Lot of you seems to have trouble with the fume knight, here is a little guide to help you out : Put veldstadt's helm on. This brings him to the second phase at the beginning of the fight, which is more easy to learn than first phase.
Stamina shield (or no shield at all). Fume knight melee strategy guide. After fighting him solo for the last few times, i've devised a strategy guide that will make the fight relatively painless, and this should work with any melee build.
To begin with, i highly advise you to get velstadt's helmet, which you can purchase from maughlin the armorer after defeating velstadt the. The fume knight is a boss in dark souls 2. The rebel raime, after his defeat at the hands of velstadt, came to brume tower in search of greater strength.
When he found it, it came not from a regal father figure like before, but from a newfound mother, who gave him true purpose. 143 physical dmg/108 elemental dmg and b scaling with chosen element. Dex scaling changes to c.
Ashen warrior sword is a weapon in dark souls 2. Straight sword wielded by ashen warriors. As brittle as it appears.
The jagged edge of this tired and worn blade tears into the hides of foes. Soul of the fume knight that guards the dungeon of brume tower. Raime was a distinguished knight who became infatuated with the bride of ash, and settled in this land of smoke and fog.
The wondrous soul of this knight can be used to acquire numerous souls, or to create something of great worth. Soul of the fume knight is a consumable item in. Shield is just bad for fume.
Rolling wins the day. Naked with any weapon that's easy to get two swings with. Rapier, longsword, axe, hammer, any greatsword, etc.
Roll, hit twice, repeat. A lot of people recommend no armor, for very good reasons, but you could also go full on fire defense. The fume ultra greatsword is an ultra greatsword in dark souls ii:
Crown of the old iron king. Trade the soul of the fume knight along with 25,000 souls to weaponsmith ornifex to acquire the fume ultra greatsword. This weapon is the heaviest ultra greatsword in dark souls ii at 28. 0 units, tied with the king's ultra greatsword.
However, tied with the greatsword, it is also the. Fume knight is probably one of the best tests of skill in the game. I'd reccomend running a +10 longsword or similar, as his attacks will punish slower weapons and he can absolutely one shot you unless you're running 40+ vigor.
Just dodge through his attacks and stay close, as they're fast but mostly standard. The innatebase of the fume sword is 70 and at 30/30 my dark bonus is 162 so assuming i can do basic pemdas you get somewhere in the ballpark of 77 extra damage from dark weapon. The formula for the longsword is (weaponbase * 1. 4) * 0. 3 + 4. 5 + (0. 12 * elembns) + 4. 5 for matching buff.
Base damage of the longsword is 225 and dark bonus stays the. Soul of the fume knight. You need to get close to the sword in the middle of the ground to start the boss fight.
At the beginning the. Thats the usual tactic for almost every boss in dark souls 2 especially fast bosses like the fume knight because of their big weapons and long attack animations you need adapt. On 24 otherwise you get hit while dodging.
Should the fume knight plunge his sword into the ground, there are a couple of possible responses. The next attack is a 360. Fume sword is a weapon in dark souls 2.
Straight sword forged from the soul of the fume knight, and imbued with the dark of nadalia. The exile swordsman raime had the ability to expunge the black fog, but chose instead to live alongside it, in the company of the child of dark that haunts this sword. Fume ultra greatsword is a weapon in dark souls 2.
Ultra greatsword forged from the soul of the fume knight. The exile swordsman raime had the ability to expunge the black fog, but chose to live alongside it, in company of the child of dark that haunts his sword. Weaponsmith ornifex, traded for the soul of fume knight and
Dex scaling changes to d. Heide knight sword is a weapon in dark souls 2. Straight sword originating in heide, a special alloy makes it very durable.
The composition of the alloy of these swords remains a mystery, but in drangleic the attempt to.