Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-4943558-20130510223316/@comment-71.13.72.211-20130725141244

You can kill Lautrec while he is at the Firelink shrine, but you won't be able to retrieve his armor set later in the game and will have to wait until the next playthrough for a chance to find it. If you are after Lautrec's armor set, wait until you have rung both bells of awakening in the Undead Parish and Quelaag's domain; upon returning to the Firelink shrine, Anastacia of Astora will have been slain and Lautrec absconded. Continue through Sen's Fortress to Anor Londo and make it to the grand hall inside the palace, which is where you will use a black eye orb to kill Lautrec, and his companions. As long as you kill Lautrec, it doesn't matter whether or not his companions live or die. After the boss fight with Ornstein and Smough, the Armor set is found on the balconies above the boss stage. Make sure you invade and kill Lautrec before the boss battle, or the armor will be lost to you.