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I missed this boss on my first playthrough because I gave him the heart but i beat him first go on ng+ he staggers very easily and thats his weak point exploit it

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Wtf I killed this little **** first try. I expected more from the last boss. Laxasia was 11 times harder (and cooler).

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I gave the heart because I don't give a **** and just wanted to see the credits roll lmao

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If anyone is struggling with this guy, I recommend watching the videos about the shield/trident combo. Beat him in 2 tries using this method. Tried 20+ with my old setup.

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If anyone is struggling with this guy, I recommend watching the videos about the aegis/trident method. I tried 20+ times with my old setup, switched to that method and beat him 2nd try. I did find it better to save the aegis for the second pahse though so you don't run out of legion so often

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Tip Choose The other ending

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1st Phase is great 2nd not so much.
Only tip I can leave is learn the yellow glowing eye dash perfect guard timing that's the best opening to heal or attack imo.

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only time the puppet ripper failed me but a +3 two dragons sword did the job no idea how but I finally did it

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Impossible boss

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Crazy how much easier this guy and Manus are than Laxasia and Green Monster.

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This boss and Laxasia were the only bosses that really kicked my balls in. Archbishop Andreus too, but that is mostly because you're that early in the game you have like 4 healing flasks, and because he has two full chunky health bars to go through. However Nameless Puppet is probably my favorite fight in the game, fair, challenging, and you can actually see what is happening to some extent. Which is something I cannot say of most LoP bosses. Phase 2 Laxasia is just a cluster**** where you're fighting a Sekiro boss on steroids, while moving around as a Dark Souls 1 character on heavy equipment load and having limited stamina.

Other bosses for example like the Green Monster of the Swamp and Fallen Archbishop Andreus are just giant blobs of flesh where half of the time you can't see what is evening happening, their entire body can be the hitbox that damages you, and delayed snap attacks that are also so prevalent in the game. With Nameless Puppet however I generally found it a relatively fair fight where you can actually make decent attempts at learning the boss mechanics, which is something a lot of bosses in LoP didn't really allow me to do.

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Dunno why everyone had so much trouble with this guy. Laxasia and Simon were much harder. Great fight.

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Defeated him second try lol . i used the katana and aegis

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Best boss in the game, Laxasia is second. I had some issues with Nameless's phase 2 when I first played this, the timings were WAY too tight; I'm the guy who posted the "7 cells and 7 acids" comment below. I then went and played Sekiro, and now that I'm back on a fresh NG run, I killed this dude first try with a single electric grinder application. Laxasia and even Simon gave me more trouble. Nameless and Laxasia are the only bosses who approach Genichiro and sword saint Isshin for me in terms of how fun they are to fight. Guys, if you like this game, you'll probably like Sekiro too.

What I learnt on my old NG+2 run: Phase 1 is easy to parry. Use electric abrasives. For phase 2, if you're having trouble with the impale or the red attacks, like I was, try the Perfection grinder. I'd say just using Perfection should get you through phase 2 on NG and possibly NG+1. Remember that you have consumables to throw if you need them.

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Having tried to fight this guy last night, I've got a few choice names for this particular puppet. The second phase is absolutely brutal.

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Aside from his quick stab ala Malenia, he ain't actually much. Huh... I though he would be much tougher.

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Love this boss but I would’ve personally switched the Hp bars for the phases around cause how tf does he get 5k more Hp for getting his head cut in half?

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this boss took me 2 weeks of and on. hate and love this game

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Man the end credit cut scene has my mind racing on the dlc or the next game

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Am I the only one laughing at finally getting a boss the uses giant scissors? In a game about puppets losing their strings?

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A lot of people are angry they can't beat this guy. Well, just use one of the MANY great strats posted here. Like the Trident + Aegis strat.

If a crappy gamer like me could beat him, anyone can.

And he's a better final boss in every way than that fricking Elden Beast. At least the Nameless Puppet doesn't constantly run away from you...

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I've come to the end and after fighting this last bullshyte boss (oh, another phase 2? F U Player 1!) I've come to realise that I really despise all the gameplay choices they made in this game. It's like they copied all the bad bits of FROMSOFT's homework and said yeah? We're going to make those bad bit EXTRA bad! You like that? YOU GET MORE!

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Rip-off Lady Maria with trash animations that does half your hp with every single tiny hit.

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I managed to beat this boss on NG+ run with a technique build. Perfect blocked / normal blocked almost every hit for both phases, then proceeded to cry internally. lovely fight overall

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Nameless? His name is Carlo.

P is actually the nameless puppet.

