Sick of losing 60 minute runs at Hand of the King

[ashleyiirc?]

I can clear the rest of the game just fine, no-hit most bosses so far, even on 1 boss cell. But Hand of the King I just can't read. The arena is so small, his hitboxes are huge and come out of nowhere. To win I'd have to basically out-DPS him and that feels bad, but genuinely fighting him ends me up dead.

What am I supposed to do against this boss?

[Myno]

Use the training room until you get his pattern down.

[ashleyiirc?]

I did :( But 60 minutes later I'll have whatever weapons got me through and I just can't manage.

[Vagabundork]

Originally posted by ashleyiirc?:

I can clear the rest of the game just fine, no-hit most bosses so far, even on 1 boss cell. But Hand of the King I just can't read. The arena is so small, his hitboxes are huge and come out of nowhere. To win I'd have to basically out-DPS him and that feels bad, but genuinely fighting him ends me up dead.

What am I supposed to do against this boss?

I was in the same situation. I just wasn't able to win. Everything was easy, comparatively, and then I hit that wall. His moves are weird, there's not way to learn the pattern.

Then I formatted my PC because I was having a problem with my hard drive, and forgot to back up my saves. I lost all my progress and had to start again, from the very beginning. And in my third or fourth run, I was able to kill him. And in the next, harder run, I killed him again. i can't kill him with two active cells (New Game++, so to say). But maybe if you restart the game, delete your progress and play from the beginning, you will be able to do it.

I don't know why I was able to, I just was, I defeated him, it was hard, it almost killed me, but I won! Twice!

[1MantisPhoenix]

Use assist mode,

[Darthjawa]

he also resists most cc. so cant stun/freeze lock him. only root works

[gbors]

On the one hand, you can concentrate on out-DPS-ing him. Try using bleeding or poison synergies. The Sinew Slicer or the Cleaver is great for inflicting continuous bleeding, for poison you need a bit more luck with equipment, although many amulets have the poison-on-damage feature. However, note that slow weapons with large single hit damage don't work too well due to the weird damage reduction system the game uses.

Or, learn his moves. There are not that many of them, and while some of them are not well telegraphed, they are mostly longer sequences with a clear opening at the end.
You may consider using the Armadillopack mutation with a shield in the backpack, even if you play Tactics or Brutality. That doesn't only get rid of the pesky bombs, but aimed well also returns them to the sender, dealing considerable damage.

[Sleepmind]

Emergency Triage and\or Armadillopack can help. Use some fast hitting weapon.

[ashleyiirc?]

my bf beat him with four boss cells while i was stuck on one i just gave up fml

[Typisch]

Originally posted by ashleyiirc?:

my bf beat him with four boss cells while i was stuck on one i just gave up fml

why would you just give up? This is a roguelike, failing alot is intended

[Bryggel]

HUGE SKILL ISSUE, yall can beat keepr of time but HoTk is hard ? Hes ez and only have one move hard to read, learn to parry dodge this one

[ashleyiirc?]

Originally posted by Typisch:

Originally posted by ashleyiirc?:

my bf beat him with four boss cells while i was stuck on one i just gave up fml

why would you just give up? This is a roguelike, failing alot is intended

Bc the runs take a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hour :')

[1MantisPhoenix]

Originally posted by Bryggel:

HUGE SKILL ISSUE, yall can beat keepr of time but HoTk is hard ? Hes ez and only have one move hard to read, learn to parry dodge this one

And that backpack shielded for your rolls! To help a parry

[Typisch]

Originally posted by ashleyiirc?:

Originally posted by Typisch:

why would you just give up? This is a roguelike, failing alot is intended

Bc the runs take a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hour :')

play faster

[ashleyiirc?]

Nah there's better games

[Typisch]

wait, theres no way this isn't a trollpost, you beat pantheon 5 and 100% both spelunkys