do i HAVE TO beat isidora?

[miotaczcyganow]

hey, i'm having real trouble with isidora and i was wondering if she's even a mandatory boss? like do i have to fight her to progress in the game or can i just leave her there and maybe just skip a side-quest that she's part of or smth.

if i do in fact have to beat her, i will shamelessly ask this question. i NEED somebody to add me and help me kill that ♥♥♥♥♥ through remote play because i cannot do this ♥♥♥♥ anymore that boss is crazy and i am simply unable to get past half her health bar. i am literally on my knees right now for somebody to come in and save me from this endless cycle of getting my ass handed to me, this has been going on for way too long and i do not have the strenght to keep going.

[Hexo Mia]

you are not worthy of the miracle grace if you cant beat her on your own.

capricious are the ways of the miracle.

[Appetite4Deduction]

Tips for beating her:

1) Equip the rotating projectile shield spell; very useful against tracking fireballs during second phase.
2) Equip the fire-resistance rosary bead.
3) You can parry the scythe, but the timing has to be just right. Equip the long parry artifact to make this easier.
4) Parrying the "invisible ball" charge swipe (which also launches three inferno pillars) is ineffective, because the pillars will still hit you. Dodge towards it instead (attack and pillars will miss you).
5) Fourth combo hit upswing can help extend a combo chain to aerial. There is a rosary bead that lets you swipe and stay in the air longer, but it's only a small advantage.

[Boksha]

Isidora is not mandatory for the normal ending.
You have to beat her to get the game's final ending though.

[GerardoChavez]

G

[Tsir]

NOT mandatory. Isidora is just for ending C, where you bear all the guilt of cvstodia and kill the god. Normally you just kill Crisanta of the wrapped agony and His Holiness Escribar as the ending.