Not liking Terror does not made it a bad mechanic, in fact it makes perfect sense for it to be a thing while fighting apparition type enemies (I’d say the same thing about Frenzy in Bloodborne). The game shows you the type of enemy that will have that status effect buildup, and while you might die a couple times learning that, it’s a FromSoft game and you’re just gonna die learning some things. But the point is, you do have to learn. It also gives you all the tools to deal with this status effect. Yes, the tools are consumable or limited use and you might have to do some item management during a fight, but it’s a great way of making the player consider more during combat than just l1 or r1 spam. It makes the encounters feel unique and plays into their haunting aesthetic. Point being, it might catch you off guard on the first attempt of two, but otherwise if you succumb to Terror (or Frenzy for that matter), it’s on you.

That being said, these are come of the coolest mini bosses in the game even though I’ve gotten my *** kicked by them plenty of times. Especially in my first playthrough.

I am mistaken or one of these guys just ripped my soul out and shoved it in his butt ?

I spent most of my playthrough super scared of these guys, had tried using the lotus umbrella etc but was still getting my *** kicked. Then I came back (fairly late game, vit 19, atk power 10) and tried just actually using divine confetti for the first time (was scared of dying and losing it before, but in late game you can just buy it from merchants and have plenty of money to do so). Absolutely shredded them, it was easy. Didn't even use the umbrella and tried using Malcontent once or twice for the novelty, but really didn't need it at that point (though malcontent is super helpful). The sword alone with divine confetti was doing serious damage. Just went on a tour to each one and first tried all of them. So just use the damn confetti, it helps a ton. That and the purple gourd you can buy in mibu village is super helpful (basically a refillable version of pacifying agent).

Note I'm referring to the land dwelling ones above, the underwater ones are actually quite easy. just dodge and swing, no confetti needed. Can use an Ako's candy on the surface before diving down if you want. For the fountainhead pair, there's actually a primary and a secondary/phantom one. The phantom one has far less HP, so just take him out first, making the remaining headless quite straightforward.

for the underwater headless all you need is some healing incase you get hit, all you have to do is dash around him while spamming thrusts and he likely wouldnt even hit you once

Restricted dodging? check. Instant Death Terror Buildup? check. Almost necessary farmed item to make doable? check. Slow abnormal attacks that two shot you? check. **** Reward? check. Grab attack that can't be jumped over or mikiri countered, that's literally up to lucky positioning?..... check. Well designed 10/10

I can style on every single enemy/boss in this game, but every single playthrough these ****ers manages to make me look like some punk *** ***** every single time.

**** you.

Yeah people hate this guy because he does terror, he has an aoe slowing affect, and he likes to shove his fist up your anus, but my man has a badass sword so god damn cool.

How do y'all handle the item juggling? The gourd, confetti, terror meds.

Divine Confetti + Malcontent = GG

THE LOATHSOME DUNG EATER