Hyper Light Drifter: How To Defeat The Bird Boss

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The Hierophant in Hyper Light Drifter is located in the northern section of the map. He is a powerful wizard and comes with a whole host of tricks. This includes summoning a legion of birds and making the floor under your feet erupt. When even the ground is an unsafe place to be, you can see how this bird can be quite the handful.

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While this fight can be a little overwhelming at first, once you have a better understanding of his attacks you may find that this bird will crack quite quickly. Thankfully, we have all the hints you need to help clear this encounter.

The Hierophant fight is best thought of in terms of its attack patterns. In this battle, the ground is composed of a giant 7x10 grid. The Hierophant will send a pattern that will seek you out. Even if the tile under your feet starts to emit light, you still have time to dash away and avoid damage. During the first phase of the fight, it is quite slow and easy to avoid.

Interspersed throughout the fight, The Hierophant will use different patterns. The attack patterns are an X and a cross shape. At the beginning of the battle, the shapes will be small. However, as the battle progresses, they will get substantially bigger. The trail that follows you will also get substantially quicker in the second half of the fight.

The Hierophant will also send four of his raven minions at you. Once they commit to attacking you, they will not veer in another direction. Which makes their charge attack relatively easy to avoid.

Thankfully, they can also be struck by the Hierophant’s attacks, which will instantly kill them. In the first half of the battle, you will probably want to deal with these minions directly.