The primary boss battle you encounter in One other Crab’s Treasure is in opposition to Nephro, Captain of the Guard, however how do you beat them? I struggled fairly a bit throughout my playthrough in opposition to this violent enemy, so right here’s the right way to defeat them.
One other Crab’s Treasure: Easy methods to beat Nephro, Captain of the Guard
Upon going through this guard, he’ll instantly be hostile to you and deem you a lawbreaker. He now believes it’s his rightful obligation to slay you, leaving you to deal with a fairly nasty boss battle. You’ll be able to beat Nephro, Captain of the Guard in One other Crab’s Treasure by counting on correct dodging and inflicting heavy assaults when you’ll be able to, in addition to hitting him on the finish of his assault animations.
Nephro has a couple of various kinds of assaults. His most important one is a horizontal slash you can simply time and dodge in any path. Ideally, dodge nearer to him, as your weapon doesn’t have an extended vary and also you need to get these small hits in each time he’s weak (between the tip of his assault animation and earlier than he’s about to assault you once more).
That is best when he does his lunge assaults, piercing you in a vertical movement. These are simply avoidable, however I discovered it finest to hit him proper after dodging and whereas he was nonetheless in an animation. He’ll lunge, slowly flip to face you, and as he’s adjusting his place and turning that’s while you strike.
Attempt to get as many heavy assaults in as you’ll be able to (maintain down the assault button), however ensure you have sufficient time to carry out them. They inflict a very good quantity of harm, and I relied on them extra within the spherical that I received in opposition to him. I’ll additionally suggest that you just don’t attempt to hit him from behind, as Nephro will kick you along with his again legs. This assault is quicker than most others in his transfer set.
Nephro additionally has an assault that’s unavoidable in the event you try to dam it by going inside your shell. These Aggro assaults have an offended pink image. Whenever you spot that, dodge out of the way in which as quickly as you’ll be able to as a result of he’ll snatch you up, shoving you into the sand and inflicting a large quantity of harm on you. Don’t dodge backward or ahead to keep away from this, strafe both left or proper.
I barely relied on blocking throughout this battle as I didn’t discover it to be useful (at this level within the sport you don’t have a parry means or Shell Spells to make use of). Take your time, get these hits in, and analyze the timing of the assaults to dodge with out being harmed. It’ll take a couple of tries to get Nephro’s transfer set, however you’ll get the grasp of it.