How To Defeat The Maven - God of War Ragnarok Gameplay Guide

[@urbanmarinecc]

I hear that he does this stuff LIVE on stream 👀 everyone should tune in to the streams as well, just saying. ;)

[@LıǎmYeǎħ]

Lol using your second account to fake hype

[@theJOSHfeed]

Hey urbanmarinecc, this guy thinks I'm you and you're me. Hahahah.

[@urbanmarinecc]

🤣 sheesh I wish I was even remotely as cute as Josh like jeez

[@jennessgames]

I hear that he does this stuff LIVE on stream 👀 everyone should tune in to the streams as well, just saying. ;) - Just another fake account... don't mind me. Just gonna bot this up. Cuz you know, people cannot be happy for someone's success and just accept that maybe, JUST MAYBE, their success is actually deserved.

[@melrocks]

Was coming in for some more fake hype, but I see the battle has been won. How anyone would claim to be Urban.

[@charleszhang6035]

This boss fight drove me to the edge of sanity

[@infozek1994]

Bro same (I feel bad for my controller)

[@yopo654]

For me the thing that pushed me over the was when i finally beat her after like 27 tries the developers decide to take away the satisfaction of kratos chopping the bitches head of like whyyyyyy i spent all this time fighting and then we spare her

[@tomasd7540]

I’m literally at that part now and I had to exit the game cause I was frustrated

[@lennonleonardo7997]

I stopped playing for almost a week now, because I am stuck at this part. I thought it would be just a normal semi boss fight. This is harder than a Valkerie.

[@trodg]

This boss battle is making me hate this game

[@improprickeprickle2924]

Same

[@kraenk12]

It’s unfairly hard even on give me a story….and traps one in a fucking side quest. Wtf?!

[@9doggie12]

I rage quit

[@ashleysmith1276]

Fuuuuuuck. It is 4:38am and I swore to my wife I wouldnt go to bed too late, but i neeeeeed to destroy this absolute bitch of a 'miniboss'. Seriously, I am playing on the normal difficulty level, completed the 2018 game too, this shouldn't be THIS hard. The most annoying aspect for me is that the double-blue circle attack she does hits you no matter where you are, but the shield strike yoi need to do in order to stop it has a much smaller effective distance. That seems unfair. Also, Freya is fucking useless in this fight.

[@matthewsims9951]

Same fuck the maven

[@evanchristo708]

I thought I would kick back and do some side missions…

[@PotatoJonson]

Major difficulty spike. She was using the blue circle move at the beginning and I could never get close enough in time. And no resurrection stone 😢

[@JJS595]

SAME but I beat it yesterday and felt that I could have beaten it sooner but I was having a lot of fun trying to beat her every time

[@AKSBSU]

Try it underleveled. She could kill me with just a few hits. I got stuck in that damn library for 2 hours. I didn't realize I could get stuck in there with this witch. I was just trying to explore for some loot for upgrades.

[@GHOSTCREWW]

It’s actually so fucking stupid that the game does that. Literally as soon as you open the doors you have to use your shield strike but you’re not even close

[@Jezhumberston]

Very poor game design, a game in this day and age shouldn't throw out something as ridiculously overpowered and actually trap you in the game. Killed the game stone dead for me.

[@lynchinjesus]

Yeah I have one and got her down to like 3 hits but at low health she just hides on the others ideas of the room and spams parry attacks and unblockable. I resurrected and she does like 8 attacks in a row while hiding and kills me again. Fucking cheater!!

[@AKSBSU]

I was stuck for 2 hours fighting this evil wench today due to being underleved and with weapons that were like level 3 or 4 and thus got stranded in that damn library fighting her over and over. You are doing so much more damage than I was. She could kill me in like 3 hits. I am definitely a much better player after finally killing her in that circumstance, but it was a miserable experience and among the most punishing experiences I've had for exploring. You get stuck in these goddamn places and can't upgrade anything or escape. I can tell this game was definitely tuned on easier difficulties. It can feel incredibly cheap the way they just poise through your strongest attacks in like 6 frames when my attack takes a couple seconds to execute and I lose half my health in the exchange. I must have had 1 or 2 HP at the end of this. Stepping on a LEGO would have killed me my health was so low.

