Ok, I was soloing the bridge encounter after the patch. The first time I used the glitch to despawn the thralls just so I could figure out how to best build the bridge. That attempt was successful the sword bearer watches at a distance then goes an hides, but about the time the bridged is formed he rushes at you, which makes killing him easy.
After the success at that run, I decided to try it "Legit" aka without despawning the thralls. I was able to fend them of quite easily and fully form the bridge and keep it formed for a bit. But after waiting around, the swordbearer never came for me. I keep looking around and I find him hiding near the totems. I tried shooting him to get him to agro on em, but no luck. Obliviously' I cant go to far away from the plate or else the bridge will deform.
One time I was able to get him to rush me, but it was to soon. He was sitting right there on the plate with me and I couldn't consistently build the bridge, evade him and try to kill him all at the same time.
Does anyone a surefire way to get him to rush you or at least come close enough to kill him in time to grab the sword and get over the bridge?
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Sometime you just need to wipe and try again. The Swordbearer is unpredictable and sometime makes it difficult to solo buy sometime makes it easy. It just depends on what he decides to do. I have yet to find a way to make his actions more predictable.