[Tales of Xillia 2] Factor Muzét (Gaius Solo/Unknown Mode/No Damage)
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Muzét was one of the most fun boss fights in the previous game but that's no longer the case due to the addition of Emergency Warp. With her new unique character action, Muzét has a chance to escape any attacks that don't stun her, knock her down or lift her from the ground, even if slightly. This really changes how you can approach the fight and given that Gaius barely has any aerial-enabled Artes or most ground Artes force an Emergency Warp, my options are incredibly limited.
With that in mind, this combo was crafted to give her as little Warp opportunities as possible but in practice there were a few more than intended. Some other things had to go my way for the combo to work so the end result is... kinda scuffed ngl. Let's go over the two main problems.
First of all her Warp chances are, in order, as follow: Demon Fang, Demonic Wrath, Beast and Hydra Strike. Note that I don't mention any Sonic Thrusts because I've literally never see her escape one, neither here nor during her second encounter.
Hydra shouldn't be a Warp point either because the plan was to use an Up Normal to launch her a bit so she would be in the air for the first hit and then stunned with the second hit, but I couldn't go for it given my AC situation. There are 4, technically 3, separate occasions where the attempt would just fail with no counterplay.
Second, knockdowns and OTG Limit: I'm only allowed 2 knockdowns before Muzét reaches her OTG Limit and regains all her Iron Stance, which I'm not breaking without Calamity Stance and thus resetting the combo. This route has a total of 4 knockdowns, so what's the plan?
- For starters, she must tech Calamity Stance at the very beginning or that's already a failed attempt.
- The delayed aerial Tiger Blade used as a weakness reset is a guaranteed knockdown no matter what. This is its own can of worms because the timing to hit a delayed Tiger Blade is extremely tight due to Muzét's weight/fall speed (the new element glyph must appear around or slightly below Gaius' feet, otherwise it hits too high and she will air recover) but that's another matter entirely.
- Beast is the biggest issue by far because Muzét must be in cooldown by the time I use this Arte. Xillia 2 has a mechanic called knockdown cooldown, that prevents enemies from being knocked down repeatedly in a short period of time. It's not guaranteed though, sometimes it activates and sometimes it doesn't. I've found a setup consisting of Demonic Wrath + Swallow Fury + Tiger Blade + something to OTG + Beast to be somewhat consistent for her to be on cooldown. If you check the Factor Julius fight, I do a similar chain against him and achieve the same result, for example.
On the downside and while this is necessary for the combo to work, it also gives Muzét an unintended Warp chance that wouldn't exist otherwise.
- Swallow Fury always knocks down and the animation for Aerial Overlimit is so long that I can't catch Muzét with Pale Ghost before she hits the ground, hence adding a second unavoidable knockdown to the list.
The Aerial Overlimit at the end is the sole reason that I have to jump through so many hoops for this to work the way it does. Big mistake on my part to stubbornly continue pushing this idea instead of finding a better solution but yeah, that's on me.
I do have good news though! The second Factor Muzét fight is a much needed upgrade over this one despite using the same combo chain as a base. Everything works as intended, Warp chances aside, and I can confidently say it's quite the improvement!
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Restrictions:
👑 Gaius Solo
👑 Unknown Mode
👑 No Damage
👑 No Menu
👑 No Free Run, except for Light of Ruin setups
👑 No Power Charge 3
👑 No Herbs
👑 Double Weakness Timer & Damage enabled
👑 Double Damage disabled
👑 Elemental Weapons unlocked
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Music used:
🎵 Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus - Fun for Adults
🎵 Ys Seven - Uncertainty in the Future
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