Dark Souls 2 Ancient Dragon Boss EASY

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[@innodd3173]

what makes it ironic is that you need to defeat this dragon in order to make the battle with Vendrick easier while in fact Vendrick's battle is easier than this battle itself if you got 4 Soul of a Giant of course

[@KarlC329]

You don't need this giant soul.

[@kurosisuuu3629]

What the hell is wrong with his comment? He said you need it to make it EASIER, not that you need it to KILL him.

[@Xamuswing]

Man, Vendrick is a sissy. I fought him with only one giant souls I found on accident and won on the first try, not taking a point of damage. I burned through a few repair powders, but he really needs something better to him.

[@tapp3r109]

Maybe this wasn't know when these comments were sent, but you don't need to kill the Ancient Dragon to get his soul. You talk to him and get a memory key, then go to Brightstone Cove boss location and enter the memory of the dead ancient dragon there and you get his soul.

[@water6271]

I pretty much need to kill the dragon to kill vendrick because I consumed the first giant soul from the memory of Jeigh. Vendrick is still pretty much impossible with only 3.

[@Wattorok]

Damn, they've made the game easymode for ranged.

[@ScottyV23]

They really have, moreso than any other souls game. But ranged battle is always going to be the "easymode" just based on their nature. In PvP it's the opposite though, with it being super easy to dodge all spells and punish them in their recovery animations plus roll bsing.

[@Neomaxizundweeby]

Scott Morales Idk if I've just gotten lucky in pvp or what, but I haven't lost a single 1v1 with my pure intel and attunement build. I dodge all melee attacks with my 110 agility rolls and then two or three shot with soul spear or greater resonant soul.

[@ScottyV23]

Ben Delat Soul Memory? If I have a PvP viable character around your SM we can set up a match and i'll show you what I mean :P.

[@Neomaxizundweeby]

Scott Morales 22360664

[@ScottyV23]

Ben Delat holy...22 milion?? Do you happen to have any other accounts with less lol; even my highest character is only at 15 million O.o

[@jonarchambault4597]

-Try to get away when dragon flies in air -Dragon always flies right over me -Can't escape the fires of all Hell -Die -MFW ಠ_ಠ

[@EpicGamerWorld]

Ragnarok ラグナロク lol yes thats the hard part

[@fachawassi]

Ragnarok ラグナロク yeah fuck that dragon, everywhere i run i get burned. Anyway ill keep trying

[@SuperIvysaur]

Leandro F in the first run you can reach over 800 fire defence easily with piromancy and ring, which makes you almost immune to his fire attacks

[@extracredit100]

You wont. Beating this boss is pure chance and luck. This game is toddler shit. Just turn it back in for your money, its worthless

[@hellsinger1996]

+Ragnarok ラグナロク Running toward his tail when he starts flying saves you from the Hellish fire

[@danyelperao]

Yeah... ranged. Me and my sword still suffer

[@vilwinde]

@@solaris4015 yep i recommend: Greatsword +10 in NG and NG+

[@sandunderrad]

@@vilwinde Yeah, you and 90% of people recommend greatsword, original for sure.

[@vilwinde]

@@sandunderradi killed him with dragontooth +5 in NG+2 now im in NG+6 😂

[@ihatehandleupdate]

@@vilwinde I'll try that. This boss has 6 tanker ships of damage, and it 1 hits me every time with the stomp if I'm not on full HP.

[@vilwinde]

@@ihatehandleupdate i will give u a tip: grab Dragontooth +5 and hit one of his legs then if you see the leg that youre hitting getting up run to his 2nd leg and do the same but it can bug and his leg can hit you faster so i wish you luck

[@DrossRotzank]

Awesome strategy.

[@BLACKIPI40]

wena dross. como es la vida, no esperaba encontrarte por aca jajajajaj. espero q te haya ido bien con el dragon (yo aun no logro matarlo). Saludos desde Chile compañero

[@gilbertocastrojuarez7355]

mira ese open english :v

[@thenivekchannel6231]

#Hail(inserte nombre del grupo aquí)

[@alejandroroman722]

Hubiera sido genial Dross juega de toda la saga Souls. :B

[@thelastlocust]

Google translator detected.

[@jasv49]

3:59 "it's basically the same thing over and over again" Dark Souls 2 boss fights in a nutshell.

[@joqqeman]

+Jazz1992 Well, there wasn't much variation in DS1 boss fights either. Apart from them getting easier after a while (ambush dogs gone, heal after drop, get to more space with Centipede etc etc..

[@joqqeman]

***** wait till you get one shot dragon in 3, bizarrely gimmicky

[@Thedudeman8282]

That's literally most boss fight in the souls series. Don't be a pleb and act like it's only in ds2.

[@fuzzinator9523]

@Mohammed Uddin no they don't it deserves the slack

[@blackenedjustice503]

@@fuzzinator9523 true, I mean how did they fuck up everything good from ds1??? I dont even wanna think about this game tbh, it sucks ass

[@KrypticStudiosCorp]

DON'T run towards the TAIL! I've tried this 15+ times and if the fire doesn't get you then his big ass claws will when he lands.

[@XenomorphsWrath]

Kryptic Studios Corp I just burned almost 20 effigys while fighting this bastard ..always running for his tail ..works a couple of times but since the fight takes for ever he will 180° turn in mid air at one point ..and than you are dead. Wish I'd seen this video befor I killed him finaly by luck and with a human summon ...

[@Noodliest]

I cant outrun him when he flies up to save my life... literally. Gets me every time.

[@codyemelander6439]

+Noodliest you would want to get ur character naked

[@ItsFlamin]

+El Grande Apparently both this dragon, and the Skeletal Dragon are supposed to kill you in one hit... not for me

[@SHotCOMeSinE]

I have never felt such fear in my life it's a monster

[@TheHellsreject]

Phantoms are a waste of time for this boss. It only buffs him and screws you in the long run.

[@Pliskkenn]

Than and now the Dragons attacks are unpredictable as he could go after either one of you.

[@TroydragonBelmont]

I killed this broken boss with two phantoms, god i never felt so friggen relived in all of my gaming life.

[@Pliskkenn]

Congrrats man. After this boss, nothing else felt difficult ever again.

