Giant Lord |
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| HP | 5,970 | 7,164 (NG+) |
| Weakness | Dark |
| Resistance | Physical |
| Immune | None |
| Respawn | NO |
The Giant Lord is a Boss in Dark Souls 2 (DKS2). The Giant Lord, seemingly the leader of the Giants that invaded Drangleic, stands out due to his immense stature and more slender physique compared to his kin. Unlike other Giants wielding crude clubs, The Giant Lord brandishes a colossal sword, making him a formidable adversary. Bosses are unique and challenging Enemies that drop Boss Souls capable of being transformed into powerful Weapons, Spells, and Items for the player.
Dark Souls 2 Giant Lord Information
The Giant Lord is a boss in Dark Souls 2, who is
within the Memory of Jeigh, which is found behind the King's Door in The Forest of Fallen Giants next to The Place Unbeknownst bonfire.
The Giant Lord appears to be the leader of the Giants who invaded Drangleic. He's quite a lot bigger and more slender than most other Giants. Unlike every other Giant, the Giant Lord wields a huge sword as opposed to the crude clubs most commonly seen in use by the Giants. He drops the Giant's Kinship, which will allow you to enter the final boss fight (having beaten the Throne Defender & Throne Watcher). It is required for progression.
Giant Lord Location in Dark Souls 2
- Boss of the Memory of Jeigh after examining a tree in the Forest of Fallen Giants.
DKS2 Giant Lord Drops
- Giant Lord Soul
- Giant's Kinship
- Ring of Giants+2 (NG+)
- Souls: 75 000 (Standard Game) 112,500 (NG+) 300,000 (Max. difficulty with bonfire ascetics) 360,000 (Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +1) 390,000 (Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +2)
Giant Lord Attacks in DKS2
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| Stomp | Akin to the Last Giant's stomp, it has a slight tracking and will inflict massive damage if it connects. | roll |
| Swing | The Giant Lord swings his sword from the front towards the back of him. This attack can and will hit you if standing behind his right leg. This attack can be followed up with a sword slam in front of him. | roll |
| Frontal Slam | The Giant Lord takes a step forward and slams his greatsword into the ground in front of him. This attack has a tricky roll-timing and is often used when you approach him to engage the fight. Sorcerers should take extra care, as he will use it when you are at range. | roll |
| Frontal Stab | The Giant Lord stabs his sword in front of him in a quick motion. | roll |
NPC Summons
- Benhart of Jugo can be summoned for this encounter, provided the player has visited him in the Memory of Orro. To do this, his dialogue must be exhausted outside the Old Akelarre in the Shaded Woods and at central Drangleic Castle.
- Captain Drummond is an NPC Summon for the Giant Lord Boss Fight in Memory of Jeigh if dialogue is exhausted.
Strategy
- Wait for the fire bombs to land, then approach the boss. If you are melee stand near his feet and circle him dodging his swipes and stomps. If you are range you can move to a platform left of the boss and safely shoot from there, while occasionally dodging his downward swing. Can be poisoned. Try not to move too far back to where the fire bombs land while you are fighting him or you might be hit by the barrage.(It does not stop even after the boss battle ends).
- Try not locking on, as the tight quarters can make it difficult for you to see what's going on. Instead, if you stay right by his feet there's actually not much he can do, besides a stomp that's highly telegraphed and easy to dodge. Just wail away and it shouldn't take long.
- Fire Tempest & Chaos fire storm are very effective. Giant does not move around a lot and this makes the boss fight very easy, suggest having an Elizabeth Mushroom and enough defense if things get dicey.
- Using any form of fire (combustion, greater combustion) and with an upgraded +10 dark pyro flame you can do 600 dmg+ per hit with great combustion and 600+ with firestorm. Just hug his feet and watch his stomps. Takes a matter of 2 minutes tops to topple this boss.
