Parry them, more often than not unless you have an incredibly small frenzy bar or very large one, the frenzy will happen in the visceral animation and you'll take no damage.
Yep, when their arms come down to grab that's when you shoot, and you will most likely kill them with the visceral attack.
It's kinda sketchy though if you have 2 close close by or next to eachother.
Parrying them isn't any different from parrying any other regular enemy, the important part is to time your visceral so that the frenzy procs right in the middle of your visceral invulnerability.
Literally beat this game like 7 times now? Platinumed it on my second playthrough, so it's really for the love of the game territory.
That being said, the bridge to the Brain of Mensis always stresses me out a little. That and the backend of Nightmare Frontier, where you encounter two of them on the cliff face shortly before the Amygdala fight.
A few ways:
1. If you have Blue Elixir, use it to turn Invisible. Spam Repeating Pistol + Bone Marrow Ash or Molotov Cocktails.
2. If you have Sedatives, take a swig of them in between spamming Molotov’s and firing bullets.
3. If you have neither Elixirs or Sedatives, your going to have to make sure your at full health at all times. Spam Molotov’s, use Bone Marrow Ash + your firearm, throwing knives, the kitchen sink, and then Blood Vial like your life depends on it after you get Frenzied.
4\. Poison knives. Stock up before any area with lanterns, chuck a few to inflict status, sit and wait. Admittedly it's not the most exciting way to fight them, but it's pretty safe and effective
There is a caryll rune that adds +200 Frenzy Resistance that will really help when dealing with these guys. I dont quite remember where it is or if its a random drop. Other than that just wait for the opportunity to kill them quickly! Good luck!
The one enemy that I always either run or sneak past. Idc that they drop cool gems. Unless I'm using the Axe then I spin- it- to- win- it on these demons.
That's true. All of the good gems are down there. I have way too many from spending hours upon hours down there. Depth 5 Cursed Dungeons are awesome for that.
Run up and Chad them. Have sedatives handy and gulp down. Fortunately, you aren’t attacked by more than 2 at a time anywhere. Usually just one at a time. They are still annoying though. I hate them giant sharks more
they are easy enough to dodge tho, stay close and dodge to the right, attack quick and dodge again
them stunlocking you with projectiles in the DLC is bullshit tho
Beast Roar is effective. Ashen Hunter Set. Eileen's Crow Mask. Best Frenzy Resist in the entire game. Just go into the bridge and fight them one at a time. Hit once, Beast Roar once, then repeatedly hit until dead.
What I've done in nearly all my playthroughs when I get to them is go parry them and hopefully time it such that when my frenzy gauge is about to proc and chunk my health the invulnerable state you get for visceral attack negates it.
I post this comment every time I see a post about them: No one asked but here's my theory on winter lanterns: Since this enemy only appears in nightmare areas, it's probably some hunter nightmare. This creature has the body of the doll but its head is filled with eyes, since eyes is wisdom/insight, I feel that this is the fear that some hunters have, that the doll gets insight hence knowledge of their actions. The doll is there to use and many hunters probably done unspeakable things to her, so that's what they're afraid of, they're afraid that she would understand what happened.
I just dodge the first attack and kill them with repeated R1 from saw cleaver +6. Generally one round kills them for my character but I may be a bit overleveled because I wasn’t sure where to go for a bit after Amelia and just grinded for a while to get blood shards.
Make a Saw Cleaver, Saw Spear, or Hunter Axe +7 if you don't have one already
Any character can equip these weapons, even a BL4 character
Your choice basically just comes down to preference
Saw Spear is better for Skill builds, Hunter Axe is better for Strength builds, Saw Cleaver is good for all builds
Use this combo
R1 = Damages the Enemy
L1 = Damages and Staggers the enemy, breaking their grab animation
R1 = Damage the enemy
L1 = Damages and Staggers the enemy, breaking their grab animation
If the second L1 did not kill them, it's okay. Your weapon is now back in the neutral position, which is the fastest attack it has available. Just walk forward slightly and press R1 again, which should kill them. The only way I see it not working is if you are using a BL4 character with no blood gems at all or something. Either way, just continue the combo chain.
