I have been stuck on this for over a year watching so many tutorials coming back n forth to this quest. My only save was here I couldn't bring myself to start again. Thanks to you I have managed to complete the quest for the first time ever and enjoy the rest of the game on the new enhanced settings. Thank you so much you have no idea how much I appreciate this. I'm able to play my favourite game again!
This is how every video how-to should be. Thank you. The commentary was like a friend showing you how to do something and in it was in right moments and It was all about the game and really well paced making it easy to follow and fun to watch. I’m not an expert or anything and I don’t often comment on videos but this one was just the right things in the right amounts and I enjoyed watching it. Don’t make it weird haha.
Thanks a lot, your guide was exactly what we all needed :) Dettlaff is no more. I didn't have enough points for your specific Yrden mutation, but any higher one was just enough too. After 150 fails it ended surprisingly quickly :D :)
Oh man, this is probably the most comprehensive way to defeat Dettlaff. I've tried a bunch of different tips, but none of them have nearly been that on point. Been stuck for a while, and your tutorial helped me nail the mission with ease. Thanks man
What I had done was a piercing cold grandmaster Griffin sign build, he literally entered phase two in one blast, but without any grinding this is a good method, good job man
Thx. I think the best guides require the hardest possible situation made as easy as possible. For example Re2. Many ppl who make a guide for that game will go for head shots. Hiting a head shot can crit a zombie and 1 shot him. The problem with that is the viewer may get unlucky and get Zero crits while the video creator gets really lucky and get lots of them. There will be a big difference in ammo between the 2. I try to eliminate this RNG by equipping armor that a casual would have. It's just my way of thinking. XD
Yep! Piercing cold + AARD + grandmaster Griffin sign build worked for me. Then you need fire to burn the heart. Thanks for the tips. Thanks for the excellent video!
Thanks for your input... I personally don't like the dodge/Igni tactic in phase 1 and 3, but I like the Yrden trap tactic in phase 2.... And thank you explaining his attack pattern and when to dodge his bat attack
@Bronzescorpion Well Scorpion i saw some others and I still couldn't do crap bout those 1 hit bats on stage 2 My Man here was the only one who explains it right in my opinion
Thank you, I changed it up my way on act 2, when he gathered up his bats and shoots you and you dodge it he'll either fly and lands on grounds with wings around him just do heavy strike 2x each times he land you'll be in act 3 very quickly you don't need magic trap or a ability from character tree
lol i just removed my file saves few minutes ago...wish i found this vid sooner, got stuck in with this boss over and over, good fight and guide anyway, thanks man .
😂 what a pain in the ass. Quit the game about 2 years ago because of this boss. Played toussaint all over again and obtained the best possible great but still same outcome. Those bats in phase 2 kept bringing me to my knees. Thanks alot man. Really thanks
Thank you 1000 times I wish I could upvote this video infinitely times!!! After several days I didn’t know if I was going to be able to beat him then I found this video!!! 🎉🎉🎉
you can actually completly ignore this dude in the last stage of the fight and roll around area in circles hitting hearts one after another. Just don't be greedy, land only two hits and roll to the next heart with quen on./
Detliff? You sounded like Lorn Michael there! 😅 Loved this video though. Wish I'd known about the Yrden years ago: last time I whooped his ass it was with swords and aard - ball ache.
2 days ago on Death March i needed around 3-5 min to finish the the entire fight. I Play with Griffin and AARD with all 4 skills maxed only need 1 or 2 hit to go from phase one to phase two. In Phase two when he charges for the first time then again AARD and couple of fast hits + IGNI and i send him in phase 3 for around 40 sec to 1 min. In Phase 3 only need to dogde him and kill the 3 hearts.
Just fought him last night in Deathmarch difficulty before watching this.. Hard but not impossible.. 1st phase use Aard when he charge at you then hit him teice then dodge again.. phase two Yrden does the job.. Phase 3 just be patient, dodge and hit the organs(hearts?) .. If i remember right, bleed works on him too.. i used metamorphosis mutation..
Has anyone else noticed this fight is suddenly impossible in the upgraded PS5 version? I have played through the old version of this game on PS4 a few times without any issues. But this play through I’m completely stuck on this fight in ‘give me story’ difficulty, the first part of the fight is pretty easy, but in the second part he hits me 2-3 times while Quen is active and kills ‘me’, this must be a glitch or something.
