Best Legion Arm? Guide/Ranking All The Legion Arms In Lies of P (NO SPOILERS)

[@joshw4741]

Little people know this but Deus Ex Machina does INSANE stagger damage when fully upgraded, to the point where enemies will be staggered outside of the staggerable window. This actually pairs really well with a motivity build given that most heavy weapons inflict a lot of stagger. IMO this makes it a very solid arm choice

[@brentontariocanada7935]

Works good one the nameless puppet!

[@poopybuttguy5523]

Oh god live puppet axe head police baton handle with this strat

[@zacharymartel5592]

Yeah no joke. He says it doesn't do much damage and has a small AOE. That is definitely not my experience. It's doing like 1000dmg, hitting enemies all over the place, and consistently staggering so I can charge my living puppet axe.

[@paragon722]

I literally trivialized bosses with deus ex machina. Back to back staggers and crazy damage. Land a fatal drop a few mines do a heavy as they get up boom boom fable into stagger into mine into heavy into white into downed into fatal repeat.

[@zacharymartel5592]

@@paragon722 what fable are you using for this?

[@h33day]

Fun fact - pandemonium does direct damage to enemy weapons. Meaning you can break their weapons without perfect guarding, or perfect guarding very little.

[@AscendantStoic]

That's cool, the problem with Pandemonium for me is that it's extremely hard to keep bosses in the same place so they take enough damage for that to happen unless you spray a very large area of the floor with acid, I just feel that Deus Ex is far more efficient and effective in dealing with bosses specially that it builds up stagger damage.

[@h33day]

@@AscendantStoic I used it after they stagger, before doing the Fatal Attack. Especially on bosses that have a long stagger animation, or ones that attack before actually staggering. Usually racks up about 1000 damage over time by the time they get up (without decay debuff).

[@shubhamdebnath9752]

Breaking weapon is useless...the range is ame and it will still hit u😂

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

Similar thing happens when using acid on your weapon. Perfect guarding with acid on your weapon lowers the amount of perfect guards needed to break em

[@karayi7239]

Pro tip: get the P-organ upgrade that let's legion charge over time.(phase 5). As long as you can shoot the puppet string you can do the slam attack, which means when you run out of legion, you charge enough legion in 12-15 seconds to do a slam attack, with "reduce legion arm cost in crisis" it's even faster if you're low on HP. against bosses that have low-ish attacks that can't hit you mid-air, you will SHRED them with this strat.

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

Wish I had upgraded that instead of that gey ass Aegis. I bought into the hype from YT videos, and had to beat the Nameless Puppet with no arm at all. Relying on the Aegis for that fight is suicide. Just beat him 20 minutes ago finally with throwables, the electric chainsaw, and good dodges.

[@karayi7239]

@@ElevenDollarCheese you can refund the upgrade materials my dude. rip, it's so much fun to keep dunking on bosses with a big slam every 15sec

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

@karayi7239 oh shit. Oh well, now i know, thx. Had to beat that scumbag cheap bastard the hard way. Had him down to like 10% earlier and my charged heavy bounced off a wall. I about chewed an analog stick off the controller. That stagger window is such a jank ass mechanic, I can't stand it. I'm a Sekiro guy, it's so much tighter. But still, this was like a Kia vs a Toyota. Ngl, it was a good effort, just not From Soft.

[@EternalRoronoa]

@@ElevenDollarCheesei’ve been struggling so bad trying to beat him bro

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

@EternalRoronoa i used the chainsaw, slash damage armor, and puppet destroyer amulet. That helped big time. Rolling toward him during second phase helped too.

[@briarbarfield5809]

Falcon Eyes is my favorite. Another good thing it does is that when enemies have that recoverable health bar active, falcon eyes can remove a pretty large chunk of it.

[@akiraangelfire2127]

Can be fired upto 3 times before each blow up so sticking 3 of those things with a single move to a boss is nuts then you dodge and send another 3 and if you have reload perks and legion megs you don’t even need to get close to a boss to end them lol also stacks with anything that gives you benefits upon staggers too which is nice and it can’t be interrupted unless he’s like right in front of you and hits with a heavy but that’s when you dodge stick him and yeah and combines with link dodging too so you can pull off an extra dodge fire lol though warning do not do anywhere near ledges the amount of times the kick back has sent me over the edge to death is hilarious and a lot lol

[@kurokofs113]

Ive only done 1 playthrough but i used deus ex machina basically for the whole run and thought it was amazing. Its a good poke and setup tool, basically always stunts stalkers and just in general shreds them, deals a seemingly rly good poise dmg and can stagger if an enemy is staggerable. pretty often i could just plant 2 or 3 mines, bait the enemy over it and trust in them being stunned to charge up a heavy attack which will probably stagger them. Definitely added a lot to my playstyle

[@devils_kin0449]

All the arms are viable and work for different builds which is a Testament to how amazing this game is

[@golemofwill4728]

Very rarely have I seen a weapon group that I couldn't decide which to use, that's how amazing and unique each one of these arms is.

