Cannot beat Zote Eternal Ordeal? I found a trick !!

[Zangdaarr]

As many (I think !) I desperatly wanted to have the Zote splash screen, but the Eternal Ordeal was way to hard for me.

Some people advice equiping with Quick Heal, Deep Focus and Spore to have a strategy based on healing and aoe, however I could not manage to do it this way.

And then I found a trick, I am probably not the first but I did not see it elsewhere on the net, so I put it on video !

Basically, this trick will prevent the mama jumping Zote to appear until you are done with 45/50 Zotes, and possibly later, depending on how you manage it. The others Zoteling will still appear, but they are much more manageable without those frustrating jumping furies

You can have a look there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Du3jagiMrM

Let me know if it worked for you !

[Desticler]

I certainly saw this trick somewhere before since I remember using it but don't remember realizing it myself. Still, thanks to sharing this with everyone.

[JapanGamer29]

Nope, I still can't beat Eternal Zote. I've had about 30 tries. I got to 51 on on my second attempt, but haven't passed 40 since then, even with this trick for dummies. :(

[Zangdaarr]

You will do it ! 51 is near the end, glad it helped you a bit :)

[JapanGamer29]

I finally did it. I gave up using the "trick" because it made every attempt take too long and it wasn't easy avoiding two regular Zotes while killing everything else. (Sorry).

Here are my tips for others struggling:

With Fragile Strength and Quick Slash, you can kill bee and spider zotes with two hits as soon as they appear. And if a spider zote gets free, watch where it jumps. It often tries to land on you in the corner, so move away, turn around and whack it twice.

I spend most of the time in or near a corner, carefully dodging the fire from dangling zotes instead of trying to kill them.

Regular zotes take about 6 hits. Don't worry about killing them. Instead, just knock them back with a single hit and see if that gives you time to get a single heal in.

Big jumping zotes make a shock wave, but it doesn't go far. If the zote lands far enough away, you can sometimes get a single heal in instead of having to jump its shock wave.

If the big jumping zotes come at you, try to pogo once on their head then jump away.

A blast of Shade Soul helps clear the screen when the big jumping zotes start to get overwhelming.

Double-jump over the big shock waves from boulder zotes. They go all the way across the screen. Don't bother trying to kill them.

Tall zotes can be hit once from the side to push them back, just like regular zotes.

Don't hit the bombs with your nail!

If things go bad, spam magic.

As you can see, I didn't try to kill many zotes. Instead, if you can survive long enough, the zote bombs start killing off zotes for you and the number you've killed starts to rise quickly. My best jumped from 53 to 79, just by staying alive.

Charms: Fragile Strength, Quick Slash, Mark of Pride, Stalwart Shell.

[AceHeartCard]

thank you so much this really helped me! I managed to get to 61 zotelings!

[Bathtub Shitter]

old thread but yeah i used quickheal and some other stuff. I think quick slash and spell damage? probably.

[Myezko]

just use dd