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| Location | Arche Abbey Cradle of the Gods |
| Type | Human |
| Health | 13,719 (1st phase) 19,166 (2nd phase) |
| Drops | Fallen One's Ergo Arm of God |
| Ergo | 15,128 |
| Weak | Acid, Slash |
| Neutral | Fire, Stab |
| Resistant | Electric Bltiz, Blunt |
| Immune | None |
Simon Manus (Arm of God in 1st phase, Awakened God in 2nd phase) is a Boss in Lies of P. Simon Manus, Awakened God is the awakened version and the second phase of Simon Manus, Arm of God and the ascended form of the NPC, Simon Manus, one of the leaders of the Alchemists. 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.
- As of Patch 1.2.0.0, the HP and damage of this boss were decreased. Additionally, the chance to break his stance has been increased.
A treasure hunter was among those who were made to live an immortal life.
However, he was deemed a failure and abandoned, and then he set out on a journey to become a god to prove himself.
Lies of P Boss Information
- Optional Boss: No
- Specter Summon: Yes
- Breakable weapon: Yes (Mace, both phases)
- Weapon broken in 1st phase stays broken in 2nd phase
- Damage Type: Blunt, Fire
- Status Ailments: Disruption (phase 2)
Where to Find Simon Manus, Awakened God Boss in Lies of P
Simon Manus, Awakened God is fought after the first phase; Simon Manus, Arm of God. He is located in Arche Abbey Cradle of the Gods.
Simon Manus, Awakened God Boss Rewards in Lies of P
Lies of P Simon Manus, Awakened God Boss Guide
Simon Manus, Awakened God Boss Video Guide
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Simon Manus, Awakened God Fight Strategy
The Best Tips for Simon Manus, Awakened God:
- Recommended Weapons: Bone-Cutting Saw, Greatsword of Fate
- Recommended Items: Fire Canister, Awakened God's Amulet (NG+)
- Recommended P-Organ upgrade: n/a
Simon Manus, Arm of God
This fight begins with Simon Manus in his Arm of God form. At the start of this fight, note that you will need to face a second phase with Simon so be conservative with your Pulse Cells. He wields a large heavy mace object that he swings around. The weight of the weapon makes these swings move a little slower, but because of his size, he has a long reach. A lot of the time, he'll also be dragging his weapon on the round while sweeping it around the area surrounding him. Once he swings with his Forehand, you can expect he will reset and follow with a backhanded swing. Immediately after these attacks, there is a brief period where he pauses before beginning his next action. Play aggressively and spam your attacks to deny him the opportunity to retaliate. If you stay close to him, there's a chance his further-reaching hits will just miss you. You can also leap at him and attack. If you hit him aggressively enough, you will be able to stagger him and open an opportunity to deal a Fatal attack.
If you save your big attacks and continue aggressively attacking him, you will be able to clear his HP easily to initiate the next part of the attack against the Awakened God.
Simon Manus, Awakened God
In this state, Simon has additional powers and attacks. He now has the ability to also deal a number of ranged attacks. Watch the animation of his new God Arm. As he makes a summoning motion, this attack shoots out a gust of wind toward you. Another ranged attack will allow him to summon a celestial cloud that can shoot out glowing beams. You will need to continue to run to avoid damage. During this phase, you will need to keep moving to avoid getting caught in these large-scale ranged attacks. He'll also be spamming these attacks and will be able to inflict Disruption, an ailment that can cause instant death when filled. Continue with a combination of running in and attacking aggressively in between attacks. Deal a charged attack whenever you can hopefully stagger him so you can follow with a Fatal attack. Focus on dodging and parrying so you can continue to approach and continuously attack to slowly deplete his health until the fight is cleared.
