• wols@lemmy.zip
    4·
    3 months ago
    semi-related rant

    I know lots of folks have complained about regular enemies being too spongy, but I feel like I have the opposite complaint for bosses, at least with the few I’ve encountered so far: they have so little health that I will die a lot through numerous attempts, but then as I start figuring out their patterns a bit, I end up defeating them without actually having gotten good at the fight. The victory feels more like an accident than the expected outcome.
    That is to say, I didn’t so much defeat this boss and rather stumbled my way clumsily through, so take my advice with a grain of sand.

    A general strategy that I used in HK and have repeated with SilkSong when I couldn’t defeat an enemy is first going into the fight with the only goal being survival. Learn their patterns, figure out how to dodge and avoid their attacks and don’t yet attempt to deal damage yourself. That way you’ll get a feel for their telegraphs and their reach, and you’ll build up some muscle memory for evading.

    This boss specifically is a lot easier when you have the dash (sprint).
    The main problem IMO is when it corners you. Depending on its attack you can either try to run through underneath it, or do a quick pogo+dash over its head.
    If cornered on the left side (where there’s less vertical space) I have had some success with simply edging ever closer to the exit - the boss usually does the digging teleport at some point, allowing you to escape.

    • stinky@redlemmy.comOPMEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Aha! I just learned about the sprint. I’m avoiding this guy until I can get it

      • kinship@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        3 months ago

        How did it go? Where are you now? I beat him without dash but there is absolutely no reason to do so.

        • stinky@redlemmy.comOPMEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I made it into the deep docks after dying a ton of times. Had to rebind my keyboard (WASD instead of arrows, shift to dash etc) and relearn all that, now I’m up against Lace I beat her! Guess I have to save up 500 beads for the padlock key while I explore the next areas

          • kinship@lemmy.sdf.org
            1·
            3 months ago

            We are basically in the same spot. But I forgot I could go past her. So I went to

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            Wormways

            I have gotten all fleas as well which took me to

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            the same spot

        • stinky@redlemmy.comOPMEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          goodness I’m sorry AND impressed

          dash was necessary for me - he went down in one try

    • Herzenschein@pawb.social
      2·
      2 months ago

      This can also be a fun challenge where you try to dodge the enemy’s attacks for as long as possible (I used to do this a lot in Hollow Knight since you can challenge bosses multiple times). At a certain point their telegraph animations just click.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    3 months ago

    I find these guys annoying as hell. Get a hit, back up some, or pogo over their heads