Dark Souls 2: Royal Vanguard How to defeat a boss

This fight is a peculiar one, which may be either very easy or dauntingly difficult. Instead of one enemy, you have to fight with a horde of giant rats that can bite you to death. Small arena and a lot of obstacles make it even more difficult.

Attacks:

• Rearing Bite - The rats and their leader bite you altogether. Regular rats' bites can cause petrification. Royal Vanguard's bites - poison.
• Lunging Bite - The rats lunge forward and bite.

Strategy:

Before the fight, it is good to obtain items that protect from petrification and poison, like for example Ash Knuckle Ring, Poisonbite Ring, Common Fruit or Poison Moss.

Just after stepping through the fog, the health bar will appear and a few seconds later, hordes of rats will start coming from the holes in the ceiling. It is very important to stay on the move in this fight. Although the rats move rather slowly, they can circle a player who will stand in one place. Try to make rounds from one fog to another (located opposite the entrance). When you reach one of the fogs, turn around and kill some of the nearest rats and then run towards the other side. After killing 10 enemies, the main enemy - Royal Vanguard will jump through the hole. He is similar to other rats except for brown Mohawk haircut and a bit larger ears. You have to focus on this particular enemy, because regular rats will be coming constantly. Killing him shouldn't be difficult if you have spells or ranged weapon. Melee fighters will have to slash their way to the boss or try to lure him out of the horde by making the rounds mentioned earlier.

If you have AoE spells like Flame Swathe, Firestorm, Soul Appease, you can end the fight very quickly. Just gather a large group of rats in one place and launch the spell. To the same with the boss.

Rewards:

• 11,000 souls
• Royal Vanguard Soul
• Rat Tail

Dark Souls II

March 11, 2014

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