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Rom, the Vacuous Spider

Rom, the Vacuous Spider

Defeat Great One: Rom, the Vacuous Spider.

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How to unlock the Rom, the Vacuous Spider achievement in Bloodborne - Definitive Guide

Story-related and unmissable. Rom is the boss of the Byrgenwerth area, and he is a giant slug who isn't too much of a threat by himself. However, he summons a lot of spiders (but finitely many) throughout the fights, and they are the real threat. For the first half of the fight, just take your time and defeat the spiders before damaging Rom. After you damage him enough, he will teleport away from you and summon more spiders. Furthermore, he will now cast magic at you as well. Repeat the drill from before: kill the spiders before focusing on Rom. This fight can take a while, but you should be OK if you stay patient. See the following video guide:
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26 Mar 2015 17:51

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It is worth mentioning that the mini spiders weak point is their back. It can be exposed by dashing forwards to their flank of when they leap and land face down.

Clear out the spiders and be patient. Easy peasy.
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By SgtOddity on 26 Mar 2018 20:33
OK, this guy can be a real pain in the backside. Luckily someone figured out a more or less fool proof way to cheese this boss.

All credit to original creator.

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04 Apr 2015 18:22

Rom, the Vacuous Spider - Defeat Great One: Rom, the Vacuous Spider.

This boss and trophy are fairly easy to unlock, Approach Rom and begin to attack him until he teleports away. He will summon smaller spiders. Begin to take out the small spiders so it is easier to attack Rom. Do this multiple times until Rom is dead.

The main attacks to watch out for are the homing ice hail and when he rolls over and his AOE ice spikes.

In no time you will have defeated the boss your trophy should pop! Enjoy!

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19 Jul 2017 01:40

After about 15 attempts I finally defeated this cutie pie. I did this on the current release (July 2016 v.9). Older guides show that using the Flamesprayer nukes Rom. This is not the case any longer. Rom will get knocked back and then teleport. I tried using NPC co-op to no avail.

I am level 80 and using a +7 Hunter Axe. My arcane stat is at 21. I included my failed attempts. After eliminating the spider buddies, hit Rom's butt with elemental damage. When Rom teleports run to the but and get a few swipes in with fire paper. Repeat after second teleport. Make sure you watch out for adds. They can one shot you with a leg swipe.

This is my video. I left in my failures so you can see where I went wrong. Avoiding the ice blasts just keeps me far away from where I need to be. Also, avoid the insect me and their BS attacks.

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06 Jul 2016 14:13

At first glance, it is an extremely simple boss, but it can cause a lot of difficulties with low protection from Arcana (Arcane Magic in translation). Spiders are still worth killing, otherwise there is a high chance of dying from an accidental blow at the 3rd stage when dodging spells.

In general, the tactics are simple. Wear the strongest magic armor (nearby on the level there will be a couple of things in a chest with high resistance), kill the spiders while standing not far from the boss. As long as he is next to the boss, he will use only 2 attacks, an explosion around himself and pillars of magic also next to him. All this can be easily avoided by simply rolling away from the boss. But if he starts using long-range magic, it will make life extremely difficult. In the 3rd phase, he will also bite if you are nearby, but there is nothing special there. I hit him with a whip for 2 hits, then jumped away. In the end, after killing all the spiders, the boss didn’t even touch me.
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26 Mar 2015 09:40

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I also want to add that it is better to hit spiders from behind and from the side. Otherwise, the first two hits do virtually no damage due to their limbs.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OLW_1ffxWA
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By Arcedal on 27 Mar 2015 19:35
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By Alexreallman on 05 Jul 2015 23:47
An interesting video (with explanations in Russian) about how to kill the boss:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRJrRlr_S8
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By Famiko-n on 15 Jun 2016 12:33
Having dealt with the first batch of spiders, I was no longer distracted by them. After killing them, you can charge the weapon with lightning or fire, then first inflict damage on the boss with a flamethrower, then, when he starts to disappear, use the weapon. Thus, I managed to remove more than a third of his health. Then, after the spider appears in a new place, run towards it and hit it with quick blows, periodically jumping away from it when it turns over on its back. Using this method I was able to defeat the boss the 5th time.
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By Skydancer on 18 Aug 2015 10:27
The easiest way to take down this bastard is to have a flamethrower with you.
The spider is defeated without much effort. Here's a video to help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y87...U&spfreload=10
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By Psycholirik on 16 May 2015 11:40
If you have tonitrus, life becomes easier: charged with tonitrus , spiders fold with two hits, even to the forehead. In this case, we just watch the spiders, if they brazenly rush at you, then most likely prepare to attack... we jump back and hit him with a pokumpola, during a counter attack, they often die in one hit. Rom himself can be killed in two phases, instead of three: in the first phase, we hit him until he curls up into a ball in order to teleport (Here it is important to hit deliberately, so as not to be left without stamina at the crucial moment), and at the moment when he begins to spin and dissolve, we hit hit him hard thereby knocking down his teleportation. As a result, he has less than a third of his life left, we break into him at full speed, bypassing the spiders and beat him until he gets stuck, after his death the spiders disappear.
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By ElmoTheBandit on 29 Apr 2015 09:50
With a flamethrower and oil, I didn’t manage to burn it down the first time. As a result, once I got it so dirty that she spawned 2 portions of spiders at once.

When it starts to disappear, you can interrupt the disappearance with a strong blow and make an additional attack. damage, but she will still start moving again.

I fought this boss for a very long time, in the end I had the following tactic: I run in circles, luring spiders and watching for a long-range attack. The spiders slowly scatter into small groups, so I took them out, as soon as she is shot through with a long-range attack, you have time to hit the spiders 1-2 times.

As a result, a fairly large group of spiders was lured away from me and I already added it at point-blank range, making a strong blow, I bounced back, as it begins to hammer with its head and can immediately cause “ice” from the underground.

I won with this tactic the first time, and didn’t spend much money. Before that, I tried to stay close to her, but the crowd of spiders was difficult to follow and they made it difficult to bounce away from her if she launched a close attack.
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By JSinx on 12 Jul 2015 21:46
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At first I suffered for a very long time, and then I easily passed alone, without help.

The first stage - we run up to the boss from the side and hit as much as possible, taking away as much life as possible.

The second and third stages - we stay close to the boss, always looking at him, as soon as he lies on his back, we immediately run away from him, then when it is safe, we run back to him and hit him. We don’t touch small spiders. The most important thing is to dodge his attacks in time. We don’t run far away, because he will start shooting at us.
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02 Jun 2015 23:51