2013-01-16, 05:28 PM
Vellum:
Gold circles indicate where he pops out of; if you get hit while he's coming out it KBs you and momentarily "stuns" you (aftereffects of SuperKB, not really a "stun", per se).
Dark Red/Black circles indicate falling rocks which do no damage but stun you.
Giant Gold circle indicates the area of an instant kill.
Green circles indicate where he'll drop poison.
How he works:
He just starts by popping up and down, really annoying cause you can't do a lot at this stage. If you can get DoT on him, it reveals where he is (numbers keep ticking while he's underground).
You'll notice more of him comes out of the ground after a while; when he towers over you (like 6+sections of his body are visible vs the 2-3 you normally see) it means that the next time he pops up he'll spit fireballs. Fireballs OHKO and he spits 3 and goes back underground. You can dodge them by standing right on him or behind him (he only shoots in one direction). This is the primary way to get damage on him, I think, cause he stays above ground for a good ~15 seconds during his fireball cast time.
After he hits 40% HP or so he'll start the giant gold circles of death (could be earlier, maybe 50%?). Just stay away from these, you can't hit him while he's jumping.
My friend died 5 times at this point so it took me a while longer to kill him, which let me see:
Green circles start popping up afterward, I didn't get a read of his HP bar because I was trying not to die. This happens probably around the 30% mark, he'll drop green lightning bolts that leave a poison-mist type cloud on the ground that damages you ever second. Not a huge deal in Normal, idk about Chaos, they might do way more damage. During his green lightning bit he stays above ground longer than normal, so this is another time to land some damage on him.
Gold circles indicate where he pops out of; if you get hit while he's coming out it KBs you and momentarily "stuns" you (aftereffects of SuperKB, not really a "stun", per se).
Dark Red/Black circles indicate falling rocks which do no damage but stun you.
Giant Gold circle indicates the area of an instant kill.
Green circles indicate where he'll drop poison.
How he works:
He just starts by popping up and down, really annoying cause you can't do a lot at this stage. If you can get DoT on him, it reveals where he is (numbers keep ticking while he's underground).
You'll notice more of him comes out of the ground after a while; when he towers over you (like 6+sections of his body are visible vs the 2-3 you normally see) it means that the next time he pops up he'll spit fireballs. Fireballs OHKO and he spits 3 and goes back underground. You can dodge them by standing right on him or behind him (he only shoots in one direction). This is the primary way to get damage on him, I think, cause he stays above ground for a good ~15 seconds during his fireball cast time.
After he hits 40% HP or so he'll start the giant gold circles of death (could be earlier, maybe 50%?). Just stay away from these, you can't hit him while he's jumping.
My friend died 5 times at this point so it took me a while longer to kill him, which let me see:
Green circles start popping up afterward, I didn't get a read of his HP bar because I was trying not to die. This happens probably around the 30% mark, he'll drop green lightning bolts that leave a poison-mist type cloud on the ground that damages you ever second. Not a huge deal in Normal, idk about Chaos, they might do way more damage. During his green lightning bit he stays above ground longer than normal, so this is another time to land some damage on him.