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thematically he feels kinda lacking but in a moveset sense THIS is a real final boss baby
this fight goes HARD
wish they toned down the red streaks on phase 2 because it can obscure his animations a lot

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Beat him in NG+ using the Trident of the Covenant and the Aegis arm. Definitely the best loadout against this mofo. If you're having trouble with him, give it a try.

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How to parry this guy in second phase?

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On New Game++ (NG++), the Aegis Shield legion arm made him very easy. After you block most attacks with the shield, he will be right next to you and you can always get a quick hit in and sometimes a charge attack if the puppet uses a buildup attack on you. Use electric blitz to get extra damage in. I didn't use throwables but they would have made it even easier so you can keep up damage at range.

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This fight is so hard and so much better than the laxasia fight. Laxasia is every lazy piece of difficulty "design" thrown onto an enemy made for a different game, Nameless Puppet has great speed and tells, not too many bullahit delayed attacks, shows clear attack patterns, and gives you time to respond. So they know how to design bosses that are fun and difficult, nameless puppet is truly excellent, but they just filled this game with so many **** bosses.that waste my time and feel like chores.

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They rip off Maria big time for his phase two.

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Easy strategy:
Aegis
Trident of covenant
Legion cells and legion charging stone

P organs
Upgrade legion cells and quantity.

Use Perfect guard grindstone.

Killed him after few trys with this.

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So let's be real. This guy might be very tough, maybe "too" fast "unfair" etc.

But this, thematically, one of the BEST fights and final fights in all of souls, even fromsofts, id argue only Maybe gaels is better.

You are "carlo" the "better" version of him, fighting THE Carlo. But it's not "fight the legendary og" it's fight the broken, failed husk that never got the love you were given by your father.

And he truly, truly, hates you. This is Maybe the most personal fight in any souls game, he is forced to fight the thing made to literally be the son he deserved to be but never could, and his only purpose is to make you the real one. You can feel how much he hates your very existence, when he grabs you in phase 2 he doesn't even have a mouth or eyes but you can feel that anger radiating from him.

But this isn't a fight against him, this is really a fight against gepetto, to free both you AND the nameless puppet from the controlling, manipulative, destructive father that will never you be your own person. He literally has the last puppet controlled by a human on strings in a whole city of puppets, becuase he cannot ever let his son go form his control. You're not fighting to beat nameless. You're fighting to free him from the fate no son should have to endure. And in the end, maybe a small part of the nameless puppet, after you break his strings, wanted to do the same for you.

At any rate, way more brilliant than elden beast.

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I feel like this fight is missing something...ah yes, a voice line, "Hesitation is defeat, Sekiro!"

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4 tries, definitely felt like the most challenging technically. First phase, I found it was easy to guard through his attacks. Second phase was all dodging. One surprising thing in the wiki was that it mentioned dodging out of the way with the attack where the puppet crouches and then rushes forward. I actually did a perfect guard here as a test and it staggered it for a good amount of time. Worth trying. Great fight.

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I had an Advance build with Electric Chainsaw blade and Black Steel Cutter handle. In Phase 2, Guard Parry fable art from the handle was the key for me. The puppet is so aggressive that you can spam the fable art and constantly counter him which knocks him down for a few more attacks. If you use a weapon with this fable art, see if it helps.

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Is everyone really struggling on this guy? I beat him on my 3rd try I had way more trouble with the stupid swamp monster

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Took half a dozen tries.

Phase 1 is almost trivial once you get it down. Was using Perfect Lie +5 and an Electric Abrasive, you can basically R1 spam him down in between combos. He's so insanely weak to shock that it cuts through him in about 30 seconds. Any weapon with a fast attack speed (and you want a weapon with a fast attack speed here) will work.

Phase 2 is where this gets challenging. He hits hard, but the biggest issue is he attacks relentlessly and with weird rhythm. I actually found myself often not even bothering to parry and just blocking his combos then healing when I could get a few seconds to breathe. You're going to want to bring Shotputs to throw when he gets stance broken, because windows to pull off a charged R2 are too unreliable. I tried using the Perfect Grindstone to turn my blocks into parries, but that's almost not worth using - it doesn't last long enough and the windows to apply it are pretty short. Aegis was a bit more useful, as you can pop it when he's charging a particularly nasty attack like his dash and it will absorb the hit and damage him to boot.

Overall... it's the final boss. Now's not the time to trip at the finish line. Dip into your inventory and find those consumables you haven't used all game, or go farm some Ergot and stock up from the merchant in Malum District. You got this, just stick with it.

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I'm sorry. I failed. I had to use 7 throwing cells and 7 acid canisters.

