Silver Palace Boss Combat Guide: How to Dodge and Punish Attacks

To survive boss encounters in the Silver Palace beta build, shift your combat strategy from aggressive button-mashing to observing telegraphs, dodging through attacks using invulnerability frames (iframes), and punishing recovery windows.

Reading Visual Telegraphs

Bosses announce heavy strikes and area-of-effect (AoE) attacks through physical wind-up animations. Focus on watching the boss's physical movement rather than your character's skill icons.

• Weapon and Limb Shifts: Watch for pauses or posture changes in the boss's limbs or weapon placement. These movements signal an incoming strike before the attack hitbox appears.
• Visual Glows and Stances: A glowing visual effect or sudden stance change indicates a wide-radius AoE strike designed to catch stationary players.
• Defensive Transition: Use telegraph cues as your prompt to stop attacking and prepare your defensive movement.

Managing Dodges and Stamina

Your dodge dash grants temporary invulnerability frames (iframes), allowing you to pass through active attack hitboxes without taking damage.

• Time the Dash: Wait until the final beat of the boss's wind-up animation to dodge. Executing a perfect dash right as the strike lands negates incoming damage completely.
• Conserve Stamina: Movement actions consume stamina. Button-spamming dash drains your stamina bar, leaving you unable to evade follow-up combo hits.
• Clear the Arena Center: If you are backed against walls or debris, use lateral dodges to return to open ground where boss animations remain fully visible.

Positioning and Spacing Tactics

Controlling your distance determines which attack patterns a boss will use:

• Bait Linear Strikes: Maintain moderate distance from the boss. This invites linear attacks, which are significantly easier to dodge than wide circular sweeps.
• Flank During Recovery: Once a boss commits to a linear strike, dodge to the side or behind the enemy model to enter their blind spot while their attack animation finishes.

Executing the Four-Step Combat Loop

Bosses experience brief recovery windows after executing heavy attacks. During these recovery frames, they cannot block or parry, making it safe to break boss shields with high-damage skill rotations.

Follow this standard four-step sequence during every boss exchange:

1. Observe: Maintain moderate distance and watch for weapon or posture wind-up cues.
2. Dash: Trigger your dodge at the final moment of the attack animation to utilize iframe invulnerability.
3. Reposition: Move toward the boss's flank or back while the boss completes their attack animation.
4. Punish: Unload your main skill rotation or ultimate abilities while the boss is stuck in recovery before resetting your distance.