However, things are never smooth when you are a crab surrounded by capitalists such as Roland.
Learn its weaknesses and attacks in this guide.
Roland is one of the toughest boss encounters in the game.
You must face him before getting your hands on the treasure.
The boss fight arena is set on a pinball machine with circular shells so Krill can roll over him.
Roland Boss Location
Roland’s boss fight is in “The Mouth of the Drain.
“You arrive here after Flotsam Vale, home of the gunk.
Youreach him aftergetting a battery bydefeating Voltai, recharging the small boat, andarriving at Roland’s big boat.
The melee attackgreatly damages Krillregardless of his higher resistance stat or defensive stowaways equipped during the boss fight.
Four Hit Cane Combo
Rolandstarts the combo slowlyby striking the cane once.
He then continues the combo withtwo successive thrustsfollowed by anotherslow cane strike.
Cane Swing
Rolandswings his cane two timesin a row.
If Krill is hit once, gettinghit by the second swing becomes inevitable.
This attack is athree-hit over-head strike combo.
If Krill is hit once, Roland willkill him at the end of the combo.
Krill goes intosquashed animation on any hit.
Hence, if the first hit strikes you, youcannot move and dodgethe rest of the strikes.
Charged Punch
Roland runs towards Krill with hisbody leaned backward,charging his three fistsat the back.
Alley-oop
Roland stretches the cane using his right hand andtries to catch Krillwith it.
“Roland will strike him with allthree left-hand fistsif the attack catches Krill.
Rolling Ball
WhenRoland’s health drops 40 to 50 percent, he startsrolling on the floor.
The trajectory is always linear, so you canavoid it easily.
However, look for ablue icon over Krill’s head.
That indicates Roland is about tocome crashing downon Krill’s position.
Youmust level up Krill to the recommended stats.
This gives you a fighting chance to soak up the damage and deal more.
Roland’s attacks are heavy,drain significant healthper hit, andmove fasterthan most bosses in the game.
You willhardly get time to deal damageif you rely on dodge and attack strategy.
Thebest way to defeat Roland is to parry, ripostehis attacks, andbreak his stance.
Youmust unlock the Parry and Riposte skillsas they arenot learned by default.
All ofRoland’s attacks have very slow animations.
you might easily predict each move, giving you a perfect opportunity toparry most of his attackswithout trouble.
For example, thecharged cane attack takes nearly one secondbefore it strikes Krill.
Block, parry, and ripostegreatly increase thechances of breaking the boss’s stance.
Thestance meter (yellow)is below the boss’s health.
Royal Wave Level Three is by far the best Adaptationagainst Roland.
It allows Krill to deal very high damage to the boss.
We recommend youuse this attack when the boss has been incapacitatedafter breaking the stance.
This will give Krill enough time to deplete a major portion of the boss’s health.
You only need towatch for the Alley-oopaggro attack as itcan not be parried.
you might easilyparry most of the boss’s strikesexcept for thecane crush attack.
Thefour-hit cane comboattack is theeasiest to parry.
Thecane swing hits hardand isdifficult to blockif hit by the first strike.
Thecharged punch move has by far the slowest animationof all.
Roland leans backward first and rushes towards Krill.
He switches hisstance from leaning to standingand strikes Krill when he gets very close.
When this happens, youlet go of the blockbutton toparry the attack.
The Rolling Ballis another move thatyou should avoid parrying.
The continued hits willbreak your shelland then hit Krill.
The best course of action here would be tododge either left or rightfrom where Roland is approaching you.
Roland comes crashing at you, and this attack cannot be parried.
If not, youmust unlock these two skills and practicea little before attempting to beat Roland.
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