DS1 Notes: All Bosses (Swordlemage with Box LUB)

Last updated: 2020-05-03
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Route VOD: https://youtu.be/ctkUpv_sySg

0. Character Creation
- Class: Pyromancer
- Gift: Black Firebombs

1. Undead Asylum I
- Unequip the Sword Hilt and Armor (except the gloves) on the first ladder.
- Drop the Hilt. 5 Black Firebombs vs Asylum Demon.
- Pick up Shield and Hand Axe.
- Equip Hand Axe and Shield on the fog gate.
- Wall quitout.

2. Firelink Shrine I
- Level up 10 DEX.

3. Undead Burg I
- Buy from the Undead Merchant: 11 Wooden Arrows, Short Bow, and Prompt Swap the Residence Key with the Orange Guidance Soapstone.
- LUB Box Edition (Use R2 for the fist attack).

4. Lower Undead Burg I
- Black Firebomb the dog.
- Pick up the Mail Breaker.
- PDP skip.
- Open the door of doom.

5. Undead Burg II
- Pick up the Gold Pine Resins from the chest.
- Equip the Short Bow and the Wooden Arrows on the fog gate before Taurus Demon.

6. Taurus Demon
- GPR the Hand Axe.
- 2 one-handed R1s on his right leg (careful to not do a running attack at the start).
- Two-hand the Hand Axe and do 2 R1s on his right leg (?).
- Throw a Black Firebomb and lock-on on him.
- Finish him off with 3 two-handed R1s (on his left leg? depends on the situation I guess).

7. Bridge
- Pop Humanity (to increase Black Knight weapon drop rate and heal).
- Shoot the Hellkite Dragon.
- GPR the Hand Axe.
- 3 R1s to cut his tail and acquire the Drake Sword.
- While using the lever, change the Hand Axe to the Drake Sword and change the Shield to the Short Bow.
- Use the Estus Flask to fully heal.

8. Black Knight
- Don't do the toggle meme while running towards him or he will bug out.
- Parry him with your hand, two-hand the Drake Sword, riposte the BK, change the Drake Sword weapon order below Duck's Great Hammer, lock on him and 2 R1s behind him.
- Switch the Drake Sword to the Mail Breaker.

9. Undead Parish
- Moveswap to the Drakesword before the Balder Knight at the entrance of the church.
- Kill the Balder Knight blocking your way INSIDE the church, do that aswell if that annoying hollow blocks you.
- While on the ladder, unequip the gloves and prompt the Homeward Bone so it's ready to use.

10. Gargoyles
- Stick to the right and keep running.
- For the first Gargoyle, cut his tail with an R1, 1 R1, 2 running attacks.
- For the second Gargoyle, go towards the right (Gargoyle's left) 1 running attack, and 1 R1.
- Dupe the HB so you can bone out.

11. Firelink Shrine II
- Level up 12 END, 15 STR, 13 DEX, 15 INT.
- Talk to Griggs and buy: Fall Control, Sorcerer's Catalyst and prompt swap the Lingering Ring from the Heavy Soul Arrow.
- Drop on the elevator: Hand Axe, DGH, Gargoyle's Tail Axe.
- Equip: Shield and the Catalyst on the left-hand (both in that order).
- Equip and unequip the short bow besides the mail breaker to index it.
- Unequip 5 slots of quick inventory.
- Equip: Estus, humanity, empty, homeward bone, empty.
- Equip: Lingering ring on the left slot.

12. Sen's Gate Skip
- Perform SGS.
- Sit in the bonfire and attune Fall Control.

13. Sen's Fortress
- Switch the Shield to the Short Bow after the Boulder of Doom.
- Defeat Iron Golem.

14. Anor Londo I
- Level up 22 STR, 18 DEX
- Cast Fall Control, trigger the elevator and switch the Drake Sword to the Shield mid jump.
- Change the Drake Sword weapon order to the bottom.
- Equip the Pyromancer Set on the foggate before the elevator.
- On the elevator lever, switch the Mail Breaker to the Drake Sword, switch the shield to the Catalyst, unequip the arrows, switch the humanity to the Soul of Iron Golem.
- Quit out after using the elevator lever.
- Cast Fall Control, unequip Catalyst (important for weight%), do the airrolls and switch to the Mail Breaker and Short Bow from the Drake Sword and Catalyst respectively.
- Perform Silver Knight Archer Skip
- Use Quantity Storage to buy Twinkling Titanite while popping the Golem core.
- Upgrade the BKGS to +5.
- Unequip Pyromancer Set after jumping the railing.
- Defeat Ornstein & Smough.
- Switch BKGS to Short Bow.
- Equip Arrows again.
- Kill Gwynevere's illusion and dupe bone out.
- Level up 18 END.
- Warp to Firelink Shrine.

