Romeo, King of Puppets |
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| Location | Estella Opera House Stage |
| Type | Puppet |
| Drops | Burnt-White King's Ergo Puppet Prince's Formal Dress Someone's Necklace |
| Weak | Acid, Blunt, Electric Blitz |
| Neutral | Stab |
| Resistant | Fire, Slash |
| Immune | N/A |
Romeo, King of Puppets is a Boss in Lies of P. Romeo, King of Puppets is the human form of the King of Puppets and appears as the second part of the boss fight. According to his dialogue, he holds memories of a dear friend called Carlo. Eliminating Bosses will usually cause them to drop rare Ergo. The Ergo you obtain by defeating a boss is extremely valuable. Players will eventually be able to use these to exchange them for special Weapons and Amulets.
When the boy opened his eyes, he found himself sitting on a throne that he had not asked for. When he sought his friend of the past, he clung to his memories even though he knew there was no going back.
Lies of P Boss Information
- Optional Boss: No
- Specter Summon: Yes
- Breakable Weapon: Yes
- Damage: Slash, Stab (phase 1), Fire Slash, Stab (phase 2)
- Inflicts: Overheat
Where to Find Romeo, King of Puppets Boss in Lies of P
Estella Opera House Stage; encountered directly after the King of Puppets boss fight. The King of Puppets is located in the Estella Opera House past the Estella Opera House Entrance Stargazer on the second floor. Take the main grand staircase and move through the central hall past the burning swinging chandelier. This is where you will find the summoning pool before entering the boss arena. Once he is cleared, you will be able to activate the Estella Opera House Stage Stargazer.
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Romeo, King of Puppets Fight Strategy
The Best Tips for Romeo, King of Puppets:
- Recommended Weapons: Bone-Cutting Saw
- Recommended Items: Acid Abrasive, Shot Put, Friendship Wishstone (If Specter is summoned)
- Recommended P-Organ upgrade: Link Dodge, Retain Guard Regain 1, Rising Dodge
The fight against Romeo immediately follows the King of Puppets, the first phase of the fight against the King. Romeo wields a scythe and is able to easily close distances with his aerial leap attacks. He then can deal a number of different melee attacks with his scythe and quickly move around the arena with his agile dashing. If you play aggressively, especially with a Specter still around, you will be able to interrupt his attack animation and deny him the chance to retaliate for a short period. With an aggressive approach, you will also be able to easily stagger him.
As easily as he closes distances, he will also be able to quickly leap back to reposition. Don't chase after him. Wait for him to come back with his attack so you can react accordingly. Since a number of his attacks are accompanied by swift leaps as he repositions, and quick advances, this could be difficult to anticipate his path so try your best to lock on and continue to face him while keeping on guard. If you manage to knock him down, you will be able to follow up with a Fatal attack, further depleting his health.
Eventually, you will also notice that flames will be added to some of his attacks. His scythe will burn up and he will aggressively release a flurry of burning melee strikes and slashes. These attacks can also be interrupted. If you have the time to deal a charged attack, deal one. Otherwise, interrupt it with aggression. There is a chance you can also stagger him during this period.
Try to maneuver around his advances and be conservative with your approaches. You will be able to slowly clear him until the fight ends.
Romeo, King of Puppets Attacks & Counters
| Attack | Description | Counter |
| Leap Strike | Romeo has the ability to leap a great distance and follow through with a swing of his scythe. | Block or dodge this attack once you see it coming since his approach happens very quickly. |
| Scythe Slash | He takes the slash and slashes from side to side. This can be delivered in a combo. | Hold your defense until this attack set is played out. |
| Scythe Pull |
Romeo's exposed eye glows red as he holds his scythe out, attempting to hook P's neck to pull you towards him before following up with a slash. Romeo can cancel into this attack from certain combos. | Immediately dodge sideways when you see the glowing eye. |
| Hook Strike | Romeo will be able to hook left or right and strike with his scythe from either side. | Block any incoming melee attacks. |
| Fury Attack | He begins to glow red as this action plays out then balances on his scythe and attacks upon landing. | Dodge away from this attack or back up before he lands. |
| Jump attack | Romeo jumps into the area and lands with his attack | Dodge backwards or through him. |
| Aerial Spin attack | Romeo Flings himself toward the target and ends the action with an overhead strike before yanking his scythe out. Both actions will deplete a lot of health | Dodge away quickly |
| Fire Flurry | A flurry of melee attacks laced with fire dealt as Romeo quickly advances. He will perform three triple slashes (jumping at you before each one) before performing one more large combo. | Run away from him during the first three combos, then parry the last set. Alternatively, be extremely aggressive as he's igniting his weapon: use Fable Arts, Shot Puts, etc. to knock him out of the animation and prevent the attack entirely. |
| Fire Dash | He will be able to dash and leave a trail of fire. | You will need to anticipate his path and avoid walking into the flame trail he left. |
Romeo, King of Puppets Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- Voice Actor: ??
