Yagluth help

[Hakairyu]

Hi everyone, I could use some help/tips. We (me and the friend I'm playing with) have been stuck on Yagluth for quite some time. We have max level plains armor, blackmetal swords, shields, lv3 silver swords, I also have a lv3 frostner and he has a lv3 blackmetal atgeir. Our food is lox meat pie, serpent stew and eyescream for stamina regen. We attempted this boss with fire resistance barley, medium healing and stamina meads, yet somehow it feels too difficult. On our first attempt, we had some growths attacking us from behind (also for some reason when they attack the framedrop is crazy, lagging the whole game for 2-3 seconds), then we had a horde of fulings interrupting the battle, which normally we can handle, but we were also trying to dodge yagluth's attacks...I also checked the wiki in order to be prepared for an easier time dodging his attacks but last time we got him to half hp, had to move away to deal with the fuling horde (10 of them at the same time) and his hp had gone up to full. Can anyone suggest what we could do?
Thanks.

[Screenblast89]

Your current setup is fine you just have to learn the pattern it's quite a simple one each hand does a single attack which is telegraphed by Yagluth saying the spell and there's a chance he can just roar instead of attacking in a regular pattern. Standing close to the boss inflicts a constant burning debuff so try not to stay close when half your health is depleted. It's a very good choice to use the Fenris set and dodge roll, a shield is a bad choice for Yagluth since it just slows your character down for hits you shouldn't be taking anyway. If possibly just try spawn-proofing the area to keep the fulings away. The battle is basically just a case of attacking him, dodge roll the nova blast, keep attacking and when he raises his other hand for the meteors run away in a wide circle, if you are far away Yagluth might fire a laser but just sprint to dodge then go back to attacking, use potions during the meteor strike when you are out of range. There's also the option of using the flesh rippers, those work well on Yagluth, especially with the Fenris set.

[Exodite-Dragon]

Apart from the other tips offered, you mentioned in your initial post OP that you were attacked during the course of the fight by growths. That means there's a tar pit somewhere nearby that needs clearing. Make sure the vicinity is free of growths (and possibly drain the pit, while you're at it). IIRC, they aggro by sound and have a pretty large detection range - so the din and clamor of combat with Yagluth likely drew them to you.

Fulings can be annoying during the fight if they spawn and draw near, but I would treat growths as the more serious threat and you should preempt their potential entry into the battle. The prospect of fulings wandering into the fray is the only reason I'd bring a round shield so you can quickly pull it out for a timed parry, and then chop them down while they're staggered.

You may also want to consider upgrading your silver swords to level 4 if not opting for the flesh rippers. Yagluth does take bonus spirit damage from them, which the black metal swords don't offer.

Concerning Yagluth's attacks, you can also make use of the stone pillars of the summoning arena (the "fingers" of the hand) to help block the incoming meteor swarms. When you see the animation and hear the incantation for this attack, quickly turn your camera skyward to determine the direction the meteors are coming from. Whichever of you is targeted runs and hides, and the other can get some hits in.

And to echo other sentiments: Fenris armor is perhaps more worth it for the mobility and inherent fire resistance. Dodge rolling is going to serve you better here than using a shield for blocks/parry, since the fire damage when you're close from the aftermath of the nova blast is largely persistent and the best-case scenario with the meteors is to avoid getting hit altogether. You are still going to want healing meads given you are going to take some damage regardless, and especially if you take an unlucky hit while wearing a lighter armor set.

[OctoberSky]

Consider using the asymmetric figure 8 to help isolate the combat area.

[Hakairyu]

Originally posted by OctoberSky:

Consider using the asymmetric figure 8 to help isolate the combat area.

the issue is, since yagluth has already spawned, every time we get close to his altar the boss battle begins
we cant build

[Nerevar]

use the spin to win method. works in solo. harder to do in coop since you can block each others paths. but it will prevent him from doing anything but use his groundslam and since he has no regular melee attacks he can only attack once every while provideing clear cut easy openings. works on any difficulty.

harder to get started if he is already spawned but still possible.

growths is own fault. always clear out all tar pits before summoning and spawnrpoof em. was clearly not done here.

the fulings shouldnt happen normally as with the spin method he is normally dead in under 10 minutes. sub 5 solo if useing silver sword and haveing 50+ swords.

[samael]

If it's in normal mode and you're good at parrying you can parry his ground slap attack and do counter attacks. if he summons the meteors you can hide under his body. Those extra mobs are a pain though, should have cleared them before the boss fight.

You can't parry Yagluth in hard mode, fire damage is too much. Base on experience.

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

use the spin to win method. works in solo. harder to do in coop since you can block each others paths. but it will prevent him from doing anything but use his groundslam and since he has no regular melee attacks he can only attack once every while provideing clear cut easy openings. works on any difficulty.

Are you talking about the atgeir secondary? How does that work on a boss, since they're immune to stagger?

[Nerevar]

Originally posted by samael:

If it's in normal mode and you're good at parrying you can parry his ground slap attack and do counter attacks. if he summons the meteors you can hide under his body. Those extra mobs are a pain though, should have cleared them before the boss fight.

