Nicholaus the Fallen 1-shot at full HP

[Red Purger]

Please nerf this. I hate getting one shot by low-tier bosses even though I'm at full HP. There should never be an ability that can instantly kill you if it hits you. It feels cheap and only leaves you feeling like you've been cheated.

[Suzaku]

Originally posted by Dr. Rockso:

You are really going to hate the vampire hunters.

They're going to hate almost everything from here on. Nicholas is like a 3/10 difficulty boss.
This might be the end for OP.

[Red Purger]

I've already beaten every boss in the game multiple times. I just hate getting 1 shot, in any game. It feels cheap. You make one misplay and it's over.

[This PC]

Originally posted by Red Purger:

I've already beaten every boss in the game multiple times. I just hate getting 1 shot, in any game. It feels cheap. You make one misplay and it's over.

One very specific misplay against a telegraph. Can't blame the game for teaching you to avoid telegraphs early on. ;p

[brokenswing]

skill issue

[Hand of Gabriel]

Part of fighting specific enemies is that, in order to make the fight one where the designer can manipulate the actions of the player, they are given abilities that punish you. In the case of Nicholaus' circle-o-skulls it's a very, very telegraphed attack where he announces "if you're near me you'll be sad." Even in melee it's not a one-shot: any of the parries, blocks, or even the greatsword's leap will save you from the immediate effects of the first wave of skulls and provide you the opportunity to retreat... but in the end you must retreat. He's giving himself space.

Forgive me if I'm coming off as rude as I really don't mean to but without that ability he lacks any way to fight the player. His normal attacks don't hit if you're moving, his skeletons don't hit if you're moving, his teleport doesn't target you so you often don't have to worry about it, and that leaves his circle-o-skulls as his big "you must actually be careful" move.

I guess it doesn't have to 1-shot but, if I'm being honest, you'd have to be hugging the guy to get hit by more than 2 missiles and any fewer than that won't kill you unless you're already wounded. If you're already wounded it wasn't really a 1-shot, it was just a powerful attack that hit and happened to close out the fight.

If you've got all bosses down multiple times then damn, I'm shocked you're mad about Nicholaus. I've got a personal vendetta against some bosses... my brain just shuts down when I see Matka, dramatically dying from overexposure to my lack of brain cells.