What's the worst/hardest part in Steel Soul?

[rato]

That part where you get nervous as the moment aproaches, hand shakes and heart beats faster.
Pretty much moments before every boss fight for me
(I'm not even considering getting 100% because that means Trial of Fools, and that's a no for me)

[Hedrack]

Marmuu. Beat him with 1 mask remaining. The rest wasn't bad.

[Shard of Manus]

Originally posted by Hedrack:

Marmuu. Beat him with 1 mask remaining. The rest wasn't bad.

You know you can just hit him while he's bouncing and he'll just bounce away from you? I found his fight to be REALLY easy.

-- And yeah, all bosses. At least now we can ignore Trial of Fools for the 100%. Platforming you can have infinite tries on with the right Charms, but bosses are still scary.

Soul Master I think will be my hardest, I'm still not great at him - and maybe Traitor Lord, though when I fought them last I didn't have Shade Cloak. It's best (I think) in Steel Soul to rush to Deepnest, grab the Tram Pass and rush to Kingdom's Edge (Brand) and get this ability as soon as possible. Makes bosses much easier... only one has to beat Hornet on the first try too...

[Hedrack]

Originally posted by Shard of Manus:

Originally posted by Hedrack:

Marmuu. Beat him with 1 mask remaining. The rest wasn't bad.

You know you can just hit him while he's bouncing and he'll just bounce away from you? I found his fight to be REALLY easy.

-- And yeah, all bosses. At least now we can ignore Trial of Fools for the 100%. Platforming you can have infinite tries on with the right Charms, but bosses are still scary.

Soul Master I think will be my hardest, I'm still not great at him - and maybe Traitor Lord, though when I fought them last I didn't have Shade Cloak. It's best (I think) in Steel Soul to rush to Deepnest, grab the Tram Pass and rush to Kingdom's Edge (Brand) and get this ability as soon as possible. Makes bosses much easier... only one has to beat Hornet on the first try too...

Sure, I'm aware of it. I still mess it up horribly when I do it which is surprising because it's only one move to handle. But oddly it gives me more trouble than everything else.

[レミにゃん]

For me it was the Watcher Knights. They have a nasty tendency of interfering with the flow, while most other bosses are predictable.

Descent spell helped, though.

[Miri Ryllis ミリス]

Worst part for me was entirety of Deepnest. I do not appreciate zombies in games, i do not appreciate spiders in games, I do not appreciate dark musty small caves in games..

So when you have an area that represents what i dislike the most, as well as it being loaded with booby traps and a few foes that do 2 masks... I get paranoid.

[Shard of Manus]

Originally posted by Midouri ミリ:

Worst part for me was entirety of Deepnest. I do not appreciate zombies in games, i do not appreciate spiders in games, I do not appreciate dark musty small caves in games..

So when you have an area that represents what i dislike the most, as well as it being loaded with booby traps and a few foes that do 2 masks... I get paranoid.

For the Stalking Devouts, Dream Shield makes them hilariously useless. It bypasses their idle block, so no risks need be taken. Just approach, let it touch them and walk back again. Repeat. They'll die without ever coming in range of you, and when they attack a single dash brings you out of range.

Still, phobias cannot be fixed by charming yourself.

[Miri Ryllis ミリス]

Originally posted by Shard of Manus:

Originally posted by Midouri ミリ:

Worst part for me was entirety of Deepnest. I do not appreciate zombies in games, i do not appreciate spiders in games, I do not appreciate dark musty small caves in games..

So when you have an area that represents what i dislike the most, as well as it being loaded with booby traps and a few foes that do 2 masks... I get paranoid.

For the Stalking Devouts, Dream Shield makes them hilariously useless. It bypasses their idle block, so no risks need be taken. Just approach, let it touch them and walk back again. Repeat. They'll die without ever coming in range of you, and when they attack a single dash brings you out of range.

Still, phobias cannot be fixed by charming yourself.

Aha really? That'd be useful. Sadly I had to put up with it before the update came so I had no such luxury

But yeah, phobia mixed with Steel Soul isnt the best combination

[ZeroKelvin]

Steel Soul is only hard if you get greedy. Down to one mask? Save and exit. Resets every fight.

Trial of the Fool is pretty rough, but if you get the Nailmaster's Glory charm and get the timing down, you can blow through every major encounter.

Hiveblood and wall-climbing make the God Tamer kind of a joke.

Don't get me wrong, this mode is one of the hardest achievements I ever earned, but savequitting, careful planning, and the occasional mild mechanic abuse worked wonders.

I highly recommend practicing Trial of the Fool, Empty Vessel, Soul Master, Hornet II, and that one spirit in the Kingdom's Edge. The most dangerous boss is that laser bug's second encounter in the mines.

Dream bosses don't count as a death, fortunately, otherwise the Soul Tyrant would be the devil incarnate.

Most importantly, if you're down to two masks in a bad situation...reset. Always. Use that nail teleport ability and hightail it back to Dirtmouth.

[Miri Ryllis ミリス]

Originally posted by ZeroKelvin:

Steel Soul is only hard if you get greedy. Down to one mask? Save and exit. Resets every fight.

Most importantly, if you're down to two masks in a bad situation...reset. Always. Use that nail teleport ability and hightail it back to Dirtmouth.

I mean, yeah, you can.. but that defeats the purpose of the mode if you do that.

[Shucks]

For me those bouncy razor bosses were the hardest for steel soul. Watcher knights? I personally think the trial of the fool isnt hard i found alot of bosses harder.

[Epic_Caesura]

If you're going to reset before dying, you might as well just copy the save file and reload it when you die. If all you want is the achievement, anyway.