Bricky experiences Balteus pre nerf

[@rgabi91]

Wish I could delete my memories so I could go back and play it again. When Balteus beats you for 3 hours straight than you come back on NG+ and snap him in 30 seconds. :D

[@rockblockstudio]

took me 4 hours and until about 5am in the morning. Absolutely painful, but such a great feeling

[@PropheticShadeZ]

What I love is that is really isn't hard if you are experienced, but really forces you to learn the systems they want you to

[@kemasahmadfathurrizqi3927]

Not gonna lie balteus felt like genichiro from sekiro. Really hard at first but after you beat him properly, he's just a pushover.

[@rgabi91]

@@PropheticShadeZ Climb the wall or get filtered. I wish Fromsoft to never change. :)

[@Exel3nce]

but genichiro was never hard....@@kemasahmadfathurrizqi3927

[@spiraljumper74]

Bricky’s movement when fighting Juggernaut was on point, he wasn’t quickboosting needlessly, he strafe-jumped the machine gun fire. Just good play.

[@h0ll0w0ne]

yeah, he's definitely got a good feel for it. That pile bunker hit, beautiful.

[@FrayedFate]

The biggest change I feel between normal Balteus and post-nerf is that damn grenade launcher. It always felt like it was getting spammed and knew exactly where you were going to be, and now it's just enough of an annoyance to be a threat without feeling like pure bs

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

I can definitely feel the difference in the rockets' tracking. Like Bricky I thought I could just dash through the 360 spread, just to get imploded by all the rockets turning 180° and pincushioning me. Now it's more of a tax on getting in rather than a threat to get turned into scrap if you dodge wrong.

[@rizuki7438]

For me its the missle tracking. Now im able to dodge most of the missle all the time compared to before the nerf

[@bishop782]

I just recently went back in after playing about 35-40 hours and tried the fight and I really feel like they nerfed it a little too much. I definitely recognize that I have more parts than were available to me and I've definitely grown as a pilot but I feel like I shouldn't have gone from a fight that took me a couple of hours to beat and made me exhilarated the entire time to a boss I beat on my first attempt and only used one repair kit on.

[@conjo8884]

i feel like most of the tracking as a whole got nerfed. but you'd only really feel it if you're a lightweight mech, you needed a really specific and tight route down from any position to not get acs overload. can't say if it was called for, as AC6 is the kind of game where beating bosses is like riding a bike. but i remember losing most of my health from a single brutally timed bazooka cup check before i've finally beaten him.

[@TheLegendsmith]

@@rizuki7438It was possible to do that before if you just assault boosted TOWARDS them and dodged once or twice during the AB. Because missile tracking isn't perfect.

[@Egalia_1]

I need Bricky Armored Core content injected into my veins. I’ve never been more hype for cool robots fighting

[@Lin-ij9vk]

best advice I can give to anyone struggling with Balteus is that the 100 rocket swarm isn't the hard part (honestly spam dodging when it's targeting you will mitigate 95% of the damage. I believe you can dodge it completely but you'd have to time it right), the part where he just chucks an unguided rocket/grenade is the bigger threat as it does crazy amounts of damage

[@katallica6677]

When I was new the unguided cannon got me pretty good; he telegraphs it pretty obviously with the way it moves backward and makes the cannon alert so it's an easy dodge to the side. Although, I did only rock a lightweight AC from start to finish.

[@zanechandler4709]

@@katallica6677 I too frequent the church of the zippy boi mech. We are speed.

[@S.G.W.C.]

certified bruh moment watching bricky shoot balteus out of range with his assault rifle and watching all the shots do no dmg and ricochet lol

[@HiroTeaShi]

Balteus is what taught me how to properly use hardlock. Sure, you lose accuracy as all the sweaty players keep saying. But having your sword swings not whiff and not get hit by attacks because you can't see the boss because it moved off screen feels a bit more important.

[@bocahdongo7769]

You better use hardlock for melee

[@ngngye]

15:45 Hehehehe, yeah THERES the reaction I clicked for. The feeling of getting past that touhou barrage losing ONLY a few hundred AP is like nothing else. Also, this fight is the one where you really learn about Hard Locking.

[@andylastname566]

Ironically it wasnt til Ayre that i learned to use Hardlock xD

[@itol2398]

Hardlock is tough on M&K, since the slightest touch to the mouse will break it. 😂

[@euaf-crimson1730]

Bruh i must be stupid or something cause i didn't learn about hard-lock until NG+

[@Varron22]

Ah yes, Balteus. The boss that will laugh at you when you say that you've learned to dodge a few missles.

[@crazyshak4827]

Bricky: *immediately volley fires missiles* Balteus: "Call and raise"

[@MinersLoveGames]

Beating pre-nerf or post-nerf Balteus is a badge of honor regardless. ... That being said, I beat Balteus pre-nerf and feel pretty good about it.

[@bvc5320]

S Ranked it Pre-Neef. Hope they update so the Alt Mission gets it's old stats.

