Daniel N | Ancient Wyvern - Morning Jog Edition [SL1, No Sprinting/Rolling/Blocking, No Plunging Attacks] @danieln6613 | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
My dislike for Ancient Wyvern and its design was pretty high ever since my first playthrough of this game, but after this challenge it stands alongside Bed of Chaos as one of my least favourite bosses in the franchise, as its moveset is probably the most bare bones and simplistic out of all Dark Souls 3 bosses (including the gimmick ones) and just doesn't feel like there was a lot of thought put into it.
Killing the wyvern without sprinting or rolling also creates a few additional problems that make this fight extra frustrating, like the difficulty of positioning yourself in just the right way to be able to avoid either of its two most dangerous attacks, the first one being when Wyvern lunges forward with its entire body (best way to avoid is to stay closer to its legs, or go to its sides enough to avoid the attack, which might be hard without sprinting depending on where you stood when the wyvern started the attack), and the second one when it stomps the ground with its right leg (this attack has some ridiculous, wonky AOE effect in front and to the sides of its leg, which is especially confusing when on stairs, so the best way to avoid it is to keep at a reasonable distance from the legs). The problem with both those attacks is that they complement each other in a way that is pretty unfortunate to the player, i.e. if you get a bit too close you get stomped on, but if you get slightly too far away you'll get rammed instead. There's also the fact that Wyvern's AI sometimes freaks out and it starts repositioning itself more to the left or right without concern for player character's position, so you might end up with no free space to move in a certain direction.
The kill I ended up with in this video is kinda messy and long, doesn't really feel that satisfactory at all. For a cleaner and faster take on this same challenge I'd recommend you watch Aura's video: youtube.com/watch?v=ZzyxHKJTbLE
My dislike for Ancient Wyvern and its design was pretty high ever since my first playthrough of this game, but after this challenge it stands alongside Bed of Chaos as one of my least favourite bosses in the franchise, as its moveset is probably the most bare bones and simplistic out of all Dark Souls 3 bosses (including the gimmick ones) and just doesn't feel like there was a lot of thought put into it.
Killing the wyvern without sprinting or rolling also creates a few additional problems that make this fight extra frustrating, like the difficulty of positioning yourself in just the right way to be able to avoid either of its two most dangerous attacks, the first one being when Wyvern lunges forward with its entire body (best way to avoid is to stay closer to its legs, or go to its sides enough to avoid the attack, which might be hard without sprinting depending on where you stood when the wyvern started the attack), and the second one when it stomps the ground with its right leg (this attack has some ridiculous, wonky AOE effect in front and to the sides of its leg, which is especially confusing when on stairs, so the best way to avoid it is to keep at a reasonable distance from the legs). The problem with both those attacks is that they complement each other in a way that is pretty unfortunate to the player, i.e. if you get a bit too close you get stomped on, but if you get slightly too far away you'll get rammed instead. There's also the fact that Wyvern's AI sometimes freaks out and it starts repositioning itself more to the left or right without concern for player character's position, so you might end up with no free space to move in a certain direction.
The kill I ended up with in this video is kinda messy and long, doesn't really feel that satisfactory at all. For a cleaner and faster take on this same challenge I'd recommend you watch Aura's video: youtube.com/watch?v=ZzyxHKJTbLE
![Ancient Wyvern - Morning Jog Edition [SL1, No Sprinting/Rolling/Blocking, No Plunging Attacks]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sIXqqGpncMY/hqdefault.jpg "Ancient Wyvern - Morning Jog Edition [SL1, No Sprinting/Rolling/Blocking, No Plunging Attacks]
My dislike for Ancient Wyvern and its design was pretty high ever since my first playthrough of this game, but after this challenge it stands alongside Bed of Chaos as one of my least favourite bosses in the franchise, as its moveset is probably the most bare bones and simplistic out of all Dark Souls 3 bosses (including the gimmick ones) and just doesnt feel like there was a lot of thought put into it.
Killing the wyvern without sprinting or rolling also creates a few additional problems that make this fight extra frustrating, like the difficulty of positioning yourself in just the right way to be able to avoid either of its two most dangerous attacks, the first one being when Wyvern lunges forward with its entire body (best way to avoid is to stay closer to its legs, or go to its sides enough to avoid the attack, which might be hard without sprinting depending on where you stood when the wyvern started the attack), and the second one when it stomps the ground with its right leg (this attack has some ridiculous, wonky AOE effect in front and to the sides of its leg, which is especially confusing when on stairs, so the best way to avoid it is to keep at a reasonable distance from the legs). The problem with both those attacks is that they complement each other in a way that is pretty unfortunate to the player, i.e. if you get a bit too close you get stomped on, but if you get slightly too far away youll get rammed instead. Theres also the fact that Wyverns AI sometimes freaks out and it starts repositioning itself more to the left or right without concern for player characters position, so you might end up with no free space to move in a certain direction.
The kill I ended up with in this video is kinda messy and long, doesnt really feel that satisfactory at all. For a cleaner and faster take on this same challenge Id recommend you watch Auras video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzyxHKJTbLE")
