InWo Long: Fallen Dynasty,you go up against the corrupted politician and tyrant himself, Dong Zhuo. He is one of the main bosses in the game you have to fight since he’s encountered at the end of a Main Battlefield.
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The fight is a fairly straightforward one. Dong Zhuo has no magical attacks to speak of, which means you’ll only have to worry about his physical damage to you. We recommend increasing your defence and ignoring any armour that is geared more towards elemental resistance since it will be almost redundant in this fight. With that in mind, you may have to contend with some poison.
Dong Zhuo Boss Fight Strategy
As mentioned, this is effectively a simple melee fight with the exception ofone attack that causes poison build-up.To this end, you’ll want to ensure you stay withinclose and medium range of himthroughout the fight.
The reason we recommend this is that he will choose to use a Critical Strike at amedium range that is incredibly easy to deflect.
Being too far away will cause him to spam ranged attacks at you,throwing poison knives.
You almost want to try andbait this charging critical strike out, because it will be a free way to deal significant Spirit damage to Dong Zhuo. The timing is easy sincehis whole charge is part of the attack,which meansdeflecting into him while he’s chargingwill result in a successful deflection.
As you do Spirit damage to him by deflecting, you’ll notice hisSpirit bar will slowly shrink each time.
Thisdoesn’t recover until you inflict a stance breakon him, so take your time.
Generally speaking, his attacks have a lot of range. He will swing his spear fairly wide,hoping to catch you at awkward anglesif you’re flanking him while Followers keep him busy.
If you’re fighting him one-on-one,youshouldn’t have to worry about his wide swings, just deflect them when you see them coming.
With that said, we would always recommendbringing allies with youif you’re struggling in the fight. Even if they end up dying, they are extremely helpful for distracting the bosses andcreating openings for you.
One thing to watch out for is his ranged poison knives.
He will spam these if you’re far away enough and they will dosmall bits of chip damageeven before they inflict the poison debuff.
Always attempt to keep to a pattern with your attacks. Your positive Spirit will reduce when you use it in the blue section of the gauge and enhance your charged attack.
Bear in mind, that you can alsouse this positive Spirit to enhance your already powerful Martial Artsattacks. Consider throwing them into the mix before your normal attack combo ends or immediately after.
Dong Zhuo Critical Strikes
As we mentioned, one of his Critical Strikes is a charging attack. You want him to use this since it’s so easy to deflect. The attack won’t complete until he reaches you, giving youplenty of leniency on timingthe deflection.
His second Critical Strike is a bit more problematic. This move comes outmore often when he’s enraged,which triggers when you get him to half his HP. This strike is a jumping attack where he swings in the air.
After the initial jump, Dong Zhuohangs in the air for a few secondsbefore swinging all around him.
Because of the delay, there’s a lot of time totrick you into deflecting early.
His final Critical Strike is a ranged attack. Dong Zhuo will also only use this while enraged, but you’ll know it’s coming if he swings his spear upwards while glowing red.
After this, he willsend a red-blade beam at you. Deflecting this is easy since it’s a matter oftiming your deflection just beforeit hits you.
A successful deflection willsend the projectile back at him, knocking him overand sending him rolling backwards. This creates asignificant opening if you can close the distance before he recovers.Take advantage of this if you happen to get the deflection.
Generally speaking, since Dong Zhuo uses no magic, you should bepretty safe if you rely on blockingin this fight.
None of his attacks – other than the poison knives – will chip through your guard and hurt you. Just remember tokeep attacking to recover your Spirit gauge.
Since the game pushes bosses to a stance break, you will get a few in this fight. The second one, depending on your damage, will probably be the end of the battle. We would recommend using adecent straight sabre swordin this fight since it has anexcellent moveset.
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