I can't beat Typhon no matter what I do.

[100% habibi, 0% jihadi]

Hi guys. Day 4 into playing this game. I actually replayed the first 3 acts from start to finish again so I could get enchantments for my stuff. Worked great. Took about 10 hours but yeah. Everything up until Typhon went great.

How in the actual you know what am I supposed to do? I'm level 34. I have legendary weapons. If I go in melee - I'm dead in less than 10 seconds. If I try and chip away with a legendary bow - it would take upwards of several hours and hundreds of potions.

What the hell am I doing wrong? How are you supposed to kill him?

Also - real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ move from the developer by placing the start point literally right next to enemies who spawn every time you load up the game.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Typhon is maybe the toughest fight the first time you fight him, he a few nasty attacks and mechanics. Your level should be fine, mostly you need to worry about bulking up certain resists and watching out for some instant kill mechanics.

Get your fire, lightning and vitality resist up to acceptable levels. Typhon will use fire breath from mid-short range, an easy to dodge lightning attack from long range and a vitality attack that heals him.

Vitality resist is fairly rare on gear. I'd recommend either vendor farming for a Hallowed prefix helm (40-60% vit resit + 1 skill) or farm for completed Demons' Blood charms (demons type enemies can drop them), the charm can be socketed into accessories (ring/necklace).

If you can fight from range then you should be able to kite him and dodge lightning attacks. From close range you'll want to have good fire resist as the breath can't really be dodged well. Try swap something in where possible that has right resists if you're lacking them.

Also, he sometimes casts a reflection effect. If you attack him while it's up your will die very quickly. When it's active Typhon will have a different appearance (thorns on his body). Make sure you pay attention to that.

Don't try to tank the meteors. Avoid them. He summons them when he raises his hands. Good time to hit him unless he has thorn reflection up.

You can try vendor farming mage vendor for a Sky's Rage scroll. This one should summon cloud that can help stun Typhon (unless I got the scroll name mixed up). You can also try some of the summon scrolls.

Don't forget to make use of some of the shrines. Battle is best, followed by Mastery.

[100% habibi, 0% jihadi]

Originally posted by chris.ferrantegerard:

Typhon is maybe the toughest fight the first time you fight him, he a few nasty attacks and mechanics. Your level should be fine, mostly you need to worry about bulking up certain resists and watching out for some instant kill mechanics.

Get your fire, lightning and vitality resist up to acceptable levels. Typhon will use fire breath from mid-short range, an easy to dodge lightning attack from long range and a vitality attack that heals him.

Vitality resist is fairly rare on gear. I'd recommend either vendor farming for a Hallowed prefix helm (40-60% vit resit + 1 skill) or farm for completed Demons' Blood charms (demons type enemies can drop them), the charm can be socketed into accessories (ring/necklace).

If you can fight from range then you should be able to kite him and dodge lightning attacks. From close range you'll want to have good fire resist as the breath can't really be dodged well. Try swap something in where possible that has right resists if you're lacking them.

Also, he sometimes casts a reflection effect. If you attack him while it's up your will die very quickly. When it's active Typhon will have a different appearance (thorns on his body). Make sure you pay attention to that.

Don't try to tank the meteors. Avoid them. He summons them when he raises his hands. Good time to hit him unless he has thorn reflection up.

You can try vendor farming mage vendor for a Sky's Rage scroll. This one should summon cloud that can help stun Typhon (unless I got the scroll name mixed up). You can also try some of the summon scrolls.

Don't forget to make use of some of the shrines. Battle is best, followed by Mastery.

Could you explain in simpler terms? What is "vendor farming"? And are you suggesting I go around to every vendor in the game world and buy up all those scrolls? I already spent 500.000 gold which is basically all I had to undo my skills so I could get that core dweller, which the typhon ♥♥♥♥♥♥ in 2 hits anyways...so yeah.

Also, I have no idea what those shrines are even for. 32 hours in the game. Still don't get how they can help. They are single use, right? And expire quickly.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by Sockpuppet:

Could you explain in simpler terms?

Simpler?
Get fire, lightning and vitality resist up.
Don't hit him when he is covered in thorns.
Don't stand where the big red meteor rocks are landing.
Hit him until he dies.

What is "vendor farming"? And are you suggesting I go around to every vendor in the game world and buy up all those scrolls?

Vendor farming = check vendor, exit to main menu, restart, check vendor, rinse and repeat.

Pretty boring so I don't usually do this. Farming for the scrolls should not take long through, you can just check each magic vendor (teleport to each waypoint with a vendor selling scrolls) for Sky's Rage or summon (think there's one with Harpies).

Hallowed helms are kind of rare so probably faster to farm for Demon's Blood instead. Easiest way to get the vitality resist you need. Last boss in Act 4 does tons of vitality damage so you're going to need it there anyways. Vitality resist is used for Typhon's Life drain upfront damage, this heals him so if you don't have any resist he'll keep healing up. This drain is possible to avoid somewhat as it doesn't work from long range but tricky to avoid.

