Not a fan on the Abyssal woods

[Vahnkiljoy]

Reminds me of the nightmare realm in BB, except this crap endlessly hunts you down faster than you can run.

[Chris1]

Parry them and kill them. They don't respawn.

[nfinite.recursion]

Didn't even die once or even get caught. Granted, I used something I learned from one of my low level runs: Assassin's Gambit. Stick it on a dagger and run around while being mostly invisible.

[toughnails]

Make sure to parry the "unkillable" enemies, they drop a talisman and rare mats.

[Fineous🔥]

This is all about facing your "fears" and parry them once or as Nfinite said use the stealth approach (be careful with some weird orange flowers, if you touch them the Lantern will teleport to you).

The first of the 7 or 8 around the forest will drop a talisman (more damage if madness procs nearby) the rest swollen grapes, a consumable to craft the most powerful frenzy flame based throwable (all the frenzy flame cooking books are in the area) so i recomend to parry and kill them all. There is a stake of Marika near EVERY one and a grace near the last so fast respawn to try again.

Have extra care with a area with two of them patrolling the place.....no need to tell you what will happen if you aggro both.

[Vahnkiljoy]

"Just parry" not everyone uses that mechanic, and you would think they would stick to their guns and make something NOT die actually not die.

[Dollmaker]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

"Just parry" not everyone uses that mechanic, and you would think they would stick to their guns and make something NOT die actually not die.

I hardly ever use it and these guys aren’t that hard to parry tbh.

They only have one move after all, it just requires a little practice.

I actually got it on my first try when I learned about the trick.

[Vahnkiljoy]

Not sure how you snuck through, there was an area I had to go through that the game loaded up the most impossible to see fog, I couldn't even see them.

[Fineous🔥]

Originally posted by Dollmaker:

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

"Just parry" not everyone uses that mechanic, and you would think they would stick to their guns and make something NOT die actually not die.

I hardly ever use it and these guys aren’t that hard to parry tbh.

They only have one move after all, it just requires a little practice.

I actually got it on my first try when I learned about the trick.

Yeah they just raise their wand and "grab" you. The perfect moment is right after the wand glows. Also have to keep in mind they constantly will build madness on you so people with low focus heads will probably explode......if you have Seluvis set and a clarifying horn charm you can probably survive enough to parry before madness procs (or fire prelate set for maximum focus).

[Sham!]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

"Just parry" not everyone uses that mechanic, and you would think they would stick to their guns and make something NOT die actually not die.

just slap a parry shield and bite the bullet, you need to kill like 3 or 4 to move freely for the most part

10 minutes adventure, in and out

[Fineous🔥]

Oh just in case ( i never saw anything about the dude posted) there is a crazy dude that drops the Madding Hand weapon. Easy to miss.

[nfinite.recursion]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

Not sure how you snuck through, there was an area I had to go through that the game loaded up the most impossible to see fog, I couldn't even see them.

Crouch. This decreases your visibility radius and stacks with Assassin's Gambit. When you see the glowing head, he has his back to a tree. Go around behind the tree.

[『LITERALLY ME』]

That ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks, I never parry, sounds like more dumb design coolio.

[CourtesyFlush09]

Fantastic atmosphere absolutely destroyed by its vast emptiness. A major disservice to what the base game established in regards to madness and frenzy.

[Chris1]

I never parried in the entire game but I did it just to kill these 6 dudes who are annoying. It's not that hard and takes maybe 10 minutes to clear the entire area and then you never have to worry about them again. I also really dislike the parry mechanic but it's worth it to just kill these 6 guys for good.

[Vahnkiljoy]

Yeah no the parry mechanic is pure randomness it seems, my parry counts, then they for some stupid reason when they charge KEEP running into me and then go for the grab but apparently at pointblank you can't parry as the collisions are nowhere near each other. This is such a garbage area and even if you wanted to try and sneak they seem to see behind them anyway.