Dark Souls: Artorias Boss Battle NG+

[@Kronosfall91]

I've read some people dissing Artorias because he was defeated by the Abyss and didn't actually save Dusk. Seeing as how the chosen Undead is the one that acomplishes his feats. What those people don't seem to realize is that the chosen Undead is well... undead. Like you didn't get your ass handed to you at least once exploring the Oolacile Township, the Chasm or fighting Manus. Artorias had no extra lives. He was just a Knight of Gwyn, He probably had no motivation to risk his life to save Oolacile save for his duty, and even in the end he forfeits his chance at survival to ensure Sif's. And even corrupted, crippled and weakened he beats you to a pulp a couple times. You, persisten undead, you... He wasn't the strongest warrior who ever lived. But he was probably the bravest and most noble.

[@Mudoh415]

+AoNoise I beat him first try. Same with Manus, although I admittedly trolled the shit out of Manus because I saw his eyes on the way down and shot the shit out of him.

[@Slithy]

+AoNoise You forgot about one astounding thing - he fights with his offhand. His main hand is broken. If he had both hands and a shield, he would most likely be undefeatable.

[@codafett]

+AoNoise So Artorias is better than the Chosen Undead because he's a weakling. I bet you like Batman too.

[@soulreaverable]

+Bowlcuts "What is bravery without a dash or recklessness" - Hawkeye Shrek

[@aaronreid9585]

not to mention he doesn't have estus to heal like us.

[@AvieRaptor]

To you asking why he doesnt use his left hand / arm. He broke it along with his shield to protect Sif :/ imagine him with 2 working arms D:

[@RMeitzen]

And he was also left-handed, Artorias was truly the greatest knight that ever existed in DS.

[@AvieRaptor]

Yup, gotta love him.

[@thehiddenone8063]

Him at full power... Sorry. I give up. Dark Souls just got impossible. I think I'll go back to Minecraft now, if you don't mind. (Promptly gets blown up by a creeper)

[@narfoshin3726]

Well if you believe some theories, the warrior on the cover of dark souls is artorias. In the title he uses the sword in his left hand. Of you believe the theories artorias is using his off-hand. Yeah what if he used his good hand with the shield and had Sif with him? Have fun

[@andresgagge6977]

Narf Shin it s kinda confirmed in dark souls 2 with the lore description of his sword, it says that all it s previous owners were lefthanded, like Artorias

[@TheDragonfist101]

lol when he turned off the HUD im like "OH WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE!" lmao

[@SoullessInternetScum]

Haha! You know it!

[@mattman1127]

I hate the people that say "this guy sucks" If you've come this far in the game, you do not "suck" This was a really good video

[@SoullessInternetScum]

Thank you.

[@fusiontoa18]

this guy sucks

[@jaharned1]

Nice try troll.

[@origamifan5515]

+MyPenguinsFly What a noob, he use the magic option of dodging Artorias attacks then attacking himself rather than the much more difficult melee option of dodging Artorias attacks then attacking himself.

[@yugiohguy]

+untel origami Was that sarcasm?

[@zak7576]

The story of Artorias, his fighting style, and his appearance all remind me of Guts from Berserk.

[@Bussy-Hunter]

***** He was based off of Guts.

[@supremewolf8503]

He is heavily influenced by guts-senpai

[@BiPolar10000]

Miyazaki inspired dark souls to berserk

[@champagnegascogne9755]

even his armor is from berserk

[@Opticfreakinbarrel]

I just love the way Artorias moves in this fight! It's so damn creepy and inhuman, and his intro is the best boss intro in Dark Souls, I think.

[@Jack2PointO]

We all know if Artorias had both of his arms, we would be screwed.

[@Handgun777]

+Jack2PointO And not hollow too.

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

+Handgun777 He wasn't Hollow. He was corrupted by the Abyss.

[@Former_Halo_Fan]

***** It really does annoy me how so many players in the Dark Souls community seem to think that "Hollow" is a synonym for "Batshit Insane." I be like: "No, Logan was not Hollow. Just crazy. Artorias was not Hollow. Just corrupted. Lord Gwyn was not Hollow. He just had his mind burned away."

