Dark Souls

[Pete for President]

Snap. Just managed to beat Ornstein & Smough solo at level 37 (no summons, not even Knight Solaire) without shields, pyromancies or magic in general, and only using a Silver Knight Spear and only 16 Vitality. As if that wasn't challenging enough I also wanted Smough to fall first to get the Leo Ring from Super Ornstein. Holy tit this was brutal. I think it took about 12-14 tries. Two-handing the spear didn't have enough stability to block any of their attacks, and dodging gets serious when fighting 1 vs 2. Proud though!

I did something similar a while back when I was still good at the game~
I did it no shield, no stability, no magic and not enough vitality to even take a single hit. All I had was some light armor for looks and my balder swag sword.
I somehow managed it in one shot... but I'll chalk that down to luck.

Congratulations though~ I know how intense that kindof challenge can be, it's awesome isn't it

That is impressive! It's really intense indeed, and such glory when you succeed. Luck definitely played a role in my attempts too, sometimes I would die in the first 10 seconds of the fight, sometimes I'd get Super Ornstein down to 20% only to get pierced by a giant spear.

Not all no-shield boss fights are as hard as I thought it would be. I cheesed out on the Iron Golem by using pyromancy, but this was way too easy so I forbid myself to use that in any other boss fights (Power Within aside). 2 vs. 1 battles can get very hard though, even the Gargoyles took 2-3 tries. Now all I fear are pretty much the ones I got left: Seath, Manus and of course Gwyn (no shield, no parries).