As a few might have seen, a couple months back I had posted to c/[email protected] about my thoughts on using summons in Soulslikes in general and using Specters in Lies of P (https://lemmy.zip/post/18734971).
I'm on my NG+ rerun and am about to finish the game. Throughout this playthrough, I have been more liberate with using the Specter for "annoying" boss fights or bosses where it would have taken me too long to beat them whilst actively hindering my enjoyment - it was awesome!
Some select boss fights feel a lot better with a summon, the Rabbit Gang fights especially since they feel like a true backalley brawl, and it just takes the edge off some really difficult fights for me.
Now, I arrived at (spoiler for the second to last boss in the game) Laxasia on this rerun. I kept trying the fight probably a dozen times yesterday evening and couldn't get her at all: the damage scaling is absurd, the weapons I was using didn't click with me too much, and even with the help of a Specter, I got my teeth kicked in. Fast forward to today, I gave it a couple more shots - without using a single Specter summon - and got it on my 7th or 8th attempt! Since Laxasia is weak to acid damage, I used the Acid Spear head and the Live Puppet handle for good motivity scaling in phase 1 and switched to Bonesaw-Cleaver blade + Dancer's handle or what it's called (ol' reliable) with the acid grindstone for higher DPS and acid damage. It was very clutch in the end, but I got it.
Just felt like sharing with you guys. How have your experiences with Specters been? Do you use them often? Which fights do you use them often with?
