Kasstriliss (Plague Serpent)       

Active Item - Bagguss

Active Character - Tor

PROPER MOTES FOR BATTLE:

Sword = Air Aligned Mote (fog/wind)

Armor = Earth Aligned Mote (leaf/rock)

Shield = Earth Aligned Mote (leaf/rock), or No Mote

Welcome to the first Boss Battle of the third Act. You’ll be having a lot of these, so better get used to them. This one is relatively straightforward, however.

Climb up onto the Stonehenge-like circle of pillars and make your way around until you’re standing on what seems to be the highest one. Stand there.

The Boss will rear up either in front of you or behind you. Turn to face him if you aren’t already. If he moves his head to one side, he is preparing to spray poison. Jump to the pillar opposite the way he moved his head (IE, he moves his head right, you jump to the pillar on your left, and vice versa). If he hisses and rears his head back, PUT UP YOUR SHEILD! He’ll bounce off it, stunned, and fall to the ground. Jump off the pillar and slash while in mid air, so your sword comes down on his head. You only have to do this four times to beat him.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. And I can’t stress this enough, do NOT put up your shield unless he hisses and moves to strike. If you just stand there and hold your shield up, he will just continually spray poison and never go to strike.

2. It is not required that you have a mote on your shield in order to win this fight. In fact, I recommend you don’t mote at all for this battle. It’s dark, and the shiny mote sparkles can make it hard to see if he’s going to strike or spray.

3. After you’ve hit him twice, he adds another attack to his fighting style: a freezing hypnosis attack. I never have much luck avoiding this one, but you can try. Just be ready for it. The freeze only lasts until he hits you.

When you beat him, you’ll get a cinematic explaining why all these big monsters exist and why you need to kill them. Have fun!