Game:

Tales of Xillia (2011)

Duration: 3:00

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I think there's a bit of lag in the video since OBS hates me... hope it's not too bad.




Game Modifications:
-Modded Leia into the party alone


Strategy:
This fight is reaaaally annoying thanks to Gilland. His counters are Incendiary Arc and Scatter Bolt. I find it easiest to dodge these by jumping into the air in either direction (Incendiary Arc can get me if I jump straight up). Gilland's most dangerous attacks are his normal attacks and Zero Divide. His normal attacks are just him shooting his gun, but his attacks have an incredibly long range, a decently sized vertical hitbox, and start up quick. Not only that, he can also roll on one of his normal attacks which can make it difficult to hit him at times (0:24 for example). Zero Divide is basically an instant death move which just spawns a bullet behind me. Luckily, the bullet only spawns on ground level so I'm safe from it if I'm in the air. Lastly, Gilland has Stalagmite which is basically just a mine on the ground. While it's not usually a huge issue, it can still cause me to have to second guess my positioning. Celsius is a lot easier to deal with. Her moves aren't too threatening other than Frost Spears, where she slides across the ground and spawns icicles from the sky which can easily anti-air me. That being said, her speed and Gilland's ranged pressure still makes her difficult to deal with while Gilland is still alive. These two also love to go into OVL which can be quite annoying. I just try to wait it out in the air. Gilland and Celsius have no good aerial counters, which means that if I can get one of them into the air I can combo them without worrying about retaliation if they're unlinked.

Fortunately for me, this fight is fairly manageable if they decide to link. As always, the fight becomes easier when they link since the partner becomes much less active. In this fight, Celsius is always the link partner rather than the leader which means I only have to learn how to deal with Gilland leading. When he's linked Gilland tends to use his artes which let him do his link arte which include Snare Shot, Merciless Trigger, and Poison Shell (although he only uses his link arte Perfect Exile off of Poison Shell for some reason). This is very nice since it means I generally won't have to deal with his horrifying normal attacks. These artes have a bit of a wind-up to them, so I can engage him with Darting Claw pretty reliably. From here, I generally like to use Soulstoke Spin since Celsius is going to get on my flank to attack me pretty quickly. When Celsius isn't directly threatening me on the flank, I like to use Staff Rain to force her to block for Gilland and then use Soaring Blast or Rabid Lunge to try and hit them both. Soulstoke Spin also works here, but I find the knockdown on the other two artes to be pretty useful for buying more time to hit Gilland.

Once I take Gilland down, Celsius alone is very easy. As long I stick to aerial combos, she pretty much can't touch me. She's no Eternia Celsius, that's for sure!

BGM:
Mighty Blow from Star Ocean the Second Story R

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