Dark Souls 2 - How to beat the Fume Knight [Easy and guaranteed to work]

Dark Souls 2 - How to beat the Fume Knight - Guaranteed to work
Please read text below for strategic advice.
The Fume Knight aka Raime seems one of the hardest bosses for many of us in Dark Souls 2, according to these sites also:
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This was true for me as well, but with some training and some strategic advice he isn’t that hard anymore. From my first encounter (oh no, seems almost impossible at first) it took me about 10-15 tries to defeat him in NG.
Here is my melee strategy which will definitely work with a bit of practice:
1. Aim for high fire and dark defense to minimize any possibly taken damage (Black Witch Robe, Flame Quartz Ring +3, Dark Quartz Ring +3, Dispelling Ring +1, please see below for the full list of my equipment).
2. Try to have a high adaptability / agility for rolling under his attacks. I prefer a good adaptability for my character during the whole game anyway. The Simpleton's Ring will increase it further for this fight (and will make a nice invisibility effect while rolling). This all has the purpose to get a longer time slot of invincibility during your rolls, please see invincibility frames keyword in the wiki.
3. Use a powerful and fast weapon if possible - of course this will depend on your character build. The Red Iron Twinblade +10 is pretty effective against the Fume Knight compared to many other weapons.
4. Equip Velstadt's Helm for starting his 2nd phase with his buffed sword immediately. His buffed 2nd phase sword (Dark AND Fire) is really powerful but otherwise his moves are a bit more calculable and are also a bit slower in the 2nd phase compared to his double wielding style in phase 1, so I am skipping his phase 1 completely with the helmet. (This is because in life Velstadt defeated Raime and only seeing the helmet of his old enemy is enough to bring him to the rage of phase 2 immediately.)
“The buffed vs unbuffed phases of the boss are quite different, so rather than study and gear for both, just do the second one (since you have to fight it anyway)” - taken from Dark Souls 2 Wiki.
5. Buff your weapon with Aromatic Ooze for extra magic damage at the beginning and repeat if you have enough time in the fight to do so (although it can be quite hard to get this extra time later on).
6. For most of his sword attacks, try to roll slightly to the right and behind him. After his second (or sometimes third) sword attack, if you have managed to roll behind him, use the small window of opportunity for an attack.
7. Only exception for this kind of roll would be his delayed sword sweeping attack with his buffed and absurdly long ranged sword, which can be very annoying due to its delay and its long range. In this case, try to roll to the left, into the attack, but exactly at the moment when he starts the sweep - the exact moment will need practice of course. After the sweep, if you are behind him, is one of the best opportunities on Raime for an attack, a double attack or healing if needed.
8. If he stabs the sword into the ground, run away from him. Then wait for the fire orbs to appear and try to roll into a gap between two orbs.
You can pretty much see all of these tactics in my video. In the middle of the fight I lost a bit of concentration and had to take some hits, but nothing what could not be handled.
Good luck!
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My equipment in this video:
Red Iron Twinblade +10, Two-hand equipped
Velstadt's Helm
Black Witch Robe +2
Black Witch Gloves
Lucatiel's Trousers +8
Flame Quartz Ring +3
Dark Quartz Ring +3
Dispelling Ring +1
Simpleton's Ring
Consumables used:
Aromatic Ooze
Estus Flask
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[@zeroskap4274]

i can't beat this guy.......no matter what i try

[@Iridensys]

Hi zero skap, I can't beat this boss too; if you want a co-op let me know, we can help each other ;-)

[@Rebellious_Melody]

I used this method and finally did it after trying Gwyn knows how many times. Thank you!

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped you, thanks for your feedback.

[@Rebellious_Melody]

Ultra Blue Wizard got an easy way to kill Alonne? Want to make him anhero.

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Have no tutorial for Alonne at the moment, remember him a tough guy, too. Will look into my save points if I can replay the fight. I think the key for Alonne was rolling backwards on his super fast attacks and use the small windows of opportunity.

[@fergusforsyth3025]

This was a really good guide, thanks for reminding me to change my gear for good resists too - I totally forgot! I would also definitely recommend a player summon if one is available (not NPCs, they are awful in this fight from what I've heard), it makes it a lot easier to get hits in and heal. Thanks for the guide, it was well put together and worked great!

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped, Fergus, thanks for your feedback.

[@someduded6244]

I Highly suggest a fast but strong weapon because this guy hits fast on his 1st phase.Using ring of blades will make you stronger if your weapon is pure physical.Also get a shit ton of defense. Use a shield like the Gyrm Greatshield because it denotes all fire damage.Don't summon the NPCs they're shit. Me and my friend tried to co-op this(I was the phantom) and I found it better to roll than use a shield because He will drain your stamina fast.

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Before I developed this strategy, I also tried the Gyrm Greatshield strategy because it is mentioned here and there. But I found always that the Gyrm Greatshield consumes way too much stamina and it did not work out as good as this strategy here.

[@ViApp0]

Really nice video, similar build helped me to beat him after just 3 tries (and 20 or so before I tried it).

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped, thanks for the feedback.

[@TBZulu]

WHat item makes you dissaper when you roll?

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

It's in my description text below the video: "The Simpleton's Ring will increase it further for this fight (and will make a nice invisibility effect while rolling)"

[@TBZulu]

Ultra Blue Wizard thanks a ton, and your method helped me finally kill him after 23 deaths :D

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped, thanks for your feedback.

[@cuckslayer9986]

WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE IS HIS POWERED UP SWORD? MAGIC OR WUT?

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

It's in my description text below the video: DARK and FIRE

[@connormccurdy1449]

Don't use the helm it makes him buff cause he hated the guy that used to wear it

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

I use the helmet on purpose, so I have to learn only one of his styles (and you have to fight his buffed style anyway). Please see my description for more details.

[@sebastiankennedy6858]

I wanted to use this strategy but haven't beaten Veldstat yet.

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

In this case I would recommend beating Velstadt first, since he is much easier than Raime, at least in my opinion. Otherwise you need to learn both phases/styles of Raime, which makes him even harder.

[@xnicross4902]

absolutely the best strategy to beat the shit out of him bro

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped, thanks for the feedback.

[@undre2750]

Worked like a charm!!!!!Thanks

[@ultrabluewizard3323]

Glad it helped, thanks for your comment.

[@davidmarsh9169]

Thanks. Helped so much

[@fr0zeNid]

nice.

[@wheresmygenesis]

Beautiful

[@fscorpion678]

Idk if it was good ARG but he was pretty easy for me. Able to do it on my first try, something I'm not usually able to do on most bosses

[@GomesDosMemes]

His first phase has smaller hitboxes, so characters with high agility shouldn't go for velstadt's helmet, his attacks are easy to dodge in the first phase, so, free damage on him, YAY! The pain in the ass of this fight is the buffed sword shitbox, once he 1HK'd me with his thrust attack, WHILE I WAS ON HIS BACK, so yeah, i wouldn't recommend the helm.