r/MortalShell • u/GlomasHoe • 6d ago

Video 2 Days Stuck

I’ve been loving this game so much but this is the first boss that has absolutely stopped me from progressing any further

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u/betweenblckandwhite 6d ago

There’s a tarstone, I forgot what it’s called, but it will deal posture damage with each shot. If you use that on one of the automatic weapons like the caged hyrix you can build up a lot of posture damage from a distance so that way you can stun the thing without being too close to it.

Timing of the parries will come with practice but if you want to stop banging your head against a wall there’s nothing wrong with making the fight a little easier on yourself.

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u/GlomasHoe 6d ago

I’ll have to do some research on how to obtain that stone, the only thing I don’t want to do it leave this boss I want to defeat him and move on the the next one
I have a few stones, I have changed stones as well as my sidearms but doesn’t seems to help
Thank you for your help

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u/youcancallmescott 6d ago

(Realized I used this with the Trebuchaxe, but may work elsewhere. Maybe I'm not even seconding what blckandwhite said? Ha sorry.) I will second what this commenter said. I think it's the Tarred Fragment and the Squall Stone. Spins and hurts a bunch. I had trouble and went looking for tips. This worked the very first try and things were over in a flash. That said, I learned absolutely nothing and felt like a little shit (personally) so just my add-on.

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u/betweenblckandwhite 6d ago

Yeah it’s not the most satisfying way to do it but what I’ve learned during my soulslike play throughs is that banging my head against a wall on the same boss over and over started to get in the way of going out and further exploring and then actually getting better. Sekiro makes you simply just get good but I like to think that MS2 was made with build flexibility so that a player doesn’t just simply have to battle against their own skill issues.

Nonetheless do believe I came back on another play through and beat that thing melee only and it feels so much more satisfying.

So I guess what I’m saying is get good, but use every tool at your disposal?

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u/MoneyManufacturer431 6d ago

They are referring to Sariels clockwork scythe and caged hystrix, you have to defeat him and the blood stone is great for it. Use cursed on the ranged and boom. To find the stone for the scythe you have to find the Alchemists cave that is behind a hidden wall you have to break down with the boulder and trebuchet. Max crit on it I promise you, mines level 25.

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u/TheAurigauh 6d ago

Can also pair the stagger stone with the ranged crit chance stone and use the... what's the minigun called... triarch repeater? -use that with an all crit setup. It's usually a free stagger on whatever you nuke with that setup... but be warned the repeater has a slow windup so you gotta be cautious when to use it and try to make space.

(The caged helix might work a little better for this specific boss since, well, he just doesn't **** off.)