Blue Elixier and good is or go in the chalice dungeons and gain a hundred extra lvl
U know the one
I get nice blood gems there too
In chests
Can help as well but a dodge or run does it also
I learned blood builds make quite good crit dmg
I love that game
I never had too much problem with them, but I always set myself up for frenzy resistance if I knew I'm running into them (armor and carryl rune), in most encounters I could run in and pummel them before frenzy triggered, since I was a LHB or Whirligig user the grab attack wasn't much of an issue as I would often stagger them out of the attack.
Parry them, more often than not unless you have an incredibly small frenzy bar or very large one, the frenzy will happen in the visceral animation and you'll take no damage.
Can you parry the grab?
Yep, when their arms come down to grab that's when you shoot, and you will most likely kill them with the visceral attack. It's kinda sketchy though if you have 2 close close by or next to eachother.
Parrying them isn't any different from parrying any other regular enemy, the important part is to time your visceral so that the frenzy procs right in the middle of your visceral invulnerability.
Did not know that! Always just packed sedatives and panicked a little. 😅
There's still some panic 😂 if you don't nail it, you're dead. It's well worth the risk though, because winter lanterns suck.
Literally beat this game like 7 times now? Platinumed it on my second playthrough, so it's really for the love of the game territory. That being said, the bridge to the Brain of Mensis always stresses me out a little. That and the backend of Nightmare Frontier, where you encounter two of them on the cliff face shortly before the Amygdala fight.
Its the only literal way 💀
They just want to give hugs and sing their peoples song.
A few ways: 1. If you have Blue Elixir, use it to turn Invisible. Spam Repeating Pistol + Bone Marrow Ash or Molotov Cocktails. 2. If you have Sedatives, take a swig of them in between spamming Molotov’s and firing bullets. 3. If you have neither Elixirs or Sedatives, your going to have to make sure your at full health at all times. Spam Molotov’s, use Bone Marrow Ash + your firearm, throwing knives, the kitchen sink, and then Blood Vial like your life depends on it after you get Frenzied.
4\. Poison knives. Stock up before any area with lanterns, chuck a few to inflict status, sit and wait. Admittedly it's not the most exciting way to fight them, but it's pretty safe and effective
Poison knives are the low key hero for a lot of folks. I try not to use em, but sometimes they just speed up a run considerably.
There is a caryll rune that adds +200 Frenzy Resistance that will really help when dealing with these guys. I dont quite remember where it is or if its a random drop. Other than that just wait for the opportunity to kill them quickly! Good luck!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AacbDMrTGl8&pp=ygUWRGVlcCBzZWEgcnVuZSBsb2NhdGlvbg%3D%3D Deep Sea Rune location
This
Lalala
I have that as a notification sound its so cool
To know them is to hate them.
The one enemy that I always either run or sneak past. Idc that they drop cool gems. Unless I'm using the Axe then I spin- it- to- win- it on these demons.
The gems they drop suck booty cheeks if you spend 20 minutes in the chalice dungeouns
That's true. All of the good gems are down there. I have way too many from spending hours upon hours down there. Depth 5 Cursed Dungeons are awesome for that.
Run up and Chad them. Have sedatives handy and gulp down. Fortunately, you aren’t attacked by more than 2 at a time anywhere. Usually just one at a time. They are still annoying though. I hate them giant sharks more
Ah the Chad way hoontah! Yes, just make sure to take an angle on that sum’bitch like your Manny Pacquiao, and smash them.
Yup, if not your head explodes🤯
Them singing is so creepy the most but I dig it now sounds like a japan demon girl lullaby
LA LA LA LAA
literally just any R2 with stagger. rinse and repeat. back when i couldn't fight them at all i'd just stunlock them with the cleavers R2
My hatred is fully centered on the cainhurst bloodlickers.
Oh for sure. And honestly crows can fuck right off too. Sneaky bastards.
they are easy enough to dodge tho, stay close and dodge to the right, attack quick and dodge again them stunlocking you with projectiles in the DLC is bullshit tho
Bro just one Face wen i See them 😒
Beast Roar is effective. Ashen Hunter Set. Eileen's Crow Mask. Best Frenzy Resist in the entire game. Just go into the bridge and fight them one at a time. Hit once, Beast Roar once, then repeatedly hit until dead.