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Beat this guy after 900 tries...by finally equipping the LADS f350 frame to reduce physical damage

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Just defeated this guy to get the Rise of P ending..

He was difficult, after breezing through most bosses, but he can be beaten. If you're struggling, keep at it... when you keep dying, take a break for a bit, then go back at it.

I took a break from dying last night and almost beat him handily, but I got a bit too excited and died.. after another 6 or so tries, I then beat him.

My advice is to pack one weapon, to keep your weight low, then just load up on good amulets. My choices were Red Fox, Puppet Destroyer, Technique and Patience (super important). I had to drop my defense frame one level to be able to get my weight down to be able to carry my +5 Two Dragon Sword (and no other weapon) with only 30 capacity stat.

As far as the fight, it's a "get gud" battle. Need to learn the timing of your blocks. That takes a while, but that's the strategy in every single Souls-like I've played (and I've played a LOT) - die lots, but learn how to defend well enough and time your attacks.

Before entering the battle, I pop my grindstone. A wishstone with a heal or 2 or 3 would come in handy, but I didn't have any at this point. I saved my fable attacks for the 2nd phase.

I hope that helps someone.. good luck!

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I know the final boss is supposed to be hard, but this guy is frickin' Orphan of Kos level.

The other bosses took me 1 or 2 tries to beat, but I lost count of how many times I've died to this mofo...

Oh well. If I give up on this guy, I'll just load a cloud save and get the Real Boy ending. I can still say I finished the game. *sigh*

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Well, this boss is not possible despite the rest of the bosses I eventually beat. 2nd phase is just stupid. But I still felt I beat it, since after 50 deaths I moved on. Too much stamina imo, its kinda stupidity unrealistic. Was still a fun game till this one.

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realising i really suck at this game without being able to get a stamina bar as long as the screen xc

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Mjolnir hammer and baton handle helped me out a ton. Just R2 punish after he's recovering from his combos or his unblockable attack and go for another if he staggers. You have to stay real close to him though this build doesnt have a lot of reach but Fable art plus a fatal strike does about 40% of his health phase 1 if you can land it.

Also those instant repair kits are a life saver if you have any saved up.

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It will be easier to beat Nameless Puppet with Aegis and Tyrant dagger + City Longspear Handle.

1. Because of high usage of Aegis, you will need some upgrades like "Legion Magazine Effect Enhance" and "Increases Consumable Possession Limit" from P-Organ to make sure you have enough ammo.
2. Use Perfection grindstone at phase 2 to get more attack chances, and electric abrasive for the rest of the battle.
3. While boss is stunned, use healing, legion magazine, abrasive, Fable Art depending on the status of P.
4. Amulet suggestion: Patience, Carrier and damage boosts(Assassin, Puppet destroyer) or Iron wall.
5. Stamina management. Leave enough stamina to block.
6. Hold Aegis and attack like a spartan.

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If you can, parrying the charged dash attack in second phase will leave it stunned for a pretty big opening.

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well.. at least now i don't have to miss lady maria anymore..

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If you want to beat this boss without relying on/using throwables, specter, perfection grindstone or aegis legion arm, I would say it's pretty much a requirement to fully understand the first phase. I beat this boss using a +10 Wintry Rapier and I would say the first phase is pretty fair; the really long combos can be dodged/strafed as always, and there are a bunch of long punish windows and parrying the attacks is actually super satisfying.

This boss is super weak to acid, but I only tend to use abrasives whenever I perfect the first phase of a boss fight (once I perfect it I just find it easier to use the abrasive so I can get to and learn the second phase quicker).

In the second phase I only really needed to worry about three moves: the two fury attacks and its 4 hit dash combo. The two fury attacks are self-explanatory, the dash deals nearly half your health bar and can 100% finish you off if you are below/around 30% health, and the same goes for the overhead fury. You can easily dodge or completely strafe the dash fury since its tracking is not that good, but I would say learning to perfect parry it is so much better since it actually staggers the boss for a second or two upon.

The other attack I mentioned was the 4 hit dash, and again this one can easily finish you off if you're below 30% health, and it is easy to get stunlocked by it/hit by the entire combo if the first hit lands. This move always starts off with him dashing at you with both weapons in hand, when you see that dash you can dodge into him and then to the right to completely escape it. If you choose to parry instead, parry the first three hits, which I would say are actually the easiest attacks to parry in this phase and after the third hit wait a second or two at most then dash forward because the fourth hit is delayed.

