Useful advice for the final boss

[tsevech]

Hi everyone, I've just finished the game. Really great!

I didn't have major issues with bosses in general, they all turned out to be a good and fair challenge. But I did struggle against the last boss, in particular due to the obnoxious fireball attack he gets when his life bar hits 50%.

The solution against this was counter-intuitive: sacrifice defense and increase DPS. The main feature of the boss is that he is going to win on the long run, since fireballs are so difficult to dodge and can easily kill you upon wrong positioning. Hence, one should try to minimize the number of times that fireballs are used.

Increasing DPS led to a much shorter fight. The first part of the fight is not too hard once you learn the pattern and killing the boss before too many fireballs are thrown is indeed a much better way to deal with him. Hope this helps someone!

[Antorius]

Yes I went with something similar, a hybrid rosary that gave me resists but also buffed my damage and defenses when I got low and/or ran out of flasks. My sword heart also buffed my damage when I got low. I used this approach with Sierpes, and it worked for the Last Son of the Miracle as well.

[nightshift]

I didn't get into guides, but was confident that I had most things done. All Collectibles, all cherubs freed (yet not collected the reward). Turns out I kinda had almost everything for Ending C, it's just that I missed visiting the now opened chapel in the western part of the Brotherhood area before getting onto the rooftop to talk a few npc and that's it. Had everything else... it's a bit maddening Oh well. Maybe in NG+.

Mirijam's 5th challenge felt like the penance given by the Miracle for the player. It required me to memorize the movement of the contraptions by countless trial and error and perform the jumps at the exact right time.

As for the final boss, I equipped the magic boosting heart for the Mea Culpa that also make casting more expensive (also the magic boosting rosary) and the prayer that casts a huge column. That was really effective.