[@rohansampat1995]

why just one? you can get upgrades that let you use multiple if you cant choose :)

[@Aluranae]

I gotta punch back about Deus Ex Machina, that thing *carried* me through NG+ once I started messing with it when it was fully upgraded. Set up a bomb while a boss is being passive, set up two while you have a knockdown. Set up a few then ping a miniboss or elite you *know* will charge at you before they blow up. Getting a free 5000 damage out of the gate is *nothing* to sneeze at, and being able to pepper in 1200 damage shots that do noticeable stagger damage is nutso. Maybe it's something for the bottom of the list but still, it's a fantastic tool if your style can adopt it.

[@desgyulabalogh3429]

I combined it with falcon eyes to pull minibosses and bosses. drop some mines shoot the enemy, and then start swatting with pipe wrench. The stagger from 1 mine 1 shot and a charged attack from a heavy weapon will stagger any enemy in the game no questions asked. Deus ex is fantastic. It doesnt work on bosses that run away like fuoco stage 2 though

[@nooberus9241]

You can use the puppet string to trigger traps from range, kill off enemies from a distance that are close to dying and use it to traverse over gaps when there is an enemy to shoot it on as well. Its the best one hands down, so much fun!

[@braxinIV]

And it’s one of the best to deal with enemies one at a time when you’re traversing a new area. Saves you from ambushes.

[@djblade187]

Only thing I didn't like about the puppet string is it doesn't work against enemies at different elevations. At least I couldn't get it to work, even with locking on. P would just shoot it straight ahead when I'm aiming at an enemy above or below.

[@Vaeland]

I agree the puppet string is super good but I actually stopped using it for fully upgraded pandemonium in NG+. People really undervalue it and I’m surprised it was rated so low. The fact that you can use it without ever putting yourself in an unsafe position and that every single level is basically made of hallways makes it super underrated imo and it does insane damage with scaling and the amulet. It will also stagger enemies with the explosion when upgraded. Also extra damage to humans does not mean it does low damage to other enemies, it will melt puppets and even undead pretty effectively to point where I think it took 2 casts to kill puppet of the future bosses on NG+ while I watched from a distance. Also feels free to use with upgrades since it will regenerate all legion cost over duration with like 1 kill. Also it stacks, can layer pools and have a chain explosion that will keep you safe for a few seconds which is actually a really long time with these games

[@darymetal]

Yhea the fact that the explosion interrupts is GOATED. Pandemonium would be my top choice easily if only it had the option to create a large round pool underneath you, would be much more useful than arch shaped

[@Vaeland]

@@darymetal the acidic axe fable art does a circular pool on impact that compliments it really well, no explosion unfortunately but does weapon impact damage. I changed pandamonium to the straight line and never went back though

[@darymetal]

​@@Vaeland Yhea it does, i don't like that weapon tho, and it definitely would be better on pandemonium. Same, straight line is better in every single scenario, half moon is weird, idk how you're even supposed to use it. Also i hate how you can't change the shape without throwing a charge

[@vexcine]

​@@darymetal charge it, press y, dodge away. I think that may work. If not just do it next to the stargazer, rest, and good to go

[@SEgrin28]

If it wasn't for the Aegis I might not have ever beaten the game, plus that charge is how I started basically every fight with bigger enemies and it helped make them quick fights.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Aegis is the best for me too.

[@michaelharrison5725]

Aegis trivialized Nameless Puppet for me when I realized I could absorb all his shots and then counter with fast attacks while blocking. Phase 1 barely any damage with guard regain.

[@ETASK1]

You suck

[@rk13567]

I had a lot of success with the fully upgraded Deus Ex Machina. IMO you must’ve been using it weirdly if you struggled to hit enemies and get value out of it. Just plop a few mines down before fighting a tough enemy or two and then lure them into it. It deals a fat chunk of damage and virtually always staggers them and gives a free opportunity to do a charged heavy attack into a full posture break and fatal attack if they’re not already dead. Makes going through the late game areas substantially easier.

