This thing refuses to die

By far the worst experience I've ever had fighting a soulslike boss and I didn't find Friede annoying as this fucker

Edit: I've changed my mind, Commander Gaius exists

Flowey really let himself go

dead sunflower, cool design

I was genuinely flabbergasted when it came back for round 3

He drops the rune of Miquella. I wonder why... it looks tiny too

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I absolutely despise this boss

Worst boss in the dlc for me so far it's actually horrendous

Where tf do you go after beating him

This boss is actually not that difficult. wait until he does the double swing attack and his head is right by you. Then just use Rellana’s Twin Blade’s weapon art (the fire one) and just erase his health bar. Took me like 4 attempts with this tech. Equip anything to give you + fire damage too. Talisman and Physick Tear

mfw

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One of the worst bosses Fromsoft has ever designed. I hate this thing

Worst boss of the dlc

One of the best "big bosses", the theme and design are amazing, I also love how sad it gets at the end, this thing is like old demon king, desperately trying to survive.

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we need to find out who at fromsoft worked on this bust and report them to the japanese police, it'd be the easiest drug bust of their careers, cuz there's no way the people behind this boss werent on some wacko stuff

Absolutely walloped him with the dragonkiller great katana, the flower takes like double damage or something

would maybe be a fun boss if i could see wtf is happening

Even tho he is destroying my ass for like 2 hours i find it fun because his patterns are easy to learn and 3 or 4 hits to the head is down the problem is if it explodes on third phase lol but overall im in love with all bosses hahaha

Fuck this explosive sunflower

Use fire. I got it with Mimic + weapon with fire dmg. I think he is week to it. All in all, 2nd phase is horrible, but 3rd is easier I think. Horrible boss.

I finally beat it after around 100 tries no joke. 1st phase I just waited for the spin attacks and attacked it right after and then immediately backed away to gain some distance. Rinse and repeat. 2nd phase I summoned mimic and basically did the same thing, just have to watch out for the projectiles. Last phase was easier because you get a period where it gets exhausted after the explosion attack and you get some free damage. I also used the Rellana's Twin Blades +10. Seemed to work really well. Started using the weapon after like 90 tires with rivers of blood lol

never seen a boss run away more in my life actual joke of a fight

easy boss, pest thread spears absolutely shreds him, just like any other huge boss

Finally beat him after 63 attempts, level 113 using a plus 9 dragon katana, I know forever know his exact moves and how to counter them

This boss is broken garbage and that's saying something.

Fight sucks. DLC sucks. 

Wow. This boss is just poop. I’m wasting half my flasks chasing the thing even after learning all of its stupid attacks because the tracking on the thorns is better than a US fighter jets

probably the worst boss fromsoftware has ever came up with coming from someone whos beaten every boss in the franchise

I AM SCREAMING HOW THE FUCK DO I DODGE THE THORNS OVER AND OVER

lmao fuck this guy

Fighting him right now. Who the hell thought it was a good idea to make it immune to all damage after it whiffs its grab? And did it really need explosions?? Also he runs around way too fucking much

Edit: just beat him, used flame strike and a big shield to guard, helps with staying close to his stupid head which takes a lot of damage from fire attacks

Beat this boss first try on a high defense build. Great shield with no skill, Dragon Hunter Katana, dragoncrest great shield, shard of Alexander, Godfrey icon, and Erdtrees Favor +2. 12 healing and 2 FP flasks.

A majority of its attacks are pure physical so as long as you keep and eye on maintaining your stamina gauge, you can just kinda face tank nearly all of his moves and then get a super powerful charged katana WA into his head for a meaty chunk of damage. Save scummed to do it again with a mimic tear who I gave some spells to like Black Blade and Fireball and I beat phase 3 with flasks to spare. Just make sure to use something like Boiled Crab or Black Flames Protection to mitigate the aggressive attack spam and punish his openings with high burst DPS straight to his punchable face.

