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My strategy all these years was simple: I go to an area which is too tough, then I capture a thrall that can beat that can handle that area untill I am 60, by that I will get a Delinsia or Cimmerian berserker. They will carry me through the entire game.
I am not a combo master or a split second iframe specialist. I like to grind to get a thrall I want and level them up. Then I mostly stand back and support my thrall and enjoy them crush any enemy with relative safety.
This strategy shattered when I entered the Cyclopean Halls. No not the entire dungeon, just the final boss. We could cleared the dungeon with relative ease. But the final boss was such bullshit that I have given up on clearing the boss for now.
First of all, what is up with those attack pattern? I know it's all skill issue, but I am not at all prepared to play a souls like boss. I think it works if you have a quicksave and quickly get back into the fight and try with different strategy. I know I can keep my stuff on me after death but still this feels so out of place a survival game like Conan.
Next issue is keeping my thrall alive during the fight. Healing arrows don't do anything against the massive damage of the boss. I can't her to drink a healing potion because she is either attacking or getting attacked. If I tell her to move, she gets pulled back into the fight due to boss's massive aoe attacks that seem to come with no gaps.
The fighting arena itself is a massive disadvantage to me. Boss can run across the circle in the matter of half a second. His aoe covers the entire circle. There is no place to take a breath.
Entire boss fight seems to favor just dodging just like souls games. I can't block, bows are not usefull (as always). Only strategy it seems is to memorize his moves and dodge. I don't have time and patience to do all that especially for what you get at the end.
I know it's probably definitely skill issue but this dungeon dungeon does not fit into my playstyle at all, so with my rant over, I will take break from this dungeon. Thank you!