This sword was passed down through generations, until it reached Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa, and was lost upon his death. Skill: Wolf Sword - While in stance, use normal attack for a low spinning slash, or the strong attack to leap forward in a vertically-slashing somersault.ДЄn ancient greatsword of unknown origin. The wolf knight was the first Abyss Watcher, and his sword is more punishing against creations of the abyss. Greatsword of Artorias tainted by the dark of the Abyss, and master of the wolf's blood of Farron. Skill: Parry - Deflect an attack when timed properly and follow up with a critical hit, executed with the dagger. Confounds foes the manner of wolves hunting prey.

The dagger is utilized as a wedge in the left hand while the greatsword is held in the right, a unique technique that was synonymous with the Undead Legion. Greatsword of the Abyss watchers which is atypically paired with a dagger. The blood was spread amongst the Abyss Watchers, and their souls are one with the soul of the wolf blood master. Use to acquire numerous souls, or transpose to extract its true strength. One of the twisted souls, steeped in strength. Soul of the Blood of the Wolf Soul of the Blood of the Wolf. It's a fair challenge but it still feels intense. This fight is pretty awesome all things considered. If you can get one hit in you will usually also be able to get in a second or third before it's smarter to get out for the time being and look for another good opportunity to attack. What makes this fight fair, considering the point in the game we're at, is that you can easily stagger the Abyss Watcher. The trail of flames his sword leaves behind now can actually damage you. In additon to a few new moves the existing ones get powered up as well. There won't be any additional Watchers joining in on the fun but the one that's left is much more dangerous than the others. Phase 2 begins and now the boss is on fire. Once he's down the blood of the wolf begins coalesce into the dead body of one Abyss Watcher. So it is wise to try and lock the second and third watcher into battle and take care of the first one while the other two fight. You can kill the second and third Watcher, but they will get back up after a short while. Mostly the third focuses on his colleagues, though. That third one will actually attack both the Abyss Watchers as well as you if you get too close. Because the third Abyss Watcher that joins the battle will be a red-eyed one, presumably corrupted by the Abyss. Fighting against two can be a much more difficult challenge, however, this being a relatively early boss fight the game is not too cruel. They don't share a health bar so your job is to beat the first one. A short time after the battle starts a second Abyss Watcher will join the fray.

Even the opening of the music is reminiscent of Artorias' theme.ДЄs long as you learn to deal with their swings one Abyss Watcher isn't going to give you a lot of trouble. They use a weapon that looks very similar to the Greatsword of Artorias too and a lot of their moves mimic Artorias' Style from the first Dark Souls. This link to Artorias shows in the fighting style of the Abyss Watchers. It is not too far fetched to assume that the Abyss Watchers, aka the Legion of Farron is what became of the Forest Hunter covenant from Dark Souls after Alvina, another of Artorias' animal companions, left. Considering that there is a part of the Abyss inside them too it's quite ironic that they are locked in an eternal battle against each other.

The Abyss Watchers' duty is to fight against creatures of the Abyss.

That wolf is the Great Gray Wolf Sif, loyal companion to Artorias, the Abysswalker and Wolf Knight. In this specific case they are multiple lords of cinder, though technically they are united by the blood of the wolf that flows inside them. A Lord of Cinder is somebody who has linked the fire before. And so we fight our first Lord of Cinder.

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