Literally never happened, sounds like a you problem.

>>719775462
Was he nerfed? I remember him being even more more ruthless on release

>>719775512
he had autistic input reading so if you pressed your item button, he would input his 5 mile long lunging thrust attack

>>719775462
this was the most fun I had in the game actually

>>719775571
i personally see nothing wrong with this and don't know why it gets some people's panties in such a twist
(not you)

>>719775512
People just learned how to fight them, and play ER in general. Release day (and a bit after) was full of people trying to play game exactly like DaS3: roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, r1, r1, r1, r1 roll roll, r1, roll, r1, r1. Which is one of least effective ways to play ER for most weapons.

DaS3 favoured many rapid hits, slow heavy attacks were never worth using because in same time frame you could’ve done 2, even 3, light attacks for way more damage and 1/2 the stamina cost of a charge R2.

ER is opposite, for most weapons it’s better to do fewer stronger attacks, rather than R1 spam. There are exceptions, but it’s mostly true. Doubly so because you get items in Limgrave to increase charge R2 damage by 26.5% (60% if using a Roar skill like War Cry). Plus poise-breaking bosses is also incredibly strong. Bosses are only threatening if they can move, and heavy weapon charge R2’s can poise-break them in 2-3 hits. It’s not just charge R2’s, it’s guard counters, and jump R2’s, basically any “high damage and high poise damage” hit, even if it’s slow, will generally outperform doing a bunch of small hits.

Plus people learned to use jump button. Crucible Knights are very annoying to fight if you roll everything, but all their stomps are trivial to jump over, and also give you a free jump heavy. If you arnt doing this, you get put on the back-foot for whole fight. And people also realised how easy they are to parry, which completely removes any threat. Lesser known strat is Kick, kick their sheild to instantly guard break them, this even works while they sheild bash you, your foot will connect before their hitbox does, and you get a free riposte.

If I started a fresh ER character I could beat him first try easily without leveling up or upgrading a weapon. But if you told me I was only allowed to roll + R1, then it would probably take me 10+ attempts.

>>719775462
Replace him with the bears and your right. They're only hard if you start panic healing, with the bears it becomes a DPS race between me and him.

>>719775462
EZPZ JUST GIT GUD
https://streamable.com/pp8wi9