Scarlet Maiden Quick Guide: Bosses, Builds etc

It’s a basic guide for Scarlet Maiden with tips to help people progress. 😡

Basic Tips

Break every box/barrel/jar/minecart you can for bonus Sin and a chance at free spells. Also for quest items. I’ve found that after doing some quests, the items you need appear in later areas more. If you need leather or gold, try the forest or ice areas.
Full clear every area if possible before moving on; you may find better gear, buffs or just more Sin.
Enemies have no contact damage (Axe throwers got updated! :D) so get in their face when you need to.
Each different zone has 1 NPC locked in a cage at some point. Break them out to unlock starting with (In order) weapons, spells and trinkets.
Pick up and keep Fire Shield for the first boss; even without a good weapon it’ll do work.
Be aware that the difficulty of regular enemies goes up significantly about midway through Zone 2. In particular be VERY careful around pink/green slimegirls.
Almost every regular enemy (Except 3 boobed women) can be stunlocked if you keep meleeing.
Hoard Damage Reduction gear if you’re lucky enough to find it. Even if the damage you’ll deal is lower, it makes a big difference later.
Be super careful around SKULL miniboss enemies, they hit like trucks! Avoid or focus them down!
Added to the above, if you feel like you’re going to be hit by them then throw yourself into the nearest enemy attack or trap; you gain invincibility frames when hit too! Just don’t let a skull miniboss hit you at all costs!
Remember your dash has invincibility frames, use it to get through traps or enemy attacks.
There’s a very low chance to down an enemy instead of kill them. Get the minigame timing and gain bonus Sin.
+Sin% gear only affects nonfixed sources, i.e enemies, breakables and lewding enemies. It won’t affect bosses, chests or other NPC gains.
Only a single enemy will drop to the ground to be lewded per screen, and rarely at that. Also it will never be a skull miniboss.
If you’re confident after a few runs, prioritise taking +Sin% gear.
The Slots are almost always worth redoing, even if it takes a few hundred Sin.
Don’t be afraid to spend that 1000 Sin for a healing potion refill, especially if you’ve increased how strong the healing is.
Always grab chests even if you don’t need the items; you gain Sin for it.
If you find rooms with a single unique NPC who shows “X+6%” or whatever when you walk to them, they’re buff NPCs. With the update, they buff you less but you can have as many as you want for the entire run!
HP%+ and MP%+ buffs will totally refill your HP or MP respectively, so don’t be afraid to hold that to get a free refill before you leave the floor!
If you can find +Stun% weapons with a high percentage GRAB THAT ♥♥♥♥! Stun completely stops enemies from moving and affects everything except for bosses!
Yes you can pick up a crappy weapon with +Potion healing% just before healing and then grab your previous weapon back if you want to be more efficient.
All dropped spells, weapons and trinkets will stay where they are until you leave that area through the stairs. Same goes for NPCs and downed enemies, so don’t be afraid to go back if you found a rare potion guy.
They nerfed the seduction spell. ; ; It’s still pretty good single target damage though, especially with spell damage+% gear. Plus it’s a good way to beef up your Sin gains!
Defeating a boss now lets you lewd them in a minigame that as of this patch is far too fast. You have to top directional arrows at the right timing. Doing it correctly will give you 1-3 +2% buffs for the rest of the run to random stats.

First Boss Tips

She always opens up with her downward smash attack which she does 3 times. Be patient, then double jump over it. Rocks slowly fall afterwards but aren’t much of a threat.
She can only take damage to her boobs, and you have to hop to reach them with spears.
If you want to DPS her really fast, take a good Fire Shield spell and cast it as you smack her boobs after the downward smashes finish.
The safest place to DPS her is in between her boobs; her diagonal orb attack will hit you during chargeup if you touch her hands.
If she raises her hands up, move half to the left side of the screen and you’ll be able to walk under the first bullets and jump/dash through the second easily.
If she lowers her hands, she’s going to release diagonal bouncing orbs. If you hug the left wall they’re not a threat at all.
She always follows up the diagonal orb attack with her downward smashes. Stay patient and it’s easy.
Beating her gives 2000 Sin. It’s not much but it’s something. 😡

