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Ys IV: Mask of the Sun (1993)

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On his ascent of Iris Tower, Adol finds Bami blocking his path. She mentions that the ritual to resurrect the ancient power is nearly complete and offers Adol a place as one of her demons, but his refusal brings about her wrath.

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Definitely one of the harder bosses in the game, but it's not too bad. Bami's biggest threat is that her attacks are difficult to dodge. She goes through the same cycle, starting with fireballs and ending with two phases where she shoots lightning from the walls. The fireballs can be difficult to dodge because of the space you're confined in. There are a number of ways to dodge them based on where you start, but considering you may have to double back when dodging them it can be cutting it close when you have to hug them.

The lightning is a matter of hitboxes at their worst. Its similar to the centaur knight where their hitboxes aren't always where the animation is, but fortunately they aren't completely random. The hardest part with dodging them is when it first starts to fire off, as they seem to love choosing between appearing where you are or where you're going. If you can dodge the first "wave" then the remaining bolts typically follow your movements, so moving up and down the screen is typically good enough to dodge them. Like the centaur knight's spears they do a lot of damage, so it pays to know how to deal with everything if you get unlucky with the bolts.

Thankfully like Gadis before her, Bami has a lot of vulnerable frames, so the fights ends quickly enough so you don't have to deal with the bolts too for too long.
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With Bami finally defeated, Adol grabs the Wing of Valor and continues towards the top of Iris Tower. Also a small note, choosing Yes when talking with Bami does turn you into a demon, and you'd have to head back to Minea and speak with Keith to get him to change you back to human.


Game: Ys IV: Mask of the Sun / イースIV -MASK OF THE SUN-
Release Date: 19/11/1993
System: SNES
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