Talk:Tower Knight/@comment-26402144-20150630134308

Combat strategy at bottom of comment.

I had a go at this boss when I was SL 13 and he utterly ruined me. I assumed there was no way to get to the archers, so I rushed into the fight and he instantly crushed me. I avoided him as a boss for a while and even avoided the game for a week, however I turned the game back on, did a small amount of farming, consumed my inventory souls and next moment I was level 23, where I beat him very easily.

Strategy: I am playing as a warrior with a claymore. I two handed the entire battle by attacking his ankles. I found an unintentional method. If you run slightly around him and then attack his ankle, as he turns to follow you, his shield will cup you in and slide you around without taking damage and then you are free to take another swing and rinse and repeat. The only damage I took with this method was when he fell as I was not expecting it; being my first run through.