Holy Knight Aurheim
Holy Knight Aurheim is an invading NPC in Dark Souls 2
Crown of the Ivory King DLC.
They wear Benhart's Helm and the Drangleic Armor but does not seem to be a Knight of Drangleic. Their origin is unknown. They invade you in the area after the bonfire in the Inner Walls. Their nature of combat seems to be opposite of a Holy Knight's.
They will use Silver Talismans to imitate a part of the environment and go for a backstab if you approach the chest that they will use to bait you with, then performing a Duel Bow after and if they backstab you.
Encounters
From the bonfire in the inner wall after you get the Eye of the Priestess; they will invade as you are fighting your way upwards. You will come to a narrow corridor filled with barrels with a chest at the end. DO NOT GO FOR THE CHEST YET!Aurheim uses a Silver Talisman and will be hidden and look as one of the barrels, which positions them well for backstabbing you if you are not careful.
Bringing a 2 handed smashing weapon (I used a greatclub +10) and crushing barrels with the 2 handed heavy attack; this way when you do find them, they will be knocked down. After that it will just be a simple thing to stunlock them to death with overhead smashes.
Drops
- Human Effigy x1
- 1,612 Souls
AnonymousWhy the wiki calls him "they" can't you tell the NPCs sex by just looking at data or removing the helmet?
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I'd just discovered the joy of Dark Fog, so when I couldn't fins him I spammed it on all the barrels. Disappointed to find it didn't actually poison him considering how long it took to get out of the cloud, although it did aggro him.
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Gosh, even on subsequent playthroughs where I already know what to expect I always end up being so damn on-edge and paranoid of every single barrel nearby when this guy invades.
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Made even funnier by the fact that the chest he's next to has 10x Silver Talisman in it
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On top of the frustrating enemy placement BS this game is already riddled with, they had to pull this BS off as well.
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When I didn't see him for a good while after getting the invasion message, I knew it was a trap, but didn't expect the kind of trap that fell into. That barrel caught me off guard.
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I get invaded, and sit next to the chest waiting to see the invader. Next thing i know a barrel starts moving at me and spooks me.
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While I was opening the chest for the first time my camera was turned to see the back of my character so when I saw one of the barrels moving faster than a bullet in my direction I couldn't stop laughing really hard
..Until I got insta-killed by his backstab
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I screamed like a little girl when this fker got me off guard. Was not expecting that...
I laughed my head off when I got backstabbed. It has got to be one of the ingenious and devious things ever put in a souls game. We had a good fight, and the fact that the chest he was defending had silver talismans in it was even better.
DS2 took some amazing creative liberties that unfortunately were never seen again (like power stancing)
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this ****er backstabbed me when i try to open the chest, never trust the barrels
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Getting backstabbed by this dude who was cosplaying as a barrel while opening the chest is just the kind of **** that keeps me from enjoying DS2 like I did 1 and 3. Sure, the game should be difficult, but sadly it often also feels exaggerated, cheap and tedious.
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NPCs in this game have more personality and character than some actual real players, across the whole series. Cut to PvP and everyone attack you on sight immediately.
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if you leave him with camouflage for too long,then he follows you with camouflage until his disguise is removed or he attacks you.
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Pretty fitting that the two Holy Knights of souls use the same shield
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What sword are they using? Someone else asked this one the Eleum Loyce fextralife wiki page.
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I had hard time finding this guy at first. I opened the chest and keep on finding him. Later when I went to the roof, I turned my back and saw a barrel or something behind me moving a bit. It stay still when I'm facing him and it made me laugh. Destroy him then
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hit the barrel with a heavy/iron arrow and it'll follow you through the level, good times
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I thought this dude was a player at first. Anyway the barrel backstab is hilariously cruel. I love and hate it at the same time
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