Episode 4 Story Discussion

[Xaeris]

Truly, Phaleg is a boss designed to break players out of their comfort zone.

I think that's a good way to sum up this fight. It takes a bunch of the tactics and habits we've been relying on since Episode 1 (facetanking with automate, flinchlocking an enemy to death, running in circles to avoid pretty much anything charged, etc.) and goes "maybe try something else for a change?"

[nguuuquaaa]

I heard <everything>/SU can trash Phaleg so here's a FO/SU run.
On the other hand, HU/FI still struggles because SEGA thinks it's a good idea to dismiss Just Guard.

[Xaeris]

Well. I guess Maron spam counts as "something else." It does remind me of earlier in the episode when Katori was complaining about Summoners. "You don't even have to fight!" She knew.

[Altiea]

I had one run where Phaleg simply didn't spawn. That was fun.

[loafhero]

Can't believe us HUs actually have to use step dash now to avoid damage. Really wished I listened to Team Four Star's Piccolo:

[azami]

ohhhhhhhhh my

[AzurEnd]

Hmm that interesting I never had trouble Just Guarding Phaleg in the second phase. Even if that happened to me I would have just adjusted my strategy since there are plenty of other ways a Hunter can deal with those Kicks.

All Hail Maron, the true Hero of ARKS!

[loafhero]

For one thing, when Phaleg initiates those anti-I-frames leg swipes in the 2nd phase, she moves forward as she does so last I checked. If you're already up close to her, there's a good chance she'll move past you which leaves her rear exposed for a brief period until she finishes those leg swipe animations.

I really wish there was an alternate cutscene where we ask Matoi to fight Phaleg for us. Watching the two of them fight over Player, complete with comfortable chair and popcorn would have been fun.

[Altiea]

Finally did it. Picked up a few tricks from a video I saw, which helped a lot. Guess I was approaching the fight wrong as BO/HU.

Time to do it with every other class.

[Xaeris]

Was trying some other classes for laughs. Nabarta-0 works absurdly well for TE here. It's visually impressive too: flame kicks, meet ice wall. And Burn provides plenty of PP to fuel it via Anti. I still haven't quite won as Te, but it's really fun to watch and play.