- Other Notes and Trivia Go Here
- During the play, the Prince is played by the actress Adelina Corday, who also plays the princess.
Dialogue
Introduction:
- I have to kill you to stop it all, there's no other way!
During Fight:
- I'm burning up!
- It's all going up in flames... bright, white flames.
- Player death: It's gonna be okay, as long as I'm at your side, Carlo.
- Player death: Who's the puppet, you or me?
- Player death: The laws of the Grand Covenant bind us. We're his puppets.
After Fight:
- Maybe this is what real freedom feels like. Thank you...Carlo...
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AnonymousJust in case anyone needs it, he becomes much easier if you simply dodge to his left (at least in my experience).
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sorry man i cant beat him in ng+ i cant see through the tears in my eyes
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Yea this fight is brutal. Even with a spectre. I can definitely see this being the fight that makes some quit. Eventually i got him but wow does he move and strike fast
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Missed opportunity to have Romeo say "so it has to be this way..."
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romeo is really good but given his difficulty relative to his placement in the progression in the game and the fact hes a phase 2 of a boss with a completely different moveset just sours me man
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parrying his moves still annoying because theyre so weirdly delayed
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Is this guy a reference to Raiden in Metal Gear Rising? It's been years since I've played the game, but I swear a bunch of their moves are identical.
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In NG+ he speaks intelligibly during his boss fight. As if fighting him wasn't hard enough...
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I was completely optimized for a particular greatsword. Fought this guy, kept losing. Switched to the electric baton that I'm completely not optimized for at all. Cut through him like paper.
It's not the first time I've had that experience in a souls-like. Sometimes, the best way to fight isn't what you're optimal for. That's my advice for this boss and all souls bosses.
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For the fire flurry, the aegis shield knocked him out of it for me after attacking him once or twice while he was imbuing his sword with fire; simple, easy, instant. I was having trouble with the attack and kept on succumbing to it right until i remembered i had that arm equipped. After that Romeo mimicked his literary counterpart and bit the dust that same match.
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What an amazing fight, hate that you have to go through the king of puppets every time you die though
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Kinda proud of my strat
set a landmine for his plunge attack
roll in charged heavy and boom to stagger
follow up with fable art
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What is this double boss bs. Having two bosses with completely different movesets back to back should be illegal
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The single, hardest thing about this boss that WILL **** you up, no matter what, is his 10 hit combo. Once you learn how to interrupt it, parry the whole chain, or mitigate most of the damage, you're basically golden and you've got it in the bag.
If you can parry that ten hit combo? You can do the entire fight. You got this.
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Incredible fight, enjoyed every second of it. And way better than that darn clown miniboss before him
I lost my patience and summoned a spectre and wrecked him. Kinda regret it tho because a spectre trivializes him completely. NG+ maybe.
Another tip: He does mostly slash damage. So buy some liner from Pulcinella that specializes in slash damage reduction. If you explored the opera house fully, you should have found an item that enables him to sell upgraded versions
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Nada é mais satisfatório que o Bloquear Perfeitamente o combo completo desse cara após ele amolar sua Foice deixando de Fogo, tentem me refutar
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Dodging to the left rather than the right almost trivialises his basic moves, and whacking him with a big bonk like the Big Pipe Wrench Head's fable art can knock him out of his Fire Flurry before he has a chance to swing at you.
I went from getting whooped by him to no hitting him just by applying those two tricks.
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So basically, this is what happens if you combined Malenia and Sister Friede.
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If you can believe it, you can actually no dodge/parry the whole fire combo, infact Romeo is a boss that you can strafe almost all attacks on
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I wanna meet the people whose parry timing is so good they thought this was easy. And talk. Just talk.
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This boss was brutal. Appreciated all the tips on here. Perfect block the first phase (along with acid), stay moving and dodge the second phase. Save your big fable hit for when Romeo applies fire to cancel it, and then play SUPER aggressive before he tries again. Long, sometimes very frustrating haul to beat this one, but SO satisfying when I finally did! You got this!
i tried for several attempts to beat him solo, but failed. then summoned the specter and still failed a few times, but honestly this is a dang good fight with an ally. one of the funnest boss fights so far in the game. romeo reminded me alot of penetrator in his moveset is very similar to a dance. and penetrator is probably my favorite souls boss. good stuff.
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It's so ****ing mindblowing how perception of this fight changes when you advance in the story. It's just beautiful. Here Maestro is overshadowed.
