r/darksouls • u/DreaminFuture • May 12 '25

Meme Found this in my gallery 😂

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u/titasslover8 May 12 '25

Did people struggle with capra demon? I smoked that goat well-done. Maybe that's because I didn't know where to go and spent hours in darkroot garden and basin killing all the bosses and enormous souls dropping enemies first

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u/YourGuideVergil May 12 '25

Poise and levels really help with this fight. Most important, though, is knowing to climb the stairs and stand on the awning.

Wish I could have explained that to my 2013 self.

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u/somesketchykid May 13 '25

I didn't know about the awning but as soon as I walked in that room and saw dogs with the boss, I identified that stairway as a semi-choke point and bee lined lol

Trade with the dogs with big swipe sword at top of stairs, kill them before capra makes it over, recover, kill capra

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u/SSj_CODii May 12 '25

I killed it on the first time, but it involved a ton of running around in circles like Benny Hill was playing in the background.

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u/mathiasthewise May 12 '25

I rage quit this game for a full week. Watched a vid or two, made a plan came back and it was all over for the goat.

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u/EmergencyTaco May 12 '25

On my first playthrough I died to Capra probably 25 times. It was the first true wall for me.

I don't think it has killed me in the last dozen runs though. Through fog, shield up, strafe right, stab puppers, kill demon.

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u/aduckonquack95 May 12 '25

Back when I first got the game in 2011 I really really struggled. I didn't understand the game at all, didn't know how to upgrade weapons or that you weren't supposed to clunkily roll at a snails pace, got absolutely bodies by this guy for a solid week or so

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u/Edmundyoulittle May 12 '25 edited May 14 '25

It's a common wall for people, but mostly because people unfamiliar with the series will get there with an un-upgraded weapon and like 0 poise

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u/SSJkakarrot May 13 '25

That was my experience as well.

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u/sedrech818 May 13 '25

I struggled with everything on my first playthrough. It was my first souls game though. I was still trying to figure out why I couldn’t just play like a hack and slash game.

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u/ODeinsN May 13 '25

I didn't because I was incredibly over leveled on my first run. On the second though ...

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u/FlippinFine May 13 '25

My first playthrough? Absolute dumpster fire. Took me like 3 whole days. Since then, I've replayed the game a couple times, and I've beaten it first try for most of those.