"Dark Souls 2" (Mini)Boss ABCs III Quiz

Answer: His shield has better absorptions than the Watcher

The Defender Shield is a magnificent shield, arguably the best in the entire game. It's absorptions are fairly sturdy, but it's efficiency is unmatched as it has high absorptions while also being very light, capable of parrying and having very low stat requirements. Even unupgraded, this shield is a very good choice for a build which can meet its modest prerequisites, which any build can do fairly easily.

The Watcher Shield, however, is significantly worse. It holds all of the same traits as the Defender Shield, only it's absorptions are much, much, much worse. It lacks 100% Physical Absorption, it's Magic absorption is merely average juxtaposed to the amazing 72% on the Defender Shield, and it's very close to the same weight.

Answer: It can buff itself

When two-handing the weapon, if the player presses the right-handed charge button or, typically the R2, instead of using a charged attack, they'll be able to buff the sword with a carbon copy of Aromatic Ooze at the expense of 10 of the weapon's 60 durability. This makes it the only weapon in the game capable of buffing without the need for a spell or consumable item.

Answer: Lightning

While there are very few actually decent Miracles, Hex builds naturally invest a lot into Faith, so even poor Miracles used off of what's probably going to be a high Faith stat can still work. Heavenly Lightning is probably the best choice, but Great Lightning Spear or using Sunlight Blade to buff a melee weapon with Lightning are good choices as well.

Answer: Souls

The weapon receives a penalty to its damage output if the player does not have at least 300,000 souls on hand. After hitting this threshold, the weapon will begin to gain power until it hits its max at one million souls on hand. It should be noted that it does not interact with Soul Memory, but rather souls actually on the player's person. Because the player will need to walk around with a very high amount of souls, using the Ring of Life Protection would be a good idea to offer insurance in the event of an untimely death.

Answer: Three

There will be one sitting right in front of the fog door used to fight the Smelter Demon, and another just off to his right hand side on the opposite end of a huge lava pool. The third one will be found standing in front of a handful of fire spewing statues right after the Pharros Lockstone door before the Belfry Sol bonfire.

Answer: He's gone hollow

In an ironic twist, the Duke himself has gone hollow. He has clearly been hollow for a long time, as he had hollowed to the point of full mindlessness by the time the player finds him. Here, he can be fought and killed just before accessing the Primal Bonfire.

Answer: Black Gulch

They're essentially hibernating in a cave located deep on the cliffside of the incredibly dark Black Gulch. Finding this area without needing a third party is difficult due to low visibility. The player should go through Black Gulch normally until arriving upon the first Craggslipper. Here, it would be a good idea to use a Torch and peer over the edge of the cliff to see a very small platform the player can drop down on. They'll need to drop onto this one, then on one more below it to grab a key. This key will be needed to access the room with the Elite Giants, annoyingly right next to the highest platform the player had to pass by. They'll need to return to the bonfire and get back to that top platform the same way as before.

Once defeated, the Elite Giants will drop a Soul of a Giant along with the Forgotten Key, needed to access the "Crown of the Sunken King" DLC.

Answer: Memory of the Iron King

Featured in the "Crown of the Iron King" DLC pack, there are three Flame Salamanders which appear in the Memory of the Iron King. One of them can be skipped over without engaging, though the player should keep a quick eye on it while running over it and make sure to dodge a potential fireball it shoots.

The other two generally need to be dealt with for the most part, but are fairly easy due to them only staring down a linear hallway and never repositioning.

Answer: The knights thought what they were doing was right

According to lore, these knights were commissioned by an unknown leader to destroy the crypt. Apparently, this leader thought the crypt threatened the general safety of the people of Drangleic, which is proven to have been wrong. However, because the knights did genuinely believe they were doing the right thing, the Grave Wardens opted to release them one day.

However, the lore does imply that their servitude will last for quite a long time even if it won't be forever.

Answer: Drop their armor as potential loot

Any Lion Warrior can drop their weapon, while none of them drop any ring. The Chieftain can potentially drop any particular piece of the Lion armor set. However, it isn't a guarantee, and because they're mini bosses, they will not respawn once killed.