Talk:Coal Tar/@comment-141.136.242.200-20140527081343

It's not true that the fire will never go out - it does indeed go out, it just takes aprox 3-4 minutes, leaving you to pick up any drops from these things easily.

Alternatively, Flame Quartz ring and little bit of fire resistive armor can reduce the damage far enough that you don't need to worry about fire damage while collecting drops, fire damage is far less powerful than, say, lava rocks in Iron Keep.

Also worthy of note is that these things, despite their looks, don't actually have any poise - Rapier and Estoc thrusts will stun-lock them easily.