Sarafan Lord (boss)

In Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2, The Sarafan Lord is encountered in a Boss Battle. The Boss fight takes place in the Hylden Gate, at the end of Chapter 11:The Hylden City. When Kain reached the Hylden Gate, he descended on a large 'chain elevator' to the rim of the portal itself where he was able to confront the Sarafan Lord, aiming to recover the Soul Reaver, close the Hylden Gate and kill the Sarafan Lord.

Like many of the Boss battles in Blood Omen 2, The Sarafan Lord's boss battle took place over three phases:

Phase One
Phase one of the battle was fought on the outer platforms above the Hylden Gate. The Sarafan Lord stood on one of the four corner platforms and briefly 'charged up' before firing three telekinetic blasts at Kain ; these, along with causing Kain damage, would inch him backwards towards the edge of the platform (where a fall into the Hylden Gate would be fatal).During this time the Sarafan Lord could not be approached as he would simply teleport to a different corner and repeat the process. Kain could avoid the blasts by evasion, jumping or dodging in autoface and by returning fire with Telekinesis he could turn the tables against the Sarafan Lord, pushing him back and causing him to 'wobble' at the edge of the platform. When the Sarafan Lord was 'wobbling' a Jump attack would knock the Sarafan Lord off the platform and into the Hylden Gate.

A cutscene shows the Sarafan Lord teleporting back to the platform and commenting on the stalemate; Kain responds by dropping the Nexus Stone into the Hylden Gate, causing it to begin to collapse.

Phase Two
A straightforward Combat battle on the outer platforms with The Sarafan Lord armed with the Soul Reaver; he would launch into a five hit combination before unleashing a red power attack. The usual tactic of blocking the combination and dodging the following red attack applies here. The Sarafan Lord was able to block both Fury and Berserk and so the only way to attack him was completely fill the Rage Bar and use Immolate on him, which left him vulnerable to brief claw attacks.

Once Immolate had been utilised four times (or on occasion, three), The Sarafan Lord was sufficiently injured to drop the Soul Reaver and as he went to collect it Janos appeared to interfere with the battle. After his long imprisonment, Janos was no match for the Sarafan Lord and the Ancient Vampire was thrown into the closing Hylden Gate, but his intervention had provided Kain an opportunity to recover the Soul Reaver. As the outer platforms collapsed,Kain and the Sarafan Lord jumped to the central platform of the 'chain elevator' to continue their battle.

Phase Three
An intense combat battle on the small platform of the 'chain elevator', this time with Kain armed with the Soul Reaver. The Sarafan Lord would repeatedly attack with an unusual combination of five yellow power moves followed by a red power attack; again blocking the combination and dodging the following unblockable attack then counter-attacking was the best tactic (though players had to be aware of the extra 'push' distance of the yellow attack combination on such a small platform). On the counter, Immolate was no longer effective, though Fury and Berserk could now both be used. Ordinary strikes were incredibly weak, but another useful tactic was to counter using a grab and utilising the Soul Reaver's 'impale' Grab Attack.

Once Sufficiently damaged, the Sarafan Lord collapsed and in the epilogue he pledged his race would return before Kain assured him he would be waiting and finally killed the Hylden General.

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