You don't have to create a new post every 15 minutes bro.

Originally posted by Deathwing1306:

You don't have to create a new post every 15 minutes bro.

Oh sorry. I thought they deleted my last post.

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

The trinity door in that area has a fire defense part, there is consumables you can use as well. the boss as a puppet is weak to electric.

You sir, gave me the tiny edge I needed to win. I didn't need a spectre to fight the boss for me. I just needed a little edge.

Thank you so much!

Man, I wrote that whole post about Romeo just for it to get sent to purgatory jail.

Glad you beat him, though!

KoP is my favorite boss in the game, mechanically and story-wise :)

When he starts using his grind stone, throw a shot put at him. Never deal with the fire combo again.

Originally posted by paladin181:

When he starts using his grind stone, throw a shot put at him. Never deal with the fire combo again.

That is an interesting thing I didn't think of.

Originally posted by V!KiNG:

KoP is my favorite boss in the game, mechanically and story-wise :)

To be fair, it is a great fight. But at my current skill level, it got a bit frustrating.

Originally posted by Netsa:

Man, I wrote that whole post about Romeo just for it to get sent to purgatory jail.

Glad you beat him, though!

Thanks! I would like to read the post if you don't mind redoing it?

Originally posted by Killer Kitten:

Originally posted by Netsa:

Man, I wrote that whole post about Romeo just for it to get sent to purgatory jail.

Glad you beat him, though!

Thanks! I would like to read the post if you don't mind redoing it?

It was basically just some tips to get around the desperation attack he does at the end of the fight. Without simply flinching him out of it, which can be done with a Shot Put or a heavy weapon's charge attack. The short version (fake quotes, since this is from memory):

"It's hard to memorize the attack since it comes at the very end of the fight, but there's only 3 distinct attacks he does during it. A dash with a slight delay before slashing, a follow-up slash, and a triple-swing he does at the very end.

Alternatively, you can equip a heavy weapon with a high guard ratio and block pretty much the whole move since none of them are fury attacks. Hold down the button, then release and hold again to attempt a parry while maintaining your guard.

Alternatively, you can sprint away as soon as he starts lighting up since he doesn't dash that far forward until the last hits. The tracking on the attack also isn't perfect, so a good side dodge can potentially make him whiff a couple of swings.

Romeo is such a cool boss, he feels out of place. Almost like he's from a completely different game..."

Originally posted by V!KiNG:

KoP is my favorite boss in the game, mechanically and story-wise :)

I still do not like King of Puppets/Romeo fight, not now with Overture out, not when the game released originally. KoP was slightly over-tuned at release but that was not my issue. I just hate how protracted the fight is in first phase and how drastically different the second phase pacing and move set is.
The fight is not difficult but it is just annoying, the first phase can be dragging out due to how erratic his movements can be at times constantly moving in and out, randomly forcing you to run away with his AOE attack, etc. Second phase is more straightforward but it is a massive step up in how aggressive and relentless Romeo is.

My best bet in NG run is to just break Romeo's weapon before doing any serious damage to him. This is due to the fact he triggers his fire phase at certain HP thresholds so you can just guard until you break his weapon while only attacking him when you need to regain your health due to missed perfect guard. This works well in NG as long as you can reliably perfect guard some of his attacks and ideally have taken some P-Organ upgrades increased perfect guard destruction. NG+ runs are easier as you can force him into his fire phase, use Perfection grindstone and wreck him.

Originally posted by Baron01:

I still do not like King of Puppets/Romeo fight, not now with Overture out, not when the game released originally. KoP was slightly over-tuned at release but that was not my issue. I just hate how protracted the fight is in first phase and how drastically different the second phase pacing and move set is.
The fight is not difficult but it is just annoying, the first phase can be dragging out due to how erratic his movements can be at times constantly moving in and out, randomly forcing you to run away with his AOE attack, etc. Second phase is more straightforward but it is a massive step up in how aggressive and relentless Romeo is.

My best bet in NG run is to just break Romeo's weapon before doing any serious damage to him. This is due to the fact he triggers his fire phase at certain HP thresholds so you can just guard until you break his weapon while only attacking him when you need to regain your health due to missed perfect guard. This works well in NG as long as you can reliably perfect guard some of his attacks and ideally have taken some P-Organ upgrades increased perfect guard destruction. NG+ runs are easier as you can force him into his fire phase, use Perfection grindstone and wreck him.

Yep, while a little time-consuming, breaking his weapon is also a really good way to survive Romeo's final attack! When I played this for the first time, that's how I eventually beat him.

Just leaving a couple of tips here for his first phase:
- You should play hyper-aggressive against King's first phase, since he has at least three separate attacks that will never hit you if you're hugging him: when he does the wiggly-arm swing combo while walking forward, when he fires the guns in the air, and when he does the standing tornado. If he jumps away, always sprint towards him. (I THINK the fury attack where he jumps in the air and dropkicks you also misses if you're too close to him, but I could be wrong, fact check me.)

- The main move to watch out for is the big charge where he gets down on all fours. If he does the full charge, it's safer to just run away and then run back in after he's done. If he does the short charge, you can parry it (how P is capable of parrying air is beyond me).

- The horizontal arm sweep he does that knocks you back on parry? Dodge through that instead. You get free hits every time he does that. You also have a slightly longer attack window if you dodge through the second hit of his basic double ground punch rather than parry it.

Well glad you got through it. Was going to say dodge left in phase two and shot put him before waterfowl.

Originally posted by peterstevens:

Well glad you got through it. Was going to say dodge left in phase two and shot put him before waterfowl.

Waterfowl! Lol!