The best advice I can really give is if you aren't the best at parries, then you will 100% benefit more by just dashing in the second phase. Most of the attacks can straight up be dashed into and you will receive no damage due to the invincibility. This boss is Laxasia in that the 2nd phase is super punishing and unless your reflexes are insane it will take a lot of tries to learn how to properly parry.

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This boss (as well as the other bosses in this game) are fine and for the most part fun.

I don’t get all the hate for this boss and the game as a whole. I thought it was a fun experience and pretty good for a Souls game not made by FromSoft.

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It seems like Geppetto had a copy of Elden Ring and used it to teach the Nameless Puppet how to play video games. Makes sense why he pulls out Rivers of Blood during the second phase.

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Holy **** I just killed him first attempt in an ng+5, I love this fight so goddamn much, easily 10/10

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A tip that works well for the faster combos in his second phase is to keep tapping the block button. https://youtu.be/qkzwPwmoZ2c?si=6576SaR6MvWlr4br Holding down the block button will just kill your stamina and durability.

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Fast weapons with preferably long reach (Rapier+City Spear in my game) are suitable for phase 2, you can use any kind of weapon for phase 1 because it's way more predictable, phase 2 is just a gigantic sh1tstorm with a lot of visual cluster and yet again another boss with hyper armor, lengthy frenzy combo and input reading (sigh).

All his P2 attacks have large range and multiple hits, it's just kinda impossible to perfect guard reactively unless you remember the timing. My best bet was link dodge with dancer amulet and block whatever attacks I can't dodge. The dash with yellow blink has really weird guard timing and I just couldn't get it right, but I guess you can sidestep it because I kinda just did it by chance for once or twice. Never found out how though. Anyway the best time to attack is after the blockable beyblade attack, I prefer dodging it but I couldn't dodge consistently so I just kinda traded attacks with him until I got him to 1/4 health. Then I threw couple of batteries and a last R2 spear thrust sealed the battle.

F**k this boss and generally the flailing boss design in this game. A lot of late game bosses just f**king flail around doing minute long musou combo with really good target tracking. Laxasia literally does 10 seconds combo with no attack window in between and she even has a follow-up combo variant if you attack immediately after the end of combo. It gets old fast.

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Fast weapons with preferably long reach (Rapier+City Spear in my game) are suitable for phase 2, you can use any kind of weapon for phase 1 because it's way more predictable, phase 2 is just a gigantic sh1tstorm with a lot of visual cluster and yet again another boss with hyper armor, lengthy frenzy combo and input reading (sigh).

All his P2 attacks have large range and multiple hits, it's just kinda impossible to perfect guard reactively unless you remember the timing. My best bet was link dodge with dancer amulet and block whatever attacks I can't dodge. The dash with yellow blink has really weird guard timing and I just couldn't get it right, but I guess you can sidestep it because I kinda just did it by chance for once or twice. Never found out how though. Anyway the best time to attack is after the blockable beyblade attack, I prefer dodging it but I couldn't dodge consistently so I just kinda traded attacks with him until I got him to 1/4 health. Then I threw couple of batteries and a last R2 spear thrust sealed the battle.

F**k this boss and generally the flailing boss design in this game. A lot of late game bosses just f**king flail around doing minute long musou combo with really good target tracking. Laxasia literally does 10 seconds combo with no attack window in between and she even has a follow-up combo variant if you attack immediately after the end of combo. It gets old fast.

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first try with maxed out puppet string and aegis, those can really carry you through a boss like this

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Live puppet axe (Just the normal version) is a good weapon for 'first time bragging rights' against nameless puppet. Stack as much defense as possible and just block / charge R2 to victory. Charge R2 has huge reach and the boss will jump in every time so you just need to time it properly to not get staggered. The latter part of the R2 has pseudo hyper armor so you can afford to get hit at that point. Obviously you won't 'git gud' at all and rng can screw you infinitely but screw the try hards and come join the first try gang baby.

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Let me guess.
A phase 2?

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Pro-Tip: Settings - Audio - Voice Volume to Zero

You're welcome :)

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I found a strat for phase 1 that was so effective it almost feels like cheese.

Using a Technique build with the City Longspear Handle, Tyrant Murderer's Blade, and Assassin Amulet I activate both fable arts for a crit chance and damage bonus, then simply hold up the Aegis while repeatedly poking with the spear. Keep doing that until you get a "mini stagger" then hit 'em with a couple of charged heavies. As always, use a fatal when you get the chance. Repeat that strat until his HP is gone and you'll be in phase 2 with minimal damage taken and the real fight can begin.