[@subscribedtowithnotasingle4048]

@@Pliskkenn *fights Darkeater in ds3*

[@Pliskkenn]

@@subscribedtowithnotasingle4048 You poor bastard. Yeah to be fair she felt like she tipped the series nicely. Orphan of Kos was a close contender.

[@buliwyfZrage]

THIS FLYING PIECE OF DRAGONFIRESPITTING PIECE OF SHIT REVENGE SHALL BE MINE

[@Dakrontik]

For those of you having a lot of trouble with this, this is the strategy I used that is much simpler and easier than whats in this video. 1 ) So as you enter run immediately to the front claw on your right (Dragon's left side), hit it a few times until he moves. You should be directly in front of the claw because if you are he will step forward with that leg and push you backwards towards his head. 2 ) Now run directly beside the dragon's head (just move a bit back from the front leg) 3 ) Wait here and see if he does a head smash (bite?) move. 4a ) If it USES THE HEAD SMASH ATTACK, dodge backwards and wait exactly in front of where his head used to be. It will return to this spot and you cant get 2-3 hits in. Then back up to in front of the dragon's head and wait. If you waited in the right spot he will try to breathe fire again, this is your chance to hit that same claw again and repeat step 1-3. 4b ) If instead he STARTS FLAPPING ITS WINGS run backwards and to your left (farther away from the dragons left side). Then when the fire is gone, run back to the front claw you ran to originally and hit it as much as you can. From here repeat steps 1-3 until you kill it. Note: Something I noticed is that the dragon will (almost) always aim its fire breath where you were standing the moment when it took off into the air. If you start running too early (before it takes off, ie. just opening the wings), it will aim farther away from its body because you will be farther away when it jumps up. If you only start running right when it takes off, it will breathe fire very close to its body (where you were at the time) and gives you more room on the platform where you will be safe. This strategy got me the kill as soon as i tried it, though I had died dozens of times to all other strategies on youtube, which are much riskier in my opinion.

[@dmv1drew]

ur a god send

[@poppapalpatine8624]

Sorry but this is a significantly worse strat. By the time you get from the bottom left back up to his front paws he's already doing the attack again and you'll be out of stamina

[@Dakrontik]

@@poppapalpatine8624 tbh if stamina is the major inhibiting factor then you are either underleveled or didn't invest enough points in stamina. Doesn't make it not viable though. That's like saying a strategy relying on stagger isn't good because you are using light weapons

[@poppapalpatine8624]

@@Dakrontik Sorry I didn't mean to come off as aggressive earlier. I kinda got down the stamina management part of the fight the real trouble I'm mostly having is just getting away in time. Even if I'm running the whole time I still feel like I can barely ever get out of the way of the fire in time it just covers so much of the stage. I appreciate the help a lot.

[@Dakrontik]

@@poppapalpatine8624 no worries I was probably overreacting a tad as well. Good luck with the fight and keep trying until you get those timings just right!

[@Elgintensity]

Excellent guide. I followed your advice and killed the Ancient Dragon on my second try. Subbed.

[@zankfrappa6427]

Woah elgin?! What are you doing here?

[@mcanepa6787]

@@zankfrappa6427 It is hilarious when I run into random youtubers I know in completely unexpected places, especially 6 years later.

[@hockeh9230]

Nice man congrats

[@IamSupreme333]

Please make an exercises in futility episode consisting entirely of Joel Seedman

[@whatevermhs]

Hey guys I found an even easier way. You don't have to worry about the fire except for his initial attack when you walk through the fog gate. Here's my method: After walking through the fog gate I ran to the right side of him when he did his fire attack. I then ran to his back leg and stood between his big toe and middle toe (or talon if you prefer). I attacked between those toes and when he lifted his leg, I rolled to the other one. Then I waited between his toes until he moved back to his regular stance and attacked again until he lifted his foot again and rolled back to the other one. Rinse and repeat. This is ALL I did. If you stay between his toes he won't use any other attack aside from the stomp attack. Here's the equipement I used: +10 Lightning Claymore +5 Magic Staff of Wisdom (I usedCrystal Magic Weapon before I walked through the fog gate for a bit of extra damage) Jester's Gloves (For a few extra souls) +1 Cloranthy Ring Third Dragon Ring +1 Ring of Blades +1 Covetous Silver Serpent Ring (Even MOAR souls!) I had enough stamina to attack three times, safely, before he lifted his foot and I rolled to the other one. I just rolled straight at the other foot and never got hit once. PLEASE UPVOTE THIS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE!

[@MrHous26]

whatevermhs this works great!

[@cheezcruncher]

Doesnt work at all for me, he keeps going up in the air and since im at his hind legs im fucked and cant escape.

[@MrHous26]

@@cheezcruncher That happened to me a few times. I went in naked which helped tremendously because I was fast enough to get under his tail and avoid taking damage. Just run back quickly and get between them toes!

[@cheezcruncher]

MrHous26 Got it now, thanks mate

[@wiggleduck2814]

Guess its my turn now lol

[@Orros]

this is actually the most helpful video i have ever seen. thanks

[@EpicGamerWorld]

+The Dark Rider Thanks!!

[@Orros]

one question tho when i enter, he flies and i dont have time to run away from the firebreathe aoe

[@thatgamer1162]

Is the ancient dragon optional

[@oneeyedlair]

im wondering the same thing. but i just took him out anyways B)

[@thatgamer1162]

+Nassir J Same because he drops a giant soul

[@invadersnow]

this strategy and the tail chasing strategy was too hard for a noob like me, so i made my own. if youre having trouble too, listen. pretty much do the strategy on the video, but instead of outranging his fire blast while the boss is flying, block it with the grym greatshield w/e the fuck its called. it will take all your stamina but you will take no damage (i had 40 endurance and +8 upgrades on the shield). i had the shield in the weapon slot as well as my weapon, switching between them and dual wielding the shield just to be safe. just make sure you are far enough away from the dragon so the flames dont hit you from above ignoring your shield, and make sure you have enough distance to behind you to back up. i used a bastard sword +10.

[@kamatariedgar3603]

6 years later but thank you, never thought about shielding the fire, the fight is long as fuck but with your tips i got it, thanks.

[@ridasdzerva9084]

I've been stuck with the boss for ages too, i thought the fire was insta kill. Thx for the tips.

