Zobek | Boss Battles Castlevania: LoS 2 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Most of Zobek's attacks are based on his chain-like weapon. Almost all of them, besides one which he hardly even uses, are unblockable and are insanely difficult to dodge - Zobek waves his weapon in all directions like a madman, which means, that if you are close to him when he starts his attack, it's almost certain that you will get hit.
There's one method, to avoid those attacks - you must use hit & run tactics. Get close to him, hit him a few times and immediately jump back - if he starts his unblockable attack, he won't be able to reach you. There's a chance that he won't attack at all and will just close in on you - in this case rinse and repeat the whole process. It's an irritating way of getting through this encounter, because it takes a lot of time to do so, but it will allow you to avoid most of his attacks.
Besides his melee attacks, Zobek uses another one - he summons a beam of energy, which will follow your trail for a few seconds (fortunately, it moves slowly, so you won't have much trouble to outrun it). If it reaches you, a QTE sequence will be initiated - if you hit the button at the right moment, you won't get any damage at all. He generally uses this attack when you are out of his melee attacks' reach.
When his health drops to about 2/3 value, he will leave the arena and an army of living corpses will emerge in his place. Undead aren't really a threat on their own, but you have to be extra careful about their grab. If you notice one of them running at you, you must avoid getting grabbed at all cost - if you fail to do so, you will encounter an extremely irritating QTE sequence and you will lose an enormous amount of health if you won't set yourself free quick enough.
To get rid of them and force Zobek back into the arena, you must destroy the ghost-like sculptures that were summoned by the boss himself - they are above the arena and you can reach them with your Shadow Daggers (you need few of them to destroy one sculpture) or Chaos Bombs (one hit destroys the sculpture). After destroying 4 of those sculptures, the undead will start to fade away and Zobek will return.
There are two things related to the "undead stage" :
- If needed, you can farm tons of experience here - the undead respawn indefinitely, provided that you leave at least one ghost-like sculpture intact. Use the Stolas' Clock relic to increase the experience inflow even more.
- It's a good method of restoring your supplies of Void and Chaos Magic - there are dozens of enemies and your Combat Focus bar should fill in an instant, resulting in a mass of Blood Orbs scattered everywhere (undead drop a few Blood Orbs on death even if you haven't filled your focus bar).
After the "undead stage", Zobek returns and the fight looks exactly the same as before. After getting to 1/3 health, Zobek will again leave the battlefield to his corpse army - repeat the process of destroying the sculptures to get rid of them once and for all. After dropping his health near zero, he will revert back to his human form to regenerate himself and his weapon will float around him, protecting him from your reach. Use your Mist power to get through the chain shield, which will initiate a cutscene, ending the fight in the process.