Is Radagon’s Scarseal worth it? Gives me 12 bonus stats but I take 10% more damage.
Been using Starscrouge Hairloom for +5 strength, which is nice.
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I think so. Enemies definitely stronger in the East. Probably have to kill a couple hands but it’s obvious you not supposed to go at them too many.
Even a big guy later you can completely avoid until you get to the boss quickly enough.
I’m trying not to spoil stuff obviously but there are quests to find in the area that comes after.
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@Fight_Teza_Fight As far as I have read, it is worth it. But maybe not so much later on in the game as enemies hit harder. The wiki's for this game are funny right now, they are are just full of everyone saying "maybe" and the shrug shoulder emoji. I am using it!
@JJ2 Thanks mate, I actually beat the castle with all the hands (and end boss) which was awesome! I am actually also doing the quest that follows from that (Ranni?) - and agree it makes more sense now to kill Radhan etc
Any tips for Radhan? I can competently get to Phase2, and think now it is just a case of delivering huge DPS in phase 2 before he has a chance to wipe me ha!
in my wonderings I came across shadow or shade castle. I was trying to get to a map marker, but was blocked. I saw a castle down below and thought maybe there is a teleport in the castle to the top of the road to get to the map marker. No luck there, but stumbled on a boss that is way to tough for me. 30 tries and only got him down to 30% health at my best. At level 45, I need about 30 more levels to survive I'm afraid.
@LN78 Major major spoilers so don’t click if you’d rather not find out about a quest you probably haven’t done.
You need a secret medallion to use at the Grand Lift of Rold. I found a spirit summon at the end of one of the dungeons in Liurnia who told me to find the medallion. Found the first half in the village of the Albinaurics in Liurnia by accident after I heard a man inside a pot and whacked it. Second half was at the end of Castle Sol in the snowy place which I had to do for the boss trophy anyway. Using it at the lift by using the D-Pad to change action holds up a ‘secret medallion’ and takes you to the Consecrated Snowfield. I found loads and loads of cool stuff there including the pathway to Mohgwyn Palace and also to the super secret hidden Elphael which has the hardest demigod in the game.
For anyone who might care in the slightest.... I FINALLY beat Radahn.
This is why I love FromSoft so much, as this battle tested me and pushed me to my limit. I know some people have cake-walked him, but for me he has been the biggest hurdle of this game so far... by a country mile.
In the end, I swapped out Bloody Slash AoW - - > Hoarfrost Stomp - mainly as this was allowing more distance between him and I + the damage is quite solid.
But honestly, I think the key to winning here is being really strategic in when/how to use the summons team. I was initially trying to get the fight over with ASAP, but then realised it actually pays to drag it out. Ideally, when you get to end phase1... you want to be in a position where you can re-summon just ahead of phase2 starting. Then you have an army with 'fresh health' to draw away the agro whilst you pick the punishment windows accordingly.
I also had to play with equipment/build and weapons/AoW. It really was remarkably satisfying, not felt this elation since Returnal!!
@CJD87 Well done mate, sounds like an epic battle. It's strangely satisfying going through lots of combinations of equipment / items to find something that works for that particular battle. That's what I really liked about Hollow Knight as there was always a combo that worked for one thing but not so well on another.
I parked it at the Red Wolf of Radagon last night having had a few goes and got to about 1/3 of it's health left. I'm going to be working on that later as it feels like I had to work really hard to get to that point but I also feel like I'm not far off being able to do it. I might have to forget about the dual wield for this one and deploy a shield as those ranged attacks are proving quite hard to dodge.
@LN78 My tip is try over and over while swearing repeatedly. Not a highlight of the game for sure. Just summon for the aggro, hit and run the legs and hope you don’t get killed in one hit by the bloody fire AOE.
@LN78 One thing I’ll say about the map to the left of the snowy area, the associated quest starts all the way back in Liurnia. If you haven’t come across it yet, you might not now.
@LN78 You know, I think that you can technically get there without the quest line but that points you to the required items to access the area. You’d be dealing with guesswork or lots of exploring otherwise.
@CJD87
Nice! Good to hear. I really enjoyed it. First attempts my daughter was watching and cheering or shouting at me because he was just behind me as I failed narrowly because I wasn’t sure what to do.
When I came back to it in the evening it all went like a piece of cake for some reason. haha
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@CJD87 Nice work! Aside from the horrible tag-team battle in Redmane Castle, it was until the final few bosses that I started really struggling. The final boss is one of the most annoying I've ever fought.
@LN78 Fire Giant's second phase is way easier if you resolve to just chip damage him to death by attacking his backside. Maintain enough distance to avoid the rolling. Stay on the horse any time you're not actively attacking.
@render - I am not really anyone who should be providing advice on Boss Battles... but I 100% agree that the Red Wolf battle is time to put down dual wielding, and instead crack out the shield!
I used a fairly low-stat shield (heater?) but it had 100% physical guard, which did me fine here. Good luck man!
@JJ2 Thanks mate... and well done for beating him with spectators (your daughter). I fear that my own daughter watching me would have just invoked severe performance anxiety! @Ralizah Thank you, any and all encouragement is appreciated ha!
Went through Siofra River today, really liked that area… maybe as much as Stormveil. Then done a bit of Caelid… not so much of a fan of this locale but I haven’t entered the legacy dungeon there yet so hopefully it’ll be awesome and elevate the location.
This was a game I was curious about but didn't think I'd really get into, I tried Bloodborne and Demon's Souls previously and bounced off them pretty quickly. Yet here I am about 40 hours in and loving every minute (well most of them 😂), I've finished off Redmane Castle and now just beat Rennala too, some of the locations you explore are so well done and I can't wait to see more
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