Midra, Lord of Frenzied Flame (LVL1 NG+7 DLC+ No Blessings)

0:00 - Prefight
0:29 - Phase 1
1:46 - Phase 2

This boss became one of my favorites from the DLC. It's very epic, yet it has a chill pace that still requires some tight reactions. Despite the simplicity, there are a lot of fun mechanics, with plenty of strafes, jumps, and ducks that work really well with his moveset.

There are a few techniques I didn't do, but they don't really affect the optimization since stamina is so limited. For the flying grab, you can strafe the first hit, but I couldn't find a good way to do it without using more stamina. Also, for some reason, you can usually jump over the quick frenzy blasts, but sometimes it doesn't work. I'm not sure if it's luck or if it's just too precise to do reliably.

Of course, this boss will inflict madness on your character if you get hit by the frenzy flames, but for some of his attacks, the detection persists longer than the active frames, so you have to be more precise to not get any madness buildup even if you don't get hit. The frenzy explosion alone can almost max out the madness meter, so I made sure to dodge everything as precisely as I could.

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