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Basic Information

		Location	Drops		Weaknesses
5250	48400	Nightmare of Mensis Mergo's Loft: Middle	Mensis Cage [100%]	+ 2 Insight for boss encounter + 2 Insight for defeating the boss	-

Description Micolash, the boss encountered in the Nightmare of Mensis, was another Scholar, as evidenced by the tattered Byrgenwerth uniform he wears. The School of Mensis, run by Micolash, acted to serve as a replacement for Byrgenwerth for the Radicals. School was built in a hidden, unseen and protected village named Yahar’gul, located near the Cathedral Ward. However Micolash was most certainly loyal to Laurence at the beginning, as he continued the studies of the Great Ones in Willem's place for the new Church. [The Paleblood Hunt by Redgrave] Preparation Stock up on Blood Vials, Quicksilver Bullets and Bone Marrow Ash. If you picked up the six Shaman Bone Blades from the corpse on the ground floor and still have a few left, bring them with you; if you've been collecting gems with slow or rapid poison effects, they can be useful for this battle due to Micolash's low poison resistance. Single-shot firearms, such as the Hunter Pistol or Evelyn, are ideal; the Repeating Pistol is also a good choice if used with Bone Marrow Ash, though you may need to use Blood Bullets if it depletes your supply of Quicksilver Bullets before the fight ends. It's a good idea to bring 20 Poison Knives, 20 normal Throwing Knives and 10 Molotovs as well; having these available will allow you to extend your use of ranged attacks and avoid a straight fight with Micolash during Phase 2. Overview This unusual boss battle is essentially a game of cat and mouse. During the first Phase, you'll have to chase Micolash around the library while avoiding the Skeletal Puppets wandering the area and ultimately herd him into a dead-end room, where he'll be forced into combat. If you attack him in the hallways, he'll teleport a short distance away from you and will flee again as soon as you approach. The room in which you'll need to corner him houses a few Skeletal Puppets that can either help or hinder you, depending upon which steps you took to prepare. Micolash will initially strafe around you and periodically cast Augur of Ebrietas, beware he can follow it up with the visceral attack if he manages to parry you with it! [clip] At the beginning of Phase 2 he'll teleport away and the fog blocking the exit will vanish, allowing you access to the central staircase. When you reach the top, you'll have to pursue him through a larger and more complicated series of rooms and corner him again. You'll still have to deal with wandering Skeletal Puppets, and Micolash will now escape from you by jumping into the mirrors scattered throughout the area and emerging in a different location. After chasing him into the dead-end room in the center of this area, a gate will close behind him, trapping him inside; when you enter this room from above and engage him, he'll fight the same way as during Phase 1, but will now also use A Call Beyond. Strategy Normal R1 combos are the best way to deal damage; poison is also effective and will continue to damage him even after he teleports away. You can turn the Skeletal Puppets in the trap rooms against him by stabbing them with Shaman Bone Blades, providing distractions and temporary allies; during Phase 2 you can power up your firearms with Bone Marrow Ash and snipe him from above the dead-end room once he's trapped inside. Environment The battle with Micolash takes place throughout an enormous section of the loft's upper floors. This area consists of several square rooms connected by a series of narrow hallways and is filled with thick fog, making it difficult to keep track of the boss if he gets too far away. While neither Micolash nor the Skeletal Puppets found throughout the halls are aggressive enough that you'll need to take cover at any point, the labyrinthine corridors can make it difficult to get your bearings and provide Micolash with considerable cover from you. Notes Upon Micolash defeat bridge will rise and connect to, newly spawned, Mergo's Loft: Middle lamp. In unpatched version 1.0 there were few differences, Skeletal Puppets revived much faster increasing the difficulty and small ramp was missing leading to final room of the second phase boss fight. This could lead to lethal fall and without the ramp you couldn't go back once you were on the balcony. [image]

∼ GALLERY PAGE ∼ Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective. Shaman Bone Blades don't affect this enemy, making the item ineffective. Boss Defenses 169 232 132 134 124 - 125 125 - 179 144 Game Cycle 1st (NG) 5250 48400 2nd (NG+) 13130 242000 3rd (NG+2) 14049 266200 4th (NG+3) 14443 302500 5th (NG+4) 14837 363000 6th (NG+5) 15100 484000 7th (NG+6) 15756 605000 Cooperation & Boss' HP Having a summoned ally doesn't alter the health or difficulty of the enemies you'll fight, but it does affect the bosses. To ensure they are still a challenge, boss health, showed in table above, is increased to 1.5x when a second co-op player enters your world, and to 2.0x when a third enters.

Attack Patterns Phase One

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
Augur of Ebrietas	No	Same as the player version. Mid-range forward tentacle attack; quickstep sideways or backward.

