How to Beat Godskin Apostle

The best way to beat the Godskin Apostle is to use status effects. The Godskin Apostle doesn't have high resistance to any damage types, however he does have very high damage and very swift combo attacks, making melee fights quite risky.

Strategy 1: Status Effects

The Godskin Apostle is especially weak to sleep, and we can take advantage of this heavily here. Make use of sleep-inducing attacks, found on the Sword of St. Trina, St. Trina's Torch, St. Trina's Arrows and Sleep Pots to put the Godskin Apostle to sleep.

You can then use the Poison Mist incantation, found from a Teardrop Scarab in the forest South East of the Castle Morne Rampart site of grace. This spell will not wake the Godskin Apostle, meaning you can safely apply Poison. It is easy to cast, requiring only 12 Faith.

Repeating this will successfully make the Godskin Apostle fight easy, but you can speed things along if you wish. While the Godskin Apostle is asleep and once Poison has been applied, you can then hit with something heavier, like the Rot Breath incantation, Rot Pots, or several hits from the Antspur Rapier to apply Scarlet Rot to the Godskin Apostle.

All you need to do is apply these status effects and step back. If you then stay at a distance from the Godskin Apostle at all times, the only dangerous attack you can expect is his black fireball, which is easy to dodge. As the Godskin Apostle's health depletes, your only priority will be keeping your distance.

Strategy 2: Melee

If you plan to go toe-to-toe with the godskin Apostle, you may have a difficult time. His attacks are fast and deal a surprising amount of damage, often coming in combos of several hits in quick succession. 

It is recommended to use fast weapons imbued with Bleed and Frostbite, since the Godskin Apostle is weak to both. Dual wielding curved swords or twinblades with jump attacks is an excellent way to activate burst-damage status effects like Bleed and Frostbite.

If you stay at a medium distance from the Godskin Apostle, you can bait out several punishable attacks. The first is his jump and slam, which has a moment of recuperation for you to get a hit in after you dodge the attack. The same goes for the fireball - dodge forward to avoid the projectile, and get a hit in before backing away.

In phase 2, the Godskin Apostle has two new punishable attacks. The first is his spinning twinblade. If you get caught in this, you may die, however it is easily avoided by dodging forward and to the side of the Godskin Apostle. He will then proceed to finish his attack animation without tracking you, allowing you to get several hits in. The second is his stretching slam and swipe combo. When you see him stretch upwards, dodge forward and get a hit in at his legs before they rejoin the rest of his body. This will also leave you clear of the swipe that follows.

Strategy 3: Ranged

Sorcerers have an easier time of things with the Godskin Apostle. Stay well to the other side of the arena and bombard the Godskin Apostle with spells that have a short cast time. If you use long cast time attacks, you open yourself up to the Apostle punishing you with fireballs. Do not be discouraged by how much the Godskin Apostle dodges your ranged attacks - keep up the damage and you will be fine.

The Glintstone Icecrag spell is especially good for dealing decent damage and applying Frostbite, and Night Comet cast with a high spell damage catalyst with the Staff of Loss in the offhand will deal tremendous damage, and the Godskin Apostle will never dodge this attack.

For bow users, a fast bow is highly recommended. Jump attacks with the black bow are an excellent option here, and making use of Rotbone Arrows and Serpent Arrows will apply those valuable status effects quite quickly here.