Gullveig strategy

[r_plus_seven]

What's the strategy for him? I'm still confused... can you jump across his cross marker?

[Tuhnu]

When she puts up the cross on the ground, you have to stay within the quarter you're in. If you cross the line, you take damage (even if you jump, if I recall correctly). The cross' "walls" don't go all the way up to the ceiling, though, since you're able to completely ignore them with Odr by flying really high.

Additionally she'll either create a blast on the floor, which you avoid by jumping or she'll create a blast right above your head which will only hit you if you jump. You can see which one she's doing by watching her animations but it's a little bit tricky.

Other than that she just kinda throws stuff at you, I haven't paid too much attention to those attacks, I have to admit. ^^

[Graslu00]

You can indeed jump the cross, just have to time it right though and it's risky.
If you have flying items, just stay on top all the time, but make sure you're high enough so you don't get hit by her high attack.
If you don't have any flying stuff, keep moving left and right and dodge the projectiles.

[Tuhnu]

Originally posted by Graslu00:

You can indeed jump the cross, just have to time it right though and it's risky.

Is it the same as those expanding dome attacks where it's safe to cross when it's immobile? Or is it just a matter of crossing it at the very apex of your jump?

[Graslu00]

Originally posted by Tuhnu:

Originally posted by Graslu00:

You can indeed jump the cross, just have to time it right though and it's risky.

Is it the same as those expanding dome attacks where it's safe to cross when it's immobile? Or is it just a matter of crossing it at the very apex of your jump?

Crossing at the very apex of your jump, they always deal damage I believe.

[Tuhnu]

Alright, thanks. I'll probably test it (like many other things) in more detail once I'm done with Odr hard mode.

[Vahnkiljoy]

Yeah she is bs and runs completely counter to the entire damn game, no obvious lead ups to her aoes compared to every other boss in the game, her cross attack has NO INDICATION of when it moves or what direction, she is the worst boss really, ESPECIALLY in boss rush.

[BlueAura]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

Yeah she is bs and runs completely counter to the entire damn game, no obvious lead ups to her aoes compared to every other boss in the game, her cross attack has NO INDICATION of when it moves or what direction, she is the worst boss really, ESPECIALLY in boss rush.

Most difficult boss by far in boss rush, the moving "+" cross is telegraphed with moving very slowly at the start but it's subtlety blends into the environment. That coupled with it moving clockwise or counter-clockwise at random and ability to use her quick aerial AOE is particularly frustrating.

I was only able to defeat her once in boss-rush mode with no damage. I hope that move in particular gets a slight balance pass (crosshair notification?) as well as making the other bosses a bit more difficult. Mutation modifiers have mostly decent balancing but I wished Lethal was used for faster attacks instead of spamming two of them as well as slightly reduced health pools for Giant variants (it feels like double-health and causes boss-rush mode to drag on for too long).

[Vahnkiljoy]

Which no real player will really be able to see while dodging all her attacks and keeping an eye on that beat indicator to jump which again, unlike ALL the other jump attacks on bosses, has no real lead up to it indicating it is coming, the attack literally comes a beat after she kneels, which can easily be confused with the "don't jump" aoe.