[@RIBAYRO]

Tbf you can probably do the same but in general just be more proactive with fulminis. Usually enemies walk right up to you, so you can charge it up preemptively and blast their faces in for big damage + elec shock status. A lot of enemies even fly backwards, it's hilarious. Even surprisingly large ones like those beefed up puppets that have tentacles inside them.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

The shield I think is the best for me. You can use it when you are almost out of stamina or out after attacking to get pushed back and out of danger from an incoming move. That alone makes it super useful in fights. You can use it on red attacks also just have to open it and it has to be glowing red in order to do it(basically a timed parry). The follow up is nice and does a lot of stagger damage and can stance break. Not a huge fan of the puppet string best skill. It’s too anime for me and everyone seems to use it. I’ll stick with my shield it compliments my aggressive playstyle very much

[@humonchronos9048]

puppet string is definitely the best. works great if you can stagger a boss but he keeps running out of range. and traversing the areas, you can pull enemies one by one to avoid being piled on. also it looks really cool

[@duwanglover3424]

Having beating the game and NG+, you're sleeping on the Deus Ex. Planting three mines at the start of a fight will almost always lead to a stagger, and you have enough time to plant three more after a visceral. With a pure Motivity build, each mine is doing a little more than a thousand damage.

[@statichammer9984]

One thing that I feel maybe people dont notice too much is the speed at which you can act after using an arm ability. lots of the legion arms have long endlag animations, or to dodge you must cancel out before the arm attack goes off, however the flamberge, because of the way it uses a bunch of small quick fire damage ticks, has very little endlag and allows the player to dodge pretty seamlessly in combat without sacrificing much damage output. This also makes it great to supplement weapon combos once you run out of stamina since legion arm attacks dont cost any.

[@juanhurtado7244]

Yeah that arm slays.A lot of enemies are carcass type, almost no endlag, no stamina consume, lil legion cost, good cheap dmg and overheat debuff is not bad.

[@DragoonKain3]

Puppet String max upgraded is amazing with a strong Motivity weapon that has a defensive fable art handle (Absolute Defense or Endure). Most enemies gets mini-staggered or plain knocked down after a Puppet String follow-up, after which you charge attack or two to fully stagger them (element enchant beforehand for BIG damage and debuff proc). Combine with max consumables and auto-recharge legion/legion magazine P-organs, and you can spam them on opening pretty much against any boss, and trivializes them whatever NG cycle you are at.

[@Firellius]

My first run-through, I wound up using the Pandemonium the most. While it certainly has plenty of drawbacks, it is unbelievably good against slower, heavier enemies. Most notably the double-shield puppets from the Exhibition. (And the one at Venigni) You can also work around it a little by forcing enemies to engage you onto the acid pools. This can even work against the final boss IF you can get your parries right, as they will cause an immediate, long-lasting stagger. Also, Pandemonium does a surprising amount of stagger damage, too.

[@donsimons9810]

That one feels like the dark horse - I see it being most OP with right build since that’s how AOE DOTs work - especially those that allow more mobility than the flamberge

[@Rocky-yw1zo]

Pandemonium is super good for laxasia phase 2, start the phase throw a lot of vertical pools, and there goes 1/3 to 1/2 of their health

[@brentramsten249]

the left arm of steel is (as far as i can tell) the only weapon whose attack hitbox can perfect parry, and if it does hit its raw damage DOUBLES when it hits. also several enemies can be true combo'd by fulmanus allowing you do do upwards of 15k damage and still have legion left over and with the flambergeyou can slow walk away from some enemies without them being able to catch up and even destroy some hard point without doing reduced damage against those hard points. once you hit NG+2 the damage of the puppet string really falls off to the point where the only thing id used it for it taking out enemies at range without using consumeables. still useful

[@drfabulous2804]

Fully upgraded falcon eyes is my favourite. Dodging an enemy or boss and blasting them is incredibly satisfying and deals pretty good damage at a very safe distance.

[@tomwhite7022]

It’s meh

[@silencechaos1]

Deus ex Machina helped me and my Strenght build alot, so i really enjoyed it

[@rbelljr29]

Deus Ex Machina is what got me past the unamed puppet. Staggered him. Plant 2 mines. Crit attack with a heavy weapon. both mines eventually detonate while the animation plays out for a HUGE chunk of damage.

