How did you defeat that red reaper?

[elstirthibaut]

the one that appears at the end of an umbral period. i'm only melee and it's difficult since you cannot really heal yourself (maybe i should try those red stones).
i use a longsword. he has a ton of health and has a tendency to dodge your attacks^^

[Kriss Hietala]

vertical attack with dual wield grand swords. one hit and dodge and repeat.

[Rubyeyed]

He has a set pattern and is vulnerable after many attacks. Only dangerous move he has is the one when he pops his upper half from the ground and slashes. Also, if you just keep walking he will miss his signature double stab down and you can get in 2-3 hits but he will dodge after a point.

If you need healing I recommend triple red stones, those are good enough.

[BongHitSquad]

you got this +1

[Skulls]

I just did the pumpkin boss which is supposed to be the red reaper. Waited for him to pop up, slashed, dodged his attacks, slashed, repeat.

[LS95]

Pilgrim Perch, near the Bellroom vestige, go outside past the spikey boy, and deal with the few pilgrims out there, then just...wait for like 5 minutes near the top of the LONG ladder on the right. Not quite all the way at the top, a few steps lower, when he spawns he should spawn above on the platform, then slide down to ALMOST THE BOTTOM and he should throw himself down with an attack after a while and lose most of his health.

Then it's a gamble on if you want to plunge attack him after you climb back up, or he decides to go sink down and loop all the way around onto the bone spine bridge above the platform at the top of the ladder where you jump off of the get there and he just kind of stays there looking scary because he's trapped and won't actually be able to make the jump to attack you and you're too close for him to teleport so you can just Ranged him to death perfectly safely.

[Warbreaker]

Originally posted by Warbreaker:

Calrath, +10 Gerlinde Hammer and Shield, I popped two heals over time just in case and parried him mostly

On this note, you can stack a single, double and triple stone at the same time, they stack, just make sure you kill him before they run out.

[nu1x]

You know those Radiant Auras that completely break the game ? Defence and regen ones.
Apply both and just facetank the reaper while having mana regen items in your quick item bar. You cannot fail.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by nu1x:

You know those Radiant Auras that completely break the game ? Defence and regen ones.
Apply both and just facetank the reaper while having mana regen items in your quick item bar. You cannot fail.

Ya I use both aura's with inferno defense buff and you can just facetank it easy especially with loash eye

[Ser Oddly]

What I usually do is
Great shield, 3 mana regen
1 ring mana regen
1 ring cast inferno spells with any catalyst
Grand sword : Ravager sword (sometimes rock the iron wayfarer hammer)

Spells : Heal Aura + Armor Aura (Radiant spells) + Radiant weapon
+ inferno spells : Damage shout + Stamina Shout

And whack away at red ghost while two-handed wielding your sword.
His pattern is really simple, and the aura keeps healing me.
goes into ground and starts circling, wait for him to emerge, and get 2 hits
he goes far back, might lunge, time it and parry.
Other than that, he does 3 consecutive attacks, all parryable
or spin attack, easy dodge,
or goes into the ground and does a double attack, easy dodge again.

If you dont have enough Nartun for mana healing,
1 ring + 3 mana stones (3 of the biggest chunks) will be enough to get you through the fight

[Sgt. Magnusson]

Spawned it in Abandoned Redcopse, since all enemies are weak at my level in that area. I shot it with a crossbow any time there was an opening, dodged all of his attacks, used ammo pouches to get more shots, then killed it.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by Ragnarok, World Destruction:

What I usually do is
Great shield, 3 mana regen
1 ring mana regen
1 ring cast inferno spells with any catalyst
Grand sword : Ravager sword (sometimes rock the iron wayfarer hammer)

Spells : Heal Aura + Armor Aura (Radiant spells) + Radiant weapon
+ inferno spells : Damage shout + Stamina Shout

And whack away at red ghost while two-handed wielding your sword.
His pattern is really simple, and the aura keeps healing me.
goes into ground and starts circling, wait for him to emerge, and get 2 hits
he goes far back, might lunge, time it and parry.
Other than that, he does 3 consecutive attacks, all parryable
or spin attack, easy dodge,
or goes into the ground and does a double attack, easy dodge again.

If you dont have enough Nartun for mana healing,
1 ring + 3 mana stones (3 of the biggest chunks) will be enough to get you through the fight

Why greatshield? no hate but there's a light shield if you don't use shields much and just want the mana regen slots

[Baron01]

Originally posted by elstirthibaut:

the one that appears at the end of an umbral period. i'm only melee and it's difficult since you cannot really heal yourself (maybe i should try those red stones).
i use a longsword. he has a ton of health and has a tendency to dodge your attacks^^

This fight, as mentioned, is made a lot easier if you have a source of healing. Radian spells, namely its Invigorating Aura or Sanctify , are great tool for this. Once you solve your healing, the fight is rather simple but time consuming due to amount of HP Scarlet Shadow has. It is also dangerous due to its high damage output. Scarlet Shadow can wipe your HP in single combo if you are not durable enough. Most dangerous attacks are: 1.) his lunge from distance with a cross-slash at the end - highly damaging attack that is use randomly and rarely 2.) submerged attack - Scarlet Shadow can submerge during combat to reposition away from player and if followed too closely, it can attack as it emerged from the ground.

