KCGemini | MHGU: EX-Nightcloak Malfestio Solo Prowler (Part 9/18) @KCGemini | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
If this battle has taught me anything, it is that I cat lunge way too much at bad opportunities.
Otherwise, Birb puts up a decent fight. This is one of the few examples of me making a battle harder than it needs to be.
(I can't stress that enough, it cost me so many acorns. `-`)
If this battle has taught me anything, it is that I cat lunge way too much at bad opportunities.
Otherwise, Birb puts up a decent fight. This is one of the few examples of me making a battle harder than it needs to be.
(I can't stress that enough, it cost me so many acorns. `-`)
![Grounded: Wasp Queen solo [Whoa! difficulty - No damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B94OS_xr6gw/hqdefault.jpg "Grounded: Wasp Queen solo [Whoa! difficulty - No damage]
Official Release v1.2.2.4118
The Wasp Queen transitions lost their random nature when the game updated from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2. One of the most significant changes is now her HP gates her wasp callings based on whats left. If she reaches a certain threshold, shell immediately stop attacking to call more wasps rather than continuing whatever phase she is on - making the battle far more chaotic than it was on 1.2.1.
:: Phase 1
Its best to zone her to pelt her with salt/bomb arrows, though the former is more effective. I recommend switching to a shield to block the stinger shot if shes above you or at an odd angle.
You can switch to melee if she gets close by, but for consistency (and safety), its easier to keep your distance in this phase.
If she does her poison bomb barrage, take care not to step in any of it. While the first variant aims around the arena, she has a more dangerous second version where she purposely aims for you, which she often uses when her health is lower.
:: Phase 2
Shell be in this phase quite a lot more due to the 1.2.2 changes, as she tends to call wasps at around 65% - 50% - 35% health if one is doing high damage quickly. She also tends to do this if a certain amount of time has passed. If you havent already, you should swap to bomb arrows to AoE blast the wasp and wasp drones.
For wasps, you can run from them or hold your shield to block their charging sting attack. When the Wasp Queens health is 50% or lower, I recommend the latter rather than the former.
Wasp drones are by far the largest problem, as they can fly erratically when not positioned near you. If you cant immediately nail the wasp drone with a bomb arrow, I suggest switching to a shield and holding block until they either buff/heal or shoot their stinger at you, as this will give you some breathing room.
(Her wasp calling can sometimes glitch out, causing her to use it twice in rapid succession. 6 wasp/wasp drones are not fun to deal with.)
:: Phase 3
She tries to body slam you, so take care that youre not in the radius of the attack. The easiest way to avoid it is to back up while shes hovering towards you, as she will not perform any other attack while attempting to do so.
(This attack can also sometimes glitch out, and shell body slam the ground again immediately after recovering.)
:: Phase 4
Outside of phase 3, this is the best opportunity for melee damage, as she will only aim poison bombs at you. Circle around her (but towards the slopes in the arena or near the arena wall) and then give her the pain. Due to the HP threshold, she will likely repeat phase 2 again afterward, but otherwise, you should immediately switch to a shield and block, as her phase 1 AI will attempt to do the charged stinger, normal stinger, or three-sting combo.
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Items and Equipment:
Black Ox Crossbow - Lv. 9 (what comes up must come down) :: Paired with salt arrows for the boss and bomb arrows for the minions.
Club of the Mother Demon (w/ Salt Upgrade) - Lv. 9 (pain bat)
Fire Ant Shield - Chaos control
Moth Armor Set (Sleek) - Each piece has a 20% chance of applying bleed to the enemy. Bleed is pretty strong, for now.
Eyepatch (Sleek) - Adds 10% more to ones attack but at the cost of taking 25% extra damage.
Fire Ant Chestplate + Leggings (Sleek) (Sleek) - Each piece has a 10% chance to inflict corrosion on the enemy, which reduces defense by 15% for 10 seconds. Add the attack buffs with the high attack of the Club of the Mother Demon, and the damage can get pretty silly.
Entomologist Badge - 10% more attack? Yes, please. Barbarian already gives imperfect block, so this redundancy can be used to the players advantage.
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Drinks and Food:
Empanadust - For faster stamina recovery (+50%)
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:
Barbarian Lv. 3 - Gives a significant attack buff (25%) but sacrifices the ability to perfect block.
Buff Lungs - 50 more stamina; cant go wrong with that.
Coup De Grass Lv. 2 - 5% crit chance, amplify the pain.
Cardio Fan Lv. 3 - Constant movement needs fast stamina regeneration.
Sharpshooter Lv. 3 - Having essentially unlimited sprinting as long as you land an arrow every 5 seconds is quite an advantage with charging wasps.
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3 - 60% more damage from critical hits is a sight to see.
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Extra buff:
A Wasp Mount was activated to make the wasp and wasp drones take 20% more damage. It becomes necessary if the Moth armor doesnt apply bleed, as it guarantees a three-shot with bomb arrows if one gets unlucky.
Note: If you dont care about accuracy, I suggest block-canceling to turbo-shoot bomb arrows on wasps and wasp drones to proc bleed on them quickly, as it will always kill them. I didnt do so in this video because I thought it would be rather cheesy, but its *by far* a better strategy.")