[@thunderstar7682]

Fulminus is just very silly to me cuz the full blast not only inflicts shock quickly but the flinches on bosses and how it knocks down lesser enemies. Its always satisfying to have that gambit work.

[@Pdiddystyleshrimpingvessel]

This is an insane take considering I cleared playthroughs 3 and 4 with the Deus Ex Machina

[@kizaruthegreat]

Crazy how some of the best weapons and legion arms you get almost at the start of the game. The string is your 2nd legion arm. Elektric bonk weapons, salamander dagger and the poisen spear you also get all extremely early.

[@AustinNystel]

😂 I will forever only refer to it as the electric bonk weapon!

[@Heavenewen]

I would put falcon eyes on number 2. Aegis is maybe better for not technique builds but if you go technique the dmg is crazy. It almost feels like magic in other souls when you can wipe out almost anything with a safe distance. Also the p organ upgrade that replenishes legion when missing is turbo op. Just dont abuse it bcs the Dodge mechanic actually sends you backwards and i fell to my death a few times bcs of that

[@thenonexistinghero]

Yeah, I'd say Puppet String is the best by far. Especially when combined with a strong motivity weapon, your jump attacks will be dealing like 2K damage and deal a ton of stagger damage. Cost is also extremely cheap if you just want to pull some enemies towards you and with a few upgrades to recover some legion energy you won't have to worry about running out. Legion arm is also extremely good against small enemies that are kinda unpredictable or hard to time/space attacks for. Just pull them in and kill them and they won't have a chance to damage you because whatever attack they're doing is canceled and it takes them a second or a few seconds to actually get an attack out after being pulled. Falcon Arm could have been more useful, but my main problem with it is the cost. I could shoot a grand total of about 4 bullets with it before it needed replenishing. It is a shame the rest of the legion arms are so bad though. They can be useful in some situations, but... outside of those specific cases they just suck.

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

I had good luck with the fully upgraded Flamberge, but it definitely is situational. It either kicks ass or is useless.

[@PaRaNiki_]

You don't even need a motivity weapon, I would actually just recommend a technique weapon because of the arms innate scaling. Just throw the Saw Blade or Puppet axe head on a technique handle and enjoy 1-2 shotting endgame enemies and staggering the shit out of bosses.

[@akiraangelfire2127]

Issue is that move is easily interrupted and enemies that have a back step most of the time dodge the heavy smash down it making it useless good chunk of time

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@akiraangelfire2127 For every single regular enemy there's tons of safe opportunities to use this, including every mini-boss. There are some bosses that this can be tricky to use on like the 2nd bunny gang battle, but overal there are very few enemies/bosses where this isn't very efficient for. And the hitbox is pretty broad so any enemy standing next to the enemy you're hitting or right behind it is going to get hit for just as much damage (but with multiple enemies it can be a bit of a pain if enemies jump in front of the targeted one and stuff). Nameless Puppet is a bit of a mixed bag. He is so fast that it is somewhat RNG-ish, but there are still good moments where you have a high chance of scoring a hit with it and the damage is pretty insane. Shield is easily the best for this boss, but I'd still rank Puppet String as a close 2nd even if it's a bit RNG with the hits because the damage is massive (since the boss has a rather small health pool).

[@MySplatterhouse]

One of the many things i love about souls-likes, someone will make any weapon/build work. 👍🏿👍🏿

[@eloikmusk7974]

With the puppet string, you can actually pull in enemy's that press the button again to punch them it staggers basic enemy's and even stalkers very useful indeed

[@ArturoAlbero]

For me, aegis is the best. I think the block spamming is intentend, and it is not as broken, because if you use it too much you're going to empty your legion bar very soon. So you have to time it, but the timing is much more forgiving than the perfect guard one. However, you lose the ability to use other legion arms. I think it's balanced. Actually, I would rather having a more forgiving window for perfect guard. I think it would make the game more fun.

[@vonTrops]

10 minutes video... If i had to drink every time he says "actually" i could probably die

[@grimmcat9727]

Deus Ex Machina was the second to last arm i unlocked but it’s most fun and dose wild stagger. And pro tip use it to farm in the alchemist tower I forgot the star gazer though sorry but with the hunter amulet you can make 1,446 ergo a pop not even counting the gems he drops. It’s one of the squidface giant puppet fusion guys. He’s a little tough but the Dues Ex Machina you get the easy stagger. Use live puppet axe or the hammer (+10) and you can splatter him before he even gets up.

