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Thanks man! Also, just finished watching SrslySoapy's VOD of the first Tavern Table. Not entirely sure, but I think those were your Christmas animations during the Community Team/Lurkit announcement?

@@_jsonV Yesir

@@matt-z5j I may revisit this at some point without longsword, especially if Ironmace changes the boss mechanics. But for now I've got a few other bosses I plan to handle first!

@@json8426 Hopefully they come back for wipe... And if not, add me!

@@Remimer25 That's why he's the goat! THE GOOOAAAAT!

You can bait me always brother. Love the vid!

I'm pretty sure it's coded into the game but it doesn't actually happen because the wraith only carries a right-handed weapon. Maybe if they release a nightmare Wraith variant?

Definitely doing Wyvern breakdown, but not next. I may do it after Lich or after Cyclops/Cave Troll... haven't decided yet.

@@OdinCasts I'll add (at least according to the wiki), there is no increased weapon damage. The main buff to concern yourself with is actually the added PDR/MDR which makes the fight take longer, but I believe clearing the adds is not crucial to the fight. In fact, it may be even harmful for new players to focus on this since if they're tagged by a Royal Guard, they'll be more concerned with healing up to be able to tank a hit from the Warlord's sword which can take time away from DPS the player should actually be concerned with in phase 2. I also didn't mention the AoE that spawns from blocking/parrying the Warlord's attacks. It's not crucial information for melee players and it's more simple to just hold left click for DPS.

Yep, there's multiple ways to skin a cat and a lot (and I really mean a lot) of viewers have told me all of there better ways. Unfortunately, I can't update videos after they're uploaded but I've updated the Wiki with that info: darkanddarker.wiki.spellsandguns.com/Demon_Berserker If/when I get around to it, I will also do this for other subbosses (e.g. Frost Giant Shielder) on the wiki.

Thanks bro! Have you done this boss before? If you're new to Warlord, I'm super curious how many attempts it takes you.

@ i unfortunately have but im a filthy warlock main so its up for debate if it really counts

@@json8426 Ahhh, dang it! I've never soloed Warlord on a warlock, but I count it fwiw (seems like it'd be harder to kite imo anyways)

Thanks for the kind words! I'm not too worried about subs, those will come with time and more videos... I'm a fairly new creator and there's already been an *incredible* amount of support over the past 2 months. Compare that to my 3Blue1Brown inspired educational music channel, I'm pretty thankful. I've found the biggest complaint with the bosses is the ability to practice the moves so this is a niche I'm trying to fill with my bossing videos. People have been very receptive to my methods (see Ghost King video). I'm tempted to flex my software engineering skills and create a small web-app to randomize the attacks and allow better practice but there's so many things to do >.<

​@@_jsonV that would an extremely unique and useful tool for learning bosses, especially if it'd be updates with the game

Good luck out there! If you can, let me know when you've done it on normals (or HR) and how many attempts it took. I'm super curious about this stuff haha!

but amazing video thanks

@@juanvictor8196 I recommend learning all three at the same time so even if you don't get a specific boss, you still get to practice something. Also, the test servers are free to use on the Blacksmith launcher and starts on Crypts instead of Ruins so it's faster to get to Inferno/practice.

Sheeeeeesh! Good luck out there, let me know how many attempts it takes ✊

@@_jsonV it took me literally 2 months to solo it first time

@@mosesslippers6370That is absolutely tragic, ive never been on a boss for more than 4 days and I’ve learned/completed them all.

@@Airxy that's because I have very limited time to play games

@@mosesslippers6370 I'm super interested in how helpful my videos actually are to people. I haven't really heard from anyone on my bossing videos something akin to: "Thanks for the video, took a few days but finally got it on my XYZth attempt". One can only wonder how much quicker than 2 months it would have taken you if I had started making videos like this a year ago 😅

I don't worry really about them unless I'm wearing BiS and able to kill them quickly. The guard souls do buff the Warlord's action/movement and most importantly, the PDR/MDR which prolongs the fight, but even fully buffed the fight generally doesn't last longer than 3 rounds of phase 2. The sword's length I find irrelevant as well as the buffed action/move speed. If you're trying to speedrun it in less than 3 rounds of phase 2, you should try to clear them all out and reduce the PDR buff as much as possible.

@@_jsonV awesome, thank you. i die a lot trying to kill them getting caught by knives or the explosions when they die

I wouldn't... there's a much higher risk of you taking a throwing knife to the head if you crouch.

@@_jsonV He doesn't have any tracking when he's about to throw knives like ghost king does, right? Because I never got hit by his knives when I crouched. Also, I would die every single time in a minigame, because diagonal slashes and horizontal slashes look a lot similar to me.

​@@coldcoder3138 The royal guards throwing knives have vertical tracking but the warlord's don't. Definitely don't try crouching the guards lol, but yeah you can crouch the warlord's if you stay still. I think strafing is better though since it's less thinking/decisions. Plus you can close the distance quicker and do more DPS. There's 5 melee attacks and 2 throwing knive attacks (but in solo you'll only see the 1 throwing knife attack where the Warlord steps back). Out of the 7 total attacks, 5/7 can be avoided by strafing right. To make the decision making process as simple as possible, just default to strafing right. Then all you have to really do is identify the 2 attacks where the Warlord spins clockwise. Those you dodge by strafing left, crouching, and ducking your head.

@@_jsonV I always strafe right or left when guards are about to throw a knife, though, I saw people jumping and crouching the attack, does that make them target the air? I watched Sparky's video on his attacks, I can easily dodge/parry horizontal and vertical slashes, but those uppercuts are breaking my ankles xD

@@coldcoder3138 Yeah, since the guards have tracking it's just like the Ghost King's orb attack. But in a solo matchup, it's pointless to do (besides style points). It's only useful to jump if you like your teammates who are standing next to/behind you that you'd like to keep alive haha... As for the uppercuts, I honestly don't even distinguish between the diagonal/horizontal slash. I just ask myself, "CW?" and keep my head on my shoulders (literally and figuratively).

Fuuh ---- alright, let's try it!