@@alanavlakje8670 How are you getting hit 2-3 times, he has 3 different atk? Are you getting hit by all of them? A single atk should almost kill you on the hardest difficulty. What are you getting hit from?
@ he just hits me, draining more than 50% of my health, then hits me again with a different attack or I get stuck in the bloody, bubbly stuff and then I’m dead. The best I managed was killing him 2/3 of the way, he’s too fast and hits too hard, especially in the easiest difficulty and compared to all the other fights in the game. Like I said, I don’t remember having much of a problem in my earlier playthroughs on PS4
Detlaff was very easy for me, with an alchemy/damage build, aerondight and grandmaster cat school armor everything is easy, even on deathmarch. That fight took me like 3 mins. Hardest challenge for me personally was Olgierd
@@zuzanahrablayova4850 Hmmm 🤔 The only way to bring him down with yrden is for him to take DMG. If your yrden isn't doing DMG then it won't work but if you have supercharged glyph it should do DMG. 🤔 It's been like 2yrs so I can't say for sure. You can use the alternative aard. It's a bit harder to time but hit him with aard as he flies to you for the same results.
@@celter.45acp98 Just drop a yrden. When he charges at you he will take DMG as soon as he touches it then will get knocked down. You will have a good 10 sec to get your DMG in. Did you watch the whole video?
I don’t get it, I dodge exactly as shown, with exact timing shown, yet I still get hit. At this point I am about ready to give up and just never finish this damn DLC…
Don't give up. 1- You have to have some distance between you and him. I would say at least half of the entire map. 2- Think of it like a wave of water. The wave will grow big, then once it's reached its peak the water will then fall down. The second you see the bat's stop climbing up and they start to go in the down direction (like a wave) that's when you dodge roll. Also, the more the distance between you the more time you have to Dodge. But you cannot Dodge as the bat's are still going up, you have to wait till they fall then Dodge roll but don't let them reach the ground to Dodgeroll because by then it will be to late. So in conclusion. Bat's will go up toward the sky. Then come down to the ground then comes toward you. You have to Dodge when they start coming in the down direction and b4 they hit the ground and start coming towards you. Let me know how you do.
@@SeitoCoDM On max difficulty quen won't stop the 1 shot unless you have very high end gear. Majority of players don't have it so quen is out the window. Even with great gear it's still very hard to survive the 1 shot.
@@PARANOIA-GAME but thats the whole problem. You cant complain about getting destroyed by good bosses when you refuse to grind grandmaster gears ( which are like 10 times better than almost every other gear). With grandmaster ursine gear you take so much less damage and your quen can resist a lot longer ( even if you dont boost it with the 10% intensity stones). Im currently on my 4th playthrough with grandmaster feline armor, a Whirl/ alchemy build, aerondight and toussaint knight steel sword. Deathmarch isnt a challenge anymore. Another problem many players have apart from not using the right gear is their skill build. Signs ( apart from quen and yrden sometimes) are pretty much useless on deathmarch, theyre only good with grandmaster griffindor armor, euphoria and the right alchemy skills.Many players dont realize that youre saving yourself a lot of pain when you just get good armor and swords and build for damage/ alchemy
@@SeitoCoDM I get what your saying brother but the part you're forgetting is MOST players don't do the grind and there is nothing wrong with that. Look at anyone of my guides. None of them require high skill to do. I play as worst case scenario (hardest difficulty, weakest gear) so AAAAAANYONE can follow the guide, not just the grinders.
You need the supercharged glyph that's in the yrden tree. Any damage he takes, even from a bow will disrupt his charge atk. Since the yrden will do dmg to him when he enters the circle, he will then be disrupted. lts the last one in the yrden tree. As for the bat's it's simply a dodge roll either left or right. The bat's will start where he's at then fly up, like a wave, they will come down and then towards you. The moment they start to come in the down direction is when you want to Dodge roll to either side. If the bat's are hitting you, it's not a range problem but a timing problem. You can't do the roll to soon or too late.
