Dracula Brutal

[Mini Mushrum]

I'm between my 40-50 tries as I write this.. Honestly i enjoy difficulty but here it's getting boring and exhausting.

The first phase is quite easy, but the 2nd, with all the projectiles ? I just can't follow

If you people have some tips, send them here, it would be very much appreciated..

I'm playing on a PvP duo, but so far the boss has proven to be much more easier alone.

I use a greatsword > Void > Mist dodge > mist trance and rogue blood 100%.

[Martyrofsand]

Haven't done brutal myself but I definitely agree with the boss being much easier alone. You may want to try the blood counter though both for the damage it does but also the leech healing as well. It did a lot of carrying in my normal kill and has been doing some nice work as I'm progressing through brutal as well. There is also a gem you can get for it that allows it to heal for an amount of your spellpower which is also nice since there is no real time to use potions.

[Chan]

Dracula is basically dodge perfectly for the phase 1 and 2 pretty easily and then phase 3 boils down to have weapons with good stats/gems and pray to RNGesus that you'll get resets on your spells. Such a colossal pain in the butt. Not even the good sort of pain.

If you're struggling with phase 2 bring two shields or lightning curtain and block when he slashes at you 4 times and when he does the split aoe attack. DPS crystals when he's doing stuff in between like during when he teleports center to and channels a bunch of garbage/when he disappears. Practice it honestly and do your best to remember he only has like 3 moves if you stay close.

[Mini Mushrum]

Originally posted by Chan:

Dracula is basically dodge perfectly for the phase 1 and 2 pretty easily and then phase 3 boils down to have weapons with good stats/gems and pray to RNGesus that you'll get resets on your spells. Such a colossal pain in the butt. Not even the good sort of pain.

If you're struggling with phase 2 bring two shields or lightning curtain and block when he slashes at you 4 times and when he does the split aoe attack. DPS crystals when he's doing stuff in between like during when he teleports center to and channels a bunch of garbage/when he disappears. Practice it honestly and do your best to remember he only has like 3 moves if you stay close.

Yea i'm a bit fed up at the moment .. May give it another try later, but that's not what I wanted from the game for a end boss..

Praying for a boss for real, for my cooldowns to reset ?
Praying that my dodge cooldown is ready aswell and so on.. Ah. Nah.

Thanks for the advices, much appreciated

[Martyrofsand]

There is a Dracula brutal no hit running around on YouTube where during the final phase the guy switched to blood and ice counter which would make it more likely to have one of them up and ensure resets always provide a counter regardless of which spell resets.

Might be an idea to try.

[Chan]

Originally posted by Gleipnyr:

Originally posted by Chan:

Dracula is basically dodge perfectly for the phase 1 and 2 pretty easily and then phase 3 boils down to have weapons with good stats/gems and pray to RNGesus that you'll get resets on your spells. Such a colossal pain in the butt. Not even the good sort of pain.

If you're struggling with phase 2 bring two shields or lightning curtain and block when he slashes at you 4 times and when he does the split aoe attack. DPS crystals when he's doing stuff in between like during when he teleports center to and channels a bunch of garbage/when he disappears. Practice it honestly and do your best to remember he only has like 3 moves if you stay close.

Yea i'm a bit fed up at the moment .. May give it another try later, but that's not what I wanted from the game for a end boss..

Praying for a boss for real, for my cooldowns to reset ?
Praying that my dodge cooldown is ready aswell and so on.. Ah. Nah.

Thanks for the advices, much appreciated

Dude, I was literally so pissed fighting Dracula lol. I definitely lean into a challenge and will gladly try my hardest until I accomplish most things, but Dracula is one of the few instances in a video game I was actively like, "wtf is this absolute bs ♥♥♥♥ you Dracula." I ended up farming weapons and got better stats on pistols/axes and it made it easier. Though I think it was the fundamental need to have perfect/near perfect stats on weapons/jewels that made me more irate. Hate things that can't just be done through learning. The last part needs tweaking for sure.

[Mini Mushrum]

Originally posted by Chan:

Originally posted by Gleipnyr:

Yea i'm a bit fed up at the moment .. May give it another try later, but that's not what I wanted from the game for a end boss..

Praying for a boss for real, for my cooldowns to reset ?
Praying that my dodge cooldown is ready aswell and so on.. Ah. Nah.

Thanks for the advices, much appreciated

Dude, I was literally so pissed fighting Dracula lol. I definitely lean into a challenge and will gladly try my hardest until I accomplish most things, but Dracula is one of the few instances in a video game I was actively like, "wtf is this absolute bs ♥♥♥♥ you Dracula." I ended up farming weapons and got better stats on pistols/axes and it made it easier. Though I think it was the fundamental need to have perfect/near perfect stats on weapons/jewels that made me more irate. Hate things that can't just be done through learning. The last part needs tweaking for sure.

The phase 3 is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
I managed to beat it in the end, and it was not satisfying, after all these tries..

Just to try something, after that, I went in solo mode, with 3000 max hps
Phase 3 alone with rogue blood, void and mist rite.. This idiotic boss still managed to kill me in the end, due to the absurd amount of AoEs.

[[HBM] Cryxalis]

Pro tip: Have your clanmate (has to leave clan first), or another person get him to phase 3 and when they die - tell them not to release - drink their blood and you will have the immortal blood for the entire fight.

[Sigi_Reuven [CH]]

I did him with
- Crossbow with focus on magic stats and weaken as proc can help
- Maleficer Set + Arch Warlock Amulet
- Chaos Veil with T4 jewel that engulfs/ignite on explosion and heals you for XX% each tick
- Sanguin Coil focus on Healpower
- Void with T4 jewel thats spawns additional 3 balls and also with healing similar to chaos veil jewel
- Raging Tempest as ulti, you are invulnerable + heal yourself
- 100% Scholar Blood
- 3 Potions: Rage, Witch and Vampiric Brew
- All passives unlocked

There is no "Vamp Curse" when fighting him Solo, so its easier in that regard.
You can also slot 2 defensive skills that counters dmg, like Frost and Chaos Barrier, it will take long, but it might work with the right jewels slotted.

