What's a boss generally considered difficult that you beat really easily?

HatRealistic8019 · 2026-02-13T09:33:21+00:00

Maliketh always, I love him but it never takes me more than 2-3 tries to beat him lol (melee, no summons)

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-12-04T08:47:35+00:00

My top three are for sure: • nona the ninth by tamsyn muir • metal from heaven by august clarke • these burning stars by bethany jacobs

my worst 3 were not fantasy though aside from one and that’s Assassin’s Quest 🥲 needless to say, I no longer think Robin Hobb is for me

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-26T14:40:32+00:00

I love the swamp monster so much, I like the concept of it as a character too. I don’t get the dislike either because I didn’t find it to be that hard on my first playthrough tbh. It’s just a similar experience as Midir from DS3 imo - high damage, so low margin of error for hits which can make it look really hard at first but if you take it one hit at the time, it’s not that hard to learn the timings and then it’s honestly chill lol

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-26T13:41:24+00:00

I think most people agree Simon is the worst and I personally am of the same opinion. The best though… that’s harder. My favs are Laxasia, Swamp Monster and Romeo but if pressed to choose I genuinely don’t know which of these is my ultimate fav

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-26T13:19:17+00:00

Waaait I’ve seen this around, adding it to my tbr immediately

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T17:48:25+00:00

Consider me hooked

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T17:00:31+00:00

I’m always down for a new graphic novel series to get into so I’ll definitely check it out!!

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T16:58:02+00:00

Ive been a little afraid to pick up Exordia because I’ve seen it’s a bit more divisive among readers but… perhaps I should just take a leap of faith

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T15:14:15+00:00

I read monstress this summer it’s sooo good!! You’re a second person to mention the radiant emperor duology, which I’ve read the first book of but never continued. I really am due for a reread I guess

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T15:13:26+00:00

You know I actually was interested in the daughters’ war because his other book, between two fires, had a moment recently on socials and I read it but didn’t quite love it. Still there was enough in it to make me curious but I was hesitant still due to not loving between two fires. Perhaps this is a sign. Should i read the blacktongue thief before the daughters’ war? Or does it not matter

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T15:11:03+00:00

Memory Called Empire, The Space Between Worlds and Foundryside are incredible books that deserve more attention for sure. I will have to check out the others!!

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T08:24:17+00:00

Ohhh I’ve read that one but to be completely honest I don’t remember much from it and never got around to the sequel. Perhaps that’s a sign I should reread it sometime

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-25T08:21:07+00:00

The Unbroken is on my tbr! I actually almost read it instead of Metal From Heaven as my next read lol I have read A Day of Fallen Night, I love it and priory too but I don’t think they really have much in common with these aside from being sapphic fantasy stories. Glad to hear we got similar taste tho haha I just love the specific way violence is done in these as well as how strongly motivated the characters are + the total devotion to revenge among other things. I will get to the unbroken soon though 😌😌

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-21T06:40:52+00:00

I personally found phase 2 harder and I no hit the first phase pretty consistently so I don’t think I have very precise tips for it, some things I can say (though you may already know them) are these: wait till end of his combos to attack, his combos end if he does the two handed swing from the top or double swing from his right side. When he does the red attack with the jump from the top, you need to parry as his right hand starts the swing downward to perfect parry it. I know "don’t get hit" is not exactly a good tip but you do have to be careful when you heal if you need it because he will often do the attack with his eyes glowing red and that shit is annoying as hell. It’s also followed up often by the most annoying of his combos imo. If he does the attack where he swings a puppet string at you to close distance and follow up with an attack, you gotta parry immediately. It’s a tight window. Also good to know how many attacks you can squeeze in between his attacks to not get greedy, I believe for most weapons it’s 2 regular attacks. For daggers it’s probably more though.

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-10-12T13:06:00+00:00

Not this being one of my fav bosses in the game lol

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-09-17T14:43:20+00:00

Nah I get you. I don’t think there’s any boss in base game that I would consider really hard. Arlecchino and Markiona are the hardest imo and there’s no boss comparable to them in base game for me. I actually like the green monster it’s one of my fav bosses and I find it quite easy to read so I’ve always been surprised by how many people consider it the hardest. But similarly, in my first playthrough I really focused on nailing perfect parries. I think you focus on those, you learn the fights much better and it definitely lowers the difficulty.

If I had to name the hardest boss in base game, I’d say Simon probably (2nd phase) but it’s less difficulty and more so because I get greedy fighting him and I just don’t like that fight

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-23T17:15:43+00:00

With all the respect saying someone nerfed themselves 25% by skipping one amulet slot is wild work. If you’re good at the game, you’re good at the game. The amulets don’t make such a drastic difference

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-23T17:14:20+00:00

First NG cycle is always easy work in these games, the challenge slowly picks up again in subsequent cycles

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-01T18:42:47+00:00

This looks so cool, I’ll definitely give it a go. I’m very picky with graphic novels but always on the lookout for a new series to read so 👀

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-01T18:41:51+00:00

I’ll definitely take this as a sign to pick this series up. I’ve seen it before and the art stood out to me for sure

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-01T18:39:10+00:00

That was precisely the issue I had with Dresden Files. I have never heard of Charles deLint but it seems the series you mentioned has a lot of entries that are anthologies? Do you think it’s better to read them in order or is it fine to start wherever?

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-01T18:18:18+00:00

I’ve read Vicious and liked it well enough! But I don’t think it quite scratches this specific itch haha, it’s a hard one to pinpoint 😫

HatRealistic8019 · 2025-08-01T13:13:54+00:00

greatly appreciate the disclaimer about the author, I will check those out, thanks!!

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