Any tips for The Elder boss?

[Zion]

Hey, I'm doing a playthrough with about 2 other friends and we're planning to fight the elder. I'm still relatively new and only have about 35 hours keep in mind. Only problem is we don't quite know what to prepare for. We currently have full bronze armor and Bronze Swords and also a Stagbreaker. Any advice would be nice.

[neorogueshadows]

Fire arrows is my suggestion. If you want to get in close, the ategir (or however that's spelled) is good for dealing with its area of effect attack. Also make sure to clear out the nearby area first, last thing you want is to be fighting the boss and then suddenly have a troll up in your grill.

[glass zebra]

Bronze swords are very good against the Elder. Just hack it it and dodge/block the stomp. When the roots come up, kill the closest 1-2 of them and then focus on the boss again. Repeat until dead.

If someone of you wants to use a bow, fire arrows are the best choice. I would only really recommend that if someone wants to have the bow as their main weapon or if you have issues running into each other with 3 in melee range though, as the low bow skill you probably all have at that point does like half the DPS of bronze swords while also costing a bit more stamina per damage, due to the very slow draw speed at low skill. This is more pronounced when you have higher level weapons, as bow upgrades don't do much for damage.


The "Suggestion & Ideas" subforum is for throwing stuff at the devs though, not for general questions and tips about the game between players.