As you progress through the various regions inHades 2, you may encounter special, incredibly strong enemies before you reach the bosses. Always protecting upgraded versions of the regular god Boons that you’ll want to collect throughout Melinoe’s journey, these minibosses are well-worth taking down. While it takes a while to learn their patterns and nail their fights, it’s time well-spent.
Root-Stalkers are minibosses encountered in Erebus, the first region of the route to the underworld. These nature-based fiends are capable of pumping out very high damage, but a few key tips will have you pulling them up by the roots in no time at all.
How To Beat Root-Stalkers
A fight against a Root-Stalker will begin with you pitted againsttwo different entities. You have the mainRoot-Stalkerin the centre of the arena and athorned vinethat can travel underground.
Both enemies in this fight begin witharmour, so you won’t be able to interrupt their attacks with attacks of your own until you get rid of it.
The first step in this fight is totake down the thorned vine. This thing has one basic move: aswinging attack that deals damage in a small circle around it. It can also dive under the ground and start following you if you’re far away.
Once the thorned vine reaches you underground, it will pop up and immediately perform its attack, sobe wary of its locationuntil you kill it.
Once you manage to whittle its shield away, you can focus oninterrupting its attacks and killing it quicklywithout worrying about the whipping attack.
While you’re dealing with the thorned vine, you’ll also have to take care to avoid the Root-Stalker’s attacks:
The best time to damage the Root-Stalker isright after it has finished a thorn stream attack, as it will take a few seconds to recover.
Once you learn the timing of this attack, the end of the thorn stream is a perfect time to use theMoonstone Axe’s blocking Omega Special attack. Soak up the attack and respond immediately. This is a great tactic for the usually slow weapon.
In short, the general rhythm of this fight will proceed as follows:
Once you’ve learned this general rhythm, this encounter should be very easy to cope with.