[@animenerd6924]

Lol man i know what you went through since i got stuck there also. I was underleveled and had to wait a long time to fucking beat it. But the frustrating thing was not killing her 😅 i was like seriously kratos after how many tries you aint gonna kill it.

[@sierra0884]

I was thinking that this was tuned down to easy mode. I

[@g00se87]

Same

[@sierra0884]

@@g00se87 I finally beat her!!! Now I gotta upload it. Hehehe

[@g00se87]

@@sierra0884 me to just bet her then.

[@Jimmyxsx]

I died like 35 times to this boss, I had a lot of trouble timing her attacks

[@randommonkey195]

I was really struggling against her until I equipped the Radiant Warden handles on the chains which deflect projectile attacks while your charging Flame Whiplash. No need to parry those pesky yellow circle attacks, just keep spinning and advancing until your in attack range. Changed the whole tone of the fight for me so that I felt like the aggressor.

[@RafaelHanussek]

Thanks! Without this I would've never made it

[@g_od2080]

Now I read this 😭😅. Why I didn't try that lol

[@carlharrison3637]

I'll try that - she is a biatch to win. Must have died 20 times so far, have to play another game otherwise the controller be going out the window lol

[@pauldog]

I literally already had it equipped and completely forgot about that element. Thank you so much, immediate 360 on how the fight went.

[@ashleysmith1276]

Holy shit..... you're a GENIUS! I DESTROYED her on my second attempt using this method!!!!!!! My sanity thanks you. 😘

[@obibraxton2232]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that flipping hat come to KZbin to find out how to defeat for maven, they made it so difficult, especially like the time to light block and parry etc. soo vexin and also the fact that I can’t even leave to come back to this boss battle later truly the most infuriating part of this game so far as I’m playing.

[@bugsyn]

Why the fuck are all of the filler bosses 10x more difficult than the main story ones?

[@RyneMurray23]

Stupid game design

[@Lolololololololololololol97]

I’m about to yeet myself out the window

[@_BlackPaladin]

Use the Stone Wall Shield to easily block her attacks. Then keep hitting her azz with the Blades of Chaos (stay close to her) + use Shield Strike when necessary + keep blasting the whole time with Freya’s purple arrows. You’re welcome. Beat her this way in a couple minutes and not at max strength.

[@briangrissman8947]

How do you protect yourself when she goes off screen and hits you from behind with a heavy or malee attack?

[@TheModernA1ch3mist]

This was absolutely the right strategy. Completely turned the tides on her. Thanks!

[@seanmoriarty2]

That worked! Thanx man. Much better strategy

[@D.M.S.]

This saved me. I love you!

[@niranjanp]

@Brian Grissman too late for you but I found that clicking in R3 at start of battle will lock the camera and prevent too much disappearing, roll away to avoid red attacks

[@Tyr933]

I'm getting worse the more I fight her lol, rage time

[@vanidge]

This helped me alot i think i was watching too many videos of people doing no damage perfect parrying, so i thought thats what i needed to do. i was getting my ass handed to me. After watching this video and realising just blocking her attacks and dodging when neccesary I beat it on my my first go. Great work!

[@rokellc]

Thank you SO much for this video! I was having an unusually difficult time with this boss. I was thinking, "This boss isn't that tough. Why can't I beat this?" I had no idea that this boss heals if you miss the shield prompt. The game also didn't give me any super energy. When I watched this video, I was able to get past it after a few extra tries! Thanks a lot!

[@rugie6247]

Yeah I had no idea! I play with no HUD 😂

[@theJOSHfeed]

I'm glad I was able to help!

[@Ralphanthonybianscomusic]

I just changed my setting to “give me story” to beat this fight. Essentially the baby level. Still couldn’t get her below half way. This is absurd.

[@NoamOmesi]

I beated maven first try on "give me no mercy" she was easier then alva for me bruh

[@strawberrychocolatefudge6210]

@@NoamOmesi You with no life, I salute you

[@NoamOmesi]

@@strawberrychocolatefudge6210bruh she was pretty easy come to see gna boss fight which fight i literlly switched to give me story just to beat her max upgrades still it took me hours to beat her

[@nbkchaosseph9066]

U saved me! Before watching ur video, I die 10 times. After watching ur video, immediately single try and win the fight! Use the fire blade instead of axe. Becuz she is too fast. And I use ur guide. Thank you!