For phase 2, use the Perfection Grindstone for some free perfect guards and then use Electric Blitz Abrasive when your Perfections run out. Keep some Shot Puts at the ready so you don't miss out on a stagger, and throw Throwing Cells at him when he creates distance or when his health gets low. Don't be afraid to just block for any attack that you can't dodge or perfect guard, as you can easily recoup some of the lost HP by counter attacking after the boss' combo.

This boss really redeemed the end of the game for me, it's way tougher than Manus but much fairer than Laxasia.

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I managed to get the first phase down quite well by using the Two Dragon parry. Figure out the timings, and you can kill his momentum pretty quickly. Some moves are really predictable and consistent, and if he is in his heavy attack stance, they leave you plenty of time to hit that parry just right.

Second phase is a clusterduck though. There's some moves that are decently parryable, but he's generally speaking too fast to properly catch with most of his attacks. It comes down to learning the perfect guard timings for his flurries, which are by far his most lethal weapon.

Also, free Rising Dodge can't come soon enough.

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I had to swap my GOAT trident for the electric baton +10, I used aegis to tank combos and just got two hits in each time, boosted legion rounds on p organ, turtle went crazy on phase 1.
For phase 2 I baited the jumping attacks and the long spinning attacks so he would stand still for a second, used 6 throwables after that moved in physical while I still had full pulse cells.

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For those who noticed, the 1st phase of the boss has a playstyle that evokes the weapon/classes of the player

Strength, where it uses POH as a greatsword with the same smashing damage and slow swinging moveset of one - this is its starting state and what most of us will get 3-hit KO by
Balance, where it uses POH as a one handed sword with fast hits/combos but lesser damage
Dexterity, where it "alters" POH by extending its handle and using it for long distance trusts - didn't get hit by it so don't know how painful it is, this notably ends when the boss retracts back the handle. Think this is only used if distance is kept against it more often than not.

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Okay, I don't consider myself a great Soulslike player by any means. Simon Manus I defeated first time and most of the other bosses in the game I beat in under 10 tries. HOWEVER - I use Specters, and I'm not at all ashamed to admit that. I don't enjoy the challenge of bosses and like to have the breathing room.

So, this mother****er took me HOURS to beat. The credits are rolling right now and the relief I'm feeling is euphoric.

I struggled a lot because, as mentioned, I like to have "space" in boss fights and specters provide that. This guy must've taken me a good 25-50 attempts before the one where I finally got lucky. I tried spamming throwables, I tried a bunch of different loadouts, I tried aegis, I tried a lot of stuff.

What worked for me:
Firstly, time. Like a lot of people of said, this is one of the ultimate examples of "GIT GUD" in this game. If you have slow reflexes like me, you need to give yourself grace and patience while you learn the boss patterns.

My winning loadout/build was as follows for a level 83 motivity build:
Bone-cutting sawblade +10 with Greatsword of Fate Handle (A scaling motivity).
Greatsword of fate handle gives you Absolute Defense for your defensive fable. Incredible for giving a bit of extra breathing room when Puppet does red unblockables.
Fully upgraded Puppet String arm.
Perfection Grindstone.
As much physical defense+slash defense as you can stack.
Amulets: blue guardianship, patience (stam regen), recharged (health regen).
For P-Organs, I had 24 quartz total (enough to reach level 5 and max one level 5 power). Stack pulse cells (obviously), stagger window, guard regain, stagger/fatal/charge atk and stagger, and perfect guard buffs (e.g. charge fable on perfect guard. On phase 4, increase special grindstone uses is VITAL, and level 5 auto charge legion in the ability type section was also vital. Having the special grindstone repairs weapon and decreased weapon durability use are also extremely helpful as the amount of blocking you have to do on this boss will wear down your weapon quick unless you perfect guard everything.


Phase 1:
Try not to dodge. Block his strings and then attack once between to top up your health with guard regain. Occasionally if he gets stunned in place (but isn't staggered for a fatal), you can use puppet string and HOLD it to do the launch attack for a big chunk of damage. You can also use acid abrasives to add acid to your weapon - I liked to do this right before a fatal blow to maximise the damage.
This phase really is just a game of patience and attrition. Don't rush. Don't get greedy. Play super defensively. Chip away at his health and go for the stagger+fatal when you've chipped away.
When he goes for red attacks, if you can get the timing, nice. Otherwise save your fable and use Absolute Defense to get a perfect guard on red attacks. Do NOT use your perfection grindstone; you need it much more in phase 2.

If you can get through phase 1 with about 7/10 of your pulse cells remaining, you have a good chance.

