KCGemini | Brawl Minus - Ganondorf @KCGemini | Uploaded January 2011 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
In a largely changed class of characters, you'd have to wonder who'd be closest to Ike. Well, it's definitely not Ike as his improvements don't really put him near the level of Ganondorf.
In a largely changed class of characters, you'd have to wonder who'd be closest to Ike. Well, it's definitely not Ike as his improvements don't really put him near the level of Ganondorf.
![Elden Ring - Godfrey (Golden Shade) [Level 1 - Spiked Caestus / No Damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FaDji8eGDN8/hqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Godfrey (Golden Shade) [Level 1 - Spiked Caestus / No Damage]
There are no tricks here, just a guy who wants to murder you with a giant axe. Honestly, this was a fight I enjoyed quite a bit, as there were no sudden quick attacks that the buffer is often too slow to pick up on to otherwise ruin a no-damage run. Having neither of my status effects work on Godfreys shade made it really feel like a fated battle.
Equips:
Cold Spiked Caestus +12
Blue Dancer Charm
Radagons Soreseal
Ritual Sword Talisman")
![Grounded: Mantis solo [Whoa! difficulty - No damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JJdoeKQ1pmw/hqdefault.jpg "Grounded: Mantis solo [Whoa! difficulty - No damage]
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Sadly, this is way too luck-based on being reliable due to many of Orchid Mantiss attacks inflicting status effects through perfect blocks. Stacking damage debuffs makes this possible, although its *rough.*
Since theres not much of a reason for a guide, Ill tell you the many ways that this can fail:
* Pollen bouncing off a corner wall endlessly and creating a ton of lag? Have fun trying to finish the fight with the game running at 1 FPS every 2-3 seconds. Interrupting its scream stops the pollen from generating.
* Mantis does its 5-hit combo? Even with perfect blocks, youll get a bleed and a negative attack debuff.
* Mantis does its tracking overhead? It also bleeds you with a perfect block.
* Mantis does its charged overhead? You could get lucky and run away (especially if a dust cloud from the Termite Armor procs), but otherwise, it gives the negative perfect block debuff.
After doing the fight in this manner, I wouldnt mind some kind of move that had i-frames because otherwise, Im not sure what the player is supposed to rely on past getting staggers at the right moments.
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Items and Equipment:
Club of the Mother Demon (w/ Salt Upgrade and Apex Predator) - Lv. 9 (its true form gives death)
Larva Blade - Lv. 1 | Spider Fang Dagger | Widow Dagger - Lv. 8 (w/ Salt Upgrade) - Stacks poison quite well. The Widow Dagger generates a bleed stack from Assassin and can stop the Mantis from screaming due to its high attack speed.
Insect Bow - Lv. 5 - Used to shoot Super Venom Arrows and Venom Arrows, as their poison effects stack with the three previous weapons.
Thors Pendant - Some of the stats on it are helpful.
Mask of the Mother Demon (Sleek) - Poison coating + the extra poison damage from the Widow armor pieces ends up putting a massive dent in its HP bar. Poison Nova adds to this as well when it procs.
Widow Spaulder + Leggings (Sleek) - These generate extra poison damage.
Termite Armor (Sleek) - Active dust clouds slow the Mantis during its attacks, making getting away from its charged overhead much easier. It also gives you more time to recover and attack.
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Drinks and Food:
Spider Slider - For extra crit chance (+5%)
Green Machine - For faster stamina recovery (+20%)
Boost Juice - For more base stamina (+20)
Liquid Rage - For more attack (+10%)
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Mutations:
Assassin Lv. 3 - The extra bleed goes nicely with the large stack of poison.
Buff Lungs - 30 more stamina; its almost a requirement.
Coup De Grass Lv. 2 - 5% crit chance, hit hard.
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3 - 60% more critical hit damage really shows when a crit does trigger.
Apex Predator - Turns the Club of the Broodmother into a monster, as it grants a strong stack of poison.
* Speaking of all this poison stacking, I did not find this strategy, but a Discord friend told me about it. After doing some YouTube sleuthing, I found who is most likely the owner of this information.
Credit to Paraly5er: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6YS-BHbFZw")
