Enotria: The Last Song - Baldovino Boss Guide

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Baldovino is one of the strongest bosses you may encounter early on. This boss guards access to Litumnia and can be one of the first bosses you face who is aligned with Malanno. Baldovino hits incredibly hard, and to make matters worse, there is a hound nearby that can make the fight even more difficult.

How To Find Baldovino

Baldovino can be reached after defeating Zanni, The First Mask, and gaining access to the Theater of the Masks hub. You will have to talk to Pulcinella, who is sitting on the stage in front of the Theater of the Masks Knot.

After defeating Zanni, The First Mask, the player is meant to head for Chapter 2. However, you can still face and defeat Baldovino to unlock Litumnia, Chapter 3.

Talking to Pulcinella will unlock two doors in the Quinta region. One of these doors can be reached after progressing downwards from the School of Zanni Knot.

As you travel downstairs, you’ll encounter a Crushing Laughter enemy. Keep heading downwards until you come across a group of enemies singing and dancing in front of a gate that was closed before.

As you pass through the gate, you’ll find the East Docks Knot to the right. After resting at the Knot, head to the tower-like building on the right to find an elevator. Take the elevator down.

You will find two hounds, and an enemy wielding a torch there. Defeat them and progress ahead to find Baldovino.

Baldovino Attacks

Baldovino hits incredibly hard and has a few attacks that can kill you with one hit. Additionally, due to his attacks being imbued with Malanno, you can get the Sick status effect and will take damage over time.

Most of Baldovino’s attacks revolve around delayed timing, so if you find a way to deal with that, you will be able to come out victorious.

Attacks

Description

How To Avoid

Jump Attack

Baldovino will jump into the air, and slam his polearm on the ground on landing.

You can avoid this attack by simply creating some distance. Despite the boss jumping into the air, this attack has a fairly short range. You can also dodge to the sides exactly when the boss is about to hit the ground to avoid this attack.

Run-Up Delayed Slash

The boss will run in your direction, raising his arm as if he is about to attack you. This is a delayed attack and deals a ton of damage.

The best way to avoid this attack is to watch for his arm. You have to parry exactly when the boss starts to bring his arm down for the swing. Getting better at this will require some practice. You can also avoid this attack by repeatedly dodging to the back and creating some distance so that when the boss finally decides to swing his polearm, you will be out of its range.

Two-Hit Slashes

Baldovino grabs his polearm with both of his hands, bringing it down for two quick swings. The boss may also launch a third attack, by running up to you and launching a delayed slash.

The first two hits are not delayed and may be the easiest to dodge and parry. You have to dodge back to get out of the swing’s range.

Three-Hit Swing Combo

The boss will swing his polearm left to right and vice versa for the first two attacks. The third attack is where he smashes his polearm on the ground.

You can easily parry every hit in this sequence. You can also avoid this attack by dodging and creating some distance.

One-Handed Judgement

Probably the most annoying and hard to deal with attack. The boss will walk in your face with his polearm raised high in the air with one hand. After a random delay, the boss will bring the polearm down and if you take this attack head-on, you will likely die.

If you’re confident in your ability to parry, only then should you stay in his face. Otherwise, the best way to deal with this attack is to start sprinting away and wait for him to finish the attack.

Malanno Massacre

When you’re at close range, the boss will repeatedly slam you with his polearm. Baldovino can also pair it with some other attacks, such as the Three-Hit Swing Combo. You can recognize that the boss is finally done swinging his polearm when he throws a final delayed swing.

You can simply stand and parry each hit of this attack to fill his Unravel bar as this attack is one of the easier ones to parry.

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How To Defeat Baldovino

Facing Baldovino requires a lot of patience and preparation, especially if you’re facing him early on. Be extremely wary of the hound on the right side of the boss arena as it has a lot more HP than regular hounds and while it doesn’t deal a lot more damage, it can make Baldovino’s attacks a lot more difficult to avoid.

You can jump straight off the ledge instead of going through the stairs to the boss arena if you want to focus on the hound first. Doing so will allow you to get rid of the hound first so that you can focus on the boss.

Due to Baldovino’s affinity with Malanno, you should use Mask Lines and weapons thatdeal Vis damage. There are a few Vis-imbued weapons that you can encounter early on, such as the Cooper’s Hammer, which is also a good choice for this battle if you’ve upgraded it to at least +6.

You will also have to focus a lot on your survivability. Equipping Guise of Zanni is easily the best choice as it gives you extra Armonia Flask charges. The Aspect of Zanni is also a good option because of the increase to the Bruiser’s Virtue.

Parrying Baldovino’s attacks deal significant chip damage to the Maskless One, even after perfect parries. You will have to use the Indaco Tear gem to reduce the chip damage. You can reduce it even further by equipping the Stalwart Duelist perk, which allows you to heal a small portion of your max HP after each perfect parry.

Practice your parries and recognize which attacks leave the boss open for you to get in a swing. Make sure you have enough healing and also watch for your surroundings. It can be a lot more difficult to avoid his attacks if there’s no room to back off.

If you get inflicted by the Sick status effect, it is best to retreat and take a sip from your Armonia Flask.

Rewards For Defeating Baldovino

Defeating Baldovino gives you 50 Automaton Mask Shards, an Efestite Geode, a Shard of Dear Memory, and a letter. You also receive 44,450 Memoria for defeating the boss.

After you’ve defeated the boss, you can head over to the docks and talk to Pulcinella. If you agree with him, you will receive the Large Vitreus Blade Greatsword. You can then approach the ship at the end of the docks and interacting with it will allow you to travel to Litumnia.

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