Tyger7 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 This boss..way too difficult. I can't even get it a quarter ways down. I have literally tried so many times and just end up breaking all my armor. I face 10 wolves and people banish 20 to me (in one banish). Suddenly game lags. This is not a fun fight at all. Anyone have pointers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKXOne Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 This boss..way too difficult. I can't even get it a quarter ways down. I have literally tried so many times and just end up breaking all my armor. I face 10 wolves and people banish 20 to me (in one banish). Suddenly game lags. This is not a fun fight at all. Anyone have pointers? There are some posts about it on the official beta forums. One of the design directors admitted that the boss was too hard and would be looked at "as soon as we are able". His post can be seen here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenous IE Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 What level you in game, I was 15 when I first fought him. Had armor rating of over 1200, and my attack was 105. This boss irritated the crap out of me, the only thing I found to work on him was deal with the wolves first. Then go in for the attack with a fast weapon, hit once, block, hit again, repeat. When he does a cheer/roar run away as he'll kick you down and stomp on you doing a fair amount of damage. Took me a couple of tries to get the hang of it, but this worked best for me to defeat him. After you defeat him it's the end of the BETA, you can still go around collecting treasure leveling up etc, but you can't further on in the games story. Hope it helps in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andami Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Get weapon with an empty socket. Fill socket with Detonate rune. Smack the boss over and over. Dodge occasionally. ??? Profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knomadic Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I beat the Apex the other night. It took me about 30 minutes top but beat it regardless. Over 1k armor, two-handed sword with one crit rune and a lot of dogeing. I don't have any spells so I had to go brute force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhunterrrr Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Well, this fucking sucks. The boss just continually spawns wolves so I can't even deal with them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1ucardTepes Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) I found that using the shock spell (fully upgraded) stops him for 5 seconds. Gives enough time to hit him at least 4 times. I would shock, hit him 4 times, and repeat. That's how I beat him. I was at level 11 went I fought him Edited August 2, 2013 by A1ucardTepes Forgot something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akki Kitsune Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I had some real problems against the 3rd Apex, where I was stuck for quite a while ended up using lot of souls to upgrade the fury spell as much as I could then bought attack speed boost & health boost too. When I got to the dungeon with the 4th skull I was 2 levels to low to ascend. So I ran through the dungeon a few times until I could. Ascended kept my stronger stuff & just ran through the dungeon avoiding everything. Got to the Apex and killed him in about 2 minutes. Long story short ascend before boss fights if your having trouble as that will scale them down with you - but you still keep your best stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon 616 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 The last Apex boss before the Titan was by far the worst experience ever. You could not directly fight him (two hits kills) and his goons were way over powered. It was like six guys with the shields and four guys with the death boomerangs. When I'd die, I'd respawn into death. It was a cycle that I did not enjoy. I spent a good four hours alone trying to beat him. In the end, I glitched him to stand still as I spammed him with Spells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Yac Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 the 3rd apex took me the longest, what I found worked was to draw the summons away to the opposite side of the room then run away from them causing them to break off and not follow, it seems they have put in a limit to how many critters they can summon since if I didn't kill them he didn't seem to summon any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPerfection Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 (edited) I had the first Apex boss down to pretty much 3 more hits before finishing him and the damned server kicked me out! EDIT: Beat it today, second attempt of the day (first attempt server kicked me out again). Didn't get any wolves this time. Someone banished 6 wolves to me though and so I banished 4 of them back! Edited September 28, 2013 by GamerPerfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixSticks Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Dash toward it with RT+X immediately after it finishes it's attack followed with Y when close (and still in dash animation). Follow it up with a few light (X) attacks if you can then dash out of the Apex's range and repeat. Works well with all large enemy types and really helps if you have upgraded Seekers or another spell to help knick off his health. With a bit of practice you can even end the fight with a soul multiplier (my best is x3) which is really nice since Apex soul payout is the highest of all enemies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPerfection Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 I faced the 2nd Apex yesterday and destroyed him in the first attempt it was pretty easy. I found it easy because the Apex was identical to the first, same weapons, same moves. The only difference this time was he spawned Wolves. But because my weapon and armour are much stronger than they were with the first Apex and I learned which tactics to use the first time this one was so simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekia Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Dunno what the problem ppl are facing on those bosses. They are pretty easy, especialy when you banish some of enemies Despite of the all hate msges afterwards, the easiest strategy is to hit them few times, dash away and repeat. If your health goes down, run as far away from it as possible (i found the spot to the left from altar to have some extra space) and wait for your health to restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhunterrrr Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Dunno what the problem ppl are facing on those bosses. They are pretty easy, especialy when you banish some of enemies Despite of the all hate msges afterwards, the easiest strategy is to hit them few times, dash away and repeat. If your health goes down, run as far away from it as possible (i found the spot to the left from altar to have some extra space) and wait for your health to restore. The first Apex boss was extremely difficult in v1.0 of the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saracin Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) The first Apex boss was extremely difficult in v1.0 of the beta. Yeah, people need to keep in mind that any threads started back in July was for Phase 1, things changed so it's gotten a lot easier. The last one can still be a pain because of what he summons, but otherwise they are all pretty easy once you learn their moves. Edited September 29, 2013 by Saracin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamerPerfection Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Just destroyed the third one first time round, pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyger7 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Glad to see they made it easier. The boss summoned so many wolves that it was completely lagging the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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