@@PARANOIA-GAME Thanks for your answer. Since my Yrden is not supercharged I used well timed Aard during his charge attack to knock him out. And for bats - yes, it must be the timing problem. But I couldn't get it right anyway (my success rate is about 50 %) so I rather had Quen applied and then I managed to handle their attacks. So finally I survived this phase and following stages were not that difficult. Thanks for you help.
Appreciate the tip but when making a guide it's better to be in the worst gear rather then the best. Not all ppl can get the best gear but everyone will have the worst gear or above. Ty for watching
Yeah. You have to have supercharged glyph in the yarden tree for it to work.the moment he enters the circle he will take damage and that's what interrupts the charge.
@@PARANOIA-GAME I'm serious. I have the platinum trophy for Bloodborne, but I didn't know what to do with this vampire disappointed in love. Thanks again. :D
Just git gud. It must be totally zero fun in doing it that way, however very good insights on phase 2. I wasn't sure what is a right method for dodging bat attacks, many times did it too early, and didn't think Yrden works this good for the charge. But phase 1 and 3 in this method are sooo bad, and phase 1 is actually really fun and that difficult if you play it normally, meaning cast signs and using sword. Also why didn't you use any mutations?
Well brother. This guide is made so even the most casual can down him. I can easily get the best gear and make a even simpler way to kill him but I have to make this guide as worst case scenario as if someone who doesn't have the gear or potion can still follow the guide and beat him.
@@PARANOIA-GAME lol no it did, finally got it, I just meant when I wrote the content before utilizing your tips I was frustrated, been stuck on that level for close to 6 months now lmao
I have been stuck on this for over a year watching so many tutorials coming back n forth to this quest. My only save was here I couldn't bring myself to start again. Thanks to you I have managed to complete the quest for the first time ever and enjoy the rest of the game on the new enhanced settings. Thank you so much you have no idea how much I appreciate this. I'm able to play my favourite game again!
damn, a whole year
This is how every video how-to should be. Thank you. The commentary was like a friend showing you how to do something and in it was in right moments and It was all about the game and really well paced making it easy to follow and fun to watch. I’m not an expert or anything and I don’t often comment on videos but this one was just the right things in the right amounts and I enjoyed watching it. Don’t make it weird haha.
Thx bro.
By far this is the best guide on how to kill Dettlaff. It was super easy after watching this video.
Glad to help brother
I have been stuck on this for months , a few tries using your tutorial and a dead Dettlaff . Many thanks .
Gratz brother. X)
Thanks a lot, your guide was exactly what we all needed :)
Dettlaff is no more.
I didn't have enough points for your specific Yrden mutation, but any higher one was just enough too. After 150 fails it ended surprisingly quickly :D :)
When I see these comments it makes my day. Congrats on your kill brother. XD
Oh man, this is probably the most comprehensive way to defeat Dettlaff. I've tried a bunch of different tips, but none of them have nearly been that on point. Been stuck for a while, and your tutorial helped me nail the mission with ease. Thanks man
I'm glad to hear that. :)
You use the perk that makes food vitality last 20 mins aswell dont you
@@caindenney1235 Yes but it's not needed. I got hit twice so 2-4 foods would of been enough.
@@PARANOIA-GAME before the next gen port maybe , highest food vitality is 10 now
What I had done was a piercing cold grandmaster Griffin sign build, he literally entered phase two in one blast, but without any grinding this is a good method, good job man
Thx. I think the best guides require the hardest possible situation made as easy as possible. For example Re2. Many ppl who make a guide for that game will go for head shots. Hiting a head shot can crit a zombie and 1 shot him. The problem with that is the viewer may get unlucky and get Zero crits while the video creator gets really lucky and get lots of them. There will be a big difference in ammo between the 2. I try to eliminate this RNG by equipping armor that a casual would have. It's just my way of thinking. XD
Yep! Piercing cold + AARD + grandmaster Griffin sign build worked for me. Then you need fire to burn the heart. Thanks for the tips. Thanks for the excellent video!
Thanks for your input...
I personally don't like the dodge/Igni tactic in phase 1 and 3, but I like the Yrden trap tactic in phase 2....