- Using Great Resonant Souls with Dark Caitha's Chime +10 and Abyss Seal under 53int+faith deals 955-1005 damage (requires all 14 shots acquired in NG to take down Giant Lord so ignore the lesser giants, wait until the statue head breaks the ballista on the right and then go straight to Giant Lord, once you reached the upper platform then you're mostly safe), while Dark Hail with Dark Sunset Staff +5 under 53int+faith deals 1500 damage if all orbs hit the Giant Lord.
- This boss is extremely easy if you go for dexterity build.
Dark Souls 2 Giant Lord Hints
- The platform to the left of the boss is nearly safe, he will not walk up it unless you purposely kite him there.
- The statue's head can separate the lesser giants from the boss field, eliminating the need of fighting those lesser giants under NG+7 difficulty. 95% of the time, you don't need to bother with the Giants at all. If one is still alive after the statue head rolls, you can kill the Giant or Homeward Bone/Feather out.
- Stay with his left leg, because his sword hits you if you're near the right one.
- It is possible to pull the Giant Lord into the fire bombs using range, but he takes no damage and more fire bombs appear when he aggros.
- It is possible to farm this boss endlessly to acquire souls, simply use a bonfire acsetic on the bonfire near the withered giant used to access the memory and then grab the ascetic on the first raised area of the wall to the left. It is also worth noting that there are two twinkling titanite down the small drop next to the memory so you can grab them and use a homeward bone/aged feather then continue onward and kill the boss. There is also a divine blessing behind a column on the right just before the boss but be careful as it is within the area that gets bombarded by fireballs.
- Weak to dark.
- You cannot use the above farm to gather multiple Souls of a Giant, however you can use the Giant Lord Soul as a method of acquiring more souls per run.
- In Vammar's Memory, on roof with two pyromancers is Bonfire Ascetic, so if you take Ascetic in both memories, it can be a way to farm Ascetics.
- When farming him for souls, the use of the Tseldora Set is highly suggested with the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +2.
- After NG+7, having 50+ vgr (with Sacred Oath) will leave you with some health left after most of his attacks. His Frontal Slam will one shot you (i haven't tested beyond 50 vgr)(Tested with 93 vgr and you can survive two hits).
- The Dark infused Crypt Blacksword seems to be the hardest hitting weapon (that I've tested). Tested with str,dex,int and fth all at 40. More then that, the damage goes up by very little. A 2 hit combo of 2 handed light attacks does around 2000 damage (total) with Dark Weapon. The dark infused Sacred Chime Hammer does a good amount of damage also (although a bit less then the Crypt Blacksword) but the end lag of the 2 hand attack leaves you vulnerable after doing a 2 hit combo. Tested at bonfire intensity 99+.
- The most effective method of farming him appears to be as a hexer buffed with unleash magic where at max faith/intelligence (recommended as he tends to kill in one hit anyway, making vigor and such useless) you can net a minimum of 1,400 damage per great resonant soul with the chime of want + dark clutch ring + abyss seal.
- If you are melee only, it is highly recommended to go for 99 dexterity. Although most of the players will claim it is waste of points, dual wielding blacksteel katanas without infusion added, considering they are both +10 upgraded, you should equip Flynn's Ring and Ring of Blades +2. If you desire, get an chime in the right hand to Dark Buff left weapon, and also consider getting Dark Resin. If you do as listed, while dual wielding, the damage will work like this:
Each one of the attacks will deal 2x damage, so don't get worried if you see only 600. The first attack will deal 700 and 600 damage, depending which part of the Katana hit Giant Lord. The second one will deal 880 and 850. And the third one will most likely deal 750 and 600. And the best part of all is, this is done with NON infused weapon, which means if you decide to buff both hands, your 3-hit combo will be above 4 500. Tested on both Scholar and vanilla version.
AnonymousAt his maximum level (via bonfire ascetics) The Giant Lord is not susceptible to poison arrows, poison mist, (not sure about toxic mist because someone may have umm killed Straid), or dark fog at all. Casting 7 dark fogs close together and definitely hitting him with them had no effect. I have no idea if he is susceptible in lower levels? Seems odd that there doesn't appear to be any mention of this anywhere.
