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Tales of the Abyss (2005)

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Time for the hardest 1v1 human fight in the game!






Game Modifications:
-Modified P. and F. ATK
-Unlocked doll artes
-Modified party


Strategy:
So... Sync 2 is a menace as far as 1v1 fights go. He's fast, casts fast, has Frigid Coffin, and has some of the most iron stance in the game. Basically, this means that I have to find whatever casting windows I can against him in order for me to attack. The best way to do so is to punish one of his spell casts. It's similar to Legretta but it's harder in Sync's case. His main three spells are Turbulence, Ground Dasher, and Thunder Blade. Most of the time, I won't be able to out-cast Turbulence even if I start way earlier than him because it casts so fast. Thunder Blade can be a problem since it comes from the direction he's facing. This means that even if I cast and he gets Thunder Blade off, I won't be able to punish the stagger. Also, it can be a problem if I'm near a wall since I simply can't dodge it without moving away from it. Ground Dasher is pretty free though, it takes a bit to cast and it's easy to dodge. Each time I try to punish after he does a spell cast is a bit of a gamble though. Sync will sometimes sit there and only cast spells and sometimes he'll cast a spell and then just run at me. Due to his speed, this is a big problem since he will outrun my spell aiming reticle. So I generally try to make a read based off of... nothing on whether he'll keep casting or run at me. Something else I tried was keeping the reticle in between us and then waiting to see what he does but this can lead to a delay in the desired result which can also be bad.

I can also punish his arcane artes: Stone Dragon Ascent and Cyclone Blaze. These artes have a long duration so it's easy to cast after he does one of these.

Sync has three spells that he'll only cast at certain HP thresholds. In order, these are: Flare Tornado, Gravity Well, and Frigid Coffin. Flare Tornado and Gravity Well aren't too big of an issue. Frigid Coffin is rather infamous as it causes a hitbox to appear the moment it spawns right at my feet. It's especially hard for Anise to dodge this so I opted to cancel it with OVL as soon as I see it come out. It's pretty late in the fight so I really want to make sure I'm on keeping track of that.

As for why I used Inspect Eye... I told ‪@mystearia5441‬ I was going to use it against Sync 2 and I couldn't go back on my word.

BGM:
The Devourer of Gods (Nonstop Mix) - ‪@DMDOKURO‬

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