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The Nameless King achievement in DS3

The Nameless King

Defeat Nameless King.

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How to unlock the The Nameless King achievement

  • O Swifty 0O Swifty 0
    03 Apr 2016 03 Apr 2016 08 Apr 2016
    This is a very hard two phase fight; the transition from the slower-paced first phase to the often chaotic second phase can be a little jarring, and will likely lead to a few deaths. You may be great at Souls (I consider myself above average), but this fight can shove your face in the sand and laugh at you if you aren't prepared. Once you accept that, then you can ruin this hollowed King's day. To access this fight within Archdragon Peak, you first need to acquire the "path of the dragon" gesture after the Oseiros boss fight in the Consumed King's Garden. After that, return to Irithyll Dungeon and use the gesture next to the bodies where you acquired the dragon torso stone, then you will be teleported to Archdragon Peak. Continue through Archdragon Peak until you reach a gigantic bell (you can't miss it), pull the nearby lever and the boss will become accessible.
    My personal ring setup was the ring of favor, thunder stoneplate ring (for the second phase of the fight), cloranthy ring (extremely helpful if you are dodging often in the second phase, and the silver serpent ring (this can be swapped out for a fire stoneplate to make the first phase easier).

    King of the Storm

    For the first phase of the fight, you will be fighting the King of the Storm (a very recognizable figure in the Souls mythology for anyone who has played DS1) on top of his Thunderdrake. I would suggest using a weapon with an upward/downward strike in order to capitalize on more opportunities when the dragon is vulnerable, otherwise you will only be able to hit his head (which takes far more damage than the legs) when it is on the ground.

    Fire Breath
    The dragon will cock his head and release a concentrated stream of fire. Once you learn the tell, this is an extremely easy way to rack up damage on the head/neck for the first phase.

    Aerial Firestorm
    This attack will look very familiar to anyone who has fought Kalameet in DS1, but it can be a little more difficult to dodge. As soon as you see the dragon fly straight up, unlock and run/roll as fast as you can in the opposite direction. If you are having difficulty dodging this, then the fire stoneplate ring will be your best friend for the fight.

    Sword Swipes
    The King will swipe/thrust from multiple angles in a series of up to 3 attacks. The swipes are deceptively slow, and you will likely learn the timing just from dodging too early a few times. Simply rolling into the swipes or far enough away from the spear lunges will leave the dragon open to a counterattack.

    Lighting Spear with Spear Follow-up
    The dragon will circle you in the air and the King will throw a lightning spear. Lock on and dodge as soon as the King jerks his hand to throw the spear. The King will follow up the lightning spear with a swipe of his spear every time. The timing for this is pretty forgiving and predictable after seeing it a few times.

    The Nameless King
    I don't think anyone would argue against this being the most difficult fight in DS3, and one of the harder fights in the Souls series. The King has a very diverse moveset with a series of deceptively slow attacks, some very fast attacks, and lightning attacks. Describing the individual timing of each of his attacks would be of little use, but my video below includes his entire moveset. It is worth mentioning that you can occasionally stagger him and follow-up with a high damage attack if you press rb next to him (very similar to the visceral attack from Bloodborne).

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    falkoBonjour,
    J'ai fait le boss, vaincu, mais le succès n'apparaît pas, que faire ??????
    Posted by falko on 15 Oct 22 at 21:44
    v for erikI could really use some help with the nameless king if anyone would wanna coop both him and the final bosses of both ariandel and ringed city
    Posted by v for erik on 08 Mar 23 at 20:25
    JimmieWorldx coop suckers x
    Posted by JimmieWorld on 25 Nov 23 at 06:20
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  • jayasmejayasme
    15 May 2016 16 May 2016
    The Nameless King is the most difficult boss in Dark Souls III. But still have an easy way to pull it through.

    Equip 'Dragonslayer Greatshield / 猎龙大盾' which can be exchanged with 'Soul of Dragonslayer Armour / 猎龙铠甲之魂' will give you a strongly protection of lightning-attack and the most attack type of the Nameless King is lightning so it let you against most attack directly.

    If you don't own 'Dragonslayer Greatshield / 猎龙大盾' you can equip 'Havel's Greatshield / 哈维尔的大盾' instead which drops by a NPC in 'Archdragon Peak / 古龙顶端', it still provides considerable protections by all attack type.

    For the most reduction of lightning damage, you can equip 'Thunder Stoneplate Ring / 雷方石戒指' which also found in 'Archdragon Peak / 古龙顶端', and the rest of rings are 'Chloranthy Ring / 绿花戒指' and 'Ring of Favor / 宠爱戒指'.

    Here is my DVR of phase 2 of the Nameless King, hope it helps

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    1. Solution is way less detailed than that of O Swifty O's
    2. Content is full of grammatical errors.
    3. Simplified Chinese ?! Really, in an English site?
    Posted on 20 May 16 at 15:12
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