DRCH

I wouldn’t exactly call it a good guide but more like a footage archive of their attacks with some tips. Please let me know if something should be corrected or improved.

Table of Contents

• First & Second Boss
• Last Boss
  • Normals
    • Swipe Swipe Front
    • Swipe Swipe Back
    • Front Hold
    • Swipe Swipe Swipe Back
    • Front Back
    • Cross Hits & Swipes
      • Hits
      • Swipes
    • Hit Jump
  • Specials
    • Second Aggro Pull
    • Second Aggro Swipe
    • Res Attack
    • S-Swipes
      • Counter Clockwise Start
      • Clockwise Start
      • Strategy
  • Mechs
    • Demonising
      • Win
    • Tremble
  • Notes

First & Second Boss

See Tenacity. Note that for the second boss the video footage of the red and blue special attacks are incorrect: it shows the footage for the green special attack.

Last Boss

Normals

Swipe Swipe Front

Swipe Swipe Back

Front Hold

Swipe Swipe Swipe Back

Front Back

Cross Hits & Swipes

Looks over either shoulder, take note. 2 variants with boss looking to L/R (left/right) side first:

• Hits; makes cross with hits starting from L/R back.
• Swipes; hits L/R back \(\rightarrow\) L/R front. holds front \(\rightarrow\) swipes cw/ccw, then ccw/cw from L/R side.

Always take note of where they look: they will attack there.

Hits

Left

Right

Hit makes cross:

Swipes

Left

Right

Swipe stays on 1 side:

Hit Jump

Note Their movement right before they hit: that’s the timing.

Specials

Second Aggro Pull

Second Aggro Swipe

Res Attack

S-Swipes

Take note of Their stance and blades: Their first swipe will either be clockwise or counter clockwise. If you have trouble avoiding getting hit or getting out in time use the safe regions on the first swipe for some extra time to get out.

Counter Clockwise Start

Clockwise Start

Strategy

One could look at either of the following to determine the first safezone;

• their pose and direction of the arm in front (yellow),
• the direction of the blades; they point towards the hit zones (blue).

Knowing the first gives you the second and third safezones (see footage).

From either front or back there are 2 ways to get to the safezones:

Stepping to the side;

 

Stepping diagonally across;

 

The goal is to get a feel for finding the safezones, and then just walking forwards and backwards.

Example footage from Charmor, performing one of the the ‘s-walks’:

Mechs

Demonising

Debuff mech. Received in purple circle. Stuff hurts more. Core:

• At all times someone has to take it. Otherwise “cowards” and gives “win” hit (see later).
• 2 stacks = death.

Strategy: assign nums 1 & 2 beforehand: those players cycle debuff (\(n\) mod \(2\)).

Win

Debuff player dies \(\Rightarrow\) “I win”: does flat dmg to party. Don’t let this happen.

Tremble

Events:

• Stun AoE.
• Red circle which hits.

Someone in red circle \(\Rightarrow\) gives boss stacks:

• Little \(\#\) of stacks: They get stunned.
• Moderate \(\#\) of stacks: Weak dmg.
• Many \(\#\) of stacks: Likely wipe.

Strategy: Just get away when you see tremble or iframe right before them hitting the ground. If someone got fucked they should be pulled out to avoid wipe.

Notes

• Hitting ring of fire causes bleeding.
• If most of the party is dead the boss can be kited without them doing much attacking to gain time to resurrect.