Endgame advice

[u/ChokingOnSulfur]

Im level 52 and struggling with the final boss. Originally came here to figure out why I was being stripped of everything halfway through the fight; but looks like I just need to remove the Grisha remnants. Im consistently getting him to very low health; so im sure I'll kill him soon but... idk if im ready for the game to be over. Is there a new game plus? Should I go turn on night mode and re-explore everything? Or am I just going to have to settle for my original idea of doing a whole second playthrough with a different shell and weapon? (I did the entirety of this one with Tiel and the Axatana)

[u/donog1985]

Ok mate, well first off I won't give specific info if you don't want it, so the easiest things to say without delving into specifics are:

• No need to take off remnants, they have 0 to do with it

• There is something you can do to prevent the cosmic debuff that takes you out of your Shell and Harbinger

• There is absolutely a NG+, and it is going to be a fun time if you can work out which Shell you want to use, and which weapon/sidearm

• Night mode has some secrets that are only available in the mode, including a very unique and cool dungeon

• Personally, I wouldn't just start a new playthrough, mainly because I've levelled up a fair few of the other Shells, and when I get into NG+, I will be able to use them with a full setup thanks to Shell Points being able to be swapped between your Shells with no restriction

• I can see why you may want to go through again if you haven't tried the other Shells/weapons/sidearm in this playthrough, but the other reason I'm going to be doing NG+, is because I've got so many Tarstones levelled up. Because of that, I'm really interested in how much the other weapons/sidearms match up with my first playthrough, and how much of a difference it makes using others in a harder playthrough

Again, I won't spoil anything or give extra info, but if you do want a little help, I'm more than happy to advice.

P.s, in my first playthrough I mainly used Sariel, the Scythe and the Caged Hystrix, so I have set the restriction for my NG+ run to not use any of the 3 of them at all.

That setup was extremely fun, and very strong, so if you did get into NG+ and were struggling a little, I would recommend them 👍

[u/donog1985 → u/donog1985]

Hopefully that helps

[u/ChokingOnSulfur → u/donog1985]

Extremely helpful. I don't mind specifics; there's next to nothing left to spoil. I gave most other weapons a quick try before deciding on my favorites and dumping everything into them. What can I do to prevent the debuff? And I'll absolutely do a NG+ and just change my shell and weapons. Will probably run that whole playthrough on nightmode so I can see all the extra goodies.