[@CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS]

One of the cheapest boss fights in recent memory. Love that she starts off with a blue ring attack right off the bat when there's no opportunity to interrupt it. Love that it strings multiple unblock able attacks together. There are hard boss fights and then there's Bad game design. I don't mind difficult bosses, but this is just crap. I wasn't even stuck for that long, but every single fight was miserable.

[@billgeezeriommi]

It doesn't string unblockable attacks together it does one where it throws the x and then when it rushes you you can block it then at the end up its rush attack thats unblockable. So yeah it is spaced apart by a blockable attack then when it throws its weapons at you you can use your shield dont even have to parry just block

[@billgeezeriommi]

What sucked for me on this fight is that I had almost no rage, if it was full it wouldve been so much easier to beat her haha. I ended up having to upgrade both Kratos and Freyas skills and rage a decent amount to be able to beat her lol good thing i had a bunch of xp saved up. And I used the Valor rage to only be able to save one portion of rage to regain life cause they give you no green crystals on this. It was rewarding to finally beat her though.

[@theJOSHfeed]

The Maven had me struggling for a bit, but I was able to get through it when I learned the attacks. If you made it through Alva, you can make it through The Maven!

[@Luka-nw6kc]

She is giving me a lot tougher time than Alva and it's pissing me off. Two mistakes and i'm dead.

[@jennidandan6572]

Alva was way easier than Maven. Still trying to beat her 😫

[@obibraxton2232]

Nar Alva was easy compared to this Kmt

[@eldritch-tailedfeydeer7320]

I really, *really* hate side quest bosses like this that lock you from progressing until you beat them. It’s just plain mean. I did find that you can actually reflect her sword throws (the yellow indicator ones, not the red ones) with a triangle mash chain whiplash if you have the pommel that reflects projectiles equipped.

[@skinnybuddha8988]

Someone else said it, the Radiant Warden handles make it wayyy easier. When she has those yellow distant attacks, charge up your chain and itll shoot them back at her.

[@easthight]

This worked really well, thanks for the tip. The main problem with this fight is that once you're hit you're combo-ed to death by getting stunned locked, you can't do anything during that time. And for the yellow circle attacks, if you miss the parry timing you're dead. Such an unfair fight tbh.

[@mking8242]

Wish I had it sounds like a great perk but I finally beat her able to use the big shield that does grounded area damage she was tough

[@puddles3109]

But I don’t have that. What do I do?

[@MassiveHappyClapper]

I beat this boss tonight. It was hellish but after a solid hour I done it. My biggest tip is when the red circle comes dodge back. Dodge her sword throws up to 3 times then charge in for the blue and break that by double tapping L1. I used the star breaker shield and was level 5.

[@bigboytoy96]

So fucking tired of every game being dark souls these days why the fuck are these elf fights harder then anything else in the game

[@grumpycat666]

🤣

[@theJOSHfeed]

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but God of War games have always been difficult on the harder difficulty settings, and this franchise predates the Souls games.

[@bigboytoy96]

@@theJOSHfeed forsure, I’m just not keen on the perry shi

[@chetan515]

they want you play this game infinite hours till they launch next ome

[@SDMEX04]

Thank you for the vid bro! I took your technique and beat her on the first try!

[@luismayautemalaga1508]

Instead of parrying that sword throw attack, i just decided to dodge it. Not worth the trouble trying to perfect parry all of her yellow attacks.

[@rokellc]

Excellent tip!

[@JohnnyMnemonic.]

U cant dodge it kratos is not fast enough.

[@billgeezeriommi]

@@JohnnyMnemonic. yeah he is just gotta dodge at just the right moment

[@peter-josephlamusitele6296]

​@@billgeezeriommiwhen is the right moment BC it's so small

[@lookingfortheend]

Double L1 is key. Won the fight immediately after watching the video. Where il lost the previous 11 times .

