How to Beat Yhorm the Giant in Dark Souls 3

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Compared to your last boss fight with the Pontiff, this one is going to be a cake walk. That being said, a cake walk in Dark Souls always has the chance to just squash you like a bug if you get unlucky or just roll the left instead of right.

Step one)Grab the Storm Ruler weapon.
Yhorm is weak against lightning attacks, and conveniently, there is a lightning weapon sitting ready for you right by his throne. Make a bee line for it and grab and equip it as quickly as possible, it is going to make this fight a lot easier.

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Step two)Aim for the head or chest.
You can hit him anywhere, but you aren't going to do much hitting him in the legs. The chest or the head is where you are going to deal your damage, so you'll have to somehow hit high enough to do some damage. That's where this Storm Ruler sword comes in. When you ready yourself in the stance it will charge the sword and you can strike out with a ranged lightning strike.

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Step 3)Keep dodging and charging the sword to strike when you can.
It only takes a couple of charged lightning strikes to finish the boss off, you just need to stay back from him and dodge his attacks while you charge the sword and then unleash the storm on him. The only real trick here is to know when to charge your sword. You'll have to put some distance between you, and start the charge just after he has swung at you, that should give you enough time.

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If he does catch you in a swing, fall back and heal as quickly as you can, considering how much damage the Storm Ruler shots do to him, you should be able to outlast him even if he does catch you a couple of times.