Need help with The Nameless God

[Falafel]

So, I have the seawolf cutlass and the titan set, but can't seem to do very much damage or even survive more than a hit or two.

[Darkness]

By the way, which armor are you using precisely? I don't think using heavy armor is worth before NG+, imo, lots of weight, really bad roll, and somewhat little protection in general, a Tower Shield helps much more in my experience.

Using a good tower shield (preferably Iron Rampart, Type 46 otherwise is fine) you can block most of his attacks, except his charge grapple, in which you should roll. Takes a while to kill, but it's fine.


Also, very important tip: avoid using sword (slash) against him, use a hammer (strike) if possible, as he has some resistance against slash and no resistance against strike. Would certainly make things quickier, if you can wield them. If you can't use them, maybe try to get a Shrouded Bulwark/Chitin Obelisk greatsword (37.5% Slash / 62.5% Strike damage, against the usual 75% Slash / 25% Strike of standard Greatswords) to cover that?

[TheDoctor]

nameless has a high slash defense and most of elemental... Armor are kind useless on ng, seawolf cutlass is meh you should be using Scharfrichter with damage charm but a hammer would trash him pretty fast. To be fair it's seems you are being vicitm of your heavy armor, it offer little protection and cuts all your mobility.

[Falafel]

Originally posted by Darkness:

By the way, which armor are you using precisely? I don't think using heavy armor is worth before NG+, imo, lots of weight, really bad roll, and somewhat little protection in general, a Tower Shield helps much more in my experience.

Using a good tower shield (preferably Iron Rampart, Type 46 otherwise is fine) you can block most of his attacks, except his charge grapple, in which you should roll. Takes a while to kill, but it's fine.


Also, very important tip: avoid using sword (slash) against him, use a hammer (strike) if possible, as he has some resistance against slash and no resistance against strike. Would certainly make things quickier, if you can wield them. If you can't use them, maybe try to get a Shrouded Bulwark/Chitin Obelisk greatsword (37.5% Slash / 62.5% Strike damage, against the usual 75% Slash / 25% Strike of standard Greatswords) to cover that?

I'm sorry, I was mistaken. It turns out that I'm using the titan armor, though I swear I had the golem armor... Also, I never put any points into shields. Lol, bad planning on my part. Oh yeah, and how do I get those two greatswords you mentioned?

[TheDoctor]

https://saltandsanctuary.wiki.fextralife.com/Scharfrichter

[Falafel]

Originally posted by TheDoctor:

https://saltandsanctuary.wiki.fextralife.com/Scharfrichter

Thanks for the link! I'll try to get this sword, if not one of the ones Darkness mentioned that also has strike damage.

[Darkness]

Shield is not mandatory, I just suggested as a way to "cheese" the game if you really needed, but since tower shields are heavy, they also require some steep investiment into extra weight. In theory you could try "farming" some extra levels prior to facing the boss by repeatedly killing some heavy XP enemies (like crypt lords). Not really required, I'd say it's a last resort thing.

Otherwise, I'd suggest removing your armor, and test your character movement, you'll notice your Roll ability will get you much farther and faster, so it's easier to dodge attacks. If you keep your weight below 25% of your total weight, you'll be as fast as totally naked.


Also, the good weapons are crafted on the Transmute NPC, but each requires different components to create, mainly drops from bosses.

Scharfrichter is the best "overall greatsword", I use it along with a Iron Rampart on one slot, and a Trinity Scepter on the other, but of course I was only able to do that on NG+.

Basically, melee builds often require a strike damage weapon and a slash damage weapon to be effective all the time, as there're enemies and bosses that are more vulnerable to one kind of damage than another.

Then again, maybe you can skip the swords I suggested, as they are 'expensive' to make, and are only temporary solutions.

Of course I only learned about those things by reading the wiki, as the game doesn't tell sh1t!


Also a correction, neither are titan armor or golem armor the "strongest" heavy armor in-game! I'm using Umbral Set, but only started using it in NG+, before that I used some + stat items (blacksmith gloves, the crown that gives damage) instead and other lightier armor to keep below 25% max weight.

And of course, remember to upgrade the items as high as you can on a blacksmith.

[Olga 1987]

I've killed him on NG+ by my shield-wielding paladin in the upgraded Palatine set; I used the Kureimoa (one-handed) and the Iron Rampart shield, occasionally attacking (the strong attack, not normal) and blocking him most of the time. The most important thing was to choose the right moment to attack/heal/use a prayer and not to get damaged or killed at this moment.

The Palatine armor set has been chosen due to its weight: I wanted to wear some armor, but it shouldn't be too heavy.

Btw, what type of damage does the Kureimoa have? I used it because it has been my favourite Greatsword through all the game except the Jaws of death, and I didn't know if it was suitable for this boss (but he certainly CAN be killed by this weapon anyway).

In my first playthrough (not the NG+) I used the Gangplank mantlet shield (it's a class 1 tower shield, weight 22), but I forgot how exactly did I defeat the Nameless god in the first time, so I don't know if this shield can be useful.
https://saltandsanctuary.wiki.fextralife.com/Gangplank%20Mantlet

[No One]

Upgrade your armour. Nameless cannot one-two shot you through upgraded titan armour. With upgraded titan you can stroll up to him and just spam x until he hits you, get up, and do it again. (Arcane barrage aside.)

[Falafel]

Thanks for the help, guys! I killed him eventually, with a greatsword and with one of my other characters. I realized that I should've used a greathammer after a while...

[Darkness]

Originally posted by Sir Bacon:

Thanks for the help, guys! I killed him eventually, with a greatsword and with one of my other characters. I realized that I should've used a greathammer after a while...

Well, usually you get an optimal item setup on the first NG+. On the first playthrough it's hard to have everything you need. Congrats, anyway!