builds and arena champions/bosses

[F.O.A.M]

so im getting closer to the "endgame" aka the last tier of blacksmith weapons and im noticing that every boss and arena boss is more like a gimmick fight instead of a hard fight, having to juggle ai that randomly does not follow the ai pattern is frustrating to do.

every video ive seen of these fights have been people running pretty much the same "strat" with spearwalls galore and infantrymen archers and pretty much turtle the entire fight.
is this really the only option?

currently against kogo and toro and its impossible to win as they dont move apart. if they get far enough away the 1handed guy will sprint to the other guy and put down hes aoe buff, and just getting them to that point and i have already lost 1 guy to the 2handed guy who 2 shots him because i could not get my armor back (arena fights were hard)

the boss of the same area feels even worse. you engage him and he has an attack that disengages AND resets when he does, runs to your lowest hp person and 1taps them.

am i really forced to run 3 spearwalls just to do the endgame bosses and arenas? i love the game but these bossfights are stupid

[Robin of Spiritwood]

Think of it more as a puzzle than a real fight. There are multiple solutions.

[Dumeka]

I don't know what mode you play but in the region locked mode I just got strong armor, weapons, area attacks and lured them apart.
I went with my destroyer, cutthroat, my beastmaster (but only the mastery, to control animals in battle not the skill to make your animals attack extra so I had more the one shooting options) and my spearwoman with her aoe attack that causes bleeding aswell.

While my destroyed kept one of the bosses busy the other 3 picked the second apart.
Having first aid on everyone helped btw too.

I also made sure I'm up to pair with levels before I tried cause if you go with lower levels in there you will definately get partially one hit by the bosses.

[Dorim]

You're definitely not required to run spear walls to do any late game content, I've done every boss fight at level cap with freed slave units (the NPC ones you fight against) - kogo & toro are completely doable.

[F.O.A.M]

Originally posted by Robin of Spiritwood:

Think of it more as a puzzle than a real fight. There are multiple solutions.

lund was a puzzle fight, every other boss hasnt been one. axe guy you just stack as many guys as possible to spread the bleed, bow guy you kill all but 1 or 2 animals, spear guy will just straight up murder everything if you dont have spearwall as he disengages and attacks twice and the dagger arena champion didnt even get to do anything because he just dropped.

lund is the only "hard" one ive taken down because the spear one was just not possible without being able to remove hes turns and the ai of the duo champs made it impossible to separate them (buff circle spell made him run to the 2handed guy every time).

but do go ahead and tell me how to take down the spear guy without spearwalls, going to be impressed if you can do that without losing someone

[Neyreyan_Youtube]

Originally posted by Moffatt:

Originally posted by Robin of Spiritwood:

Think of it more as a puzzle than a real fight. There are multiple solutions.

lund was a puzzle fight, every other boss hasnt been one. axe guy you just stack as many guys as possible to spread the bleed, bow guy you kill all but 1 or 2 animals, spear guy will just straight up murder everything if you dont have spearwall as he disengages and attacks twice and the dagger arena champion didnt even get to do anything because he just dropped.

lund is the only "hard" one ive taken down because the spear one was just not possible without being able to remove hes turns and the ai of the duo champs made it impossible to separate them (buff circle spell made him run to the 2handed guy every time).

but do go ahead and tell me how to take down the spear guy without spearwalls, going to be impressed if you can do that without losing someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO09wPAyjUo&t=13s
The boss has a little problem with it's AI, it's a special boss.

Aparently if you move your squishiest guy away from him in the first turn, he doesnt react. It might be a bug and could be fixed by now but the solution is to surround him with 2 tanky mercs.
And then just run in with your dagger guy and run out, good dps. I haven't dared to attack him with my archer since it focuses them down.

Dots are also nice, maybe slows will work, probably attack him when it's raining if possible.

The dagger guy also has a skill that can make the enemy miss 50% of time, replace skill for fight

Maybe get a bear for the fight?

Or just come back later.

Or even better, camp and eat the foods that give str, dex and critical damage, the one with movement speed is also very useful here. use these foods or their upgraded versions to simply kite the boss, it's a joke then