And thank you explaining his attack pattern and when to dodge his bat attack
Great video, couldn't believe how tough this boss fight was, needed some help and your video helped me the most, thank you 🙏
It's all worth it when I hear these vidz helped ppl with there gaming. Thx for the reply. :)
My Man your channel is Criminally Underrated Your the ONLY Person who explained how to beat this fight the right way 💯
Thx bro. I do it to help my fellow gamers. :)
The right way? There are ways that are just as easy and faster. Still great that this guide have helped people, but hardly THE right way.
@Bronzescorpion Well Scorpion i saw some others and I still couldn't do crap bout those 1 hit bats on stage 2 My Man here was the only one who explains it right in my opinion
I was so stuck. I've read it all and watched videos. I used your method and beat him in just a few tries. Thanks so much!
Congrats brother. Glad to hear it.
@@PARANOIA-GAME I'm a woman lmfaooo
@@laurenmiller9517 I meant it like "homie." XD
Thank you, I changed it up my way on act 2, when he gathered up his bats and shoots you and you dodge it he'll either fly and lands on grounds with wings around him just do heavy strike 2x each times he land you'll be in act 3 very quickly you don't need magic trap or a ability from character tree
lol i just removed my file saves few minutes ago...wish i found this vid sooner, got stuck in with this boss over and over, good fight and guide anyway, thanks man .
Thanks a lot those damn bats were killing me. I never would have got the dodge pattern right your a saviour mate
😂 what a pain in the ass. Quit the game about 2 years ago because of this boss. Played toussaint all over again and obtained the best possible great but still same outcome. Those bats in phase 2 kept bringing me to my knees. Thanks alot man. Really thanks
Awesome tips, thank you…! I finally managed to defeat Dettlaff, after failing so many times.
Gratz fam.
Cool! Thank you. In all my dozens of playthroughs, I didn’t get the idea that in the second phase Detlaf can be shot down with a basic Yrden👍
was about to give up if not for your video, thanks....going to try it tonight!
GL bro. Get that boss down. XD Let me know if you get it.
Been stuck on this fight for literal years
Did you manage to beat him?
Thank you 1000 times I wish I could upvote this video infinitely times!!! After several days I didn’t know if I was going to be able to beat him then I found this video!!! 🎉🎉🎉
@@virtualoutburst6873 Gratz brother. Your welcome
:)
Thank you so much bro this my favorite game and ive been stuck on this for a while 💯
@@t0r_b3n23 Your welcome brother. X)
Thank you somuch mate for this video! It helped m out A LOT on Death March! Hats off mate! :)
You're welcome XD
you can actually completly ignore this dude in the last stage of the fight and roll around area in circles hitting hearts one after another. Just don't be greedy, land only two hits and roll to the next heart with quen on./
I did. I showed both ways for p3. X)
Thanks! the bats were driving me crazy.
Thanks this video helped me a lot, you can do it in few second just max aard now. Scaling damage from aard insane
This is what I fucking needed. Thank you 💪🏻
Your welcome fam
Detliff? You sounded like Lorn Michael there! 😅
Loved this video though. Wish I'd known about the Yrden years ago: last time I whooped his ass it was with swords and aard - ball ache.
Full strength aard with all the abilities for it ranked up and selected does a fuck tonne of damage to him. Way more than the igni.
Bruh I was about to give up on the game. But I do have good gear so with this strategy I beat him with ease the first attempt. Thank you sir.
Congrats brother
2 days ago on Death March i needed around 3-5 min to finish the the entire fight. I Play with Griffin and AARD with all 4 skills maxed only need 1 or 2 hit to go from phase one to phase two. In Phase two when he charges for the first time then again AARD and couple of fast hits + IGNI and i send him in phase 3 for around 40 sec to 1 min. In Phase 3 only need to dogde him and kill the 3 hearts.
This fight can be made a joke if you out gear it but not every one will have epic gear so I make guides for the casual player so anyone can do it.
Great video! Ill try it once I finish the main game
oh if only i've known the yrd.. i beat him yesterday on march lv scale, red + green build drinking the hell out of my potions
It's ok. A win is a win. Thx for watching and commenting though. XD lol
Just fought him last night in Deathmarch difficulty before watching this.. Hard but not impossible.. 1st phase use Aard when he charge at you then hit him teice then dodge again.. phase two Yrden does the job.. Phase 3 just be patient, dodge and hit the organs(hearts?) .. If i remember right, bleed works on him too.. i used metamorphosis mutation..