Stolen idea btw, Nier:Automata had a simillar thing but those dialoges in NG+ just added an extra flavour for the most part. in Lies of P tho this tool is used masterfully
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just dodge to your left and get behind him, this will force him to end his combos. then the only thing you need to worry about is the fury attacks and fire flurry
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Who’s the puppet, you or me?
In NG+, this hits much harder than his war scythe does.
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Post nut clarity pulled me through this encounter.
Great boss.
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This is the boss that teaches you that this game isn't even exactly sekiro let alone bloodborne, you can't just parry everything unless you are a literal god. The best way to deal with romeo is to dodge to the side of his attacks, as his attacks don't cover that much space and he doesn't have the best tracking. Although having to fight the larger king of puppets every time does make this fight a lot more tedious, eventually it does become more like genichiro in the final boss, it's just a stepping stone to the real boss. I had a lot of fun with this one, just remember Parry the first phase and dodge the second phase
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Been using shock to stagger him out instead of dealing w his phase 2 super fire combo. Even with a high guard weapon, it melts my stamina and the Over heat is cooking me. After I empty my stamina with attacks I throw 5 shock cells at him. I did t spend a point on advance, but all five devour like 20 percent of his hp, bonus shock and stagger if he was already shocked before with shock buff grinder. Throwing seems op in this game, the speed of throwing is very high.
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romeo isnt too bad but can i just say how much i hate bosses like this and radagon from elden ring? its like taking a math quiz and then the backside is an english essay. you just put two completely different fights together and called it a day instead of making either boss have a good phase 2.
They should have made us fight the Big Guy in the "chandelier room" (with a full floor), and then have the romeo fight as a "apothéose" in the next room.
That way we get the Big Guy as a guardian for Romeo, which makes more sense than having Romeo inside another puppet, as we don't get an explanation for that fact.
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If you attack him few times when he was preparing fire dance attack but didn't stager him you can use Aegis arm to block fire attacks and it can cancel out rest of the attack if he gets staggered from Aegis explosion.
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With anyone having troubles with him take throwables and healing specter wish stone Into romeo fight after the first phase is done heal specter and kite him till he aggros specter then throw all the throwable sim about 11-12 he is dead ez pz and the legion arm that shoots bullet is great too for this
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I honestly don't think King of Puppets and Romeo would be that bad if you didn't have to fight them back to back.
Archbishop sort of made sense for 2 HP bars because it was the same guy. But KOP and Romeo are two completely different bosses with entirely different movesets.
As I got better with one, I found myself getting worse with the other. I would've much preferred either Romeo to either appear when KOP goes half health, or you just don't have to fight KOP again after Romeo appears. I would've been fine with either.
But having to refight KOP every time I died to Romeo was exhausting. I really dislike multiple health bars in Souls/Souls-like games.
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Be close to him and dodge his attacks around him and w8 for opening to attack and stager him and do crit attack. Repeat that until he dies.
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Romeo himself should have had more health and been a separate boss fight from his first form. One of the more fun fights but makes his first form more tedious and annoying to have to deal with.
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Personally what worked best for me to deal with the fire was to use a weapon handle with the fable art " Absolute Defense" with several fable charges on the ready. You need the fable charge bonus for this to work. Basiclly dont use your fable arts in the 2nd stage until he pulls out this bullshit fire move. Absolute defense is pretty cheap you only need like 2 charges to block the entire thing.
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Fire flurry attack can be interrupted by throwing a shot put at him
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Just beat this boss. The King of Puppets/Romeo were easily my favorite bosses so far. They were really fun to learn the patterns of.
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You can dodge the Firefowl Dance by dodging to the left at the right times, but spamming works as well. Tho you should try staggering him while he's putting his weapon on fire to cancel the attack
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If you are getting rekt by the fire flurry attack like me, you can actually stagger the boss while it is applying the fire thus canceling his move and the fire. I got pretty good at getting the boss to 50% (when he does the fire stuff), and having built up enough of the stager meter that a charged heavy attack would set up the boss for a fatal/visceral/critical attack. I found having a long thrusting weapon to be very useful in both phases. The R2/RT attack with the Holy Sword of the Ark in Glaive form is wonderful.
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You can stagger the boss out of his "applying fire" animation thus preventing his very strong string of fire attacks. It's pretty easy to achieve once you get a feel for how close the boss is to being staggered.
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I guess romeo is weak to acid so just apply some on ur weapon. And also try the guard parry ability on romeo. It did about 1,5k damage and it is possible to follow it up with a charge attack. So if u struggling try this method. Worked good for me and praise the sun.
If you can't manage his fire combo aegis is your savior . It'll block most of it
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