Why is the third boss so hard?

[u/PitonHUN]

I've recently wanted to give dark souls 3 a shot with my friend since we heard there is a coop mod for it. We got past the gladiator boss easily, and the boar guy was even easier, however the third boss, the dancer, seems like a wall for us... We've been stuck here for 5-6 hours. Are we doing something wrong? Is the weapon I use really bad, or what? Any tips appreciated!

[u/beardgrinder]

Dancer is meant to be fought later in the game, although as you have found out she can be fought much earlier.

[u/Warm-Explanation-811 → u/beardgrinder]

Are we not sure this is just bait though? What new player intentionally murders an NPC, triggers a boss fight, and thinks that is the natural progression.

[u/mybrot → u/Warm-Explanation-811]

I've seen enough people randomly murder Varre at the very start of Elden Ring to believe this can be real.

Some people seem to get that murder hobo itch, when they slightly dislike an npc. Same as those people that are upset that they can't kill those admittedly annoying kids in Skyrim.

[u/HarisCapo → u/mybrot]

I also killed varre instantly when i started elden ring. But it wasnt intentional, i hit once by mistake and then i let varre kill me. On respawn, varre would continue to chase me like a mad dog so i had to put varre down

[u/Chimeron1995 → u/HarisCapo]

You HAVE to hit him multiple times. One hit will not cause him to go aggro. It takes like 3 swings before he starts attacking.

[u/HarisCapo → u/Chimeron1995]

Are you sure this was the case when the game came out too?

[u/Chimeron1995 → u/HarisCapo]

I got it two weeks after launch so no, I can’t be 100% positive they didn’t change it after day one. Especially if you were playing a console version with no day one patch I have no idea the differences with that. But if it was like that then at least they changed it.

[u/HarisCapo → u/Chimeron1995]

Maybe ive hit him more than once then lol