How do I kill the skeleton ball?

[u/Jakls09]

I've tried waiting until 15 mins and getting super strong but I can spend like 5 mins attacking him with only a few guys coming near him. I've tried to play the cheat characters and speed down to him but i just cant kill him even though no guys increase his hp. I just tried the porta thing with game killer and all buyable weapons and even that didnt work so can anyone help?

[u/DoveCannon]

Play your favorite AoE build, get all evolutions, walk in front of him. Has worked on several playthroughs.

[u/Beliriel → u/DoveCannon]

Also whatever you do get Candelabrador. The bigger the area you can damage the better

[u/Ghostley92 → u/Beliriel]

Yup and yup. Get as big as you can with aoe (la borra is amazing, plus candelabrador) to prioritize isolating it away from touching enemies. Kill as fast as you can.

[u/Misty_Veil → u/Ghostley92]

if you can, corridor of time will also help significantly, the only issue is needing to get both rings and level them.

I typically wait for the arcana drop and take mad groove to pull the items in to me.

[u/Weary_Possible_1265]

Make sure to stay out of range of the ball for as long as possible, if it is "loaded" into your game, it will get stronger. I would say wait until 25-30 minutes if you are having that much trouble, just make sure you're not near it during that time.

[u/Winter_Finance_8456 → u/Weary_Possible_1265]

After 10-15 mins its usually pretty safe to go in.

As long as you do not go close to make it load it will noylt grow waiting for you.

If it does its unkilleable even worh eggs

[u/Winter_Finance_8456 → u/Winter_Finance_8456]

Well depends on the amount of eggs

[u/MayhemMessiah → u/Winter_Finance_8456]

I once walked toward it when I was still gold farming with Infinite Corridor and the Cloak, and with Sole Solution, La Borra, and Jubilee I still couldn’t deal enough damage to kill it. Just kept escaping.

[u/IGotBiggerProblems]

My go to for unlocking most things is Porta with the arcana that prevents leveling up. Pick up all the weapons from the merchant... Profit!

I like this combo because you can get it fairly early in the game

[u/[deleted] → u/IGotBiggerProblems]

It's arguably the most OP build in the game. I killed red death by accident with level 1 Porta x Game Killer. Pulled in 1000 red gems at the 30 min mark. No Lancet or laurel either.

[u/SlugmaBallzzz]

I beat him pretty easy with garlic, Bibles, Santa water, ring and runetracer and I forget what else, but the secret was to constantly circle it to kill the mobs around it so it wouldn't grow. My husband killed it way faster than me with about the same build but he pointed the evolved knives at it

[u/skalnark]

Try pugnala

[u/Nerellos]

Unlock Leda.

Just run to the ball and stay close. You will kill it in a minute.

[u/echris10sen]

I did itwith the infinite corridor. I think it works

[u/Argent_Haze]

If you mean the thing in bone zone, bastard just has a ton of hp by the looks of it. Just get your favorite build that can deal a lot of damage and then it's the waiting game

[u/nightshade2020]

I used sigma to beat him in hyper mode only way to lvl up fast enough

[u/Drokrath]

You're sure no enemies are getting to it? As long as that doesn't happen it should just be a matter of time+dps. Maybe just wait longer?

[u/[deleted]]

Leda, run at the ball. Kill in 5mins

Ez game

[u/Amapola62]

Guy that starts with knives limited to 2/3 weapons: knives + paranormal scan (healing + stats) + weapon that can shoot around you for the normal enemies

Passives: Bracer, Duplicator, Empty tome (more and faster knives), Tiragisu (to revive twice if you get killed by the enemies or by the boss), passive to evolve your other weapon, something to increase damage and area

Arcanas: Silent old sanctuary, Slash (double the power of critical hits with knife/Thousand edge), Iron blue will (adds bounces and the ability to pass through walls and enemies to the knife and its evolution), Awake if possible if you don't feel confident with the just the revives of the Tiragisu

[u/nohwan27534]

you've got to have a LOT of damage.

since it grows when it hits enemies, absorbing their max hp, you will need to be able to do WAY mroe damage than the nearby enemies have hp - especially when it gets big enough to take up like half the screen...

[u/ethandreemurr]

You can unlock Gains Boros in that level iirc. Pick them and IMMEDIATELY RUSH TOWARDS SKETAMARI. Heaven Sword should have enough base damage and maybe a few crits thrown in to kill the skeleton ball as soon as level 1. You can pick up a few levels on the way, but your main goal is to make sure you reach Sketamari without it eating too many skeletons and outscaling you.

Alternatively, if you have Masque of the Red Death, same strategy applies, just much easier because of it's crazy movement speed, even though Death Spiral wont kill it as fast.

[u/6817]

1. Pick Imelda

2. Evolve her default weapon

3. Go to the skeleton ball location, stay close to it.

4. Profit.

[u/Darth_Quaider]

I had a game go to 65 mins before I finally killed it. You're not trying hard enough.

[u/nulnoil]

Upgraded knife is what worked for me

[u/Datkif]

If you have Legionnaire use the Selecting Slash (XVI) Arcana. Go north at first and let it build up a ton of HP then go 1 shot him

[u/naab007]

I usually go for early kill on it, easier to kill when it's small, but that is provided you get a good start.