Finally beat the Troll Mother on insane mode

[KeroHazel]

Took me about 10 tries. My loadout:
- Industrialist (lvl 99, but that didn't help as much as I thought)
- Wooden club
- Rammy

I didn't use magic at all, so character didn't make a difference for me. I can't say how much Rammy helped but there were definitely a few times I landed on the ground, surrounded by trolls, and survived despite thinking I would be toast. So probably a few of them had been knocked down and weren't hitting me, but it was hard to tell.

Anyway, the technique that made this boss doable was to ignore the advice about surfing on the trolls. If you can pull it off, great, but it didn't work well for me. I had much better results when I started concentrating on the Troll Mother herself, and mashed Y to keep myself in the air. Aggressively attacking her at the start of battle helped a lot too - I got her HP down about halfway before she could even move. It only got tricky when she got faster as her HP dropped.

So hope that helps someone. Getting past that boss after dying so many times gives me hope that I can finish insane mode. Although I can't get past either the Conehead Groom or the elevator in the Industrial Castle. Groom is absolute BS, as he can practically one-shot you.

I'd like insane mode a lot more if it didn't feel so cheap.

[Dransk]

mate why didnt you use your magic? you can learn the trolls path and predict where he will move after and pre dmg him

[KeroHazel]

Originally posted by Dransk:

mate why didnt you use your magic? you can learn the trolls path and predict where he will move after and pre dmg him

I found that being on the ground as little as possible was key to survival. Please explain your strategy more, as I haven't seen any reference to it elsewhere.

[Justice]

Good luck with Conehead groom. He is 2nd hardest boss on Insane mode after Necromancer

[Peepus Christ]

surprised you didn't use magic as the Industrialist, since his and the fencer (I think the name is) have arguably the most overpowered magic in the game

[KeroHazel]

People keep saying Industrialist's magic is so good but I deal way more damage with melee. Even arrows are more reliable.

[Greako]

Magic as industrialist does not work too well, as the it only gets one hit once she gets in the stage that she moves a lot, staying up helps a lot, its the secret to it, also using x,x,y,y combo really helps to take out a lot of troll when need in order to not get constantly randomly hit by one

[Kinky Tinky]

I beat it yesterday as the green plant knight as level 51

[Douchebag Extraordinaire]

All about air juggling the little dudes and then after hitting obscene amounts of levels then just punishing her.

There's a limit to how much adds there are on the screen, so sweeping them up with juggles and dumping them on one side will open up opportunities for getting hits in.

If there's a ton of enemies around, ALWAYS block upon landing and use RXA to knocked them down and give yourself some horizontal movement (XA has higher momentum than just A/RA)