[@Tuletegija12]

After 4 hours of having my ass handed to me i finally went full plasma and basically sailed trough balteus

[@thomaswedge42]

After quite a few attempts, I beat it pre-nerf the day before the nerf patch...

[@cadenmcerlean4920]

I am sad that I got busy after the game came out and didn't really get to play much pre-nerf, so I got to him but didn't beat him until after the nerf. I kinda wish there was a way to shoot the difficulty back up so I could finally get tevenge on the bastard before his neutering

[@BuffiestFluff]

He's not easier after the "nerf" they barely adjusted his weakest attack to hit less if you dodge properly. Nothing about his phase 2 was touched.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Fun Fact: A Balteus is a weapon belt roman soldiers used that looks roughly like the rings of the Balteus Boss. Fromsoft is literally hitting you with Daddy's Belt

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

29:34 PILE BUNKER MY BELOVED! You literally EXPLOSIVELY EMBED A SHARPENED STEEL TELEPHONE POLE in whatever poor bastard comes your way.

[@darthcookie2]

Someone needs to tell bricky that his hard lock keeps breaking if he moves the right stick

[@KurNorock]

Somebody also needs to tell him that his weapons have an effective range, and he's spending way too much time and ammo while outside of that range. 80% of his shots are completely wasted and doing no damage.

[@darthcookie2]

@@KurNorock was thinking about that, too. His shots with the pistols ricochet A L O T

[@nateklempner561]

I'll say this much... that was a phenomenal first attempt right there. The guy got Balteus down to the last shield duration (the boss automatically puts his shield back up after every 1/4th of his healthbar lost).

[@SnakeEater776]

bricky: launches 4 missles balteus: "haha, cute, *now its my turn* "

[@dajellyman13]

The only thing that we know was changed was the missile tracking. Most other stuff people describe is probably a placebo unless we can get confirmation from data miners. This is a common phenomenon when games and software update, people attribute things outside of the scope of an update or patch because it's a more visible and simplified explanation for said changes. For most people who beat him at or near launch, their second fight with them was on NG+, which would have been much easier regardless of the nerf as by that point most players will have OS tuning giving them damage resistance and extra attack power in addition to more expansion slots and better healing charges. Even without the mechanical bonuses, NG+ players are more likely to just be... better at the game through raw play time and experience with the systems and access to more specialized gear. This was my personal experience. I beat him a day or two after launch, pre-nerf, and then didn't fight him again until my second playthrough. I didn't know about the nerf, so when I crushed balteus first try, my first thought was "yeah that makes sense, I deal like 15% more damage across the board and know how to counter pulse defenses." Didn't even notice the missile tracking until I read up on the nerf. I just thought I was better at dodging after fighting all the other bosses.

[@iCatCloud]

Im glad i beat Balteus before the nerf, it felt sooooo satisfying, took a couple of rounds but it was a fun fight.

[@johntorreto4485]

Beating Balteus and Ibis pre-patch, gave me a superiority complex that would make V.II Snail look like Iguazu

[@WildWolfGod]

​@johntorreto4485 I managed to finish all 3 Playthroughs before the first nerfs hit and I'm glad. I would have been really disappointed if I got the watered experience of this game's bosses. I fucking LOVED it.

[@Ghorda9]

@@WildWolfGod the nerf didn't do that much to the bosses.

[@viggen88]

thankfully the nerf was pretty minor. The missile tracking is slightly worse now, and that’s the only change

[@Xardion55]

Like you managed to master the _Zero System..._

[@rafindeed]

I hope people that beat balteus post nerf can have the same satisfaction as people who beat it pre nerf cause holy shit, what an amazing, delightful and superb fight. Its such a amazing show of lights, coordination , high heart rate and an amazing music to wrap it up

[@Ikcatcher]

They will, it’s just that some people won’t shut up about their “pre-nerf” achievement

[@itol2398]

The fight is still hard with initial NG gear, there's just a lot less BS like 26:42 that you have to stress over. Watch those missiles and tell me that was okay.

[@rafindeed]

@@itol2398 as i said, i think it was a really fun fight that got me very excited from start to finish. The balance of a fight can be messed with few tweaks. I dont how badly it is was compared with now, i just felt like it was good and with some prep work and knowledge, it was achievable

[@weatherman1504]

They will be able to enjoy it, when people stop encouraging them to pirate the game to experience it.

[@caledfwltch]

bricky discovering the True Man’s World (the funny metal spike) is peak

[@jacobfelix7215]

V.IV Rusty, my beloved 🙏

[@jackalsniper4232]

This is truly The Balteus Experience

[@w3yr]

28:08 is why we play FromSoft games, GG! I loved how you paid attention to the boss's attacks and your own mistakes and immediately reflected on them. It's so refreshing to see unlike most streamers that just complain and whine the entire time. This was a well deserved win!🎉

[@weatherman1504]

Do you want people to pirate AC6? This is what I'm getting from this comment.