If you're short on cash, just go to Babylon outskirts waypoint and clear the quest lizardmen mobs. Quest mobs have better chance to drop greens and MIs so just clear the camp and sell all the drops (including yellows) and you should quickly restock your gold supply.

I already spent 500.000 gold which is basically all I had to undo my skills so I could get that core dweller, which the typhon ♥♥♥♥♥♥ in 2 hits anyways...so yeah.

Yeah, Typhon is kind of infamous for being capable of instant deleting pets with his breath attack lol.

Also, I have no idea what those shrines are even for. 32 hours in the game. Still don't get how they can help. They are single use, right? And expire quickly.

Here's a link with description of each shrine. The best shrines in Typhon's arena are the Battle and Mastery shrines as Battle increases your DPS a lot and Mastery gives +4 too all your skills.
https://titanquest.fandom.com/wiki/Shrine

[E.T.]

Just to add one thing, Typhon uses vitality dmg, when he seems sucking/breathing your health. Check your vitality resistance. If its below 50% or even negative, its can cause instant death. There are relics that increase vitality resist. google titan quest database for detail of equipment and relic that give you specific resistance and where to farm them.

[100% habibi, 0% jihadi]

We must be playing two very different games.

My loadout are the blue coloured items (mostly - also green) which have really good stats. What am I to do to increase various resistances??? Enchant them? 5-10% of one type of resistance won't do much in such a fight - and it can't be distributed evenly. AND - the blue items can't be enchanted. If I use green items instead - and enchant those - I lose out on a ton of benefits that the blue ones provide.

No. This was/is simply an a s s h o l e design by the developer, plain and simple. You did hear me mention that I replayed ALL the first 3 acts today, right? That means I've had the opportunity to get a very consistent idea of how this game structures its challenges and you know what? It made really good sense. There was a sense of difficulty being raised from one area to the next. Then out of the blue - you have a boss fight which on normal difficulty (what I'm playing) apparently requires uber-nerd level ♥♥♥♥ to actually complete without dying.

Listen dude. I'm not gonna spend multiple hundreds of hours levelling up my character. It took me 30 hours to get here. I can't wait to be done with it after this.

I defeated it - but I feel no sense of satisfaction from it. Because here's what I did: spent half a million on undoing skills so I could get that golem to distract him - and when he was busy for 5 seconds (thats all it takes for him to annihilate it) I would get behind him and hack away at him. I died probably more than 30 times doing this.

It shouldn't be this way.

[Lobo de hielo]

What melee build you playing? Single pet against Typhon is not worth the points.

Hallowed Helm is easily bought/ found if you go to Chang'an merchant, check his stock and then portal to Zhidan check his stock,if none portal back to Chang'an (stock should have changed) just keep going till find one. Longest its ever took me is about 30 minutes (boring but needed). If stock not changing each time you need to exit to menu and go back in.
At the same time check for Scroll of Skies Rage - this Scroll not only has the chance to stun but will take about one third of his health. Only ever needed 1 scroll but get 2 just in case.

As advice above about missing certain attacks and getting fire resist up.

As soon as get to arena, turn left, hit the first 3 shrines then lay down the scroll next to him.
If it stuns him (happens sometimes) just start pounding him for a few seconds.
Attack him when he does his fire attack or his rock fall is going to miss you, just watch the shadows.

I can see you have Earth so must have a point or more into Stone Form (get out of danger free card) just in case get caught somehow and need a few seconds to regroup.

You can always run out of the arena a little , wait then go back. Typhon does not regenerate health.

The whole of Wusao mountain upto and including Typhon to me is still the hardest part of the game, due to this was the original end game boss, so they made it tough.

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by Sockpuppet:

My loadout are the blue coloured items (mostly - also green) which have really good stats. What am I to do to increase various resistances??? Enchant them? 5-10% of one type of resistance won't do much in such a fight - and it can't be distributed evenly.

You can equip gear which boosts the resistance you require. Yellow / Green / MIs can be buffed by charms / relics. Resistances are very important in TQ especially at this point, having the right resistances will really help negate incoming damage letting you survive hits.

FYI, you can get Lightning resist from Jade Emperor's Serenity relic, Fire resist Domain of the Dragon-Kings and Vitality resist from Demon's Blood charm.

You did hear me mention that I replayed ALL the first 3 acts today, right?

Presumably you have tons of charms / relics stored up you can use then? I mean, there's no re-run the entire campaign with your leveled char as you would get terrible or no exp from killing low level enemies and drops would be kind of underleveled compared to what you could get in Act 3. Largely only artifacts, charms and relics or maybe some good MIs would be worth farming early game.

Would make more sense to farm act 3 for good greens / MIs and bosses for some loot. Third act Telkine should drop decent loot if you can farm him okay.

Then out of the blue - you have a boss fight which on normal difficulty (what I'm playing) apparently requires uber-nerd level ♥♥♥♥ to actually complete without dying.

