Darklurker tips

[✿ Marru ✿]

Hello, can anyone give me tips on how to make Darklurker easier? (besides getting gud)
Struggling with it after it splits

On xbox I used +10 Pyromancy flame & fully upgraded and dark-infused Transgressor's Leather Shield but it still took me over 10 tries aaand I finally got it done only because I managed to stagger Darklurker while it was splitting, preventing it from splitting.

Maybe there are easier ways?

[Sillicha]

Full dark resist armor, the "buff food" for dark or the little firebug and miracles/lightning infused weapon. Im pretty sure he is very weak to lightning.

[Dexter]

Originally posted by Sillicha:

Full dark resist armor, the "buff food" for dark or the little firebug and miracles/lightning infused weapon. Im pretty sure he is very weak to lightning.

and weak to fire.
I can give You one tip: try to throw everything at it while it is splitting. I remember first time I beat it with fire or chaos storm while it was splitting, leaving it from ~50%hp to something around ~10%. Going with it if try to lure both bodies close to each other, since it will double your damage output(it is risky of course).
Oh and for the aoe explosions try to run away not roll.

[Salok]

The safest way would be to get either one shield with high magic, fire and dark block rate, or 3 different ones, which can get you up to 100 of all 3 by staying rather light, but can be tricky to switch them out.

[M E T A L]

You can also use the hex "Profound still" to silence the boss.

Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBROHNk5g3Y

[Polaric]

Use Rebel's Shield, but infuse it with dark. Ta dam !!! 100% dark protection + high stability. F**k melee, change your stats if you want and kill him with pyromancy. I recomend forbidden suns and flame swathe. Oh, and bring some amber herbs.

[Fredericks of Cursewood]

Put Brightbug on your quick item bar. Even if it takes 2 or 3 of them, it is totally worth it.

[Yal]

Both copies of him share the same healthbar, so unloading heavy AoE magic (e.g. the random pillars around you spells) while he splits basically lets you do double the damage. The hardest part with the fight is not being able to see what both of them are doing, so positioning is key in the second phase.

It could be worth using Lingering Flame as a backup spell if you can access it, since it sticks around for quite a time before dissipating and is a pretty powerful proximity mine. Drop down a few in a safe corner and hope the boss passes by in its trigger radius.

[King Robert Baratheon]

Originally posted by M E T A L:

You can also use the hex "Profound still" to silence the boss.

Like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBROHNk5g3Y

I wish profound still lasted more than like 20 (or 30) seconds. It may help if you can do a lot of damage to darklurker in a short amount of time but imo it's not worth because it takes so long to cast and then you feel pressured to do a lot of damage while Profound Still is active (and Darklurker is quick to get into melee range when you cast PS on it).

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Originally posted by ✿ Marru ✿:

Hello, can anyone give me tips on how to make Darklurker easier? (besides getting gud)
Struggling with it after it splits

On xbox I used +10 Pyromancy flame & fully upgraded and dark-infused Transgressor's Leather Shield but it still took me over 10 tries aaand I finally got it done only because I managed to stagger Darklurker while it was splitting, preventing it from splitting.

Maybe there are easier ways?

Darklurker does PURE dark and fire damage. So swap out any useless more physical based armors. I also recommend flame swathe.

[Papa Shekels]

If you are still having issues, the best thing to do is unload as much damage as you can with a horizontally sweeping weapon or aoe while he splits. Other than that, once he splits go around carefully and always keep both in your line of sight. His attacks are all very well telegraphed and can all be avoided by just sprinting. Take an opportunity to just hit him once or twice and back off, don't get greedy

[✿ Marru ✿]

Thank you everyone ~