Simon Manus, Awakened God Attacks & Counters
| Attack | Description | Counter |
| Phase 1: Simon Manus, Arm of God | ||
| Swing | A basic weapon attack swing from left to right or right to left | Stay close or guard this attack. |
| Leap Attack (Fury Attack) | Simon launches himself in the air and smashes himself on the ground. | Take note of where he jumps and avoid his landing area. |
| Overhead Swing | A powerful melee weapon where he swings and smashes his mace into the ground. | This affects the area directly in front of him so you can start backing away as he lifts his weapon. |
| Fiery Overhead Swing | A swing where Simon smashes his weapon on the ground and summons a pool of fire. | Run back away from him and try to get behind him to continue to playing offensive. |
| Circle of Doom | Simon smashes his weapon in front of him with main part facing down. Shortly after he releases a circle, which becomes larger for several seconds. | Back away, as circle deals very high damage. |
| Phase 2: Awakened God | ||
| Pillar attack | You can see many make a beckoning gesture as the a ghostly pillar is then sent down to attack the player. | The attack will appear where he was facing when he made his hand motion as he calls upon this attack. Run out of his line of sight and you will be able to avoid getting caught in this pillar. |
| Leap Attack (Fury Attack) | Simon launches himself in the air and smashes himself on the ground. | Perfect Guard for extra window of attack. Running away is problematic due to deceptive large range of this attack. |
| Gust | As he throws his hand back, he summons a wind gust that travels forward | This is a directional attack and you will be able to watch its path as it approach. Dodge out of the way. |
| Celestial Strikes | Simon Manus can summon a glowing cloud that can shoot out celestial beams. This attack slowly shifts direction depending on your current position. | Keep running in a counter clockwise or clockwise path to avoid getting hit by these beams. |
| Celestial Orbs | Simon can throw a row of orbs will be dispersed as they travel across the battle area. This can also be sent in an array one at a time. | Find a position in between these orbs as they shoot out. |
| Celestial Blast | As the hand reaches down, a gust of power will form which will then blast outwards. | Back away from the affected area highlighted in blue. |
| Attack Roll | As he repositions with a dodge roll, he can still cause damage if you are in his path. | Dodge out of his direction to avoid getting hit. |
| Circle of Doom | Simon smashes his weapon in front of him with main part facing down. Shortly after he releases a circle, which becomes larger for several seconds. | Back away, as circle deals very high damage. |
| Hand Smite | During this attack, his hand grows in size and delivers a smack | Back up form his immediate area. |
| God's Smite | Large hand descend from sky to deliver a blast dealing high damage | Leave the target arena. |
| Stagger Counter | After getting Staggered, Manus' god hand will grow and quickly strike the area in front of him before the Fatal Attack opportunity appears. | Quickly block or evade backwards after breaking his stance. |
Simon Manus, Awakened God Lore, Notes & Other Trivia
- Voice Actor: Matt Rippy
- Other Notes and Trivia Go Here
Dialogue
Introduction:
- Behold, this is Ergo. Is it not magnificent!
- Distilled immorality, and a key that opens a world with no lies. Give thanks! Ergo is a gift from me, Simon Manus, who will transgress even God.
- Bow down to your. God who will be born now!
- Show me everything you have, puppet of Geppetto.
During Fight:
- Aw, our blue fairy adores you so. Pathetic. Now, die!
- If you want constant pain, I can oblige. Better yet, how about death?
Second Phase- Awakened God:
- Ergo's power is overflowering.. it's all mint to grasp!
After Fight:
- To be Added
Simon Manus, Awakened God Image Gallery
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not even that hard I got more stuck on earlier bosses, he's just kinda bad on a mechanical level. narratively and aesthetically he's incredible though and killing him is really gratifying, I just wish he was more interesting of a fight.
- Anonymous
Had more trouble with Laxasia then him. His attacks are pretty slow in phase 1 so as long as you're not overly aggressive and focus on dodging, should allow you to get to phase 2 with 8 or more pulse cells which is more then enough to play a bit more aggressive in phase 2. Just gotta watch out for those disruption attacks which are super annoying
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Everyone talks about wanting Laxasia's actual weapon instead of/in addition to the the Uroboros Eye, but for me personally I want Manus' big gada. That thing looks amazing. Not that I don't appreciate the exp farming club as well.