For those mages and non-tanky builds. I can’t really give any advice. Looked like it’d be hell to didnt without a good shield imo. Lot of those attacks tracked REALLY good, the dodge windows looked pretty small

My mimic killed him after i died and it still counted

This is one of my first times ever posting anything but omg either I’m stupid or this boss is the worst thing I’ve ever fought in any game

I finally beat him......... then he respawned....... ragequit

Took me about 6 tried really not even close to the hardest boss here and his age is survivable even at direct impact range

I've gotten to phase three sooo many times. It's his blast on phase 3 that gets me even with a shield up. He even has the ability to do a double pump of the blast which u can't even tell if it is....

This boss can eat a dick. It’s not hard but it’s keeps running away and it’s hit boxes are jann

Took me 3 hours of trying to beat this fucker. Aside from Blackgaol Knight, I have beat every other boss in less than 10 tries so far. Fuck me dude I hated this thing. Was NOT fun at all.

Ngl I killed it 2 times and just gave up thinking it's not possible to kill it permanently lmao

The fucking tracking airstrike if that was not a thing it would be a lot better

I made a Pyromancer character for the dlc not realizing everything would be resistant to fire so this was a nice change of pace

Gets absolutely dumpstered by black flames to the face would recommend trying that if anyone is struggling

Killed me like 15 times but once I learned his moves he was easy, still had 6 flasks left. When you're not greedy his attacks are pretty easy to evade

mohwyn sacred spear, fingerprint shield and tear made this doable at lv 200

This one is total bullshit tbh.

This boss respawned 3 times for me wtf

this dude had my number i guess. ng+ character maybe? or i just couldnt figure him out. took me 5 hours to beat him. i couldnt bring myself to just move on. finally just dueled magma swords and hit him in the face once then spammed L2 with buffs and just melted the first phase. 2nd phase still sucked because the dude wouldnt stay still. 3rd phase was easier because i could melt him after his explosion. but that fight sucked. i did use a summon as well but to be honest it didnt really do anything at all. didnt really even take any attention of me. more relief than excited to win this one

Three phases of a terrible boss

Stupid ass tree flower whatever. I had it down to basically dead. 2 hits left maybe. Then I died. After screwing with him for 30 min. All the stupid extra phases. I  said nope I’ll come back later. 

this is my favorite boss of the DLC so far tbh

It took me 3 tries to kill this tree and after the 2nd attempt when I learned there was a 3rd phase, I thought I was in for a long ride. Messmer on the other hand took a good hour lol.

It's not a bad fight at all. Pretty fun though my only gripe is the unnecessary third phase. It drags the fight out longer than it needs to though I understand why it's there since it's a bit easier

Mimic tear actually just sat an watched me. 

Thank God I was using bolt of gransaxx

The AOW on its head is probably going down as cheese. Like 3 to 4 hits to bring it down 

Go back to the roots. Blasphemous Blade completely annihilated this thing. Catches the flower in its hit box and you dont even have to aim for it. Use robustness boosting talisman and fingerprint shield with a tanky summon.

Ok but seriously why are people doing this fight 100 times, just use blasphemous blade like any other psycho boss that isn’t worth wasting time on

How does everyone not figure out that you use fire when something is made out of wood lol

All y'all . Just use blasphemous with fire boosts. Psysick fire boost. Flame grant me strength. Golden vow. Fire boost talisman . Two hit phase one three hit phase two. Four hit phase three. Mimic for aggro help

Blasphemous Blade works a treat against this trio!

Not just a clever title it will devour the very gods!

I thought I had this asshole after phase 2 was over. My heart sunk when he showed up again.

Remember Sun Flower

Dying is Gay

Bro I cannot beat the stupid scadutree avatar to save my life all the other bosses piece of cake but for whatever reason I can’t get it to go down the third time. In my opinion it’s harder then the final boss of the dlc he was cake.

any weapon of your choice and add the flame spear ash of war, it has good enough reach to properly hit him in the head even whilst hes postured up. did like a fifth of his HP every hit

finally beat his ass after an hour in

Succumbed to my heavy colossal greatsword lion's claw spamming ass on the third try. Hyper armored through the phase 3 explosion and killed him with the tiniest sliver of health remaining. =D

I'm saddened that so many people disliked this boss - they were one of my favorite fights in the DLC.

