Talk:Knight Artorias/@comment-194.50.24.2-20131118073650

A bit of speculation.

A lot of people are saying that this fight would be way harder if it were real artorias, with his greatshield and a non-broken arm. This pretty much implies that artorias would be just as fast and agile as his corrupted self, which i find to be not true. Let me explain. The corrupted humans of Oolacile(which i assume to be mostly civilians) are very strong, quite resilient and way more agile than a normal non-combatant human. I think that Artorias was empowered by the Abyss and that his fighting style is actually completely different from what we saw.

The four knights of Gwyn follow different archetypes.

Gough is a gigantic greatarcher. He wears the Hawk ring to symbolise his archery prowess. His melee attacks are strong, but lack finesse, which is true of real archers not trained in martial arts(archery, especially with longbows, requires A LOT of upper body strength and endurance).

Ciaran is a silent assassin. She wears the Hornet ring to symbolise the sting of her daggers.

Ornstein is a golden armour clad lancer. He is well balanced in all areas(speed, strength, health). He wears the Leo ring to symbolize his finesse and ferocity.

Artorias. He wears the Wolf ring. Wolf ring increases poise. Artorias wears a greatshield(which is incredibly mighty i might add) + greatsword combination. The group has a warrior, an archer and a thief. What they lack is a knight. This makes me think that real Artorias's combat style was not unlike that of the Berenike knights, favouring infrequent, but fast and strong, attacks from behind his shield, which could block any kind of attack.

Sorry if this was already posted by someone.