how do i beat the minotaur and theseus boss fight without using all of my death defiances?

[a person]

i recently have made it to the point to where im getting to elysium more, and because of that. i therefore and fighting theseus and the minotaur more. what is a viable strategy for killing them without taking all that damage? I originally tried to just go for the minotaur then focus on theseus but theseus just called on the gods and did a ton of damage to me when i was just dashing around.

[Nibbie]

Sounds like you have the strategy, just have to work on execution. Theseus uses his call at half health no matter what, so imagine trying to dodge that nonsense with a minotaur attacking you too. That, and how easy it is to separate Asterius from Theseus and use the pillars or just a single dash to avoid Theseus' single attack, makes focusing Asterius first an easy choice.

For actually fighting Asterius, dodging through his jump attacks to behind him is usually good, I usually dodge away from his swipes but I think through him works for those too, and when he does his charging attack, you lead him to a pillar or wall for him to hit to stop him. I use the wall, because he would sometimes just run around the pillar instead of into it. Angle him one way then dash the other way so he hits the wall straight on, might take some practice to not get hit while doing so, but it stops him every time. As mentioned, the only thing Theseus can do while you are fighting Asterius is throw his spear, which is clearly telegraphed for timed dodging or just using the terrain of the pillars to block it.

Once Asterius is down and you fight Theseus, it can be an easy if somewhat slow process. He only has two attacks, spear throw or spin, and has a several second long cooldown between attacks during which he often walks away from you. Dodge his attack, then hit him for a couple seconds, then move away a bit to dodge the next attack, repeat until dead. You can time your dodges to stay on him to kill him faster, but that can be left for a later thing to improve on. When he does his call, he stands totally still for the duration of the initial cast, so you can either focus on dodging the call and going back to the normal strategy (with some extra dodging of his aftercast sometimes), or try to burst down Theseus during the call while he is defenseless, usually with a greater call you have charged at this point. The ones that turn you invincible like Athena or Ares can easily do both, but anything with good DPS and some decent dodging skills can get him low or dead while he stands there.

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

Learn Theseus attacks and dash out of the way.

Oh, and hope his god isn't Demeter. Otherwise you'll have a bad time even if you beat him regularly already.

[The Queen Salis]

Meanwhile Artemis is such a non threat when aiding him. Always striking the same spots.

[Sky]

Your strategy of taking out the Minotaur first is on the point to make the fight easier.
About the part of losing less health I can tell you to learn the patterns and everything.
Ignore Theseus, he will only occasionally try to snipe you or do a spin attack if you are close.

And the minotaur is just the same as you encounter him in the midway point, shockwaves when he finishes an attack after he lost 50% health.

About the call Theseus makes, doesnt matter who answers you should focus on avoiding the attacks. Once he is done the god will always do an additional attack occasionally, each having a different pattern. Artemis focuses the middle, Aphrodite makes large circles around your current position, making the middle a blind spot. So on and forth. Note that while he does the call you can also attack him freely so you can sneak a bunch of damage.

May try to get some more health. Also note that some explosive attacks like festive fog ignore shields from experience so maybe go for those if you have a hard time damaging him as he likes to hide behind it plenty.

[Erebus Von Mori]

If you can, try to attack Theseus when he calls the gods down, he doesn't have his shield up for several seconds so if you can dodge the attacks it's a good chance to lay down some damage.

[Midknight22]

When he calls he's immobile so shoot and scoot works as does damage over time. I think countering with a cast is generally quite a good option, especially trippy shot and other area casts.

Sort of depends on weapon unlocks but the shield can tank either of the two once the other has gone down without too much trouble.

Also practise the minotaur solo on the mid boss room can help get his pattern down.

[Milord0316]

I usually kill Theseus first, he's quite easy to predict, and it is when he calls on the God that he becomes even easier to get rid off. He becomes very slow, and you just have to dodge the calls on the god and pound him heavily on the way. When I have max gauge for your call, call on him, and make it a first priority. Asterius is much more predictable, and you can either kill him from distance, or beat him every time he finishes his combo set. I he leaps on you, you just have to force against him

[The Queen Salis]

In any case, you need to focus on one of them so you don't fight both at their second phase at once which is much more lethal for each and quadruply so when both have it.