Please... i need help with soul master

[eban106]

I have the standard nail(one upgrade), 5 masks, the mantis claw, mothwing cloke, vengeful spirit and thats it :/ i've only been to greenpath, fog canyon(once), the crossroads and city of tears.

[eban106]

oh and i only have the compass, soul catcher and dash master

[Darc Vader]

First off, know that the fight is technically optional: you can finish the game without ever fighting the guy. He does however guard a fairly useful ability, though you can wait until later to come back and pick it up.

If you do fight him then the biggest tip is to dodge under his shots. They'll follow you downwards and hit the ground rather than looping back around and coming at you from behind.
When he moves across the screen surrounded by the balls, and then sends them back across the other way, the attack will never hit the center of the stage on the way back. Jump over the bottom one as he goes across and you have a fairly wide opening to heal.
Remember to use any extra soul for Vengeful Spirits, but try to make sure you don't fire when he teleports, as that is worse than sitting at full soul when you don't need to heal.(when at full soul the priority is generally: heal if needed/possible >= hit with spell >> sit at full soul >>>>>> miss with a spell. Sitting at full soul wastes any extra soul you could have gotten, but at least it's there when you need it as opposed to spending it to do nothing useful)

Edit: also if you immediately go left when you enter the soul sanctum there is an elevator that goes up to a locked door. The left wall of the elevator about halfway up can be broken and there's a bench right there. Makes the walk back to the fight a little shorter and safer.

[eban106]

How do i leave the city of tears without the desolate dive ability?

[eban106]

Nevermind just found the stag station, thanks for the advice!

[Exray]

Originally posted by eban106:

Nevermind just found the stag station, thanks for the advice!

You should keep trying in my opinion, this game is about get better and learn from the bosses and if you just skip this one you will have EXTREME problems with the next bosses.

[eban106]

Originally posted by Exray:

Originally posted by eban106:

Nevermind just found the stag station, thanks for the advice!

You should keep trying in my opinion, this game is about get better and learn from the bosses and if you just skip this one you will have EXTREME problems with the next bosses.

Not going to skip, just going to collect some must needed upgrades (mainly a mask and some charms) before going back and finishing the boss

[Nimish]

I may be late to the conversation here, but one thing that I did during my first attempt at any boss was to simply evade for a couple of minutes and not attack at all. It really just lets you get used to their attack patterns, and learn how to avoid them. Don't move around unecessarily (just stand still unless you absolutely have to move) and recognize those times when you don't have to move, because those will become your openings for attack once you decide to start going on the offensive. It becomes surprisingly easier when you recognize the specific times when you actually have to move, allowing for a much more focused battle and less stress.

With the Soul Master specificallly, I found that the Dashmaster charm was nice to close the distance when he teleports so you can get a hit in (and if you know you aren't going to get to him in time before he moves again, dash to the other side of the arena because he's more likely to teleport there next). Either of the long nail charms is nice too, but isn't necessary. When he just travels along the ground from one side to the other, you are able to jump over him if you time it right (you have to be at maximum jump height to avoid touching him, and a dash helps here so you can stay at that height for longer), or alternatively you can dash to the full opposite side of the arena (iirc, if you are touching the edge, he won't hit you). For his Desolate Dive attack, it's helpful to just dash as far away as possible, in case he does the fake first, so you have time to react to the wave. When he shoots orbs at you, if horizontal just jump over them, if vertical dash out of the way. And when he travels across with the soul orbs orbiting around him, it's easiest to just sit in the middle (you'll have to hop over one orb on the first pass, and when the orbs come back you don't have to move at all). If you still find yourself unable to avoid his attacks and get hurt a lot, the Quick Focus charm will obviously help. The best time to heal is during the orbiting soul orb attack, after you hop over the orbs on their first pass; if you are in the center like I described before, you can get at least 2 heals in because the orbs will pass right over your head when they return for their second pass, allowing you to just sit there and heal. Another god time is after the ground-pass if you are able to hop over early.

Hope this helps, and good luck! :)

[Darc Vader]

For needing to be at max height to get over his dash, another way is to downstrike as he goes by to get a bit of lift. If you time it properly you can actually get a second hit in from behind afterwards as well. It helps a fair amount, considerin you don't get a lot of chances to hit him consistently.

[Nimish]

Originally posted by Darc Vader:

For needing to be at max height to get over his dash, another way is to downstrike as he goes by to get a bit of lift. If you time it properly you can actually get a second hit in from behind afterwards as well. It helps a fair amount, considerin you don't get a lot of chances to hit him consistently.

Very true, another good way to get over him and get a hit in. The timing is a bit more difficult, but you kill two birds with one stone.

[(READ JOJOLANDS) Doc Rock]

Get fragile strength. Perhap fragile heart as well. put them on right before fighting. also go left in the soul sanctum and find a destructable wall in the elevetor shaft to create a shortcut

[Nimish]

Originally posted by Ziulyx:

Get fragile strength. Perhap fragile heart as well. put them on right before fighting. also go left in the soul sanctum and find a destructable wall in the elevetor shaft to create a shortcut

If OP is having this much trouble with the boss, I don't know if using a fragile charm is the best choice. If they lose, they'd have to treck all the way back to Leg Eater, pay to repair the charms, and hike all the way back to try again. Especially because there's a second phase to the Soul Master fight that I don't know if OP knows about yet. Better to use fragile charms for dream bosses or a waking-world boss that you're reeeaaally close to beating. My two cents.