To get the Umbral-Tinged Flayed Skin in Lords of the Fallen, you have to slay the Paladin’s Burden Boss.
The Paladin’s Burden boss fight in Lords of the Fallen starts in the Path of Devotion. The challenge against Paladin’s Burden is optional, but you can play this challenge to get some essential quest items. Paladin’s Burden uses a slashing long-ranged sword for combat. He will predominantly use strikes and AoE combos to slay his enemies. Once you are killed, you will be teleported to the Umbral Realm. And you can immediately find him by completing the quest called, The Paladin’s Request.
The boss primarily used sword attacks and you can counter with a sword, dagger or spear. It is also vulnerable against salts and holy attacks. Paladin’s Burden fight comes as a part of a questline in the first chapter of the game. With the best builds, you can dominate him. Here are the tips to beat The Paladin’s Burden boss in Lords of the Fallen.
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Lords of the Fallen Paladin’s Burden Boss Fight
Travel to the Path of Devotion Memorial Vestige and reach the hill. Now, you will reach the Umbral Realm and look for the boss near the bridge. You also have to Soulflay and activate the Stigma to kickstart the challenge.
Carry powerful weapons like javelin spears, swords and hammers. Use more throwable items and fuse them with Holy Salts, Frost and Poison Salts. Here’s how you can quickly knock down Paladin’s Burden,
Tips to Beat The Paladin’s Burden – The Paladin’s Burden boss will start with a powerful strike as it will come forward and try to swing his sword. You can counter attack using a longsword. The boss will create a storm and unleash smite lightning strikes. You can move to the right and attack from his back side. The boss will next launch an Umbral Magic AoE attack and this can be parried or dodged.
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Next, you have to overcome his Ignite effects and melee attacks. The boss will swing the sword and try to create an explosion, you can keep attacking and unleash some heavy attacks to deplete his two health bars.
Paladin’s Burden will throw bleed and burn effects and you can evade these attacks. The fire effects can inflict severe damage if you fail to dodge them correctly. Throw a spear along with poison salts and these effects will quickly shock and stun him for a while. When the boss is down, you can deal heavy damage and exploit his weakness. As you reduce his primary health bar, The Paladin’s Burden will eventually surrender.
After defeating the Paladin’s Burden, you can claim these rewards,
- Unripe Berries
- Large Manastone Cluster
- Umbral-Tinged Flayed Skin
- Umbral Scouring
That’s everything you need to know about defeating the Paladin’s Burden Boss in Lords of the Fallen. Discover the best tips to master combat in LotF.
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In Lords of the Fallen campaign, there are many story missions and boss fights. Some of these boss battles are non-optional and you can only unfold new chapters after beating these challenges. Also by defeating bosses, you can get the best endings in the game.
Yes, Lords of the Fallen Sequel supports crossplay platform feature between PC and Consoles. But it doesn’t support the same between console and console. It’s expected that a full-fledged crossplay feature will be rolled out soon by the makers of Lords of the Fallen.
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