Second Boss Tips

She’s probably the hardest of the 3 bosses in the game currently. Try to go in with health potions if you can. D:
She has several different attacks, but her position after teleporting will tell you what one she’s going to do so pay attention to it!
Her first attack is randomised I believe, but usually she’ll teleport to the middle of the screen.
If she’s floating in the middle of the screen, she’s going to shoot rings of bullets at you. They track to your position just as she launches, so hug the left side wall and time your double jumps.
She ALWAYS follows this attack up with a ground pound below. Be patient, wait for the spikes to vanish then smack her around a bit.
If she stands on the floor and waves her arms she’ll summon 5 ice swords like the pink slimegirls from before in the area. Be patient with jumps and try to dash and hit her when there are only 1 or 2 left.
If she appears on either far side and holds a hand out she’s going to fire a laser forward. Wait a second then try to doublejump and dash in the air to avoid it. This is the best time to DPS her safely.
She has a very rare attack where she’ll pull out an ice spear and charge forward along the ground towards you at high speed. She can change direction and go back and forth 2 times, so be wary and don’t be afraid to airdash over her for distance.

Third Boss Tips

For the most part I think she’s easier than the 2nd boss, by dint of you usually having VERY good gear by now.
As usual, spears have to jump attack her boobs. >:o
She’ll almost always open up by plunging her hands into the earth, doing like 30 of those ice slime ground needle attacks. It’s VERY hard to avoid sometimes, try to double jump into airdash and go for a safe spot.
She always follows this up with a horizontal swordswing, but it’s easily dashed through. Smack her a bit while you can.
If she hides in the plant, she’ll summon green orbs in the air. They detonate diagonally and aren’t a threat at all if you just watch your positioning.
If she wiggles side to side, she’s going to summon 3 green blobs like the green slimegirls. They linger a while so be careful and don’t get greedy trying to attack.
She can sometimes just go for a horizontal swordswing if you’re close when she opens her plant up. Dash through and smack her up.
Honestly apart from her needles attack she’s pretty free compared to the enemies you had to fight to get to her. Just be patient, Fire/Ice Shield her tits off and you’ll be fine. :3
Yes you are forced to die once you get past her, it’s intentional because the game’s not finished yet chillax.

Fourth Boss Tips

The hardest boss in the game so far. Make sure you have strong potions to spare or you’ll regret it.
She’s grounded so you don’t need to jump attack.
She usually opens up by squeezing her boob and releasing arcing snow that’ll raise up into pillars of snow. It can hit you on the way down and as it rises. The safest spot is a few steps in front of her!
The snow pillars need to be broken quickly, as you can’t push through them otherwise and if she uses her ice crystal attack you’ll be in deep poo. Break at least 2 around you to have a little room to breathe.
After this attack she’ll punch the ground and drop snow crystals down from above. They’re easily avoided.
After that, she’ll do one of two attacks depending on her health. At high health, she’ll touch herself and release fast icicles horizontally along the ground. It’s easy to dodge with a timed double jump, and they’ll break any remaining snow pillars. This is a good time to attack!
If her heatlh is low, she’s more likely to use her ice crystal attack; she’ll glow with power and summon a bunch of very quick random ice daggers that fly downwards randomly. It’s very hard to dodge and hurts a lot.
Be very careful you don’t get trapped between ice pillars as she uses her ice crystal attack; they’ll go through the pillars and you’ll be a sitting duck!
If you can beat her, that’s the end of the current game. You can walk forward a bit and die as is tradition. 😀

Build Recommendations

If you can, try for a Sin+100% Ring or something early on. Damage Reduction is also VERY useful, especially if you stack it. Nothing like taking 24% damage from all sources!

Once you get about halfway through Zone 2, try to look for a type of spear called something like Royal Crescent in particular; high stunrate is BUSTED and will stop any nonboss enemy (Apart from club women) from taking any action at all.

As for spending Sin? Level up as much as you can around the MIDDLE PATH so you can get more potions, health and damage resistance. Longevity is what you want with such limited healing available, not raw damage. Also try to get the +Status chance% skill too, nothing wrong with more chance for stun or lifesteal on weapons. (Especially with how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ lifesteal chances normally are)

Once you’ve increased your health, damage resistance, mana , luck and potions you can do what you want to be honest. Pumping all three of the other vendors to L3 doesn’t hurt much, though it’s a low priority; you’ll usually find far better ♥♥♥♥ in the dungeon as you go. Always grab Fire/Ice Shield before entering if you can though, it ruins the first boss.

Enemy Gallery

This is just for you to check if you missed any regular enemies. The random buff NPCs are easy to tell by sillhouette, as are the quest animations and bosses. Remember the Gallery will tell you what area to find any missing ones if you hover over the sillhouette!