You can't parry Yagluth in hard mode, fire damage is too much. Base on experience.

youre giveing terrible advice there.
while you can parry bosses its pointless to do so. as you dont get the parry counter vs them AT ALL as all bosses are immune to all stagger by default. so its just high risk vs next to no reward. and his groundslam attack has a cooldown of about 15 seconds before he can even do it again.

he will never summon meteors at all if you stick to him like glue and circle him. he needs direct line of sight and some distance in order to use meteors. both are prevented by circleing him. the laser is never used if you stick to him. this makes him a pushover. its just a matter of patience at that point and not getting greedy on higher difficulty.

growths should have been cleared out before the fight. that was a huge mistake by the tc. but also own fault. cannot be helped now. makes the fight harder for him. take em out first. it takes 2 days for growths to respawn at the pit. fighting him while they are around is a death sentence if you get tarred at the wrong moment you will die.

fulings and other enemies in villages should be wiped out before the fight aswell. patrols can be prevented mostly by starting the fight as soon as night is over. he will die before the next night. most patrols only spawn at night. the fact tc said he had 10 fulings comeing tells me either they fought at night or there was a villange nearby that they didnt clear out beforehand. and by nearby i mean within hearing/vision range as anything farther away doesnt react to begin with as its not loaded.

the rest is valheim basics. be rested. good food and barley wine. then yag will die without issue.

[Nerevar]

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Originally posted by Nerevar:

use the spin to win method. works in solo. harder to do in coop since you can block each others paths. but it will prevent him from doing anything but use his groundslam and since he has no regular melee attacks he can only attack once every while provideing clear cut easy openings. works on any difficulty.

Are you talking about the atgeir secondary? How does that work on a boss, since they're immune to stagger?

i am not talking about the atgier secondary. atgiers shouldnt be used vs yag at all as he is very resistent to pierce attacks. thus bows and atgiers and knifes are all terrible choices vs him. spin to win is simply walking around him while staying super close and walk/run alongside his rightside (when he is faceing you) everytime he does groundslam you run behind him and you can wail away. youll only take minor fire dmg from the blast and the dot. with the wine this will never kill you and should you get low 1 health pot will take care of all the dmg as the direct melee hit will never hit you. only the blast. you could even avoid the blast at the cost of loseing some dps on him.

this works on any difficulty. in solo. in multiplayer if he has a 2nd target thats not doing this he WILL do meteors on that target sooner or later.

people make the mistake of keeping distance from yagluth since they think its a good strat like nearly all bosses before him where keeping distance keeps you alive easier. but yag is the total opposite. the more distance you keep the HARDER he becomes.

he is the only boss in the game like that. thus people dont think about it. for all others keeping distance is a good strat. especially for the queen due to her super spammy melee options which all cause knockback.

[76561198866420659]

My checklist (lol):
Train skills.
Rest buff.
If you use a bow, the charged attack does more damage.
Bonemass buff.
Fire resistance potion.
Kill mobs that are nearby.
Benches around to avoid mob spawns. (not 100% guaranteed)
Use the pillars to avoid the boss's attacks.
Excavate the side of the altar to create a shelter with a portal.
Flatten the ground if it is too rough.
Yagluty
Resistances:
overwhelming 1
cutting 1
piercing 0.25
ice 1
fire 0.5
poison 0
spirit 1

0 = immune

[Sinclair]

Let me add to this: Use silver weaponry. Sword, arrows, hammer. Use the stone fingers for cover.

[UncleAcidic]

with fire resist potion going, his move with the blue sphere of fire can simply be dodge rolled (in his direction, not away). you can easily eat the fire damage alone, and you now have time to get more hits in.
the meteors need to be avoided entirely, but IF you can get under Yag's head then he can actually block the meteors for you! I did this once, completely by accident, but it did work. he was up on his alter and I was on the ground just spamming Frostner power attack to his chin. pretty sweet

[Faceplant]

Originally posted by Nerevar:

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

Are you talking about the atgeir secondary? How does that work on a boss, since they're immune to stagger?

i am not talking about the atgier secondary. atgiers shouldnt be used vs yag at all as he is very resistent to pierce attacks. thus bows and atgiers and knifes are all terrible choices vs him. spin to win is simply walking around him while staying super close and walk/run alongside his rightside (when he is faceing you) everytime he does groundslam you run behind him and you can wail away. youll only take minor fire dmg from the blast and the dot. with the wine this will never kill you and should you get low 1 health pot will take care of all the dmg as the direct melee hit will never hit you. only the blast. you could even avoid the blast at the cost of loseing some dps on him.

Ah, I had never heard of that strat before, and only heard "spin to win" used in conjunction with the atgeir secondary. Seems like it should work well.

I've killed Yag at least a couple of times with a knife. They only do half (or less) of their damage as pierce, and the quickness / low stamina use can be effective. Not the best, but not a terrible choice IMO.

[OctoberSky]

Originally posted by Hakairyu:

Originally posted by OctoberSky:

Consider using the asymmetric figure 8 to help isolate the combat area.

the issue is, since yagluth has already spawned, every time we get close to his altar the boss battle begins
we cant build

Yagluth has at least 3 different altars in your world. Consider this first one a learning experience. Find another and apply any or all of the preparation tips raised in this thread to the second attempt or the third. You will prevail.

[Zombits]

Dont sprint unless avoiding fireball spells . Keep stamina for skip rolls and attacking . Even then we always short on stam .

First time i played in normal mode he was okay and didnt die. Playing in harder modes lately this guy is quite a challenge and deadly, like the fire proof meads dont work