Alonne runback is some bullshit. I reckon bed of chaos, magic smelter demon, darklurker, and (especially) the reindeer run to the twin pets are all much worse, though. DS3 doesn’t have any that are particularly bad, and ER generally has stakes near bosses - they’ve mostly learned their design lesson.
If you start at the firelink bonfire, you can travel down to Londo, and at the place where the first ghosts appear, drop down to the “square pool of water” in the lower ruins. Beat up one darkwraith, put on your 4K gear, and run through to the spiral staircase. Not terrible.
Can’t imagine your 4K gear being anything other than Havel’s, the stamina shield, and your highest DPS weapon, and your tactics r1-r1-r1-r1-r1-estus-repeat, of course. Even on an SL1 run, they’re not exactly a ‘strategy’ boss.
I forget exactly the route now but you can get to the four kings without fighting anything. There’s a ledge you drop off near the start, and then you’re right above the entrance to the bosses.
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Alonne runback is some bullshit. I reckon bed of chaos, magic smelter demon, darklurker, and (especially) the reindeer run to the twin pets are all much worse, though. DS3 doesn’t have any that are particularly bad, and ER generally has stakes near bosses - they’ve mostly learned their design lesson.
If you start at the firelink bonfire, you can travel down to Londo, and at the place where the first ghosts appear, drop down to the “square pool of water” in the lower ruins. Beat up one darkwraith, put on your 4K gear, and run through to the spiral staircase. Not terrible.
Can’t imagine your 4K gear being anything other than Havel’s, the stamina shield, and your highest DPS weapon, and your tactics r1-r1-r1-r1-r1-estus-repeat, of course. Even on an SL1 run, they’re not exactly a ‘strategy’ boss.
I forget exactly the route now but you can get to the four kings without fighting anything. There’s a ledge you drop off near the start, and then you’re right above the entrance to the bosses.