

You won’t see this stat anywhere because it’s working in the background. Now Margit has three enemies to contend with. Immediately use the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes. Walk through the mist and into the boss fight. The way this plays out is simple and repeatable. You equip it in your pouch, just like your flasks. After a few dialogue prompts, she’ll give you this gift. If you don’t have those, go to the Stormhill Shack, and speak to the woman sitting there. Use the Spirit Jellyfish Ashes to distract Margit and build up poison.Summon Sorcerer Rogier near the entrance to the fight.And that gives you opportunities to attack. When Margit is attacking someone else, he’s not attacking you. It’s nice to have someone else attacking and doing damage, but the primary purpose of having someone or something else in the fight is that they distract Margit. You get no bonus points for dying with unused health drinks.Īssume that you’re always going to take a hit that you shouldn’t, and if that hit is likely to kill you at around 50% health, then make sure to have more than that at all times. Assume that every direct hit you take from Margit removes half of your health. But you saved yourself the huge HP hit.Īs a general rule, if your HP is at about 50%, take a drink from your Flask of Crimson Tears. You may be rocked, watching an animation of your shield flying over your head. Given that Margit’s incredibly powerful attacks can obliterate half or more of your health in one hit, having a shield that absorbs the damage is ideal. (Yes, it’s more complicated than this, because you have to factor in your armor and other defenses, but the principle stands: Physical 100.0 means no damage under ideal circumstances.) However, if you used a shield with, say, 50 Physical damage negation, you’d take 500 Physical damage. Think of it this way: If an attack from a sword caused 1,000 physical damage, and you blocked it successfully with the Beast Crest Heater Shield, then you take no HP damage. If you’ve got enough stamina and poise to absorb a physical blow, you won’t take any HP damage from it. It’s a little more complicated than that, but not much.

The Damage Negation > Physical stat means that, when something swings a weapon at you, you won’t take Physical damage when you block it with the shield. Image: FromSoftware/Bandai Namco via Polygon
