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After all those hours, this is what it has been leading up to - the final confrontation is not between Frey and one of Athia’s Tantas. Instead, it seems like we’ll be taking on Cuff himself during the final chapter ofForspoken. At the end of the previous chapter, Frey makes the decision to abandon her last chance of getting home and save Cipal instead.
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What follows is quite the combat marathon - there are lots of moving parts to keep track of in the following fights, so it’s handy to know exactly what to expect.
The Reckoning
After using the torana to transport directly to Cipal, you’ll find the city under attack. Follow the map markers,defeating the enemies you encounter on the way. UseSila’s Magicagainst the reptilian monsters, andPrav’s Magicagainst the birds, if you want to exploit weaknesses and get the fights over quickly.
Eventually, you’ll reach the square and be faced with anAltered Goliath, backed up by a bunch ofCanis Dirus. The dogs are easily ignored - they’ll either get caught in your normal attacks or simply not be threatening enough to take seriously. The Altered Goliath is the main threat here.
To deal with the Goliath’s constant regeneration, useNaedre (one of Prav’s Support Spells)to poison it. After that,switch to Olas’s Magic and start pelting away- it’s weak to Olas’s Magic and should take a ton of damage, especially if you can rack up a ton of marks between attacks. Reapply poison whenever you can, and be wary of its attacks. If you’ve fought any Altered Goliaths before, this is largely an identical fight.
Preparations For The Final Battle
After the fight against the Altered Goliath, you’ll be in thearchives, where the residents of Cipal are hiding out.Talk to everyone you can here- each of the councilors will give you aHealing Draught.
There’s also acrafting tableand aspellcraft bookcasehere, so do what you need to before heading to the final battles. We recommend anequipment set that increases all four different types of magic, as you’ll be using all four of them in the final boss fight.
When you’re ready to proceed to the final sequence,talk to Pilo at the doorway.
How To Beat Susurrus: Murmuration
This, the first of three stages of the final boss, takes place entirely on top of theDragon. It’s a simple phase - justhold the right trigger to fire the Dragon’s breath and aim it directly at Susurrus, who is now taking the form of a golden ball.
Deal with the birds when they appear- they’ll shave off Frey’s health and force the use of Healing Draughts, which leaves you with fewer for the harder phases of the fight. It shouldn’t take long to reduce Susurrus’s health to zero.
In the following cutscene,pull the left and right triggers when promptedand watch the proceedings as the fight transitions to the second phase.
How To Beat Susurrus: Revenge Incarnate
In this phase,Frey is super-powered, making her attacks deal an absolute ton of damage. At various points during this phase, Susurrus summonspacks of enemiesto attack you - you’ll see just how powerful Frey is when you attack them, you’ll be dealing far more damage than they can deal with. When a new pack appears, take care of them quickly before returning your attention to Susurrus.
At the beginning of this phase,you’ll be granted the Skip ability. This allows you to enter an invulnerable state for a while, floating and avoiding damage entirely. This costsStamina, so be careful!
Susurrus is a simple boss - it will teleport between various points around the square and fire attacks at you.
Without any weaknesses, you can use whichever spells you like to damage Susurrus. Dealing enough damage will force Susurrus to change places in the battle, so be prepared to zoom around chasing after him. All in all, this fight is just hectic rather than incredibly difficult. The summoned enemies are more an annoyance than anything else and getting struck by thegolden bird prisonattack is risky, but you should have enough power to make it a short fight.
If you find yourself struggling to lock onto Susurrus or get a good angle,climb up to the buildings next to him. Handy ramps will appear over the course of the battle to make this easier, too.
After beating Susurrus: Revenge Incarnate, you’ll enter the final phase of the fight: simplySusurrus.
How To Beat Susurrus
Susurrus’s final phase is a tricky one until you learn the trick to it. To put it simply,Susurrus tries to emulate the fighting styles of the four Tantas in the order that they died, but will also take on a weakness to that Tanta’s magic while doing so. This means thatduring the first part of this phase, he is weak to Sila’s Magic. This weakness changes to Prav’s Magic when he changes up his strategy, and so on.
Susurrus likes to teleport around a lot. In addition, he will travel around in the form of a swarm of tiny birds - he is impossible to hit during this movement, so don’t try.Use these moments to charge up a Blast Slice, which you should release when he reforms, but beware of the quick sword slice that he uses immediately after.
Attack Susurrus during the downtime between his attacks- there’s quite a lot of it.Blast Sliceworks well as you don’t have to get close to him.Surge Magicwill work really well, as Sila’s surge is incredible for dealing damage.
When you’ve taken him down to 75 percent health, Susurrus will use a completely unblockable laser attack that starts a cutscene. During this cutscene, you’ll notice the symbol at his back change, signaling that he’s in a different phase.He is now weak to Prav’s Magicand has new spells to use.
You should be usingChain Boltto deal with this form - it has the best damage of Prav’s spells and has very good range, making it useful even when Susurrus is spending so much time in the air.
When you get him down to about half health, there will be a very short zoom to Susurrus as he changes form.He is now weak to Olas’s Magic.
In this phase, Susurrus summons multipletornadoesacross the battlefield. These will gradually suck you in, making it difficult to avoid Susurrus’s attacks or position yourself better.
Avoiding tornadoes is the main hazard in this part of the fight, but it should be quite easy tostack lots of Dart markson him while you wait for a good opportunity to fire off a charged attack.Pusle Dartis a good option as it’s the fastest Olas spell - you need speed in this phase, as he moves around so much and so quickly that using either of the other spells is a liability.
There’s a full cutscene between the third and fourth phases, after whichSusurrus is weak to Frey’s Magic. He has yet more tricks up his sleeve.
The challenge to this phase is actually getting to Susurrus. He’s happy to avoid you and fire ranged attacks at you all day - you need to get close and deal as much damage withBurst Shot or Scatter Shotwhile you may. Eventually, he’ll startmonologuing, during which he doesn’t even attack you. This is the perfect chance to get close and firefully charged Burst Shotsat him. With luck (and a high Purple Magic stat) this could finish him off.
Don’t try to use Surge Magic when he’s in the air. It’ll miss.
When he gets very low on health, Susurrus will use a cutscene attack that causes a huge explosion. Try to useSkipto avoid this, or just heal up immediately afterward. This is the perfect time touse Surge Magic to finish him off.
During the next cutscene,hold the left and right triggers when prompteduntil the gauge fills up. With that, you have finished the main story of Forspoken!