[@jesspalko2622]

STONE WALL SHIELD is super helpful in this. Especially if you don't have the recommended Radiant Warden chaos blade handles

[@SweetDystopia]

Holy shit Stone wall shield did the trick for me since I didn’t have Radian Warden blade handles! Thanks man 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Andysbat]

That's hilarious. My issue was I had that shield. Switched it out and this boss was easy.

[@marinaknezovic]

Shatter star shield! After I switched to it, beat it in one try after at least 20+ attempts

[@SBLHendrix]

how the fuck is a side quest the harder than the main storyline ones 😐

[@NoamOmesi]

Gna is laughing in the corner:

[@teeny2566]

Even on the easiest settings, these boss fights are hard

[@HarveyTAS]

I beat her onslaught style. Spam sigil arrows constantly and hit her with every runic. Parry as many attacks as you can but keep swinging. When health goes low, RAGE and spam arrows. Hopefully get one or two runics back for a second go.

[@JJS595]

Yep beat it yesterday after several attempts it’s actually really well made and I wasn’t mad how many times I have to redo cause I didn’t have a resurrection stone I love god of war so much the old games and the new ones 🔥

[@ambercaldwell5396]

Thanks you so much I appreciate the help you are giving everyone. This helped a lot keep up the great work. I was stuck for awile.

[@rommelbearhawkie2342]

Hey mate I luckily beat this boss after maybe 16 tries all good ,skills with some luck. On to the next favor towards the platinum.

[@la_engineer]

Thank you for the video, after watching your video I defeated her. The secret was also...stay close to your enemy

[@classicrockdude7508]

I caved after trying for an hour, I should have tried equipping different items and managing my specials, but I just lowered the difficulty like a scrub. First time I had to do that in my playthough so far.

[@Flowku]

At least your being honest lol

[@alleycat2297]

Definitely recommend using the blades against her. I feel like I was getting absolutely nowhere with the axe. It definitely helps to have some rage built up too.

[@cormacbobertson4732]

I used all of the special attacks, shield blasts, prima ballerina shit and couldn't defeat her, but yeah the focus on blades got the job finally done ☺️

[@katielouise5916]

She looked as hard as hell, plus it took me 3-4 times to actually beat her

[@JJS595]

Me too but it was so fun I didn’t mind redoing it just to master it

[@sergiopirela5864]

Stone wall shield lets you absorb the 2 sword throws and you can dodge roll or step step when she does the third.

[@Luka-nw6kc]

I wondered if the stone wall shield would be more helpful than the rest, but i still didn't switch from the guardian shield.

[@sergiopirela5864]

@@Luka-nw6kc I cant remember if you still have the Guardian Shield at this point in the game. Or at what point you get it back.

[@Luka-nw6kc]

@@sergiopirela5864 i just got it back, at the start of quest The word of fate, then i went exploring and solving other favours and labours

[@blursithflow9442]

Absolutely best advice. Thought because my one shield had 50 defense compared to the shield walls 10 that’s weaker. But nope it blocked everything she threw. Died like 30 times, risked a controller, and then beat her first try with shield wall.

[@sergiopirela5864]

@@blursithflow9442 glad is worked out!

[@TheGreatestHeroEver]

She keeps healing on when on low hp! Why?

[@martinmijailperezzavaleta1024]

When she heals you have to hit her with the shield.

[@truthteller449]

i beaten this boss but it took me a while, i used the stone wall shield and the ax.

[@jonpeley]

That double tapping L1 was the ultimate tip. I couldn't kill it as she was constantly healing herself.

[@filletmignon5221]

I reallllllllyyy don’t want to have to drop my difficulty but I didn’t expect to get trapped here in this quest and I don’t have the gear to give my health back

[@princegee4156]

Brooooooo thank you daum I been stuck on this for a week

[@bambthemanfr1990]

I needed these tips thank you

[@Picassosnephew]

Did anyone try to hit her once you beat her? I’m assuming you can’t anymore but I was curious if you could really finish her off. I walked out thinking she might strike me one more time before we left but then it actually lets you leave. And if you walk back in she’s gone

[@davidramcharan3338]

Thanks for this useful video Very helpful. Took me 2 days to beat her. Rage meter was spent (0) and No Healthstone. Tip for Parry: use the sense of sound listen for the swish of the blade then tap L1

[@Jelus1]

Did this w the same shield you used and attacks.... First try! Thank you so much bro

[@theJOSHfeed]

Glad I can help!