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Easier soul farm without risks: stand next to first ballista, wait for the catapult hit, then sprint forward near the first giant and go back to ballista. This will trigger the rolling head which will probably kill everything. Feather out and repeat. Takes 45secs bonfire to bonfire. At ng+ this gives more than 25k souls per run, risk free, no additional ascetics needed. Ideal if you need some quick cash
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SL234, 49 Faith, maxed out chime of want, CSS Ring +2, Jesters vest and gauntlets, 42 Resonant Souls, Crown of the Old Iron King headpiece and 28ADP. Give me dem 500K souls/2 mins you giant f***
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Giant lord trying to calculate how did a player manage to beat the final boss,enter ng+ and return this far in 1 minutes and kill him again
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I forgot to stop farming him and now I am a *bit* overleveled...
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When you killed him can you Go in His thought and stand there and get souls
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Eu to na foguera +7 e to sofrendo aq,1 golpe dele e eu vou de vasco,to com 51de vigor 41 stamina,48des,45agi socorro aaaaa
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Good old king butt hole face. Lord of the butt hole giants. Defender of "try finger but hole" memes
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This guy is an absolute gold mine of Souls once you figure out his pretty easily exploitable moveset, he's very predictable, hasn't got that much health for a late game boss despite his size, and not only does he drop an incredible amount of souls, his boss soul also gives you tons of souls when consumed, and considering all his boss souls gives you is a very underwhelming miracle (why can't it give you his sword? Smh) there's little reason not to consume it, don't get cocky tho since he does hit pretty hard
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This boss has such an interesting set up, but when it's just you and the Giant Lord and you're being pelted with fire balls and he's just vibing ... it's really annoying. I didn't want to cheese the boss, hiding in the corner and casting my dark orbs was just sad.
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Honestly a really disappointing boss considering he's the ruler of the Giants who've lain waste to Drangleic for generations, I feel he deserved a better fight than the most basic giant boss fight ever in a tiny cramped corner and a garbage camera.
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Another one of those fights where the camera is 1000% more of a threat than the boss itself.
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It gets quite easier with a bow, a bit longer but totally safe. I was doing it in Meele but he one shots in NG+7 and above.
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Reminder: Burning a Bonfire Ascetic here will trigger the rest of the memories into NG+ as well.
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We,re reliving a memory, so we didn't actually kill him. But this fight is Sif level of unfair.
Tip for farming: don't lock on. Watch his right hand, dodge inward, hit.
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Highest soul gain from giant lord as follow
No buff drop 300,000
Nahr Alma hood/Tseldora cap +2.5% souls
307,500
Nahr Alma Robes +10% souls
338,250
Jesters gloves/Tseldora
Manchettes +10% souls
372,075
Tseldora Trousers +5% souls
390,678
Covetous Silver Serpent ring+2 +30% souls
507,882 souls
Note using a summon for this boss will cause you to lose 25% souls resulting in getting only 380,911
You can get Nahr Alma helm by killing him located after the chariot boss and then purchase his robe from the merchant hag in majula
You can get Tseldora set by killing Maughlin the Armourer in majula(note you may want to wait until after you have gotten the numerous boss sets available from him after you kill each boss view his page for more info)
Tseldora set also drops from the spiders in Brightstone Cove Tseldora(very low drop rate)
You can purchase the Jesters set from Magerold of Lanafir located in Iron keep from the first bonfire cross the bridge and when you go inside turn right and he is at the end of the hall
And finally you can acquire the Covetous Silver Serpent ring+2 by killing Mytha, The Baneful Queen on NG+ or in new game by using a bonfire ascetic on the Upper Earthen Peak bonfire
Hopefully someone will get some use of this information.
