Dark Souls Remastered - Knight Artorias boss fight

This video features the boss fight against Knight Artorias from the PC version of Dark Souls Remastered.
Note that in the original release of the game Artorias could be fought only in his own dedicated DLC/expansion, Artorias of the Abyss. However both the Prepare to Die Edition (which served as the PC port of Dark Souls and, as I'm writing this, is no longer available) and the Remastered version include said DLC by default, effectively making Artorias a part of the main game, albeit an optional one which isn't required at all to finish the main game and proceed to new game plus.
Knight Artorias, or Artorias the Abysswalker, is the second main boss of the Artorias the Abyss content of the game and comes after the previous Sanctuary Gurdian encounter. Defeating Artorias is necessary to reach the Oolacile Township from the Royal Wood and face the last boss of the area, Manus, Father of the Abyss, on top of bein a requiremnent to unlock the Battle of Stoicism and partake in online pvp battles in the nearby coliseum.
Artorias will fight the player wileding his signature greatsword, swinging it around wildly and, at times, doing quick jumps and flips to attack him/her in quick succession by also closing the distance. While defeating the boss requires the player to learn his patterns quickly and react accordingly by either blocking or dodging in the right direction, the main challenge of the fight comes from the fact Artorias hits incredibly hard, he can chain his attacks without warning (forcing the player to be extremely cautious in hitting back most of the time) and his swings will often disregard the invicibility frames provided by rolling.
Every time Artorias will lose a fifth or so of hish health, he will start to surround himself with a dark aura of Abyss energy. If he's allowed to finish his casting, he'll produce a huge explosion around himself, which dishes out a lot of damage, and his attacks will hit even harder and draw even more stamina for about a minute. It's worth mentioning however that, with enough damage, Artorias can be staggered during casting and prevented to get said buff

[@NullPointer]

came here to clean my eyes after watching Shirrako's video

[@sebastian6650]

Whats wrong with that video?

[@nemo1437]

@@sebastian6650 Apparently Shirrako's reaction speed and tactics were god awful

[@avetruetocaesar541]

I don’t care if it’s 9 minutes long this is still better

[@lucafmerigui]

@@sebastian6650 basically it's his first attempt and he fought him with a Black Knight Greataxe dealing really high damage, and almost every time he used HP he got hit. I don't think there should be a correct way to fight the boss, but I rather fight him with a medium damage weapon to spend more time in the boss fight and enjoy it even more.

[@teru36]

LMAO same

[@theperfectionist194]

This is old by now but I couldn't resist commenting on this 😂
Dude this is propably the best fight I have seen so far.. Almost perfect reaction times.. Good job on that one 👍👍

[@Halflight]

Thank you kindly

[@Parrtorias]

@@Halflight Wholesome interactions, GG all

[@Viper-py4pg]

Good shit thanks for posting the fight with the full intro scene too :)

[@moonlight-qr6px]

He used qualaags fury sword to get to 9 minutes

[@micahjones7837]

This video does a great job of capturing what it feels like to beat Artorias for the first time. You played really well!
You might already know this, but if you hit him three times during his charge up, you can stun him out of his buff.

[@Xpzilla]

Well done bro

[@vyomchauhan8169]

cutscene is brutal l

[@affanfaizi786]

Is it me Or artorias just gives guts vibes?

[@IkesanNevan]

this comment is old, but Artorias is actually inspired by Guts, in fact, many other aspects of the game are inspired on berserk. You should check Black desert's greatsword warrior moves, it's like watching Guts on a different game. Berserk is life!

[@midnightgrave4644]

is his left arm broken or something?

[@mohakgopale4776]

he is left handed and yes it is broken, so you're fighting a much much weaker version of him.

[@louissmooth6115]

@@mohakgopale4776 as well as not having his shield

[@insanelysaneman2033]

@@mohakgopale4776 he is right handed. His left arm broke while protecting Sif while fighting Manus. He's about to be completely consumed by the abyss.

[@mohakgopale4776]

@@insanelysaneman2033 do your research before commenting. Artorias is left handed, and his arm broke. So he is fighting with his right hand.

[@ElementtSMB]

@@mohakgopale4776 yeah, how'd his arm break then you broom.

[@imdumbloi4771]

Rip

[@akakiyakayevic4562]

Torture with the dex build.

[@guitarislife9831]

You don't want this pvp bro....