- Anonymous
more bullshit please, this game doesnt have enough bullshit, I wanna git gud at eating garbage
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Acid destroy him. And like all big bosses of soulskine games, his weak to being agressive. Just dodge toward his armpit and get this f**ker
- Anonymous
just a super easy boss with 1......1 move that just applies 1 debuff that just flat oneshots you.... the bosses got worse and worse as the game went on the early ones were better than the last few(looking at the damn swamp monster) and this one. the fight before the lightning person on the bridge was fun but thats about it
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I found it easier to just hug him and heal through a few attacks he somehow doesn't miss
No one seems to mention but his name is likely a reference to Simon magus, a sorcerer in myth who tried to cheat his way into divinity status. It seems...fairly related.
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You may think this fight is easy. You may think it is hard. The one thing we all agree on... it isn't fun. Pure disappointment.
- Anonymous
to me this boss seems like an epitome of seeking power from outer forces, but when it arrives, it just makes things worse. i killed this guy with Laxasia's circle sword, golden lie and tyrant murderer's dagger first try. the only thing worth worrying about are projectiles that give you status effect. the rest is pretty clumsy and squishy. wish i could say the same about 2nd phase of a nameless puppet
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I got him on the first try with my beloved salamander dagger (Chef's kiss). I'm not here to brag, but I think he must be the most Dark Souls boss in the game, which is perhaps why his pattern seems so easy to dog and parry.
- Anonymous
I fought him with frozen feast +5, I kept spamming charged R2 attacks along with special 3 fable attack and did him in first try. I wonder how will this fight look in ng+
- Anonymous
I beat each boss up to this point in 5 or so attempts, this one has been over 20 attempts and counting... really tempted to summon a phantom for the first time but I doubt that would help :/ truly a cancerous fight
- Anonymous
I ended up doing a no specter run until this boss. Reality is, I was tired of the game and not really having much fun so I decided to use a specter and kill him.
I gave the heart just to be done with this. Lies of P is a good game but I just didn't get the enjoyment I had with Sekiro. I guess Sekiro really spoiled me with the perfect parry system that is just incredible. Lies of P has many parry window issues, it does not feel as elegant nor satisfying as Sekiro. It's not a bad game, I just think I played a vastly superior game before and it ruined the experience for me.
- Anonymous
I think the problem I have with this boss, is that it is a lot easier to dodge him in a completely erratic way and not even trying to play well than to perfect parry him. This rubs me the wrong way honestly. It also is yet another boss where breaking it's weapon takes so long it's not even worth considering.
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Aegis Shield as legion arm + Dancing One's Amulet (can dodge without stamina) solved it for me.
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On my ng cycle I first tried laxasia but this guy has been an a**hole. Completely swapped from base game lmao where laxasia took me 20 some odd times and manus about 3
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I can't kill him, it's not fun at all. The game has been degrading since anything alchemist related and the isle was just a chore.
I **** on your game and I will never play any DLC or sequel.
- Anonymous
Pretty sure everyone complaining this guy is terribly designed and impossible are trolling because they somehow got this far into the game in the first place. Prior bosses are harder. Will admit, this boss does have poor combat visual because the attacks are unrealistically slow, but still easy to parry (which undoes their intent to roll catch????).
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Tyrant Murderers Dagger +10, satisfaction grindstone, assassin's amulet, patience amulet, friendship wishstone. Stay in his face, be relentless, dodge don't parry. That was my way
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For people struggling with Phase 2...Dodge. His weapon swings are so slow that you can dodge toward him and avoid them petty easy and then be close to him to hit his fat ass. His knockback is so intense that blocking his attacks just sends you sliding back to the moon and you can't get swings in before he spams magic or unleashes more melees.
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Killed him on the third attempt. It's ridiculous how much easier he is than Laxasia. I confess I threw three shot puts to end phase 2 early, because the lightning bolts from the sky deal way too much damage. Not particularly fun to fight, but at least he dies like a *****. Given the other comments, I'm not particularly looking forward to him on NG+...
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I would really appreciate if this wiki listed whether an enemy is a puppet, human, or carcass.
- Anonymous
I’m gonna fix y’all’s whole day, this worked even before patch for my first two runs and now works even better apparently.
Shot puts. Cluster grenades. Thermite. Add some aegis spam, easy dead Simon. This works for like LITERALLY every boss.
