doesnt do that stupid meteor shower attack
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one shot the two demons only to get demon prince half down and then die to a meteor shower that tracked me from the other side of the boss room and i couldn't iframe it, gg very hard
2h dagger works extremely well for this if you got the dodge timings. All you have to do is stab between rolls and he'll go down after a few minutes
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Stance broke him at the last second with the Fume Ultra Greatsword and did a killing blow via riposte, one of the most satisfying boss kills I've had in a while, Fun boss, really nice to have an enjoyable duo fight after the ocean of garbage gank fights Elden Ring throws at you.
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You mixed up the 2nd phase attack origin. The fireball shower comes from the demon prince reviving from the demon in pain, the laser beam comes from him reviving from the demon from below.
Fireball shower = Kill demon in pain last. Laser beam = Kill demon from below last.
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This boss is really fun to kill thanks to his defenses, especially on ng+7
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dear pyros if you have a fully upgraded dagger (as you should for ascended knight farming, preferably dark infused), you should use that instead of using dark pyros because that really hinders you survivability - make sure to get hornets ring and stamina increasing equipment for some nasty dps
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I sucked and died a few times trying to use magic, switched to a black knight sword and after a few attempts to figure the range out I was riposting them without even trying. Pretty fun once you get the hang of it.
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**** a black knight weapon, hit him with the fume and carthus Rouge like a man.
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Do summons lower the amount of souls gained?
I killed the boss in NG with Lapp and Gael (loved this fight with them by my side, felt like a truly epic battle) while having the covetous silver serpent ring +3 but ended up receiving only the base 100k souls.
I know it isn't recommended to summon both NPCs for this fight because of the amount of HP the boss has, but other than that I thought there wasn't any other drawback.
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This fight is good, but really serves to illustrate how poorly the games have gotten at balancing around ultra great weapons (it's only gotten worse). I wanted to play the entire game with Lothric Knight Greatsword and I did, I beat every single boss before this one with it, I beat NK I beat Lothric brothers I beat Soul of Cinder I beat everyone with it, then all of a sudden comes this boss and I can NEVER recover fast enough to roll after a swing from one its stupid swipes. I wasted almost 15 embers on this fight alone. I then gave up, bought the Splitleaf Halberd, buffed it to max and gave it a crappy bleed build which barely made any difference, and despite that along with the fact that I was doing literally less than half damage per hit compared to my previous weapon, I beat this immediately on my first try with not much difficulty. That speaks volumes.
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This boss is fun, but it really serves to highlight how poorly the games have gotten at balancing around ultra great weapons over the years (it's only gotten worse). I played practically the entire game with Lothric Knight Greatsword because I wanted to beat it like that, beat every single boss before this one with it, but this fight was impossible with it due to how quick this piece of **** is, I never recover fast enough to roll away after a swing. After spending more than 15 embers with it, I bought the Splitleaf Halberd, buffed it to max, and beat this on my first try right after, and that was with a suboptimal bleed build which barely made any difference.
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I'm going to break the norm. Most people say kill the demon in pain first because the laser prince is easier. I say the opposite. Kill the demon from below first. What makes them unique is their special move. Pain flies backwards and shoots a laser. Below drops meteors. And most people struggle dodging the meteors.
Here's the problem with Below and his lasers. Often he will fly too far to the other side of the arena so that by the time you get there, his laser attack is finished and you only get like 5 hits in.
Demon in Pain's meteors are actually a lot easier and a huge weakness. Let's start with how to survive it. The demon prince will have two orbs in his hands that turn into chaos orbs. He jumps back then he'll begin summoning a huge meteor while the chaos orbs shoot at you. Run up to him and get as close as possible. If you are right next to him when the meteors begin to fall (signaled by a flash and a boom) begin running away. That is how you make the meteors all miss. This is a huge weakness. Both when he summons his chaos orbs and when he summons his meteor, he is vulnerable. So much so I can get a riposte in before the meteors begin falling. And the damage from the chaos orbs are rather measly to the point I don't even dodge them. I spam attack and tank through them.
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Summoning both NPCs made this boss battle a breeze. They heal each other and draw aggro.
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Kinda overrated. Would be a lot more fun if you didn't have to fight the twins every time. Still fine tho.
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does anyone else feel bad killing this guy? the last demon, theyre extinct after this fight
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I somehow keep dying on the drop from the tree root to the tower you walk off of to enter the fight; im landing on the ash that prevents fall damage and it instakills me anyway, and when it doesnt im staggered from the fall so the angels just end up killing me regardless
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Anyone know how to avoid that attack in phase 2 where he flies in the air and slams the ground with an explosion? Literally the only move i can't figure out how to dodge and it's annoying af because it's so close to 1 hitting me
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Pretty fun battle. I did it solo, brought a Black Knight Sword +3 and a handful of Blooming Purple Moss. I was expecting it to be a lot harder from hearing about it over the years and just the concept of a 2 enemy boss, plus a 3rd phase. I was surprised at how relatively easy the first stage was though. From did a really great job with the dual boss fights in DSIII (this, Lothric/Lorian and Friede/Ariandel...though Champions Gravetender/Greatwolf was a bit ehh) They always balance it out by having 1 of the enemies become mostly passive and just use ranged attacks. Phase 1, their attacks and combos aren't too difficult to deal with. Phase 2 is a lot harder. Demon Prince seems like he has way more health, even though he apparently has 20 less? Must have much higher defenses. Not knowing what the Prince's attacks were, I took a lot more damage trying to learn his patterns. I got the meteor version, which I think may be harder than the laser one. Regardless, managed it on my first attempt luckily. All in all, pretty good fight.