Phase 2:
**** yourself. Genuinely, I could never get a consistent strategy and I think I had good RNG on the run that I won. However:
Tank his combos like in phase 1, and do an attack between to get guard regain and keep your health relatively topped off. The 4 swipe combos are good for this because he leaves himself open for a quick hit after the last attack.
Use Absolute Defense for his charge attacks and other red attacks, or sprint to the side if you can react fast enough.
USE YOUR GRINDSTONE NOW. Tanking long combos with the perfection grindstone will allow you to build up stagger much faster. Plus, this grindstone makes the red attacks much more forgiving.
If you can't reliably get charge attacks off before he starts another combo when he's ready to stagger - try using puppet string! The launch attack can proc a stagger and set him up for a fatal blow. This is why "auto regen legion" is so important - because you can play safe while your legion is regenerating and then have another attempt. This is what saved me on my winning run; I couldn't stagger him because he was going crazy with the combos, and I managed to puppet string-launch attack him when there was a small break in his offense. That staggered him, and set him up for the fatal.
When he's getting up after you've performed a fatal blow on him, this is the BEST time to spam throwables like carcass fluid or throwing cells. If you can proc a status effect like blitz or decay, even better, as you'll be dealing damage even as you just survive.
Use your second grindstone about halfway down his health bar - after the second/third fatal blow, hopefully you'll be in a strong position and only a couple hits away from victory.


Good luck everyone! This was the hardest boss in the game for me, bar none. But even for someone who doesn't have very good technical ability or quick reflexes, I wanted to share that this boss, while super hard, is absolutely doable. Just keep at it, change things up if you need to, and find the rhythm that clicks. Use everything in your arsenal. You can do it.

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First playthrough I was 96 and killed him after several tries with bone-butting saw and acid.
Second one I struggled a lot until dumped acid for electric (some "enlightened" on Reddit says he is human in this fight, supposedly found this in game files; IT IS NOT) and bone-saw for trident. Got him on second try.
Third one got him on first try (level 80, 30 health 35 technique) straight from Geppetto dialog, with trident, electricity and puppet string with link attack.
Few pointers:
- use electric grinder possibly with dual use - right damage for puppet and faster repair (get P-Organ option of special grinder repairs weapon)
- use puppet destroyer amulet
- equip puppet string arm fully upgraded for link attacks
- trident is optimal for speed and high damage (frequent critical proc), fable art with stab-to- jump-stab is devastating. Upgraded to +5
- few electric throwables for Hail Mary if needed
Buff trident (electric) and be aggressive from the start. Dodges preferred, parries in this phase work and block if whiffed. Should dispose quickly with max 2-3 heals.
Second phase start running towards him and to the left to avoid initial attack. Avoid parries and standing at front of him, dodge to left - both ground and air-attack, punishing with R2 at the end of combo. When stationary use arm link attack, buffed trident should bring critical. Use fable art stab-jump, be careful to assure he is stationary not to waste attack.
I was proficient with trident, went easily. May take few tries, but should get it. Good luck.

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I thought this was a fair boss.

I used Trident with Assassin’s Amulet. With acid grinder, makes quick work of Phase 1. Phase 2 I managed to stagger him quite quickly with running R2 and charged R2.

Falcon eyes fully upgraded was also alright to get some ranged hits in Phase 2.

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He did this one attack where he stabbed me scream in my face and then flung me off the sword he usually last resort OHKOs me

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Finally beat this boss.

For anyone struggling who doesn't want to resort to a straight throwables cheese method, and have some fun while beating this boss this is for you.

I highly recommend bringing an upgraded Aegis (respec if neccesary) and a hilt with the Absolute Defense Fable Art, I used the Acidic Great Curved Sword Hilt.

For the blade I used the Electric Coil as I had heard he was a bit weak to electric damage and the temporary damage buff goes a long way but use anything you are comfortable with with decent attack speed (he moves a lot...).

Grinder I used the temporary always parry one can't remember the name but handy for the start of fight to save on Aegis Durability and get some free hits on, I had the P-Organ upgrade for 2 uses and repair weapon on use.

P-Organs were mostly specd around improving guard and parry, not sure if parry stun is necessary but possibly it is to break posture on charge, you can probably use whatever else though, after I got the rhythym this fight is quite easy do.

I should mention if you are reading this you should be able to complete the first phase without too much difficulty this is only a help for the second phase.

As soon as the second phase starts use one of your special grinders to repair your weapon from first phase and give yourself autoparry, try use your lightning buff Fable Art also if using lightning coil.

If you are lucky he will start off with his broken charge attack which on a parry will always result in him being stunned, at this point hit him with a few powered up hits (don't be too greedy)

I found that 1 parry grinder lasts around 3 combos, keep that in mind, keep your guard up and punish when possible.

