Adam is too strong

[InspireMe7 (Warcheese7)]

I have been trying to defeat Adam for 3 days now. I managed to get him below 5% health twice but he always got me in the end. This fight is just nuts. When the 3rd Phase starts it is just too much dodging, with Phase 4 i am desperately dodging and trying to deal any damage at all. I have full health when i enter his 3rd Phase and within seconds i loose 50% of my Hp. Is this just me or is Adam insanely hard? This is normal btw.

[Pwnington]

Try waiting till blood moon

[HalleysComet]

The generator mechanic really should be nerfed for single player, when playing solo you barely have time to turn off the generator.

[motleyguts]

I've just progressed to this point last night and had 1-2 hours to experience it. The generators seem strong against melee. I was trying to use the legendary scythe and it felt weak, both primary and the 'E' ability. They do feel a bit tanky, but not so much against ranged attacks and spells. I'm not sure a change is necessary but it does feel pretty tough right now.

[Bongo Cat]

There's definitely ample time to break generators, you're just not doing it right, or using weak weaponry / spells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHuHS1Qj1Hs&t=312s

This is Normal Adam on an official PvE server (US-W 3001). If you're relying on ranged weapons, you're gonna have a bad time, as they are weaker in solo play. Ranged weapons are designed to be A tool, not THE tool. ALso look into getting jewels for spells that give you hp back to cover cost of mistakes.

[Dante]

Wait till Dracula lol

[Galroche]

Originally posted by Dante:

Wait till Dracula lol

dracula is way easier though.

[Sigi_Reuven [CH]]

Originally posted by Dante:

Wait till Dracula lol

Drac on Normal took me 3 tries and on Brutal some more, especially before the nerf in Phase 4.
Adam, even on Normal I still fail 9 out of 10 times. For me he is way harder than Drac.

[Visi]

Originally posted by Dante:

Wait till Dracula lol

People keep saying this but I found Dracula way easier than Adam. I beat Dracula my first try. Adam took at least 10.

[Empyrael]

It's a weird power jump from Solarus to Adam / Drac. I don't know if it's the intention, but they feel far more than what came before. I'm happy i can get them to phase 2, but oof, the bullet hell / electrical 'bad'. Attempts ongoing.

[motleyguts]

Originally posted by Empyrael:

It's a weird power jump from Solarus to Adam / Drac. I don't know if it's the intention, but they feel far more than what came before. I'm happy i can get them to phase 2, but oof, the bullet hell / electrical 'bad'. Attempts ongoing.

Agreed. Everything that came before Adam got melted in 1 or 2 attempts. I'll be back at it later, have a few builds to try.

[Shlork]

For me, Adam is by far the most difficult and frustrating fight in the game in solo. I can muddle through the first section without losing health, but he wrecks me in the second phase after he regenerates his health. Just can't keep up with the frantic bullet hell and the generators. The first phase takes way too long and having to endure it over and over to get another attempt at the decisive part of the battle is just not fun at all. I did manage to beat him eventually after hours and hours of grind.

Dracula was a breeze by comparison.

[Timur]

Adam is just too difficult compared to the rest of the game.


I had a few problems with Valencia, because she needs a very specific build (which also indicates that her fight is badly designed btw), but the two bosses before Adam were pretty much first tries. Then you get to him and the 2nd phase seems all but impossible with so much ♥♥♥♥ going on. Also the hit boxes for his attacks seems off, the grab and his spike often hit even if he grabs at thin air.

Also the 2nd phase feels like bs. You get the boss down only for him to get back up...I really hate crap like that. If you want to give him a 2nd phase, fine, integrate that in his overall HP, don't make me think I got it only for the boss to get back up.

[Seri]

The thing that annoys me the most as a solo player is trying to hyper focus Adam and his gens while he dashes around like a cracked up rabbit and all my stuff does have cooldowns and with base movement being so damn slow without sets and other stuff it's just annoying if he wasn't able to jump around constantly i'd not hate him as much and hell Dracula was easy in comparison to this prick.

Also the fact adam gets some health back after you think you've won is just a ♥♥♥♥ move the worst fight in the game for me and the only fight i'll be skipping if i even do a full replay again one day.

[theworld]

Originally posted by Timur:

I had a few problems with Valencia, because she needs a very specific build (which also indicates that her fight is badly designed btw)

Uhh... she doesn't? I've beaten her with 2 counters and Slashers, which is arguably one of the worst since you're pretty much guaranteed to eat massive damage from her counters at some point in the battle because of your very short range.

And if you're using ranged you can simply outwalk her main attack, which means the rest is super easy.

[theworld]

Originally posted by Shlork:

The first phase takes way too long

Dawg, it takes 2 minutes. And that's with a counter build on Brutal.

If you open almost any video of him pre 1.0 it typically takes way longer than that.