How to Activate Gargoyle Tail Axe and its Requirements

To Activate Gargoyle Tail Axe, Give to Frampt to receive 50 souls. This axe doubles your resistance to poison, bleeding, and toxins. The illusion of poisoning and bleeding is caused by the fact that the equipped screen is twice the size of the inventory panel (x2 instead of x4).

Gargoyle Tail Axe is a Weapon in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered.

Sliced tail of the gargoyle guarding the Bell of Awakening in the Undead Church or patrolling in Anor Londo. Can be used as a bronze battle axe. Bends dramatically during large attacks, owing to its nature as a tail.”

Under intense pressure, its shaft can also bow.

A small lag, reminiscent of halberd weaponry, will appear at the end of your assault if it misses its target.

The weapon’s resistance to Bleed, Poison, and Toxin remains unchanged even after upgrading. Upgrading technically involves unequipping and re-equipping the weapon, which is why the player may see the Bleed, Poison, and Toxin meters.

This weapon is ideal for use in Blighttown due to its resilience to poison and toxins.

Gargoyle Tail Axe

Both the fire and lightning versions of this weapon are among the most powerful “pound-for-pound” options available. Its low stat need and huge damage output make it the greatest magical weapon choice for non-melee builds. Enhances poison accumulation and, when equipped, poison and bleed resistance. If you intend to use this weapon, you should improve and ascend it right away. In the event that you do not obtain the drop, Lucerne or the Scythe will serve you well; nevertheless, they do not provide the toxin or poison enhancements.

+ More damaging than weapons with significantly more mass. Impressive striking zone and reach, particularly when using a powerful two-handed assault, and an even more effective two-handed running attack. Useful in NG+ and the final boss fight. Ideal for any setup, although non-melee users will find it particularly efficient.

Strategy

During this battle, you, the player, have the option to enlist the help of Solaire of Astora and/or Knight Lautrec of Carim. However, in order to speak to Lautrec, you must first release him in Firelink Shrine. Prior to the white light that directs you to the Gargoyles, you will see their summon signs. A fast and easy way to win is to summon both knights and just mob each Gargoyle.

In the beginning of the fight, the protagonist is fighting off a single gargoyle on the church roof while constantly slipping off (target-locking, together with the camera angle and small field of view, can make it impossible to see where the main character’s feet are). To evade the gargoyle’s long-range frontal strikes, it’s best to attempt to circle it while brandishing a shield. You should prepare to duck or dive if the gargoyle takes flight.

The second gargoyle will enter the fray when the first one’s health drops below 50%. Thankfully, this gargoyle is already in a very vulnerable state, arriving at half health. Its attacks are identical to those of the first gargoyle, with the exception of those that require flight or the tail.

If you’re having trouble keeping your placement right when facing off against both gargoyles, hold off on using consumables like Fire Bombs until the health of the first one is about 50%. Then, use them to rapidly kill it before the second one starts attacking. It may be simpler to win this battle if you use Gold Pine Resin and other weapon improvements.

Although both gargoyles are halberd-wielding and capable of breathing fire, the first one will typically wait for the second one to jump down before breathing fire. Fire breath may cover a large area, therefore it’s helpful to have a fire-resistant shield like the Black Knight Shield and, if desired, fire-resistant armor. The gargoyles will remain still as they breathe fire, giving you the perfect chance to sneak up on them from behind. This makes dodging or deflecting the fire even more crucial, as it will consume valuable seconds and reduce the amount of time you have to attack the gargoyles. One more thing: you can get a weapon (the Gargoyle Tail Axe) by severing the tail of the first gargoyle.

An armor that can withstand lightning might be useful against the two Gargoyles that battled in Anor Londo, since they both breathe lightning instead of fire. To evade the second gargoyle, one tactic is to dash to the base of the revolving staircase and pull the lever, making yourself invisible from the gargoyle’s perch on the ledge above. Yet, this necessitates the use of ranged strikes in order to vanquish it.