Arbiter of Ash is the worst fight I have experienced in any game ever

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Gunslinger1988#5052 wrote:

I've never felt the need to post on a thread before, but this is the worst endgame boss battle I've ever had, and I play a lot of games. To the guy who said the health stays at the decreased rate of the damage you do over six attempts, that's not a thing anymore. It would have been a piece of cake otherwise.

The one shot mechanic being used so frivilously makes this fight extremely unenjoyable.. and this is coming from a guy who beat Elden Ring on NG+ using a melee character. I obviously enjoy the unenjoyable battles, but this is downright unfair.

2 of the 6 attempts that I had ended with me having the Arbiter down to 30% health, him casting the bomb, me running into the circle for safety and then getting one shotted by the flame wave he shoots across the screen.. literally no way to win in both of those fights.

That said, I'm just going to develop a cheesy freeze/one shot build and ruin my enjoyment of the game just to get the content done. Thanks, GGG. POE 2 was a great lay, but she left me with blue balls.

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Octopuses#3942 wrote:

First is the mandatory super move speed requirement that requires you to change your build which already feels bad. Then there is so much RNG in mechanics placement that it's just incredibly unenjoyable.

I wish this fight would get completely reworked because I just hate it and I don't care about citadels anymore either since I know I will not beat this boss.

I can handle breach, expedition and ritual bosses without any problem. Delirium is hard but doesn't feel frustrating and unfair like Arbiter.

And I don't want to have to cheese the fight by killing him in 5 seconds or permanently freezing him or whatever because it's clearly not what was intended for this fig0ht.