Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Vicar is a very straight forward boss with no real challenging mechanics. She will pounce on you OR slam the ground and create a shockwave if you get too far away. She will also occasionally grasp the golden medallion and heal which gives you plenty of time to hit her, and that’s about it.
She cannot be put into a visceral state with a ranged attack or a critical attack from behind, but she can be staggered when hit during a telegraph and will go into a visceral state on her own at least twice. The key to victory is watching her arms and listening for the visceral cue. Whenever they start to move you dodge, and all of her telegraphs are very obvious and/or long.
The best way to kill her with minimal effort is to use Molotov Cocktails and Fire Paper for bonus damage. You will use the molotovs in between combos while you regenerate stamina. The molotovs not only do great damage regardless of your stat build, but they stagger her while you get stamina back, which lets you open up another combo immediately.
At the beginning of the fight use a Fire Paper and intentionally stay at range to initiate a leap. When she’s in mid air roll forward and beginning a three hit R1 combo from behind. The second it ends be ready to dodge if she’s in a telegraph, or use a molotov if she is stationary/stunned. From here you’ll just cycle through dodging behind her constantly and doing the three hit + molotov combo until she dies. Ideally you will stun her indefinitely like in the video.
The only attack that is a real threat is the swipe she does in front of her that hits everything in 180 degrees, which is why you want to be directly behind her or on a rear leg if possible. However, if you get a ton of really good staggers it doesn’t matter where you attack from because she will get absolutely thrashed.
Vicar is a very straight forward boss with no real challenging mechanics. She will pounce on you OR slam the ground and create a shockwave if you get too far away. She will also occasionally grasp the golden medallion and heal which gives you plenty of time to hit her, and that’s about it.
She cannot be put into a visceral state with a ranged attack or a critical attack from behind, but she can be staggered when hit during a telegraph and will go into a visceral state on her own at least twice. The key to victory is watching her arms and listening for the visceral cue. Whenever they start to move you dodge, and all of her telegraphs are very obvious and/or long.
The best way to kill her with minimal effort is to use Molotov Cocktails and Fire Paper for bonus damage. You will use the molotovs in between combos while you regenerate stamina. The molotovs not only do great damage regardless of your stat build, but they stagger her while you get stamina back, which lets you open up another combo immediately.
At the beginning of the fight use a Fire Paper and intentionally stay at range to initiate a leap. When she’s in mid air roll forward and beginning a three hit R1 combo from behind. The second it ends be ready to dodge if she’s in a telegraph, or use a molotov if she is stationary/stunned. From here you’ll just cycle through dodging behind her constantly and doing the three hit + molotov combo until she dies. Ideally you will stun her indefinitely like in the video.
The only attack that is a real threat is the swipe she does in front of her that hits everything in 180 degrees, which is why you want to be directly behind her or on a rear leg if possible. However, if you get a ton of really good staggers it doesn’t matter where you attack from because she will get absolutely thrashed.
