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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? Bell Bearing Hunters gently caress those guys
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? I'm very "up close and personal" with my fighting style so anything that does splash damage or stagnant AoE attacks so basically the Valiant Gargoyles(not hard, just a pain because of the poison or death attacks), Putrid Avatars, and Mohg(both).
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Feb 19, 2024 03:45
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? Loretta 2 Also the cemetery shade grab is fated to get me at least once every time
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Feb 19, 2024 03:45
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? The red wolf on moonlight plateau specifically Sewer Mohg also tends to give me a run for my money, with him being the harder of the two even on some runs. I don't even use status effect builds, I just compulsively underestimate him
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Feb 19, 2024 03:59
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Epic High Five posted:The red wolf on moonlight plateau specifically Those red wolves and bearing hunters are the toughest enemies in the game. I think Maliketh was the toughest story boss first run. I tended to play less aggressively and wait. That's not how you Maliketh.
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Feb 19, 2024 05:06
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gently caress ULCERATED TREE SPIRITS
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Feb 19, 2024 05:21
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Second the Red Wolves. They hit hard, have ranged attacks and have relatively few openings as a caster or melee. Also not parryable so you have fewer options to take the initiative.
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Feb 19, 2024 05:31
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I was not a fan of the watchdogs at all until I switched to bonk. Red wolves though, they can gently caress off.
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Feb 19, 2024 05:54
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Just made fairly quick work of one with the night cavalry flail (may it be praised, took down the magic dragon with it too) and magic glint blade. It’s not brick on a stick, but that ding-dangly-doohickey is pretty good. Can’t wait to get to the two watchdog fights with this build …
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Feb 19, 2024 06:00
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? Ancient dragons. Oh, you wanted to be able to lock on and hit any part of the enemy's hitbox with a melee weapon? Too bad, unlock and hit the feet while not being able to see what they're doing. Also this dragon is going to move rapidly and constantly, frequently getting itself out of range in the time it takes to swing your weapon once so enjoy whiffing 70% of your attacks.
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Feb 19, 2024 06:11
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Zodium posted:you can also just run past the next area up to loretta. i pretty much ran past everything. I think this is the core difference between my experience playing elden ring and dark souls 1. In DS1, unless you knew where everything was ahead of time, you couldn't just run away from everything. You'd just end up getting jacked by some cheap hit and then you were toast. Elden Ring was much more run away friendly. And failing that, more archery friendly.
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Feb 19, 2024 07:01
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Mentat Radnor posted:Ancient dragons. Oh, you wanted to be able to lock on and hit any part of the enemy's hitbox with a melee weapon? Too bad, unlock and hit the feet while not being able to see what they're doing. Also this dragon is going to move rapidly and constantly, frequently getting itself out of range in the time it takes to swing your weapon once so enjoy whiffing 70% of your attacks. Shiiiiieeeet...I totally forgot these guys. Yeah gently caress these guys. Regular dragons are also pretty bad at times, but MAN does fighting Ancient Dragons suck. How did they go from Midir to this poo poo?
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Feb 19, 2024 07:08
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Mentat Radnor posted:Ancient dragons. Oh, you wanted to be able to lock on and hit any part of the enemy's hitbox with a melee weapon? Too bad, unlock and hit the feet while not being able to see what they're doing. Also this dragon is going to move rapidly and constantly, frequently getting itself out of range in the time it takes to swing your weapon once so enjoy whiffing 70% of your attacks. Oh yeah this is definitely one of the worst for me. It's so weird that with other dragons and giant bosses you can lock on to their feet or other body parts but you just can't with ancient dragons. Also I hate when they fly away and get stuck on terrain or something. Fister Roboto fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Feb 19, 2024 |
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Feb 19, 2024 07:57
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CommonShore posted:I find Placi to be really just about staying focused and not getting distracted or greedy for that extra hit. None of his attacks are difficult to dodge if you're paying attention, unlike some of malenias or swings with weird timings. On my last run where I fought him I spent like 5 or 6 attempts beating my head against the wall, leveled up a weapon to get pierce damage, and took my time instead of rushing, and then beat him on the next attempt. I found the laser breath specifically very hard to dodge, and it would one shot me from full. then every failed attempt you had to do the stupid run with the lift and jumping down 20 floating rocks and ugh. he was easy enough on my first normal level and upgraded weapons run. Ben Nerevarine posted:Bell Bearing Hunters the trick with these guys is staying right next to them at all times. they won't ever throw the blade if you're in melee range, and their normal attacks are easy to dodge and punish. CommonShore posted:archetype: I hate fighting watchdogs. the trick with watchdogs is just baiting out the floating attacks. easy to dodge and punish. the worst mob for me are the halberd crucible knights. the stabbing attacks tend to go over me and I can't figure out how to reliably parry them. very annoying. loretta 2 is also awful.
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Feb 19, 2024 11:17
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Zodium posted:the trick with these guys is staying right next to them at all times. they won't ever throw the blade if you're in melee range, and their normal attacks are easy to dodge and punish. Or just get on torrent, stay out of his range and keep booping him with bleed arrows.
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Feb 19, 2024 15:20
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? Spiritcaller Cave Godskin Duo. I've been summoned to help kill them many times, so I rolled in there all cocky on my second character (DEX/ARC) and they just completely pushed my poo poo in. On my third character (FAI) as well. Also I noticed the people I'd summon to help had no idea what they were doing, half of them would actually fight the ghosts instead of running directly for the snails.
