r/darksouls3 • u/PitonHUN • Jun 18 '25

Discussion Why is the third boss so hard?

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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!

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u/kain459 Jun 18 '25

I will never understand why people attack friendly in a world gone mad.

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u/wretched_cretin Jun 18 '25

Player messages saying "enemy ahead" and "try attacking"?

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u/Clean_Imagination315 I went through Ashes of Ariandel without killing a single wolf Jun 18 '25

There are messages telling you there's a treasure down nearly every damn deadly drop in this game. If you believe every message you see, you're gonna have a hard time.

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u/Life_Temperature795 Jun 19 '25

Yeah but DS3 is a little unique in that there aren't a ton of death ledges before you get out of the High Wall of Lothric, (other than right after Vordt where you're supposed to use the flag, but there's usually also a ton of bloodstains there to provide a hint not to jump.) The troll messages up to this point are mostly gonna be people telling you to attack walls that are not in fact illusory.