[@joseluismexicoable]

Yes, Artorias was corrupted but alive and he could not take control of his body, thats why he talks in moments

[@bknwuzheer1]

it'd be pretty unfair; he'd have his dominant sword hand and a greatshield

[@TomLehockySVK]

The absolute best boss battle in the game, and my personal most saddest, when you hear his death scream, just makes you shiver to the bone.

[@DavidJones-qw1ex]

Sif is the most saddest boss dude

[@MrVerleed]

+Franco Alaba especially if you beat the artorias dlc before fighting sif. it gives sif a new baww filled intro.

[@mwasras]

The intro only works if you rescue Sif in the Abyss and you can also summon him when fighting Manus

[@SoullessInternetScum]

I recorded the intro on the first battle and edited it into this successful attempt. I recall it took me around 10 tries before I got this video.

[@eliw.1197]

OK lol

[@lordcrunch2592]

what armor is that?

[@discogypsyking8082]

Damn that's pretty poor

[@abirdwitharms]

Looks like Painted Guardian Hood Black Sorcerer Armor Havel's Gauntlets and Leggings

[@Buggster_]

Almost correct, its the Black Cleric Robe, not the Black Sorcerer

[@MichaelPsyche]

Farewell Artorias.. May your suffering finally come to an end and rest your ailing soul.

[@grfrjiglstan]

People complained that Artorias' dialogue was cut, but I can see why. The whole fight, Arty looks like he's being jerked around by some unseen force, like a puppet on a string. There couldn't have been much of him left inside that body.

[@bubbajoe117]

Artorias and Gwyn both test your understanding of the basic sword play and survival skill's the main differences being Gwyn is a test of your parrying skills and Artorias your dodging.

[@Glori4n]

A True depiction of a Knight.

[@Hennichell]

Everytime he screams, I hear a desperate "HELP!". My dear Artorias T.T

[@asdfghjkl99asdqwezxc]

Artorias' scream at the end always makes me sad :/

[@zazollo]

Yeah I like it, it's cool

[@westwood16]

im off to fill manus' man cavern with my estus flask

[@SpencerIsAnIdiot]

Alright manus! It's time to... oh! Oh oh god no! He's putting his abyss in my catacombs!

[@nixpix7171]

Classy move disabling the hud at the end. May the force be with you.

[@sayemali1565]

5:24 Artorias backs up like he's going to take the buff letting the undead think he has now time to heal. Artorias jumps and does the plunging attack instead. #just_Artorias_things

[@leftyguitarist13]

At first when I fought him (still have yet to beat him) I thought the other guy was artorias at first and I was like "oh hey he doesn't look so tough" then artorias jumped down and killed him and then I was like "im fucked ._."

[@zcarloszf1e66bda]

TE Saints xD

[@sonicbiscuit123]

***** noo... You have to kill artorias to progress to the main town, where the bloat heads are.

[@Webemperor1]

***** Or, It's called not looking into what's in the DLC and playing through the thing without spoiling yourself.

[@dylanadams9465]

***** And the internet shed a single manly tear that day.

[@Webemperor1]

Dylan Adams Yeah, RIP.

[@williamdave20]

artorios...legendary hunter of the abyss...you longed to destroy all creatures of the abyss...and the abyss itself...but you...you were unaware of what it has done to you...

[@XxXxthekingofgames]

Preach it my dude

[@exodusofanomolies7018]

*Artorias

[@miqqe93]

*arthur

[@Baron0009]

actually it's Artorius, then changed to Artorias because name Artorius already existed as.. somewhat awkward. So they changed to Artorias, but in original it's Artorius

[@raggedcloak5643]

Artorias theme song, fight as well Kalameet summarizes the apex of what it felt like to be a knight, what the dark feels like, the joy of battle, the intensity of the abyss and the effects of its power, it just sums up DkS in a nutshell.

