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BOSS FIGHT - SORCERESS QUEEN
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There is a bubbling from the fluid at the centre of the Chalice, and a warped
female voice calls to Conan, saying "Bow to me Barbarian. I am Chimera,
Ruler of this City". Conan naturally refuses, telling her he wants his armour
... NOW ...
Chimera arises from the Chalice - a disgustingly misshapen female upper torso
atop the lower body of a serpent, and says "I have a message for your woman.
Tell her the Barbarian WILL be her salvation, but only after she has made the
Ultimate Sacrifice".
Conan calmly responds "She will learn only of your death", and Chimera, NOT
impressed by his candour, slithers out of her Chalice to do battle with you,
laughing as she goes.
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This is a TOUGH boss fight, so we shall have to knuckle down. Obviously I
told you NOT to use the green urns, because you will need as much help as you
can get to make it through this one, believe me !!
As with all the other boss fights, the Chimera / Sorceress Queen Boss Fight
is divided up into sections, being :-
SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 1 - Hand-to-Hand #1
SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 2 - Warriors Awaken #1
SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 3 - Hand-to-Hand #2
SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 4 - Warriors Awaken #2
SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 5 - Final Battle with Chimera
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SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 1
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The Sorceress Queen begins at the right-hand side of her battle arena, and
you begin at the centre. She has a number of attacks when she engages you
in hand-to-hand, being :-
A) 4-hit combo (3 short strikes followed up by a swinging, unblockable
hit that you must DOUBLE-roll away from);
B) Psyched-up strong stab that leaves a red trail, and is a block-
breaker, but not unblockable.
Additionally, she does not take a whole heck of a lot of damage from you in
hand-to-hand, so this is quite a slow-paced stage of her fight.
That being said, there is a ...
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HELPFUL HINT
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Mr Stuff has made contact with me to volunteer a couple of VERY, very helpful
hints that will assist you in this boss fight, being as follows :-
During Stage 1 of the Sorceress Queen Boss Fight, when she does her stab move
(move B on the above list), you can parry it and get a B prompt. If you do
this then Conan jumps onto her back and slams her head into the floor which
takes off a whole bunch of health (about 1/4 - 1/3 on hard)! It also gives
you a small window of breathing time as she gets back up. On the first
section of the fight she will usually say "you die now" (or something like
that). The move is not part of any of her combos, she just stabs out front.
Thanks Mr Stuff !!
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ANOTHER HELPFUL HINT
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BenHatinU has also been in touch to suggest another helpful way of despatching
the BIATCH that is the Sorceress Queen, being as follows :-
On either side of the level there are axe racks. All you have to do is grab
an axe and get within a few feet of her. Her staff will go red when she is
getting ready to strike. All you have to do is jump back out of the way of
the strike and then she leaves herself vulnerable. Throw the axe at her and
you take off a nice chunk of health. You can actually defeat her without
having to get too close to her. Although on the third stage you will have to
jump her energy ring. But it's a nice easy way to defeat her, just keep
chucking those axes and other weapons on the ground from the previous fight.
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Once she has taken enough damage we can move on to stage 2.
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SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 2
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Chimera slinks back to her Chalice, and casts a spell drawing upon the black
fluid that fills it. "Warriors, AWAKEN !!" she cries, as her black filth
pours forth, filling the lungs of the recently deceased Stygians and bringing
them back to life as puppets under her control.
The Stygians are nothing compared to how effective they were when they were
alive - HOWEVER, to make matters more interesting, Chimera fires blasts of
red energy from her staff into the ground in a regular pattern (first blasts
down the middle in a narrow cone; second blasts diagonally out and to the
sides), to try and fry you.
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HELPFUL HINT
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Mr Stuff has provided me with ANOTHER very cool hint that will help you in
THIS stage of the Boss Fight as well !! He says :-
"I also noticed that for the first warrior revive section if you stay to the
left or right of the chalice and fight the guys from there then you won't
get hit by any of her beams, unfortunately it doesn't work for the second
warrior revive.
"Finally I was using 2 handed and uppercut on the warriors gives you a good
bunch of health most of the time (X Y)."