Phase 1 Strategy: Micolash has low health and no super armor, so ordinary R1 combos are the best way to deal with him. You'll have to watch out for his Augur of Ebrietas spell, as it will knock you down if it hits you, but is easily avoided with a sideways quickstep and offers you an opportunity to attack him while he recovers, but beware he can follow it up with the visceral attack if he manages to parry you with it! [clip]. The Skeletal Puppets in the trap room pose more of a threat than Micolash, so try to stay away from them and keep track of their locations to avoid being attacked while dealing with him Quickstepping attacks will often clip Micolash before he can move out of the way, and heavy blows with knockdown effects, such as the transformed R2 charge attacks of the Burial Blade and the Hunter Axe, work quite well. It's best to save your Shaman Bone Blades for Phase 2 unless you plan to snipe Micolash from above without engaging him directly.

Attack Patterns Phase Two

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
A Call Beyond	No	Same as the player version. Rains small blasts of energy on a spherical area with frontal homing capability; quickstep sideways or forward.

Phase 2 Strategy: Trap Micolash in the dead-end room and loop around to the upper floor overlooking his location. At this point you can either use Bone Marrow Ash on your pistol or Cannon and rain death on him from above, or drop into the room with a plunging attack and fight directly. Poison Knives are especially effective from this perch, due to Micolash's low poison resistance, and will deal continuous damage while you hit him with other ranged attacks such as pistol shots, Molotovs or Throwing Knives. If you choose to face Micolash directly, he will fight in the same way as during the first Phase; however, beware that he will also begin casting A Call Beyond, which can be hard to avoid in the enclosed space.

Characters Stats Data

Data is from the unpatched version of the game so there are missing League and DLC NPCs. Blood Level doesn't match up with character's actual stats, so it is probably just for Blood Echo calculations. Stats were obtained via save-editing through hex editor.

Character	BL	VIT	END	STR	SKL	BLT	ARC	Character	BL	VIT	END	STR	SKL	BLT	ARC
Annalise 6040	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Djura 6300	30	26	17	24	11	24	8
Iosefka 6060	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Djura's Pal 6310	18	19	16	11	20	20	8
Impostor losefka 6070	46	32	18	13	31	31	60	Yahar'Gul (Claws) 6340	60	37	19	38	14	38	14
Skeptical Man 6080	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Yahar'Gul (Rifle) 6350	60	37	19	23	38	38	8
Lonely Old Dear 6090	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Yahar'Gul (Cane) 6360	60	37	19	14	38	38	38
Suspicious Beggar 6100	42	31	17	29	13	6	8	Micolash 6380	50	50	19	50	50	50	70
6101	42	31	17	29	13	6	8	Nightmare (Axe) 6390	46	13	18	31	13	31	31
Arianna 6110	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Nightmare (Cane) 6395	46	13	18	13	31	31	31
6111	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Henryk 6400	46	30	18	31	13	31	8
6112	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Crow of Cainhurst 6410	88	50	21	50	15	50	8
6113	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Cathedral (Tonitrus) 6420	40	20	17	28	12	9	8
Adella 6140	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Cathedral (Rifle) 6430	40	15	17	12	28	35	8
6141	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Edgar 6440	68	41	19	42	14	42	42
6142	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Yurie 6450	50	33	19	13	33	33	33
6143	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Prospector (Kirk) 7040	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
6144	1	10	12	12	10	6	8	Prospector (LHB) 7045	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
Alfred 6150	65	40	19	40	14	9	40	Prospector (Claws) 7060	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
6151	33	30	17	25	12	25	8	Forgotten Madman 7070	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
6152	12	17	14	18	11	9	8	Madman's Escort 7075	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
6153	18	19	16	20	11	9	8	Tomb Keeper 7120	10	10	15	20	20	20	20
Eileen 6160	30	26	17	11	24	24	8	Tomb Cainhurst 7150	10	20	15	20	20	30	20
6161	65	40	19	14	40	40	8	Tomb Executioner 7160	10	10	15	25	20	20	20
6162	50	33	19	13	33	33	8

+ Dialogue - voiced by Ryan Gage / Steven Elliot - [Audio]

(Intro Cutscene) "Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm..." "Do you hear our prayers?" "No, we shall not abandon the dream." "No one can catch us! No one can stop us now!" (After first phase) "Ah hah hah ha!" "Ooh! Majestic! A hunter is a hunter, even in a dream." "But, alas, not too fast!" "The nightmare swirls and churns unending!" (Repeated after second phase) "Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm..." "Do you hear our prayers?" "As you once did for the vacuous Rom," "Grant us eyes, grant us eyes." "Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy." "The grand lake of mud, hidden now, from sight." "The cosmos, of course!" "Let us sit about, and speak feverishly." "Chatting into the wee hours of..." "New ideas, of the higher plane!" Upon death (howling) Ahh! Now I’m waking up, I’ll forget everything....