what is with this boss?

[Gefafawhisp]

fought and defeated 'Afilaor, Sentinel of the Emery' earlier today and it's a weird fight. Spoilers obviously as he is a samurai/tenchu like character but his final mode is just going golden which feels a little of a cop out; the problem is he seems to randomly initiate the last mode sometimes with almost half his health left, leaving the last stage much more difficult but then other times he wouldn't initiate the mode until under the bar of less than one third of health, making the fight waaay easier. felt like I was just waiting for that opening with such a large discrepancy. Made the fight feel less thought out and left a poor impression

[BastardSword]

I noticed that too, I think what can happen is that you kill him so fast that he doesn't have time to get the golden weapon out.

I really struggled with him until I used the rapier and managed to avoid getting hit so it started doing electric damage. I just kept hitting him and lowered his health way quicker than with any other weapon I'd tried before, and he pulled out the golden weapon when he was at like 5% health then just died because I just kept spamming hits on him.

[gungadin22000]

Noticed that too. There seems to be a random element to when he changes phases, which is connected to his attack where he leaps to the background of the screen and hurls spears and swords at you from above.

Cool fight, by the way, has a little bit too much HP though IMO. It drags on a bit.

[Cryonor]

It's a "secret" boss and it's the second hardest in the game, hail to that

[gungadin22000]

Don't think he's secret, I believe you HAVE to defeat him in order to progress the story.

[Gefafawhisp]

yeah what he's not a secret he's like the third boss I fought and he's just sitting there, he just kinda sucks the more you look at the fight, which is a shame cause from the offset it looks cool and really thrilling. Just didn't live up to its potential I think is a fair criticism. Good game though, don't get me wrong. Playing the first alongside on switch again, very different game for sure

[gungadin22000]

Don't think his stages really change the fight that much, really. Main differences is that you gotta dodge through his spinning top attack 3-5 times during phase 2 and can't run away from his slashing attack in phase 2-3. Otherwise fairly similar phases, but it is interesting to note that he doesn't spin repeatedly in phase 3, which caught me off guard a few times.

What prayers did you use for this guy? He's so mobile I'd trouble hitting him with anything but the basic "blood ring" throw.

[Gefafawhisp]

Originally posted by gungadin22000:

Don't think his stages really change the fight that much, really. Main differences is that you gotta dodge through his spinning top attack 3-5 times during phase 2 and can't run away from his slashing attack in phase 2-3. Otherwise fairly similar phases, but it is interesting to note that he doesn't spin repeatedly in phase 3, which caught me off guard a few times.

What prayers did you use for this guy? He's so mobile I'd trouble hitting him with anything but the basic "blood ring" throw.

you don't think it changes much but everybody else here seems to, maybe you didn't notice...

[Haydrion Rayel]

his whistle sound makes him funny

[DoremianCleff]

I fought him with rapier and no prayers. He is one of the best fights in the game.
It takes a bit to figure out his moveset, but when you get it, it's a solid fight that isn't too difficult. Rest is up to you not making mistakes.

Also it's a 3 phase fight, but his phase switch is actually an attack. Instead of just going staggered and jumping away, he does an overhead slash and break his sword in process, then jumps away to find a new one. How fast he switches will depend on whether he is mid combo or not, to do his overhead slash.

[gungadin22000]

Originally posted by Gefafawhisp:

Originally posted by gungadin22000:

Don't think his stages really change the fight that much, really. Main differences is that you gotta dodge through his spinning top attack 3-5 times during phase 2 and can't run away from his slashing attack in phase 2-3. Otherwise fairly similar phases, but it is interesting to note that he doesn't spin repeatedly in phase 3, which caught me off guard a few times.

What prayers did you use for this guy? He's so mobile I'd trouble hitting him with anything but the basic "blood ring" throw.

you don't think it changes much but everybody else here seems to, maybe you didn't notice...

I stand by it. Phase 2, you gotta keep dodging the spin a few more times and in phase 2 and 3 his slash attack gains screen-wide range. That's most of the major change from phase to phase. The fast spinning knife throw in phase 2 (and 3?) doesn't really do enough damage to be much of a game changer and the quite dangerous full screen sword lunge in phase 3 is thankfully not used that commonly.

It doesn't change the fight fundamentally such as the Not-Ornstein-And-Smough bossfight does from phases 1-3, just minor alterations which you'll figure out how to respond to fairly quickly. Even though the spin being repeated 4-5 times instead of the more common 3 really caught me off guard a few times.

[gungadin22000]

Originally posted by DoremianCleff:

I fought him with rapier and no prayers. He is one of the best fights in the game.
It takes a bit to figure out his moveset, but when you get it, it's a solid fight that isn't too difficult. Rest is up to you not making mistakes.

Also it's a 3 phase fight, but his phase switch is actually an attack. Instead of just going staggered and jumping away, he does an overhead slash and break his sword in process, then jumps away to find a new one. How fast he switches will depend on whether he is mid combo or not, to do his overhead slash.

Wow, good catch, I completely missed that in the hectic pace of the fight. I really like the visual of his "rain of swords" attack just being him frantically digging through the pile of weapons looking for a good replacement for his broken sword.

[Gefafawhisp]

Originally posted by DoremianCleff:

I fought him with rapier and no prayers. He is one of the best fights in the game.
It takes a bit to figure out his moveset, but when you get it, it's a solid fight that isn't too difficult. Rest is up to you not making mistakes.

Also it's a 3 phase fight, but his phase switch is actually an attack. Instead of just going staggered and jumping away, he does an overhead slash and break his sword in process, then jumps away to find a new one. How fast he switches will depend on whether he is mid combo or not, to do his overhead slash.

Ok i used the algero? I started with the mace and tried to commit to it before realising how the game worked. I'll have to try him again at some point with the rapiers then, sounds more like the intended thing cause I recently fought the EN GARDE lady with the rapier and it was so perfect.

[Gefafawhisp]

Eviterno is a joke.....

[domuinor2]

He's not a samurai though, he's a knife/sword sharpener(or grinder).
Is a traditional person(still existing in some places) who go from town to town sharping the edge of cooking knives, or swords(in this case), he announce himself with a flute, or yelling.

[Gefafawhisp]

Originally posted by domuinor2:

He's not a samurai though, he's a knife/sword sharpener(or grinder).
Is a traditional person(still existing in some places) who go from town to town sharping the edge of cooking knives, or swords(in this case), he announce himself with a flute, or yelling.

oh cool