[@sydneyheller3292]

Thank you I was so worried I was going to be soft locked

[@newbielives]

Omg i didnt shield bash her when she was beaten so she kept reviving! Thank you for this

[@SupraManG]

This is the same problem I had with her and it wasn't explained in the game as to how to defeat her reviving. I hope you got her beaten because I'm on my way now to do so.

[@agmills86]

i was on it for at least an hour last night, managed to get to a point when she revived 4 times, every revive i thought this must be the last one!

[@Ginrummy33]

I turned the difficulty down and still had to replay this fight 6 or 7 times. The problem I fixed was that you have to be close enough to her when she does the double-ring attack to actually block it. From across the room, even doing the block timing right, you will take damage because you are not close enough for your counter to work. Also, I learned to (try to) get away when she does that melee combo with the unblockable hard finish. One of the toughest fights for me so far, so thanks for the vid tips.

[@thewolfmanricardo5191]

Took me many tries to beat this boss. The triple sword throw always caught me off guard.

[@Suarezdrums]

What do I do when she regenerates? I can't stop it. She did it twice in a row.

[@TipsySamurai97]

After three attempts I finally realized that you can’t let her have any space. Get up close and don’t let her get away from you. It’s impossible to block her blue ring attacks when you’re not up close.

[@jesusramirez2733]

Man I was stuck here with no resurrection stone or spartan rage. She was tough but so far great fucken game that challenges you with many different foes

[@willdavies1484]

As soon as I figured Maven out, I actually did it first time! Shield break on blue is easy... When he fires a bunch of combos, literally just hold block and dodge the red final hit. Then, parry really late with the sword attack, the trick is do it as soon as you're about to be hit.

[@Malignant_Tumour]

I’ve spent 40 mins on this and I still can’t do it

[@PaladinDAYDREAMS]

Objectively bad game design locking players into a bs fight like this. You could be under levelled and no way near prepared and it's basically game over for good.

[@JJS595]

That’s why u don’t explore side levels like this unless u collecting almost everything chests, hacksilver, upgrading as much as u can. I think I was early level 4 when I encountered her and beat her but it did take me a bit was frustrating at times but it is what it is I agree with u tho locking the player like that without an option to return when ur a higher level is kinda wack

[@nicholasmuffoletto4427]

Played without resurrection stone and without a rampage… lol took me 1-2 hours

[@BigusDiccus]

I put it on easy and still got smoked a few times they was tripping with this one

[@JJS595]

Yea but it’s still a lot of fun and isn’t it an optional side mission? That’s why it’s harder than it should be. Gotta make sure ur collecting lots of stuff and hacksilver to boost ur stats as much as u can. Get the best runic abilities light and heavy

[@justasteve117]

Just beat her. Seen i didnt have the same Shield. So i just went right up in her face the whole fight. Blocked her sword throws like close attacks and youd get a shield bash before they throw the 2nd or 3rd throw also being close also helps cancel the blue circle since you cant dodge it. Atreas special was useful to when you get her on 1-2 bars

[@ThisOrThat13]

Has one ever had this fight break on you? During healing phase I'll Shield Strike while targeted and not targeted and I just get knocked back and Marven keeps healing.

[@theblackalbundy3857]

What helped me was putting Vanaheims Fortune, Honor & Virtue in the Amulet (there by increasing Kratos' melee damage against status afflicted enemies) hitting her up with bows from Atreus. Also putting on the Gauntlets of Radiance so any last minute evade I did slowed her down, which then in turn let me hit her up with more melee attacks. Whopped her ass within 3 trys lol

[@PlaystationGamerZX]

It that shield you using that help me alot, it making it easier for me when I change into shiled you use but damn even on Normal (Give me balance mode) is feel like it hardest difficult 💀

[@seahwaikok5295]

The last part parry how you activate in PS5 before we can R3 her?

