Golden Hippo is one of the worst designs so far, for me anyways

[[SIN] Kryadan]

He is easy enough to dodge, only thing that ever catches me is the long run which of course insta kills me, but small room and giant boss that charges, I cant even see what is happening half the time. Maybe just me the way I play but I lose sight of him a lot, especially after being knocked down and then I cannot tell what move he is doing because i keep getting blocked by walls.

[Baphomeat]

Escrito originalmente por twiggy:

obvious skill issue here tbh

When all you do is no life games like this (3k MHW, 1.5k this, probably similar times in DS1-3, BB, and other MH games) you have no place to talk.

Not everyone dedicates their entire being to a single genre, let alone a single game like you do.

Get a life. For real.


More on topic...
So far I don't think it's the WORST BOSS but design wise... yea it's pretty bad. I'd still take him over Malenia and her bs healing factor any day but yea I can't see, it's pretty inconsistent when you can and can't dodge from the grapple (mainly because he gets stuck on terrain and it's near impossible to tell if he's going to hit something and freeze in place for an extra second or not).

Overall he's just far to big for the arena they put him in... if he was in an open area or something more like the Ancestral Spirit, Elden beast, or Ansel it wouldn't be as bad... but 90% of the time I die is because I flat out can not see which animation he's winding up due to him being IN MY FACE 90% of the match.

His skills are pretty easy to avoid... when I see them... if he was an open world i'd have almost no complaints but when game mechanics are preventing me from seeing other mechanics it's a little infuriating.

[Nifty]

Escrito originalmente por SIN Kryadan:

He is easy enough to dodge, only thing that ever catches me is the long run which of course insta kills me, but small room and giant boss that charges, I cant even see what is happening half the time. Maybe just me the way I play but I lose sight of him a lot, especially after being knocked down and then I cannot tell what move he is doing because i keep getting blocked by walls.

Are you playing arcane?

I fought hippo 3 times prior once with intelligence, once with strength, once with quality and they all felt fine.

I fight him dragon arcane and I had to start doing vow of the indomitable so I could I frame through vacuume grab, medium shield his weird 180 hit box animations etc.

So feels build dependent.

[Nihrahk]

I didn't find him too difficult, but I explored a bunch of other areas before fighting him. I think i got like maybe 15 blessings or so before fighting him? Not to mention that I fought the other hippos scattered through the world, so I did have plenty of experience for his first phase. It was pretty free, and it was just me smashing his skull with two cold infused great stars.

His 2nd phase was a bit surprising, and I did die two times to it, but on my 3rd attempt he went down.

[Geist]

Sorry but the happy hippo is just comically easy. If his charge oneshots you, maybe your scadutree blessing is way lot low, or you have a lot less than 60 vigor. I beat him first try, though keep in mind I usually have my trusty summon Banished Knight Oleg with me, since he just doesn't give two ♥♥♥♥♥ about most bosses. In short: upgrade your Scadutree Blessing, try to get it to 6 or 7 before fighting hippo and 10+ before Messmer. All easily doable just by exploring the world a bit.

[königplatzen]

If you get instakilled, your defense is too low:
more blessings, vigor, armor, talisman, golden vow, black flame protection, etc.

[4accenter]

Second try. This boss is very similar to the huge pigs out of DARK Souls 1.

[Sham!]

Golden hippo is a certified hood classic
Arena isnt even that small for him since he has a pretty fair and slow moveset