Lich King Battle

[Keyan Sark]

This game is excellent, and another nostalgia master piece from Fran.

I, however, am not a young guy anymore (my reaction time sucks!) and I am struggling with the Lich King battle... Specially with the shielded skulls. Selene´s rays take too long to kill them, and her blip is not working well for me. Any tips to get rid of them without losing too much life?

Side note: I have everythink unlocked by now and full upgraded health.

[nixos]

stay to the bottom, middle, spam gatling arrows left and right, focus on survival

[Keyan Sark]

I do that, but arrows rebound on the skull shields, so I assume I must use Selene to kill them

[Kituss]

I found out that turning these shielded skulls into sheep is the best way to get rid of them!!

[Jacklifear]

The gods have hints for each attack (Saying this more for others than yourself who may find this thread)

That said, each attack is a sort of puzzle, and Kituss mentioned an interesting thing to try.

[nixos]

Originally posted by Keyan Sark:

I do that, but arrows rebound on the skull shields, so I assume I must use Selene to kill them

ops i mistook which skeleton foe you were talking about: shielded = polymorph

i was thinking about the skeleton heads waves from both sides...

[bernd]

how are you supposed to deal with the fire balls from aboth?

my shield is supposed to protect from projectiles but apparently does a ♥♥♥♥ job on that since I will still take damage and catch on fire :-/

[bernd]

yep, lich is impossible.
the fact thatthe button to switch characters (tab) and the button for your "special attack" (arrows, or fireball, M) are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ apart that you have to move your hand and look away from the screen makes this fight a huge pain.
and the unavoidable fireballs.
I might "blink" out of the way of one, but avoiding 3-4 right after another is impossible!

[bernd]

ysh, everything else still sucks but the fireballs are basically impossible.
once he starts sending 3 times 3 balls, you will get hit at least once each wave.

[nixos]

to survive that part:
place 3 landmine on the middle platform, hide under it and lure the falling fireballs on the land mines.

at first 2 land mines are enough, and you can also switch to selene and launch a fireball...
but later you only have time to lay 3 mines and lure the 3 fireballs.

out of 4 lich attacks, i could damage the lich with impunity only on the armored skull phase.

on the moving lightning phase i could shoot a fireball after each lightning when game speed was slow, but at the end i was too focused on avoiding the lightning

on falling fires, i could shoot a fireball only after protecting from 2 falling fires, when falling fires were 3 i had to waste the phase laying 3 new land mines each time

on the skull waves from both direction i was never able to damage the lich, i was too occupied spamming gatling arrows and facing left/right while under middle platform to protect the character

laying some landmines before the start of the boss battle, preparing polymorph on selene, and getting the slow spell from broom helps... the slow spell is better used when boss has 10%hp to safely deal the last damage.

[rikthevik]

Yeah, it took a little while to figure out the trick to each phase, and then to execute it properly. It was definitely a difficulty spike, but it was a very good last boss. It felt like a Dark Souls boss, where you learn a bit and get better each time.

Also, I recommend laying land mines whenever you have free time. I think it made a big difference, and it feel like each phase is shorter if it starts with the lich landing on 4 land mines.

[Unepic Games]

Originally posted by bernd:

yep, lich is impossible.
the fact thatthe button to switch characters (tab) and the button for your "special attack" (arrows, or fireball, M) are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ apart that you have to move your hand and look away from the screen makes this fight a huge pain.
and the unavoidable fireballs.
I might "blink" out of the way of one, but avoiding 3-4 right after another is impossible!

You can remap your controls to the ones that you find better.

[jbilderbeek]

Quite a challange indeed. Untill here I've found this game a bit easier than MoG (altough it's a totally different experience when you are 30 years older...). Loved playing this!

What helped me after trying many times:
- use the Slomotion availability to slow down the dashing things. That gives enough time to kill them in the 2nd wave. EDIT: Did not know how the Polymorph worked...that makes this waaaaay easier!
- Lay mines on every platform before starting. Not only defence againts the fireballs, but also some damage to the boss
- As soon as the boss appears go right next to it and spam it with sword and arrows. Then it will fade away again quite fast so you don't stay so long in a that attack.

[GarbagePrincess]

Boss is too tough for my old hands my tendons keep freezing up ;n;

[Ryuko50]

I'm sorry but this boss is just bad. Controls are not very good to have a fast paced boss like this. And besides, boss have to much health. It just get really boring. Boss need a patch that makes it more slow and less health.

[Joxterian]

Originally posted by Ryuko50:

I'm sorry but this boss is just bad. Controls are not very good to have a fast paced boss like this. And besides, boss have to much health. It just get really boring. Boss need a patch that makes it more slow and less health.

Is not so bad in coop, second phase is terrible, I mean, you can access to the Lich boss without Zeus...