How to Beat Curtis, Prince of Laughter in Enotria

In the sun-kissed setting of Enotria: The Last Song, you will encounter crazed actors, freakish artists, and bizarre performers. While all of them provide some challenges, the first real menace on your journey is Curtis, Prince of Laughter, who sets the tone right for the rest of this Italian folklore epic.

You will face Curtis after climbing the peculiar and Canovaccio-cursed streets of Quinta. These streets are teeming with corrupted actors who are ready to confront anyone.

When you arrive at the intersection by the Church of Maja and spot Pulcinella though, it means you are about to face a more serious threat, called Curtis, Prince of Laughter.

Curtis presents a tough challenge for those who haven’t mastered parrying, a core mechanic thoroughly emphasized in Enotria: The Last Song. However, with some fine-tuning to your build and proper preparation, he can be easily unmasked to hunt for the next boss.

How To Prepare For Curtis, Prince Of Laughter Boss Fight?

Curtis is a hard-hitter who wields a long spear that he also uses as a sword. His relentless combos almost leave no room for more than a single hit. His spear has a long reach as well, rendering dodging quite dangerous, at least in the first phase.

Beating Curtis starts by wielding a weapon similar to his, a weapon with a long reach. That’s where some of the best early game weapons can be incredibly useful, such as the Colossal Greaser, Juniper Sword, or Stage Ultragreatsword. While these weapons do wonders, they will not be enough to defeat Curtis, Prince of Laughter. Enhancing them is key to dealing serious damage.

In Enotria: The Last Song, the Reality Knots near boss arenas also provide an equipment enhancement table. These allow you to enhance your weapons before taking on bosses.

You will find one of these tables in Church of Maja Reality Knot, right next to Pulcinella, one of the main characters in the game.

Provided that you have enough Memoria and Efestite Fragment in your arsenal, enhance your weapon up to level 3. It’s also essential to level up your Trickster stats to increase your Stamina, as parrying and dodging drains your Stamina pretty quickly.

In Path of Innovators, choosing the Path of Fury will not only help you defeat Curtis but will also be beneficial when facing other bosses.

Indeed, Enotria: The Last Song provides a flexible build system that allows for experimentation, but focusing on the Path of Fury has been particularly helpful for me when dealing with Unraveled enemies, which are essentially staggered enemies in Enotria’s fancy terminology.

Curtis, Prince Of Laughter Moveset

Although he is the game’s first real boss, Curtis does not have many surprising attacks and frustrating gimmicks. Look at the quick rundown below to know how to avoid some of his attacks.

How To Beat Curtis, Prince Of Laughter?

Parrying is the heart and soul of Enotria: The Last Song‘s combat formula. While dodging also works at times, mastering how to perfect parry is one of the essential tips for beginners. So, if nothing else, the Curtis, Prince of Laughter boss battle, will ensure you realize Enotria’s emphasis on parrying.

Alongside landing hits, perfectly parrying an attack by the enemy slowly builds up their Unraveling Meter. Once full, you can perform a devastating attack that often finishes off minor enemies and seriously hurts bosses.

This is also the key to taking down Curtis, as his Unraveling Meter can be filled up pretty quickly as long as you parry his combos.

Curtis always initiates the fight with combo attacks that can be easily parried until his health bar is reduced to around 35%. He tends to telegraph his attacks before striking, too, giving you the chance to execute a perfect parry.

However, he also has a feint attack where he starts attacking from the right but switches to the left, which is also quite easy to recognize after facing him a few times.

The key to beating Curtis is parrying his combo attacks as much as possible during the first phase. Right after parrying, he also provides an opportunity to land a single hit.

Curtis will always punish you when you are trying to land another hit, especially if you use a sluggish colossal weapon, like the Stage Ultragreatsword.

You should be able to stagger Curtis at least twice before he enters the second phase, where he infuses his spear with Vis and becomes much more aggressive. This is where you need to depend on dodging and putting as much distance as possible between yourself and the Laughing Prince.

During the second phase, Curtis becomes much faster and deals more damage. That’s why it’s a good idea to dodge his attacks and hide behind pillars. While doing the latter will cause you to lose your pin on him, it will also partially protect you as he completes his vicious combo.

In the second phase of the battle, you will find that only a few of Curtis’ attacks can be dodged. Most of the time, you must dodge rather than try to parry those attacks. Be especially cautious when he’s gearing up for a slow attack, as it drains your health bar in a single hit.

Here are some other helpful tips to aid you in the fight against the Prince of Laughter in Enotria:

• Flask of Vis and Litumnian Grenade are perfect to use in the second phase, where Curtis is a lot more aggressive.
• The first phase of the fight is all about parrying, whereas the second phase requires you to dodge as much as possible.
• Ensure that you have Drunken Sword Mask Line in your arsenal as it offers massive damage based on your Ardore stats.
• When Curtis gears up for a slower attack, he tucks his spear under his arm. Do not ever try to parry that attack and simply dodge to left or to right. Do not dodge backwards, as he can easily reach you in that position too.
• Trying to land a heavy attack, especially with a big weapon, rarely pays off. Stick with parrying and landing single hits right after is the key.

Rewards For Beating Curtis, Prince Of Laughter

Beating Curtis will grant you 15,000 Memoria alongside 250 Curtis Mask Shards, which will help you build his mask later in the game. Alongside the whopping Memoria and Mask Shards, you will also get the following rewards for beating the first boss of Enotria: The Last Song.

• Wrathful Charge
• Collera de’ Principe
• Decorated Roncone
• Aspect of Curtis

As long as you are comfortable with perfect parrying, Curtis should not be a real problem. Although he is no pushover, perfect parrying can unmask him and all the other bosses in Enotria’s corrupted yet beautiful world.