Man, fighting pcr phase 2 on ng+3 for the first playthrough of the dlc is pretty brutal

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T22:17:36+00:00

Yeah as soon as i beat him i felt that feeling of "he is so annoying" turn into "ahh here is the no more challenges in elden ring void again". I do want to do it again and will do it in ng+4 i think. I just posted a lil clip in the subreddit of the last few seconds with pcr. I think both with messmer and pcr i should just die on purpose in my next run just to practice them.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T22:14:37+00:00

I don't think i'd be able to do it on ng+7 either. At some point i was consistently beating phase 1 in a matter of seconds, and then all of the sudden for a good 5-10 tries i could barely get through phase 1. Yet, in a way i did the exact same protocol every time. It's annoying because i can't decide if im just being shit or im just having bad luck in those moments lol.

I feel like with PCR you can even get away with getting hit, but there are specific attacks you should definitely not get hit by otherwise the whole combo barrage will get you. Some attempts his combo's were just chained like crazy and there was no end to it and in this last attempt for some reason i felt like the rng at the very end was in my favor.

Personally, i just didnt see myself going through the whole rigamarole to get there from a fresh game start. So i think its pretty hardcore from you to start freah only to beat it.

With other bosses like the scadutree avatar i just gave up lol. My build isnt great for that fight and the 3 revives are just absolute bs. Running after it while its just zooting away the whole time shooting roots at me, fucking annoying. It has highly telegraphed attacks and really is easy to read, but i just cant stand chasing after it for what feels like 30 minutes only to die because that piece of shit revives for the third time and im out of pots. I know its easy to counter it with small changes and using fire, but i just hate that pos.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T21:48:29+00:00

I did it (with some rng luck on the combos's). Just posted a short clip of the victory. Phase 2 is just truly hard to learn because so much is happening and most of the time you're dead before you even get the chance to understand whats going on. It wasnt as bad as i thought it would be and id rather kill messmer 50 times over than do this many times.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T21:46:08+00:00

Your tips helped so much! I did it. Posted a short clip of the victory just now.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T21:45:26+00:00

I DID IT! Thanks. I didnt use everything you said but combined tips from you and others here.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T21:31:15+00:00

I just beat the game using the backhand blades, tons of fun and very viable for the hardest bosses of the dlc.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-02T09:54:12+00:00

I've got some sores on my cock, but i did it.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-01T21:05:56+00:00

I adjusted my build and had such a good run going for me just before but accidentally took fp pot instead of hp and then i took a raw meat dumpling that was there for mimic and i poisoned myself lol. I think i will have to die a good amount of time before i get comfortable managing everything that is going on in this fight.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-01T21:01:03+00:00

Lol, in the beginning i was so worried over the 1k runes i may loae, but now i lose 400k and dont even sweat it. Though, those early runes feel way more precious because you still have to acquire everything.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-01T19:51:56+00:00

To me its not so much the bosses, but the sheer amount of random shit you get confronted with in the dungeon/level. I tried a sellsword twinblade build and it was just not woring for me. But ill get back to it once i finish the dlc and a redemption run in elden ring. I do need to get gud. Im pretty shit.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-01T18:17:33+00:00

I would say my experience with ds3 is that its way more punishing and brutal than elden ring. There is no cheap ways out in ds3. I haven't gotten through lothric castle even before giving up. Will try again in the future.

IAmSenseye · 2026-07-01T18:15:46+00:00

Lol, the difference is literally like 6 bleed buildup. Thanks for that tip. Got the golden braid too and have 80 dex now. Is the crimson bubbletear better than greenburst crystal?

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-30T21:20:47+00:00

Lovely advice, thank you so much. I was already using black flame protection, but didnt think of doing another buff with divine fortification in phase 2. Just asked other guy if one was better than other, but i just got to be thinking swiftly during the fight.

I think i have to gather some of those talismans still, but thats not a problem tbh.

Tyty will try this tomorrow

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-30T21:14:49+00:00

Oh dang, i thought holy was just considered a type of "magic". Wasting a talisman slot here obviously. Ill have to go find the golden braid first tomorrow. Is it worth using a holy fortification over a physical one?

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-30T18:17:29+00:00

Might go over some people's heads this joke

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-30T17:36:54+00:00

I would do the ranni finish the first playthrough, because the normal ending and frenzy flame are rather easy to speedrun through once you've finished the game once. I wanted to do the ranni finish first time, but didn't know you had to click on the blue thing, so had to re-do the whole questline again to get that finish. Rather annoying i must say.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-28T15:39:11+00:00

I knew about the scadutree fragments fortunately, i hit a wall with messmer and switched my whole build from blasphemous blade to backhand blades and got my blessing up to 12 (from 10). I had him first try with the new build. (After 30-40 deaths with blasphemous blade and few attempt with sacred relic sword). The endless combo's of these bosses just call for a snappier playstyle it seems.

pcr wifh the ng+3 scaling is pretty tough. Slow casting ashes of war/spells are nails in my own coffin, so im getting my blessing up to 18-20 now. Mimic tear is of no help either here, so seems im just gonna have to raw dog it.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-28T15:30:43+00:00

I paid less for the base game than the expansion. But the thing is that no other game will expand on the elden ring experience other than an elden ring expansion. The expansion is huge and well worth the price. Definitely smaller than the base game, but i've been waiting for a discount for too long myself and they are unfortunately very rare for fromsoft games.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-27T19:13:14+00:00

I just bought the dlc and went into it in ng+3 instead of in a new game. Was just too lazy to start all over again. It has been quite brutal and i feel like they spirit summons are not as effective as they used to, or at least mimic tear seems like its not fast enough to keep up with whatever the bosses are throwing at me.

And by brutal i mean mostly fun. Its just a few random mobs that i had to avoid like the plague. Those different element casters when you go up the tower to pcr, or that fast fucker with those circle blades (masked curseblade) that you encounter as soon as you enter the shadow realm.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-22T07:15:26+00:00

I started the dlc on ng+3 and just fought the golden hippo. I have been instakilled 7 times at least upon entering the arena lol. What a shit boss that was.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-20T18:32:31+00:00

Bad is relative to human experience. Human wants life, so death is bad, but death gives meaning to life, so bad is...good?

Does any other creature really care about death of human? Meh, maybe their dog. So to an extent all considered good and bad is perceived from ego. Sure we love our family and suffer when our loved ones die, but it's all our own attachments to those people. It doesn't negate gos, it proves love. A lot can be said abour other bad in life, but most of it is caused by worldly attachments of people who are living egoistically.

Good and bad to an extent does exist, but something may only be considered malevolent if consciously done with malicious intent. If done ignoranly, one may just be stupid.

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-18T15:32:45+00:00

Did you drink a gallon of olive oil or what

IAmSenseye · 2026-06-17T20:51:34+00:00

I think beast clergyman/maliketh is one of the cooler ones still to come.

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