Lampmaster completely ruined the game for me

[Pete]

I dont know what it is about his effing attacks but I cant consistently party him. And ONE, ONE damned miss step is enough to detail the whole fight. I Havent been this disheartened since Consort Radahn. I think I am on the very verge of giving up tbh.

Any tips?

[Blackened Halo]

Funny, while I consider the games combat system pretty bad, Lampmaster was pretty easy for me.

Tips? Just lower the difficulty. This game aint worth of being frustrated.

[Fox]

Don't give up, you can always lower the difficulty a notch then turn it back up for a fight. You gotta shoot the lights in the order they light up every turn, you get your AP back if you shoot the right one.

[Ratsplat]

That's not exclusive to him, but assuming you're on Expert, take another look at your build. And if you didn't explore much before him, make sure you check out all the side areas. Even just 1 pictos can be major. Parrying is one thing, and later on you realize it actually isn't the most important thing.

[Zaeld]

if you can't parry, dodge. it's easier and more forgiving.

[dustin1280]

Lower the difficulty a notch or two then fight him again...
Then raise the difficulty back up to wherever you had it.

Also dodge has about 2x the interval parry does, so use that if need be.

[asdf]

If you want tips on how to dodge it more consistently, then you'll have to ask someone else.. but if you want tips on how to not be dependent on dodging/parrying, then that I can definitely do. In fact, you don't need to dodge/parry anything at all with the right build, even on expert difficulty.

First off, it obviously depends a lot on where you're getting stuck. In the first stage of the fight, you can shoot the lamps to reduce the amount of damage you take (it prevents him from doing the extra attacks with the lamps at the end of turns) - if you have a good way to generate lots of AP (I believe at that stage of the game a good option is to use Maelle with the Duenum weapon and the picto that gives +1 AP whenever you get hit, or if you're confident in your ability to parry/dodge you can obviously do that too - Duenum gives +1 AP to the entire team whenever Maelle gains AP in defensive stance, and if you combine those then Maelle gives +1 AP to the entire team whenever she gets hit in defensive stance), then you can prevent a lot of the damage you're taking in the first stage of the fight to a level that can be outhealed fairly easily.

In the second stage of the fight, if you haven't figured it out already, there is one mechanic to the fight that makes it way way easier. Pay attention to the order the lamps light up when the lampmaster is charging up its big attack. Shoot them in the same order, and you'll prevent the big attack from happening (and also do a decent amount of damage at the same time). I also recommend bringing the Cleansing Tint ability to have the option of removing the status effect that prevents you from using skills if you get hit by the ability that does that (not the end of the world to not have it, but it's nice to have the option at least).

Here's what I did for that fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsUwRtSa0I

[C1REX]

Originally posted by Pete:

Any tips?

Have better survivability. If you are getting one shotted then your build is weak.
Make sure all your team have lvl9 weapons. It would be great if Maelle had Medalum.

Also you don’t need a single dodge or parry to finish the game on normal. You can be crazy OP in this game if you build for that.

https://youtu.be/oVG-BScWz18?si=xAsc2sjvvriCcTcz

[prusswan]

Shielding Death and bring weapons/pictos that can protect against status

[ZEB Zeal]

I don't get people saying lower the difficulty when the OP wants tips on the parry. LMAO. If you aint having fun with the parries and getting frustrated over this game don't bring that to other people.

Maybe he just wants to perfect parry the bosses as well.

Jump Atk - Last frame of Jump Animation
Lamp Atk - After charging. the Flash with "Zing" sound
Disrupting Atk (triple atk) - First strike is when he screech when he is about to hit you. Right after he removes the staff off the ground. Then you'll get the rhythm for the 2nd and 3rd.
Quadruple Atks - As soon as he screeches as well.
Massive Light Sword Atk - Wait for him to turn around and parry when he swings the sword with the screech sound cue as well.

Not to self promote but here is my no hit run on the boss. I hope this will help you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qep0HEqbzIw

[Fiesbert]

Originally posted by Pete:

I dont know what it is about his effing attacks but I cant consistently party him. And ONE, ONE damned miss step is enough to detail the whole fight. I Havent been this disheartened since Consort Radahn. I think I am on the very verge of giving up tbh.

Any tips?

Try holding the parry button to parry

[Torque]

Beat up trash mobs. If fact. You’ll be happier if you don’t beat him. Just go explore forever.

[Ancalagon]

Dodge to learn the correct timing. If you start trying to parry right off the bat you will have a tough time and the anger will slowly build up, which in turn causes you to make even more mistakes.

[iriyap]

What are you struggling with, the big move where he hits the whole party with a massive sword? Just dodge as late as possible. Do not parry unless you're 100% confident on the timing, it is rather tricky.

There's also a hidden "lamp ritual" mechanic to prevent this move. Basically the game will say "Lampmaster performs a strange ritual with his lamps" and the lamps will light up in a random order, just shoot them in this exact order before his next turn.

Also, it's possible that you're underleveled, did you complete the Yellow Harvest side area? That area is best done before Lampmaster.