What to do if caught in Velkhana icy breath/ice crystals?

[Guizin]

Whenever my character gets hit, he gets all stiff and moves very slowly. What should I do? I can't roll, can't use items, I just have to sit there, wait, and pray velk won't hit me again because the next hit will certainly kill me. Is there any skills that lets me do something about this?

[Popcorn]

Ice mantle
Idk about cold proof and ice resistance

[Juliane_L]

use clutch claw as soon as velk start the animation.
if you get caught, move away from Velk, the hitbox is so small it never hits me if i do that.

also if the next hit "certainly kill you" then there is a huge problem. basic Velk shouldn't do more than 20% of your HP in a hit. around 30-50% for a tempered one.

[Inanegrain62]

Originally posted by Guizin:

Whenever my character gets hit, he gets all stiff and moves very slowly.

The only attack velk does that has such an effect would be the part where they freeze the ground.

It's a small, aoe radius that can be avoided by moving out and away from it. Heck, you don't even need to move away that far, just let it spew it for a few moments and move back in to be safe.

Getting caught by that should not be killing you unless you're ranged.

[kampfer91]

That move is a bane for lance / gunlance though .

[Guizin]

Originally posted by Juliane_L:

use clutch claw as soon as velk start the animation.
if you get caught, move away from Velk, the hitbox is so small it never hits me if i do that.

also if the next hit "certainly kill you" then there is a huge problem. basic Velk shouldn't do more than 20% of your HP in a hit. around 30-50% for a tempered one.

it's at velk

[Guizin]

Originally posted by Popcorn:

Ice mantle
Idk about cold proof and ice resistance

oh yeah, iceproof mantle. i'll try that. also going to be useful for frostfang barioth, since it has a similar attack.

[Tregrenos]

Try to catch a snowflake on your tongue.

[Juliane_L]

Originally posted by Guizin:

Originally posted by Juliane_L:

use clutch claw as soon as velk start the animation.
if you get caught, move away from Velk, the hitbox is so small it never hits me if i do that.

also if the next hit "certainly kill you" then there is a huge problem. basic Velk shouldn't do more than 20% of your HP in a hit. around 30-50% for a tempered one.

it's at velk

oh yeah. still applies, nevergot hit by at velk using that method.
but you still shouldn't take more than 60% of your HP.
do you use health boost? and how much defense do you have?

[Guizin]

Originally posted by Juliane_L:

Originally posted by Guizin:

it's at velk

oh yeah. still applies, nevergot hit by at velk using that method.
but you still shouldn't take more than 60% of your HP.
do you use health boost? and how much defense do you have?

i use the fatalis armor for max health and defense. 1097 def

[Inanegrain62]

Originally posted by Guizin:

it's at velk

very important part that would be very helpful to people answering.

shouldn't 1 shot you unless you're ranged. At least from experience, I get to live with 10-20% health as melee.

I don't eat veggies or use ice res decos anymore, having 4 ice ele res, things that would kill me are things that I shouldn't be being hit by, unless it's an intentional trade which are usually falling ice with rocksteady on.

[Inanegrain62]

Originally posted by Guizin:

i use the fatalis armor for max health and defense. 1097 def

is this bow?

[Guizin]

Originally posted by Inanegrain62:

Originally posted by Guizin:

i use the fatalis armor for max health and defense. 1097 def

is this bow?

No, I'm using SnS. But I don't think I made myself clear. Velkhana has several attacks that severely limits your mobility. You can't run, roll or consume items. It takes too long to get free. I want to know if there is a skill that would prevent this from happening, or at least let me get free faster.

[Inanegrain62]

Originally posted by Guizin:

No, I'm using SnS. But I don't think I made myself clear. Velkhana has several attacks that severely limits your mobility. You can't run, roll or consume items. It takes too long to get free. I want to know if there is a skill that would prevent this from happening, or at least let me get free faster.

Originally posted by Inanegrain62:

Originally posted by Guizin:

Whenever my character gets hit, he gets all stiff and moves very slowly.

The only attack velk does that has such an effect would be the part where they freeze the ground.

It's a small, aoe radius that can be avoided by moving out and away from it. Heck, you don't even need to move away that far, just let it spew it for a few moments and move back in to be safe.

Getting caught by that should not be killing you unless you're ranged.

You're gonna have to be more specific, this is the only move I know capable of doing so and it's a window to do damage. This is the only attack capable of doing what you've described to me.

Getting hit by this should and usually is a guaranteed punish by velkhana.

Solutions are to get hit, or the methods mentioned by others such as ice mantle for a single attack that you're trying to power through and having velkhana be forcibly interrupted by sleep, paralysis or damage by other sources not by you since you're pinned.

[JebKerman]

Originally posted by Guizin:

Originally posted by Inanegrain62:

is this bow?

No, I'm using SnS. But I don't think I made myself clear. Velkhana has several attacks that severely limits your mobility. You can't run, roll or consume items. It takes too long to get free. I want to know if there is a skill that would prevent this from happening, or at least let me get free faster.

Only 2 attacks, as far as I'm aware.
1. When it makes a frosty patch in front of it. If someone gets caught in it it slowly follows up with a special tail stab.
2. The initial 360(?) beam sweep that leads into the 5(?) ice pillar rings.

I don't believe there is an armour skill or mantle that can help with the sticky ice. You've just got to learn the telegraph and react accordingly.

For 1: Get away from Velkhana's head, I suspect for a short weapon like SnS evading towards it's tail would be the shortest path out of the area of effect, but 1 evade in pretty much any direction should be enough to at least stumble out of it if not avoid it entirely. Potentially clutching to it might also work.

For 2: Just sheathe and dive if at medium-to-long range, you can also hug (or clutch to) Velkhana's body if you're close.

[Guizin]

nevermind, apparently the rocksteady mantle was causing the issue