u/MaxShmel

The OGs still got some fight left in them many years later)

All 3 sets are at level 6 with mostly optimized perk builds.

Had a lot of irl stuff to do, so had to postpone this guide quite a bit.

Again, same as Elder's Lion, this is a work in progress. If you have suggesions/corrections regarding post image quality, visual clarity, incorrect/missing info or more optimal perk suggestions, please be sure to leave them in the comments so that I'd be able to fix them in the future.

Also please excuse the occasional typos, they might happen here and there.

Previous Guides:

• Elder's Lion

Next guide: Possessed. To round out the Faction Wars shop set trio. Hopefully, this one will be released sooner.

I did this mostly as Figma practice for university (I study Web-design and UI) but if people find it useful, I'd be happy to make more in my spare time.

Do note, that I'll only make these guides for sets that I have level 6 for (which is quite a few as I'm a long-time player)

This is obviously a work-in-progress test run, so if there are any things incorrect or if you'd add/remove some stuff, feel free to point out, it's appreciated

I'm curious to hear the opinions of low-level players on these fights, because as an endgame player this shit is ANNOYING. Normally, I'm chill about the game and look on the bright side of things. But this time I legit can't find anything good about this update. [Rant ahead]

Black Countess had insane ability spam. It seems they not only made her uninterruptible during rot moves but also straight up deleted all of her ability cooldowns resulting in her casting crossbow or chains 2-3 times in a row. AND THE BEST PART: because she also spams her harvest ability, she has enough energy to revive 90% of the time. So if you don't nuke her fast enough, SHE WILL JUST NOT DIE. And you know what that means, that's right, you time out and lose. I Used BC 6 on her.

Crimson Thunder is just weird. It's cool that the fight makes you use underutilized set mechanics like shadow energy drain, but it is also implemented in a way that makes weaker shadow energy counter-sets completely useless. This would have been the perfect opportunity to revitalise some dead sets of gear and make players branch out more. But instead, it funnels everyone into using a handful of busted sets which makes the game boring and annoying. Anyway, I used KoS 6 for this dude.

And now we get to the man, the myth, the legend, the MAD SAPPER. Boy do I have some words to say about this shitshow of a fight. Remember Shibata Maid from Tower Trial? Well, it's almost the same thing, but worse. Mines EVERWHERE.

• Stepped on a mine? Rolling waves -> mine -> rolling waves -> dead.
• Got close to the boss? Explosion for 70% HP -> mine -> rolling waves -> dead.
• Stay far from the boss? Shadow ability knockdown -> mine -> rolling waves -> dead.
• Rolled or jumped to avoid a shadow ability? Too fuckin' bad bozo you landed on a mine -> rolling waves -> dead.

Spent like 10 tries to get a lucky enough run and got him 3:1 with KoS 6. And guess what: THIS STUPID GAME LOST CONNECTION TO THE SERVER AND NULLIFIED THE RESULT. TOO BAD, DEAR PLAYER, DO THAT AGAIN. And after 6 more attempts at gambling with this guy's AI, I got him. AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS DAILY BRUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH

Alright, rant over. For real tho, this is trash. Nekki, you can't have Mnemos show up, say "Hey bro, this guy is kinda tough" and use it as an excuse to release the most annoying uninspired BS imaginable.

I can describe the strats I used in the comments if people want/need.