Taurus Demon | How to kill a boss Dark Souls Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Description

Taurus is a giant humanoid bull, armed with a great axe. Fighting with him can be frightening but in fact you can kill him quite easily.

Attacks and weaknesses

Taurus Demon is vulnerable to fire and lightning. If you have any items which inflict such type of damage, you might apply them to your weapon (in the location before a fight you can find Gold Pine Resin).

1) Jumping pound - if you're in the average distance from the demon, he will jump over you with raised axe. You can easily avoid this attack by rolling towards him.

2) Swings - demon makes huge swings with long range. You can avoid them by a special dodge in the opposite direction.

3) Ground stab - he stabs the ground with his weapon.

Tips

1) Clear the area - before you start the fight, you have to kill guards on a tower behind you. Absolutely!

2) Apply the simplest option - jumps from the tower are very easy tactics with which you can kill Taurus with 3-4 blows!

Tactics

Before you start the fight, kill two soldiers on the tower behind you. [1] Climb up there with a ladder. [2]

The demon will appear when you reach the middle of the bridge.

In this fight I suggest using two main tactics:

1) Melee fight on the tower - once you see the demon rushing towards you, go back and climb the tower behind you. Wait until the beast jumps up. Then fight with him, dodging his attacks. This technique is not easy, because at the game beginning you will not have too many good weapons. So you may apply below, much easier method.

2) Air attacks - it is very easy technique, but it requires bit luck. Once the demon approaches on the wall, turn around and go up the ladder to the tower behind you. Quickly run towards the edge - there is a damaged fragment of the wall. You'll see that Taurus stands under the tower and prepares to jump. Quickly jump over him and hit him while in the air. You have to repeat this several times. In order to get to the tower again, lure out the beast to the center of the wall and bypass it by rolling under his feet.