![Elden Ring - Malenia [Level 1 - Star Fist / No Damage / No Parries]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C8Uqw2lmcqY/hqdefault.jpg "Elden Ring - Malenia [Level 1 - Star Fist / No Damage / No Parries]
Revenge
Equips:
Cold Star Fist +25
Blue Dancer Charm
Radagons Soreseal
Ritual Sword Talisman
Green Turtle Talisman")
![Grounded: Infused Mantis solo [NG+4 Whoa! difficulty - No damage]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DVD17ch6EN0/hqdefault.jpg "Grounded: Infused Mantis solo [NG+4 Whoa! difficulty - No damage]
Official Release v1.4.2.4535
Is the Mantis not playing fair? Well, neither will I.
Its Infusions:
Increased Movement Speed
Increased Attack
Increased Max Health
Projectile Bomb
Fresh Magic Attack
Shockwave
Sour Magic Attack
I decided to change this description from a reply that I gave to karoly2865:
For this strategy to work, one should start the battle by charging a Whittle Wizard enhanced Sour Staff shot to the max to inflict high stun damage.
Second, one needs to run up to the Mantis with a salty-infused club that uses Finale Goo to slow down the Mantiss attacks long enough to build up the rest of the needed stagger value. If ones not beside it when it gets out of its beginning animation, it will likely jump and ruin the chain that comes next. It should try doing one or two normal attacks before doing an overhead lunge or triple slam, which gives one enough time to reliably stun it if the Sour Staffs shot hits it.
Third, once one can see that its visibly stunned, they should quickly throw that infused club, as this will equip the second salty-infused club, which should have a modifier relating to +Boss damage, +Mantis damage, or +Salty damage, which will pair with the Barbarian mutation from a different mutation set. One could alternatively open their inventory to switch to the other infused club, but throwing the previous one is quicker and deals an additional hit. (In this game version, one cant switch to another club via the hotbar, as it considers the clubs to be the same item.)
Last, the combined damage of those two boosts amplifies the players power so much that even its increased defense values reached at 50% and 25% of its health do little to prevent a quick death.
Its possible to do this with just one powered infused club, but I wanted to reduce the luck element needed.
Note: For mild/medium players, you will want to throw two max-charged Sour Staff projectiles to get the stun value right for the setup.
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Items and Equipment:
Sour Staff Lv. 15 - With Whittle Wizard, the starting charge fills up a good chunk of its stun gauge, and the stun buffs that clubs have received from this patch enable one to fill it completely before it screams.
Infused Club Lv. 15 (salty, Finale Goo) - This club is used initially to build up more stun and slow down any of Mantiss attacks that could go through and potentially ruin the chain.
*Finale Goo - Applies the same effect as Giddy Goop, giving the enemy a -20% movement and attack speed debuff for 10 seconds.
Infused Club Lv. 15 (salty, +Mantis Damage) - To reliably get the kill before the Mantis can either jump or scream afterward, one must switch to this club while switching their mutations, as when added with Barbarians damage increase is where this club truly shines.
*Mantis Damage - Increases damage against the Mantis by 30%
Glowbasa Necklace - Salt Damage Up Best / Implant Weakness: Salt / Quickcharge
*Salt Damage Up Best - Increases salt damage by 50%
*Implant Weakness: Salt - Adds a debuff that gives an enemy 50% increased damage to salt
*Quickcharge - Increases the speed of charged attacks by 20%. One can charge slightly earlier and still nail the max charge from the Sour Staff even without this ability
Eyepatch Lv. 0 - Adds 10% more to ones attack but at the cost of taking 25% extra damage.
Termite Armor Lv. 9 (Sleek) - This armor piece has a 10% chance to kick up dust upon hitting the enemy. While inside the cloud, the enemys attack and movement speed are lowered by -20% until the effect ends. It also grants you immunity to the same dust cloud.
Fire Ant Legplates Lv. 9 (Sleek) - This armor piece has a 10% chance to inflict corrosion upon striking the enemy, which reduces defense by 15% for 10 seconds.
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Food and Drinks: (due to the cooldown for using buffs, I skipped recording these actions)
Perfect Toast - +5% crit chance and +40% to critical hit damage
Boss Sauce - +5% crit chance
Liquid Rage - +10% attack
Green Machine - 20% faster stamina recovery
Boost Juice - +20 stamina
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Mutations (A):
Whittle Wizard Lv. 3 - This adds additional stun damage to the Sour Staff, which was necessary to build enough of the Mantiss stun gauge to trigger at the right moment.
Parry Master Lv. 3 - Every perfect block recovers 100 stamina, although this becomes less useful after a certain point.
Buff Lungs Lv. 3 - Increases stamina by 50.
Coup De Grass Lv. 2 - 5% crit chance, stack all the crit.
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3 - 60% more damage from critical hits, pairing nicely with the other buffs.
Mutations (B):
Barbarian Lv. 3 - Increases club damage by 25%, but one can no longer perfect block.
Cardio Fan Lv. 3 - Decreases the exhaustion timer by 30% and grants 30% faster stamina recovery.
Buff Lungs Lv. 3
Coup De Grass Lv. 2
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3
Lastly, the Mantis mount was used for an extra 20% damage increase.
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Whenever Obsidian smoothes out this fight, Id like to do it in a more proper manner.")
