A Tip for Avoiding SoP Symbiote Supreme’s Nullification Nuke
Wicket329
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It is possible to avoid the nuke damage, although you will still take a chunk of damage from Close Encounters.
SS has three phases. Chthon’s Cunning, Null’s Shadow, and Set’s Fangs that he rotated through in that order. It is the phase that he starts in, Chthon’s Cunning, that just auto-nullifies everything currently on you and crushes your hopes and dreams. He automatically transitions to his next phase every 15 seconds, but it is important to note here that if SS uses his sp1, he switches to his next phase immediately.
From what I’ve seen, it takes approximately the same amount of time for him to switch phases as it does for the Placeboes to wear off of you. So, if you want to dodge the massive damage from him shifting into Chton’s Cunning, you need to not hit him for the duration of Set’s Fangs AND not let him throw his sp1. This will give you enough time for your Placeboes, as well as any of your own buffs, to fall off, thereby avoiding the worst of the damage.
This is not easy. Ideally, you want SS to get to an sp2 at the beginning of his Set’s Fangs phase. Then just dex that and ride out the phase. You’ll want to parry and just stand near him as much as you can to offset the Close Encounters damage.
Please note that this is NOT a perfect solution. You almost certainly will still take at least some damage, like the dexterity perk getting nullified off of you. But this goes from just a straight auto-kill to something that is very survivable.
If you have any techniques you’ve found to be useful, feel free to share with the class here. Good luck y’all, and happy hunting!
SS has three phases. Chthon’s Cunning, Null’s Shadow, and Set’s Fangs that he rotated through in that order. It is the phase that he starts in, Chthon’s Cunning, that just auto-nullifies everything currently on you and crushes your hopes and dreams. He automatically transitions to his next phase every 15 seconds, but it is important to note here that if SS uses his sp1, he switches to his next phase immediately.
From what I’ve seen, it takes approximately the same amount of time for him to switch phases as it does for the Placeboes to wear off of you. So, if you want to dodge the massive damage from him shifting into Chton’s Cunning, you need to not hit him for the duration of Set’s Fangs AND not let him throw his sp1. This will give you enough time for your Placeboes, as well as any of your own buffs, to fall off, thereby avoiding the worst of the damage.
This is not easy. Ideally, you want SS to get to an sp2 at the beginning of his Set’s Fangs phase. Then just dex that and ride out the phase. You’ll want to parry and just stand near him as much as you can to offset the Close Encounters damage.
Please note that this is NOT a perfect solution. You almost certainly will still take at least some damage, like the dexterity perk getting nullified off of you. But this goes from just a straight auto-kill to something that is very survivable.
If you have any techniques you’ve found to be useful, feel free to share with the class here. Good luck y’all, and happy hunting!
Post edited by Kabam Habanero on
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There are many champions outside of the objectives who can handle this fight, but I wanted to provide some help for those who were struggling to get through it with Cosmic/Mercenary/Control: Denial champions.
If you want to talk about options for completion, I’d recommend doing so on one of the other threads on the subject.
If you have champs that can decrease ability accuracy like Domino Taskmaster Mr Sinister etc then you can simply skip phases of Symbiote Supreme.
Pacify also helps. Stun him right before the buff change and you have an additional 30% chance that it might fail.
That way you can go ham and do as much damage as possible with a little luck.
That way you can get a 1 shot Hyperion too.
These god damn cav peasants don't even know what they're talking about.
BTW, I used BWCV for denial and I just keep pushing SS to SP2 with aggressive intercept + regen mode SP2, still can’t avoid SS’ cunning mode and suffer huge damage yet it is slightly better. Used 1 revive to finish the last 25%. Also, I tried DV afterwards and his SP2 + odd combo helps me to one shot him. Thanks to YT guide from Jason Vooches.