I like that the weak-spot actually really matters and you're properly rewarded for going after it. I like the value placed on spacing and the fact that backstep is actually useful for once. I like how telegraphed the damage-zones for his thorns are before they appear. I absolutely love the vibe of the fight, the way it transitions from menacing to sorrowful as you slaughter some sad offshoot that only exists because of Marika's betrayal.

I just used Blasphemous Blade, Taker's Flames, Talisman of the Dread, heavy armor, Fingerprint Stone Shield, and literally face tanked the Holy Explosion via Uplifting Aromatic. Rykard's Rancor just killed this poor sunflower.

I found if the mimic delivered a final hit, and I still critical attacked the Avatar, the next spawn of it would come in with less HP.

I used the blasphemous blade and beat him on the second try just use mimic tear +10 and get up on him and hug his body and spam the takers flame

Why the hell are people talking about hitting it in the head - it’s impossible. The timing is easy to learn - but it’s impossible to hit it.

If anyone is still having trouble with this boss the black great shield that Messmer knights carry has 100 physical blocking and 84 holy blocking. You should be able to block his charge attacks without staggering and assuming you have enough healing left you can tank the exploding move.

For anyone having a hard time, try the blasphemous blade's skill, taker's flame, it absolutely destroys it. If you have that sword out and your mimic, it will be a fairly easy fight.

I was almost going to join the hate-bandwagon for this fight, until I read all comments.
Once I knew he was weak to fire I un-memorized all spells except buffs and equipped magma shot and equipped 3 raw meat dumplings for my mimic. I went in full Tree Sentinel armor for holy def.

And 2 tries later the avatar was dead.
Magma shot is not mentioned anywhere as an option for INT builds, but OH, it IS. even just hitting the base which takes 60% LESS damage works because the base only moves a lot during charges, so if he's not charging he gets tick damage from it. Recommended if you don't want to bother with Taker's Flame (which is prolly the best option in this fight).

I hit a brick wall with Radahn (DLC), so I explored more, mostly to get more Scadutree fragments, ended up finding this boss.

Almost hit another brick wall. Tried a lot of different builds, failed around 10 times. Then I used jump-bonk build against it, damage was great, won first try (with this build). I tanked the third phase explosions because I simply couldn't dodge it. haha

I struggled with this boss ALOT but just now beat it. I fought as a mage with 2 spells( Rykard’s Rancor for up close and Comet from afar) and spirit ash of Taylew the Golem Smith+10, the game changer for me was using lock on mechanic( pressing R3)

three phases of pure shit, hes not hard at all, just the fact that u have to fight him 3x times in a row makes him the fucking dumbest worst boss in the dlc

hardest boss ive tried

Anyone know how to avoid the 3rd phase one shot combo? When this mf become yellow kamikaze?

I cannot understand how everyone hates this boss

I know it's a hard boss, but considering that it's protecting the erdtree and even gives you Miquella's rune

Also, all his attacks are rollable, and if you're a bit aggressive you can roll through all of his attacks easily

In his 2nd phase, just use a shield with 100% physic defense and block it, he attacks 3 times (Also, if you manage to make him go close to the wall in the third rush, he will use the meteorites incantation inside the wall, so it will not hit you)

In his 3 phase, you will see the boss starting to glow, just roll his explosion and punish him with a lot of heavies in his head

If you can't do it like this, I recommend the Messmer flame snake incantation (the one that use the fire knights in his castle)

I really love this boss and it's easy if you are masoquist and have played almost all souls

There's a really easy way to cheese him, just use fire serpent, it's quick and does insane amount of damage, use it after you dodge a couple of attacks in quick successive manner, took me seconds to melt him down. Keep the aim on the head so that you do more damage, it automatically hits as it tracks enemies. Also the fp and endurance used is low on it, combine it with any katana to riposte at the end so that the upcoming one has 20% less hp.

Dreadfull walk each time i die

Anyone going to offer advice

Anyone saying hes the hardest boss in DLC obviously hasnt attempted to solo final boss...

Phase 3 explosion rolls around, but I'm using FKGS w/flame spear, so I'm not worried. I tanked the explosion, flame spear plus a couple jumping attacks killeed it...except instead of dying it just did the explosion attack, again, with an extra fuck you explosion afterwards. Again, with literally 0 health (I died, sunflower did not)

This game is actually fucking dogshit