Mithrix just unkillable

[Philistine]

Beat him and his lunar army twice and then he comes back and yoinks my entire items and instakills me, is there any other way to beat the game? It's not fun fighting him.

[ZimZam100]

My hot take: having beaten Eclipse 8 on all characters, I will strongly agree with the OP: Mithrix Phase 4 is the hardest and potentially most broken part of the entire game.

In my hundreds of runs, this is the part where I would die most often, which also is the worst part to die in the run (very very end).

Many streamers and others will say this phase is easiest part of Mithrix. I disagree--the other 3 phases are walks in the park and ridiculously easy. The only time you'll potentially lose to Mithrix in the first 3 phases are you lacked mobility, went airborne too long and got hit by the triangles, or just really bad awareness of what Mithrix is doing.

My issue with the phase is that it punishes you based on your build. Some examples:

• Did you get a lot of drones and have a strong Gasoline/Will'o Wisp build? Well as soon as Mithrix hits a drone, you might just instantly explode and lose!
  
• Like Tesla Coil or Brilliant Behemoth? Well if you get too close to Mithrix you'll die instantly!
  
• Love Shurikens? Well now Mithrix can almost instant kill you with a fast projectile and triggers both Bands!
  
• Picked up some Dios Best Friends / Pluripotent Larva / Red Elixir for insurance? Haha too bad Mithrix takes these and if you make a single mistake it's game over!
  
• Using Purity? Now Mithrix fires like an automatic machine gun!

I think it is silly that the meta revolves around scrapping certain items because it makes Mithrix Phase 4 too hard. Yes, I scrap all my Shurikens and Tesla Coils if I can before fighting Mithrix, that's how broken I think this phase is. The devs are aware of this as Mithrix used to get Colonel Droneman and almost instant kill you. This is no longer the case thankfully (Sprare Drone Parts is amazing!).

[Gamerzilla]

I just load up drones and hide way in the back behind a pillar at the start of that phase. By the time Mith has been up for few seconds enough drones hit to remove most of the items he yoinked.

[nul]

The only time Tesla Coil even killed me on phase 4 was because...
I had drones.
Tesla Coil hit a drone, procced ATG, ATG hit me, procced Collapse, I ate ♥♥♥♥ and died.

Pretty much every other situation has counterplay. All melee characters have mobility. Wait out whichever thing you're afraid of. Tesla coil has a cooldown period. Shurikens only activate on his needles anyway, so you should already be ready to dodge that.

And if worst comes to worst, wait out his self-damage. That boy throws many temper tantrums. Just make sure if you rely on this, don't feed him too many medkits.

[Carnatux]

I felt the item phase was the easiest part....just shoot him get your stuff back

[TamTroll]

going through the gold portal earlier in the run and picking up the Halcyon Seed will also help. It'll be the last item Mithrix pulls from you, and it'll summon Aurelionite to fight for you.

There's even a special voiceline from Mithrix when this happens.

You can basically just hide behind a pillar and let the two titans duke it out while your items slowly trickle back into you.

[Ittrix]

He is the easiest boss.

Also the cheapest, blandest, most boring boss with effective one shots out of the wazoo.


A huge disappointment compared to providence.

[DapperCoat]

Originally posted by BlueRanger:

My hot take: having beaten Eclipse 8 on all characters, I will strongly agree with the OP: Mithrix Phase 4 is the hardest and potentially most broken part of the entire game.

In my hundreds of runs, this is the part where I would die most often, which also is the worst part to die in the run (very very end).

Many streamers and others will say this phase is easiest part of Mithrix. I disagree--the other 3 phases are walks in the park and ridiculously easy. The only time you'll potentially lose to Mithrix in the first 3 phases are you lacked mobility, went airborne too long and got hit by the triangles, or just really bad awareness of what Mithrix is doing.

My issue with the phase is that it punishes you based on your build. Some examples:

• Did you get a lot of drones and have a strong Gasoline/Will'o Wisp build? Well as soon as Mithrix hits a drone, you might just instantly explode and lose!
  
• Like Tesla Coil or Brilliant Behemoth? Well if you get too close to Mithrix you'll die instantly!
  
• Love Shurikens? Well now Mithrix can almost instant kill you with a fast projectile and triggers both Bands!
  
• Picked up some Dios Best Friends / Pluripotent Larva / Red Elixir for insurance? Haha too bad Mithrix takes these and if you make a single mistake it's game over!
  
• Using Purity? Now Mithrix fires like an automatic machine gun!