[@oo0O0oo]

A good strategy I use as melee (works for ranged too) is to equip the Gower's Ring of Protection and face your back to the dragon every time he breathes fire. You'll get knocked back and fall on your face but will take absolutely no damage, just remember to bring a bunch of repair powder as the ring breaks in 3-5 breathes.

[@NiklasDellegard]

After several attempts i found out one way that worked pretty flawlessly for me as melee. What I did was hugging one of the dragons rear feet by holding down the walk button so I was moving towards his feet while I was hitting it. I manage to get in 3-4 attacks before he stomped the leg and when he did so I just went to the other leg and repeated that pattern. He only breathed fire under his legs 2 times and flew up into the air 2 times, the rest was just stomps from his part. Make sure to watch his tail while you're doing this because if it starts to move hes planning to take off, same with his feet if he put them more forwards then he attempts to breathe fire under him. This worked for me as melee and all I used was a santiers spear plus cloranthy ring + 2, ring of blades and dragon ring, those helped somewhat.You need luck to manage to do this though because I was close to die when he rose up the sky to breathe fire.

[@tobitt8157]

Yeah man thats the stategy that worked for me too. way easier and consistend in my experience. The dragon lifted off often tho. I could dodge it by running towards its tail

[@ChancellorAce]

OMG, thank you so much. Finally a strategy that actually works. I tried the tail chasing, the x, the ranged. I could not kill him for the life of me. But I did this strategy solo the first try. If anybody's interested in doing this melee, try to have the highest dps weapon setup you have for your character and remove all but very light armor. This was my setup: Weapons: dual +9 Zweihanders, one magic, one lightning. Gave great magic weapon to one of them when I could to help increase damage. Armor: Jester's gloves +10 and Tseldora Trousers +9. Rings: Red Tearstone Ring (I'll come back to this in a moment), Ring of Blades, Silver Covetous Serpent Ring +1, Chloranthy Ring +1 About the Red Tearstone Ring: If your hp is low it increases damage by 20%, well that's great, but if you fight him with full health you don't get that effect, in addition, with my armor, and a 100% fire shield, AND flash sweat, unless I was at full health he would still one hit me. So you might as well go into the battle at low health. Just get your setup ready and then drop a couple times somewhere to decrease your health and get the effect. This is definitely a balls to the wall type strategy, but with a boss like this you don't have much of a choice. Just make sure you pull out after getting in your one or two hits on his toes, and if you see his wings open the slightest bit, book it. The only time he opens his wings with the strategy is to do the overhead flame shower attack.

[@htxflow]

Actually this is THE BEST method! I haven't beat him yet...but I've gotten further with this method than any other.

[@Bananenbauer123]

okay... i watched a bunch of those vids and really try to do what is shown but i always get burned by his air breath, this bus is just ridiculous. I had 30+ tries with this techique, but it always ends up with him burning me up with his freaking air breath, because somehow he manages to predict my movements. Dropped him to 30% once but right now I am really mad don't know what I mess up each time. I will just skip him since he is an optional boss and a very poor designed one (in terms of gameplay)

[@RogueCoup]

go get the bracing knuckle ring+2 and then use a bonfire ascetic on Ruined Fork Road Bonfire. Go to the fog area and find gowers ring of protection. voila game easymode

[@Bananenbauer123]

wow I did it yesterday by only making two hits each time. took me over 10 minutes with my 350 dmg katana, but patience pays out

[@davidmcdevitt7583]

The whole game is poorly designed. It uses difficulty as a staple, as well as to pad out a relatively poor game.

[@tabula_rosa]

David McDevitt its not even difficulty, they just take a decent boss and then multiply its health by 3. The #1 threat of most bosses is just trying too hard to end the fight as fast as possible cause it's gotten boring..

[@gwyrion7039]

Deshara HE'S NOT A BOSS. YOU ARE NOT MEANT TO ATTACK HIM. He is this challenging to DISCOURAGE you from attacking him like a dumbass.

[@thomaswiczulis6120]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@ericmcintyre2446]

Man i wish that elder scrolls would get a combat system like this. Or that Dark Souls would get a story and side quests like elder scrolls. That would be the greatest game ever

[@horrorfinatic]

um no. :P Dark Souls and the way it delivers its narrative is part of what makes it so amazing.

[@ericmcintyre2446]

Your comment is disturbingly full of douchebagginess . Either agree with me or dont comment at all.

[@jesuseduardoroldan]

how bout NO

[@horrorfinatic]

Lol! Fuckin seriously? "Don't talk to me unless you agree with everything I say." Oh man, that was the funniest thing I've seen on KZbin.

[@ericmcintyre2446]

The world would be much more peaceful if everyone agreed with me.

[@Landon1688]

if you dont have high magic this could take you a long time, try just staying by his back toes, he stomps then go attack other toe. No matter what this boss will kill you till you figure out what your good at!

[@icannotread]

***** lmao slamming his toes with a club. considering he's a massive dragon idk that sounds so funny. pictured him crying n stuff

[@Landon1688]

***** XD yeah i know, not the smartest dragon!

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[@mathewgee3467]

Cheers mate. Did it on my first try after following this to the letter.

[@UndeadPerish]

This boss would actually be a fun difficult if it wasn't for that stupid fucking fire breath. Never has there been a more annoying move by a boss in a souls game... Fuck this stupid boss. Edit: Killed him in 1 try on Ng+. Still hate this boss though.

[@slenderhatesmillennials195]

Nothing compared to White Fatalis flying to the summit of the tower and summon lightning for 2 years then fly back down and THEN as soon as he land fly back up and do the same attack rinse and repeat also destroys the time limit

[@Squirrelchu1]

if you max out your fire defense he will do almost no damage with his fire breath, 900-1000 fire defense will make you almost immune to it which sounds like alot but really is not

[@UndeadPerish]

WhiskeySquirrel I've only died to him on my first playthrough. Ng+ and up, i've always killed him without dying.

[@Squirrelchu1]

Very nice, I was always kinda tanky and had to switch to a full fire resist build to do, but that kinda ruined the fight and made it boring.

