anyone at the intimidation crab boss?

[a person]

I have been fighting the guy for like 2 hours. I got so close to the end, like literally 3 hits away,. before I got one-shot by a jumping ground slam because of the gigantic hitbox. is there any other tips anyone has for the fight? ive been dodging until he pauses where i can hit him with like 2-3 light attacks on him. I keep making stupid mistakes.

[HebelPebble]

Probably one of the easier bosses I fought. Just get the hammer upgrade for the moon snail.

[knapman]

If you are dodging everything then you are making it way harder to capsize the enemy for free damage, at least try to parry predictable combo attacks and keep that meter building

[a person]

Originally posted by HebelPebble:

Probably one of the easier bosses I fought. Just get the hammer upgrade for the moon snail.

the what?

[fusk]

Also there, 3'th try, got him to second phase. My problem is the camera when you're near the walls. And the damage he does, when hit having to heal quite a bit. I haven't done a lot of parry as i find the mechanic weird and not really working.

[Seraphiel]

He's easy, there are heals all around the outside of the arena. Just eat the sushi shells if you run out of heals and use your hookshot to pull him off balance.

[CheeseLord]

Farm plastic and level up some more

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by CheeseLord:

Farm plastic and level up some more

That CAN help but keep in mind every level up only makes one factor of Kril's power marginally (7%) better. If you're getting the boss down to 7% health, then 7% more something might help. Otherwise you'll need multiple levels (30 minutes of grinding isn't unheard of in a soulslike) or you'll need to change tactics.

Most bosses are better handled with a change of tactics, a fresh perspective (take a break), or practice to learn to react to their moveset. Soulslikes are notorious for the annoying youtubers who like to try to get through a boss without getting hit--because it's usually entirely possible if you git gud enough.

[Sparkbomber]

He can be nasty as he does hit like a truck. But grind some bow crabs, mallet crabs and so on and you'll be able to upgrade your stats a bit. Also get the fork upgraded, complete a bloodstar, equip some useful stowaways (petting the fish is fun btw), smash purple crystals/enemies and unlock abilities at the Moonsnail's domain. And learn this one's patterns. They are not hard to dodge, unless his intimidation hits you.

[gsilver]

Having just beaten it by turning the assists way up... the dodging/parrying regular attacks isn't the problem. It's that the boss gets in a whole lot of hits after it does the fear attack, which hits even when I'm on the opposite side of the arena and doesn't seem to have a counter.

[palacentes]

Originally posted by gsilver:

Having just beaten it by turning the assists way up... the dodging/parrying regular attacks isn't the problem. It's that the boss gets in a whole lot of hits after it does the fear attack, which hits even when I'm on the opposite side of the arena and doesn't seem to have a counter.

thats supposed to be resolved by movement. Once he starts intimidation, you can react early and roll away. It can miss you. If it hits, move away and you can dodge. You will regain control soon enough and can beat him up.

It hits when you are on the opposite side? Really? Well, it can be iframed then, Thats prob how its not hitting me. Even if I do get hit, he takes time to pounce, just move the scared crab away, you can make it. Or keep eating the sushi shells to heal. Theres like 5+ of em.

[ciswhiteheterosexualmalenumber2]

Obviously a real old post i'm necroing but I fought the boss way unprepared and constantly got one shot. I think its a fight that can definitely be learned through persistence, because after 20 attempts or so I got it. Just a lot of big attacks with some goofy windows and insane damage. If you get them down the boss goes down.

One of the bosses I appreciate the most actually, because the big and slow single hitter attacks makes rolling an optimal strategy (I was never really a fan of just using my shell), making this one of the most skillful bosses to beat under leveled. Phase 2 has a multi-hit but it's at least telegraphed pretty well and you can gain distance if you see it coming. Does unfortunately add a tad of luck in the latter half of the fight, but oh well.