Midir ... lazy boss. Lots of health and insane damage. That's all.

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Frenchie1969 has DARK SOULS™ III

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:21am

Midir ... lazy boss. Lots of health and insane damage. That's all.

Trying to beat him at level 40. Not to hard on level 90 or whatever but on level 40 you can see why this boss is more lazy then any good. Gael is a far better boss then this ugly hitbox which only trick is to slam around with his arms and tails. Underwhelming and lazy but I am sure a lot of players are finding this boss a stroke of genius from Fromsoft.

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Xengre

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:23am

I don't mind Midir tho I agree it is a kinda lazy boss compared to the much better designed Gael and Sister Friede.

Cepx

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:23am

easiest boss ever, idk what u talking about

gackie

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:24am

You're complaining that it's too hard and saying that it's underwhelming. I must be missing something here. Also, He only has 700 more HP than Gael.

Kaizen

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:24am

He's an old ass dragon, what do you want, he does what old ass dragons do.
Just like Ancient, stays in one spot, flys upward, lands, blows fire, repeats. That's lazy

Last edited by Kaizen; Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:25am

Xengre

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:26am

Think the post is a semi-poorly written double complaint. One is about boss being poorly/lazy designed (I agree), while the other is OP being salty doing it at SL40 (more than enough to take such a simple boss due to the easy attacks, OP get a very low requirement weapon and put everything into HP and use fire/dark pellets and lighting damage, dragonslayer axe if u got).

Frenchie1969 has DARK SOULS™ III

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:27am

Originally posted by Cepx:
easiest boss ever, idk what u talking about

Yawn. Good for you.

Xengre

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:30am

Oh, and that wasn't an insult for you doing it at SL40 being salty. Plenty others have issues doing it at lv 100, 200, 300+, etc. :P

Frenchie1969 has DARK SOULS™ III

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:38am

Originally posted by Xengre:
Oh, and that wasn't an insult for you doing it at SL40 being salty. Plenty others have issues doing it at lv 100, 200, 300+, etc. :P

No offense taken. I just think that a good boss design is Gael and not Midir. Gael has everything that makes a boss interesting to fight while Midir is difficult because he just trashes around like a giant hitbox. For me that is lazy design. Gael on the other hand I can fight and die to for days.

psheue

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:50am

My only complaint about TRC bosses is that they have too much HP; I feel that fighting Gael and Midir takes too long and instead of being exciting it becomes a little tedious. With a smaller HP pool, I would've loved those fights.

Frenchie1969 has DARK SOULS™ III

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:52am

I had to cheese him with mercury for now. Waste of what could have been a brilliant boss fight instead of cheesing a ginat hitbox on legs with some spell..

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Mr. Bones

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:53am

Midir is much better compared to quite a few of the other dragon fights. It's pretty hard to get large enemy fights correct in Souls games.

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Artek [General] has DARK SOULS™ III

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:53am

I'm pretty sure Midir wasn't intended to fought as SL40... SL80 at least, probably.

The only Midir's problem is hitboxes. Otherwise i think his amazing. His moves, the special effects, explosions.
A dragon that is not some push over like in Skyrim or the Ancient Wyvern who's not even a boss in a sense of it.
You just gotta get used to particular fighting style against Midir. Which is waiting for oportunities.

Dragon bosses were always like this in Dark Souls.
Sith the Slumbering Dragon in Dark Souls 2 was not exactly any better. He loved to fly all over the place and you would spend good half of the fight just standing around, doing nothing because the bastard is flying and you can't deal any damage while he keeps harassing you with corrosive flame that poisons you and degrades your gear.

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Erudax

Jun 17, 2017 @ 9:56am

So you're complaining about HP pools and damage dealt and comparing Midir to Gael. Gael is the WORST example. He has 50% damage reduction at ALL times and his sword slashes can actually push you INTO the cape attack.
I actually hate Gael. I find him way cheaper than Midir. To each his own.

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gackie

Jun 17, 2017 @ 10:00am

Originally posted by Rock Lizard:
So you're complaining about HP pools and damage dealt and comparing Midir to Gael. Gael is the WORST example. He has 50% damage reduction at ALL times and his sword slashes can actually push you INTO the cape attack.
I actually hate Gael. I find him way cheaper than Midir. To each his own.

No he doesn't have 50% resistance to all attacks. He's resistant to Dark and Bleed, apart from that, he seems to have roughly 20% resistance to melee damage. Tested with Greathammer and Greataxes.

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