I love Yharnam, one of my favorite bosses in the game. Bosses like Bloodletting and Loran Darkbeast are just annoying because you can't see them half the time. It's the reason why I think Gerhman, Gascoigne, Yharnam, and Logarius are the best bosses in the game - they don't feel like a crapshoot due to the camera.
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I love Yharnam, one of my favorite bosses in the game. Bosses like Bloodletting and Loran Darkbeast are just annoying because you can't see them half the time. It's the reason why I think Gerhman, Gascoigne, Yharnam, and Logarius are the best bosses in the game - they don't feel like a crapshoot due to the camera.
JadedWriter
Member
You seem to like the more human sized bosses the most, which is pretty cool. I loved the music for Yharnam's last phase, that shit was just epic. My favorites are Ebrietas, Amelia, Yharnam, SOY, and Logarius. They seem to be the least cheap minus Ebrietas' charge and beam spam move. The fights with those guys are always just epic.
Melchiah
Member
Aside from Yharnam, my faves would be Micolash, BSB, and Gascoigne. All different from each other, and most of them are interesting from a story point of view.
JadedWriter
Member
BSB is probably my least favorite, I even like Abhorrent Beast more than him. BSB is usually my wall boss for some odd reason. Loran Dark Beast is a god damn pain too.
Melchiah
Member
BSB was a wall to me on the first playthrough, but that goes for Gascoigne and most others as well.
I've grown to enjoy the fights against BSB after I learned how to parry its attacks in Ailing Loran.I liked it, but it's not among my top favorites. My least favorites would be Rom and Ebrietas from the main game, and Pthumerian Descendant and Abhorrent Beast from the chalices. Basically those I had most trouble with. Shadows aren't among my favorites either, as I generally hate mobs as bosses.
JadedWriter
Member
How can you hate Ms. What the fuck is that thing AKA Ebrietas? I get that she's hard, but I've always had a good amount of fun fighting her. Granted Pthumerian Descendant is an asshat and Rom just doesn't have that much depth to her, but Ebrietas was always pretty fun to me, especially that second or third phase where she starts flying at you.BSB was a wall to me on the first playthrough, but that goes for Gascoigne and most others as well.
I liked it, but it's not among my top favorites. My least favorites would be Rom and Ebrietas from the main game, and Pthumerian Descendant and Abhorrent Beast from the chalices. Basically those I had most trouble with. Shadows aren't among my favorites either, as I generally hate mobs as bosses.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Any version of the Undead Giant in the chalices is the worst boss. That's the one boss I don't think anyone has ever said they liked.
Melchiah
Member
It stems from how I beat my head against the wall when I fought her the first time. She was a lot easier in Isz, and I actually beat her there on the first try. I just don't find her as fun as others. I've yet to beat her on NG+, so maybe I should try another tactic, and to keep more distance instead of being up close and personal with her ass?
EDIT:
They can be a pain in the ass, but Evelyn + Bone Marrow Ash combo works well during the last phase.
So, I finally finished the Chalice Dungeons (and hated every single bit of it, apart from [some] bosses), and went straight to NG+.
I must have finished NG+ in... 20 minutes?
I just ran (like RAN!) though the levels straight to the boss door (never mind opening shortcuts or anything, just run!), ring the Beckoning Bell, wait a few minutes for a kind hunter to appear and...profit.
It was ridiculously easy, and apart from Micolash (and that ridiculous 1HKO A Call Beyond) I had no problems with any of the bosses this time, even Father Gragoine that gave me a good beating the first time was just a cruise.
I must have finished NG+ in... 20 minutes?
I just ran (like RAN!) though the levels straight to the boss door (never mind opening shortcuts or anything, just run!), ring the Beckoning Bell, wait a few minutes for a kind hunter to appear and...profit.
It was ridiculously easy, and apart from Micolash (and that ridiculous 1HKO A Call Beyond) I had no problems with any of the bosses this time, even Father Gragoine that gave me a good beating the first time was just a cruise.
papercan55
Member
20 minutes! i think your officially the fastest in the world then.
i hope you recorded your run.
It's a little bit on the hyperbole side, guys, but without counting the waiting time for the summons it must have been not too far away from that mark. I didn't do anything optional, though. Just the absolutely necessary. Also didn't kill any enemy I absolutely didn't have to. Didn't pick any items.
