Dear fellow melee players, how did you kill Dragonlord Placidusax during 2nd phase?

[Dran_____]

I will get straight to the point. What the hell is with this second phase. It's is just ♥♥♥♥, simply because of it constantly teleporting and using ranged attacks. I have tried to kill him for several hours now. I am doing fine for the first part. The problem comes in the second phase where I can't hit him at all, and I eventually die to one of it's thousand ranged attacks it keeps firing off from far away.

[Arthur Morrigan]

Just run over and hit him?

[River]

I stick in between his hind legs and tail. There is no truly safe spot, but there I seem to get hit by his lightning far less than anywhere else.

Killed him with a Godslayer GS my first time through.

[Dran_____]

Originally posted by Probiotics:

Just run over and hit him?

That is what I have been trying for hours, but he teleports away before I get the chance.

[Dran_____]

Originally posted by River:

I stick in between his hind legs and tail. There is no truly safe spot, but there I seem to get hit by his lightning far less than anywhere else.

Killed him with a Godslayer GS my first time through.

That works for the first phase. I have problems with the second phase. He keeps teleporting away before l can get close enough to attack him. Been trying to kill him for hours.

[Krazy Wallet]

Smack that tail!

[Arthur Morrigan]

Originally posted by Dran_____:

That is what I have been trying for hours, but he teleports away before I get the chance.

I did not have that problem.

[楊玄。杨玄。LangrisserWWE]

Two bleed scimitars, a mimic tear and it dies rather fast. Took a few tries, it still have that one shot attack that can ruin your progress.

[ALBERN DRAKE]

You want to aim for his tail because he only has one or two move that can get you.One is the breath and think the other his claw swipe. If you are having trouble with one-shot laser beam. My recommendation is as soon as he gets done with his roar an then popsmoke on you. You want keep eye out for him, but you main goal should be getting to the wall of the arena. In most of my case it works

[Buntkreuz]

Welcome to the problem with this game. Melee combat without gapclosers is awfully unbalanced.
On one side you have magic that just destroys every enemy from a safe distance, on the other hand you have melee players with barely any range that have to constantly pass vast distances to get to an enemy that then just moves further away.
My friends who played magicians were freaking out when i told them that i killed the Fire Giant in my second attempt using the horse.
Simply because as a melee player (Caestus, so extreme melee) have to deal with problems they are never facing.
They could just stand there and shoot their magic stuff from a distance, then get rolled over and die instantly.
Meanwhile i know as a melee player that my most valuable resource is movement.

And thats where the only recommendation for you kicks in as a melee player. SInce movement is the key resource you have, you need ways to gain as much of it as possible.
Thats means:
Low weight
Bloodhound Step
Fast attack speed

If you can in any way, pick bloodhound step as your weapon ability.
It allows you to close the gaps faster and pass larger distances, it allows you to evade enemy attacks, especially AoE or wide attacks (his laser beams, his "i come down from the sky"-attacks.) and its dead cheap to be used.
Paired with low weight and a weapon that attacks fast, you simply spare tons of resources.
Even when he warps away, you can just run to him, use bloodhound step and get a few fast hits.
And when he attacks, bloodhound step in his direction, you avoid the attack and already closed the gap to his body.
While standing at his body, when you see that a lightning strike is about to hit you, bloodhound step to the side.
You avoid the lightning strike and you can continue to hit him.


This also works for other enemies of that type, like Dragons, Astel or the Fire Giant.
Bloodhound Step is also useful in many dungeons and other enemies, not only to avoid them, but to simply close the gap to them and get into range.
It saves time and gives you a larger window for attacks. Its super viable in PvP and actually counters a lot of the meta builds.
Its possibly the most valuable weapon art/ash of war in the game.

Which is sad, because it shouldnt be that way.

[karolus]

Originally posted by Dran_____:

I will get straight to the point. What the hell is with this second phase. It's is just ♥♥♥♥, simply because of it constantly teleporting and using ranged attacks. I have tried to kill him for several hours now. I am doing fine for the first part. The problem comes in the second phase where I can't hit him at all, and I eventually die to one of it's thousand ranged attacks it keeps firing off from far away. [/quote

Originally posted by Dran_____:

Originally posted by River:

I stick in between his hind legs and tail. There is no truly safe spot, but there I seem to get hit by his lightning far less than anywhere else.

Killed him with a Godslayer GS my first time through.

That works for the first phase. I have problems with the second phase. He keeps teleporting away before l can get close enough to attack him. Been trying to kill him for hours.

let him do his teleportation just keep dodging, he stops eventually and youll be able to land some hits, just takes time