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To hell with this guy. R2 spam with +10 crystal acid spear on rock drill handle chugga chugga choo chooed him into the moon. Used 2 shot put since there's no charged attack.
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Safe to say that none of the bosses; past presentation, were not remotely interesting to fight. They were just spam heavy; requires more luck on what the boss is gonna decide rather than skill.
Devs, if you're reading this, add some bosses with some real soul-like mechanics in your DLC. Right now you're a DMC game walking around with a Demon-Souls Hat on and meeting none of that.
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This might just be the worst boss ever designed. He's spammy, tanky, does tons of damage, and is generally an *******. He's ruining my enjoyment of the entire rest of the game.
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my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. too easy first try without knowing anything about him, this shouldnt be the last mandatory boss in the game
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i actually liked this boss, treat it like a dark souls boss rather than trying to parry all his magic and crazy ****, his phase 2 spin attacks can be easily punished as well
Cheap boss with crappy design, still R2 bonked it to death with Bone Cutting Saw w/ Exploding Pickaxe handle in the second try.
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I didn't mind this boss so much. I could get through phase 1 no problems. But phase 2 felt a bit too random and had a little too much going on to keep track of. Im not the best player in the world but I had real trouble registering which moves were coming next. When I finally beat him it felt a little random to be honest.
It's a shame because the game is great but a few of these encounters just tip over to the wrong side of frustrating. What did you guys think?
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This fight is more annoying than difficult.
His massive range, hard to read animations, long combos with switchups, delayed swings, and magic spam in the second phase make the fight very frustrating. He's basically every annoying feature that a soulslike boss can have, rolled into one. I often found myself wondering what exactly I was supposed to do when faced with three different types of incoming magic and a tracking unblockable attack at the same time.
That said, he's still not even in the top 5 hardest fights in the game. If you equip a good Disruption resisting cartridge then you won't need to worry about the insta-kill status effect missiles (unless you intentionally face-tank them all for some reason). Save your perfection grindstone for his second phase, and remember to have a couple of Shot Puts ready so you don't miss out on a potential stagger.
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What a bummer... I hope, with the overall success of this game, that these Devs don't get the impression that Bosses like this are good.
- Anonymous
this fight highlights multiple of my biggest pet peeves with modern soulslike design.
Multiple different attacks having almost identicle telegraphs check.
Variable combos leaving you confuised when its safe to punish check.
Strange design that makes its movements very unintutive check.
Held windups that accelerate very fast forcing you to memorise timings instead of reacting check.
Massive health bar causes the fight to drag on check.
Two phases because why the **** not.
laxasia and nameless are harder but are much more enjoyable fights.
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Ahem.
MANUS HAND OF GOD
MANUS HAND OF GOD
MANUS HAND OF GOD
MANUS HAND OF GOD
if you know you know :)
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He's worse on NG++ because he spams magic far more frequently then before. He'll do hand of God, into disruption orbs, into multi swipe slide position himself halfway across the arena to magic spam again. Get close to him He'll do hand of God, get too far He'll spam ranged magic and start spinning to winning like your younger sibling found the fireball button in a fighting game. Only when he decides oh yeah its a game and only then can you actually hit this stupid boss. I spent more time running then actually fighting Magnus. He's not even hard, he just plays keep away and zones you out with Magic. It's more of a battle of attrition rather than skill because he's relying on the fact that you'll use all your pulse cells trying to avoid his gimmicky magic rather than being an actual challenging boss. So for those of you who hate him on NG you're going throw your console into a fire on NG+.
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Everyone whos crying ... boss is easy dont let them fool u. DIi him 4. Try with acid stone +5 Katana and 4 pots left (got 2 extra with amulet procc) so basicly 2 left. Dealing arround 410 dmg per hit on lvl 94 with 37 on technique and 45 on Vita and some in Stamina and weight.
