Curse Of The Dead Gods: How To Defeat Ratyapu, The Abomination

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Curse of The Dead Gods is a game that truly rewards the player for conquering challenging enemies. It also embraces the elements of its genre by providing a skill-based experience as you traverse through its numerous temples. Your experience will change in each run thanks to the unique curses presented in the title.

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Fortunately, Curse of The Dead Gods has a wild variety of creatures to defeat. There are Champions and incredible bosses that will throw you with everything they have. One such Champion is Ratyapu, The Abomination.

Ratyapu is the second Champion of the Serpent Temple, and as his title says, he is an abomination with a cracked skull and large protruding blades. As one of the final Champions to face during your run, Ratyapu pushes the limits of mid-boss difficulty and introduces an entirely new mechanic of his own. This mechanic is known as Ratyapu’s rage form, and it activates when a notch of his health bar is taken down.

You’ll know that Ratyapu has entered this form when he glows a yellow-green color, thrusts his arms into the ground, shrieks, and summons an explosive circle of poison.

While in this form, Ratyapu is resistant to stuns, deals additional poison damage, is faster, and is more aggressive. Furthermore, the only way you’ll be able to damage The Abomination is by parrying his attacks. This form will only last ten seconds, though.

Ratyapu also follows a four-attacks pattern. His first attack is two horizontal slashes, and it usually begins with his left arm. Both of these slashes can be parried. His second attack is a thrust forward that begins with his right arm. This attack deals an intense amount of damage but can also be parried. The third