Gwyn, Lord of Cinder



 is the final boss and one of the original lords who vanquished the Dragons. He is the Lord of Cinder and the father of the Dark Sun Gwyndolin and Princess Gwynevere; he is also the nephew of the Allfather Lloyd.

Statistics
Normal Game: ? HP, 70,000 Souls

New Game+: ? HP, 140,000 Souls

Attacks

 * If the player is too far away, he will jump towards the player, performing a large overhead slash.
 * If the player is a little out of range of his attacks, will lunge at the player and stab him.
 * Slashes at the player in quick succession.
 * Wields his sword in both hands, performing a stronger - although slower - succession of blows.
 * Attempts to grab the player, dealing fire damage and knocking the player back.
 * If the player is close, he will try to kick the player, usually followed by the grab

Drops
Upon defeating him players obtain the Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder.

Summoning
It is possible to summon Solaire of Astora to help in the fight if he survived in Lost Izalith. His summon sign can be found at the top of the staircase. Since the Kiln of the First Flame is a PvP hotspot, it is also quite easy to find player summon signs if online.

Strategies
The easiest way to do this fight is to parry Gwyn with a Lighting Rapier+5, or any weapon of your choice. Gwyn has very powerful attacks and a large ammount of defence will still not hold you for the multiple health depleting swings he does in a matter of seconds. Gwyn is the ONLY BOSS you are able to Parry, it is possibly the easiest way to defeat the boss if you are good with parry timeing. Gwyn is not a boss you can just tank.

He does not have a lot of defense and can be staggered fairly easily, so you should have ample opportunities to get your health back up. Try not to have your health fall below 50%. Note that if you keep Gwyn on the higher portion of one of the slopes, many of his attacks will go over your head, making this fight much easier.

As far as Co-op strategies go, surrounding him from opposite sides will cause him to slow down, as he will turn to face the player he will attack before initiating an attack.

Another good Co-op strategy is to have one player firing arrows at him, as he will jump back and forth and not really attack, and the other to melee Gwyn as he lands from his jump.