[@laufendlich]

me 2 the game was a cake walk until the dragon fight... such an unnessecary boss just because the firebreath is one hit and hits you so easily

[@Drewwga]

Good for Range.....Now for Melee tips! Use the "tail technique". Stand near one of his rear feet and attack once or twice (depending on damage) he will stomp very important to remember the count. I would advise not to lock on until the hit is landed and turn the camera slightly to see his wings. Stamina is VERY important and should be watched at ALL times! once his wings move the slightest start a marathon to his tail (above you, not so if it came down it would crush you lol). Things to watch for..... when near the edge of the map he will ether shuffle to the side or AUTO LOCK ON your ass and breath fire while turning in air. Same thing run towards the tail as it moves circular in the air. >>>Battle Prep>>>> Remove ALL heavy gear (light as possible, since he will one hit kill you regardless of gear!) dragon, soldier, stamina rings are all a plus. remove shield, extra weapons not used etc....Last but not least the most important tip DO NOT fight with other players summoned or NPC, this will only make him twice as hard and the battle take twice as long. If this is still proving to be to hard. farm some septic spice? w/e lower int on spells and get a weapon buff spell, then rebuff when he is in air. Good Luck! final note....when you repeat the fight....run directly toward his face to make him blow fire frontal then dodge and make your way to the rear feet....also stand on the outside of feet when attacking....

[@thedidact07]

I found a strategy for this cheap ass boss for melee builds. I guess you could do it with a ranged character too, but it works best for melee. What you need to do is after you bait his first straight-forward fire breath attack, run under him to his back legs. There, stay right next to his back feet on the side that is underneath him, and hit his feet. Have the camera angled so you can see his head. he has an attack where he rears up and breaths fire in-between his legs, but it has an obvious start-up. When he does that, run out from underneath him and wait for him to finish the attack. Then run back underneath him and hug his back feet. Dodge the stomps too. The trick here is to prevent him from doing his flying attack. To do that, you must his him for 1,000 damage or more during his pauses. If you don't, he WILL fly up and you WILL die. If you hit him for 1,000 damage or more, he will never fly. He will just try to either breath fire in-between his legs or step on you. Bring lots of gold pine resin. hope this helped. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[@SkyrimSoldier]

So if I do 1000 right after he put a fire between his legs he won't fly up?

[@thedidact07]

SkyrimSoldier As long as you hug his back feet and stay under him yes. I think the flying attack works on some damage threshold or some shit like that. Tell me if it works.

[@ShiranuiLoki]

No shit, I can't do that much damage to him lol. Even with my Greatsword +10 and gold resin buff ,2 hits only deal around 800+

[@thedidact07]

Andy Fate Try Gower's ring of protection.

[@thedidact07]

MicahLikesMnMs Try Two swings?

[@princedj2310]

Bro, this boss was super super easy. Legit followed this exact guide and it was honestly easy. NG first run, level 149, human. Sure he hit me a few times with his fire when I was far but it only did half my health and I was fine. And I went in with only five flasks and came out with two. Key: magic spells are your favorite tool in this fight. Thank you for this video. I was honestly scared of this boss because of how everyone said it was hard. It's not. I set it to the side in difficulty with nishandra.

[@KrypticStudiosCorp]

This tact works well for ranged powerful spells. For a melee doing 200 dmg per hit... not so much.

[@KrypticStudiosCorp]

***** Yeah... no...

[@MM-kr7gs]

Kryptic Studios Corp If you are melle stuck to his left back leg or tail when he flies he wont turn on you,its easy if you are patietent.

[@MrIsdal]

Kryptic Studios Corp The trick is. Do more dmg!

[@MM-kr7gs]

Dr. PanCake...usefull...

[@caleballen818]

Kryptic Studios Corp im a melee doing 200 dmg per hit and i beat him first try with this tact

[@eyeofjustice1]

After 5 hours of dying the following method worked for me: I used a giant Club +10 (Dual Wield) and used "Gold Pine Resin" on it to inflict lightning damage, he seems to be weak to it. First attack his rear feet and always run to the tail if he spams the "Flying Fire attack". If you recognize, that a part of its tail is over the abyss and you couldn't run far enough to his tail, spare your attacks and instead run in a huge curve around him and stop when you're in front of him with safe distance. Now let him do a few flying fire attacks until he moves in a position, where his tail is on the platform again. Now you cann approach him directly after his breath and attack his rear feet again. In a safe moment always renew "Gold Pine Resin".

[@OddworldCrash]

Worst boss in the game. Really, this "strategy" only works this well with mages. As a cleric, lightning speer is pretty much useless.

[@Draghful]

I killed him on NG with my STR build and on NG+ and NG++ as cleric with greater lightning spear and sunlight spear... I think he is actually pretty easy... just stay close in front of his head ... if he is going to fly just run out of range and then run slowly back in front of him... at this point he should use his fire breath... now you can just stay under/beside his head and shoot those lightnings^^ I admit that, at first, he seems pretty hard but once you memorized his animation for flying and breathing he is pretty much first try all the time^^

[@OddworldCrash]

Draghful Oh! So his weakness is the bottom of his head and the belly? Well.. I'm pretty afraid he burns me again when I stand under him x) Anyway, I'll try again later today, thx.

[@Draghful]

OddworldCrash His weakness is that you can control his actions most of the time.. you can easily force him to fly and force him to breath... just make him fly up by standing at his head.. after landing just make him breath by staying in front of his head. Beat him up while he is breathing fire. Repeat. Pretty easy. I wish you good luck and have fun with the rest of the game.^^

[@galbreath34]

It'll totally work slower and even with melee. The one thing I did that I think made it slightly easier was I ran back to 10 o'clock or 2 o'clock at the level of his head. He rears the other way before a headswipe so you can roll out. He flies up in the air maybe 5-6 times, mostly crossing his head and bombing away.

[@__1201]

Draghful Exactly. The key to beating him is properly spacing yourself when you're in front of his head. The only thing I would correct with this strategy is not relying on placing yourself on the right side of the head always. Instead, You need to be aware of the real estate behind you before positioning yourself when waiting for his attack, as slight rotations of the dragon can push you to the arena's edge if you're not careful and you'll risk falling off when you're always relying on the right side. If there is more area behind you when your facing the front left foot, position yourself on the left side of his head when waiting for his attack. Vice versa with his right foot.

