Dark Souls 3 boss guide - how to defeat every top tier enemy

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Take down every Dark Souls 3 boss with our complete walkthrough guide

Champion Gundyr (Optional) 

If you decided to proceed from the Consumed King’s Garden into the Untended Graves, you’ll find yourself in an area suspiciously similar to the opening Cemetery of Ash, complete with the Iudex Gundyr. But this time he’s got new moves and a new moniker: the Champion Gundyr.

A good chunk of this fight is similar to the first Gundyr, but the Champion hits much harder. He uses the same sweeping and slashing attacks as before, so dodge backward to avoid these. For his vertical or leaping attacks, roll to the side. Once you’ve avoided his attack, follow up with a few blows of your own.

Once Champion Gundyr has half his health remaining, he’ll change his battle plan – you’ll know when his eyes start glowing red. At this point, he’ll use the same attacks, but he’ll attack relentlessly, rarely leaving himself open. Your best chance to do damage is to dodge around his attacks and chip away at his HP. Fortunately, he doesn’t sprout that awful black tendril this time.

By this point in the game, Iudex Gundyr is a distant memory. Taking down this alternate (perhaps younger?) version shouldn’t be a problem.

Jump to Boss:

Iudex Gundyr
Vordt of the Boreal Valley
Curse-Rotted Greatwood (Optional)
Crystal Sage
Abyss Watchers
Deacons of the Deep
High Lord Wolnir
Old Demon King (Optional)
Pontiff Sulyvahn
Yhorm the Giant
Aldrich, Devourer of Gods
Dancer of the Boreal Valley
Oceiros, the Consumed King (Optional)
Champion Gundyr (Optional)
Dragonslayer Armour
Lothric, Younger Prince
Ancient Wyvern (Optional)
Nameless King (Optional)
Soul of Cinder

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