Dark Souls - Ornstein / Smough Boss Fight (Strategy) [NG+]

Area: Anor Londo
Level: 81
Class: Knight
Weapon: Lightning Spear+4, Crystal Ring Shield+5, Eagle Shield+5, Ascended Pyromancer Flame+1
Armor: Mask of the Child, Stone Body/Hands/Legs, Havel's Ring, Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring
Difficulty: 7/10
Stats:
Vit: 26
Attune: 12
End: 37
Str: 25
Dex: 30
Res:10
Int: 10
Faith: 12

Sorry I forgot to show my character stats/equip at the end of the fight, part way through when I just run around with a shield up was because I had to answer a phone call mid fight. No pause!

This time around I targeted Smough first. I need the soul from Ornstein (and his armor) thus I had to kill Smough first. Killing him with melee (which I had done prior to this, even in NG+) took too many heals, I suppose you could melee him down and then use the pyromancy all on Ornstein, which is probably a better strategy.

By no means is Ornstein a pushover. Without a full size shield and a lot of endurance most of his attacks (which he uses in combos often) will kill you. In most cases even with a ton of vit he will one shot you if you let your guard down. I used the combonation of pyromancy and the Crystal Ring Shield+5's special attack to keep out of range of his lethal physical attacks and kill him in the end.



Video after the break.