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Pontiff Sulyvahn achievement in DS3

Pontiff Sulyvahn

Defeat Pontiff Sulyvahn.

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How to unlock the Pontiff Sulyvahn achievement

  • xTGExTGE
    30 Mar 2016 30 Mar 2016
    Pontiff Sulyvahn is the 8th boss you will fight and the most deadly out of them all at this point if you allow him to be.

    Pontiff uses a mix between magic and fire swords and can shoot out magic projectiles from time to time. When I said deadly before I did mean it and here's why, Pontiff is very fast, his movement speed can allow him to get behind you in a matter of seconds & if he hits you with a combo it is going to deal some very major damage.

    The hardest part though is when he splits into two. His double or phantom in this case will mimic all the attacks and movements he does so if you get caught in a combo from both then you're most likely to die.

    However, there is a way around this if you use stamina correctly. When he gets on his knees and has black aura around him don't charge him as you will get shoved back and hurt. When he is standing still and not moving if you have been careful with your stamina you can kill the phantom as it spawns by hitting the boss damaging both at the same time.
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    Rhhe82I, too, had trouble with Sulyvahn. Then I tried parrying, and the first part of the fight became easy, and defeated the guy right away. I assume parrying would be effective in the latter half as well, although I resorted to more classic approach, panic-rolling and swordmashing.
    Posted by Rhhe82 on 20 Apr 16 at 04:01
    vSullyBlack Hand Gotthard, Pale Londor Shade, and Anri can be summoned to this battle (two normally or all three if you use the dried finger).
    Posted by vSully on 26 Apr 16 at 17:34
    MekoCommissoI have serious problems approaching the boss fight. Those Irityll knights seriously own me every single time, even on a speedrun
    Posted by MekoCommisso on 28 Sep 18 at 06:45
    ScaliiithDidn't unlock for me same with Gundyr, 2022
    Posted by Scaliiith on 20 Dec 22 at 05:07
    Zohan2099Beat the boss and achievement didn't unlock... Seriously?!
    Posted by Zohan2099 on 23 Jan 23 at 15:01
    w00kiemanIt didn't unlock for me at first either, what worked for me that I simply ported back to the Firelink Shrine and quit the game and closed it from the dashboard after reloading back into my save it unlocked for me
    Posted by w00kieman on 29 Jan at 06:11
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