God-Devouring Serpent

The great serpent of MT. Gelmir that swallowed Rykard. And the First Phase of Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy.

Location: Volcano Manor

Combat Information:

Health: 30439 HP

Parryable: No

Can be poise broken, but can't be riposted afterwards.

Deals Fire Damage and Standard Damage. May also inflict Poison.

Weak to Serpent-Hunter and Frostbite

Upon defeat, a cutscene will play and the fight against Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy will begin.

Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy

Damage Negation / Resistance:

Standard: 10

Slash: 10

Strike: 35

Pierce: 10

Magic: 40

Fire: 80

Lightning: 20

Holy: 40

The negation numbers are the % of your damage that gets blocked. For example, if a negation is 60, 40% of that damage by that type will go through and 60% will be negated. Bigger number = less damage. A negation of 100 means no damage goes through, and a negation of -100 mean the enemy takes 2x damage from that source. 0 means damage goes pretty much as is.

Poison: 252

Scarlet Rot: 252

Blood Loss: 252

Frostbite: 112

The resistance numbers are the buildup amount to trigger it. For example, if a resistance is 100 you must deal 100 points of the given buildup to trigger it. Note that these go down over time, and increase each time the effect procs. The values after the "/"s indicate the increased resistances after each successive proc.

Fight Strategy:

This fight consists of two phases, the boss transforms after depleting his first health bar and turns into Rykard. When entering the boss fight, pick up the weapon to the immediate left of where you enter, it’s called Serpent-Hunter (Great Spear). Equip this weapon! It doesn’t have any stat requirements and it’s a weapon meant specifically for this one boss fight. It has 3 attacks: L2 Heavy Attack, R1 Ranged Attack, R2 Quick Attack (can also Jump + R2 for quick jump attack). These attacks deal a ton of damage to the boss. Start by running up to the boss and immediately use two L2 Heavy Attacks, the 2nd hit does thousands of damage, but you need sufficient Stamina and FP. Now lure the boss into attacking, dodge, then follow up with two L2 Heavy Attacks again and repeat. You can also run backwards and do a Jump + R2 for some quick good damage. Another possible strategy is to run into the lava around the boss and spam Jump R2 attacks from there. The boss tends to take a while to turn around to refocus on you, allowing you to land some easy hits. But generally, the best way is to lure it into attacking, dodge its attack, then do the two L2 Hits as they do the most damage (bring 4 Mana Flasks, the Heavy Attack uses Mana, but the other two Attacks don’t). After the Serpent is dead you will fight Rykard, who is basically the same thing just looks different and uses a Sword and summons some lava and flying skulls. Keep attacking him with the L2 Heavy Attacks. The first hit has a high chance of staggering him, thus he is defenseless for when you land your second Heavy Attack. The only tricky part is when he makes the entire arena lava and summons skulls that home in one you. Your best bet is to get lucky and kill him before he ever summons the skulls. If he does summon skulls, you’ll have to try to dodge his melee attacks while also running away from the skulls and try to get to the edge of the arena to avoid his melee and the lava. The combo between Heavy L2 attacks with Serpent-Hunter spear and jump R2 attacks will quickly bring him down. You can also upgrade the Serpent-Hunter Spear at the smith (it scales to Strength Attribute, so melee builds have a slight advantage).