Help!! Approaching Gaoren!

I suggest Gunning him, the Gaoren is incredibly tall and you get very few and short opportunities to melee him. I Suggest the best HBG you can get (whichever it is, i used raven heirloom but it was very bad) and stack up on pierce and crag and clust shots but get everything you can that is not pellet. just get within a comfortable range and keep firing until he gets away, get on the bridges and aim for the face. Also, use the dragonator in the end when he crouches down to do his spit attack (the one where his skull shell opens and shoots a green blast at the fort)
Good luck.

Uhh, guys, I don't think he can get Smoulder Dragonsword if he's still at HR 3. I would definitely recommend low-rank Blango for its Quake Res. I gemmed it to Sword Sharpener because he [/i]is[i] an elder dragon, and can take a lot of damage before falling. A better place to hit would be right inside the shell. Whenever it falls, go to the right side, and roll where the legs meets the body. You would get right inside his shell, and attack the round blob that is his weak point. If you have Whetstones and Eternal Strife, I strongly suggest you go with that, and get Sword Sharpener. If you don't, either Sanctioned Gunhammer(Nekoht) or the Blazing Falchion/Wyvern Blade Fall would work. Keep attacking one leg until it's red, rinse and repeat. When all legs are red, attack the leg you started attacking, and all of the legs should return to original color. It will also fall down for a long time. After three times of reverting back to original color, it only takes about three or so hits to kill. Good luck.

ah my bad i didn't clock tht it was hr3.

I've always been told that anti dragon bomb was more hassle than its worth in terms of damage dealt vs time taken. just leave it alone and try the fire dragon sword or the blade blood with blango armour. I made the blango armour and reused it for several village and hr3 shen. it makes so much difference to the amount of time you have to deal damage. just learn the way the legs move and just do one combo on the leg then roll away. but focus on each leg until it changes colour to bright red then move to the next leg then when all legs are bright red start again.

when it falls if you get squashed you shouldn't die from one hit just keep your health up with potions and go for the face when it falls to do max dmg. I used barrel bmb + on hr3 shen's face when it falls.