JadedWriter
Member
I hope you got shit like the Messengers Gift on your first playthrough.
gift of 100 gab
Member
I guess just wear armor with high frenzy resistance and dump all your insight into the messenger shop, and bring sedatives. Are you trying to get those echoes back or just going for the messenger's gift? I did a suicide run to get the item and bold hunters mark'd the fuck out of there. So annoying.
I did! ^^
You can also use that rune that adds more Frenzy resistance. But I guess the suicide run is the best tactic for the Messenger's Gift. It's less frustrating. Those brain enemies are a pain.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Just got the platinum for Bloodborne, #32. The Yharnam Queen is easy once you memorize her attack patterns. Not gonna do Chalice dungeons on my other characters. Had enough of it on one character. Might get my strength character near endgame and debating if I want to raise my Bloodtinge build or not.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Yeah I liked her. Awesome design, somewhat easy fight though.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
So per some comments in this thread, I discovered I had totally passed up the Cleric Beast. After some hunting, I found him...Fun fight, but still haven't defeated him yet. I think I had a fight going for like 20 minutes and he was at 25% health and I was out of vials. Either I'm doing something wrong or that fight is supposed to take a long ass time.
When can I get a new weapon? The Threaded Cane isn't as fun as I thought it might be.
When can I get a new weapon? The Threaded Cane isn't as fun as I thought it might be.
DamagedInc
Member
The Saw Cleaver is good against beasts as it has bonus damage, take some fire and stay near his feet.
Off-Kilter
Banned
You get two opportunities before you fight the first required boss.
1) If you're following the main path to the boss, chances are you'll find yourself in a building that leads to an aqueduct type of thing. Its the building where you fight a new enemy for the first time, has rats on the bottom, and its near an old lady NPC. If you look upwards, you'll see two bodies suspended above you containing items. One of them has the saw spear. All you gotta do is walk up the stairs you came in from, and look to your left to see an opening in the wall hidden by a bunch of barrels. Walk out the opening and you can walk over the rafters to the items and use your weapon to cut them down. Then merely go down to where the rats are to collect them. BTW there is another prize in the rafters area that is far more valuable than any weapon <3
2) Continue past the aqueduct area and eventually you should come to a ladder continuing to the rest of the main path and a
giant boar
big pig
Off-Kilter
Banned
Chikage.
In its normal state it does physical damage like any other weapon, and it scales with Skill. Its a whole different beast when transformed though. It does blood damage in that state, much like your gun, and it scales with your Skill and Bloodtinge. The Bloodtinge scaling is S at +10 and it's an absolute beast with 50 Bloodtinge. But you're gonna be constantly dealing with health drain which makes this a high risk high reward build. Super exciting to play.
But yes you'll also be dishing good damage with your guns. Evelyn and Repeating Pistol are great options for those builds.
At first I was just trying to get my souls back, but then I lost them to him. Didn't realize there was an item, I was just progressing, but I guess I'll just suicide run it tomorrow. There's nothing else that's important down there? I thought that's where I was supposed to be going story wise because of the cut scene that happened.
Awesome thanks. Might look into doing that for my next playthrough!
Off-Kilter
Banned
Those things have extremely low poison resistance. If you have poison knives handy you can kill them with three or four.
JadedWriter
Member
Just remember to switch in and out of Blood mode with the Chikage, I usually just start off with the transformation attack get a few whacks in and then throw it back into skill mode. It's actually a pretty fun weapon.
Threaded Cane is actually a good weapon, but it probably doesn't suit your play style or your not leveling up skill or started with a class that has shit skill levels.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I started with Lone Survivor since it had high Vit. I don't really know which of the damage stats I should raise, but my first level up had me spending points in Vit, End, and Str. I haven't made use of the whip mode on the cane, mostly because I felt that it didn't do enough damage to be worth my time. As a new player, I could be totally wrong.
JadedWriter
Member
If you're using the cane don't level up str cause it gets more of a damage boost out of the skill stat. Whip mode is pretty good cause it allows you to attack from a further distance. Experiment with stepping in and out of the enemies attack range to bait attacks and attack with the whip when you're out of the enemies range. Also the R2 attack has good range and hits harder as well. I platinumed with the Cane it's completely viable as a weapon and quite versatile. It takes a bit to get used to it, but once you do you'll learn how to play around it really well.
