Damn you, Caretaker!

[manofaiki2003]

I killed the Toad Prince on my 1st attempt. It's the CARETAKER that is killing me over and over. This seems to be the exacty opposite of most other player's experience with these two bosses.

Any tips? I'm specced with almost all the points in combat, red mutagens, so attack power isn't a problem.

I can't seem to keep him from regenerating his health.

Also, I'm playing this on Death March.

[Riggs]

Use quen when ever you can and only attack when he is exausted or gets his wepon stuck in the ground, another thing to watch out for is that about every 1/3 of his health bar he will summon ghosts where he will kill them to regain his lost health so you will need to kill them before he dose.

[manofaiki2003]

Thanks for the response. I didn't notice his killing the ghosts is how he was getting his health back :P

[jss1138]

I found both the Toad Prince and the Caretaker to be very difficult battles.

You have two more coming up.

[Riggs]

If you manage to have superior golden orioli or what ever the one that negates poison the toad can be really easy since all you have to do is sit in the poison cloud to get health back. olgierd von everic on the other hand is probably the hardest boss in the game and if you dont use counters you will end up dead fairly quickly.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Riggs:

If you manage to have superior golden orioli or what ever the one that negates poison the toad can be really easy since all you have to do is sit in the poison cloud to get health back. olgierd von everic on the other hand is probably the hardest boss in the game and if you dont use counters you will end up dead fairly quickly.

No, Olgierd is probably the easiest for sword and alchemy build that focus on AoE. Bomb or whirl the shizzle out of all 6 at once and battle is done in a minute or two, plus you get achievement. Unlike other bosses, you can stagger Olgierd to a degree.

[Uranius Johnson]

The toad was really hard until I figured out how ludicrously susceptible it was to fire. After that, it was a cake, and I literally killed it in a few seconds. The caretaker isn't that bad, either. You just have to be patient and only attack when he gets stuck. Also, don't go near him until your quen is up and, when in doubt, dodge. You don't want him to get any chances to heal.

The Olgierd battle is pretty easy. Engage one at a time, don't draw the attention of the others, and lure each ghost to the very back of the room to minimize risks of alerting the others. Quen, again, is your friend.

The two battles that made me rage quit several times were the Oferi Mage and the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ spiders in the auction house. Some of the most cheap attack patterns I've seen.

[Big Boom Boom]

The spider is loleasy, like toad it attack with poison. Slap on golden oriole you are pretty much invincible.

The mage is funny. Dimeritium bomb does not work even though it should, and you start battle with just your pants on. Otherwise he's not that different from that wildhunt navigator thingy fight whose name I forgot, talk about wildhunt strong characterisation!

[manofaiki2003]

What so weird is I killed the Toad Prince and the Oferi mage on my 1st tries. The AH spiders got me once, though.

i guess sometimes you hit on the right strategy, have the right build/equipment for a particular fight from the start.