Has anyone had an problems with the first boss? I got through the levels in a breeze, then the Boss came.. I had 6 lives and lost all of them in a matter of minutes. Is this normal? It seemed like he was shooting me through the walls and killing me instantly. I did get him down to his damaged state, but again, charged me and I instantly died.

Kind of bitter about having to start all over, but that's the risk I took.

Thanks

The beam he shoots in his first and second form has splash damage, like a rocket launcher. It can get you even behind a wall if it lands close enough. The best way to fight him is to circle strafe around him, so long as you don't slow down I don't think he can actually hit you. When you get to the final form (where he charges at you) just run backwards. You can get him hung up on the geometry a little if go through the arches, which will get you some free shots.

Is it possible there was a patch that buffed him after release? I was watching a guy play from around 4 hours ago and he only took like 10/20 dmg from the socerer. Wasn't shooting through the walls, and didn't seem to use his secondary artillary attack. I was taking around 100 dmg with every hit he got on me..

Edit:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/324282456

At 3:36:00 when he first gets in he gets hit directly with the beam and it only does 20 dmg. That same attack was doing 100 dmg to me. Both standard difficulty.

I had no problems with the boss at all, personally.
In fact, it was rather easy.
Just shoot him with the staff until he falls over.

Right.
His beam can be a bit of a pisser, yeah.

Yeah, this boss killed me on my first encounter, but I was able to endure on the second try. I just kept moving, zig-zagging, and throwing everything I had at it. The second boss was also tough, more because of the other enemies on the stage, but I took it down on the first attempt.

Yeah, the boss is an absurd difficulty spike. Avoiding his laser is a crapshoot, because of the splash, the meteor attack is just pure luck, and his charging only seems to stop whenever he feels like - which is to say, never.

It became a cake-walk once I found it you press H to run. Nothing he does can hit you, especially with the sprint perk.

So I have to start the game over???? I just died a few times trying to kill the 1st boss and now it won't let me restart the level. WTH?