Boss Fight: The Sodden Knight

Learn how to defeat the Sodden Knight in Salt and Sacrifice, including attack patterns, weaknesses (Holy and Fire), and strategies for melee and caster builds.

Weakness: Holy and Fire

Attacks:

• Lunge: The Knight jumps and slashes downward, covering roughly 50% of the battle area. Avoid by rolling or running in the opposite direction, or by blocking.
• Thrust: The Knight thrusts his sword straight forward, dealing similar damage to the Lunge. Avoid by rolling through the Knight to the opposite side. This attack can also be blocked.
• Combo Slash/Thrust: The Knight performs a single Slash or Thrust, potentially followed by more Slashes. This becomes more likely as his health lowers, especially below 50%. Avoid with multiple rolls or by blocking (mind your Stamina bar).
• Ground Lightning: The Knight glows blue/purple, slams his fist into the ground, creating a moving lightning patch. This is his most damaging attack. Avoid by jumping over the lightning; rolls do not work, but blocks do. He may combo this with a Lunge when his health is low.
• Enrage: The Knight's attacks become much more frequent as his health depletes.

Strategy:

Melee: This can be a difficult first boss fight. The primary danger is his increased aggression at lower health, where he chains attacks with few windows to strike.

• Be aggressive until he has about 50%-60% HP left. He can be staggered to interrupt combos. Manage your Stamina and prioritize avoiding the Lightning attack.
• Consider using thrown items like Dragon's Tooth, Grenado, or Birian Firepot, purchasable from the Stone Merchant Offering at the Sanctuary. This allows momentary ranged play to focus on evasion when he drops below 50% HP.
• Use healing items preemptively. Since healing occurs over time (HoT), use an item early, then attack aggressively. The heal starts working immediately, but pay attention to when it fades to reapply or maximize distance.
• Exploit his weakness with Pitchfire or Blessed Page, purchasable from the Stone Merchant, to boost damage.
• Decrease your equipment burden to make rolls faster and cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) more distance, aiding evasion. The Rogue Set found in this dungeon can help.
• Level up to increase health and damage. Skills that increase healing item capacity are also beneficial.

Caster: This fight is significantly easier as a Mage.

• Play defensively, prioritizing staying away from the Knight and maintaining maximum distance. Use Flashfire, which can travel a good distance, until he is dead. Flashfire can interrupt the Lunge attack. If he gets close or Lunges and you can't hit him with Flashfire, roll away to the other side of the platform.
• Healing, exploiting weaknesses, and leveling up strategies are still relevant, with modifications for caster play.