When your grinder wears off you need to keep watch for his charge, whenever he starts to windup for a charge move use your Absolute Guard fatal art, you should easily have enough fable charged throughout fight to keep up with it, this includes his 1 sword non-fatal charge, if you fail to parry that one he will break your guard and follow up with very high damage anyway.

On his other combos, his silly whirly dirly one, jump up in the air and spin or slam, 2 sword slashes, prioritize your aegis and hit through, or guard and wait for them to finish and punish or heal if necessary.

Your timing wont always be perfect but if you keep your cool you will make it through this guy, once I got the build right I did it in about 3 tries.

I am not a particular fan of this boss as I had to completely respec from my GS Parry - charge attack build as he is just too fast with too many punishing combos to reliably beat that way. Also his damage to weapons durability on guarding is ridiculously high, on my closest runs I would always lose to sword break, with no time to repair it during the fight. Maybe my bad for single wielding.

Anyway I hope that helps anyone having trouble on him, you can do it guys!

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Bro attacks faster than my dad leaving for milk

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5 Tries, lvl 96 used Two dragon sword +5 with 45 in vit and 37 in Technique, dealt arround 400 dmg per hit and Acid Stone, The Stalker Legion arm with the Rope and the charged attack realy shined in p2, landing 4 hits after each of his charges for arroung 6k dmg + 4k from Fable .... Some good parrys and 8 Pots + 1 refill for an overall of 11 Pots. Good boss if u cant beat, skill issue its not Unfair.

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the devs were really like **** you to the player when making this boss because once phase 2 starts you pract have zero heals because of the first phase taking them all

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There's no mention of being locked out of the boss for your past choices on the page... I just watched the any% speedrun and, of course, it doesn't fight nameless but what's interesting is that it couldn't fight nameless because it was locked out of the option. There was no option to keep the heart. I'm curious as to what triggers this?

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Really reminds me of my boy Ashina.
Pure skill, no bullshit. Just git the hell gud

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I beat him using the bone-cuttin saw + krat police baton, it's a very easy way to kill him, you evaporate his first phase using acid and the second phase you are constantly defending yourself with aegis (don't forget to take something to recharge their religion).
1 phase you spam him with a strong attack and defend yourself
2nd phase you are constantly defending yourself with aegis and dealing 1 or 2 strong attacks when he gives you a break, don't be afraid to use your fable if you have a lot of health, the important thing is that you deal all the damage to him, he is your biggest source of damage. Sorry for the bad English

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Was expecting to save my father from the belly of the beast.

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Ooooo weee. This was a tough fight for sure. I really had fun fighting him. I got really good at the first phase but second kicked my teeth in for so long. Agis legion arm to tank most hits (you can still parry with LB). Perfection grindstone to give legion a rest(auto refill) and used the coil stick. Really challenging but fun fight.

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Phase 2 feels impossible. I felt pretty OP most of the game with booster glaive maxed + falcon eyes maxed. I did use specters for a lot of the bosses but there were plenty of others without specters available. I usually go into phase 2 with 7-8 flasks left, but he’s just so relentless that I can’t make any headway. After two hours of failing with the glaive, I switched to two dragons sword tonight; same result. Best I can do is get him to like 40% health in phase 2. I’ve never died in phase 1. Kinda ridiculous

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Finally beat the guy after 3 days trying :D I loved it!!!

Mastering first phase perfect guards really feels satisfying

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killed the guy with police baton hanlde + Live Puppet's Axe Blade +10.
key moments for those who struggling:
1) do not try to parry his charge (when he lowers both his blades at 30+ meters), just fkn run to the side
2) acid is the king, use one grinder on phase1, second one just before entering phase2
3) his swirl combo usually strikes FOUR times, dont try to punish third swing
4) dude is using pulse cells, fkn loved it. u can use them right after his charge
5) charge + with grab can be avoided either running sideways. tried a few times to outrange it - didnt work
6)with high enough damage reduction - 70%+ and hp regen amulet you can continue just blocking everything
7) his cone aoe swing should be avoided to the side
Very cool fight (lax is the best tho, just awesome). the most anoying boss in the game is not simon or nameless, it's ****ing blind illusions guy with infinite poise & stamina. cheesed that mofo with throwables + ladder

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Not as bad as I thought after reading the comments here. Saw blade + exploding handle + aegis + acid grindstone. First phase very easy, second phase about six attempts.

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i chose to give geppeto my heart just to see the ending cuz i thought id be able to go back and still fight the boss but hes no longer there is there any way i can fight him without going into ng+ or am i just ****ed

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Can anyone confirm his damage type? I'm assuming it's slash damage.

