Great Hopper in spike pit

[Lieri]

Just lost 4,000-some geo because I couldn't break out of the knockback and spike pit resetting me right beneath the Great Hopper. Lost geo aside, how do I fight Great Hoppers in adverse terrain?

[RinkakuRei]

Two Descending Dark spells which will give you invulnerability frames for enough time to kill them, alternatively Shade Soul with the Flukenest charm.

You can also keep training the timing on them, you can go back and forth each time they jump which will create a loop that you can get used to.

[Lieri]

Originally posted by RinkakuRei:

Two Desolate Dives.

Still does not prevent me getting knocked back into the pit due to animation lock, but it IS killing faster. I'm assuming either I'm timing it wrong or it's not possible to kill it in that specific location without taking damage?

[Dr. VooJin3]

if all not working start mashing attack button if all fails get back anothertime since hoppers are easy enemies
but srsly just how the heck are you in kingdoms edge without knowing how to kill em they have pattern same as many enemies you should have killed before

[Lieri]

Originally posted by Crys.Fire:

if all not working start mashing attack button if all fails get back anothertime since hoppers are easy enemies
but srsly just how the heck are you in kingdoms edge without knowing how to kill em they have pattern same as many enemies you should have killed before

I may not be following "correct order" of boss kills after having googled and wiki'd some stuff. I went in order of...

False Knight > Hornet (1) > Mantis Lords > Soul Master > Broken Vessel.

I actually did not obtain Crystal Heart until I beat Soul Master lol, even though I had already been wandering around Crystal Peaks with the lantern I bought before I started tackling Mantis Lords.

[Lieri]

Accidentally picked up Dream Nail sometime between Hornet and Mantis Lords and I was running around confused as to what this does.

And then there's the time I fell into Ancient Basin without Crystal Heart and that was a hassle trying to get back out since I couldn't really go anywhere I NEEDED to go without it. I was about ready to just delete save and start over.

All in all, just went around exploring first and it has been a hoot.

[Shade]

Originally posted by Es-chan:

Just lost 4,000-some geo because I couldn't break out of the knockback and spike pit resetting me right beneath the Great Hopper. Lost geo aside, how do I fight Great Hoppers in adverse terrain?

I think I know which location you're referring to - that one's incredibly nasty, I've died to it too.
Sometimes, the better option is to just not fight an enemy at all if the game doesn't force you to. I simply dashed through the spike corridor to the right to escape, and when I returned from a sub-area on that side, the Great Hopper was gone.

[RinkakuRei]

I'll add that a lot of Great Hopper locations in Kingdon's Edge can be cheesed by standing on the top of either right or left wall depending on the place, as they can't jump over it or fit in smaller gaps.