Secret Pumpkin Level

[An Unstable Atom]

Anyone actually manage to finish the damn thing? I essentially get stuck on Vlad the Inhaler, he outregens most of my damage, and if I get too close 2-3 shots me.

Any tips?

[slurwin03]

Use Tome and land your slide on him, than shoot the orb followed by melle attacks and Demon power all at same time.

[MeSako]

Yeah.. on first try and every try oftare that..

I use shotgun, and whenever Vlad uses is about to use his life steal (he raises his hands) I use the third skill.. it interupts his skill, so he does not heal, and I am unharmed..

[Will Whiskey]

♥♥♥♥ this boss in particular. this boss made me stop playing the game.
why the ♥♥♥♥ am i forced to change my melee loadout to something else just for one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blood sucker ?
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ devs dont know when they cross the line.

[xylt]

Originally posted by Pinhead Larry:

♥♥♥♥ this boss in particular. this boss made me stop playing the game.
why the ♥♥♥♥ am i forced to change my melee loadout to something else just for one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blood sucker ?
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ devs dont know when they cross the line.

just lead him to any of the buildings (preferably the one with a fence at 1 side) and go around the corner when he starts his attack. As long as you don't have line of sight during his attack it doesn't hit you. (you could also blink away into a corner)

[HiImTye]

how dare the devs use different mechanics than other encounters? how dare they have variety!

[MeSako]

Originally posted by Pinhead Larry:

♥♥♥♥ this boss in particular. this boss made me stop playing the game.
why the ♥♥♥♥ am i forced to change my melee loadout to something else just for one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blood sucker ?
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ devs dont know when they cross the line.

Sword, Scythe, and shotgun have a skill that stuns. Works wonders on this boss when he uses his lifesteal skill (the one where red orbs apear). Don't know if any other weapons have that.
If you dont have a stun attack, just run away when he starts using that skill, move out of his line of sight.

He is only hard if you stay in his face all the time.

[MeSako]

And this is not the first game that forces players to change strategy between different encounters.

[vokiel]

Yeah, this boss is one example of a botched design. There is no point in making a boss like that, it's childish and it makes the dev team look like ♥♥♥♥♥ imho.

Just get Spark or any high throughput lightning gun, clear the puppeteers and the pumpkin heads, run to the back where you can drop on a lower platform and wait for the Inhaler to get stuck trying to reach you. Fry him away.

Him and Gabriel are the 2 most boring and idiotic fights in the game. Why bother trying to get this on hard without exploiting the idiocy?

[xylt]

Originally posted by MeSako:

Sword, Scythe, and shotgun have a skill that stuns. Works wonders on this boss when he uses his lifesteal skill (the one where red orbs apear). Don't know if any other weapons have that.
If you dont have a stun attack, just run away when he starts using that skill, move out of his line of sight.

Knocking him back (or pulling) interrupts his attack too, but if the knock-back is too weak it sometimes doesn't work (so rapier isn't the best choice).
But a.e Justice to pull him in and a lightning gun with knockback (or simply shockwave) would definitly make it a very interesting fight.

Originally posted by vokiel:

Him and Gabriel are the 2 most boring and idiotic fights in the game. Why bother trying to get this on hard without exploiting the idiocy?

Gabriel has some of the slowest attack animations in-game and he's actually beatable on hard-mode even if you're only lvl 1. So just leave him out of this discussion pls.

[Ichthyic]

confirmed that a good spark build (see "Zeuss" in the build list), can do this entire level (though at level 35, it was certainly not a cakewalk). if you are having problems... think about substituting a "cripple" card for one that gives better dodge range instead. lot of dodging in this level. The king himself just requires observation and patience. keep a shield up when he spawns the big exploding pumpkins, and avoid as many as you can... by dodging. otherwise, it's just a matter of stepping in between his pumpkin tosses. helps if you can lay a trap right on him. make sure you are using berserker aura.

frankly, the hardest thing in the whole level was blowing up the spider demons with lava spiders, while your hex cards are up. still haven't managed that yet... they regen faster than even 3 laval spider explosions can damage them. I suppose you need to bring them right to the brink, while surrounded by spiders.

I didn't have the patience for it.