[@MaReXas39]

his death scream is the most devastating, depressing and horrifying scream ive ever heard. i havent fought him yet, but i just like artorias so fuckin much and i feel so attached to him...

[@bighatgan5932]

Thxs

[@bighatgan5932]

Im srry i can no longer take the title knight Artorais

[@cyborg5383]

true man, the chills i feel when he screams are just amazing

[@MrLis-py6gs]

Yes, and he also lost to Manus with both those hands (despite the fact, that he protected Sif). That's why when I first got to DLC it took me about 40 tries to finally kill Artorias, however, I gave up on Manus.

[@Kn1ghtborne]

I really wish they gave us his entire moveset with his sword. I also wanna play a remastered version of this. it looks like a really fun fight.

[@Teeheehee093]

This is the best boss fight ever. Better than anything in Dark Souls 2.

[@Parasiticism]

Velstadt could be good if he was a bit faster and tougher (large club can mess him really bad). Both Velstadt and Artorias have really badass attack animations.

[@dewbs815]

I liked the fights that made you feel a little bad, like this one and Sif

[@Parasiticism]

actually killing Artorias felt good, Youre doing a favor to him

[@ToXiC9GaMeR]

Dark lurker was my favorite in dark souls 2, intense fight if you're playing melee

[@SoullessInternetScum]

Agreed. I've played the hell out of DkS2 and every boss had a severe lack of character. But that was mostly in part to the game having a disjointed story which left me with no idea why I was wondering around killing things or why they were important.

[@jaychaos6157]

just imagine if he had both arms

[@lonemonarch4230]

Dear god

[@UnholySoil667]

Grabattack..... Instant death! XD

[@djaysenpai]

It's awesome that we can see that's it's not his dominant arm by the way he use it, he is just throwing his arm around

[@DarkBlackStudios]

Who else misses Artorias? ... Ah hell, I better get back to Dark Souls again. Gotta feel the Lordran again...

[@rdejano3]

He was left handed. But his left arm is broken. Soo he is using his weaker arm against you xD Which makes him an even more badass!

[@matthewpower1324]

Thanks for this. Its good to see someone else who genuinely had trouble with this fight. So many youtubers seem to just coast past him like he is nothing which is far, far outside my experience.

[@SoullessInternetScum]

No worries. This was my...I think, 9th or 10th try to defeat him at the time. This was shortly after the PC version was released so I wanted to get a video out of the fight regardless. I find it funny watching it back now. I was so desperate to find ways of doing damage from range because I was so crestfallen from melee failure, that I broke out the fireballs, ha. Ah the folly of youth!

[@tl_nik0n353]

I think he only took me like three tries if I remember correctly, but that was in my first playthrough. I never actually beat the game, having lost interest in it almost completely when I got to Lost Izalith. Don't really know why, it just started to feel really boring.

[@tokyoe100]

my favorite dark souls boss.

[@Reaper0Sovereign]

Kalameet for me, it's such a team fight. Dragonslaying is truely a good call. A sad one too though.

[@neroarchon5479]

Ah the Artorias fight i spend 35 min fighting him because i was being extra careful to find the most safe battle openings...he had a habbit of screwing things over even when you knew all his attack patterns.....by the end of the fight my fingers were aching :)..best victory achieved msg ever

[@MagnusThePaladin]

the craziest part of this fight is that Artorias was defeated long ago and your only fighting a shadow of his former self.

[@ninjalad18]

I think this is the best version of this fight I've seen. A lot of players simply memorize his moves and the video of them fighting him is very one sided and not so enjoyable to watch. This was intense. You came close to death many times, he dodged you, you dodged him at the last second.. It really felt like you were fighting a legendary warrior, and you came out victorious in the end. SO INTENSE. Good vid. :)

[@seanfinney1208]

I could watch the first 10 seconds of this video over and over again. He nuked that bloated freak. Also just noticed that he twists the blade when he decided to impale deeper. This fuckin guy is brutal.

[@vanpiisu88]

Awesome video dude, I love Artorias and is definitely one of the best and coolest bosses in games :D. That intro is so fucking badass...