[@FILNAT2011]

The acid one is the best fire and forget just lead the boss to corner when fighting them in it,only way i could beat Walker of Illusions

[@Madheim777]

Walker of illusions is hard until you realise you just need to evade to their left. You will see how much it misses attacks.

[@adambrown6669]

If you get the P-organ upgrades for regaining legion on kills and the passive over time charge flamberge quickly becomes the best option as it can kill most standard enemies with less legion than you regain, and as you don't need to kill with the legion arm to regain the legion, just using it to inflict the debuff without worry about running out of throwables it is truly incredible. The overheat explosive knocks most enemies over and inflicts overheat, and as you can fire while the enemy is standing back up you can essentially bully the enemy preventing them from doing anything. I'd say that it is the best overall, then there's the aegis, falcon eyes, pandemonium, string and so on. Because range is infinitely preferable as a supplement to your main weapon that is close range.

[@Madheim777]

I used fulminis for almost full game in my first run. My eventual final weapon was a combination of the cleaver blade and the axe handle enhanced for motivity.

[@octaviuspepper2887]

You clearly don't understand the power of the deus ex machina and it shows. On the surface it seems incredibly lame but once you know what you're doing it flows really well in combat. Personally i love to get a fatal attack on an enemy and while they're invincible on the ground i spam the mines so when they get up they get blasted a few times and are ready for another fatal blow. Underrated as hell

[@semi_automatico]

I finished the game using the Falcon Eyes and I think it was great, early on the fact that you can move the camera and use it like a bow it's great and leveled uo to Emergency Shot it's just awesome, just combo an enemy and then dodge back, press it twice and get to a safe zone dealing massive damage

[@Johnny.1994]

Nice videos and analysis. Got a new sub. Great work man

[@kutayarbelli3420]

3:50 ı used this in Newgame+ and in the fight with laxasia ı use this everytime laxasia staggers and it was pretty useful the acid was just melting her(I dont Know its good at its own but,with a weapon and a acid grindstone or two acid grindstone it goes pretty well in my opinion.You can use this against humans but against carcass type enemies ( all the dudes with weird decay things and zombie type things) Flamberge and fire grindstone is much more useful.

[@UndeadIsaac10031]

explosions from pandemonium help build stagger very well

[@andreasreinhardt8753]

Aegis makes some bosses too easy, but I can't stop using it.

[@mkv2718]

Falcon Eyes is godly. also, the word “Aegis” is actually pronounced “EE-jiss,” but no one pronounces greek based words with an “AE” in them correctly, so “Ay-jiss” is fine. wrong, but fine, in that most won’t know that it’s incorrect and those that do won’t criticize it unless you make a point out of not knowing how to say it. (For instance everyone pronounces the name “Aesop” as “ay-SOP,” but it’s actually “ee-SOP.” and it’s the opposite for greek words with an “EA,” that would be the “ay” sound.”) if you don’t know how to pronounce a words, simply using any search engine for its definition should have the option to hear a basic ai voice saying the word out loud. pretty handy actually. anyhoo, it means “protection.” fairly apt, considering the arm is a shield. 🤷‍♂️

[@donsimons9810]

Thanks, very nice guide.

[@darymetal]

I STRONGLY disagree about Deus ex Machina. Fully upgraded does roughly charged R2 dmg, and a metric fuckton of stagger. 2 charges by themselves are nearly capable of bringing a boss to stagger state, and interrupt like crazy. ....AND IT CAUSES STAGGER. This is godlike for slow weapons How do you use it? 1- Pair it with heavy ass shite, completely useless with fast or quality builds, you need the t h i c c 2 - leave it on the floor as the boss gets away from you. THe bastard will have to come at some point and you're too fat to chase that so let him come. 3- Time the explosion with some nice combo. Once you understand how to use you understand that the explosion plus an R1 or R2 will most likely interrupt and lead into a free followup, meaning usually almost instant staggerable state. Some times the R2 charged follow up will stagger on its own. 4- Most times a charged R2 will take too long to hit, meaning you miss out on juicy staggers. Not with this bad boy. You see your opponent in white, you place it on the ground, and you charge and time the shit out of an R2, knowing once he enters the zone he will blow up, leading to stagger, leading to guaranteed R2 and depending on the weapon an additional R2 and fatal. Then run up, place another charge, and R2 again. This whole simple combo is about 40 to 50% of the HP of the boss. Sometimes more. And it's so guaranteed it's incredible. Bottom line, DeM is amazing with heavy mot builds

[@devils_kin0449]

the timing for perfect guarding with Aegis is AMAZING. Makes the Nameless Puppet a Joke.

