The Rust Liche (spoilers for DLC ending)

[Ysthrall]

This guy has pretty much ended my interest in the DLC content.

Multiple opponents in this game is quite dangerous, with the POV as it is: you can't see the enemies behind you to dodge. Fair enough.

This boss though, with three minions, then a couple of strikes, then repeat.... is too much for me. No way to drag the group apart, no time to chug a stamina potion, and no way to get him down with less than a dozen hits, as I see it.

He definately feels like a step up in tactics and gear is needed, and I am not running all over the map to get a new suit of armour etc.

(That I somehow ran out of time on his quest 2 days after killing the second boss prior rather saps my motivation)

Anyone else managed to kill him? And if so, how?

(using Tsar sword and blue glossy armour)

[Wyrlish]

Without any build specific things, Make sure to eat a stamina recovery 5 food (or drink a greater stamina potion), also eat a health recovery 5 and make sure you're watered, make sure you have all your combat buffs up before going in (use items to get them so you can cast them again during the battle).

If you need buff time or recovery time, just keep one of the golems alive and use that time to buff while you're not in danger from a group of enemies and only have to dodge only one weak enemy and telegraphed shots from the lich.

Also if you need a breather, don't be afraid to let the lich go through a vulnerable phase and recover during that and small time where he resurrects the golems.

The biggest thing to remember is that this battle is not timed, it's an endurance battle not a dps check, take your time and don't stress it.

The fight is definitely a change of pace if you haven't done any of the things like the hidden bosses, but it's a challenge you'll feel good about beating when you do.

[Wyrlish]

Also don't worry about failing, all it does it make you lose out on small extra reward from the quest, either than that nothing changes.

[camus]

I've only managed to beat the fight with two character so far. The first one I kind of got carried by having an ice-based build so didn't really master the fight. The second character was a fist-based build so I had to actually come up with a strategy.

Switching weapons was the first step for getting through the fight. Kind of sad I had to basically abandon my build, but having a wide cleaving weapon with decent attack speed helps a lot. A greatsword or halberd would probably be good, in my case I had a Savage Greatmace.

The next thing was to take advantage of the golems' weakness to ethereal damage. Bringing Spirit Varnish and Mist Boon was obvious, but in addition to that I also crafted the Ancient Garb set. Then before the fight I also quick slotted the Haunt Hex to use on the lich itself. I think a runic greatsword could work for the fight too, but might be a little risky due to low impact.

In the actual fight my main strategy was saving Predator Leap to take out 2-3 golems, then swinging 1 or 2 normal attacks to finish others. During the lich beatdown phase I'd just use normal attacks, or if necessary, hold off and recover health / stamina. After the lich phase I'd sprint to the other side of the room to try and bunch up the golems for another Predator Leap and keep some distance from the lich's purple sparks.

Cheap Trick: Sometimes if my health or stamina got low with only 1 golem left alive, I'd try to get them stuck in the bodies of other golems, then when the area was clear of purple sparks I could drink potions without any worry.

[Ysthrall]

Well, thanks for the advice, but:

1) What is all this "stamina 5" designation? How can you tell?

2) I can't watch the lich and kill the golems. They keep knocking me all over the place and I get turned around and and flattened and zapped.

3) Given that getting to him now is going to require running across half the zone and then through 2 dungeons, I'm not really keen.

4) .... nope, I can think of more fun things to do than bounce of him another dozen times while I learn how to beat him.

[Rage]

You should try the unknown arenas lol...I flattened the rust lich but some of those are giving me problems.

[Ysthrall]

They are unknown to me. If they're harder than the Rust Liche, I'm not interested.

[Rage]

Endgame bosses scattered over the world you can make powerful loot from. I mean why even play a game designed to be difficult if difficulty alone breaks your spirit?

[Wyrlish]

Originally posted by Ysthrall:

Well, thanks for the advice, but:

1) What is all this "stamina 5" designation? How can you tell?

2) I can't watch the lich and kill the golems. They keep knocking me all over the place and I get turned around and and flattened and zapped.

3) Given that getting to him now is going to require running across half the zone and then through 2 dungeons, I'm not really keen.

4) .... nope, I can think of more fun things to do than bounce of him another dozen times while I learn how to beat him.

1) When you eat a food, you can look at the buffs you have in the menu, if after eating a food you have a brand new buff "stamina regen 5/ Health regen 5" that food gives it. Bagatelle gives stamina 5 and bread of the wild gives hp 5.

2) I don't know what to say about that. It takes practice but you have to be able to keep track of them and learn what are the good times to attack if you don't wanna die.

3) I'll assume you were talking about the guy saying to change your build. You don't really have to, I've seen videos of people beating it with a longsword and wearing pathfinder armor, so it's not an issue.

4) See 2, it takes practice but you need to learn but it can help.

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time, but it can be overcome with effort.

[Ysthrall]

3) Nope. I was talking about from Harmattan, or whereever else I end up outside the dungeon, I need to run to a (connected) dungeon entrance, run through that dungeon to the railway, railway trip to FRL, run through that dungeon (full of corruption and now reset), just to get to the boss.

At which point, bouncing off him 2 or 3 times while I learn the fight, before I end up somewhere else on the map (bandits, Geb, wendigo cave, Harmattan Inn), and repeat the process, does not sound like a fun way to spend my free time.

I prefer exploring and questing to complex bosses.

But thank you for trying to help :)

[joiny45]

rune trap, keep running, easy to kill