[@lenerdcruz]

Gold Pine Resin helps so much since he is weak to Lightning Here is how to get them: Locations In Things Betwixt, up the left trail before the Firekeeper's hut. Purchased from Head of Vengarl in Shaded Woods(1500 souls, unlimited) Can be farmed from the Illuminated Corpse enemies in Dragon Aerie. Note: they also drop other Usage Boosts existing lightning damage by 30% Adds 50 lightning attack value of the right-hand weapon for 90 seconds Can not be used for weapons that are impossible to buff with items, such as weapons infused with an element. This info was obtained from the Dark Souls II Wiki

[@Gnoxxify]

I follow this strategy and still get fucked up. I'm starting to give up. The game aggravates me more than it brings me joy. Eh. Whatever.

[@xestaryanzo7656]

Just patience and follow the Tail, and if i remember correctly the Dragon turns always clockwise. Took me forever too.

[@Teeheehee093]

The easiest way to kill him is go to his back legs, stand between his inner and outer toe, hit him a few times, he will lift his leg to stomp, run to his other leg, repeat. He will almost only do stomps for the entire fight. You could spend an hour beating him with your fists doing it like this. Be careful though, sometimes, very rarely he'll breath fire between his legs to try and get you, if he flies up run towards his tail and we he lands go back to his feet. It's really easy.

[@Gnoxxify]

Descendant of Kraff I beat this like right after I posted this and stopped raging xD

[@Gnoxxify]

It gets better. Just keep on trying.

[@ProtonStriker]

Dem effigys hurt...

[@DrMcFly28]

1) Strike a few time between its toes, 2) run in front of him (he will fly in the air), 3) run away from glowing circle 4) come back and stand in front of it (trigger fire breath attack in front), 5) run towards right paw, 6) back to 1). I didn't even know he had other attacks before seeing a few YT videos.

[@Fernando-je7nj]

I really wanted to go through my first run of ds2 killing every single boss but fuck this shitty dragon. No point in killing him anyways as I already killed Vendrick. I would keep trying but the path you have to run to even get to the boss is the most cancer shit ever. Worse than the path you have to run for the chariot boss.

[@dylangreen8797]

dude the worst is the path to smelter demon in the DLC fucking brutal. and then the burnt ivory king is just pain. fuck all the DLC final bosses are cancer

[@Fernando-je7nj]

Dylan Green Thank god I don't have the DLC lol

[@dylangreen8797]

dude between this god damn dragon and the DLC I feel like tearing my hair out of my scalp and smashing my face off the wall. its making me so angry, I just want to start NG+ already LOL I want my damn FUGs

[@Fernando-je7nj]

Dylan Green Yeah I just said fuck it and killed the final boss and started NG+. Fucking hate this cancerous dragon.

[@arriandestombes1741]

actually the road to rh frigid outskirts bosses is not that har just go from house 1 to house 3 and then follow the sun the bridge is not far from the third house so i foumd it one try and defeated lud and zallen also in one try with the help of three npc summons you can find in the beginning when you arrive

[@Akirathedon92]

This boss is easier said than done, he will frequently fuck you over on positioning and put himself somewhere where you cant run far enough to avoid the fire breath.

[@barefoot2318]

I got no problem on the dragon. However, the path to the dragon? Absolute bullshit. It takes much more patience to pick off the annoying bitches in the stairways to his area than actually fighting the boss

[@TheDragonoftheWeast]

Once you learn how to elude the enemies before this boss, the process of beating him becomes much less infuriating. Also, while he's not a great boss fight, you gotta admit he looks cool.

[@Seifer_PT]

I believe it makes sense that the Ancient Dragon is cheaper than a $1 steak. Dragons are godlike beings. Massive, colossal and divine. They are the epitome of power and wealth. In all those fun and cute RPGs, it's all good and flowers, you jump around, slash dragons and phoenixes for a bit, then the protagonist says something cheesy and he's the hero. Now here you get to feel what would happen if Mr. Human were to go up against a fully grown elder dragon. You can bring in Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee and Jet Li, they would just be swept aside like ants. The Ancient Dragon is fuckin' huge. His scales are like armor. It makes sense he has a stupid amount of health. His attacks are broken as shit too. Dark Souls is also a game meant to screw over the player, and the boss is optional. I see no problem here. Thank you for the strategy. I've been trying to implement it and so far I got him to 30-25%. I'm using a Blue Flame so I can buff it with the Crystal Magic Weapon. The spells I use with the Blue Flame also get buffed with that, so a Soul Greatsword, mine's doing 585 without the buff, it does 645 with the buff. The projectiles also do more damage. I'm using the Blossom Kite Shield to regain stamina. My defense is very low since everything the dragon does is a 1-hit kill. I wear light gear for better mobility.

[@JapanForSale]

Well said. I didn't even think of using a CMW buffed Blue Flame. I just used a regular +5 Magic SoW. With Unleash Magic, Geyser was doing close to 5000(!) per cast, Vortex 2000+ if all bolts hit, and after that, 2-3 casts of Soul Spear and it's gg. I imagine it'd have been even more broken if I used the Red Tearstone Ring. I mean, I was doing 7000+ per Geyser on the Guardian Dragon with the same setup., which almost 1 shot it even in NG+, so I'm pretty sure with 4+5 copies of Geysers and all buffs and hypermodes active, the AD would die in about 5 casts.

[@Seifer_PT]

JapanForSale Damn, that's a lot of damage. I completely missed Navlaan's quest because I did my first playthrough almost without Internet assistance (I didn't figure out the Ashen Mist Heart thing), so I accidentally released him while human and I can't get Unleash Magic.

[@JapanForSale]

Me too. My first serious char was a hexes, and I didn't find out about Navlaan's quest line until I've already been reverse psychologied by all those messages on the ground. :P Oh, and for reference, my game is still on patch 1.02. I purposefully froze it as soon as I read about the nerfs to SG. Not playing online is no problem when I can gib bosses to my heart's content.

[@jello788]

dragons are big fire breathing lizards, who in my opinion isn't worthy to be called boss. lool

[@Seifer_PT]

Micheal Taylor That's ok. I respect your opinion, though I disagree. I can just as easily dismiss every boss in the game through an oversimplification of their concept.