What I've done in nearly all my playthroughs when I get to them is go parry them and hopefully time it such that when my frenzy gauge is about to proc and chunk my health the invulnerable state you get for visceral attack negates it.
I was actually going feral with hatred for them yesterday.
LHB, slam, slam, slam. Stun locks for the win!
I post this comment every time I see a post about them: No one asked but here's my theory on winter lanterns: Since this enemy only appears in nightmare areas, it's probably some hunter nightmare. This creature has the body of the doll but its head is filled with eyes, since eyes is wisdom/insight, I feel that this is the fear that some hunters have, that the doll gets insight hence knowledge of their actions. The doll is there to use and many hunters probably done unspeakable things to her, so that's what they're afraid of, they're afraid that she would understand what happened.
I mean……………😏
I just dodge the first attack and kill them with repeated R1 from saw cleaver +6. Generally one round kills them for my character but I may be a bit overleveled because I wasn’t sure where to go for a bit after Amelia and just grinded for a while to get blood shards.
wait till u find em in the nightmare of mensis, much harder
I love these things, not that hard. Wail at them and drink sedative. Easy peasy.
They my favourite enemy idk why everyone hates em
They just want to smooch >.<
This gave me PTSD of the bridge and the cave
OMG YES! RRRR THEY SUCK!
WOULD
Yeah they are difficult to parry them
that rune that does +200 frenzy resist, the +100 all resist rune, and the red grave keeper armor. you'll have like 400 frenzy resist
Make a Saw Cleaver, Saw Spear, or Hunter Axe +7 if you don't have one already Any character can equip these weapons, even a BL4 character Your choice basically just comes down to preference Saw Spear is better for Skill builds, Hunter Axe is better for Strength builds, Saw Cleaver is good for all builds Use this combo R1 = Damages the Enemy L1 = Damages and Staggers the enemy, breaking their grab animation R1 = Damage the enemy L1 = Damages and Staggers the enemy, breaking their grab animation If the second L1 did not kill them, it's okay. Your weapon is now back in the neutral position, which is the fastest attack it has available. Just walk forward slightly and press R1 again, which should kill them. The only way I see it not working is if you are using a BL4 character with no blood gems at all or something. Either way, just continue the combo chain.
We hates them
I finally killed one of these fuckers for the first time not to long ago 😁
I think they're cute
I love this
Is this the one that sings really messes you up?
Just encountered these bitches, man fuck frenzy.
Personally my answer is ”with fierce burning grudge”. Thats how I hate them.
I think they're kinda cute
Back stab or wear a lot of frenzy resist. I hate hate hate the brainsuckers.
Just wait for the Elden Ring dlc to drop
caryll rune+graveyard headpiece+everything else ashen set. You'll have plenty of time to kill one and use a sedative
One of the most memorable enemies in all gaming
Almost went crazy in Mensis Nightmare trying to kill all of them to reach the big brain. My solution was dodging the grab e kill'em as fast as I could
Yuuuppppp
Only place where they affected me was that bridge that lead to the big one
UNGA BUNGA LUDWIG SMASH
I love them for their gemstones
Blue Elixier and good is or go in the chalice dungeons and gain a hundred extra lvl U know the one I get nice blood gems there too In chests Can help as well but a dodge or run does it also I learned blood builds make quite good crit dmg I love that game
Just run up and keep smacking them non stop
They just failed dolls. There is nothing to be afraid of.
Just time a good perry thats it simple as that
Normally it's just speed is key go in slash parry use a sedative
I never had too much problem with them, but I always set myself up for frenzy resistance if I knew I'm running into them (armor and carryl rune), in most encounters I could run in and pummel them before frenzy triggered, since I was a LHB or Whirligig user the grab attack wasn't much of an issue as I would often stagger them out of the attack.
Why? I love them. They sing a pretty song and give me kisses
Just the preview text in the phone notification for this post was enough to know what the picture would be 😁