15. Firelink Shrine III
- Buy Great Heavy Soul Arrow and prompt swap the Bellowing Ring from the Catalyst.
- Use the Soul of Smough on the elevator.
- Go back to the Undead Asylum.

16. Undead Asylum II
- Defeat Stray Demon.
- Switch the BKGS to the Catalyst.
- Dupe bone out.

17. Anor Londo II
- FC QO besides the elevator.
- While on the ladder before the painting guardians, equip Short Bow instead of Catalyst, and equip the Catalyst on the 2nd left-hand slot.
- FC QO before the entering the Painted World of Ariamis.

18. Painted World of Ariamis.
- Cast FC before the stairs infested with the crow creatures.
- Pick up the Red Sign Soapstone for future ESM use, and unequip the Catalyst while doing so.
- Defeat Priscilla and return to Anor Londo.

19. Anor Londo III
- Unequip humanity and arrows while using the elevator lever.
- Equip Black Firebombs on the last slot.
- Defeat Gwyndolin and bone out immediately.
- Switch BKGS to Short Bow on the stand-up animation.
- Level up 26 STR and 20 INT.
- Warp to Undead Parish and, mid-warp, equip the Drake Sword on the 2nd right-hand slot, and equip the Pyromancer Set but the Head Piece.

20. Dusk of Oolacile
- Buy Crest of Artorias and maximum amoun of Wooden Arrows.
- Quantity Storage the Pike with the Arrows.
- ESM the RTSR.
- Switch the Short Bow to the Catalyst on the stand-up animation after opening the Crest of Artorias Door.
- Rest at the bonfire and attune Great Heavy Soul Arrow.
- Switch the Mail Breaker to the BKGS mid jump to setup RTSR on the bridge before Hydra. Unequip the BKGS as soon as you land.
- FC plunge.
- Jump, roll, equip BKGS, throw 1 black firebomb, 1 two-handed jumping R2 from the BKGS.
- Drop the pikes, unequip the Pyromancer Set, unequip the Drake Sword.
- Another 1 two-handed jumping R2 from the BKGS to finish off Hydra.
- Switch the Catalyst to the Short Bow.
- Kill the Golden Golem with a running R1 and immediately switch the BKGS to the Mail Breaker.
- Talk to Dusk, say YES, and dupe bone out.

21. Sif
- Switch the Short Bow to the Catalyst on the stand-up animation.
- Take damage from the Consistent Knight to setup RTSR.
  a) Cast FC if you successfully got into RTSR range.
  b) Take fall damage to setup RTSR later on before Sif.
- After opening the door, switch the Catalyst to the Short Bow, equip the Soul of Gwyndolin in the 2nd slot, and unequip the Black Firebombs.
- Defeat Sif and instantly bone out.

22. Anor Londo IV
- Switch the BKGS to the Catalyst on the stand-up animation.
- Level up 24 INT.
- Warp to Anor Londo and, mid-warp, equip the shield on the 2nd slot of the left-hand (off-hand), and equip the Pyromancer Set.
- While running towards the elevator, switch the Mail Breaker to the Drake Sword.
- Cast FC and, after casting it, switch the Catalyst to the Short Bow.
- Perform GFGS. As soon as you land, unequip the Drake Sword.
- Equip the Mail Breaker as soon as you get to the elevator, unequip the Pyromancer Set and dupe Gwyndolin's Soul twice (2).

23. Duke's Archives
- After using the lever after the boars, unequip the shield, equip the wooden arrows, dupe Gwyndolin's Soul once (1), moveswap.
- Kill the Broken Pendant Golem.
- After using the lever before Duke Skip, switch the BKGS to the Catalyst and dupe Gwyndolin's Soul twice (2).
- Equip and unequip the Dusk Crown Ring instead of LDR (ringswap) and immediately equip BDR. DON'T UNEQUIP RTSR.
- Perform Duke Skip (do a running R1 vs the hollow if you didn't land on the rail).
- FC QO the long ladder.

24. Crystal Caves
- Jump after the foggate to setup RTSR.
- Perform the sliding FC QO.
- Switch the Catalyst to the Short Bow on the stand-up animation.
- Path correctly on the clams to avoid having them inside the Seath Arena.
- Defeat Seath and dupe bone out.