[@jacekstankiewicz1594]

Who the hell thought that this shield strike is fair literally 0.25 seconds to react

[@RayDaGoat01]

Why is this boss so hard to beat? 😡 I’m bout to give up

[@kevinmoore4355]

I did this by accident, I thought it was basic for the blades of chaos,but it's not so if you equipped, the raident warden handles, just mash triangle and it deflects most projectile attacks

[@ruben21]

The first real test of the game. Died like 5 times on give me no mercy. Once u learn the attacks and range it's easy

[@ferri9119]

Took me two hours of trying different things to beat this b then I finally realized I had to use all my heavy runic and light runic attacks on first the axel and then the blades but first powered up the blades to be fully immolation before walking into the door and also the axe I made it to be permafrosted and used the talisman of meign, shattered star shield,shoulder straps of radiance,gauntlets of radiance,sold belt of courage, and for the amulet I used svartalfheims fortune, helheims essence, svartalheims safety and midgards endurance, kept blocking yellow attacks, dodging red attacks and double tapping l1 on my shield for blue attacks then slicing the b with the blades of caos anytime i got close finally defeated her

[@Tony-df5rs]

Underrated video 🤘

[@royery]

She killed me 5 times, but once I figure her moves out I was able to drain her healthbar pretty easily. However, the main reason I'm here was because I completely forgot how to stop her from healing! If I would've remembered to use the shield to stop her from healing I wouldn't have died 2 more extra times....

[@bettomaru]

heres what i did: I used the star shatter shield because the shield bash is long distance and the high mobility. When she throws the staff, parry the second throw to stun her and dodge the first one (unless you have her at about half health where she throws a 3rd time). Use the blades of chaos the majority of the fight and cycle through your runic attacks between your axe and blades. Once getting her to her last bar of health (or half of her last bar), use the spear. I found the Glaive of Dodher artifact to be especially helpful due to the bifrost damage with my spears runic attacks. From there I just barraged her with my runics and Atreus’. Let me know if it works or if you have questions.

[@Augace2]

this was the hardest boss yet I was way under leveled, 20 attempts & and a hour later i finally beat her. I wish kratos killed her at the end

[@JJS595]

IKR I was honestly shocked that U don’t end up killing her and even freya is suprised lol but Kratos does explain why he didn’t

[@AKSBSU]

Same. I had weapons that were like level 3 or 4 and not really much of a build put together. I was already on the second highest difficulty level and her health bar was like orange or something. I knew much suffering would take place, and I had no way to get out of there other than kill her. I think it's the most I've suffered in a video game library.

[@menevetsny]

3 goes? 6 tries? Jeez, It took me 2 hours to beat her on balanced. 25 tries? I would have loved to have finished in 6 goes. Come on. Her triple melee attack hit right through my shield, using the same one in the video. Maybe mine wasn't leveled up enough. You cannot get stuck on the wall or run into it, staying near the center helps. I used the blades exclusively. And you don't really get much reward, although I haven't talked to the two elves back at the base though. I did manage not to use a resurrection stone and didn't look anything up, was tempted too. Hardest boss for me so far.

[@donovingoniwiecha7464]

i’m in the same position and i’m losing my shit rn

[@iCoolaxe]

@@donovingoniwiecha7464 I couldn’t be bothered and just turned down the difficulty, lol.

[@menevetsny]

@@donovingoniwiecha7464 You can do it!

[@ImIncluded166]

Took me an hour just did it almost destroyed my controller lool

[@pegazu0]

I am on my 20th try right now and I just can’t manage to get over half the fight with her. I am dodging, parrying and blocking her attacks, then using all my runic attacks on her and after 50% of her life bar I miss 2 fucking dodges or blocks and die anyway 🥲

[@briangrissman8947]

My problem is she always darts off screen then throws her heavy attack. Is there some setting to keep her on screen. I always die on the last bar and I can't skip this fight since it already started.

[@OMGitsSparky]

That parry is so hard to make and dodging is too slow. I finally got the spartan rage luckily.

[@fredgo138]

took me about 8 tries on give me balance difficulty to defeat her. I wonder how difficult this could be on higher difficulties

[@paulc5314]

Dodge and stay away from her for the red circle attacks, use Stone shield for her yellow attacks (hold down button), double tap L1 for blue circle attacks, stick with Blades of Chaos, and if you manage hit square button to get a few arrow attacks in, its a tough fight and it only took me 15 tries on story mode, lol

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

I'm stuck in here because my vitality and rage are low level

[@regor9]

Where’s brok when you need him and his pop up shop

[@Drumming_Monkey]

When she does the three attacks I can block 2 max and the third one gets me when the time slows down because I can't do anything. What am I doing wrong?