[@mehname8597]

Thank you for this walkthrough (= It is giving me hope as you are taking hits and healing in between but still managing through the fight also on NG+ and still evading like a pro. Also you're the first I've seen to use pyromancy on him , there is only so much of hack and slash I can do before failing >< thnx

[@darknessissinkingme3985]

This guy is still fighting with his right hand cause his dominant arm is broken and he still kick ass R.I.P Artorias your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

[@Dabby3]

Turning off the HUD while Artorias is raging ... omg dude you rule !

[@lordheck3170]

When he buffs. I thought I heard a faint "heeelp...meee...."

[@SiteM16tv]

Coolest Bossfight of my gaming-"career" with the most Badass Boss Knight Artorias. Beat him in NG+ with Greatsword +14 (man, this weapon is just epic) on second try. Now i wear his unfortunately very weak armor set with proud. Man, I wish I could fight on his site!

[@Deschuttes]

That's a ballsy move turning off your HUD at the end there

[@isaacA38]

This greatest part in the artorias battle is the atmosphare its so emotional and you dont want to beat him, you want to end his suffer

[@cptjuancho8261]

this with the opened way as background music, epic

[@LiggyMustard]

LORE COMFIRMED ART TO BE LEFT HANDED! Ive never been so happy to be left handed!

[@WyldApache]

Looks more like he dislocated his shoulder joint/ball and socket..

[@nowdied]

1:06 Okay this is the most bad ass moment ever in any of these Artorias fights... Boy leaps through a freaking fireball to get you... Pyro builds make fights so awesome just for all the crap the AI will do like that. Leap through the flames, charge through them, never stop...

[@theghettogrocerybag5851]

I played through dark souls and its dlc when i was 12 years old and i gotta say i was probably the happiest 12 year old alive at the time not only was the game amazing and memorable but its also what got me into the souls series as a whole and I've been a fan ever since so sad to see the series as finally ended

[@marcino457]

So happy you can do the rolling jump while using his sword in Dark Souls III

[@bknwuzheer1]

that death cry will put some hairs on your chest

[@TheDeadbison]

Nak Attack I felt relieved knowing he no longer breathes in madness

[@Biscotum]

I counted about six instances during this fight where I definitely would have died. Kudos to you, guy.

[@drebin8477]

I never get tired of the boss song of this one

[@jaharned1]

At least now he can live in the afterlife, free of corruption.

[@supremewolf8503]

With Ciaran

[@SeekGrace]

He fought with creatures of abyss, lost his arm trying to protect his companion Sif and consumed by abyss gone crazy. This sh*t reminds me of Berserk. Artorias is Gutts and Gwyn is Griffith. Kinda...

[@nitokflip]

.-. dark souls has clearly inspiration in berserk... just look for the video dark souls tributes to berserk

[@SeekGrace]

Nicolas Tolosa Casallas I knew Miyazaki inspired by Berserk for a long time. I'm pointing out which characters reminds me of what.

[@nitokflip]

oh jajaja sorry

[@whiteisthewolf1632]

he doesn t have 2 arms ?

[@guyrandom8989]

WhiteIsTheWolf He has two arms, it's just that his left one is completely broken.

[@phamily-tv]

His arm is dead. That injury came from during his fight in the Abyss. He had Sif, the huge grey wolf who was a puppy at the time, fighting along and both of them were overwhelmed. Artorias decided that Sif is more important than himself so he uses what was left of his shield to make a barrier around Sif. Around that time, is probably when he got the gnarly injury in his left arm. You can look at his left pauldron. Hope that helped :)

[@TubyPeed]

i HATE when he screams at the end its sounds sooo sad :(

[@FranchescoiSpeed]

4:29 a perfect picture of this fight

[@MrTickTickB00Mify]

6:10 - 6:13 "Use the force Luke... Let go Luke!"

[@davidtheroamingmusician2174]

This fight rekt my playthrough for a bit. Eventually powered through this little bugger though.