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One way to consistently avoid damage from his initial sword slam is to run in a straight line for and up the platform stairs the moment his health bar appears on your screen. You need enough endurance, but the tracking of the slam isn't good enough to hit you if you simply keep running as perpendicularly to him as you can (no rolling required).
Very rarely he will aggro and initiate the attack super early and you might get clipped by the shockwave, but you can survive that with 50 vigor and +soul gear without a problem at NG+7 and beyond.
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As soon as I turned the bonfire intensity up, I just get one shot in approach by his sword. I stay under him like everyone says to do. He just quick moves his feet and swipes me with his sword. Which one shots me. He was easy the first time but this time he's a real pain in the ass. And this is the best souls farm? Really?
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Benhart has the best sword in the game but deals merely 2 digits of damage
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Hardest part of this boss is keeping Benhart alive when trying to complete his quest.
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Fun fact: Giant Lord is nicknamed as ATM by Chinese players
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Question is this boss the best/highest soul farm in the game? (If not where sould i go and farm to get the highest farm in game?) Cause i want to go max level as fast as possible.
And i am curious how long that would take if you where farming him for a couple of days maybe weeks how long it would take to get the max level.
My level is 400 btw. But i am also curious how long it would take if you where soul level 1 to get to max.
If you know please tell me.
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Is this boss the best and fastest way for getting to the max soul level ? If so how long would it take to get to that level? How many days ? From sl1 to max sl
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i used king's ultra greatsword +5 with dark pine resin and he took less damage than my greatsword +10
so i do believe he's resistant to strike
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Dark infused Rapier + Resonant Weapon with Dark infused Chime of Want. Hitting for 821 on a R1, ~900 on R2. Can go up to 931 and ~1100 with Flynn's ring. Just brutal.
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I feel so bad fighting this guy. He had a competely justified cause for war, unlike everyone else. Then they drag him into the dungeons, impale with a column and left to rot. Nobody even cared to say sorry.
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The weaknesses section is utterly wrong, he might have a very slight weakness to dark but he's way more weak to magic.
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Easy Killing:
HUG his LEFT leg, stay in FRONT of it and don't bother rolling. 2h + light attacks x2 deals 2,000+ dmg. so.. NG+7 farming is a piece of cake.
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Drakewing UGS makes this fight very simple, get him to stomp or swipe then line yourself up with both of his legs and use the special attack (R2) it will hit both legs for massive damage
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the giant lord is one of the coolest looking enemies in souls history, I just wish they didn't make the normal giants so dumb looking
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That swing that reaches behind his leg got me a few times while Im wailing on him. It starts to one shot me at NG+3
Anyone else reminded of the dark souls 3 stormruler by his sword
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Keep locked on his left foot, stay behind him, if he lifts his heel he is about to swing at his back so roll between his legs to avoid it, then go straight back to his left leg. Stomps are easily dodged.
There is a bonfire ascetic on the first balcony when you get to the battle, use it to kill him for souls infinitely.
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It's the best place to farm soul boss is easy to kill and gives lots of soul and troops in front of him gives extra soul
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His Swing from front to back that pivots him is telegraphed by hos left leg, as if hes getting on his tip toes. Walk directly in front of his toes and lock on to that left leg and ho ham, he cant hit you. Then get yourself under his balls behind him and he will do that attack again.
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got 75k souls from this dude, then died to a firebomb... said ***** it im going back to get them, popped a bonfire then came back and he gave me like 200K???????? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Is Benhart not available in SotFS? I meet al the requirements but only Drummond was there
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My current build: warlock mask, Nahr Alma robes, Tseldora gloves and legs, CSSR +2 while in human form, I feel like that makes a difference. Per run I make about 570k souls, not sure about anything under intensity 8 though.
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For ppl not getting full souls for this, its because you are hollowed, try using a human effigy!
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Dont summon npc for this boss because its reduce the souls you gain.you gain 380k instead of 507k
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With Nahr Alma Head and Robes, Jester Gloves, Tsledora Trousers & Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +2 on SOTFS I am only receiving 380k souls.... And people in this comment section talking about 500k+ how?
