Boss 20 - Avatar of Chaos | The Well of Souls Darksiders 2 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

The battle with the Avatar of Chaos is much easier than your last encounter with Samael, which, naturally, doesn't mean that you should think too low of the final boss of the game. In the first stage of the battle, the Avatar will stick to three types of attack, with two most frequent being a standard axe slash (screenshot 1) and high leaps combined with a stomp on the ground (screenshot 2).

The Avatar can also send black vines at you, though it's much less frequent. The best defense against the three types of attack is of course dodging them effectively.

Dealing damage to the Avatar luckily doesn't involve using any restrictions. You can use all the tricks you know, even the basic ones. It's also a good idea to use the well-tried Death Grip method to pull yourself to him every time he misses.

Keep hitting him until he's wounded enough to kneel. Run to him quickly and when the icon appears above his head, hit the button responsible for Execution (E). It won't end the battle, but take you to its further stage.

The second stage of the battle with the Avatar isn't much different from the previous one, though his attacks will deal you more damage. It becomes even more important to dodge and not getting hit too often.

When the boss loses around half of his health, he'll kneel again, which of course means you have to run to him and hit E when the icon appears above his head.

The third stage of the battle adds not one, but two additional difficulties. The first is that the boss will send out three groups of vines towards the character, which can not only move, but also automatically point towards Death. Fortunately, you don't have to destroy them, just avoid them until they disappear.

The second difficulty is the most dangerous in my opinion, because in it Death is grabbed by the vines. When that happens, press the left mouse button instantly to try to get free. If you're too late, the boss will catch you and start tossing you around, which deals dome serious damage.

[TIP: A good idea to lessen the chances of being caught by the boss is to maintain a long distance when you predict he may use this attack. The advantage here is that even if the vines grab you, the boss won't have enough time to get to you.]

Keep attacking the boss without a break, using special Wrath attacks and the Reaper Form. Fight until you empty the Avatar of Chaos' health bar, which is tantamount to winning the battle and completing the game.

[TIP: After the seeing the ending and the credits, the game will ask you whether you want to begin a New Game+ campaign or go back to the last checkpoint before the battle with the Avatar of Chaos. I suggest selecting the second option (the No answer) only if despite my previous recommendations you haven't finished all side quests.]