Elamein is a real skill test

[stormguru888]

How do you hit her consistently as she keeps blocking my Greatsword attacks? She's been kicking my ass solo. I can block her attacks easily but she keeps blocking when I go on the offense. I can beat her with the Spirit Of Advocacy but spirit of Adversity is no longer spawning. I'm playing on PS5. I have 51 power and 30 stamina.

[Lynfinity]

When in doubt, "Reflection".

Otherwise, bait her out, then "Furious Swipe" around and behind, and stunlock her for as long as your stamina allows. Don't forget your "Phantom: Night's Veil" for even more stunlock shenanigans.

[stormguru888]

I've had some success with reflection. I get her to half HP. I'm making slow progress. I'm going to upgrade all my skills and use Phantom: Night's Veil with Triangle and Circle. It does do some damage. Thanks!

[神代るるる]

do not attack her
if she was not down, any attack she got(*even did not hit the shield) may randomly trick her enchant for shield (block all damage + counter strike) or sword (AOE and elemental damage) to make the battle harder
always keep the distance between 0 and 5m(max.), then only use guard, perfect guard and reflection.
in this case she will only repeat 3 different basic attacks and shield dash.
if you will face her later in the game, do the same way.

[stormguru888]

Originally posted by 神代るるる:

do not attack her
if she was not down, any attack she got(*even did not hit the shield) may randomly trick her enchant for shield (block all damage + counter strike) or sword (AOE and elemental damage) to make the battle harder
always keep the distance between 0 and 5m(max.), then only use guard, perfect guard and reflection.
in this case she will only repeat 3 different basic attacks and shield dash.
if you will face her later in the game, do the same way.

I see. I'm going to use this strategy. Been stuck on her for two days going all out on offense wasting stamina and faced her so many times I've memorized her pattern. I knew I was doing something wrong lol. It's a fun fight and seems like one of those gimmick fights.

[Cheeky Kunt]

Elamein is different in that going full offensive will actually screw you over. You need to be patient and bait out her attacks, otherwise your stamina will deplete fast and she will hit you with that deadly grab move.

What makes this more annoying is that this is the total opposite of what you should be doing with later bosses like Trokka and Bellerian, where you need to pressure them 24/7. Part of what makes this game so difficult is that you need to be ready to adopt different mindsets for the bosses.

[Wyrtt]

Game has traditional bosses and gimmick bosses.
Remember spider? Insane hp sponge UNLESS you break both of its legs. Than he loses all hp and dies.
same thing here. You blindly attack shield boss and get punished. You dont attack and sudenly boss is easy.