25. Moonlight Buttefly
- On the first fog gate, switch the Mail Breaker to the Catalyst and the BKGS to the Shield.
- On the second fog gate (the one before the boss), equip the Darksign on the 3rd usable item slot.
- Dupe the Soul of Gwyndolin once and then consume it at last (+32000 souls).
- Defeat Moonlight Butterfly, equip Dusk Crown Ring instead of BDR and dupe bone out.

26. Entering the DLC
- Jump to the bridge before Hydra to setup RTSR (don't remove DCR mid-air).
- FC plunge.

27. Guardian Dragon
- On the fog gate, switch to the Mail Breaker and Short Bow instead of the Catalyst and Shield respectively. Equip LDR (NOT BDR!) instead of DCR.
- Moveswap inside the arena.
- Defeat Guardian Dragon and immediately switch the BKGS to the Catalyst, equip the Shield on the 2nd slot of the left-hand (off-hand) and the Pyromancer Set except the hoodie.

28. Artorias of the Abyss
- Talk to Elizabeth (mushroom creature), say YES, and buy Hidden Body.
- Equip the last piece of the Pyromancer Set on the stand-up animation on the quit out before the scarecrows.
- Cast FC midway to the elevator.
- Switch the Mail Breaker to the Drake Sword and the Catalyst to the Short Bow.
- Airroll the elevator, immediately switch the Drake Sword to the Mail Breaker, and unequip the Shield.
- Talk to Chester, say NO (it can be whatever, but it's faster), buy 4 Green Blossoms, and buy 1 Lloyd's Talisman.
- Jump down the ravine and unequip the entire Pyromancer Set mid-jump.
- Moveswap, kill the 3 dogs on your way, and trigger Kalameet.
- Run back to Artorias, use a Green Blossom and defeat him.

29. DLC Memes I
- Enter the Battle of Stoicism to the get Purple Coward's Crystal (PCC).
- While entering, switch the BKGS to the Catalyst, equip the shield, and 2 pieces of the Pyromancer Set (Hood and Body Armor).
- Use the bonfire to return. While returning, equip the remaining 2 pieces of the Pyromancer Set (leggings and boots).
- Rest in the bonfire and level up 14 ATN and 37 INT.
- Attune Hidden Body.
- Switch the Mail Breaker and Catalyst to the Drake Sword and Short Bow respectively.
- Air roll. As soon as you land, switch again to the Mail Breaker and Catalyst from the Drake Sword and Short Bow respectively.
- Cast Hidden Body (1) soon after.
- Throw a Talisma towards the Mimic and remove LDR in the throwing animation. Pick up the Crest Key.
- Cast Hidden Body (2), jump to the bridge of doom and equip LDR mid-jump
- Switch the Mail Breaker to the Drake Sword and the Catalyst to the Short Bow so you can airroll the elevator.
- As soon as you land, switch back to the Mail Breaker and Catalyst from the Drake Sword and Short Bow respectively and unequip the Pyro set.

30. Chasm of the Abyss
- Cast Hidden Body (3) when you reach the Crystal Lizard.
- When you reach the stalagmite, cast Great Heavy Soul Arrow on the monkey closest to the Dark Bead item.
- Pick up Dark Bead.
- Mid-jump switch the Catalyst to the Shortbow and unequip the Shield.
- Moveswap in the LOTR tier bridge.
- Do Manus Fog Gate Skip.
- Use a Green Blossom.
- Defeat Manus (or die 15 times like me, your call, but it might be suboptimal). Darksign out.

31. DLC Memes II
- Equip PCC in the 5th slot while on the ladder before Gough.
- Talk to Gough, say YES twice (check the bush on the floor as a visual cue for dialogue range). Darksign out.

32. Royal Wood
- Equip DCR instead of LDR in Kalameet's fog gate.
- Use a Green Blossom for the fight (there's a rock you can use as a visual cue for when to use it).
- Jump, roll, switch DCR to BDR (not LDR) and defeat Kalameet.
- While on Kalameet's dying animation, unequip the BKGS, uput Catalyst on the 2nd slot of the right-hand and equip the shield on the 2nd slot of the left-hand. Unequip the Green Blossom.
- Darksign out.

33. Lower Undead Burg II
- Attune Dark Bead instead of GHSA.
- Warp to Undead Parish. Mid-warp, drop the Calamity Ring and put the LDR below DCR.
- Warp to Oolacile Township.
- Wrong warp.
- Cast Hidden Body. LUB Skip, kill Capra Demon. Quit out when his knees hit the floor.

