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Assassin's Creed Odyssey Legendary Boar Assassin's creed odyssey legendary boar Continue Daughters of Artemis quest in Assassin's Creed Odyssey takes you on a massive journey through the Greek world of Ubisoft in an attempt to prove to god hunting that you are worthy of his attention. Legendary animals may be some of the toughest bosses in the game, but hunting them rewards great experience and some of the best range of legendary equipment you can find. To get started, you will need to get to the Temple of Artemis in the Sacred Lands of Apollo. There you will meet Daphne, a friendly young woman who asks you to hunt first the Calydon boar and then the seven other legendary animals all over the map. The Calydon boar required level: 13 Location: To the west of the Temple of Artemis in Fokis Although the Calydon boar is your first target for this quest and the lowest level of enemy you will encounter, it will also undoubtedly be the toughest battle you will have to face. Once Daphne gives you a quest, you can find a boar on a high plateau west of the Temple of Artemis. The complexity of this fight comes from two things: the waves of wild boars that the Caledonian boar will periodically call throughout the fight, and the fact that you will probably have a low-level character when you first come across it. Although Assassin's Creed Odyssey scales everything up to your level, the abilities you have at your disposal are severely limited if you level 13 during this fight. As a result, we recommend one of two things. Either wait to solve this quest until you have a higher level and have more opportunities to play, or go hard in poisonous attacks and blazing attacks to damage over time effects. Either way, if you haven't taken the last two skills, you'll probably want to pick them up before this fight, and assign them to the task bar along with Second Wind and Hero Strike for healing and high damage to one target respectively. Once you arrive at the Lair of the Calydon boar, the fight will immediately begin and you probably won't have time to shoot the kill or more than a few shots before the boar charges you off. At this point, you're going to want to focus on exploring common boar attacks and patterns that include a full-blown charge, lunge swing of its tusks, and your usual melee mix. Most Of the Calidon boar's attacks start with its gauns and shoulders, and usually you can see the movement there and start dodging in time to at least avoid damage. Parrying these attacks usually just ends in you taking the damage, so focus on dodging and get the timing of specific attacks down to take down the perfect dodge and deal with the slow effect of time so you can dish out some damage. You are also going to want to get used to bouncing between using your poisonous and flaming attack skills. Always focus on keeping one effect active. Poison is your preferred effect in this case because it increases the damage that you cause to the boar, and reducing the damage the boar may have to deal with you. Activate the poisonous attack, and focus on getting enough hits to deal with the damage over time effect. Once the ability goes to cooling, activate your Flaming Attacks skill to start accumulating additional damage. Your goal is to keep these DOTs active as much as possible so that you can focus on dodging while damaging ticks instead of wasting all your time trying to attack the boar directly. The next stage of the battle is when things get interesting, because it is when a Caledonian boar bounces back from a melee and calls in a group of small boars to help him during the battle. These boars will constantly charge around the battlefield, and are probably one of the deadliest mechanics in this fight. The trick is to keep your poisonous and flaming attacks primed, and start spreading your effects to as many of the boars as possible. Focus on dodging around to avoid their assault charge, but always dodge the boar that you can attack enough to lay fire or poison effect or that you can use Hero Strike to endure if you have extra adrenaline to spare. Your goal is to clear these boars as quickly as possible by dodging their attacks as they charge around the battlefield. Once they die and are gone, you can return to the damage of the Caledonian boar until it calls another batch of boars to help it. Watch out for pressure, and focus on applying your damage over time effects, and eventually the Kalidon boar will just pile the bile and ash for you to yank your skin out for Daphnae. Hind Kerinia Mandatory Level: 16 Location: Euboea Island northeast of Boeothia Hind Kenoya is located in a small marshland at Artemision Point on Ewboa Island northeast of Bootia. Although Hind Keryneia has a full herd around it when you first approach, they will dissipate the second fight, and although they will still occasionally run around the battlefield they are totally not hostile. This is probably the easiest fight of all the legendary animals, but there are a few things to watch out for as a fight attack that can happen if you are caught lunging a Hind attack with horns. However, even this does not cause much damage. The trick in this fight is carefully timing your evasion as well as dodging Hind Keryneia instead of away. Dodging Hind will allow you to quickly whip around and dole out a few quick punches before he can react. Aside from this, fighting your An elite enemy that just happens to be in the shape of a massive giant deer. If you are having problems, venomasis and flaming attacks can be With a range of attacks for a huge momentum to damage that allows you to focus more on dodging rather than fighting, but you probably won't need to do so if you want the battle to go a little faster. Neme treaty: 22 Location: The southern tip of Argolis You can find the German Lion at the southernmost tip of Argolis on a large circular battlefield surrounded by rocks. The attacks of the German lion are not as complex as some of the other legendary animals on this list, and mostly include the close-range swipes of its claws, and the occasional roar that will call a few other lions into battle. Instead of a charge of attack, Nemean Leo will rush forward and then deal with one of his usual claw napkins. The charge is relatively slow and easy to dodge, making it an ideal window for dodging the path to attacking its flanks, or simply focusing on nails of hovering arrow shots into Nemean Leo's head both before and after his charge. On a regular basis, Nemean Lion will jump back and call a few lion companions and we advise you to focus them as quickly as possible. However, it's not as important as with the Caledonian boar or the Wolf of Lacaon, so we recommend keeping your injury skills to one goal for an active attack on the Nemen Lion and just focus on the other lions when they're close. Kretan Bull Level Required: 33 Location: Messara, west side Of the Fertile Battlefield Kretan Bull can be found in Messara, on the west side fertile battlefields. You should be able to locate by the usual glowing question mark in the middle of a large shallow swamp. As usual, the swamp is a wide intermediate area where you can duke it out with a bull without getting anything in the way. The trick in this fight is to go against your instincts and face down the charge. Kretan Bull's main attack is to sprint at you with the horns down and it will do so repeatedly. Your instinct will probably try to circle to run around on attack, especially because there is plenty of time to get around the charge attack before it gets to you. Instead, you're going to want to wait until the last possible second before it hits you and then take off a short Dodge to get out of the way. If you get the right time, you'll pull off the perfect Dodge, time will slow down and you'll have a good five or so seconds to get in close for some melee attacks. You can also try and trail the bull after its charge, circling around its flank for a few quick punches. The sheer size of his horn and his tendency to snap around or engage in stomping circular attack make this a dangerous game however. As usual, if you can hit the bull with enough doT poison you will reduce its damage, and lightly his health down. Otherwise, the DoT fire will work his health down a little faster without Reduce. If you can bounce between two effects it will melt quickly, but for this fight it is more important to nail down your evasion, then keep any one effect active. It is best to settle in rhythm with this fight. Wait until the bull is charged, dodge to the side and then attack its flanks until the time shift ends. Then, as soon as the bull turns around, try nailing a shot to the head with the bow before it charges again.
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