This Week's Dragon: Skaroth
Description:
Skaroth is known as the Lord of the Dark Below who makes his home deep within the caverns in the heart of a snowpeaked mountain range. He wears an impenetrably thick shell of armor and bony horns atop his back made from the rocks of the mountain. The stalactites of his cavernous lair are his favorite weapon as he inflicts tremendous damage to anyone who crosses his path.
Boss Strategy for Skaroth
This battle is a large, round arena, giving you a ton of room to run around and avoid the area of effect attacks Skaroth will be throwing out from time to time. Much like Jagira, Skaroth has three distinct phases, and will use different abilities based on the phase he is in.
Phase one for Skaroth will have him sitting mostly immobile in the center of the arena. His attacks will consist of Stone Spires that will come from the ground, or a stalagmite which he will grab and proceed to attempt to beat you with. The Stone Spires work much like Jagira's Water Pillars, and you can easily just keep moving to avoid their effects. When he gets ready to smash you with his stalagmite club, move out of the way and beat on him. While he is smashing, he will not move to attempt to re-target you, as he gets a bit focused while using this move. Watch out though if you move to one of his sides. He has a third move, indicated by Skaroth digging his feet slightly into the ground, in which he will heave sideways, smashing into Dal and doing massive damage. If you're on his flank and see him dig in, move back quickly or you'll find yourself short on life in a hurry.
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Once Phase one is completed, Skaroth will get angry and begin running around the room. This phase is relatively simple, as his only real attacks are to run you over or to incidentally hit Dal with a flying boulder. Simply use Dragon Forms on Skaroth while at a decent distance and you can avoid both of these obstacles for the most part, while also doing a nice chunk of damage. If you need more Fire Power, just wait till Skaroth gets tired. Every now and then, he'll stop for some breath, and this will give you a chance to stab at him for some free Red Shards.
Phase three will begin when you have taken down Skaroth's core again. This phase will throw Skaroth into area of effect mode. In this phase, Skaroth will let out constant loud roars, slamming his tail into the earth, and causing stalactites to fall from the ceiling. These can be easily avoided by timing your Dodge Rolls, and it is a good time to get in a few hits while he does nothing but watch the roof fall in. Keep up the pressure on him, dodging the incoming falling stalactites, and you can quickly get him down to his final Core Break.
That's it for this week's Boss Breakdown. Be sure to check back on August 15 for the next dragon reveal, as we continue our pre-launch coverage of Wii's exclusive beat-em-up Dragon Blade. Also, don't forget to check out more exclusive screens and concept art by heading to our gallery below.
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