I had max school of the viper gear so I absolutely ripped him to shreds in like 10 minutes I also had an alchemy build
You get a follow a like and a comment for saving the day. One question what was the decoction you used?
@@rickyshelton7821 thx brother. It's been a while but are you talking about the food buff?
Cam doesn’t follow circles for me , at least dodging 2nd phase is another with bats and the drop stick die lol thank you for the tips
You have to lock on him for the camera to follow you. Also your welcome brother
Has anyone else noticed this fight is suddenly impossible in the upgraded PS5 version? I have played through the old version of this game on PS4 a few times without any issues. But this play through I’m completely stuck on this fight in ‘give me story’ difficulty, the first part of the fight is pretty easy, but in the second part he hits me 2-3 times while Quen is active and kills ‘me’, this must be a glitch or something.
@@alanavlakje8670 How are you getting hit 2-3 times, he has 3 different atk? Are you getting hit by all of them? A single atk should almost kill you on the hardest difficulty. What are you getting hit from?
@ he just hits me, draining more than 50% of my health, then hits me again with a different attack or I get stuck in the bloody, bubbly stuff and then I’m dead. The best I managed was killing him 2/3 of the way, he’s too fast and hits too hard, especially in the easiest difficulty and compared to all the other fights in the game. Like I said, I don’t remember having much of a problem in my earlier playthroughs on PS4
I hot a sword from the lady of the lake, it does wonders!
Detlaff was very easy for me, with an alchemy/damage build, aerondight and grandmaster cat school armor everything is easy, even on deathmarch. That fight took me like 3 mins. Hardest challenge for me personally was Olgierd
I have supercharged glyph but my yrden doesn't take him out..have you any idea what am I doing wrong?
@@zuzanahrablayova4850 Hmmm 🤔
The only way to bring him down with yrden is for him to take DMG. If your yrden isn't doing DMG then it won't work but if you have supercharged glyph it should do DMG. 🤔
It's been like 2yrs so I can't say for sure. You can use the alternative aard. It's a bit harder to time but hit him with aard as he flies to you for the same results.
I can get past phase 1 in 3 seconds it's when he transforms I can't get a hit in
@@celter.45acp98 Just drop a yrden. When he charges at you he will take DMG as soon as he touches it then will get knocked down. You will have a good 10 sec to get your DMG in. Did you watch the whole video?
I don’t get it, I dodge exactly as shown, with exact timing shown, yet I still get hit. At this point I am about ready to give up and just never finish this damn DLC…
Don't give up.
1- You have to have some distance between you and him. I would say at least half of the entire map.
2- Think of it like a wave of water. The wave will grow big, then once it's reached its peak the water will then fall down. The second you see the bat's stop climbing up and they start to go in the down direction (like a wave) that's when you dodge roll.
Also, the more the distance between you the more time you have to Dodge. But you cannot Dodge as the bat's are still going up, you have to wait till they fall then Dodge roll but don't let them reach the ground to Dodgeroll because by then it will be to late.
So in conclusion. Bat's will go up toward the sky. Then come down to the ground then comes toward you. You have to Dodge when they start coming in the down direction and b4 they hit the ground and start coming towards you.
Let me know how you do.
Just spam quen
@@SeitoCoDM On max difficulty quen won't stop the 1 shot unless you have very high end gear. Majority of players don't have it so quen is out the window.
Even with great gear it's still very hard to survive the 1 shot.
@@PARANOIA-GAME but thats the whole problem. You cant complain about getting destroyed by good bosses when you refuse to grind grandmaster gears ( which are like 10 times better than almost every other gear). With grandmaster ursine gear you take so much less damage and your quen can resist a lot longer ( even if you dont boost it with the 10% intensity stones). Im currently on my 4th playthrough with grandmaster feline armor, a Whirl/ alchemy build, aerondight and toussaint knight steel sword. Deathmarch isnt a challenge anymore. Another problem many players have apart from not using the right gear is their skill build. Signs ( apart from quen and yrden sometimes) are pretty much useless on deathmarch, theyre only good with grandmaster griffindor armor, euphoria and the right alchemy skills.Many players dont realize that youre saving yourself a lot of pain when you just get good armor and swords and build for damage/ alchemy
@@SeitoCoDM I get what your saying brother but the part you're forgetting is MOST players don't do the grind and there is nothing wrong with that.
