Lagon fight meant to get you to quit the game?

[doommetal]

The Lagon fight is a sheer wall for me, I've on 3 separate play sessions fought my way to this boss and played out the remainder of my available time for the evening to not clear him.

Is this meant to get you to quit the game? Are the developers not able to see stats that this is a huge stopping point for players in the game?

Yeah I get it the boss telegraphs but there is some RNG here and getting stunned by a claw then eye blasted combo for example is instead death.

The huge moon circle is easy to avoid once you know about it and should rightfully one shot you but his eye-laser mechanic moving around and in some cases pinches me against the wall because I was on the wrong side when it began is what gets me .. well that plus his insane health pool.

I even spent a whole night farming cold & lightning gear and got my cold & lightning resistances up to both above 75% and his eye can still one shot me...

Can I go grind mobs and out level this guy?

Any help from players other than 'get good'?

[Kao]

Use a traversal skill to go to the other tentacle when he prepares his laser. There is literally nothing else to do.

[RyanShack]

I'm not sure if this is your first arpg, but I haven't had much trouble beating Lagon with a Runemaster nor a Falconeer. Maybe 2 deaths at max on each character. The general strategy I follow is to continue to move left/right depending on the way the boss head is facing. So if the boss starts to look left, I go right and attack the tentacle on that side until the head moves in the opposite direction. Having a dodge skill is critical because if the boss starts spraying the water at you, you should have the dodge skill off cooldown to jump out of the way. I could pretty much ignore the claw slam, and tank the hit/brief stun. The tentacle phase below the main boss fight is just a matter of doing the best to dodge the waves, and kill the tentacles. Can't say I have a great strategy for this part as I always feel like it is just taking to long.

[Deathspider12]

Originally posted by Saeko:

i killed lagon after 20 try as a same level with a 4 pet necromancer build, one friend killed first try as falconer 4 lvl under him and one friend after 160 try with a beasmaster 3 level over him !

But i just rage quit now, so many oneshot mecanic in this game at endgame, i'm getting older and i'm not a ninja, i need a sec to react and not 0,0005 sec before dying !

It's sad because the game got almost everthing right for me as a H&S but the game is so hard to me and i say it, when i finished all Dark souls, nioh, elden rings etc..... a little sad here !

To you and OP, get your RESISTANCE UP, dont expect NOT TO BE a one shot when you have no resistance...

[tankanidis]

Also OP, you are not meant to tank the eye beam that drags along the stage, it will kill you (unless you're a super tank, but if you are, you're not posting here)

When the neck goes back, run to the other side to get away from it

On the 3rd phase (when you go back to his head) it will 1 shot you even if you try to use a traversal skill to jump through it (that you could away with in the 1st stage)

So start learning to move from side to side on the platform

Physical resist will stop the long stuns, don't stand super close to his head to try and avoid being the target of his 0.1 sec eye flash in a spot

[JunK]

this fight is very hard for people new to the game/fight. but once you get used to it, know the tells, and know how to make a successful build, this fight is just free. the only thing you won't really be able to dodge well is the waves in the 2nd phase

some tips are, save your teleport skill in case your out of position. if you can't beat him, first thing you should do is upgrade your movement speed and get sustain (leech mostly). this is usually enough to beat the boss no problem.

you could always utilize OP builds to just nuke him too. my build is suffering with complete garbage gear yet i don't even see his phases. nuke him down within about 3 seconds from full to zero and don't have to deal with any mechanics, usually don't even have to dodge an attack.

[sdev09]

died like 10 times, trick is to watch the eye and movement. the beam is super slow... but yes, the difficulty jump is unbalanced, the boring and super easy content before needs to be bumped up in difficulty to make people optimize gear and playstyle.

nerfing it is no option, else the whole game will have no challenge. btw you need phyical resistances and HP to deal with the stuns and tenctacles. rest needs to be avoided. i had lifeleech... worked too.

[Loco]

Originally posted by sdev09:

died like 10 times, trick is to watch the eye and movement. the beam is super slow... but yes, the difficulty jump is unbalanced, the boring and super easy content before needs to be bumped up in difficulty to make people optimize gear and playstyle.

nerfing it is no option, else the whole game will have no challenge.

Also, when the boss ducks down, he comes up and does the quick lightning beam.
Not lethal for most/any builds, just another thing to watch out for.

(Quick edit: Basically the entire boss fight: If the eye goes red, move or you're dead.)

[Fraktal]

The issue is people either have no resists or spam all their abilities like it’s mortal kombat trying to beat him.

Play defensively. I had to stop using death seal on my lich, and on my VK rebuke was able to carry me.

[Avalanche]

I get one-shot by him with maxxed out resistances....so i guess why bother with them at all?

Every single time....i die in 1 single shot......no matter i try to do.

I am done...challenge is one thing, but this is just a deal breaker.

[Videogame Jukebox]

Just over level yourself if you are struggling. Literally, like any rpg.

[Avalanche]

Originally posted by Fraktal:

The issue is people either have no resists or spam all their abilities like it’s mortal kombat trying to beat him.

Play defensively. I had to stop using death seal on my lich, and on my VK rebuke was able to carry me.

Tried...died in 1 hit.....warded up...died in 1 hit.....try to avoid....died in 1 hit....there is no hiding spot for his attacks, they ALWAYS hit you and its random where it will come from......i like challenge, but this is NOT challenge, its a overly difficult boss to make it look challenging....its lazy.

[tankanidis]

Originally posted by Avalanche:

I get one-shot by him with maxxed out resistances....so i guess why bother with them at all?

Every single time....i die in 1 single shot......no matter i try to do.

I am done...challenge is one thing, but this is just a deal breaker.

The attack you are dying to is meant to 1 shot you (the beam that drags across the floor)

The rest of it you can semi-tank/heal up from

When his neck goes back and eye is about to go red, run to other side of platform

You can't stand in that attack, you might survive it in 1st phase by traversing/movement through it, but you will die to it in 3rd phase (before the min/max peeps say they survived it, they had an abnormal not 'new player' min/max build as a super tank so it doesnt' apply to this conversation)

As long as you can dodge that beam you can do the fight

Resistances / hp regen are for the rest of the fight to keep up hp and not get stunned forever by hits

[Avalanche]

Originally posted by Names Matter:

Just over level yourself if you are struggling. Literally, like any rpg.

If the boss was balanced right, there wouldn't be a problem.

[tankanidis]

video guides on how to beat Lagon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN-PUu1z9hc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ_nFbvtFew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67VYn7k1Uto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-g7iQ-dSxY

[Avalanche]

Originally posted by tankanidis:

Originally posted by Avalanche:

I get one-shot by him with maxxed out resistances....so i guess why bother with them at all?

Every single time....i die in 1 single shot......no matter i try to do.

I am done...challenge is one thing, but this is just a deal breaker.

The attack you are dying to is meant to 1 shot you (the beam that drags across the floor)

The rest of it you can semi-tank/heal up from

When his neck goes back and eye is about to go red, run to other side of platform

You can't stand in that attack, you might survive it in 1st phase by traversing/movement through it, but you will die to it in 3rd phase (before the min/max peeps say they survived it, they had an abnormal not 'new player' min/max build as a super tank so it doesnt' apply to this conversation)

As long as you can dodge that beam you can do the fight

Resistances / hp regen are for the rest of the fight to keep up hp and not get stunned forever by hits

I read that, but i have never noticed a red eye.....so i keep dying.......as i have said, i love challenge, especially in a world of hand-holding, but this is just off putting.

But atleast it is the boss 1-shotting me and it wasn't the basic Grunts...which has happened.