[@grumpycat666]

Dodge the firs one then block the other two

[@Drumming_Monkey]

@@grumpycat666 yeah I got it by now but damn this one was tough. XD

[@Piklikr]

Absolutely ridiculous.. It shouldn't be this hard on easy mode, it's not even enjoyable anymore

[@krucial8943]

It traps you in this side quest if you cannot defeat this boss. There is no sacrificial twig like in elden ring to escape this place. Whoever designed this quest is stupid.

[@JeremyWhalen.]

Ispent over an hour and a half on this fight, i best her by rolling out of the sword throws and using the jump flurry and the special attacks for chaos blades

[@AlexQuevedo6]

Great tips for sure!

[@ischiasal]

A big thank you Josh , i thought i was going to be stuck there forever . ah ah

[@lynettehuckaby1345]

i am still stuck.

[@jkthegreat5687]

Why does she have none indicator attacks that hit through my shield?

[@DistractedEccentrism]

Seriously though, the programmers were assholes for this fight. Hit block? Nope. Dodge? Nope. Parry? Nope. But don't worry, she can do whatever she wants and use unblockable attacks nonstop along with full room aoe whenever.... oh, and don't worry, we won't throw in any heals either.

[@warrenholmes1875]

Ahhhh I just want to know what you do after your supposed to show her the journal or whatever this wasn’t a struggle for me had half my health bad but never almost died

[@ADZ1LL4]

When I selected Give Me No Mercy I didnt realise my soul would be destroyed

[@bburd-jt8os]

Ok so how do you shield strike if she’s across the room? Never mind just beat her, guess I just had to get busy and do some dodging and running

[@theJOSHfeed]

You could also time it well and charge at them and shield bash. A little more difficult as you have to act quickly though. Good job on completing the fight!

[@maxmillegan8426]

level 3 chaos blades and i beat it here’s what i did wrong •when she does the red attack after her rush dash out of the way as soon as possible •during the yellow throwing attacks wait about half a second to parry •stay as close as possible to break her blue attack •most importantly remember to hit her with a combo everytime you parry or dodge

[@samushunter0048]

Shield strike is the one ability I had a tough time doing in this game. Like it’s almost impossible to do this well consistently and the shield never prevents the opponents counter attack ever! Is that part of the game or does Kratos not have the ability to defend from a counter attack??

[@marcosperez5828]

Worst librarian ever

[@marcosperez5828]

Dark souls bosses are cupcakes next to this bitch

[@prontera09]

LOL

[@briangrissman8947]

In all these maven videos she never goes off screen like she does all the time for me. How do I fix that. She does it after every time I get a hit in.

[@mick-ericboettge8683]

How do you keep her from using the ranged attack? She just spams her sword throw against me at any range and its completely random if I'm able to block or dodge it. Edit: the question remains but I found out you can dodge reliably WHILE you got your shield up

[@i_fuze_hostages6]

I went in overleveled and still got my ass handed to me I killed sigrun first try but maven doesn’t have enough space to fight her in

[@plamenski5244]

why do I get stunned after I block with my shield?! I watch all these videos where guys just block everything no problem but if I block some attack half the time Im stunned and loopy and put the shield down. Drives me

[@PandaChewGACHA]

the yellow projectile? dodge it. dont parry. also, one arrow from freya can cancel her combos. try it. try to use her arrows to cancel her combos, not for damage. good luck bro

[@doncaribe2488]

Amazing. I defeated her after watching this

[@aspirationrecords]

This is THE worst boss fight in the game so far. Berserkers easier than this wtf

[@Annarbormich]

I can’t shield strike. I double tap right before she does the blast but I get hit every time. How can I shield strike the blast??

[@theJOSHfeed]

You need to double tap L1, and perhaps try it a little sooner if you're still getting hit. You don't need to worry about timing it at all, just need to break the stance ASAP.

[@billgeezeriommi]

You have to be close enough to so to stay close to her after that attack where she rushes you