Y’know, simply saying, however in case you needed to stroll by means of a pitch black catacomb, kill a number of wizards, rats and a ninja whose each strike drives you to literal madness, sneak previous unkillable specters who will go full A Quiet Place in case you make a single noise, raid a mansion stuffed with unflinching greatsword warriors, whereas listening to a person scream his lungs out because of the unholy bone sword he has as an alternative of a spinal column and the eldritch evil begging to crawl its approach out of his pores and skin, one may, y’know, get the concept perhaps you’re not wished right here. However, hey, sunk price fallacy is a bitch, and also you’re not gonna go all that approach by means of the Abyssal Woods, and never discuss to the man on the finish—Midra—discover out what his deal is.
Spoiler alert: his deal is homicide. Homicide, and fireplace.
Midra’s Talents
If you first enter Midra’s room, you’ll see this poor outdated man keeled over in the midst of the room, and earlier than you’ll be able to even say “want one thing, outdated timer?” he’ll begin calling you an fool, and feebly rush at you with a stick. If he grabs you, he does some harm, however, i imply, simply have a look at him.
When you’ve crushed him down, although, a cutscene will play, Midra will surrender the ghost, and actually unleash hell. After one of the crucial profoundly fucked up stuff you’ll ever see in what is actually Profoundly Fucked Up Issues: The Video Recreation, you’ll have your actual goal: The Lord of Frenzied Flame. You already know, that factor you may grow to be in case you select to be a really naughty Tarnished within the base sport?
Anyway, after you have management again, very first thing Johnny Storm right here will do is shoot a bunch of flaming tendrils at you in two waves. After that, he’ll begin taking swipes at you with combos from his greatsword-cum-spine. All of which contain large sweeps, however one particularly is 2 fast swipes adopted by a fiery, sliding thrust, kinda just like the Stinger from Satan Could Cry. He additionally has a variation that may throw a flaming tendril assault in there proper in the midst of a standard combo. He’ll sometimes strive spinning, as a result of that’s a very good trick, and it’ll join for 3 hits if it really works. He additionally carries a bone dagger in his off-hand that he may shock you with once in a while.
After you’ve taken a 3rd of his well being, he’ll float into the air and drop himself like a bomb. After this, his sword combos will begin leaving swimming pools of flame on the bottom, which particularly sucks since he’ll begin doing an extended six-hit sweep combo once in a while. He’ll acquire a brand new diving assault, and whether or not he catches you together with his sword or not, he’ll explode in flaming spikes after a delay. He’ll additionally sometimes spawn a fiery orb that may observe you across the room for just a few seconds. And on high of all that, typically he’ll pull a Cyclops, and shoot a beam of fireplace out of his eyes. Oh, and did I point out the half the place all of his fireplace assaults induce Insanity? As a result of they do.
Defeating Midra
So, regardless of the horrifying construct and the dramatic fireplace, Midra’s nonetheless sort of a feeble outdated man, it seems. Whereas magic customers can get by staying out of combo vary, dodging his sliding strikes, and hitting him with something that inflicts Frostbite or Bleeding, as soon as you recognize when his combos finish, heavy melee customers can simply straight up bully this poor bastard with guard counters, stance-breaking him a number of occasions throughout the combat. For those who’ve bought a weapon that additionally inflicts Frostbite or Bleeding, this finally ends up being an actual quick battle.
That’s license to get aggressive, not silly. The large downside is that regardless that armor and a half-decent defend can block most of what he throws at you, the Insanity buildup on each strike can add up shortly. For those who can mitigate that, half the battle is already gained. From the attraction aspect, in case you bought the Clarifying Horn Appeal+2 from Lamenter’s Gaol, carry it. For armor, the Solitude set you get for beating the Blackgaol Knight is a high tier selection. For those who don’t need to go attempting to find these, nevertheless, the Ailment Talisman—which provides you resistance to current maladies—can assist, however it additionally requires that you just truly get absolutely by Insanity as soon as. That’s a desperation choose.
As soon as Insanity is much less of a priority, the primary a part of this combat is fairly simple. The preliminary flame assaults may be dodged by rolling ahead, with a slight delay to keep away from the second. That’ll put you proper up within the Eye of Sauron’s grill. Even with some (hopefully) respectable Insanity safety, you continue to need to roll by means of as lots of Midra’s strikes as attainable to keep away from the build-up, and magic customers will need to roll out of vary and make some area as quick as attainable. For those who select to carry a Spirit Ash to make this go even sooner, dodge the fireplace assault, then roll approach out of vary first.
Part Two
When part two begins, Midra’s large divebomb assault works quite a bit like Messmer’s, however there’s a twist: The epicenter of Midra’s explosion truly can’t be dodged by means of. For those who’re within the glowing purple vary of that explosion, you’re screwed. So the transfer there may be to really run out of vary of that as an alternative of roll.
After that, the combat is difficult, however a lot of the identical ideas apply. It’s principally a race towards the clock, as a result of the Insanity-inducing flames Midra now leaves in his wake are onerous to keep away from, even in case you’re doing all the things proper. For those who loaded up on Insanity resistance, you have to be positive, however, nonetheless, the sooner you’ll be able to put him down, the higher. He’ll provide you with some additional assist with that, although: His six-hit combo can’t flip very effectively and it’s prolonged, so in case you handle to roll behind him early on, and might face up to the Insanity, you’ll be able to have interaction in some severe elder abuse. The diving assault is extra a matter of timing than something; simply keep in mind the delay after he lands earlier than he detonates. The orb he summons is an annoyance greater than something, and it’s sluggish sufficient to keep away from completely, so long as you keep out of vary. His face laser does fairly in depth harm, however he’ll solely shoot it off in case you’re too distant, and in case you dodge it, he’s locked into that for just a few susceptible seconds.
When you’ve put the outdated man to mattress, you’ll get a hospice price of 410,000 Runes, and the Remembrance of the Lord of Frenzied Flame. Turning that in on the Roundtable Maintain will get you both Midra’s horrifying Greatsword of Damnation, or an incantation, Midra’s Flame of Frenzy, that summons his flame tendrils. By the way in which, did you choose up Nanaya’s Torch earlier on within the Manse? It solely actually clicks into place after the combat that this torch is Midra’s precise backbone.
…To reply your subsequent query, sure, you’ll be able to completely get the hell out of there now.