I think it is silly that the meta revolves around scrapping certain items because it makes Mithrix Phase 4 too hard. Yes, I scrap all my Shurikens and Tesla Coils if I can before fighting Mithrix, that's how broken I think this phase is. The devs are aware of this as Mithrix used to get Colonel Droneman and almost instant kill you. This is no longer the case thankfully (Sprare Drone Parts is amazing!).

I'm working my way up to Eclipse 8 on all characters and I totally agree with you. Though you don't have to scrap your items, you just have to get a damaging equipment (but phase 4 is poorly designed so equipment may still fail). And for the poster of this, just try and keep your distance from Mithrix, thats harder for melee characters but keep an eye on him and try to focus on maneuvering around his attacks

[Terotrous]

Originally posted by BlueRanger:

My hot take: having beaten Eclipse 8 on all characters, I will strongly agree with the OP: Mithrix Phase 4 is the hardest and potentially most broken part of the entire game.

Even though you didn't mention it, I can instantly tell that you're looping.

If you don't loop, Mithrix 4 is a completely free fight with almost all characters. The biggest challenge on a no-loop playthrough is usually Sky Meadow or Siren's Call (the pro strat is probably to always go to shop on stage 3 and pay coins to avoid Siren's Call). I always activate the teleporter on Sky Meadow the second I find it because the second the teleporter event on that stage is finished, the game is basically won.

If you loop, any of the post-loop stages is a potential threat, and then there's Mithrix 4.

I feel like generally, there's no reason to ever loop, because if you beat Sky Meadow and you have a skip, you basically win. The Mithrix fight is completely predictable and if you play it well you should win almost every time. The only reason I would ever consider looping is if my build is horrible and I have no skip but even then I usually just attempt commencement anyway.

[phrog]

He basically just stands around during the suck phase, shoot everything at him from a distance or use abilities that make u unhitable.

[AmusedWave]

I'm gonna give you the dark souls advice. Its the best advice. Its the best Advice you'll ever hear. Get good. He's not that hard once you get used to him.

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by AmusedWave:

I'm gonna give you the dark souls advice. Its the best advice. Its the best Advice you'll ever hear. Get good. He's not that hard once you get used to him.

Then I'm gonna give you the Hollow Knight advice. Its the best advice. Its the best Advice you'll ever hear. Gid gud. He's not that hard once you get used to him.

[zan]

Originally posted by LordNapking:

Originally posted by AmusedWave:

I'm gonna give you the dark souls advice. Its the best advice. Its the best Advice you'll ever hear. Get good. He's not that hard once you get used to him.

Then I'm gonna give you the Hollow Knight advice. Its the best advice. Its the best Advice you'll ever hear. Gid gud. He's not that hard once you get used to him.

then i'm gonna give you the spelunky 2 advice, im qualified to give you this advice because i have 1100 hours in it, its the best advice, its the best advice you'll ever hear, get good. hes not that hard once you get used to him

[zan]

Originally posted by ★Philistine★:

Beat him and his lunar army twice and then he comes back and yoinks my entire items and instakills me, is there any other way to beat the game? It's not fun fighting him.

if you have a long ranged character equipped like raillgunner or commando, shoot him from afar (more specifically the little staircase looking ramps on the sides of the arena) until you get enough items back, or use your equipment if it does big damage, then after you get most your items back, beat the ♥♥♥♥ outta him

[BaronVonNapking]

Originally posted by zan:

Originally posted by ★Philistine★:

Beat him and his lunar army twice and then he comes back and yoinks my entire items and instakills me, is there any other way to beat the game? It's not fun fighting him.

if you have a long ranged character equipped like raillgunner or commando, shoot him from afar (more specifically the little staircase looking ramps on the sides of the arena) until you get enough items back, or use your equipment if it does big damage, then after you get most your items back, beat the ♥♥♥♥ outta him

Acrid might just be the best Mithrix killer on the market. Just do a ring around the rosie (cirkel the large pillar), and spit your homing poison on the ground. Just don't let him see you...

[zan]

Originally posted by LordNapking:

Originally posted by zan:

if you have a long ranged character equipped like raillgunner or commando, shoot him from afar (more specifically the little staircase looking ramps on the sides of the arena) until you get enough items back, or use your equipment if it does big damage, then after you get most your items back, beat the ♥♥♥♥ outta him

Acrid might just be the best Mithrix killer on the market. Just do a ring around the rosie (cirkel the large pillar), and spit your homing poison on the ground. Just don't let him see you...

yep