Talk:Sanctuary Guardian/@comment-188.25.8.216-20130203233329/@comment-188.25.8.216-20130204004345

I have GS of Artorias and 40 endurance, I'm using block very often on bosses, i rarely run out of stamina. There are exceptions like big ones, but I'm gonna name some bosses on which I use block: Gwyn, Capra Demon (NG+), Ornstein (normal and NG+), gargoyles (NG+), Quelaag (NG+ and normal), centipede demon, 4 kings.

Bosses on which I (almost) NEVER try to block (but evade, dodge, etc): Iron Golem, Sif, Smough (although blocking with GS of Artorias and having enough poise won't do any harm to you, NG+), Nito.

The only boss on which I use a mix of evading and blocking is artorias and manus.

Bosses I defeated on the first run (I watched James' from Gamefront "walkthrough"): S&M (normal and NG+), gwyn, capra demon (only ng+), 4 kings, gargoyles (normal, ng+), quelaag (normal and ng+) so I don't know why everyone says S&M is such a difficult encounter when I find it rather easy and says exactly the opposite about the Guardian. I mean, after defeating S&M in the first try you could say that the player (me) has some abilities in tackling with bosses. Unless, the Guardian is at least AS difficult as the S&M encounter, but both sides (me and you guys) disagree.

The only 3 bosses on which I still manage to die at least once are the Iron Golem (assuming no phantoms there to help you) Sif and Guardian and that's because I'm a tank, i'm supposed to take some punishment, I don't want to roll in heavy gear (although I have the medium roll, so it should be ok, but I prefer blocking rather than dodgeing).

Every boss I have fought...had at least one "large" windows of opportunity where you could hit him with no mercy (well, except Artorias, he's very aggressive as well, but predictable and has no ranged attacks). The Guardian from what I know only has one, and it's not that large anyway, it's the moment after he uses that ranged shield knockback (wings flapping).

I'll mention that in NG+ I was using the GS of Artorias.