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Feb 19, 2024 17:46
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? The red haired wolves. They are always jumping away from you, staying far out of melee range, then they just leap forward and have this huge area effect lunge attack that hits me no matter how I dodge it. gently caress those things.
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Feb 19, 2024 18:05
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I'm not a fan of the whole genre of bosses who have aoe on most of their standard attacks, presumably it's to hit spirits but also just negatates positioning and non-perfect dodges and makes you much more reliant on perfect iframes to avoid hits. Watchdogs and Commander Niall really stick in my mind for this
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Feb 19, 2024 18:13
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Positioning is just generally very important in ER. the direction of an enemy's swing matters and you don't wanna be on the business end of it
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Feb 19, 2024 18:47
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Well yes, that's why I don't like the fights which negate that and stick aoes on regular melee attacks! Like Niall sticking lingering frost pools and lightning explosions everywhere
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Feb 19, 2024 18:50
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The two Crucible Knights might as well have been waiting behind the door to the Erddtree; two dudes who want to get in your face is such a rude awakening if you mostly get by on summoning help and wolf packing a boss.
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Feb 19, 2024 18:55
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No Dignity posted:I'm not a fan of the whole genre of bosses who have aoe on most of their standard attacks, presumably it's to hit spirits but also just negatates positioning and non-perfect dodges and makes you much more reliant on perfect iframes to avoid hits. Watchdogs and Commander Niall really stick in my mind for this And dragon stomps. This also bugged me a lot. Mainly Watchdogs because they really aren't THAT hard but the timing on their stupid hover -> slam down is so weird and even if I dodge in the right ballpark I'm still liable to get got by the stupid splash effect.
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Feb 19, 2024 19:23
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No Dignity posted:I'm not a fan of the whole genre of bosses who have aoe on most of their standard attacks, presumably it's to hit spirits but also just negatates positioning and non-perfect dodges and makes you much more reliant on perfect iframes to avoid hits. Watchdogs and Commander Niall really stick in my mind for this The fire giant is kind of nothing but, yet he's one of the few major bosses I beat on the first try.
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Feb 19, 2024 19:40
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CommonShore posted:I find Placi to be really just about staying focused and not getting distracted or greedy for that extra hit. None of his attacks are difficult to dodge if you're paying attention, unlike some of malenias or swings with weird timings. On my last run where I fought him I spent like 5 or 6 attempts beating my head against the wall, leveled up a weapon to get pierce damage, and took my time instead of rushing, and then beat him on the next attempt. You can summon Latenna(? The albinuric lady) outside his aggro range and she'll just plunk at him until he's dead.
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Feb 19, 2024 20:01
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Good way to dumpster the ancient dragons: long doot. Fill its butt with the song of your people.
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Feb 19, 2024 20:51
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Long Doot, Pest Threads, Shard Spiral are the bane of Big Dudes
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Nebula, too.
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Feb 19, 2024 22:48
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I'd like an ak47 in the dlc
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Feb 19, 2024 22:56
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I want to bring my tetrapod ac to the lands between. Just go ham on a dragon with coral weapons or gatlings then ab to the next poor bastard Praetor Walter aims me at.
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Feb 20, 2024 02:04
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 Hey uh what are these things I've been eating anyway?Human eyeballs! 
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Fister Roboto posted:Question for the thread: on any run, regardless of build, what is the one boss, or boss archetype, that fucks you up the most? Revenants. It's even scary to use the healing trick since they can move so erratically.
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Feb 20, 2024 03:26
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War Wizard posted:Revenants. Ugh I hate that. I don’t know why they bothered making a walk animation for those things. They should have just put little UFO hover jets on the bottom.
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War Wizard posted:Revenants. If you don't start the heal nearby while they're still spawning, you probably won't be able to pull it off in combat without getting knocked out of the animation and killed.
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War Wizard posted:Revenants. fight the big ones like they’re the orphan of kos, they’re better at lunging forward than anything else, you can get a little breathing room by dodging sideways
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explosivo posted:
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Mustached Demon posted:Good way to dumpster the ancient dragons: long doot. Fill its butt with the song of your people. This seems to be the solution to every big enemy giving you trouble on a faith build. Just use the Long Doot's Bubble Special.
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Feb 20, 2024 09:56
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Where would one acquire a long doot. Haligtree? I gotta get there first.
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Feb 20, 2024 10:42
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Where would one acquire a long doot. Haligtree? I gotta get there first. Leyndell. First wide open area when you get there there's a bunch of envoys with a big one in the center of a round plaza who drops it. Haligtree does have them, but you DO NOT want to far this there.
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Feb 20, 2024 10:46
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Farming the Envoy's Great Horn loving sucked.
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Ben Nerevarine posted:Bell Bearing Hunters I fought so many times the Caelid one (the strongest) that I finally got around looping them on their shield smash attack the whole fight. When he starts a combo, dodge towards him on the last hit so you end on his back. That will trigger his shield ground smash that you dodge forward again to the back, triggering another shield smash, then again, again, again... At the other hand, I will never git gud at Malenia. I think is just that I hate the fight that I never enter that focus mode that allows for a good kill. Guillermus fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Feb 20, 2024 |
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