Advice for the Mistbearer fight

[tonshajo]

Recently accepted the quest o kill the Mistbearer. I've tried it a couple times and ended up dying in the second half. Just wondering if anyone has any advice.

[Calculus]

Whats your build?
Are you an archer? Warrior? Mage?

One tip i can give is that you can attack him directly without needing to stun him if you are using ranged attacks.

[tonshajo]

I admit I don't really have a build. I've been muddling things through as I've gone along. Most my points have been put into the Strength and dexterity attributes (with Spirituality coming in third) and I've put most of my points into the dexterity and spirituality trees. I could give you more details if needed.

[Logantron]

Originally posted by tonshajo:

I admit I don't really have a build. I've been muddling things through as I've gone along. Most my points have been put into the Strength and dexterity attributes (with Spirituality coming in third) and I've put most of my points into the dexterity and spirituality trees. I could give you more details if needed.

BTW, a good way to handle builds that has worked for me is to decide on one main offensive stat (STR/DEX/SPR) and one defensive stat, usually endurance but I consider perception as well if you want to play stealth or you could even use magic defensively and consider SPR a double dip if you commit to learning to use the defensive spells properly. Stealth works with any of the combat types so it's fun to try out new things but it tends to work best with a DEX build with the way the stats lean into each other.

As long as you focus on your two primary stats first you should be good. I tend to level them in a 2/2/1/.5 ratio with one or two other secondary stats depending on what I feel like trying out. So if I had 20 stat points to invest and I wanted a basic paladin with a bit of magic for healing and support I would level STR/END as my primary and SPR as my secondary leaving me with 8STR/8END/4SPR at whatever level I'd have 20 stat points to play around with.

Feel free to break the rule, this has just been a gold standard that has worked for me.

If you want to reset your build and re-level you just need to spend a few nights out farming and identifying items until you get the potion that lets you do so. Its icon is a thin blue vial.

One thing I will note is that pumping your endurance early on usually is a big help for any build that wants to block rather than dodge or use stealth. Block is actually the best defensive option once you level up the skill since stamina will become a large part of what limits your DPS. You could dodge, or you could block and absorb that damage to your green bar with the right perks.

[tonshajo]

Just posting this to vent, the Mistbearer fight is annoying. My main strategy has just been to stealth kill enemies with the bow and arrow but because its a boss fight (I assume), I am shoved into an arena with a bunch of skeletons. Currently I am able to get through the first phase by running around and shooting skeletons with a spell but in the second phase the fireballs keep getting me. Its just annoying because I cannot just run away then sneak back and snipe them.

[tonshajo]

Cooled off by taking a break from the game for a few days. As may be obvious I'm not exactly a good gamer (heck I am playing on Normal Difficulty, so that should tell my skill level), Anyway hopefully I'll get back into it over the following week and if its just too annoying, I'll just turn down the difficulty to story, no point getting hung up over a game. Or I can just sneak into the temple.

[Sgt.JESUS]

I think if i remember right from the last time i played you have to kill all skeletons, than the boss goes down and you can hit his arms or something like that, rinse and repeat until dead.

Its a gimmick fight alright, i would prefer a straight up fight with him throwing magic at my face than this, but i guess its the price to pay for the boss to look like a big scary monster.