[@Rice0Cake]

I kind of judge legion arms by how much they interrupt your own attacks. For example, while flamberge and fulminis do great damage, you are not actively attacking while using them, which means there's a tradeoff in damage. Arms like pandemonium and deus ex machina still do have opportunity costs, but they only take a bit of set up and you can freely attack afterwards. Instead of a tradeoff, they feel more like additions to your own damage. Falconeye is OK in that with dodge shots it doesn't interrupt you too much, and aegis feels superfluous if you are comfortable with deflecting/parrying everything. Puppet string is definitely unique and it's often more of a tool than a damage dealer.

[@vincentzombi3916]

Honestly the puppet string fully upgraded is the only legion arm I use now.. it’s seriously op and can take out some tough enemies with its attack. Before that I was a heavy user of the falcon eyes but in quick situations it just hinders you useless

[@alexanderbuentello6702]

Seeing "NO" on the D.E.M arm for the thumbnail is laughably wrong. Unga bunga strength makes the mines go BRRRT lmao

[@mickael922]

You didn't say anything about the fact that Aegis can block red attack when done properly... That's why your shield is "red-yellowish" when you use it

[@ferofferd]

Man to list deus ex machina as the last lol I used that thing on the last three final boss and I gotta say its very useful getting two or all three planted for initial damage and stagger

[@pacolibre5411]

I didnt use the legion arm much on NG, however, on NG+2, I have over 100 magazines, really good legion recharge on kill, and a giant bar from upgrading my capacity for heavy frame parts.

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

Imo it's tough to choose the best one. They are all awesome and I wish there was a way to just have all of them available at all times lol. That's how well-designed and useful they all are.

[@grimreefer213]

Puppet string is number one no doubt, it can flatten a lot of smaller enemies and mini bosses so you can deal a guaranteed heavy attack or fable art which is very strong. It also deals a good amount of posture damage as well

[@yr5994]

Aegis is the most broken legion arm by far vs bosses. U become indestructible machine. Struggled vs namesless, puppet upgraded aegis swapped it and beat it in 2 tries with 2 pulse uses.

[@raven_CwCFR]

Aegis + shot put = Easy Nameless Puppet fight 😅

[@geraldjaylagarto6839]

Love the Aegis guard attack, the ultimate last resort for boss fight😂

[@TheVDaddyo]

Never knew the fully upgraded Aegis had a followup attack 😅

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Can stance break too. If they are flashing and you hit them with it

[@SuperAp0calypse]

Nameless Puppet is made Ezmode with Aegis and the spear from the cathedral boss. You should be investing in Capacity to up your carry weight anyway, which also ups your Legion. This combo turns some of the most annoying bosses in the game into, well a bit of a joke. Couple Aegis with Puppet String arm (both maxed out) and the whole game is a cake walk.

[@nir4s63]

Arm of steel is decent purely due it's low weight. You can use it as *_faster_* attack if you're going motivity build with slow heavy weapons. Fulminis is my the most favourite one. In motivity focus with slow weapon you can weave it's non charged attack in between certain boss attacks. You can reliably charged it in fatal attacks windows. Debuff is cool too. Falcon eyes - My 2nd favourite. Deals a lot of dmg. Later it's shines due dodge attack allowing for more flexibility and faster use. Shame that aiming part of using this arm requires you to stand still which is jarring in technique (dex) builds. As advance maneuver you can use base attack to dodge certain attacks since shooting will cause you to backstep a bit.

[@legendaryfailure]

dawg, the pandemonium explosion does MASSIVE stagger damage against bosses

[@turboyabo864]

acid is best against puppets with a advanced build . put 50 in tech ,11 in adv and use throw ables combine with legion arm and boom you defeat almost any boss with this method.

[@JerichoTheCity]

The legion arms help with clearing the normal enemies but against bosses they felt so weak. The only time a legion arm actually made a difference in a boss fight is when I finally used aegis shield at the final boss. I know certain arms are meant for certain bosses but they don't give enough resources to make use of that. The arms are a cool concept but despite really trying to put them to use, I almost always ended a boss fight with the legion bar untouched.

