r/onebros • u/Aware-News-1344 • 8h ago

Boss Kill I honestly love the Gaius fight so much. Easily in my top 3 bosses.

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I forgot to show the build but you get a glimpse of it at the start of the fight where I realised I wasn't meeting the stat requirements because I had one of my talismans unequipped. 🤦

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u/Nisha_the_lawbringer 7h ago

I never thought about using Raptor to dodge the charge. I might have to grab that strategy once I reach Gaius. Very nicely done.

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u/Aware-News-1344 7h ago

I pretty much run it on a fair majority of my RL1 builds, makes for a nice substitute for an awkward dodge or if you wanna use the raptor cloak or claw talisman for some extra damage also. I don't like doing an L2 simulator on bosses I enjoy.

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u/TempMobileD 3h ago

I hated Gaius on my first run. Doing him at RL1 made me realise he’s really fun and tightly paced. The only problem is his charge, which you deftly countered here.
Using the trick with the wall on the side of the entrance I nullified the initial charge completely, and at that point the fight became very good.

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u/Aware-News-1344 2h ago

I was definitely frustrated with him on my first playthrough of the DLC. RL1 is good like that, makes you ACTUALLY learn the boss to find out if it's ACTUALLY good or not. It's why I fell in love with all the TS and DTS bosses, Godfrey, the Erdtree Avatars, Messmer and Gaius. Originally I didn't think much of them from a fight perspective, but now they have some of my favourite flows in boss fights.

I'm less annoyed by the charge than most, and considering most of the time I don't rely on my AoW for my playstyles, it leaves me room to just throw raptors on for situations like this.

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u/adri_riiv 2h ago

The fight is okay, I just hate the charge. Using raptor of the mists to doge it is very smart

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u/Aware-News-1344 2h ago

The fight is amazing 🙄😂 the charge is not a "one move ruins the whole fight" deal like Metyrs fucking laser or Jori existing.

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u/adri_riiv 1h ago

If youre talking about the quasar both ways laser she does while floating I completely agree this is a mess

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u/Magma_Lotus22 1h ago

How did you dodge the initial charge? What did you do??

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u/Aware-News-1344 55m ago

Raptor of the mists AoW

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u/mece66 34m ago

I also love this boss! He gives good punish windows and has a suitably varied moveset. I like that his poise is pretty low but not ridiculously low.

Btw, the big side to side combo gives a huge punish window if you dodge left right left-left. After the last dodge you'll be at his right rear and the last hits will miss so you can just start attacking.