Tips for Beast fight?

[circus_penguin]

I have a few wins now under my belt with the Beast, however, there are still a few instances during the fight where dodging is incredibly difficult or seemingly impossible (at least with my experience at this time!). I wanted to see if y'all had any tips given that characters like the Lost and Keeper will have less room for error.

Specifically, when Ultra Death starts spawning skulls. I have had runs strong enough to defeat them before the skulls even get to my character, but in low damage runs, is there a pattern among the oscillating skulls that allows consistent dodging?

Secondly, during the first phase of the Beast fight when they are sucking you in and you have to dodge the rings of fire. I often do not have time to dodge the subsequent laser beam blast that follows dodging the last ring of fire.

Some tips and tricks would be very appreciated. Hope y'all are having as much fun with this DLC as I am!

[Nazemec]

Originally posted by circus_penguin:

is there a pattern among the oscillating skulls :sans: that allows consistent dodging?

Focus only on dodging, look for opportunities to pass them, slowly but surely. Going too fast means doom.

Originally posted by circus_penguin:

Secondly, during the first phase of the Beast fight when they are sucking you in and you have to dodge the rings of fire. I often do not have time to dodge the subsequent laser beam blast that follows dodging the last ring of fire.

The flames stop moving for a few seconds before the beam is shot. When you see them slowing down, forget about passing through the openings and rush to the top.

[Tato]

The flame rings stop after the eighth one, so you might wanna keep count and then btfo upwards

[Amble]

The Beast fight is unique compared to the rest of the fights in the game in that it's nearly entirely pattern based and consistent in the order of attacks, so after enough goes at it you'll have it down to a science and then it becomes one of the easier final boss fights in the game.

That said, Ultra Death's skulls are random, and as a result can create some rough situations. Chill with the shooting for a second while he does it and try to squeeze through the openings as if they were diagonal spike floor walks, as the hitboxes on the skulls are quite large. I know this advice sounds like "just focus lol" but that is all there is to it.

You'll get the hang of it, trust me.

[Bansheebutt]

Don't even look at the beast. Just hold down the fire button for whichever side of the screen it's on and focus on avoiding the fires and rocks.