Tips for defeating Hornet?

[Meursault]

Hiya! Just reached Greenpath, got to the little bench beneath her. I'm having trouble defeating her and shes alot quicker than most before her. Is she supposed to be the second boss?

[Doubtful]

Main thing I can advise on any boss that stops to rest after being damaged a certain amount is to use that time to heal yourself a bit. [edit] I also advise not trying to heal during most boss fights when they AREN'T briefly incapacitated. You'll end up taking more damage than if you wait until the right moment or just keep moving.

Some of this game's bosses are pretty hard, but I haven't yet encountered one I can't beat through persistence and learning how they telegraph different attacks. :)

You probably don't have tons of charms yet, but redoing your charms for bosses helps sometimes too.

You don't need stuff like the compass or gathering swarm if you're fighting a boss you're having trouble with, for example.

[Krag]

Learn her moves, don't be greedy.
Try to guess which attacks she can do based on her position so you can position yourself adequatly.

[Kyutaru]

She has easy moves to avoid but she attacks rapidly. So practice NOT damaging her. Just avoid all her attacks. Once you get good at avoiding her attacks, pick one that's easy to avoid and hit her once after those attacks only. Spend the entire fight just dodging.

Bonus tip: Listen to her telegraphs. She was two words in combat. One word means it's a physical needle attack, either the dash or the jump dash. The other word means it's a thread attack (ranged), which is either the AOE or thrown needle one. Her ranged attacks are her weakness since you can stay far away from her and not get hit by them while her melee attacks try to get closer to you.

Keep her at maximum range at all times and only hit her when she dashes near you.

[Rilgar55]

Against hornet is better to wait for a chance to strike her instead of being too agressive, her attacks are fast but she doesnt use two of them in quick sucesion

[Alpha]

I died about 20 times to her. Some tips
- when she throws her lance it bounces back to her once it reached max range. First jump towards her when she throws and jump away from her during the rebound. Unless you are close I would suggest not attacking at this time.
- A couple of her attacks start with a jump. She jumps and dashes to your location with an attack or she does a string shield kinda attack. Main time to attack are when she jump dash attacks your location. Jump to avoid and put in a couple of attacks.
- Best strat to heal is to move to one corner have her use her jump dash attack. Jump avoid and quikly run to the other end. If she starts her lance throw, start healing, at that range it will not hit you.

[Meursault]

Originally posted by Alpha:

I died about 20 times to her. Some tips
- when she throws her lance it bounces back to her once it reached max range. First jump towards her when she throws and jump away from her during the rebound. Unless you are close I would suggest not attacking at this time.
- A couple of her attacks start with a jump. She jumps and dashes to your location with an attack or she does a string shield kinda attack. Main time to attack are when she jump dash attacks your location. Jump to avoid and put in a couple of attacks.
- Best strat to heal is to move to one corner have her use her jump dash attack. Jump avoid and quikly run to the other end. If she starts her lance throw, start healing, at that range it will not hit you.

My biggest problem with her is that strange AOE attack she does after jumping. I just think she gonna do her charge

[Kyutaru]

Originally posted by Big Ounce:

My biggest problem with her is that strange AOE attack she does after jumping. I just think she gonna do her charge

You have to listen. She says a different name when she jumps than the one she does when she charges. She has two names she calls out and two directions (ground or air). So that's four possible combinations that make up all her moves.

[Uniquepotatoes]

i still can't beat her but im using keyboard xD

[CheezyPotatoez]

get a controller

[arejang]

Originally posted by CheezyPotatoez:

get a controller

stop reviving dead threads

[CheezyPotatoez]

Originally posted by arejang:

Originally posted by CheezyPotatoez:

get a controller

stop reviving dead threads

make me

[Aeternalis the Abyssal Alchemist]

If you stike downwards with your Nail, you can bounce on her Needle.
Using your Nail to bounce on things will soon become an integral part of both combat and platforming.

I know this is a dead thread, but since you insist on bringing it back from the dead, it might as well have some useful information for people that view this thread.

[Không Tồn Tại]

As for my first run, I tried to remember her animation of attacking ( so I know what she gonna do next ) for easier avoid and attack 1 time after the animation is done. It cost a death but once you learn her move, defeating her is piece of cake.

And she will teach you how to git gud at end game

Originally posted by CheezyPotatoez:

Originally posted by arejang:

stop reviving dead threads

make me [/quote]

Reported as spam

[CheezyPotatoez]

For reals though, in order to beat her I just kept trying. In order to beat essentially any boss, you just have to be persistent.

[Meursault]

I know i'm not helping but let this ♥♥♥♥ stay dead ffs