[@KaitoAri]

Okay seriously, when the fireball hits him while he's jumping and he's just spinning through the air towards you ON FIRE? I think... I know true terror.

[@Viciasuan]

OMG, I can't stand that scream...it shows you how hardly he fought against the abyss. This was a battle between two heroes, both of them manipulated.

[@EJAXK13]

"Artorias! I have come to for fill a promise to Sif and free you from your torment!!"

[@lordheck3170]

2:00-2:40 does it seem epic when the vocals starts Artorias starts to buff and starts going insane

[@lordheck3170]

And 5:25-5:50

[@ManApe64]

That flip attack he does is so awesome

[@jessloke4389]

At 5:25 the music tuned in at the perfect time.

[@lordheck3170]

Jess Loke ikr, and also 2:12

[@joelmartinez8073]

When I finally beat him on ng+ I used fire bastard sword +10, iron great shield +10, and no armor. I think I had havel's ring and maybe steel protection idk. The fight literally took 30 minutes I learned how to dodge all of his attacks and when to counter. It was not a fluid fight, it was systematic

[@stevendelacruz9026]

imagine if he didnt have a limping arm lol

[@mnjkmnjk123]

is that the old above 25% ninja flip? got the game after the patch so im curious

[@РоманМамедов-в7л]

the most badass entrance ever

[@M4xSoul]

The lost sinner's moveset (DS2) is pretty similar, though Artorias looks more challenging.

[@neilnightblade]

Challenging Artorias on new game plus. This sir is one Internet, it is for you.

[@zerotwo6814]

Guys just imagine how hard it would be...If he used both arms....

[@gabrielcherkaoui315]

zero two imagine if he had his great shield and could block your attacks

[@superficialme]

I made the 'mistake' of using a NG++ character to start the DLC and boy did this guy hurt. Took me a couple of deaths to learn his moveset before I took him down. It would have taken me a lot longer if I hadn't known in advance that we could break his powerup move. I even missed one of his powerups and had to spend the next minute backing off and dodging his attacks exclusively. What I loved about him was that he was tough and punishing, but you never got the impression that he was impossible or cheap. Pretty much Dark Souls in a nutshell.

[@VT-mw2zb]

He killed me so many times, but then I defeated him and felt kinda sad. He was easily the coolest mofo in this game, yet I'm not gonna see him again anytime soon. I let him be with Ciaran in the end, but fuck, his Abyss Greatsword let me somersault flip the fuck out of some Darkwraiths, I'll fucking get that next time.

[@kyledavies97]

If you listen carefully before he's surrounded by darkness he says "leave"

[@-shockwu-1698]

Rumors say that this disabled knight will be in smash

[@ShadowClaok43]

Funny how we speculate his left arm was his shield arm. He's actually left handed. His attacking arm is broken.

[@xrustynailsx]

Sir Alonne Vs. Sir Artorias who would win?

[@yugiohguy]

Darkness Love 1.Who is sir alone 2.why

[@sonicbiscuit123]

yugioh guy Play Dark souls II Crown of the old iron king to find out.

[@supremewolf8503]

Artorias obvi

[@ReusableDuck]

To anyone trying this fight, if you can at all help it DO NOT LET HIM POWER UP. A single 2 handed hit from a Zweihander cancels his boost if you can get to him in time. The fight is still hard but keeping him from his super saiyan mode makes it much easier. Also a +5 silverknight shield helps

[@matthewpower1324]

Its tough to get to him in time though. I like to keep my distance for this fight and by the time I realise hes going to powerup I'm miles from him and its already too late... I did beat him eventually but I never managed to stop any of his powerups.

[@maxresdefault7047]

I wish could've fought Artorias in his prime. I would've felt like a fucking God defeating him

[@vidpoopstudios]

i just can't help but to laugh when that creature starts to sound like it's laughing and then artorias pounces on it, leaving blood everywhere.

[@SoullessInternetScum]

Errrm, I think around the 110 mark. Could be wrong, it was so long ago now!

[@РоманМамедов-ю8д]

The most badass knight and boss ever.

