The Soul of Cinder is resistant to fire, so opt to use dark spells if you work with pyromancy (most preferably Black Fire Orb). The fight itself is decent, but it lacks personality. © Valve Corporation. if you played dark souls 1 he can be easy, his moveset is similar to gwyns. Soul Stream is a good time to deal damage. this guy sucks. Funnily enough, I am having more difficulty with Soul of Cinder than Slave Knight Gale. But yes his attacks can be dodged quite easily if you got a grip on the basic game mechanics. Not sure why he was so bad that time. soulegion08 4 years ago #1. ive done it 18 times in a row and have farmed 400k souls. 366k. Go fight the nameless king, and that feels more like a final base game boss fight. It is short, his attacks are so frequent that you cannot dodge, and there is a chance he will cast the Power Within pyromancy. Throws a Sunlight Spear upwards, which splits into a large amount of Sunlight Spears. Contributions to Fextralife Wikis are licensed under a, Melee Tactic, Bow used against 5 hit combo, SL66, Irithyll Rapier, Champion's Gravetender & Gravetender Greatwolf, Souls: NG (100,000), NG+ (150,000), NG++ (220,000), NG+3 (225,000), NG+4 (240,000), NG+6 (250,000), NG+7 (255,000), Phase 1: NG (6557), NG+ (6655), NG++ (7321), NG+3 (7653), NG+4 (7986), NG+5 (8652), NG+6 (8985), NG+7 (9317), Phase 2: NG (4209), NG+ (4272), NG++ (4700), NG+3 (4913), NG+4 (5127), NG+5 (5554), NG+6 (5768), NG+7 (5982). 5. I know now to just wail on him during phase 1 to skip all the bollocks that he tends to do and then phase 2 just hope I don't get clipped by the 5 hit death combo. "Since Lord Gwyn, the first Lord of Cinder, many exalted lords have linked the First Flame, and it is their very souls that have manifested themselves as defender of the flame." In phase 2, it uses Gwyn's moveset out of desperation at having been bested in all of its previous fighting styles. 14. :D, Yep, I expected it to be harder. © 2020 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. If you look at Cinder, his sword is covered in flame. I beat him first try and it feels underwhelming. This drastically kills off Cinder's ability to just eat through a player's Estus, for that end-game clutch phase where the player's mind may cause him to mess up out of stress. Maybe you have diffrent opinions, Well, since it is my very first Soul game and I started to play it to challenge myself, I had problems with a lot of bosses. Strong attack (Circle/Roll & Counter, this is a great opportunity to attack), Charge (Get behind it, Circle/Roll --> Attack), Halberd Spin (Roll towards its back --> Attack), Wrath of the God (Perfect Roll --> ranged attack or heal).