True Ending requires Demon of Hatred Boss?

[Isaac Asimov]

Hi, is it necessary to kill demon of hatred to get true ending with frozen tears we get from divine child? I would like to skip killing it in ng+, if anyone has an idea sharing it would help a lot.

[Samurai]

No, it's an entirely optional boss which is only needed for the achievement.

[Isaac Asimov]

Originally posted by Oberst Heavy:

No, it's an entirely optional boss which is only needed for the achievement.

Thank you for information

[carl]

lol sounds like a visual novel true ending lol

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

I just beat it in NG+ and am about to do the final boss (plus spear boss before), but yeah, he's optional.

With that being said, he's also one of the best boss fights in the game, so from a game-play enjoyment perspective he's fun to fight. Though if you are just going for achievements or such you can safely skip him. Keep in mind you do get a boss memory from beating him though that can increase your attack power, which saves you from grinding skill points to do the same with the mask you can unlock.

[Isaac Asimov]

Originally posted by Echonian:

I just beat it in NG+ and am about to do the final boss (plus spear boss before), but yeah, he's optional.

With that being said, he's also one of the best boss fights in the game, so from a game-play enjoyment perspective he's fun to fight. Though if you are just going for achievements or such you can safely skip him. Keep in mind you do get a boss memory from beating him though that can increase your attack power, which saves you from grinding skill points to do the same with the mask you can unlock.

I am planning to do all achievements so i will go for 2 more ng+, does skipping it for 2 times make game more difficult to kill bosses in purification and shura ending? If so i might kill it since i've done it once so it would not be challenging as it is before.

[Tiasmoon]

You will need to kill Demon of Hatred for the 2 Lapis again if you want to do all the achievements. Unless you want to spend even more playthroughs I guess.

Cant get any Lapis in Shura ending.

[Isaac Asimov]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

You will need to kill Demon of Hatred for the 2 Lapis again if you want to do all the achievements.

ah that's another point yeah, guess i will go with killing it, don't think it will be that challenging.

[Tiasmoon]

A tip that might make it (even?) easier: you can use Yarashiku's (or Ako's if you arent confident you can avoid damage) at the start for bursting down his first phase faster. And again at the second phase. Third phase dont use buff items since his transition is instant at that phase.

If you combine malcontents ring with the second phase start burst you can deal massive damage like in phase 1. Malcontents ring used at the start of phase 3 also interupts his ring sweep special.