Typhon was the original boss of the campaign (original game had 3 acts), they wanted to make him a big challenge due to being final boss at the time I think.

Listen dude. I'm not gonna spend multiple hundreds of hours levelling up my character. It took me 30 hours to get here. I can't wait to be done with it after this.

Typhon isn't really a level check, grinding levels will at best just give you more attributes and skill points. So maybe you'd get a few more stats or a new skill at best. Typhon is more of a resist / skill check. If you don't have good resists he can kill you quickly and heal back up to full if you have no vitality resist. If you attack with a weapon while he has thorns up you will always die. If you have stand under the meteors he'll 1KO you.

I defeated it - but I feel no sense of satisfaction from it. Because here's what I did: spent half a million on undoing skills so I could get that golem to distract him - and when he was busy for 5 seconds (thats all it takes for him to annihilate it) I would get behind him and hack away at him. I died probably more than 30 times doing this.

Okay, so it sounds like you managed to kill Typhon with enough kamikaze runs?
Lol grats.
Typhon is easier on your second run when you understand the mechanics and how to min/max your defenses well.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

All I can say is if you redid all of Normal again and are still only L34 then you didn't explore everywhere. I usually reach Typhon around the 30-31 mark when clearing all areas. And doing early game wouldn't get you much extra XP anyway, you'd be too high a level for those areas.

And yes, he's a hard boss. He was the final boss in the base game so yes, he ain't going to be easy. That said I'd never try and tackle him melee. All my melee characters will use a bow and just fire off a couple of shots, retreat down the ramp to avoid meteors, etc, run back up and fire off another couple of shots, retreat down the ramp, rinse and repeat until he's downed.

I can sympathise though. It took me a while to learn how to deal with him. The first time I did finally manage to kill him I literally danced around the room I was so chuffed I finally managed it.

[Poil]

I somehow beat Typhoon on my first try. But I was playing a nature/storm build so I just ran in large circles, chugged potions and summoned in new pets as soon as the cooldowns finished. It took forever and it was not exactly fun or exciting. It's how I beat every tough enemy come to think of it.

[Oakshield]

I feel your pain, as I've been through that too. I've had some nasty experiences with boss monsters being twice my level or summoning minions being twice my level, but this fight was the worst one I've encountered so far. Most likely made my ranged char die about 15-20 times. But just like you did, I managed to defeat him.

Personally, I think the biggest win of this fight is not defeating Typhon, but the fact you didn't give up in your attempts to defeat him. He's a tough bastard, forcing you to make a choice to do three things; give up, cheat or continue to fight until you win. You spend a lot of time and effort to win the battle, you managed to win the battle and for that I salute you.


*bows*



Thorin :)

[baz]

Originally posted by Poil:

I somehow beat Typhoon on my first try. But I was playing a nature/storm build so I just ran in large circles, chugged potions and summoned in new pets as soon as the cooldowns finished. It took forever and it was not exactly fun or exciting. It's how I beat every tough enemy come to think of it.

Same here, only I was pure Nature and didn't take forever. Don't even remember the boss to be honest, so it will be interesting to see how it goes with my next character.

[Capn_Tucker]

Having good resistances is important, especially vitality. But the key to Typhon is NEVER to stand still. If you stand in one place for more than a couple of seconds, you WILL die. Make sure you have items like Herme's Sandals which boost your speed. Run around and around him in a circle. His attacks are slow, so if you keep moving seldom will he be able to hit you. Keep chipping away and eventually he will go down.
I had the easiest time with a conqueror. Summoned the Elysian Soldiers with Ancestral Horn, and put down a banner right away to boost them. Then liberal applications of Doom Horn, shield charges, and shield bashes. And now that Unyielding Phalanx has been added to the Defender skill tree, that gives you even more Elysian Soldiers to join the fight..

[Cormwyr]

You said "Core Dweller" so I assume you're primary mastery is Earth. The Core Dweller just doesn't have enough hit points to tank bosses even with a lot of investment. My go to strategy for any of the boss-type creatures with an Earth Mastery character is:
Volcanic Orb -> Eruption -> Stone Form (Make sure you cast stone form close enough to the boss that it stays within Eruption's AoE.)

Use potions while Stone Form is active to keep your health up. By the time Stone Form is over, you only need to run around a bit until eruption recharges. Once it does, repeat. Other than that, what everyone else says. Get resists up, specifically vitality resist. Re-socket charms if you need to to boost your defenses. Also, if you didn't notice, watch charms and relics they can have different completion bonuses that are vastly different. If Earth Mastery is your primary, you really should not be engaging him in melee.

Typhon is probably one of the most difficult bosses in the game. He was after all, the Final Boss to the original Titan Quest.

[76561198084440633]

There is every type of shrine in his arena (click on them to get the various buffs, like health regen, more damage, etc).

[SilentMeteor]

First, let's agree Typhoon fight is really hard especially for new players. It is true significantly harder than previous acts regardless how veteran I am.