[@Kurai_69420]

How did you get the intro if you had already fought him before (retrieval)?

[@jaharned1]

Editing.

[@1money11]

jaharned1 nice

[@reimuugaming]

I felt bad killing Artorias and Sif, they were loyal to the Lord of flames till the end and it felt good putting Artorias to peace after all the shit and suffering of the abyss he went through.

[@yugiohguy]

Can you explain the lore plz?

[@yugiohguy]

***** who is manus.

[@yugiohguy]

***** he made the abyss?

[@michaelallen2870]

yugioh guy Manus is the "furtive pygmy", that's mentioned in the first intro to Dark Souls. By meaning he is the "Father of the Abyss", Manus is the owner of the Lord Soul that is also known as "the Dark Soul"; the huge amount of humanity he contained corrupted him, and single-handedly created the Abyss.

[@yugiohguy]

Michael Allen oh, thanks.

[@blhaha123]

hes even more of a badass since hes featured on the original game cover holding his sword in his right hand....hes using the sword in his left during this fight showing hes kicking your ass using his bad hand and no shield @.@

[@kcombobreak]

His arm broke because he wanted to save his little puppy when they were at the abyss.

[@AvieRaptor]

He's like a competent veldstadt & Ornstein in one :D might just play DkS1 and get this DLC just for him.

[@patrickhentschke6542]

The DLC is better than the whole game before. Go and get it! :D

[@mechaescoggins8647]

This is how dark souls 2 should be bosses with a lot of health and punishes the hell out of you like orstein,man us,and yes atorias

[@TheAtomix12]

at 2:17-2:38 he starts to raise his power but also the Music Syncs with his rage Incredible love this fight Thee used his patience,I love that,make more vids but melee not Magic because it not worth it hand to hand,man to man

[@komdead4158]

Artorias be like: "Yo Tryndamere, am I doin this right?"

[@giannisr9324]

dat heroic leap

[@NexusSomnia]

Artorias is by far and away the most difficult boss I've ever fought in Dark Souls. Especially in the first one. I've never found a boss so consistently hard even when all others become easy. Currently I'm trying to plow through him on NG+2. This guy just doesn't give.

[@henrymacapagal1994]

i died like 5 times before i beat him. I used chaos blade plus power within. Just melee vs melee.. badass.

[@henrymacapagal1994]

and i didn't allow him to use his power within.

[@sirseppuku]

why DkS1 run slow motion for me pleaseee!

[@deathofdeus8438]

Heh, Atorias does Dante's Stinger

[@lordcrunch2592]

try listening to live and learn while watching this. makes the fight just a bit more amazing

[@Austin-hm2dl]

How tough do you think he would be if his left arm wasn't shattered and he had a shield? He's my second favorite out of the four knights. Ornstein being my first like usual.

[@glassgolem6512]

It's impressive that artorias can do all of this with his weaker hand imagine the fight with him with him having broken is right arm instead

[@glassgolem6512]

Did I forget to mention artorias is left handed? In dark souls 2 you can get his sword but it is called the Majestic Greatsword and in it's description it says "uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who in hearted this weapon was left-handed".

[@Glori4n]

I Always saw him as a formidable and honoured hero, i never ever use estus when going against him. I mean, ffs he already lost an arm, is cursed, has lost his mind and his equipment is probably broken due to corrosion, he's completly handicapped here, and yet spanks players so hard that they ragequit worse than getting burned to death by that damn torch zombie guy. Imagine Arty at his prime... omg

[@Kronosfall91]

0xTidusx0 Torch zombie? o.o

[@Glori4n]

Have you never player Dark Souls whatsoever...?

[@demonicclips7180]

They're not zombies they're hollows and more specifically Daugrs.

[@michaelallen2870]

Afiz Azlan could Daugrs really be considered Hollows? Given how people are Hollows in the first place? I don't know much about Daugrs, but other than look alone is the only relation the two seem to have.

[@nintendoman12111]

hear this music musica de triste rebelacion (violin) and put this video in mute and start both videos at the same time as quick as you can and enjoy the epicness