[@vincenthychow1119]

Given that the elite enemies in this game are absurdly strong, the puppet string is literally their eliminator. With appropriate upgrades on P-organ, I simply equip with a motivity weapon, use the fully upgraded puppet string, followed by a charge attack. Most enemies will be staggered. Before giving a fatal attack, I normally give another charge attack first. And then after the fatal attack, if the enemy is still not dead, I will give it another charge attack before it can get up. This can easily destroy most elite enemies.

[@The_SinisterMister]

A fun plus to the puppet string is using it to do minor sequence break, yanking yourself across little chasms and pits and stuff is really convenient. I hate climbing the chapel on new games because i can't just catapult over to the carcasses spamming projectiles to knock you off the rafters. Theres a spot on the way to Laxasia with the disruption sprayers and tight catwalks you can just launch yourself off of, too.

[@coolerthanafrieza4726]

I get legion mater back from killing enemies they also have a constant regen perk so pair those both up and you’ll always have legion meter to burn

[@DragongodxX]

I went through my playthrough mostly using the flamberge and electric legion arm cause 95% of enemies are weak to both and no the dagger does not build up fire damage or do more then the flame cause a constant stream of fire compared to a short buff on a weapon makes a huge difference in comparison

[@prom3thius]

ranking flamberge above pandemonium is fucking hilarious gg

[@ssbbplayer10]

Played through 3 times and 100% the game and I swear I’ve never seen that bear enemy that’s in the opening clip lol

[@MrAlek1988]

Puppet string is the best one hands down imo

[@zombotany3443]

Since the puppet string has you go into the air, you end up dodging attacks as well. I prefer aegis because my brain can't handle using a weapon to block, let alone using the bumper instead of the trigger. I knew the puppet string was good, though I didn't think it was that good.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Buffs that would help the less busted legion arms: -Deus: Yeah, sure, just double radius and damage. It's so slow and requires positioning anyway. -Steel: Just make it nearly free so full meme legion arm only/punch only runs can work. -Pandemonium: Level 2 or 3 should slow enemies by a lot, and also increase explosion damage and acid proc buildup -Flamberge: Increase explosion damage and radius, increase fire proc buildup -Fulminis: A bit more range, especially on the sparks. Or even only on the sparks. Maybe slightly faster or more potent charges to disincentivize just spamming uncharged. Falcon Eyes slightly less recoil or startup time or both on the standing fire, because falling off a ledge while using it and/or just getting whacked is really dumb.

[@Felled-angel]

That acid arm absolutely destroys mini bosses

[@Kovar99YT]

the default legion arm has 2 level B scaling on it, its so good idk why people dont use it, plus it has a guaranteed stagger on some enemies, if you are not scaling motivity or advance, if not both, of course the arm isnt going to do damage....

[@darrickfoster8694]

The party window on the aegis is fucking nuts

[@dannyton8478]

when the first time i using the puppet strings , i've already knew it is the best legion arm.

[@gjdalupang4219]

The Left Arm of Steel can also break through guarding enemies, just another consideration for using it at certain areas/mini-boss fights or those shielded puppets (one at venigni factory, and around two at grand exhibition). sometimes you won't get the full use of legion arms due to the legion gauge, which can be maintained quite easily if you've invested a bit on Capacity and Advance, while taking some p-organ upgrades. i.e. legion gauge auto regen, legion gauge regen when using pulse cells (new game plus), regenerate legion gauge when killing an enemy, don't choose the increase legion magazine charge increase.

[@Ludovictor420]

The perfect parry with the Aegis is not a glitch. They clearly took a lot of things from Sekiro ( which is not a bad thing haha ), the loaded umbrella worked in the same way.

[@keonipleasants2616]

Puppet String is broken when fully upgraded. It's basically a cheat code for every boss and sub boss. Staggers really fast and doesn't use much Legion.

[@berrlett]

I went with the flameberge and the flacon eye.

[@pauldrayton3150]

Falcon eye is the daddy, it's saved me so many times

[@xaahd]

It's a sad day when punch is better than landmine. I honestly forgot the arms existed until almost the end of my first run. And then I forgot completely.

[@marumarukira]

Puppet string hands down my #1 Arm too! I know there are other builds that may be better than Puppet string. But maaaaaan, it feels like playing SEKIRO! it was the best thing ever! Aegis being #2 is perfectly ranked. I'd put deux and the Gun on both #3 tho as Tie. I see a huge potential dmg on Deux. But sadly, it's too tricky for me. As for the Gun, Love it but I have mixed feelings about it. The rest, I could care less about it. It never helped me progress in the game🤣

[@YTarikKalyoncu]

I think Lords of Fallen will be overshadowed by Lies of P. You should continue to make Lies of P content.