34. The Depths
- Gaping OoB (transition clip). Switch the BDR to the DCR after the quit out.
- Jump, spam roll, switch the DCR to the BDR and defeat Gaping Dragon. Equip the Pyro set on the dying animation. Darksign out.

35. Quelaag's Domain
- Unequip the Catalyst on the stand-up animation.
- Warp to Firelink Shrine.
- Mid-warp, Switch the Mail Breaker to the Shortbow, equip the Mail Breaker on the first slot of the left-hand, switch the BDR to the DCR (for RTSR setup) and then finally switch to the LDR.
- Transition Clip: Zoom with the Bow, 5 backsteps, attack, walk, equip Catalyst on the 2nd slot of the right-hand, etc, quit out.
- Switch the Mail Breaker to the Drake Sword.
- Cast Fall Control and unequip the Shortbow. FC quit out.
- Unequip the Catalyst on the stand-up animation.
- Equip the Catalyst on the first slot of the right-hand. Cast Fall Control. Switch the Catalyst to the Shortbow.
- Airroll and, as soon as you land, switch the Shortbow to the Catalyst and unequip the Drake Sword.
- While entering Quelaag's fog gate, unequip the Pyro set and switch the LDR to the BDR.
- Defeat Quelaag.

36. Demon Firesage
- Cast FC if you didn't 1 hit Quelaag like in the VOD. Jump down and, mid-jump, switch the Catalyst to the BKGS.
- Firesage Elevator Clip.
- Switch the BKGS to the Catalyst when you land the plunge.
- 1 Dark Bead to defeat Demon Firesage.

37. Ceaseless Demon
- Rest in the bonfire before Centipede.
- Warp to Oolacile Township. Mid-warp, equip the Shield on the 1st slot of the left-hand and switch the BDR to the DCR.
- Wrong warp.
- Unequip DCR on the stand-up animation.
- RTSR setup, equip the BDR on the fog gate. Defeat Ceaseless. Switch the BDR to DCR. Darksign out.

38. Centipede Demon and Bed of Chaos
- Unequip the DCR on the stand-up animation.
- Equip the BDR mid-jump when doing the RTSR setup.
- Defeat Centipede Demon. Heal twice. Switch the BDR to the OCR.
- While on the Bed of Chaos fog gate: equip the Shortbow on the 2nd slot of the left-hand, switch HB to GB, equip Black Firebombs, switch OCR to DCR.
- Use the Green Blossom, Tokhi bombs, dark bead before the last branch and defeat Bed of Chaos. Darksign out.

39. 4 Kings
- Warp to Firelink Shrine. Mid-warp, switch the Shield to the Shortbow and switch the DCR to the Covenant of Artorias.
- For RTSR Setup: Use the lever, quit out, walk to the wall, 2 backsteps.
- Cast FC, switch the Catalyst to the Mail Breaker mid-jump, do a FC QO.
- Drop one item for 2nd King visual cue. Moveswap.
- For 1st King: 1 running attack, regen stamina to full, 2 running attacks.
- Switch the Mail Breaker to the Catalyst and the BKGS to the Shield as soon as you kill the 1st King.
- For the 2nd King: 3 Dark Beads.
- Talk to Kaathe, answer YES, place Lord Vessel.
- Warp to Firelink Shrine. Mid-warp, switch the CoA to the BDR

40. Pinwheel & Nito
- Push the lever, quit out. FC QO to the bottom.
- 1 shot Pinwheel. Cast FC while waiting for the ladder to open up. Switch the BDR to the LDR while on the ladder.
- ToG fog gate skip.
- On Nito's fog gate, switch the LDR to the DCR (for RTSR setup) and THEN to the BDR. Cast Hidden Body BEFORE dropping into the arena.
- Kill the skeletons while locking on the one in the middle. 2 shot Nito. Equip the Shortbow on the 2nd slot of the left-hand, equip the Gloves and Leggings from the Pyro Set. Darksign out.

41. Gwyn
- Warp to Oolacile Township. Wrong warp to the Kiln.
- RTSR setup with the Black Knight (walk and toggle, don't run).
- On Gwyn's fog gate, unequip the Pyro Set.
- Parry and 2 shot Gwyn.
- Light the bonfire and do a victory lap.

random shit:
prompt swap on undead merchant, griggs (twice), giant blacksmith
qs on giant blacksmith (if you have more than 8k souls) and andre