[@zZKingBuddyzZ]

Hey guys, I found a pretty simple way to kill him if you want to. All you need is gower's ring which you can get by using a bonfire ascetic on the ruined fork road bonfire in shaded woods. Just go into the misty area and hug the right side and you'll run into a body pretty close to the beginning of the area. Then just equip it and buy a bunch of repair powder. When you fight this boss just turn your back to him anytime he attacks or goes in the air. When he hits you, you just fall forward. After you get up use a repair powder or two so the ring doesn't break. So just hit him when he lands then rinse and repeat, it's pretty simple. They're getting ready to patch the ring to where it only negates some and not all of the damage, so do it quickly if you wanna. Hope this helps, good luck!

[@caliklepto1316]

When i run to far back from the arena, the music stops -_- this boss was just..umm..bad

[@SaviorUchiha]

I think you're bad. That's why the music stopped. The boss thought you pussied out.

[@DC-pf5tp]

Kaiser 😂

[@WinstonDreadmore]

Great strategy! I'd already killed the dragon on my sorcerer through sheer firepower and geyser farming. However I'd been dying over and over trying to kill this guy with my katana/hex build. I was trying to greater resonant soul him down to no effect. With your strategy I managed to take the dragon down slowly but surely using only dark orbs that do 368 damage! The key is getting a bit lucky at the start getting the dragon into a position where you have enough platform left to flee when he flys up and throws down his blanket of fire. Once you get a good position, it's sort of foolproof. Thanks man, nice work.

[@ITweetLonely]

THANK YOUUUU T___T I really fucked up with this boss many times is really harder than the final boss..

[@Half-Vampire]

Holy shit! This is the best guide for Ancient Dragon fight ever. I just beat Ancient Dragon using this tactic 2 mins ago, but as Melee, with Drakekeeper's Greataxe +10/ 55 STR/25 DEX/Chloranthy Ring +1. Hitting his front toe 2-3 times then back up the the side front of his head to predict whats he gonna do next. Ur right, i got more than enuf space to run away from the fire breath from this position. Great guide man!

[@Horrorfreak106]

This boss ruined the whole game for me. I cannot beat him. Tried about 40 times. Thanks from software.

[@matthewsteele3463]

lol optional boss ruins ur experience ill remember that one

[@Horrorfreak106]

Matthew Steele Well, I thought that it wasn't optional. Should have thought of that before writing. Woops! I beat him eventually though. Great game.

[@o5-814]

Remember this meme? Thanks obama

[@maroonvidya3056]

Just used this method. Did it on one try after over an hour trying without help. Thanks for the solid guide, man.

[@Camshaft2]

Do you even praise the sun?

[@thetruth418]

This boss is really easy once you understand how to do it. As soon as you enter the room run to your right a little and fast to his back left foot and stand in between his toes. Attack the foot 3 or 4 times, wait to see what happens. He'll usually stomp. If so, just get out of the way. After the stomp just get back in between his toes and keep attacking. No need to switch feet or anything. And if you are between his toes the fire under his belly won't even hit you. Easy as hell. Also don't use lock on. And you can also tell when he's about to stomp because sometimes his tail will sort of vibrate before the stomp. If he flies up in the air which he did a few times run as fast as you can towards his tail. If you are on his back foot you'll be able to make it clear of the flames each time. Then when he lands just back in the toes. Seriously, this was by far the easiest boss of the whole game.

[@jp299]

So, you have 69 int... And use crappy magic. What the he'll... And how can you write "easy" just because you use magic? Crap.

[@Fun_fred]

Doesn't matter how or with what you attack. The key for every strat here is getting away from the fire attacks and this strat works very well, if you got used to it!

[@BrandonxIsxAwexSomex]

Alexander is correct, the easy part of this is the strategy. When EGW attacks with magic, you can attack with melee or whatever you use

[@tedcwik8978]

He's probably using magic with a really low casting time as time is very important in the fight. And as for "easy" I think magic would actually be harder then melee what's easy is the strategy itself not the execution. I can do alot more damage in 2 hits with a +10 lightning greatsword then with any magic really

[@jp299]

This has nothing at all to do with what I've said - i really don't think he made a special buid for this fight.......... I am not saying this is not a good straat or anything, but if you have one it's akward to show it with a mage who can stay far away. anybody can use what they want but god at least don't make vides saying "this is easy...this is mad easy...". please.

[@Fun_fred]

jp299 And your comment has nothing to do with this video, cause the build doesnt matter at all for the strat presented here ;) Staying away while attacking really isnt a factor for this fight, it doesnt make it easier oder harder. Even as a mage you need to move towards his front legs to avoid the fire breath.

[@KnightValfodr]

Easiest strategy post-DLC: Full Chaos set and Pharros Mask, highest fire resistance rings, and Flash Sweat. Now the rain of fire does scratch damage.

[@stevenkoop2883]

stay epic? worst catch phrase ever..

[@JosephDante]

The official strategy guide tells you to run towards his tail, so that's why everyone on the internet is trying to do it that way. I've tried him ten or so times and following that tail is just stupid difficult because you have to be completely behind him to avoid the flames, if you're under his body or near his feet at all, you'll still get hit. Depending on how he turns, you can lose track of it too and waste time moving the camera around, not knowing where you're going. Thanks for making this video!

[@grimmdul9808]

For melee: Use Gowers Ring, bait the breath and hit his front legs a few times. When he starts to fly, run away. Gowers ring will protect you if he hits you. Killed him on my first try with a +10 lightning Murakumo.

[@Probolkoc]

A friend suggested I use the "run towards the tail" tactic and it got me nowhere. I tried this tactic and nailed it with my second try. Thanks for the video!

[@Pokemaniac_Nick]

If you're playing a melee character just run into his back foot at the start. Get between his big toe and middle toe and swing a couple of times. When he goes to stomp get out over to the other back foot and get between those toes. He should just alternate his easily telegraphed stomps if done right. As long as you're at his other foot when the stomp comes down, no damage taken.

[@attrocius]

Thanks so freaking much for this bro! I just beat him on the second try using your strat, I would never have done it without your help! Awesome video and channel!

[@EpicGamerWorld]

No problem thats what I'm here for. Took me 2 tries too doing this. lol

[@dantemeriere5890]

This boss belongs in Skyrim, not a Souls game. You see, this is the difference between the original DS and DS2. The first one offered a challenging experience while still being a *fair* game. DS2, however, simply puts the numbers against you, exactly the same as Skyrim on legendary. The game has no challenging enemies, it just handicaps the player. That doesn't make a boss harder, it just makes the fight longer. As for this boss, he's just as easy as any dragon in Skyrim. I didn't have any trouble pulverizing him once I realized it's so easy to bait his attacks that I can basically control him with my character.

