Be mindful that it can cast pyromancies from its left hand, meaning you can get hit with a flaming parry if you’re fighting up close or a fireball if you’re far away. In this form the Soul moves and attacks a lot faster, with backflips and 360 spins, but does less damage and is easier to stun or shield block than, for example, when it’s using the longsword. The Soul of Cinder also has a pyromancy build (that apparently has a lot in the dex stat too) which wields a curved blade as well as well as the pyromancy flame. Generally this is the easiest moveset to land damage on, since it has no dodge and moves slowly. There are also some homing soul masses, which will continue to spawn (and can carry over into the next phase after the caster) and a soul greatsword that triggers if you get up close. This has a huge range on it, and strafes, but doesn’t last long, so if you can outrun it to the side or, even better, get behind the Soul of Cinder as it casts you’ll be fine. The pure caster form of the Soul of Cinder turns the sword upside down and uses it to cast all your favourite sorceries, notably a massive soulstream beam attack, which is telegraphed by power gathering in the hilt of the sword. It does, however, pay to be aggressive right back, because the Soul won’t switch to its next moveset until you’ve done enough damage to this one. The attacks can all be dodged around and through with the right timing, but do a lot of damage if they connect. You’ll get the best openings for attack after the Soul uses heavier attacks (which charge the sword with flame), overarm swings, or thrusts forward. The longsword (which is recognisable as the coiled sword from Firelink Shrine) has a very aggressive moveset.
These can come in any order, although it always starts with a longsword. In the first phase the Soul of Cinder cycles through four different methods of attack. The Soul of Cinder can be stunned with enough damage, but not stagger locked. In the second phase it channels the soul of Gwyn, former Lord of Sunlight, so some lightning attacks come into the mix. Pyromancers are going to have to use dark pyromancies to do proper damage here, and the Soul of Cinder will also be damage fairly well by lightning, but only in its first phase. Guess what kind of damage the Soul of Cinder does? If you said “Ice!” then you are, of course, an idiot, although as part of its first phase the Soul of Cinder can cast a lot of sorceries too. From here you can travel back to any of the others, if you’re not ready to fight the Soul of Cinder yet or if there are other bits you want to finish off in the game. There’s a bonfire outside, and lighting it takes you to the Kiln of the First Flame bonfire. Go outside and marvel at the view of all the different kingdoms stacked on top of one another, like that bit in that Inception film you all liked where the city folded up. When you appear there you’re in a mirror of Firelink Shrine, but completely darkened, and with much of it closed off (yes, this version is somehow different to, but also the same as, the original Firelink Shrine and the version of it in the Untended Graves). A cutscene plays, and you’re transported to, duh duh dunnnnn… the Kiln of the First Flame.
Once you’ve put Lothric’s head on his throne the Fire Keeper will walk towards the bonfire at the centre of the Shrine and you’ll get an interaction prompt there. To get to the end fight you need to have killed all of the other Lords of Cinder – which includes your little pal Ludleth, by the way, although you’ll be happy to know that you can still transpose souls into weapons at his throne even after he’s gone. It’s another cheat-y sort of fight, but it’s probably not the hardest you’ve had to face.
It’s also the gnarly cover-boy for the game, and features in most of the promo material. The Soul of Cinder is the collected souls of everyone who has linked the flame throughout the history of Dark Souls, starting with Gwyn, and including the player character from the first game. Everything in Dark Souls 3 has been working up to this moment.
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