When Scarlet Shadow appears, just bite its emerging attack and punish with dodge attack. It usually submerge to reposition away from player so you can move after it and follow up with another attack. If you are less resilient or do not have good source of healing, you should play carefully and only attack once before disengaging. My durable character can actually commit to combo attacks and trade with the reaper for a bit. Another common attack is his lunge with whirling strikes--this is usually used when players are staying at distance and can be dangerous if caught attacks path. You should always keep track of Scarlet Shadow to make sure you are not surprised by its attacks. If you like to parry, his 3-hit combo is ripe for parry due to easy timing. However, Scarlet Shadow is such high level enemy that trying to break its poise is almost pointless. I was only able to get it down once and it was only because I focused on parrying and did not attack it other times.

One last thing is to deal with spawning Umbral enemies, I farmed a lot of Umbral for Vigor near Adyr's Shrine and regularly killed Scarlet Shadow. It is almost inevitable that other Umbral enemies will spawn during your encounter with Scarlet Shadow. I tend to ignore zombies until Scarlet Shadow submerge under ground, at which point I try to kill any zombies nearby. There is also a enemy with ranged attack that cause wither and can stagger you, this enemy should be killed as soon as possible whenever safe. Same goes for those imp-like creatures, when they spawn they are easy to target but later became agile and have charge attack that can interrupt you. Lastly, Maiden of Despair and Bringer of Stillness (Black Reapers) can spawn as well and should be killed quickly as they can cause trouble if they stay on battlefield for too long.

[Rain]

Wither dmg fks him up

[Ren O'the Blade]

Originally posted by Baron01:

Originally posted by elstirthibaut:

the one that appears at the end of an umbral period. i'm only melee and it's difficult since you cannot really heal yourself (maybe i should try those red stones).
i use a longsword. he has a ton of health and has a tendency to dodge your attacks^^

This fight, as mentioned, is made a lot easier if you have a source of healing. Radian spells, namely its Invigorating Aura or Sanctify , are great tool for this. Once you solve your healing, the fight is rather simple but time consuming due to amount of HP Scarlet Shadow has. It is also dangerous due to its high damage output. Scarlet Shadow can wipe your HP in single combo if you are not durable enough. Most dangerous attacks are: 1.) his lunge from distance with a cross-slash at the end - highly damaging attack that is use randomly and rarely 2.) submerged attack - Scarlet Shadow can submerge during combat to reposition away from player and if followed too closely, it can attack as it emerged from the ground.

When Scarlet Shadow appears, just bite its emerging attack and punish with dodge attack. It usually submerge to reposition away from player so you can move after it and follow up with another attack. If you are less resilient or do not have good source of healing, you should play carefully and only attack once before disengaging. My durable character can actually commit to combo attacks and trade with the reaper for a bit. Another common attack is his lunge with whirling strikes--this is usually used when players are staying at distance and can be dangerous if caught attacks path. You should always keep track of Scarlet Shadow to make sure you are not surprised by its attacks. If you like to parry, his 3-hit combo is ripe for parry due to easy timing. However, Scarlet Shadow is such high level enemy that trying to break its poise is almost pointless. I was only able to get it down once and it was only because I focused on parrying and did not attack it other times.

One last thing is to deal with spawning Umbral enemies, I farmed a lot of Umbral for Vigor near Adyr's Shrine and regularly killed Scarlet Shadow. It is almost inevitable that other Umbral enemies will spawn during your encounter with Scarlet Shadow. I tend to ignore zombies until Scarlet Shadow submerge under ground, at which point I try to kill any zombies nearby. There is also a enemy with ranged attack that cause wither and can stagger you, this enemy should be killed as soon as possible whenever safe. Same goes for those imp-like creatures, when they spawn they are easy to target but later became agile and have charge attack that can interrupt you. Lastly, Maiden of Despair and Bringer of Stillness (Black Reapers) can spawn as well and should be killed quickly as they can cause trouble if they stay on battlefield for too long.

I agree with most of this, as others posted face tanking and I do not recommend that, you are always a combo away from death, no matter how tanky you are that stupid forward chaseing triple attack he does will kill you if all three attacks land, which can happen if you are killing another threat. So baiting and punishing while it will take longer is the safer and thus more effective approach IMO.

I also suggest fighting him in a low level area with a lot of space, where you cannot be invaded. I used the Pieta arena for that. That way the enemies that spawn are very low level, so they die quickly and do very little damage, This will give you a chance to recover withered health in an emergency. I killed him like 16 times yesterday so I could double up on the remembrance weapons. The only times I died was getting greedy or losing track of him at the worst possible times.

[Livy]

Slap him once when he pops out of the ground, then run.

The arena for the first boss-fight is a great spot to fight him. Not too large so you can also easily pick up vigor from enemies that dies during the fight.