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Easiest farm for souls. There’s an ascetic in the memory to replenish the one you use.
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For anyone finding themselves dead after a single swing of the giant lords sword I suggest hugging the alcove to the right on the run up as doing so activates the boss fight has the giant lord swing at the wall and then it's easy to run to the left side of his left foot for the easy melee KO.
VERY WEAK TO HEXES! Guess you could say he's not very BRIGHT! EH? eh? ok...
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Bigass Sword and a Giant, Being the Lord of the giants and possibly thier father? Is the From Softwares take on the giant dad meme?
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The maximum amount of souls you can obtain from this guy is 507,882 exactly.
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Your website is absolute garbage. The advertisements you run completely cover the content, with no way to remove them without reloading the page. Garbage.
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so am I better off with dark infused equipment or lightning?
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use warlorcks mask (+3 int and superior defences). Nahr Alma robe, jester gloves, tseldora trousers and silver covetous serpent ring +2 and you get 507.000 souls per LoG kill (intensity 8+) , + ring of giants +2 that ca be sold for Glavan for 1850 + the soul of LoG +25.000 souls when crushed. totalizing a whooping 533.850 Souls every 5 minutes or so (not including the Souls you get for the soldiers and giants on the way). just barrely a lvl up at lvl 460+
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Use Nahr Alma hood, Nahr Alma robe, Jester's gloves, and Tseldora trousers
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With All Soul Gear on & +7 you get 507k souls best to mix jester gloves & Titchy Gren chest.
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or you can use the bow with 50 strength/dexterity with dark arrows including ring of blades, chloranthy ring +1 and the blossom shield. best way to if your not magic
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You forgot to add to the drops list the "Ring of the Giants +2" at bonfire intensity 2 and higher.
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Keeping just to the outside of his feet is key. You will bait the stomp attack every time.
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Just so everyone knows summoning Benhart or Drummond will decrease the damage you inflict on the Giant Lord along with the sounds you receive from deafeating him. It took me a while to work this out and I got annoyed thinking about all the souls I missed out on :(
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I find this to be very weird. I farmed for souls by fighting the Giant Lord constantly (I'm up to NG+ 21), and it seems that when the difficulty in the Memory of Jeigh increases, the difficulty in ALL other giant memories increases. Enemies are able to easily one-shot me, which I've never seen before.
Can anyone else confirm this?
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What ring do i need to travel to the memory of jeigh darksouls wiki is never verry clear about what you need and where it actually is
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so we CAN block ***** like the old iron king's arm sweeps and fireballs and stuff, but we CANNOT block ANY ATTACK made by a giant...
"Because f*ck you, that's why"
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as you enter memory of jeigh, trigger the statue's head to fall then back up onto the ledge. once it stops rolling just sprint past and head to the boss. you can easily win the fight by going left on the platform and backing up all the way to the patch of fire while sticking to the wall. once you're there, use ranged attacks or spells: he'll only use his sword swing and frontal slam to attack, which are easily dodged by rolling aside. i farmed him up to +12 and I'm still going. i recommend using hexes with a +5 dark enchanted sunset staff and equipping all tseldora set to get max amount of souls.
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He can be posioned with arrows and cannout hit you if you snipe from behind the rolling statue head. There is enough tine to finish him to especially if you have secondary lightning/fire arrows to fire off while he is inflicted with poison. Keep him poisoned and keep firing. Zero damage taken.
I was able to beat this guy in under a minute on Ng+7 difficulty using this set up.
Flynn Ring+ROB2+dark clutch ring+old Leo Ring
Dark Infused Ice Rapier with Dark Weapon
Engraved Gauntlets (obviously)
Buff with sacred oath right before you tigger his aggro.
Just wear tsledora set with the Nahr Alma chest piece and then swap to the silver snake ring +2 once he dies. 507K souls in under one minute of entering the memory.
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