He's there, he's always been part of this boss, he's just not on the profile because no one decided it made sense despite being a pretty noticeable obstacle.
It's funny because The One Reborn from Bloodborne has 6 Bell Ringing Women that shoot fireballs in its standard equipment.
I know right?
All bosses should have their minions as standard equipment. The Tower Knight from Demon's Souls should have a bunch of archers but he doesn't.
Agreed.
So how strong is that dude? Is there anything stopping the Skullcrawler from smacking him aside with his tail? How much is he buffing the Gaping Dragon?
From what I have read on the Dark Souls Wiki, his regular attacks are strong enough to be a mild inconvenience to the Chosen Undead, mostly staggering them when they're about to attack the Dragon or avoid its attacks. He's located several floors above the arena out of the Dragon's reach without flight or acid spit and will be spamming Soul Arrows. His War Dance buffs the AP of himself and his allies to almost 2x their original amount. He can also teleport to avoid damage.
Yeah, he himself is pretty weak even with the buff. If the Skullcrawler gets to him, which it should be able to do thank to its agility, then he's kind of screwed because his teleportation has a noticeable wind up time.
The wiki says that he's invulnerable while preparing to teleport.
I don't remember that. Like ever.
Well, you're the Dark Souls guy. There are also a bunch of big rats up there with him that can be buffed.
The Rats are actual fodder though, they get pretty much one-shot by the player when going through that part.
Oh okay. Skullcrawler would probably still struggle to reach Channeler due to getting hit in the face with buffed soul arrows and the Dragon pulling it back down before it can kill him.
