Got any tips for Ascended Markoth?

[bobime, dorime, demomium]

I decided to take a shot at the Pantheon of Hallownest, I did absolutely fine until I reached Markoth. I even managed to bring 3 lifeblood masks with me.

I haven't been able to do him on Ascended and Radiant on the Hall of Gods either as a result of the fact that there is little to no space for attacks against him.

Charms that I used: Mark of Pride, Quick Focus, Sharp Shadow, Nailmaster's Glory, Dream Wielder, Sprintmaster.

[Matcha]

Well. It's really about practice and luck

Do every boss on Radiant and then attempt Markoth
OK, ignore that

I only defeat ascended version, I choose only using nail art. I focus on dodging his nail rain, and attack him by charge slash only at the beginning and the ending of shield spinning.

Hope can help you

[bobime, dorime, demomium]

Originally posted by Matcha:

Well. It's really about practice and luck

Do every boss on Radiant and then attempt Markoth
OK, ignore that :shadeknight:

I only defeat ascended version, I choose only using nail art. I focus on dodging his nail rain, and attack him by charge slash only at the beginning and the ending of shield spinning.

Hope can help you :hollowknight:

You know, I tried Ascended and only used Nail Arts as suggested. It went quite well until the second phase with the double shield because he began spawning spears in front of my face and I didn't have enough time to react to all of them.

[Matcha]

I never do it without taking damage, so I don't know if nail art is a good way or not

[Boksha]

The second phase is a pain in the ass. Spells are most effective since you don't need to get close to him (risking getting hit by the shields or falling down). I would recommend at least bringing Mark of Pride, Strength and Shaman Stone. If you unload a full load of soul with Shaman Stoned Shade Souls, he should be close to death. Mark of Pride should let you get the final hits in.

[Doctor Fetus]

If your goal is to beat PoH, than there is no need to practice ascended Markoth in the hall of Gods. He has double damage and a large hp boost that he doesn't have in PoH version. Just practice him on attuned difficulty and pretend there is no floor (avoid stepping on it as much as possible).

[Boksha]

I think the platform layout is also different on Ascended, so just pretending the floor isn't there won't cut it. Why is the double damage an issue? You will always want to get hit as little as possible anyway. If you can't reliably best Markoth on Ascended, you probably don't want to fight him in the pantheon.

[bobime, dorime, demomium]

Originally posted by Boksha:

The second phase is a pain in the ass. Spells are most effective since you don't need to get close to him (risking getting hit by the shields or falling down). I would recommend at least bringing Mark of Pride, Strength and Shaman Stone. If you unload a full load of soul with Shaman Stoned Shade Souls, he should be close to death. Mark of Pride should let you get the final hits in.

I actually managed to beat Ascended Markoth. The Charm set that I used was Shaman Stone, Mark of Pride, Spell Twister, Soul Catcher, Nailmaster's Glory.

In my opinion, during the first phase, you need to chip as much Soul as you can out of him. I used Dash Slash Nail Art whenever he stopped moving and spun his shield covering half the stage. In the first phase, dodging the spears is much much easier. I avoided healing altogether to save Soul.

In the second phase, I went under him as he hovered around despite the threat of taking massive damage and casted Abyss Shriek 3 to 4 times and killed him.

It felt so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ satisfying obliterating Markoth on the second phase.

Now I think that regarding PoH, I will probably switch Shaman to Quick Focus as he has lower health and well, Grey Prince Zote is the next boss. While Grey Prince is not as hard as Markoth for me, I would say that going with very low health is kind of risky.

[bobime, dorime, demomium]

Originally posted by Doctor Fetus:

If your goal is to beat PoH, than there is no need to practice ascended Markoth in the hall of Gods. He has double damage and a large hp boost that he doesn't have in PoH version. Just practice him on attuned difficulty and pretend there is no floor (avoid stepping on it as much as possible).

Agreed. But I think that at least I get to practice avoiding his spears during the first phase.