I remember Orphan of Kos and Isshin taking a long time for me. Multiple days of several-hour long sessions, I assume. I would probably have trouble beating Orphan today too, but Isshin has gotten pretty easy for me over my 4 or so playthroughs. Laxasia from Lies of P is also a huuge pain despite my four playthroughs. I feel like her second phase is just waaay too much whereas her first phase has gotten pretty easy by now.

Currently playing Khazan and some of the bosses did give me a lot of trouble too. Especially the first two you get to after beating the tutorial were a pain because the bosses felt really spongy, I didn’t have a lot of damage, and they dealt damage like a semi-truck. I’ve gotten better at the game, though, and now bosses don’t take nearly as long. I’ve gotten better gear by now, I’ve got better skills to use, and my overall skill in the game is also good enough to not struggle as much anymore.

Which ones did give you trouble on your playthroughs?

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In the games where you can actually level up and control your output a bit more, no fight should take more than 5 minutes casually assuming you are understanding the mechanics. I’m sure there is a way to do every fight in Sekiro in 5 minutes or less, too, but it’s not as straightforward as just “level up until a single hit does a visibly good chunk of damage to the boss’s health bar;” you just have to actually get good enough with the systems and have good rhythm.

    Right now the only thing stopping me in any Soulslike is the true final boss in Lies of P. I am already maxed out in terms of weapon damage for my build, but what is killing me is that I have ran out of instant repair items and the infinite use thing is too fucking slow to be used in the second phase, where I really need it.

    This fight above all others seems to leave no room for error. Any simple mistake will just fuck everything up. :/ I am just hoping it’s not a 3 phase fight where I have to also beat up Gepetto himself cuz it’s taken everything just to get the patterns down. If I can just keep my weapon durability up, I can get through it.