Thanks again Mr Stuff =)
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Once all the Stygians have been slain, we move onto stage 3.
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SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 3
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Slinking back out of her Chalice to engage you in hand-to-hand combat once
again, Chimera exhibits the following attacks :-
A) 4-hit combo (3 short strikes followed up by a swinging, unblockable
hit that you must DOUBLE-roll away from);
B) Psyched-up strong swing that leaves a red trail, and is a block-
breaker, but not unblockable; and
C) Charged Attack (raises her staff and slams it point-first into the
ground, resulting in a red shockwave that ripples out, and must be
jumped over or rolled away from in good time, to avoid decent damage).
Once she has taken enough damage in this form, we go to stage 4.
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SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 4
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As with stage 2, Chimera slinks back to her Chalice and casts her "Warriors,
AWAKEN !!" Spell. Isn't she getting tired of that ? I know I am !! Anyhow,
THIS time around there are plenty more Stygians to do battle with, and you
should take great care to avoid being penned into a corner, as their sharp
claw-attacks can demolish your health faster than Chimera herself !!
Also watch out for the Sorceress Queen's revised energy blast attacks - this
time she attacks in straight lines from left-to-right or right-to-left, and
in narrow cones from back to front. She does not WAVE the lines, however,
so once you see her starting to blast from back to front, my advice is to
ditch the Stygians and focus on rolling away from whatever line her attack is
coming at you from.
Once all the Stygians are dead (and relax, this time they ARE dead), her
Chalice breaks, and the Sorceress Queen falls back to the ground, wailing in
pain as she does so.
This take us onto stage 5 - the final stage of this boss fight.
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SORCERESS QUEEN BOSS FIGHT STAGE 5
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In this stage, you start at the front of the battle arena (nearest the
camera), and Chimera is at the back. Her black tar has spilled all over the
arena floor, making your progress toward her VERY slow, and she emits wave
after wave of red energy toward you which is difficult to dodge because you
move AND JUMP at the same, very slow speed.
Get your timing right, however, and she won't be too much of a problem -
however, to REACH her, you must head diagonally up and to the top right-hand
corner of the arena, and then move to the left. Until you get to that point,
there will just be a question mark over her head.
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ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING TO THE SORCERESS QUEEN QUICKER
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Jameason has been in touch with me to point out that it is actually not only
POSSIBLE to head up the left-hand side of the arena to reach the Sorceress
Queen, it is actually a bit quicker to do so as well, as there is less
exposure to her sludgy goodness on the way ...
Cheers dude !! =)
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When you DO reach her, go B, X, Y, X, B, X, tap Y, X, tap X to defeat her.
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HELPFUL HINT
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WarCorpse18 has made contact with me to suggest that I point out to you (and
it IS worth pointing out, I agree), that the Sorceress Queen Boss Tappy Tappy
bit of the fight is VERY precise - considerably more precise than most in
fact - when it comes to the bit where I've put "tap Y". If you overtap, or
undertap, then she will just shuck you off her, and you'll have to do it all
over again from scratch, so WATCH THE TAPPAGE !!!!! =)
Thanks WarCorpse18 ;)
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White energy courses from the Sorceress Queen's mouth at the site of her
wound, and she disappears in a blast of white light, leaving behind Conan's
shoulder-plate as his reward.
As he touches it, he gets yet another flashback. It appears that ancient
laws finally caught up with Graven, and he was held accountable for all the
evil he had wrought upon the world - his brother Kalden would be both judge
AND jury to him for his misdeeds.
Kalden used the ancient magic he had sworn to protect to imprison Graven in
stone. There he would remain for all time (or so they thought - Conan put
pay to that when he arrived at the island, remember ?). STUPID Barbarian.
Returning to A'Kanna's ship, she spots his new armour, and asks what else he
found in the Citadel. He says it doesn't matter, and asks who Kalden is.
She responds by saying that he is the man that rescued her from Graven, and
raised her as his own daughter.
Conan asks where to find him, and A'Kanna confirms that he resides in Argos.
They set sail to find her father.
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Congratulations ! You have now completed Act Seven.
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