[@Ambossadorhs]

Over 4 years later, you're still having a positive impact on others. Thank you for this video.

[@Chaddington69]

If you just want to beat the boss and you don't care about wasting souls, you can use a combination of Climax, Souls of a Great Hero and Wilted Dusk Herb. I had the Blue Clearstone Ring +2, Abyss Seal, Southern Ritual Band +2 and 3rd Dragon Ring with a Lion Mage/ Black Hood mix. I had Int&Faith at around 40 and Climax used up about 100k Souls. I was able to kill him in 5 hits though. Instead of the Dragon Ring you could also use the Cloranthy +2 or the Red Tearstone Ring (Keep in Mind that the Abyss Seal drains HP)

[@deathknightrevan]

Sup I found an similar but slightly easier method for ranged builds, one where usually you wont even have to run past that line of brown tiles to do most of the time and is more consistent in baiting his forward breath, so all you have to deal with are his occasional hovering downwards breath and his forward breath, but mostly the forward breath. Just like you do at the start, you run to the right at the start to bait his forward breath attack, but rather than running for his feet at all, you stay behind the line, and hit him with 1-2 ranged attacks, you could try 3 but wouldn't recommend it, he will almost use his fly attack after this, as soon as his wings start to beat, run straight back to the fog gate. Once he lands, he will use his forward breath again, so again you run off to the right, staying well in front of his head, and hit him again, so long as you're still in front of his head and slightly to the right, he should do another forward breath attack, which you dodge by running to the left to about the middle of the arena while staying behind the line, then hit him twice, he should do the forward breath once more, again you run to the left and hit him, He will then fly up again, and again you run back to the fog gate. and repeat. Notes: he should always land in the same spot, but whenever he lands he may reposition himself a bit, this is rare so long as you run straight back to the gate as soon as his wings start to beat, and even if he does this he will still be facing the fog gate and your strategy does not change, except you may only be able to dodge to the left once due to the edge. If he starts up his fly attack instead of a forward breath at any time, just run back to the fog gate.

[@htxflow]

This boss is still difficult with this strategy. When I woke him up...he flew up and hit me with his fire breath. I ran but was unsuccessful from escaping it.

[@jenzdemenz]

I just killed him with a super safe method: 1) Get Lightning weapon for extra damage 2) Stay under 25% equip load 3) Stand and hit him between his outer and middle toe and he will just do his stomp 4) Equip Gower's Ring of Protection for a fail-safe if he gonna breath fire (he did it once but his two hits did no damage to me because I showed him my back while I was running) 5) For more damage use Red Tearstone Ring. Made it with my first try

[@Oncus2]

For melee fighters: Remove all of your armor so you will have enough stamina and speed (since he is most likely to one-shot you, the armor just hinders you). Go for his hind legs and attack wielding a weapon two handed to get as much damage as possible. Depending on the weapon you can attack 2-4 times before he either stomps or flies in the air to do this fire attack. So after you attack those few times watch what he does next. If he stomps, dodge and attack him a few more times. If he flies in the air, make sure you have his tail in sight and run towards it. You will see a that the tail has a small sign under it, if manage to get to it, you should be safe. Be careful not to be directly under his tail when he lands. When he lands, go for his hind legs again. Repeat until he's dead.

[@zye735]

There is an easier strat. It may only work with mages also, and I haven't done any testing with multiple people, but I ended up killing him without having him jump in the air once. I ran in and stayed near the nape of his neck. The key is to lock onto that point and only attack that point. Once he does his initial forward breath get to the side of him where you are at a perpendicular 90 degree angle with the nape of his neck, but stay within his wing span. If you go outside, he will jump in the air. If you do it correctly, he will turn on the ground and attack you with another forward fire breath. When he turns run under his head to the other side so you dodge the fire. Then continue to attack and move to that 90 degree angle. He will continuously turn back and forth only using his fire breath. However, he will also throw the occasional head swipe, but if you can read it, it's rather simple to dodge. I was lvl 152 on my first play through and beat him with this strat.

[@Mikedizzle4000]

The best strategy for this boss is to follow his tail as he jumps in the air. Just run to the end of his tail as he jumps. Then go back to his back leg and attack. Beat this boss so many times. Strength build, cleric build, and sorcery build.

[@likewise4Gaming]

Awesome strategy man! I myself was trying to follow his tail before but kept getting killed and was wondering why other KZbinrs were saying to do. I beat the Ancient Dragon Boss on my 2nd try after watching your video! Thanks a lot man!!

[@BalenforTheKind]

This is probably the best strategy video I have found for this boss. This strategy helped alot with this boss.

[@king-manu2758]

I finally did it!!!!!!!!! I defeated it with a mixture of techniques. I'll explain. When you first enter you run straight to his right rear leg and you start slashing between his thumb and middle finger. This will prompt him to either try to stomp you (which you should evade rolling away and not below the dragon) or he will spit fire below his belly a time which you can use to slash at him unharmed as long as you're not below him. Some times he may do his flying AoE which you should evade by running towards his tail. However start running when he's alraedy up and not while he's reaching his top aerial position, or else he will track you with his fire breath. THe trick is to wait like 2 seconds when he starts flying and then start running and he will fire breath right below him and not track you.Go back to step one an two. Fuck this is such a relief, I thought I'd never do it.

[@MrStyret2]

Mcufre Hey, a tip, if you stay between his toes on his left (right from your perspective) most backward foot he cant hit you at all.

[@zombi561]

Mcufre I can confirm that this tactic is the best. I just tried it after reading these instructions and I did it first try. It's much easier to pull off and it's a lot faster

[@TheBigT2000]

I've noticed that this hit and run strategy works for most of the bosses in the game. The Old Iron King and the Queen lady both have easy exploits like this.