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If you are stuck on this, try throwing objects, it's too OP (at least for now, Oct 27). I used thermite, throwing cell, cluster grenade, carcass body fluid bottle, shot put, sharp pipe and saw blade. If you're on PC, backup the game save files so you can try again and again without buying +10k ergo worth of throwing objects each time if you die. I threw almost everything on phase 1, and managed to get to half hp of phase 2 before going all-in with physical attacks. I did not use legion arm throughout the fight, so it might be a bit better for you damage-wise. I had 3 uses of wishstone cube using "friendship wishstone", and managed to kill him right before the specter summon died. Might be better to use all throwables in phase 2, instead of phase 1, since the boss is 10x more dangerous with unpredictable moves. Throwables helped tremendously of this boss and before that (Laxasia the Complete). Good luck! :)
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I could make a sandwich in the time it takes this mf to delay his attacks holy ****
- Anonymous
**** this guy. I know people said nameless puppet was worse, but i'll never know cause i cant get passed this ******* and his AOE nonsense.
- Anonymous
The amount of health this guy has is insane, I'd hate to see how it was before the nerf. It feels like slowly chipping away at a tree that never stops moving
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Worst boss designs ever, so you knew this guy was gonna suck. I wish I bought the disc instead of downloading so I could have snapped it in two when I finished him. If this is where soulslikes are headed I'm out.
- Anonymous
Second phase is the greatest bull**** in gaming history. You get instant killed from out of nowhere and most of the time you get thrown around like a pinball. I used to beat him twice and on NG+ but still it's a nightmare fight for me.
With all the various references in this game, you can't tell me it's a coincidence we fight "manus" with his giant arm, as a super annoying boss, right before a place called under the abyss. And that he still counts as human.
They really layed this on there thick.
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felt like that aoe knockup wind crap travels a LITTLE too far for how powerful that crowd control is
- Anonymous
you definitely need a mobile plan for this guy. Running r2, reach weapon, or advancing/charging fable art... keeps knocking you back, even on a perfect guard.
This dude is pretty chaotic by phase 2, with energy moves that have delayed blasts, on top of him fighting while that is preparing. Be sure to take your time, ready enough stamina for run and roll once an energy move is starting to place itself. You want to be near the boss to discourage some of his ranged moves. Bring extra element grinders, once a status effect triggers, you can really hit him hard, been trying acid or fire, it evens out his big health pool. It got harder to apply + capitalize on it by phase 2, but consuming 2 grinders did the trick.
Look for when he returns his giant mace to his shoulder. Happens during a horizontal swing combo. Thats a pretty good opening and Ive learned to look out for it. Its sort of a recovery/ end of a set of strikes, no attack going on. Its different from his vertical slam. I can fit like 2 charge attacks if he does that. It happens a lot more on phase 2. he does energy move, 1 or 2 big horizontal swing, then would bend his arm and return his weapon to shoulder.
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this mother****er is having radahn revisionism tiers of people in the comments isnt it? "durr you didnt beat him because he was nerfed" ok pal why dont you play the 1.0 version of every souls game then? clearly balance changes are for noobs.
- Anonymous
hm he is tolerable hp wise but his attacks are so hard to tell. feels like they hit before the animation. I can dodge some but parry mostly none. Will beat him after more tries but he feels weird. I loved Laxasia, very fun fight, this one idk
- Anonymous
Did the devs playtest this and think it was ok? It's absolute garbage. Terrible tells on his attacks, relentless magic spam that build up the insta-kill status effect, attacks you while 3 other magic AOEs are occurring, etc. I'm all for difficulty, but this **** just isn't fun.
- Anonymous
wait what i came here to say this was too easy and that i expected trird phase.Found out he was nerfed.. why? Is there a way to rollback the update? playing on gamepass
- Anonymous
did it by circle running, dodge, smash that acid spear! rinse and repeat.
- Anonymous
The amount of noob crybabies in this comment section is hilarious. Killed on 4th attempt. Classic case of get gud.
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After some testing, for damage amulets, he counts as human for both phases.
- Anonymous
After being stuck on Manus for 3 days now, I finally managed to take him down on my last attempt before going to bed last night, and today when I woke up I found out that there was a patch to download where he was heavily nerfed, along with a specter buff that should make him even easier. Oh well, at least I'll always know I beat Hard Mode Manus!
- Anonymous
Most obnoxious fight of the game. Dog just does not stop spamming. Not sure who tested this and thought it was anything but tedious.
