Do I suck at this game or is the Infected Broodmother supposed to be very, very fast, too fast for me to even parry?

[Bizarre Lad]

I use the Mint Mace lv. 7, and I can beat phase 1 and 2 really easily. But once I get to phase 3, it just becomes impossible for me. Parrying is impossible, I keep spamming the block key, but that doesn't even work! And the haze, it blocks everything I see, it's too thick to even see the broodmother's attacks! My healing is also decreased so ya know, health smoothies don't anything at all. I see people take like no damage while I'm somehow getting shredded by the broodmother with MAXED OUT BROODMOTHER GEAR!

I'm actually going crazy cause of this fast af boss fight...

[happygiggi]

Yup, her fastest combo attack you can't parry all of that.

Spicy safety mutation is a MUST for this boss, literally halve all the damage she does.
Corporate kickback is good too as it trigger often for full heal in seconds.

The thing is the boss has different speed for the combo.

When she does her fastest one, it does less damage and BARELY build any block gauge unlike the slower attacks.

In a nutshell
Parry her attacks BUT block the fastest attack instead.

[Mythily]

You're meant to fight this boss with maxed out equipment and the equips you're using are suboptimal.

Broodmother armor is bad cuz all of its effects are useless against this boss. I recommend to use fire ant armor due to its corrosion effect and a fresh toenail scimitar due to its fast speed (procs corrosion faster) and infection debuff. The other reason why a fast weapon is better in this fight is due to how fast the third phase is.
Also using the fungal charm will make a significant difference for the unblockable attacks.

Before the fight get as much buffs as you think are useful. Infection mount works as well here.

Use the two mutations the person above me mentioned, the two other ones should be ones that boost damage, in this case it will be blademaster (which debuffs the boss even more) and coup de grass.

Practice the perfect blocks. You won't get through the third phase otherwise. The more you get hit, the higher the permanent debuffs will be. And definitely block that scream, if you don't, you're screwed.

[darkscaryforest]

You can parry it, but no you do not suck. This is a tough boss fight.

You need practice. I couldn't perfect parry combos in phase 3 until I fought it for a couple hours, then the rhythms clicked.

I recommend fighting in 3rd person, it helps a ton with visibility. Even more so, you'll eventually get a feel for the choreography of the fight and where to expect her (like turning quickly for those pesky side jumps).

Having maxed out/best gear for the fight is a prerequiste. Beyond that, just keep trying and you'll get better and better at the fight