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This boss filtered me. Harder than Gerhman. Harder than Sword Swaint Isshin. Harder than any Fromsoft boss.

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Is Nameless weaker to electric or acid damage? I’ve tried both since he’s somewhere between a puppet and an animated corpse, but I’m still not sure.

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Dear oh dear, what was it? The hunt, the blood, or the horrible dream? Let me just say that I loved this boss and ending. Watching him use a pulse cell I was malding lmao. Was he a bit overtuned on the second phase. Probably, but I enjoyed fights like him, Laxasia, and Romeo. Not too easy like the normal human bosses, and not too predictable or erratic like the average giant boss(depending). They are also my top 3 in bosses.

Here's some information you might find useful is you're still struggling. Acid is great for melting him, no pun intended. Use the Acid Grindstone to melt his first phase. Carcass Body Fluid was also handy, you can get them for 400 Ergo at the Black Market Merchant. Though Shock also seemed pretty good, so pick your poison I guess. He is a puppet, but is strangely human. I ran Acid Grindstone with Fulminius Legion Arm. Shot Puts are recommended for every boss for free stagger damage. Black Market merchant is honestly such a clutch with an infinite supply of so many useful items. Good hunting, you're right at the finish line!

Speaking of which, this entire ending, with Geppetto wanting to take your heart for the “real” Carlo, is pretty much what Romeo was warning us about. Remember in the King of Puppets boss fight, the mini play in the theatre at the beginning has a puppet version of Geppetto taking out our heart and putting it in another puppet. Brilliant. Romeo really was our best friend, besides trying to kill us, but ya know, just best friend things >:). I thoroughly loved this game!

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Now THIS was a fun fight. It wasn't too difficult, but just enough to where I felt like I was learning the boss.

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The only thing harder than this boss is listening to Gapetto constantly try to gaslight you as it kicks your ass

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well after dying literally 100 times and for days bored and lost my interest on the game in all souls games never died more than 15ish and for me hardest bosses were nameless king and gael so this is even worse than them

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First Phase is fine, second one is kinda nutty. Seems more weak to electricity than acid in my experience. Used the electric saw blade on the meat cleaver handle only because I ran a tech build and needed a handle I could crank to A scaling on tech, and the fable art for that handle is actually useful. Also ran the Aegis arm for swinging while blocking and the oh so sweet perfect guard glitch (if it even is a glitch). I also tried the acid spear due to it being quicker swings but it just didn't hit hard enough. YMMV.

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This a**hole just used a pulse cell. Wtf is this fight.

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Second phase is pure bs , absolutly zero room to attack , killed him with two dragon sword + aegis arm . hold aegis and spam l1 for perfect guard and its should be easy

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Naaaah I call bullshit. I literally put every stat above soft cap to test this. Tech is almost at hard cap. And there's no damage difference. It's actually bugged

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Yep can confirm Nameless King of this game till dlc arrives

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AIN'T NO WAY this guy just did the Patches squat on me after beating me.

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its insane how people are complaining at this boss when simon was MUCH worse. this fight is super fun, high octane action. THIS feels like a sekiro meets bloodborne fight, not that lame delayed attack and slow spinning projectile spam bs that was the previous "final boss"

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This fight felt unfair. Boss is made hard in a way that doesn’t make you feel good after beating it

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I don't know how I'm supposed to beat this boss, even my wife's boyfriend hasn't been able to do it yet.

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If anyone is struggling with puppet I can provide a few tips. He's pretty much the only boss in the game that can't be brute forced:

1. Prep - Lada frame plus Lada slash weave is pretty much mandatory for physical resistance

2. Weapon degradation- kind of a big concern so repair at the beginning of phase 2 and swap to an off hand for last few blows

3. Deflecting - even with the tight parry timings you should get a few off his multistrings and then swing after to regain health, again don't forget its okay just to block

4. Dmg - you should have a fairly dmging weapon maxed out by now something about 14 pounds that's heavy enough to dps, but light enough to swing

5. Arm - don't rely too heavily on it for this fight I would throw a few shots at him now and then but at the end of the day you gotta Seikiro it

6. Buffs - throw your grindstone on to make phase 1 faster but like I said you can't brute force

7. Healing - its a tough boss he'll take 10 cells and probably an 11th, at that point you need to weapon swap and close it out

8. Attempts - done in 5 attempts I would say, you shouldn't be sweating bullets let your build do the work, phase 1 is free, phase 2 is pattern learning

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Don't talk to me or my son ever again

- Geppetto

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Phase 2 is just straight up bullshit...

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