I finally killed the Emperor of Corpses and I have to say my biggest problem was that with a melee build with +36% movement speed I was barely able to get out of the damaging area: if I was below the dragon and started running the moment it raised its forelegs I could get out, otherwise it was a sure death.
For builds that include a targetless movement skill it’s practically a joke of a mechanic, otherwise it’s barely possible to survive it.
I think the telegraph should last at least 1 second longer before exploding.
It’s a very predictable mechanic, since the rotation they boss does is always the same.
You definitely need like 50/60% movement speed to get out of it reliably, or use a movement skill.
Alternatively you need to get a guaranteed big damage reduction like bone armour or rebuke.
I do like that it’s a mechanic that can be negated with skill. If you have the boss rotation in your mind, you can pre-actively walk away already.
Only thing that is ridiculous: If the boss has enrage and/or frenzy, because that speeds up the charge of the AoE
That might have been one of the affixes “at half health…”
I could not see a reliable rotation, though.
The first attack was always the AoE, but sometimes it did the firebreath once before doing the AoE again, other times it did it twice.
I really don’t think the telegraph needs to be lengthened, you’ve got plenty of time to get out of it if you have a “reasonable” amount of movement speed (and by that I mean the amount you can get as an implicit on boots plus a small amount from passives.
That said, you do have to think about what modifiers you take for monoliths, as it should be. Enrage/frenzy is never going to be good for bosses that hit hard. I also don’t think that’s unreasonable.
Yeah some of the cooldown recovery or enrage affixes do mess up the rotation.
Also enrage and/or frenzy does make the AoE basically impossible to dodge without movement skill.
What are you even doing if you dont have a movement skill? or move speed? dont nerf the bosses because someone has a bad build
Lagon is the only boss that needs fixing, the targeting on the platform is busted and stuff like Lunge just cant be even targeted at him and thus unusable completely.
Most of the other bosses need buffs. Emperor is especially easy if you got a half decent build. Like easiest boss in the game, his moves are bad slow and weak. Just circle to his tail and his hits barely ever hits you.
Ok so you cant move out of the way because you dont have the right skill, or you dont have any movement speed in your gear. I hope you atleast built a facetanking build then, which doesnt require any ability to move out of the way of anything. No? Theres your problem
It doesn’t require a movement skill if you’ve chosen the right modifiers. There is definitely a strategy to choosing modifiers before the boss that requires thinking about how the build operates, and I think that’s a really cool interaction.