Drac and Adam have that in common: I don´t enjoy this fight

[theworld]

Originally posted by Sigi_Reuven CH:

There is no "Vamp Curse" when fighting him Solo, so its easier in that regard.

Have they patched it? It was there when I was fighting him, and every solo video of him shows it as well.

[Star★Dive]

I was able to solo him, but it was the biggest pain, as bad as Adam. Artificial Difficulty bosses need to go, it's not good for the game design. I fought them fair, and won, but it was by no means pleasant, or fun. Every now and then, I go back and just whip the back of Drac and Adam's heads with modded weapons, like red headed step children. If they want to be artificially difficult, I can too.
We live in a society of coders, designers and online education. These game bosses aren't anywhere remotely near as "Boss" as we can be, if we -really- want to. ThunderStore and Nexus also has a treasure trove of goodies like this, for people who don't know how to code or write mods, but like using them.
Even still, I always like to fight fair, the first few times around until I know I "can" do it, before I decide to just expedite the fights. Ain't nobody got time for Drac.

[Akulvo]

Phase 1-2 takes some practice but its pretty easy once you get it down. Any mistake you make can be ignored as once you finish phase 3, you heal up to max with new blood for phase 3.
Phase 3 is just awful. I think its just horrible entirely. I can deal with the bolt spam and blade spam, but when you mix in the shoving waves that hit 5 times and each time applies a defense nerf to yourself, it becomes insane. Eventually, a bolt will deal 1600 damage to you so 1 mistake is all it takes to kill you when you're getting him lower and lower.

For Phase 2, when he T poses in the middle of the map, splits it into 4 sections with his fire wall ♥♥♥♥, get as far to the wall as you can. I HIGHLY recommend wearing movement speed armor for this part so you can dodge the shadowbolts. Otherwise, just be against the railing and walk side to side, use your dash or counter/shield when you need to turn around.

For Phase 3, swap to 2 high damage skills and go to town on the ghosts before they can reach.

For Phase 4, swap to 2 counters. I highly recommend counters that can easily gain immaterial. Barriers are good too but you have to be facing the bolts so it takes a bit more attention. Counters are just easier. Also use chaos dash so you can dash twice. Lastly, I HIGHLY recommend using revolvers, melee in this phase is like 10x harder. I've fought every boss up to this point as melee only, but this one single phase I have to use the revolvers to actually dish out damage fast enough to kill him. You need the 2 counters incase you don't get good RNG for your recasts otherwise you'll eat shadow bolts that hit you for 500-2000 damage depending on how many stacks you get. Get lucky enough with your recasts while staying close to him, you'll win.

The shove on phase 4 is the worst mechanic known to man and I hate whoever added it in

[Sigi_Reuven [CH]]

Originally posted by theworld:

Originally posted by Sigi_Reuven CH:

There is no "Vamp Curse" when fighting him Solo, so its easier in that regard.

Have they patched it? It was there when I was fighting him, and every solo video of him shows it as well.

Which Solo Vids have you watched that get Vamp Curse?

6h ago no vamp curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4uS_Gx_BSI

12 days ago, an in depth guide, no vamp curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TchXyOAYMPs

[Akulvo]

Originally posted by Demonicown:

Originally posted by Sigi_Reuven CH:

Which Solo Vids have you watched that get Vamp Curse?

6h ago no vamp curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4uS_Gx_BSI

12 days ago, an in depth guide, no vamp curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TchXyOAYMPs

Both videos you linked shows the vamp curse , the debuff stacking in last phase called vamp curse (=increases how much damage you take). What you talking about when you say vamp curse ?
note: Its might be called dracula curse , it was intense fight couldnt pay much attention to name but it was curse.

when you coop, ANY sword attack of his will apply vampire curse. Its basically the exact same as heart strike, it's a curse that takes a few seconds to pop for big damage but you can I-frame it with slasher q, revolver e, or greatsword e. Or a dash.

He doesn't have this effect to his sword when you're fighting him solo. His sword attacks are his 2/4 hit combo in phase 1/2, his ground slam attack that shoots bolts in all directions (each one applies it too), his stab, his flying attack (only used if you're really far away), and his sword slash that he uses after his wolf form, and lastly his large slash after his phase 1 shadow bolt spam ability where he channels the bolts with a circle around him.

[Aetemes]

I am not going to lie...I am on a brutal server...I saw a few posts about Adam/Dracula. Decided to watch a video of people doing the encounter just to gauge are they "over reacting". Then frankly I decided I am just not going to even try...simply because the encounters are actually pretty long, even when these players are playing super well!...that to me is just - I am not into that kind of eye strain right now lol.

Maybe after a bit of a break...might come across super legendaries or something...otherwise..it's just too sweaty for me right now xD.

[faz]

Me and my brutal duo partner probably had gone through 30+ attempts till we barely managed to kill him. With the +15% damage to vampires shards, 100 rogue/scholar blood, Tier 4 jewels and lucky blood moon timing.
If us noobs can do it, anyone can. Learn the patterns, save your dash while bats are spawning, kill those shards on phase 2 as quick as you can, swap skills before servants spawn to kill them faster and swap to defensive skills on phase 3.

https://medal.tv/games/v-rising/clips/2dabBH-HC5WX43/lvd8Wc1RdRvK?invite=cr-MSxHM0wsNjE2MDg0MSw