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Dark Souls III eGuide (Steam) The Bestiary

Catacombs of Carthus

Enemy Data
Name HP Souls Item Drop Special Ability Weakness Resistant to Ineffective Type & Effective Items
Skeleton 249 120 Scimitar or Falchion or Longbow//Kukri/Carthus Rouge/Fire Arrow None Strike Thrust/Lightning/Dark Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Reanimated
Grave Warden Skeleton 249 120 Alluring Skull Elemental Attack (Dark) Strike Thrust/Lightning/Dark Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Reanimated
Skeleton Swordsman 582 320 Carthus Curved Sword or Carthus Curved Greatsword or Carthus Shotel/Carthus Shield/Titanite Shard/Large Titanite Shard/Sharp Gem/Vertebra Shackle/Carthus Rogue/Ember Ailment (Bleed)/Reanimates once Strike Thrust/Lightning/Dark Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Reanimated
Skeleton Wheel 249 280 Bonewheel Shield/Large Titanite Shard None Strike Thrust/Lightning/Dark Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Reanimated
Hound-rat 187 60 Large soul of a Deserted Corpse None Slash/Fire Poison & Toxic None Alluring Skull
Writhing Rotten Flesh 302 40 Titanite Shard None Fire Physical Attack/Magic/Lightning Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Alluring Skull
Crystal Lizard 134 0 Twinkling Titanite(Fixed)/Fire Gem(Fixed) None None Magic Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost None
Hound-rat (Large) 563 600 Soul of an Unknown Traveler None Slash/Fire Poison & Toxic None Alluring Skull
High Lord Wolnir 7052 22000 Soul of High Lord Wolnir(Fixed) Elemental Attack (Dark) None Dark Poison & Toxic/Bleed/Frost Reanimated/Abyssal

Skeleton Swordsman

Skeleton Swordsmen are similar to Cathedral Grave Wardens. They have the health, combos, and range to kill you efficiently. Use a shield to blunt their initial attacks, and then counter with whatever Stamina you can afford to spend.

When you find Skeleton Swordsmen and regular Skeletons together, try to break line of sight and kill the targets as they close with you. They’ll usually spread out a bit, and you won’t be overwhelmed.

Skeleton Wheel

Skeleton Wheels roll toward you at a decent clip and then knock you around so that you can’t get a returning shot against them. Dodging works a little, but it leaves you rather far away from the Skeleton Wheel. Instead, use a shield to block their charge. You stop the Skeleton Wheel much closer to your position, making it easier to close, attack, and kill the pesky foes.

Stay near walls when you’re fighting Skeleton Wheels. They always lose momentum if they smack into a hard surface, so you’re in better shape when you fight near these obstacles.