re: Weekend Gaming Thread: for old times sake

Alright, in the off chance someone comes behind me and would find this useful:

1. Backstabs do, in fact, break his poise during his healing miracle.
2. You have to be extremely fast to pull it off, as it’s possible to pull off the backstab and still be too late to interrupt the miracle.
3. He will, eventually, run out of whatever his equivalent of FP is. Not only did he stop healing after… four, maybe five? attempts, but he also stopped using Vow of Silence (I kept a chime equipped in my left hand to keep gentle prayer running to give some background healing as well as to bait Vow for extra backstabs).

Easily the most difficult non-boss NPC I’ve fought thus far in the Dark Souls game, but harder than, at minimum, 90% of the bosses I’ve fought. Mad respect, you crazy, gravely voiced bastard.