Look at anyone of my guides. None of them require high skill to do. I play as worst case scenario (hardest difficulty, weakest gear) so AAAAAANYONE can follow the guide, not just the grinders.
What making this the pain in the ass is his sec part making me charge yrden sign
YelpI got it, thanks
@@poetgamerz9047 Glad you got him down brother. Congratz
My Yrden doesn't knock him out 😞 And even the leftmost or rightmost bat hits me and almost instantly kills me.
You need the supercharged glyph that's in the yrden tree. Any damage he takes, even from a bow will disrupt his charge atk. Since the yrden will do dmg to him when he enters the circle, he will then be disrupted. lts the last one in the yrden tree.
As for the bat's it's simply a dodge roll either left or right. The bat's will start where he's at then fly up, like a wave, they will come down and then towards you. The moment they start to come in the down direction is when you want to Dodge roll to either side. If the bat's are hitting you, it's not a range problem but a timing problem. You can't do the roll to soon or too late.
@@PARANOIA-GAME Thanks for your answer. Since my Yrden is not supercharged I used well timed Aard during his charge attack to knock him out. And for bats - yes, it must be the timing problem. But I couldn't get it right anyway (my success rate is about 50 %) so I rather had Quen applied and then I managed to handle their attacks. So finally I survived this phase and following stages were not that difficult. Thanks for you help.
Thank you! Finally beat him.
Gratz brother
pro tip upgrade armor to grand master level upgrade your atack and use un dying with aard sign
ez pz win and do a n ard build
Appreciate the tip but when making a guide it's better to be in the worst gear rather then the best. Not all ppl can get the best gear but everyone will have the worst gear or above. Ty for watching
Respect 👍
when i face him my level higher 7 level. so 3 hit on him he change to bird.
Then your gear is much better then mine. XD
2:18 Did you just took him down with YRDEN?! I always thought it is the most useless sign 😳😳
Yeah. You have to have supercharged glyph in the yarden tree for it to work.the moment he enters the circle he will take damage and that's what interrupts the charge.
@@PARANOIA-GAME Damn, I thought you can get him down only with aard
Foind this video chz im on ng+ so my detlaff fight is lvl 100 and its literally insane...needed some hell about to try it now
@@pkky3gz173 Good Luck brother.
@@pkky3gz173 let me know if you beat him?
Thank you, man!
Happy to help. :)
thank you sir really appreciate it
You're welcome brother 🙏
NICEEE
This was very helpfull
Ty :)
Best! Thank you!!!
Your welcome. XD
@@PARANOIA-GAME I'm serious. I have the platinum trophy for Bloodborne, but I didn't know what to do with this vampire disappointed in love. Thanks again. :D
Just git gud. It must be totally zero fun in doing it that way, however very good insights on phase 2. I wasn't sure what is a right method for dodging bat attacks, many times did it too early, and didn't think Yrden works this good for the charge. But phase 1 and 3 in this method are sooo bad, and phase 1 is actually really fun and that difficult if you play it normally, meaning cast signs and using sword. Also why didn't you use any mutations?
Well brother. This guide is made so even the most casual can down him. I can easily get the best gear and make a even simpler way to kill him but I have to make this guide as worst case scenario as if someone who doesn't have the gear or potion can still follow the guide and beat him.
Thank You very 😩
You're welcome.
Thanks bro
Any time
Detlaff dead 🔥
Gratz brother. X)
But my life keep reducing
What do you mean? When does your life reduce? What part of the fight?
I am beyond frustrated rn
Guide not helping?
@@PARANOIA-GAME lol no it did, finally got it, I just meant when I wrote the content before utilizing your tips I was frustrated, been stuck on that level for close to 6 months now lmao
@@cameronsnow7156 OH lol. Gg bro
Comment* lol just now saw that typo
thx 😊
Yw brother
THANK YOU
Your welcome brother
Thank you!!!!!!
Horrible boss like most of the witcher 3 bullshit. And they call it game of the year. 😅