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Ain’t the demon prince sorta the last demon in the ds 3 world cause the ringed city is at the point of the whole world dying and the demon prince is the only survivor of the demon race and us the unkindled just killed the last demon
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Lapp and gael literally went big mode. Those two rapscallions were over here soloing each of the demons while i kinda just provided a morale boost with my shitty sword that deals no damage.
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I just solo’d this boss with a three month old baby sleeping on my chest. Didn’t wake the baby up. I was proud of that and had no one else to tell lol
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Beat these guys with a Blood Bandit knife + 8 on a strength build of all things. Stayed on them at all times and maxed fire resist
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I main a heavy Large Club this run and it did meh damage in first phase and even less in the second phase. Summoned Lapp and Gael to get it over with and the fight still took forever! My previous run with a sharp Uchi was much easier even solo.
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i just oneshot this fight blind.. i was under the demons' feet all the time. 10/10 didn't know what was going on
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Pestilence Mist between his legs. Over and over. Dodge attacks. Ez.
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I just beat him a while ago for the first time, it took me 7 or 8 attempts, lvl 92. No guide or anything.
First I was, damn how am I supposed to win this, but a few attempts where enough to learn their move set, the first phase became really easy and the second it was a matter of staying near him cuz his melee atacks are very easy to dodge, and he won't cast fire attack very often, in the last attempt he never casted the genkidama or those meteorites, they were awful. getting through his legs it's the way to go to evade most of the melee atacks.
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worst boss hands down, especially if you ever dreamed of doing a pyro build. I breezed through the entire game, and I can barely squeak out 110 damage with a dark hand axe. Not too crazy about this boss
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i did the gnawing at ng+3 god damn this miracle makes this guy ez
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Lorian. Your a great brother to lothric but dude. Get better at killing demons because you clearly didn’t finish the job
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Wow what a lovely day in the dreg heap, I sure hope no one comes in here with the right eye ring and an old wolf curved sword on their back with hollow brigand twindaggers and carthus rouge
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Holy **** this guy is easy ngl if you have the chad known as Lapp with you. Did it first try with a Refined Flamberge (Stance does a lot of damage) on ng+ Praise be to Lapp
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Literally a raid boss, summon all your homies and prep for the best endurance boss From has ever made to date
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Profaned Great Sword was incredibly efficient against this boss. Only two tries were necessary!
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if the boss fight area is the first firelink shrine from DS1, then below it should be New Londo? which means that its close to the abyss right?
Miracle builds have the advantage here, because while the second phase prince takes half as much damage as the first, bleed still does full damage. Cast dorhys gnawing to bleed him for ~1000 damage every two casts. Also, kill the red demon first so you get the 10 second laser beam in the second phase.
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already died around 15 times to him, closest being 1/10th of prince's hp but I refuse to give up trying to beat him with the onyx blade lmao
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I ****in' love this fight. Best dual-boss I've ever played in Souls.
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He's pretty easy except that second phase. I do like no damage. Fight goes on forever.
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Just get a bleed bandit knife and invest some in ATT. So easy. The i-frames are insane on quick steps!
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For those who don't know:
The demon in pain variant's super attack, the meteors, is surprisingly simple. The main thing you need to know is that the longer the meteors fly, the greater the boost to their homing is. As such, up close they're more like direct projectiles, but far away, they're heat-seeking missiles. Stay close to him, and only run away when the metors actually start falling.
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The information about the resistance is wrong. He's taking more damage from Lightning than Darkness. It's just a few points, but nontheless you're giving false information guys.
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"weak to bleed" - not sure if a lie or my SL20 +3WU run is just that ****. All i know is that i feel no difference when i buff my drang twinspears with bleeding resin.
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died 2 or 3 times against him as pure str greatsword build, put off the fight for 2 days and came back with exile curved greatsword for that slash damage and all the fire res I could get (fire stoneplate ring and fire res buff bought from handmaiden go a long way here), put on bleed buff and green blossom (fairly easy to keep all these buffs up because all 3 Demons have huge downtimes where you can buff in safety) and absolutely decimated him.
any pure strength build that struggles try exiled curve greatsword (since the BK weapons are better as quality builds it seems)
Thought that people lied when saying Ringed City was Peak, because everything Ăştil It was ****, but then I found thia fight, real Fun, challeging, and amazing... 9/10 fight
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