However, the second enemy may vary its attacks, even if you stay close. Against the first enemy, staying close forced it into a specific attack pattern. Ignite the fire, then head up the stairs to meet the second enemy. Move down the path to the right to find another bonfire. Dodge all three attacks, then counter with your own attacks until the enemy repeats its attack pattern. To recap, run to the right to avoid the first attack, stay on the right but move behind the enemy to avoid the second attack, then move to the left side while still remaining behind the enemy to avoid the third attack.

The third attack is also a horizontal swing, but it swings in the opposite direction, which means you need stay behind the enemy, but more to other side to avoid the end of the horizontal swing. Stay close to it and avoid the first vertical attack, move to the right and behind the enemy to avoid the second attack, which is a horizontal swing. Head down the walkway and engage the first enemy below. However, once the first two enemies are defeated, they do not reappear, even after death or resting at a bonfire. The first set of enemies in Heide's Tower cannot be approached like the mindless creatures in the Forest of Fallen Giants.

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