- Anonymous
The 2nd phase of this boss fight is so ass. if your gonna shot lasers at me while hitting me with a giant ****ing hammer at the same time, at least give me better defensive options. damn near need a bayonetta dodge and witch time to deal with this. I love boss fights where i just have to stare at them while they sit there swinging their bullshit around. I dont understand why this game has a late game obssesion with 2 phase boss fights that are tanky as **** and do ****loads of damage. Which wouldnt even be that bad if i wasnt trying to avoid getting shot while getting smashed with a hammer at the same time.
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hitboxes are Garbo. some of his attacks come out before the animation, you can see it when the parry goes off a split second before the attack comes down. This fight needs some rebalancing.
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I'm okay when he has ranged attacks. I'm okay when he has delayed swings. I'm okay when he has big AoE that covers half of the screen. I'm okay when he has a homing attack that comes directly below you. But I AM NOT okay when all of those can happen all at once. Not to mention he hits so hard in phase 2
- Anonymous
Truly hope they put their feet down and don't nerf a boss because some whiners find it too hard to keep track of more than one thing happening on the screen. Boss is not too hard and not every game has to be for you. Good boss good game
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okay, **** it, I am DONE. I beat every FS game, and some bosses first try. In this game i only beat one Boss first Try and thats okay. But needing more than 20 for a lot of bosses killed it for me. And this pice of **** blows my mind. Phase one is ez but what is happening in phase two? I had 6 Estus and 1 load for the cube, and all nades left. I also have the secret picture weapon and didnt come close to 50% HP. This fight is not funny its pure stress.
- Anonymous
This guy needs some serious adjustment. He’s worse than the Rot Goddess. Where those fights feel fair but difficult - this difficulty is just about spamming as much as they can’t into a single fight. There’s zero time to breathe or run away. Or even use your consumables. He has disruption build up for insta death or uses a move that can take 90% of your health even at 40 points. I’ve played and beat every FS game and many souls like - this isn’t balanced and it doesn’t feel fair. Winning it feels like it came down to luck not the skills you learned throughout the game.
- Anonymous
Seems like i have to wait until they nerf this ridicilious hard boss.
Because this haves nothing to do with "lack of skill" or anything.
The Combos and attacks of this enemy, despite his size, is just ridiclious...
Swing after Swing after Swing... Almost no windows for counter-attacks.
And the second phase is much more worse with all that casts...
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Not beaten him yet but ima leave this........ Malenia is more gentel.
- Anonymous
Absolute garbage fight.
In a good battle, you can usually feel yourself improving and getting a bit better on each attempt, but I really don't get that feeling at all here. I already know his moves, but it's still such a pain in the ass trying to avoid all the crap coming at you all at once in phase 2. If I actually manage to take him down, I'm pretty sure it's not going to be because I mastered the fight, but rather because I just happened to get lucky enough to avoid a few more of the various damage sources on that particular run.
The Laxasia fight felt so much more fun and fair than this bastard.
- Anonymous
by far the worst boss in the hole game, makes me hate the game at this point
- Anonymous
This boss is such a Bs move from the developers, he does combos 90% of the time and leaves absolutely no window to get a hit in, not to mention his bullshit AoE attacks
- Anonymous
This boss's main issue is doing attacks while doing attacks. He has a move where 3 xplosions appear under you, the hand of God and then the giant machine gun orb, all 3 of these happens while he is attacking you and you literally have to run away for 15 seconds or get spammed.
- Anonymous
This fight is... it's just doesn't feel good. Second phase is bloated with health and delayed attacks that give you enough time to have a baby. Extremely hard hitting attacks that make blocking basically a requirement if you don't have the dodge timing down.
If you don't have enough pulse cells by the time second phase starts, you're due for a bad time of being chased by a hard hitting boss while waiting for opening.
- Anonymous
90% of the fight is me chasing him, is like the 2nd phase of Elden's rings last boss... its good if you want to loose some weight I guess, not a very exciting fight for me
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Recommended: awakened god's amulet
How should I get this before killing him?
can someone tell me how to beat him in ng+, he went from a 1st try boss to one where i cant get half way in second phase
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