tips on getting through ghost ship area?

[swolblu]

the one next to the marble boat that you can cross a body of water with. the anchor guys take so many hits to kill.

the pointy ship bow enemy always spawns in areas where it's insanely difficult to kite. either the platform is too small to dodge the projectiles or it spawns surrounded by what i can best describe are will o wisps. and it also takes lots of hits to kill.

it's doable but i just end up dying multiple times in the process. i don't even bother killing the enemies. i just make a run for it. but i don't want to abandon the area as i haven't fully explored it yet

[almurat89]

Stuck physical and lightning with your beads and explore with no worries. Maybe add contact defence bead, it's needed for 1 enemy type.

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[Boksha]

First off, this area was added later in the game as DLC, and I get the idea it's meant to be a late or post-game area, so if you have other areas to explore, do that first. If you're already about as powerful as you can get, try the following:

Originally posted by Toby Larone:

the anchor guys take so many hits to kill.

If you hit them with a dodge-attack (Sacred Thrust/Lunge/Onslaught) right as they're attacking, they'll be stunned and you can execute them, or otherwise kill them with a single blow. It's all a matter of timing your attack and their large pool of health won't even matter as stunning attacks are basically instant kills.

Originally posted by Toby Larone:

the pointy ship bow enemy always spawns in areas where it's insanely difficult to kite. either the platform is too small to dodge the projectiles or it spawns surrounded by what i can best describe are will o wisps. and it also takes lots of hits to kill.

Optimally, just stand at a slight distance and use blood attacks. Just make sure you don't have the Heart of Cerulean Incense equipped (which halves damage from blood attacks) and just jump over the projectiles they fire. If they're in a place above you, use the Debla of the Lights prayer to instantly-kill them. If you don't have that yet, go back and get it. As said above, this area is meant to challenge you even if you're already maxed out on power-ups.

Once you can kill the enemies in the area without taking damage, it's just a matter of avoiding the electrical environmental hazards to fully explore the area.

[swolblu]

ah ok i just started playing so that makes sense. i was wondering why the difficulty felt like it spiked all of a sudden. i'll come back to it later then

[almurat89]

Originally posted by Boksha:

It's all a matter of timing your attack

Ah, I was always thought that it is a matter of rng.

[Aertes]

The anchor launchers are easy to stun if you perfor a charged attack right when they are rolling, You just stand in front of them and wait till they raise the anchor over their shoulders. it also works if you jump over them and perform a thrust attach (dodge+attack) while they are rolling away. Then you execute them.

The ship fire figures are easy to take down if you wait very close to them, and then run away to jump over their energy balls, then attack them in mid air, holding dodge button to keep in air as you attack them, then repeat.