[@0nly5iK]

Actually aegis is the best when you have the right p-organs you can shield poke every enemy and boss in the game without taking any damage no joke.. aegis is easy mode

[@alexforce9]

Thats string attack is some anime protagonist level shit.

[@nematode8293]

The Aegis shield completely trivializes any boss fight once fully upgraded, if you're a high-capacity built. I'm in NG +7 and it's virtually impossible to die against bosses with this legion arm equipped.

[@maniacalmurderer4123]

The Iron arm is the best It doesn’t take any set up, you just punch

[@tharushafernando4410]

I disagree, I think legion arms are good. But you need get the automatic charging for legion arms and a few other P-organ upgrade.

[@Quessen]

Evolved humans are still considered humans. They are weak against acid too. So yeah there are more than some humans enemies in the game too.

[@10vitesse]

Yep. Deus ex machina is insanely good. I can understand that it might not be ones cup of tea due to the fact that you need to set it up vs instant effect of the others arms but ranking it below the regular arm is dumb lol

[@x0uzumakinaruto0x]

I understand why Deus Ex Machina was ranked so low, but it's more of a set up tool. It's not meant to be used during combat. However, that's also why I didn't really use it. I prefer to be in combat as soon as possible, so s set up tool isn't really for me. That said, I would definitely rank Eagle Eyes higher than Puppet String for one reason: Consistency. There are some circumstances where I wanted to puppet string myself to an enemy for a punish, but there must have been some sort of trigger or coding that made me unable to do so. Whether it's because of some special attack, coding, or whatever, there are times I want to punish an enemy that left itself wide open, but puppet string didn't let me drag my self over. Eagle Eyes, fully upgraded, allows me to hard punish these moments more consistently because I've never seen a situation where the missile doesn't stick. It does great damage, even with a balanced build, and it a great and safe way to punish enemies for using attacks you'd rather not get close to. So to me, Eagle Eyes would be 1, Puppet String 2.

[@captainlovebug]

BRUHHHHHHHHH Deus Ex Machina is so dope. It does a ton of stagger damage, super high damage at 30 motivity, and is super dope to lure them in and use it as part of your combo. Especially with charged heavy attacks since the detonation can essentially count as an additional charge heavy. You just need a little foresight. But I generally completely disagree with your weapon lists so I guess its a difference in opinion and play style.

[@RayThomasFilms]

Falcon eye with all the p organ upgrades and high motivity

[@Bloodwolf1922]

Acid damage does big damage to puppets not just humans. Just like the electric arm. The flame is the shittiest for puppets but good for humans.

[@albino5995]

Can’t believe how high the Fulminis is! That arm suuuuucks!

[@badatit576]

Deus ex last? When I was using it I actually thought it broke the game with how good it was. Can trivialize nearly any boss by just backing off and making them run into the mines, nevermind normal enemies. It beats literally everything without effort

[@KingPancakez]

Burnt out around 3/4 into NG+4; for me #1 is a tie between Aegis & Puppet String. Stuck with those 2 (didnt unlock the 3rd legion arm slot) into my latest pt. Swapping between those 2 on every boss fight is broken.

[@tomwhite7022]

Why 4 playthroughs? Only needs 3

[@YureiOni]

Flameberge, fulminus and puppet string are the only 3 worth using. Maaaybe pandemonium against human enemies.

[@AscendantStoic]

0:39 I'm not sure how you played the game multiple times and still don't realize that there are plenty of upgrades for Legion Arms that make them usable 100% of the time through the levels (killing enemy restores Legion bar) as well as during boss fights (increasing number of consumables and Legion auto-regen) ... I have been using them all the time in NG+ and NG++ and they destory most enemies and bosses way faster than any weapon can. 1:43 I think you are doing something horribly wrong because It's very easy to destory bosses and groups of regular enemies with Deus Ex, it deals tons of damage if you are a Motivity build, flinches most enemies and bosses with one or two explosions and also builds up stagger for Fatal attacks, it's the most OP arm after Puppet String.

[@thegamercat9809]

i killed nameless puppet on run 4 with only the aegis and a spear, i didnt even get damaged once its op