[@AetherXIII]

thank you so much, id been stuck on this fight for a while not really understanding his movements but the video cleared it up. thank you

[@timboslice9071]

I beat the dragon on my third try (ever). The methods in this video take forever, and you're likely to screw up eventually. Instead, stay at his back left leg/tail and swing at his tail while he stands still (I used the Heide Knight Sword +10). When he moves, he's either going to smash with his tail or fly and breathe fire down. Either dodge the smash or if he flies, run toward his tail. DON'T LOCK ON... EVER. As soon as you see him bend his knees to jump into the sky, haul ass toward the tip of his tail in a straight line. Otherwise, just stay behind him and this fight is stupid easy. If you want to use poison, go for it. I poisoned him a couple of times with a Poison Ricard's Rapier... but it was by no means necessary. I was just curious if he was immune like Vendrick. Also, when he comes down from the air he does some AoE damage, but it's easily avoided if you're not right under him. I managed an easy six hits between each of his attacks, so if you want to be safe stick around five or so. Wear Gower's Ring of Protection as a safety net if you feel you need it. Sometimes the fire breath can hit you when running to the tail (I managed to avoid it the whole fight but got roasted on my second attempt due to being locked on), but the ring will negate any damage you take from behind. Also, the Bracing Knuckle Ring +2 helped my sword not to crap out mid-fight. The whole fight took me about four to five minutes, and I probably hit him 80-85 times.

[@rachelyates9984]

This Strat was awesome. Thx guy. The trick is to hit him 3x the run out in front of his face. If his wings start to move, keep running! If he starts to breath fire, run back in for 3 more hits. Don't get greedy & it's an easy win!

[@Thanticore]

It worked! Thanks dude. Took lime 15minutes but got it done. Also tried like 50 times. Solo, co-op all to no avail. But this worked well. Patience is key.

[@KakuKachoO]

The easiest way to beat this boss is to lock him into his stomping animation repeatedly. The way to do it is to stand in between his hind foot's two inner toes and keep rolling to the opposite foot when he lifts his foot to stomp you. He will get stuck in an endless stomping animation, so you won't have to worry about his flying fire breath. Credit goes to a dude who discovered this method and posted on reddit.

[@aditya-ie2bc]

One thing I try to do is always run straight in a right angle from where you're facing, whichever way has more room. this tends to prevent the fire from even coming close

[@taimoortarafdar]

I totally agree with this vid. Tail chasing sucks - you lose sight of it, or can't make to his tail if you're standing right in front of him. Just make sure you scope out where there's the most space on the battleground so that you an run that way when he flies up.

[@TheInevitableAir]

Look at his shadow.

[@RagnarokMic]

Usually I watch these and see something I stupidly overlooked, this is one of the few times that it's the exact strategy I sorted out after a few failed attempts (just beat him for my first time). Really is effective (pure melee build), get a few hits on his toesies when he's doing his forward breath, then make space and repeat or retreat if he goes into the air.

[@joeysolis8926]

This is a great strategy. Thank you. Worked much better for me than chasing the tail, which failed when he turns.

[@heitorcruz7895]

by far the best guide. i hadnt fight against him, looked for some guide to know what i was up against. beated him first try because of your guide. (as a melee)

[@dartmoul13]

step 1 wait for him to brath fire then hit time on the paws step 2 when he flys in the air breathing fire on the graund you run to the door that way his flame cant hit you end when he flys dawn repeat step1 end then again step 2 thats the easyes way to beat it tumbs up if you liked this guide

[@pablohoney9368]

Good Tip. The only boss in the game I have had to look for a tip after dying 25 times trying. This works did it with this on third attempt. Used Great club with Red Tearstone Ring to max damage.

[@maddycandy3282]

Very helpful, as a melee it took a little longer but the strategy still works.

[@Vodkat]

I Beat the boss in the first attempt with a Catarina/Zweihander build... thanks for the video mate!

[@420smoker89]

oh my God thank you for showing me a strategy that didn't involve chasing a tail I can't tell you how many times I've died because I was stuck directly under the Dragon trying to get to the tail in time because if you're standing near the back feet and he jumps he won't centers himself directly above you so it's real hard to outrun his centering in time

[@deadfall8475]

This...this after almost 3 months of dying to him. Thanks. Best caster strategy ever.

[@lexi6081]

I did it! Thank you for the video, I was using the tail method and he got me every time.

[@PYSTOLWHIP-The-Insane-Raider]

I don't know about yall, but this is the best walkthrough I've seen of this boss...real talk

[@mickystone7530]

Great technique done first time 100% melee, with light armour in desert sorceress set and santiers spear. I found it easier to not lock on as it can throw the camera sometimes.

[@ADeadlyFerret]

Only watched the first minute and a half but that's all I needed. Killed him first try ever. Not one hit. I'm more shocked about the fact that I found a guide that actually helped

[@MiguelGebremedhin]

I tried all other strategies for ages, I thought I gave up hope. Then I gave this a try and I beat him my first time.

[@juliancamusdeugarte9629]

amazing video. one of the best boss guides I've ever seen. had 8 tries without taking even a third of its health. saw your video and beat it in 2 tries

[@jabasimakol]

For melee builds, one trick you can do is two hand wield your grym greatshield. You'll lose all stamina but be able block the aerial firebreath.

[@Jonathan-qw8ig]

Thanks bro! 7 years later and you are still healping people! Been running for his tail, getting insta killed, and started to think that the AoE attack was impossible to dodge. However, with your tip, i've got this bloody dragon's head in the first try.

[@Yakito666]

Best tip ever. I was getting owned by this guy. He'd one shot me every single time. And then I watched your video and I killed him on the next attempt. I couldn't believe how gullible that dragon was! :D The only thing that concerned me was - "Gower's Ring of PRotection" still saved me 3 times when I slipped up and made a mistake. And the fight takes a long while, I was starting to get nervous because my sword was losing the same amount of healthbar as the dragon was... I barely made it :D I'd have to beat a dragon to death with my fists. I wouldn't have time to enter inventory during the boss fight.. or perhaps.

[@crispy1688]

Thanks so much!!! After trying so many other tactics and dying so many times till almost all the knights despawned leading up to the boss, I finally got him on the 2nd try using your tactic! Solo is definitely easier than in a group. I removed most of my armour, equipped Ring of Binding and just rushed the boss over and over till I got it.

[@lazert8144]

Putting lightning on your weapon helps tremendously if you're melee

[@PhantomAnomoly]

What I miss about DS 1 was the ability to break off limbs or tails to obtain unique weapons. Those were great and fun to use.

[@FatalREM]

This is the same strategy Lobos uses. Works for all builds. He even succeeded with pyromancy only. :)