snake boss

[Tippa2]

ive got 60 sparks lol and i cant beat boss in water who turns into a snake aint got a clue lol

[Broso]

How the hell do you have 60 sparks at that point?

[Royal_Yeti_2099]

haha same bro, literally about to just refund at this point. Lvl 16 cant get a F***** read on the dude no matter what i do. I'm to old for these type of games, was hoping for god of war type of difficulty not Souls...

[Phatalburt]

You and me both, I'm not as young and talented at video games as i used to be. i wish these games had difficulty settings for us late 30's casual gamer's.

[Dumar]

Chapter 1, mountain? Are you talking about the water serpent? Cause there's actually another snake boss who uses snakes in chapter 1.

I think if you are talking about the water serpent, he has 2 phases - 2nd phase isn't much different from phase 1, just slightly more exaggerated combos/water dashes etc.

poke and run, and when he dashes in, just wait for it - Then, poke and run again.

Keep a good distance away because of his spammy water AOE nonsense - Consistently punish his easy-to-anticipate dash-attack then punish for a tiny combo. (Don't get greedy with super extended combos, he will punish you back.)

Spam your fire-demon transform as early as possible in both phases to get it back off CD for phase 2.

(EDIT: also, 60 sparks?!?! I was lv 18 when I fought him, how in the hell did you manage 60 sparks, this must be an exaggeration, lol.)

Something I forgot to mention, I had killed the Wight Ghost monk, (the creepy ball-headed baby demon from roughly the start of the forest area. That spirit grants innate defense, and I probably can't account for how much better defense my stats are by this point because I also buffed the spirit at least 2 times by this point. Also, using it in combat could easily net you a free stagger/stun into a quick combo, then into immobilize combo, another combo stagger for heavy half-heath dmg.)

If you skipped this dude, maybe go back and kill it, get some free defense stats and summon dmg/iframes when casted.

[Beta Ray Shill]

Install WeMod and tweak the damage multiplier.

I set it to 1.8 (or something) and still nearly died (guess I've no skillz...)

But it made this otherwise impossible fight a good match for my assumedly crap game-twitch-reflexes.

Turn the multiplier back down to 'normal' afterwards and the game is fantastic IMO

[ilya0smirnov0]

Defeated him with well below 30 sparks. Didn't even invest in anything but Smash Stance (and general stance) skills at that point.
If you really have that amount, just do what I am doing on tough or laggy bosses in C2 now: fully invest in Smash Stance and general Stance skills, then left branch of light strike skills tree, then all into Stamina&Dodge tree. When possible, use light attacks. If you think it's hard to strike or hard to avoid damage, stay away and charge until 3 points, then strike, get away and repeat. Work on timing to start your strike early enough to interrupt enemy's attacks.

[Shield]

I got him down on try 2, so I don't know every in and out of the fight, but I found his second phase is way more predictable than his first.

Remember the game is all about charging your focus points and spending them with heavies, and the more focus you throw the more likely it is to stagger the boss for more damage. The smash stance heavy is the only one you can charge by moving as well and that's incredibly valuable when bosses move so quickly.

You don't need to finish the light combo every time, you're charging your spirit primarily, so don't overcommit. It only staggers at the end of the combo and that is a tall order in a game as fast as this one

Your dodge frame is extremely generous and mobile, not every dodge needs to be a perfect one. If there's an ability giving you trouble just swallow your pride and normal dodge it.

Invest heavily into the skills that give you focus for perfect dodges as you'll crank a few out playing this way.

[doublejesus]

Jesus Christ I'm stuck at the end game fighting mecha wukong at 80 sparks lmao