Red Sparrow is Driving Me Bananas!

[Doesnotcompute83]

I have been trying to defeat this boss for 2 hours. The funny thing is that my level 92 character relies on physical attacks with a sword. As such, Blue Magpie was easy for me. However, Red Sparrow is hard just because the weapons I use against her hardly does any damage to her. I used Uptanco's Horn on her, which makes some progress - I managed to shave about 75 percent of her health - but her attack just too much damage even though I recognize her patterns. As such, what type of magic she uses so I can wear an item that resists it. Thanks.

[Morrigan]

Does this boss seriously have NO guaranteed drop??

Kind of BS. I just beat them, they were by far the hardest boss so far (I'm near the end of Act 2, trying to wrap up all my side quests in case I get locked out), and I got absolutely nothing, not even XP or a cut scene or a single item. Come on, guys. :\

[ちくび Chikubi]

Publicado originalmente por Sakhari:

From what I've been able to gather:

- The large, bouncing projectile can be mitigated/absorbed with high Fire resist.

- The standing arrow barrage attacks can be mitigated a bit with defense or physical resist (like the bonus from the Raven set)

- The damage from the charged shot, small homing projectiles, and the jumping arrow barrage seems to be the same no matter what I equip. They appear to ignore defense and resistance entirely.

Anyway, good on you for beating her. She actually does drop a complete set and a bow (and I could swear I've gotten Orange enchantment stones out of her as well but I haven't seen that in a while) but unlike Magpie, you don't get them as guaranteed drops and have to farm/steal the pieces over several encounters.

The full armor set gives you up to ~90% to all resistances and doubles your base bow damage with all pieces equipped and the bow bumps your charged-shot multiplier up from x4 to x6 (on top of that doubled damage from the armor). So, while it is a hassle, the reward for grinding out a few more encounters can be useful if you're looking to play a bit longer.

I guess the only problem is there is literally 0 reasons to farm her set because you have probably finished everything the game have to offer at this point lol

She's fun to fight repeatedly once you lock her pattern down I suppose

[Naewyng]

Publicado originalmente por DeadZero:

Publicado originalmente por Sakhari:

From what I've been able to gather:

- The large, bouncing projectile can be mitigated/absorbed with high Fire resist.

- The standing arrow barrage attacks can be mitigated a bit with defense or physical resist (like the bonus from the Raven set)

- The damage from the charged shot, small homing projectiles, and the jumping arrow barrage seems to be the same no matter what I equip. They appear to ignore defense and resistance entirely.

Anyway, good on you for beating her. She actually does drop a complete set and a bow (and I could swear I've gotten Orange enchantment stones out of her as well but I haven't seen that in a while) but unlike Magpie, you don't get them as guaranteed drops and have to farm/steal the pieces over several encounters.

The full armor set gives you up to ~90% to all resistances and doubles your base bow damage with all pieces equipped and the bow bumps your charged-shot multiplier up from x4 to x6 (on top of that doubled damage from the armor). So, while it is a hassle, the reward for grinding out a few more encounters can be useful if you're looking to play a bit longer.

I guess the only problem is there is literally 0 reasons to farm her set because you have probably finished everything the game have to offer at this point lol

She's fun to fight repeatedly once you lock her pattern down I suppose

The set looks baller tho, that's reason enough for some ;)
Also the set + mushroom hat gives you 100%+ all res, making the ice and lightning stages a cakewalk.

[Dagondork]

How did you get into the amethyst catacombs? there's a locked door for me blocking the entrance but I've beaten every boss except for the two down there

[Sakhari]

Publicado originalmente por Dagondork:

How did you get into the amethyst catacombs? there's a locked door for me blocking the entrance but I've beaten every boss except for the two down there

Once you've defeated Dephil in the last Ocarina zone, there should be a key available for pickup in your house that will open the door.

[sajet1]

Arcane build + summon bats (those mothertruckers are so OP to beat all kind of bosses, especially when they are 20 on screen).

[Olga 1987]

Publicado originalmente por sajet1:

Arcane build + summon bats (those mothertruckers are so OP to beat all kind of bosses, especially when they are 20 on screen).

The bats can be summoned by the familiar (sp)? I forgot about this thing, thanks.

[sajet1]

Publicado originalmente por Olga 1987:

Publicado originalmente por sajet1:

Arcane build + summon bats (those mothertruckers are so OP to beat all kind of bosses, especially when they are 20 on screen).

The bats can be summoned by the familiar (sp)? I forgot about this thing, thanks.

Spell name is : "Contracted Bat" found in Limestone Way

[Olga 1987]

Publicado originalmente por sajet1:

Publicado originalmente por Olga 1987:

The bats can be summoned by the familiar (sp)? I forgot about this thing, thanks.

Spell name is : "Contracted Bat" found in Limestone Way

Thanks a lot for the advice! I've finally defeated this boss

[Merik Lobo]

Red Sparrow was complete ass to farm as a melee player. It's like everything in that dlc is scaled a difficulty higher than what you are at, both in terms of New Game cycle and actual difficulty setting. I could handle everything but Red Sparrow as a Great Sword user. What a nightmare that was.

[Olga 1987]

Publicado originalmente por Merik Lobo:

Red Sparrow was complete ass to farm as a melee player. It's like everything in that dlc is scaled a difficulty higher than what you are at, both in terms of New Game cycle and actual difficulty setting. I could handle everything but Red Sparrow as a Great Sword user. What a nightmare that was.

As a Heavy Weapon (currently, the Skull Hammer) user, I agree. I also don't like the idea of non-guaranteed item drop (at least, from difficult bosses). I've defeated Red Sparrow several times and got fed up with farming her. It's doable to get all her items, of course, but it's really tedious.