Chromatic Lancelier fight is killing me (literally and metaphorically)

[NamelessGod]

I have spent past 2 hours trying to put CL down, lvl 3's, on expert and expeditioner. That said, I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but for the life of me I can't dodge/parry like 10 times in a row in order to kill him. He oneshots you if he hits ya, his animation is weird, he doesn't give audio or visual cues and if you dodge/parry a millisecond too early/too late, bam - start over. Is it supposed to be this way and you aren't supposed to kill him early unless you are a QTE God and can do it perfectly? Like, my best attempt was dodging him four times in a row by sheer luck, after that I mess up somewhere and it's back to sq 1.

[Bob]

I downed him after like 4 attempts. Skill issue i am afraid. I appreciate that the devs put him there, he dosnt have a ton of hp but he will kill you if you dont dodge and parry.

[NamelessGod]

Bob lähetti viestin:

I downed him after like 4 attempts. Skill issue i am afraid. I appreciate that the devs put him there, he dosnt have a ton of hp but he will kill you if you dont dodge and parry.

You are amazing and no one can rival your skills. That doesn't really address my question though.

[Unhandmedemon]

It kind of does. Yes, the fight is supposed to be like that. The Chromatic Lancelier is an optional miniboss meant to test your dodge/parry capabilities. Learn the timing, invest in Defense if you have to (one of my characters actually had enough hp to survive the first hit, which saved my butt), and keep trying.

[Irdis Evalle]

Yes, it is expected for this enemy to be this hard. It is an optional boss and he even one-shots on the lower difficulty.

You need to memorize his attack moves and dodge them. I managed to down it in about 4-6 runs.

[Moojuice]

I had to fight him about 5 times on expert. I wanted to parry everything but then went with dodging the parts I couldn't figure out the timing. It is a skill thingy. Did you try the first pantomime?

[No...uhhh™]

Only took me 4 attempts. Beat that bozo's.

[Boondock]

flip it to easy for a fight and move on

[Flairical]

I would suggest not bothering with parry and just dodge. Took me a few attempts but with perfect dodges I beat the fight without getting hit. So it's doable just gotta get the timing right.

[Axolian]

It took me 25-30 minutes (no idea how many attempts that turned out to be, probably well over 15) until I finally got the parry timing down, and I actually ended up killing him without taking any damage my final try. Getting him downed actually has helped inform how the parry timing works for most other enemies to this point.

What helped me get it is (and tbh even on Expeditionary difficulty timing is fairly tight) you gotta wait until it looks like you should be taking damage in the animation and then hit R1 (or whatever your equivalent is if you aren't using PS controller). Ordinarily in games the parry is *just before* you get hit, but this game seems to favor more right as you're *being hit* which is a lot different than I'm used to.

[Midas]

you can come back later via teleportation or?

[Sharkinbear]

Midas lähetti viestin:

you can come back later via teleportation or?

I'm sure you can since you can travel back via world map. But honestly, it isn't that hard of a fight.

[Lambi]

If you were on the fight for TWO HOURS, then you 100% should know his attack pattern and timings. It shouldn't be that hard for you to parry or at least dodge them.

He's not that tanky. So you only need to dodge/parry a few attacks from him. And you don't even have to do it perfectly. Since you have a party member, so even if he one-shots you (which he just barely didn't when I was facing him), then you still have your other party member to finish the job.

[BootyStank911]

wait till you meet the next chromatic literally an 1 hour and half into the flying river zone hahahha

[bshock]

Just come back later and obliterate him. You really need to learn how to at least dodge in the game though. Its not that hard.

[ragnarok666]

There are actual text displays what kind if attack he is doing
- slow attack -> long wind-up, not to hard to parry
- quick attack -> short wind-up, not to hard to parry
- attacking -> strikes 2x, first attack has long, 2nd a short wind-up, best try to doge to minimize risk
On the normal difficulty I had him down after 3 rounds of him attacking; use your skills to mark+burn in the first round for good DoT. Ice lace hits hard and slows him, and when your overcharge is at 10/10 he will go down.