Anyone want to do this solo, show me how it's done? I've watched some videos and have tried a couple of things, solo and summoning, and I cannot down this thing.
All you have to do is bait him the first time to burn the skellies on the bridge then when he goes back to his spot you run to the right where the fire can't hit you. Then you wait about 15 seconds for him to jump down then just smack him in the head with a hard hitting weapon and dwgr flip back to the stairs really fast. Rinse and repeat. Took me about 15 minutes on NG+ with a BK+5 or some other hardhitter.
Having an extra person there would probably hurt more than help because there would be fire going everywhere and two people trying to squeeze down the stairs at the same time. My 2c.
Seems like an awful way to beat a miniboss; is there no strategy or tactics to just dodge and engage this thing? I've seen the video posted of that approach and I thought it was a cheapish way to take it out.
I want to see how it's done; every boss in this game you don't have to cheap on; why is this different? You can hit and strafe, dodge and parry... just with the only dragon in the game seems a waste.
Actually, there is a recent video on how to kill the Hellkite with melee. I tried to send a link, but it did'nt work. Look in the general discussion section.