How to Beat Sundered Monarch in Lords of the Fallen? Gameplay, Trailer and More
by Madhumitha | Updated Oct 20, 2023
Lords of the Fallen
Lords of the Fallen is a video game where you play a character in an action role-playing adventure. It was made by Hexworks and published by CI Games. This game is a sequel to the one released in 2014 with the same name. It came out on October 13, 2023, for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. When it was released, some game reviewers liked it, but others had mixed opinions about it.
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How to Beat Sundered Monarch in Lords of the Fallen?
Observing the Sundered Monarch Upon entering the area, you’ll see a huge, deranged-looking king mourning over a statue. That’s the Sundered Monarch boss who we need to fight. He won’t even acknowledge you as you walk in, though, preferring to continue having a cry. This gives you time to enchant your weapon or prepare any other spells that you may want to use.
Phase 1: Initial Strikes Once you’re close and start dealing damage, the Sundered Monarch will not be pleased about being interrupted. You can run in and get a bunch of hits off, but be ready to dodge at least four times in a row as he starts pounding the ground in range and sending out Infernal shockwaves. If you nail the timing, you can dodge through these.
Phase 2: Unleashing His Statue Head After those shockwaves, head back in to hit the Sundered Monarch a couple more times to kick off the real battle. You’ll get a cutscene of him ripping off the head of the statue he’s shedding a tear over to use as a new weapon.
Phase 3: Combo Attacks Now’s where we get into the real fight against the Sundered Monarch in Lords of the Fallen. One of the first things he’ll do is run in to make a sweeping attack against you with the head of the statue. Don’t think that’s it, though, as he will typically chain this first strike into a full five-strike combo of the same sweeping Infernal attack followed by a leap into the air with a ground pound. If you back up and keep your distance, it should be easy to avoid this chain of attacks.
Opportunities for Attack After this lunging attack, the Sundered Monarch will recover for a second or two before coming back to fight again. Watch out for a quick lunge in which he’ll try to grab you. Avoid it, and you’ll open up a perfect window to deal some nice damage, as he’s lying on the floor in front of you.
Dealing with the Infernal Wave Attack His next attack is typically a big charged strike using the statue head. Similarly to the last attack, if you can just dodge the attack to the side, you’ll open him right up for some more damage. The next attack he does can be tricky to time right. It’s a leaping slam attack that lets out an Infernal wave from the impact location.
If you back away from the slam you’ll still have to dodge through the Infernal wave. He’ll typically follow this up with a flurry of slamming attacks, all of which you can use to avoid and attack once or twice before preparing to dodge the next.
Phase 4: Infernal Wave and Blades Around half HP, the Sundered Monarch boss in Lords of the Fallen will let out a yell and fly into the air. He’ll charge up with Infernal energy, then slam back down to make a huge Infernal wave. Make sure you back up as he’s charging so that you have the most time possible to prepare to dodge the Infernal wave. He’ll now charge up again, but this time simply slam his fist into the ground and start generating Infernal pools with swords falling from the sky into them. Getting hit by these will build up your Infernal status meter quite quickly, so try to keep moving to avoid them.
Close Combat Opportunity When you see The Sundered Monarch’s eyes glowing and he starts hopping over to the center of the arena, you actually want to be fairly close to him for his next attack. He’ll start throwing out a ring of Infernal blades around the arena, followed quickly by a second inner ring of blades.
You can avoid all of them simply by standing near him. As he’s finishing firing out the blades, you can take advantage of him focusing on that to run in and get some serious damage done before he leaps back.
Final Phase and Victory The Sundered Monarch will now go back to making a mix of slamming and sweeping attacks. Take your time. Dodge the swing and then punish the Sundered Monarch while he’s overextended. When he roars and kneels down, he’ll charge up with Infernal energy again. This time, it will be a close-range spray of Infernal blades around him. Simply roll away, and you should be able to avoid it with no problem.
Towards the end of the battle, watch out for another Infernal Nova, as he flies into the air to charge up for it. Just back off and then dodge the wave again. It’ll be followed up with a charge-up and a spray of blades around the arena. Take advantage of this to run in and hit him as much as possible while he’s vulnerable during this attack. If you don’t get him there, you will shortly after!
Lords of the Fallen Gameplay
In Lords of the Fallen, you play the game from a third-person view. Just like in the first game, you can use both close combat weapons and magic to beat the bad guys. The game's style and how you fight in it are influenced by other games like the Souls series. You can also finish the main story with a friend if you want to. There is also a player-vs-player mode where you can fight other players.
When you start the game, you can make your own character and pick from nine different classes. The game takes place in a big world that's even larger than the one in the 2014 game. There are two worlds in this game - one for the living called Axiom and one for the dead called Umbral. Even though they are in the same place, you can use a special lantern to go between them.
If you die, you'll go to Umbral and need to return to Axiom to get back your lost experience points. If you die in Umbral, you'll start again from your last save point and lose any experience points you hadn't used. Save points are rare in each area, but you can make your own save points using materials you get from Umbral Monsters.
Lords of the Fallen Review
The reviews for Lords of the Fallen were a bit mixed. Some people liked the game, but others didn't like it as much. It's an action role-playing game where you can use both weapons and magic to fight, and it's similar to other games like Dark Souls.
Some players enjoyed the cooperative mode and player-versus-player battles in the game. However, not everyone was impressed, and some thought the game had room for improvement. So, the reviews were a mix of positive and not-so-positive opinions about the game.
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How to Beat Sundered Monarch in Lords of the Fallen? FAQs
Dodge at the right moment to evade the Infernal shockwaves.
Keep your distance during his sweeping attacks, and counter-attack when he overextends.
Back away from the Infernal wave and use close combat opportunities when he releases Infernal blades.
Maintain distance to dodge his Infernal wave and be ready to counter-attack when he charges up.
Patience, precise timing, and dodging his attacks are crucial to victory.