Unless it was changed in a recent patch, Chikage in bloood mode doesn't scale with Skill at all, just Bloodtinge.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Off-Kilter
Banned
Wow I fucked up the Chikage thing lol. Shameful.
Still though, pump up your Bloodtinge, fortify the sword, and go wreck fools
Still though, pump up your Bloodtinge, fortify the sword, and go wreck fools
They do but the badge might be a little out of the way. Do you have access to Upper Cathedral Ward?I'm out of poison knives.
Orochinagis
Member
I'm out of poison knives.
They later sell them after you go to upper cathedral and get the chorus insignia after you enter the red moon phase
One thing the Soul games need desperately is a Boss Rush or Boss mode.
Some of the bosses in the Chalice Dungeons were cool to fight, but I don't want to do it again just to fight the bosses. Same with the campaign bosses.
Even if it's unlocked only after NG++ or after you get all the endings or something. It would increase the replayability a lot.
I'm 165 and still get co-op somewhat easily. I'd say best areas would be the non-optional bosses of the main campaign, except Cleric Beast.
Some of the bosses in the Chalice Dungeons were cool to fight, but I don't want to do it again just to fight the bosses. Same with the campaign bosses.
Even if it's unlocked only after NG++ or after you get all the endings or something. It would increase the replayability a lot.
I'm 165 and still get co-op somewhat easily. I'd say best areas would be the non-optional bosses of the main campaign, except Cleric Beast.
Rich Uncle Skeleton
Member
The cane does pretty shitty damage early on but it's worth sticking with in the long run. Cleric Beast does have a ton of health relative to how much damage you can deal at that point (especially with the cane). Molotovs help a lot to speed it up.
Is it because you are not trying to continuously get behnid him and force him to turn? His AI is extremely exploitable. If you are standing in frontt of BSB you will engage in a battle of attrition at best, but if you anticipate his swipe attack (which you trigger on purpose by standing to his side) he becomes a no heath loss boss in a hurry as you just dodge behind him as he swings and punish the recovery animations from his attacks. Position yourself to one or the other side of him as he repositions himslef, rinse and repeat. Pretty sure this was my third attempt at BSB.
Weltall Zero
Member
A boss rush is tempting, but I also fear it would remove what's exciting and special about bosses. Unless it's an actual boss rush, in which case it might actually be harder to reach the latter bosses than do them via chalice dungeons.
You could always look for a glyph that makes the boss appear in the first floor of a random dungeon and rush through. Do some of the bosses in the fixed versions appear in the randomly generated versions of easier dungeons? Or where they appear in the fixed ones is as early as they can appear?
the developers of this game never cease to amaze me; this cant possibly be a coincidence.
LowlySmokeGuy
Banned
Sorry dude, but it's pretty clear that was a memory leak glitch. His AI is a lot more unpredictable and aggressive than what's shown in the video especially during that last phase. He should have leaping like a lion at you during that phase.
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
LMAO, yep, he only does the same super easy swiping attack over and over again.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Any tips for beating Rom?
It might be because I literally start sweating when the fight begins but those creepy little bastards keep killing me, my axe doesn't seem to hurt them very much.
edit: he's down
First time I struggled with a boss, could beat them all in 2-3 tries, I think I was lucky he spawned near me the second time.
It might be because I literally start sweating when the fight begins but those creepy little bastards keep killing me, my axe doesn't seem to hurt them very much.
edit: he's down
First time I struggled with a boss, could beat them all in 2-3 tries, I think I was lucky he spawned near me the second time.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
I think I'm at the end of the game.
If this is the end then I'm not too inclined to beat it yet because I want to fuck around in this weak world a bit more.
Is this the end of the game?
Shit is on fire, lol
If this is the end then I'm not too inclined to beat it yet because I want to fuck around in this weak world a bit more.
Is this the end of the game?
Weltall Zero
Member
Yes, it is.
Just FYI for the next time you fight Rom, the first (and second?) hits on the little spiders's heads bounce off dealing (next to) no damage, you need to either use three-four hit chains, hit them from behind or hit them when they dive at you. I think elemental weapons bypassed that too? Not sure on that last one.
Weltall Zero
Member
Sorry for the double post.