Serious question about Dreamer/Nightmare

[Achilles]

Hey guys, FatThor again! Okay so I've absolutely crushed this game, have almost all weapons. I have all rings and amulets, and all armor types. My game is at +21 since all my main gear is +20. Still though I can demolish other bosses in a couple hits of my crossbow.... Nightmare I cannot touch.

Now, I know about the killing enemies in Nightmare world. I do that I usually kill like 8-12 regular root, 2-3 shroud and I get a Gorefist too before I have to dip. Now I've seen videos and other players do like 100k when they come out for so much less. I hit for like 7k. It does nothing, no matter how many enemies I kill in the zone.

So am I doing something wrong. Kind of fed up with re-rolling my world and stomping the s#!t out of every boss just to have Nightmare put down the final wall. By the time I down the Gorefist there is like 2 other Gorefists and 4 Shrouds running around and I physically cannot stay in the Nightmare realm to kill more.

So any help appreciated.

[Archon]

Get a fast fire weapon to open the weak point or use the swarm mod. this + the stacks will open him up for you to do damage with your primary fire.

[Woudo]

Originally posted by Fat Thor:

By the time I down the Gorefist there is like 2 other Gorefists and 4 Shrouds running around.

That can't happen.

[mupheminsani]

Originally posted by Woudo:

Originally posted by Fat Thor:

By the time I down the Gorefist there is like 2 other Gorefists and 4 Shrouds running around.

That can't happen.

he's talking about the elites, referring them as their boss counterparts' names prolly

[Woudo]

Still won't happen. You'll have two archers, one brute and then Gorefist or Shroud.

[stefanescu_serban]

Killed Dreamer / Nightmare 5 times . last two times with Hunter Pistol and last time with Crossbow . You have to aim the soft spot , where the Dreamer is kept .Last time was a walking in park . Get Twisted Set for other dimension recovery hp, plus 1 pot , you can stay there as long as you want . As mod i use Breath of the Desert , and for dimension , i use Iron Sentinel. Charge Iron Sentinel and Breath of the Desert till you kill Dreamer , go in Dimension , deploy turrets , kill as many as you can , exit. Now ...use Breath of the desert, shoot 1-2 times in the Weak Spot , Breath again , and repeat till he get shield back on..Thats it. Weak Spot its your answer

[Muncheez_]

I've killed nightmare at least 6 or 7 times now and what has always worked for me was switching to the defiler secondary shotgun weapon as soon as I get out of the void with at least 12 or 13 buff. Each regular shot for me gives me a mod charge, since the damage buff helps recharge my mod faster. Once I get 5 chargers on the defiler, I'll switch to mod and blast all 5, reload , and continue. After a little while ull have him opened out of his rib cage.

Honestly that's all I do is use that secondary shotgun and no other weapon to open him up. Worked everytime for me so as long as u do it right I'm sure it'll work for u too with at least 12 or 13 damage buff

[Terrapin]

Use wildfire mod. Ez peezy.

[Muncheez_]

Originally posted by Terrapin:

Use wildfire mod. Ez peezy.

Good choice too

[CROSSEYED_JIM]

It's all about the weak spot. I murdered Nightmare today with a +6 Ruin and +6 Spitfire. The trick is killing at least 10 adds when he teleports you into the shadow realm (often requires wort potions and regen items to counteract the health bleed long enough to get the kills). That gives you 10x damage when you come back into the main arena. Then it's just a matter of popping enough rounds quickly into him between fireball attacks to open the weak spot.

At the 10x multiplier, you should be able to get enough damage on him get to force him to open up and expose the Dreamer pretty much every cycle. Throw down a dust bomb or whatever and hammer that d-bag when he opens up. You'll hit for 10s or 100s of thousands if you're nailing the weak spot. The Exploiter trait also helps.

Once you get it down, it's no big deal to beat this guy solo.

[Aria Athena]

Nightmare is highly resistant to any weapon damage. Only mods do full damage so it's advisable to get a few stacks and use something like Wildfire Shot or Swarm.

[Sergiy]

From what I gathered from killing him, you have to shoot him when he does the charge light thing that removes your modifier(the one you get from mobs killed in the pocket world). If you manage to disrupt him then, the weak point opens up and you can start doing some actual damage.

[Achilles]

Okay thank you all, gonna try the fire mod then!

[dHeX ⛤]

I find WildFire Shot to be way more reliable than Swarm personally.
Spam 5 WildFire shots at him in a row and he always opens up for me.

[DerBabbels]

I do Dreamer/Nightmare in ~5 minutes on normal.

Crossbow with BotD
Hunting Pistol with Swarm

Kill 10+ in shadow realm and make sure swarm is fully charged before leaving.
When back at nightmare put swarm on him and it will perma charge your BotD so you can spam him.

On solo he should be dead in ~2 runs (depending on upgrade lvl of weapons).

[♥DarkSailent♥]

I like the TypeWriter and the mod that shoots out 5 homing projectiles, and Swarm or Song of Blades for 30% increased damage for the secondary. This is stronger imo than all the others. I had a friend doing the flame shot but that didn't compare to my damage when I got teleported in.