Adam The Firstborn - Brutal Mode Walkthrough/Guide 

Glad it was helpful!

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It's extremely good for sure

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It's nice, but for me the range is just too useful on chaos volley AND I can split the shots etc. Gives me more freedom on where I put my damage

They will definitely help if you use them at the right time. You can technically use them the entire fight if you want as well. They'll help in phase 1 almost just as much.

In terms of shields, I would say yeah it's the best. Ignite damage helps keep him taking damage consistently throughout the fight. IMO though, one of the best defensive options is Bloodrite with the jewel that gives invisibility on trigger. That invis doesn't break when you perform an action, and you're invuln while invis, so you can counter something and instantly potion or reposition. But overall, chaos barrier works fine.

Will do!

Yeah he is insanely hard. I used the same combo I used when I beat him in brutal and even then it took me a few tries. P3 try void+ball lightning, and then 2nd half of P3 I use either double counters or counter + ball lightning. I used Morningstar E in brutal mode for damage while he stands still, but I didn't have it this run so I went with Reaper E instead.

@@terribletimmy2 Still working on it ( I only play about an hour or so a day) but I make it to p3 very consistently now without losing a lot of health. Killing the spawns in the first part of p3 is a bit rough in the sense that a lot of them get absorbed which inflates his health but progress is progress.I think once I get the ebb and flow of all the things going on in the last part of p3 Ill be okay. Super appreciate your videos by the way. The first one I saw was the adam guide when gloomrot came out and that helped a lot at the time. It was what made his brutal mode fight very doable.

@@BhajanAddict Awesome! I've had tons of practice on adam since that original vid as well, and managed to kill him 9 lvls lower in gloomrot. I was very confident that Brutal wouldn't be too tough for me, especially when on-level

So invis drops aggro yes, but the unique thing about bloodrite invis is that it's tied to your immaterial duration, which means 2 things: - While invis, you are also invincible - Your invisibility only ends when your invincibility ends This allows you to proc bloodrite, and then perform actions safely during the 1.2 seconds you're invisible. If possible, it's also preferred to have the jewel effect that extends immaterial up to 25%, as this ALSO extends the invisibility timer So it creates a situation where you counter something Adam has, and the second it goes off, you can pop a potion and it will begin healing you before he can reacquire you as a target. It also allows you to start channeling attacks while invis, and it won't break the invisibility, creating opportunities to do things like Pistol Q in moments where normally you likely couldn't have done it

Haha no I don't play on reduced speed. It's overwhelming when you do it while unfamiliar. I've done this fight in significantly harder conditions than Brutal mode. It's pretty engrained in me now so I can anticipate pretty much everything he's going to do. The point at 5:44, I'm watching for that exact attack.

You can make them work I'm sure, but it will be way harder. When he makes a broken laser come back down, it's locked for 30 seconds or something, so opening the entire arena to give you space to use now etc isn't a thing I think

I believe frost barrier would do something like 120% if you catch all 3 hits? Maybe a bit more with the passive that increases damage to chilled targets. Chaos Barrier does 50%+(40%x3)+50% via ignite ticks. I'll need to check it, but I think Chaos barrier is superior here in particular

Both work. Frost gives a bigger health pool and increases your damage by 5% while he's chilled (if you have the passive for it)

Yep, Solarus coming soon

ice barrier and chaos barrier together work great on solarus, did it that way on brutal with greatsword

I make a lot of them haha, but usually they don't matter in stuff like normal mode. Brutal just doesn't mess around though

Winged horror is fine, but I wouldn't use solarus

@@terribletimmy2 I tried using solarus ult fallen angel kills itself on all the lightning all the time, hehe.

Yep. I think it has something to do with how close I am to him. When he's right on top of me, it seems to hit behind the shield.

@@terribletimmy2 I considered that but perfect example at 6:13 y’all are practically hugging and it blocks. Is it maybe like a specific zone? Like if you’re super close it blocks, if you’re far enough away it blocks but if you’re in some Goldilocks distance he’ll sweep you?

Pistol E. It gives you invulnerability for a brief moment, similar to a dash

@@terribletimmy2 thank you

Not fully cheese, but if you start the fight, wait for the lasers to become breakable, break a few, and then leave the fight and restart, sometimes the lasers you broke will not come back down right away when you start the fight over again. It lets you have more room in the beginning of the fight, and then you break the other lasers when the bugged ones start being activated.

You got this!

If you're comfortable learning to swap weapons, you can make the bow work. Pistol and slasher don't necessarily have to be a high level to still be used for I-frames

@@terribletimmy2 I must train more to swap weapons on fights

Pistol e

​@@terribletimmy2 I realized that when I booted up the game again.