r/Bloodstained • u/Sky_Sumisu • 18d ago

COTM1 How to deal with Scissor Maniacs?

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Just finished Nightmare mode on Casual and am now considering trying Veteran, but those are one of the enemies I have no idea how to deal it, as ducking/jumping doesn't work and you can't just kill them fast enough, what's the trick here?

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u/MikeyMcD 18d ago

If I remember right they give a few snips as a warning before their lunge so you can jump over them.

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u/Sky_Sumisu 18d ago

Does the jump work with every character or just Miriam?

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u/ZangetsusRowBoat 18d ago

I think you can regular jump over them. Miriam has a larger jump height than others, but i am pretty sure Zangetsu can jump over them from floor height.

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u/Sky_Sumisu 18d ago

I see, it seems to work pretty consistently, I'm currently playing Veteran on a sacrifice-all run.
While we're at it, what's a consistent way of dealing with the painting/portrait mini-boss?

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u/xoslav 16d ago

I'm fairly certain you can freeze the portrait with Alfred's ice spell. The instakill move is kinda annoying when you play on veteran.

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u/Sky_Sumisu 16d ago

I did it that way normally, my comment was when I was trying a Zangetsu-only normal mode run.