How On Earth am i supposed to defeat Lady Ethereal??!!

[Mario_Fan5]

I can't defeat Ethereal. The first phase is a joke, sure. She leaves a huge window open to attack and she isn't that bad. But the second phase is where things get Nightmare Mode, literally! She spawns clones of herself and the attack windows are briefer, and i can't see which Ethereal is the real one. Also i mostly always use up at least half of my pipe vials before phase 3, which i REALLY need at that point! WHY IS THIS DARN FIGHT SO DARN HARD GODARNIT!!!

[Mr.Ω]

2nd phase you have to attempt to slash the clones, try to keep counting to 3, it's semi-reliable, also the patterns are similar to Mantis Lord in Hollowknight. Parrying is key.

3rd phase with the spirit bomb attack, you need to parry parry the first two, then immediately dodge to the side, but as you fall, be sure to hit her with your arrow/charge attack.

Another thing for phase 3, the clones will all have shadow heads, but LE will appear normal, so parry/dodge endurance til you see her image, then unload with the charge attack to stun her in place and keep up with the aerial combo and kick.

Took me maybe 20 tries? It's not easy.

[johannes]

You can use unbound counter against most of her sweeping and drop attacks. Since you stun her with your talisman, you can inflict a lot of damage with it

[HornyDragon]

My advise is do not focusing on hitting all the clones. Focus on dodging and blocking and only attack when there's a clear opening. She's the 2nd hardest boss in the game and it takes some time to learn her pattern. It took me 1.5 hour to beat her and boy was it satisfying.

[Theokid]

What helped me a lot is to try and hold a charge attack at all times. First phase trivial always stuns, second can be hard, but if you hit the right one with it it will stun her and cause all her other clones to stop. Usually if you're quick you can recover and continue parrying if you hit the wrong one, but wont always be effective for phase 2. I might be hallucinating, but i feel like the real her will sometimes linger a little longer.

I think its most useful on 3rd though. You'll see her come out as a not clone sometimes to do an attack. If you hold it and just wait for her to pop up for one of her basic attacks, if you rush her and charge attack it'll stop all her clones. then whack her and use full charge blast.

Might also help to have the jade that auto charges on parry. I wasn't conscious of it working, but I feel like it probably came into play more than I realized.

[superdrocher98]

GIT GUD bro, its real. or just return on story mode