Spirit summoning in Maliketh's fight

[Dr. Professor Commander]

Is this fight supposed to be designed not to allow spirit summons or something?
The only real opportunity is as soon as you enter, but you get rushed by the beast clergyman, and then your summon gets knocked off the edge very quickly because the Clergyman is non-stop attacking very erratically, and leaping around everywhere like he just snorted 30 lbs of coke. I swear he's just as bad as Lorian teleporting right on top of you the moment you enter the arena in DS3.

He keeps knocking them off because he hangs out by the door, so my spirit aggroes him and lingers close to the edge where Maliketh is, where he then can easily 'berserk' them off the ledge.

Any tips? Or does anyone wanna lend a hand, since a living person can figure out how to stay away from the ledge much better than my spirits can lol. I'm on NG+7 (I think)

[nfinite.recursion]

Maliketh is the only boss that still gives me trouble these days. All I can say is to keep trying to immediately summon at the start of the fight. He doesn't always immediately rush you. Seems kinda RNG-based.

On that note, the most recent time I fought him, I destroyed him in his second phase in just over 5 seconds dual wielding Banished Knight Greatswords on a strength build. He was acting like he was on downers so I wailed on him, broke his poise, and wailed on him some more until he died. Every other time he was doing the usual jumping around BS.

[Lumina]

Summon your spirit ashes asap after entering, I have summoned there very often. Then I try to get the Clergyman's attention, per ex. with a Throwing Knife and lure him away from entrance. Another thing you need to pay attention are the pillars. It's possible the spirit summon gets stuck behind a pillar and doesn't attack, then you need to move around a bit and bring the boss in the right position.

[Scuzz]

The problem is some of you have cowardly summons. Probably mimics, right. :)

[Lumina]

Originally posted by Scuzz:

The problem is some of you have cowardly summons. Probably mimics, right. :)

Haha, I prefer Dung Eater. But last time I summoned the Black Flame Monk Amon, he did a good job.

[Dr. Professor Commander]

Originally posted by Scuzz:

The problem is some of you have cowardly summons. Probably mimics, right. :)

I've tried both Mimic and Tiche and he knocked 'em both off multiple times, all in a row :/
(Tiche surprised me especially because she's so evasive and leaps around just like Maliketh does). NG+7 is the first time this has ever happened, I didn't even know he could knock your spirits off like that til now.

On a side note I'm using twin scav curved swords, one w/seppuku and bleed, the other with frost. In the past I've always been able to take care of him easily with my Mimic using a Godskin Peeler w/seppuku, but it ain't cutting it this time around. I started using my Scavs because the attack speed, and blood/frostbite buildup is much faster. Only reason I use the mimic is to try and stack the buildups I'm trying to proc pretty much.

Is he particularly weak to anything I may not be aware of? He's always seemed weak to bleed to me, but I've read he actually has a moderate resistance to bleed, but that doesn't seem right to me lol...

[nfinite.recursion]

Hmm...

1. Immediately summon.

2. Run forward towards Maliketh.

3. Dodge his attacks the best you can while moving the fight towards the center of the arena.

4. When mimic fully forms and joins the fight, heal and buff while he's distracted.

5. Join the fight.

I should also note that maybe it's just been my experience, but Maliketh seems a bit easier solo, especially in phase 2. With a summon joining the fight, he seems to jump around a lot more.

[Ironwu]

Perhaps using a flyer would help with the knock off problem? Give you time to get the needed hits in even if it is not the most powerful spirit available. :)

[Casval Zem Daikun]

Not sure what you expected from this game. He hits all the marks of an ER boss:
* lmao levels of HP
* offensive movement that either clears the whole arena or has the range of the arena
* bonus point: some kind of cancer mechanic

[Dr. Professor Commander]

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Hmm...

1. Immediately summon.

2. Run forward towards Maliketh.

3. Dodge his attacks the best you can while moving the fight towards the center of the arena.

4. When mimic fully forms and joins the fight, heal and buff while he's distracted.

5. Join the fight.

I should also note that maybe it's just been my experience, but Maliketh seems a bit easier solo, especially in phase 2. With a summon joining the fight, he seems to jump around a lot more.

#4 may be a bit easier said than done because of how bosses aggro in ER. He'll be all over my Mimic relentlessly, then he'll use his bestial sling on me outta nowhere taking close to 9/10ths of my entire healthbar, then proceed with my Mimic again after nearly killing me lol.
I've even spammed Swarm of Flies one attempt to try and pull him from my Mimic and he didn't even aggro me because he was all over my summon so intensely.

[Dr. Professor Commander]

Originally posted by Casval Zem Daikun:

Not sure what you expected from this game. He hits all the marks of an ER boss:
* lmao levels of HP
* offensive movement that either clears the whole arena or has the range of the arena
* bonus point: some kind of cancer mechanic

Can't say I disagree with you honestly lol. I did compare him to Lorian after all hah

I'm more or less irritated about both AI's of Maliketh and my spirit lingering near the arena edge, and aggroing each other to stay there because it keeps getting my spirit killed lol