Difficulty wildly uneven. Why is Cubicle impossible in Sunken Temple Crypt?

[Aslan7147]

Why is the Cubicle boss in Sunken Temple Crypt impossible on hard? I have the best gear afaik, and I've been pounding this boss with matches and my sword for 33 minutes and the most health he ever lost was half a bar which he immediately regained. The game up to this point has been easy or only a mild challenge.

[sonikku2008-ttv]

Which cube boss is it, the one that eats the smoke around it or the one that changes color based on what you hit it with? (I genuinely forget.)

[Halgaard]

you have to hit this boss with his color only, or then he will not lose health but regenerate it. if he's white, hit it only with white pills, if he's blue, hit it with blue pills, ...

[Frogdice]

Originally posted by Aslan:

The game up to this point has been easy or only a mild challenge.

Difficulty in puzzle games is largely dependent upon how fast someone figures out the puzzle. It is not simply a matter of hit points and damage output in RPGs or strategy games.

Once you know the "trick" to beating a boss, that boss generally becomes easy. Of course, if you haven't figured out that boss's trick/gimmick/strategy, it will seem insanely difficult.

Good luck! It looks like the other players have given you some great suggestions already.

[Aslan7147]

Is the cubicle changing colors? I don't think it is. It's pink the whole time with a skeleton sitting inside it. It keeps expanding and eating everything within 1 block of it to regain health. Everything seems to damage it, not one particular color. I can defeat it with my weapon on medium, but hard is flipping impossible.

[erick]

that's why he said he didnt remember what cubicle boss it was, there are 2, one that changes color and one that eats everything around it and regains health

i had trouble with the one that regains health, you cant keep up with his health regeneration so you have to avoid getting pills near it unless its to complete a chain and damage it
what i did was to get all the pills on the sides, away from him, until a double one appeared and i could finish the combo, but since its on hard, it takes a lot of time and the speed keeps going up so you have to use your shield to help you

[Frogdice]

Originally posted by erick:

i had trouble with the one that regains health, you cant keep up with his health regeneration so you have to avoid getting pills near it unless its to complete a chain and damage it
what i did was to get all the pills on the sides, away from him, until a double one appeared and i could finish the combo, but since its on hard, it takes a lot of time and the speed keeps going up so you have to use your shield to help you

That is a very good strategy, and also good use of shield. :)