Quick question about the ancient dragon
So I was running away from a group of very angry enemies on the way to the dragon I made the huge mistake of attacking the dragon before I spoke to him. Now I can't seem to get the mist heart from him. Am I screwed? Or is there anything I can do to get the heart now? Thanks for any help.
Posted Mar 23, 2014, 10:17 PM UTC
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My guess is you have to kill him to get it now. Good luck.
My advice: go naked for extra speed.
I was afraid of that, been trying for a long wile now. Thanks.
This may be cheesy, but this is how I managed to beat him after 20+ attempts of trying the run-in/run-out method (and dying randomly when he decided to track me with his rain of fire attack rather than spit it straight down):
Weapons: 2h Large Club+10, shield of the insolent.
Rings: Chloranthy+1, Ring of Blades+1, Ring of Binding, Second Dragon Ring.
Naked except for Jester gloves (only for the added souls).
As you enter the fog door, immediately sprint under him. There is a chance he will fly up & rain of fire, but I think I only had that happen once in my ~30 attempts. Usually he breathes his forward-facing fire which leaves his underside vulnerable. Hit one of his front feet a few times then head towards one of his hind feet.
Position yourself at the point where his foot leaves the ground. Position your camera towards his front two legs to watch what they do. With the Large Club, I could get a double R2 combo off between his attacks without any danger. Let your stamina refill at least to 75% before doing another attack - rolling once or twice should be ok. He has 4 different attacks when you are under him:
Fire breath towards his crotch. He will lift only his front two legs. Dash/Roll out from under him. You may be able to attack the outer portion of his foot, but I never risked it.
Foot stomp. He lifts the foot you are closest to. If you are positioned correctly, you will be in no danger where you stand because his back foot only stomps forward. I used this time to run to his other back foot and get a single R2 off (followed by a double R2-combo when I had enough stamina).
Rain of fire. He will crouch down and then leap into the air. As soon as you identify that he is about to fly up, point your camera up and sprint down the direction his tail is facing. He will track you as he reaches the highest point in his jump/flight so your initial direction may be off. If you successfully ran towards the end of his tail, you should make it out of harm of his fire. After he lands, dash back under him to the safe-spot next to one of his back feet. Be sure not to get too close to where he will land as it will one shot you.
Jump up and immediately land back down. This seems to be his repositioning maneuver. I never figured out how to differentiate it from the rain of fire attack. Maybe I was just lucky.