defeated final boss on second try - tips for ones who are struggling

[kpr]

65h to complete the game. ~120 lvl. 2nd phase of great sage's broken shell was actually easy.

I was struggling a bit with 2nd phase of stone monkey.

then I decided to reassign sparks for the first time. thoroughout the whole game I was basing mostly on pluck of many which worked fine for most of encounters. but with distribution of my sparks I just couldn't make it.

so I finally maxed out all esentials like health, mana, fortitude, damage, defence and most importantly - chance for crit + crtit damage as I was playing without it basically throughout whole game. cloud step maxed out from spells. and no other spells. wandering wight as a ghost - as always.

stamina skills maxed out. first column of martial arts maxed out
smash stance maxed out.

and it was enough. I defetead monkeys (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ phase with 2 monkeys at once and their area attacks :/)

and then I got to great sage's broken shell.

well, first phase is easy, right. so there is really nothing to talk about here.

second one was easy to me as well. did him on second attempt. I only knew that he is able to immobilize and steal your drink before approaching him.

basically you want to keep him at distance and dodge when he is attacking.
rest of time you are running around and powering your three-dot attack. and slashing him every time you are able too. when cloud step is charged you are entering the state and doing the same. in critical moments you can use mana and reset spell potions. use potions increasing attack, etc. as well, but that's self explanatory. and that's basically it. either I got lucky or fight was actually easy with this tactis.

oh, and I was healing myself. and he never immobilized me once. I was either keeping him at distance, running constantly, dodging right after drinking and/or drinking when he was attacking/climbing his staff.

now onto chapter 3 secret area and ng+ some time later.

hope it will be helpful for ones who are struggling with 2nd phase of final boss.

[xenon]

I can't wait until I reach this boss, already got brain damage from Daoist. 30 minutes of hitbox torture.

I might just drop pluck of many build because it's so inconsistent, and try your stuff....

[damian2472005]

i had 11 trys till i quit. lvl 95 or so. second phase is pain he just zooms around like crazy i cant get a charge in he evades them all. and then the "funny" let me try ya drink ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. i try as hard i can not to drink to often and then when there is no other way he imos me and takes my heal away??. thats by far the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ move ive ever seen.

[Glorious Comrade]

Originally posted by damian2472005:

i had 11 trys till i quit. lvl 95 or so. second phase is pain he just zooms around like crazy i cant get a charge in he evades them all. and then the "funny" let me try ya drink ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. i try as hard i can not to drink to often and then when there is no other way he imos me and takes my heal away??. thats by far the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ move ive ever seen.

You are fighting in water, there is a set of armor that heals you when you are in water. upgrade that to max and wear that can be super helpful.

From what I can tell, Freezing you and taking your drink only happens once. and he does the drinking animation but you heal up not him. or maybe just because I am using the heal over time wine, so he only gets the first tiny bit of the healing while I get the later healing over time effect.

His strong pole stance attacks are delayed dodge, first red pole is fake. immediately after that is two quick dodges. It is all about tempo.

Use your charges to parry his normal attacks.

You can also parry his dodges explosion, if he is backed up to the edge.

Spawn monkey clone then Use the wind vessel, Wind stun locks him for the duration of the wind, and you can get a good chunk of damage in.

Save transformations for when you are out of gourd for the final push.

[dustin1280]

Kinda crazy.. I also clocked in at 65 hours when I had fully beaten the game (including all secret bosses)

[Deathwing1306]

At level 120, I am not even surprised he was easy lol, I was like 96 or 98 when I beat Erlang.

[StarlightAsh♡]

Great sage is not the final boss, erlang is

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by StarlightAsh♡:

Great sage is not the final boss, erlang is

Great Sage is the final boss
Erlang is the final secret boss...

[RetiringBiscuit]

Was stuck on this prick all day, kept getting him low but unable to finish him off. Your build worked for me in the third try. Thank you so much, was about ready to give up and uninstall!

[Jester]

Originally posted by Deathwing1306:

At level 120, I am not even surprised he was easy lol, I was like 96 or 98 when I beat Erlang.

Always funny to me to see thread in these games low(not) key bragging about defeating a supposedly hard boss. It's like beating Malenia on first try only to find out somewhere down the thread that said dude used mimic tear(pre nerf)

[一拳一个嘤嘤怪]

Didn’t you fight Yang Jian, bro?

[Nrogara]

I reached him yesterday but I did not had much time to practice, so I am still stuck in phase 2

I am still getting used to the attacks.

If I get desperate enough, I might upgrade and use the set that uses water to heal.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Deathwing1306:

At level 120, I am not even surprised he was easy lol, I was like 96 or 98 when I beat Erlang.

And how the heck did he get to lvl 120 in first play through? I killed everything on sight first play through and only reached lvl 99 after Black Wind King in NG+. I have a policy if a trash mob exist, it needs to die at least once.

[Elon's Musk]

I just beat him using spell binder and the chest armor that heals you in water. 2nd phase just be patient and focus on counter-attacking. pull back to heal up to half and pop our gourd only when you feel like you can't handle getting in a decent spot to heal up passively. You can dodge his timestop snap as well.

[Thraex Aquator]

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Originally posted by Deathwing1306:

At level 120, I am not even surprised he was easy lol, I was like 96 or 98 when I beat Erlang.

And how the heck did he get to lvl 120 in first play through? I killed everything on sight first play through and only reached lvl 99 after Black Wind King in NG+. I have a policy if a trash mob exist, it needs to die at least once.

I am over 140 on first play and still can’t pass stone monkey phase 2 after a few dozen tries. The controller lag makes it nearly impossible to jump/dodge the waves, and I am constantly frozen. Or I am just old.