Blasphemous - Sacred Sorrows - Last Sorrow of the Unfathomable Wills (True Torment S+)

On August 24 we're gonna be blessed with the release of Blasphemous 2, sequel to one of the most epic games I've ever played. So to commemorate the ocassion (and since I'm doing a replay of the whole game), I decided to record this. I'll probably do something similar in Dead Cells by doing a full run with the Face Flask.
So, what is the Sacred Sorrows? This is basically the Boss Rush mode of this game. It has six "trials" called Sorrows, each one adding or featuring certain bosses. In addition, there're two difficulty options: Pilgrim (where you will fight the bosses as you would do normally) and True Torment (as you would do in New Game+, where they have more health and do more damage). You'll get a rank at the end of a Sorrow, and while it gives you stats like how many flasks you used or how many times you got hit, the reality is that the rank is determined by time.
The Last Sorrow of the Unfathomable Wills is the sixth and - well - last trial of this mode, and probably the hardest challenge in the game (specially if you want to get an S+). Not only does it include every boss in the game (in fact, it's the only Sorrow that has the two bosses added in the last DLC, who are some of the toughest ones), but the order of each fight is randomized, ending it all with Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony who has her third phase from the "True Ending" path (added in the last DLC as well).
- - Rosary Beads - -
- Fire Enclosed in Enamel: increases prayers casting speed
- Scale of Burnished Alabaster: allows to block/parry attacks from behind
- Knot of Hair: 5% damage increase on sword attacks
- Drop of Coagulated Ink: 100% prayer damage bonus
- Crown of Gnawed Iron: Increase fervour generated after an attack by 50%
- Embers of a Broken Star: Increase fervour generated after an attack by 50%
- Reliquary of the Suffering Heart: Regenerates health over time after using a Bile Flask as long as you don't get hit
- Reliquary of the Fervent Heart: Constant fervour regeneration over time.
Occasionally I swap out the latter bead with the Reliquary of the Sorrowful Heart (changes the content of Bile Flasks, recovering fervour instead of health) which synergizes with the Reliquary of the Suffering Heart, activating the health regeneration even if the flask doesn't recover health. Basically you can recover both fervour and HP with just one flask.
- - Mea Culpa Heart - -
- Smoking Heart of Incense: increases prayer damage by 100% and blood attacks by 50%, but it increases fervour cost of prayers.
- - TIMESTAMPS - -
0:00 - Warden of the Silent Sorrow
1:06 - Ten Piedad
1:55 - Esdras, of the Anointed Legion
3:09 - Amanecida of the Molten Thorn
5:43 - Isidora, Voice of the Dead
8:52 - Laudes, the First of the Amanecidas
11:36 - Our Lady of the Charred Visage
13:23 - Amanecida of the Bejeweled Arrow
16:14 - Melquíades, The Exhumed Archbishop
18:07 - Amanecida of the Golden Blades
21:48 - Tres Angustias
23:04 - Last Son of the Miracle
24:18 - Expósito, Scion of Abjuration
25:19 - His Holiness Escribar
26:18 - Amanecida of the Chiselled Steel
28:58 - Sierpes
33:32 - Quirce, Returned By The Flames
35:04 - Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony
Art in thumbnail by Nekro: / nekroxiii

[@bryandedon7459]

When I watch someone beat these bosses, it looks so much easier than it actually is. Everything just looks so much slower that I feel like I could easily beat them no problem. Then I play whatever game I'm watching and get to that boss and it's so much faster than I thought it would be and I end up dying a lot. It's like when I'm playing I try to go too fast and end the fight as quick as possible and that's what gets me killed. For some reason I can't just take my time and take what the boss gives me.

[@kcop1882]

Worth remembering that the videos you watch of these plays are tirelessly worked towards, constant repetition, learning the boss' movesets, the timings and strategies required for them, and what's going to put them down the fastest. Don't stress over doing bad, you'll ruin the game for yourself if you constantly try to envision yourself playing at standards like this vid. Take your time and enjoy the fights, suck a little bit, have your comeback, if you're committed enough to being this good, just keep playing, you'll amaze yourself how much your muscle memory and know-how of the game starts to reflect in your playstyle.

[@SpL_13]

I know I'm way late for this, I just took notice of this comment. But, just like the other comment said, it's a matter of practice and learning the bosses patterns, it's something takes a little bit of time, but not at lot. Trust me, when it came to Blasphemous I really sucked at fighting its bosses. In fact, I didn't even bothered with the Sacred Sorrows when I first beat the game in 2021, and it wasn't until around the time I recorded this video that I gave them a shot.

[@langostadeleche5068]

La verdad que tengo 40h y nunca supe para que servia el modo "Sagrados Pesares". Gracias por explicarlo, muy buen gameplay no quiero imaginar la dificultad de estas peleas :))

[@SinhTruong-ve5pt]

I can feel your pain while doing this

[@IWANTAWORLD]

Amazing.

[@HornetSilksong1232]

incredible job! which boss would you say was the hardest to master/ do in this challenge?

[@SpL_13]

Definitely Isidora

[@HornetSilksong1232]

@@SpL_13 thats makes sense since they're a DLC boss, was it the projectile spam or the boss overall? personally i find tres angustias the hardest boss, which is strange since its an early game one

[@SpL_13]

@@HornetSilksong1232 She's really fast and does a ton of damage.
As for the Tres Angustias, it's not that strange. I think the community kinda agrees that it's a boss where things could get a little complicated if you let them overwhelm you, especially if you try to heal at wrong time.

[@perverttkittenn3554]

WHY I DIDN'T RECORD IT!? I FINISHED IN 28 MINUTES XD

[@KorexEdits]

pog, really?

[@myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548]

How the hell does your prayers do such massive damage

[@SpL_13]

The Drop of Coagulated Ink (one of the rosary bead I have equipped) grants 100% prayer damage bonus

[@myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548]

@@SpL_13 That's fucked up my prayers barely do any damage with the ink

[@SpL_13]

@@myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548 Oh, and I also used the Smoking Heart of Incense, which also grants 100% prayer damage bonus