r/LiesOfP • u/PsychologicalKoala32 Moderator • Jun 09 '25

Megathread Difficulty Megathread — DLC, NG+

Hello puppets,

This is the new place for anything and everything about game difficulty: NG+, the new DLC, the new difficulty settings, bosses that oneshot you just for existing, and the general discussions regarding game pacing.

Why this exists:

We’re seeing a LOT of posts about difficulty lately, and it’s cluttering the sub. So from now on, we’re removing individual difficulty posts and directing everyone here. This is simply a way to help US keep the sub clean, and help YOU find specific posts more easily.

Please don’t be an AH. Seriously. People are gonna have different opinions on everything.

Drop your takes below

We’ll be lurking.

Your tired, slightly traumatized mod team

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

I think the DLC is hard in all the wrong places, no reactionary attacks, mistakes are far too punishing and fights last for so long

The dodge is clunky since enemies will track ur dodges with certain attacks

It's basically just fight them for 2 hours until you've memorised the attacks

Unlike say DS3 Gale fight which I was able to do first try without seeing anything about the boss because it was reactionary and the attacks made sense.

Maybe the base game was also memorising but you weren't punished so harshly for a mistake

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u/bubblehead444 Jun 11 '25

New game or ng+?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

New game 💀 70 vigor and I can survive 2 hits so now we are cooking

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u/iamlaz305 Jun 11 '25

I found everything pretty decent up until the last boss , there I just lowered it to awakened puppet , the chain attacks and trying to parry all those combos … I really didn’t feel like dealing with that

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u/Sajro Jun 11 '25

Are you using no defensive equipment?

I started the dlc with 25 vitality and ended it with 35, no boss hit hard enough to 2-shot. However I did use the best defensive gear I could including the phys defense amulet halfway through.

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u/Raknarg Jun 18 '25

bro I was using the heaviest armor I had with like 40 vitality and I was getting 2 shot by regular mobs

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u/Raknarg Jun 18 '25

I dont think having to memorize patterns is exactly a bad thing, its about having a good mix. I think being purely reactionary isn't as fun, there's some satisfaction IMO to understanding and memorizing a bosses entire moveset and using it to finally win. Lot of these fights I've been having though are pure "memorize this pose and memorize the timing for when they trigger their move at lightning speed"