#vordt

[welele]

[all-lee24]

Irithyll concept art

[gwyndolin, Yorshka, dancer, vordt]

[eghostsofdeadchildren]

Vordt looks a lil different here.

[redgryphon]

Big Boreal Boys and one Girl

[cheebuss]

he can't hurt us anymore.

[ladygwyndolin]

RACHEL RANKS: DARK SOULS TRILOGY BOSSES FROM WORST TO BEST

#33: Vordt of the Boreal Valley (Dark Souls 3)

“The dog keeps a close eye on things.”

THE BIG DOG PARTY IS HERE. I'll say right out the gate that Vordt could have made it significantly higher on this list if his entire body wasn't a hitbox during his charge in phase 2 because man, that shit sucks. Other than that, he's a very solid second boss; his phases are distinct, his moveset is slow but hard-hitting with good windows for punishment, and he overall communicates that Dark Souls 3 is going to move a lot faster than 1. His visual design is solid if not innovative, and his music is decently bombastic. I can always appreciate a boss that repeatedly beats my ass on early attempts but is (mostly) fair enough that nowadays I can reliably beat him without getting hit. Good stuff.

[squid-cant-sleep]

So I'm very bad at Dark Souls 3 (I've never played another Fromsoft/Souls-Borne game). I tried and tried and never got better by myself, which caused me to get stuck on Vordt. When I did multi-player I often got the "If you can't play by yourself, you shouldn't play the game" comment, which deterred me from trying again. So, last night, a friend of mine who's very good at Dark Souls listened to me talk about that, and told me he'd help me. This dude went through a process of listening to me talk about other games to help me choose a class to fit my play style, teach me good dodging/combat techniques, helping me choose which stats to level, and then got to Vordt, did most of the fight to show me how to do it, died, and handed me the controller so I could try. I finally managed to kill Vordt and, despite having helped me immensely, my friend not only still congratulated me like I'd done myself but has let me celebrate finally beating him in single player since it happened. I made this meme as a thank you to him, because now I feel I've got a fighting chance to not only play more of Dark Souls 3 but enjoy it because I've got a good set up.

[partlysmith]

Painted and modified of Vordt of the Boreal Valley from the Dark Souls board game. I really wanted to give him the hair he has in-game, so I extruded some squiggly strands from a 3D pen. I also customized the base with foam floor tiles and probably went a little overboard with the snow.

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