Laxasia is all-powerful. Not cheap aaaat all…

[angelson9999]

So Lies of P is my first soulslike. I am a glorified noob but until Laxasia I have been loving the grind. The game is beautiful, the story is engaging and the mechanics of the game - mostly - encourage you to work hard to learn patterns, get creative in your gameplay, etc.
And then come bosses like Laxasia the Complete… Until then, no matter how much i died - and I died a lot, make no mistakes - I always found the grind to beat a boss rewarding. Laxasia has Completely depleted my patience. I am at the point where I am considering playing something else for a time before MAYBE coming back to Lies of P.
For all that I like this game, they are ramping up the amount of cheap tricks with each boss.
Here are some examples:

-When stuck in a corner, your weapon (even the short ones) is blocked by the wall. The first times it happened, I thought it a fun way to put some realism into the gameplay. But when Laxasia puts you in a corner, her long-ass weapon IGNORES the wall! WTH!
-Am I the only one to marvel at Laxasia’s SUPER graceful way to contort herself mid-combo to follow you to the ends of the earth and more?
-I find the long-ass combos and animations aggravating to no end. Seems like that boss has been designed to chip at your nerves in every way possible.
-Each time I try to beat 1st phase Laxasia, it will not take less than 5mn (if I don’t die), then, I die during that phase 2 in less than 10 seconds. Not lon enough to learn her moveset in any case. And then, I have to try to go through phase 1 as quickly as I can…

All this to say, as much as I like how challenging this game can be, my patience is coming to an end.
Of course, the problem also lies with me: I decided to challenge myself by sticking with the Puppet’s Saber ans not using summons.
As for the acid grindstone - which is apparently effective against Laxypoo - I find the fact that it’s so rare an other added cheap difficulty.
Well, that is my experience of the game so far. Maybe I’ll get myself out of this predicament, maybe not. We’ll see how it goes.
Does that resonate with anyone ? What was your experience with Laxasia like?

[angelson9999]

Good on you ^^! I am at the point where I am pulling my hair out because of how F-ing long her animations are in phase 1! I have to take a break very often to avoid breaking something (like a controller for example)!

[V!KiNG]

I honestly feel my finally beating her was more about luck than skill. I had her first phase figured out to the point where I could no-hit her a couple of times, and when I didn't it was me getting greedy or doing something stupid.

Her second phase, though, always felt more random and chaotic. I got to where I could perfect guard her lightning bolts about 70% of the time, but when she was on the ground it was a crap shoot on what she was going to do and whether or not I could survive it. Especially her shield charge...ugh. I never figured out the guard timing on that combo.

Shame you can't replay boss fights without restarting.

[angelson9999]

Yeah, when you feel you got by on luck more than skill after god knows how many tries, I feel there's a problem with the bosss... Well at least, you beat her.

[sgrey]

I felt this way about Laxasia too, but then at some point I started being able to parry most of her second phase. I still suck at it, but I can consistently get her below 50% of health and kill her regularly. So my advise just enjoy the fight and keep learning the timings. And well, keep your distance when she smashes down. It's a fight where you have to run away a lot because she keeps spamming continuous aoe... But that could be a chance to smack her with pandemonium...

[angelson9999]

I am trying to pace myself by forcing myself to stop BEFORE she annoys me too much… But damn! If there’s one thing she knows how to do… It’s being a royal pain in the rear (to be polite) !

[sgrey]

To be honest I like her fight a lot more than Simon's and even the last fight of the game... I think those are much more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ than she is.

[angelson9999]

Since I haven’t beaten Laxasia Cheaperina Empress of Cheapdom yet, I can’t say id you’re right or not. I just tried fighting her without the sound with some music. Can’t. Need those audio cues. Too bad as it MIGHT have made this fight a little more palatable…

[sgrey]

Have you tried watching other people fighting her on youtube? If you are struggling for days, it might just give you enough of an idea how to beat her.

[angelson9999]

I have watched other people beat her, but they either have a different build than mine or don’t use the same weapon. In any case, I prefer trying to find the way on my own. It’ll take as much time as it must…

[sgrey]

Since this is your first time, I recommend throwing some bombs at her... the ones with the monster body fluids or what they are called... You can always play a second time and beat her without any tools.

[angelson9999]

I tried that too. But that niiiiice lady turns into an electric monkey on crack in phase 2 and I waste most of my ammo trying to get her. The damage really isn’t worth the hassle…

[sgrey]

Well, I don't know what else to tell you. It sounds like you are simply panicking too much and rushing a bit. Just enjoy being stepped on by a big sparkly waifu til you smack her, I guess...

[angelson9999]

Yeah that’s probably the only answer to that cheap electric riddle… but that’s OK cause I heard that the Arm of God is coming down soon ^^! So let’s all worship Sir Manus!!!

[sgrey]

İlk olarak angelson9999 tarafından gönderildi:

Yeah that’s probably the only answer to that cheap electric riddle… but that’s OK cause I heard that the Arm of God is coming down soon ^^! So let’s all worship Sir Manus!!!

Oh, you just reminded me. While I was fighting her and listening to those lines, I started making puns in my head. One was that she is a demon worshiper and want us to worship a demon Sermanus. Another is that she likes math and wants to worship Sir Minus :)
And well, without any spoilers, I also started making conspiracy theories that there might be something to the demon idea, considering the next boss fight.

[angelson9999]

Wow! That was some journey you went on in your head! Laxasia the Demon worshipper does have a nice ring to it… I’ll have to get back to you on the next boss fight of course ^^!