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^^

[Lyote]

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

Fun fact about Heavy shields and Reapers in general: most of their attacks will be bounced on block and stun them for a moment.

With a good enough Heavy shield, you can just Block+Counter with a long weapon to heal back all the block wither and chip them to death.
The timing on the retaliation strike is pretty tight though.

Full disclosure though, I use the Shield of Whispers (big white organic one that weighs 40 lol) and Hushed Saints Polearm for this.
That thing is insanely good.

[I_come_in_peace]

I have no problem fighting him but the massive amount of other enemies spawning make it a lot more difficult. One time 2 other reapers appeared plus 2 of those batlike little f***ers when he was at ~10% health. I just couldn't find a hit window anymore.

[無限抖M]

Wait for him to make a attack, dodge and then attack when he is rigid. Repeat this cycle to defeat him.

[RIPTOR]

The easiest way i farm legit (no exploits) is in halowed sister at the umbral "bridge" after find our "npc who search the banner" clean the snipers and wait at that umbral cornise place for the red reaper, when he spawn stay near to the edge and pull 2-3 times with your lamp to the abism, he dont fall but he can be stuck at the edge, go to the other side of the balcony to avoid red reaper go into the ground and shot for free until he die

[Deathwing1306]

I just slashed him to death with my greatsword...

[dazowx]

I wouldn't mind as long as they would stop spawning them every five minutes. It ruins the momentum having to fight the same mini-boss if thats what you can call it.

[Livy]

Originally posted by dazowx:

I wouldn't mind as long as they would stop spawning them every five minutes. It ruins the momentum having to fight the same mini-boss if thats what you can call it.

Cause you aren't meant to be in umbral forever.

[The Black Baron]

First time: Anvil Hammer *Bonk*
Any time after that: Devotion's might(y) bonk

[Gökyüzü]

Originally posted by MrFox1231:

Originally posted by dazowx:

I wouldn't mind as long as they would stop spawning them every five minutes. It ruins the momentum having to fight the same mini-boss if thats what you can call it.

Cause you aren't meant to be in umbral forever.

True but it can be a good endgame chalenge if it was made correctly. Like they can make the reaper stronger and each time you kill it and after every kill you get 3x more vigor with out a limit. It would also help alot if you are having difficulty of grinding vigors.

[Livy]

Originally posted by Gökyüzü:

Originally posted by MrFox1231:

Cause you aren't meant to be in umbral forever.

True but it can be a good endgame chalenge if it was made correctly. Like they can make the reaper stronger and each time you kill it and after every kill you get 3x more vigor with out a limit. It would also help alot if you are having difficulty of grinding vigors.

Yeah they chould also have made more "red-eye" mobs. Both the moths and faces would have been a challenge, or a swarm of bats.

[Talon Rose]

Don't get hit, hit it to regain withering health. Besides that, my first win was with enough mp regen to sustain aura of tenacity and occasionally popping a Sanctify (Great long lasting aoe heal) for a top-off when I missed or got hit lol.