[@burnttoast.2017]

​@@weatherman1504No, what I get from this comment is that he finds Bricky to be more intelligent than the average streamer. You still have to learn current Balt too to win consistently. Those flamethrowers still fuck you up.

[@overestimatedforesight]

It's fun to watch Bricky go through a similar line of thought as I did when first facing him. I must have tried dozens of builds, but the one that finally worked was when I said "fuck shields, fuck armor, we're going for MAX manueverability/speed, dual missile pods, and using a sword."

[@Mirvra]

Kinda the same for me, I ended up using a sword (can't remember if we got the dagger yet at that fight or not, but it became my main melee weapon) vertical plasma missile launcher, and a handgun I think? Or maybe the assault rifle? (I tried a LOT of weapons...) Eventually I said fuck trying new builds, this works I just need MORE SPEED. Then every single try I was pushing my AC faster and faster, I have no idea how people play without hardlock, because by the time my fight with Balteus ended, I barely knew where the heck I even was anymore. I then did the same against Ayre :D Best waifu/enemy! Danced in the skies of Rubicon together, she was even better than Rusty.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Protip for Balteus if they ever bring back his difficulty in future; Stay either above or beneath him as much as you can, stay away from being aligned with his ring.

[@weatherman1504]

So, if they don't, you'd advocate for people to pirate the game then? Got it.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@weatherman1504 I have said nothing of the sort. Get your excuses Elsewhere.

[@weatherman1504]

@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 For PC players especially, the only way to beat the pre-nerf bosses is to pirate the game. This goes for beating pre-nerf Radahn in Elden Ring as well.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@weatherman1504 I'm gonna be honest with ya pal, You DON'T want to fight pre-nerf Balteus I beat Dark Souls Remastered every now and then for fun, and Day One Balteus beat my ass FOR SIX HOURS

[@weatherman1504]

@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 I've already done it, a long time ago. I pirated the game a long time ago and never bothered updating. I've also beaten pre-patch IBIS the same way. If I had bought the game, everyone would be calling me a bad person for playing the "nerfed" bosses.

[@cadenmcerlean4920]

I am happy to see that someone else also got bodied by Balteus on repeat for so long. Makes me happy to know it wasn't just me sucking. Little sad I didn't get to beat him before the nerf, was so busy with other stuff after it's release I haven't played it in like a month

[@Ch4pp13]

Think a vast majority of players got absolutely bodied by Balteus. The people who didn't are either super mega gamers or got lucky with the right weapon setup early on.

[@burnttoast.2017]

​@@Ch4pp13balt is a learning experience. Even my brother still got stuck on balt for awhile post nerf. I convinced him to try again after beating him for him and then quickly resetting the checkpoint. He's gotten a lot better after beating him.

[@koderion4103]

Anyone else waiting to see how he did with BALTEUS 2.0

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

the sheer fact that he's man-ing through the pre-nerf one and doing as well as he is means he should do fine in the later bosses.

[@weatherman1504]

So, you want people to pirate the game then?

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@weatherman1504 in what way is that incentivizing piracy?

[@weatherman1504]

@@thehumanstunlock7588 People keep lording the "pre-nerf" bosses over everyone who didn't play them. For PC players especially, the only way to play them is to pirate the unpatched game.

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

@@weatherman1504 i'm not 100% sure, but i'd assume there would be a mod out there that reverts the bosses to their pre-patch stats, so if someone wanted to fight them as they where they likely could.

[@weatherman1504]

@@thehumanstunlock7588 But then From "fans" would likely be like "you still didn't really beat the bosses because you were playing a mod". I can beat pre-patch Balteus, but something that can't be beaten is the ego of From "fans" (which is bigger than the STRIDER I'm sure). It's no longer "play this specific build or you never really beat the boss", it's now "play this specific version of the game or you never really beat the boss". Stuff like this is why I hate the From fandom

[@MrVedeh]

Amazing gamer right there, frustration but honest with mistakes and also game diffuculty and in the end triumphing. Bravo sir.

[@stitchy329]

32:38 WELCOME TO THE EUPHORIA THAT IS THE PILE BUNKER.

[@ProjectXa3-1]

Challenge mode: build for aesthetics and SSStyle!! and make it work

[@DoctoEris]

glad bricky found out about the pilebunker, probably one of the most satisfying melees out there since you can pretty much one shot some of the lighter AC builds once you get them to around 80% or 75% AP once you stagger them

[@4-0h-44]

I've skipped so much mid-fight dialogue by deleting people with the pile bunker, it's hilarious

[@nella544]

I am proud to be one of those who are able to claim I beat Balteus before the nerfs.

[@Jonsoner]

Same. It was the Balteus fight that taught me that kicking was not a meme, but an important part of fights.

[@Darkwings01]

I got both Balteus and IBIS before the nerfs, man I feel like a god for defeating them like that!

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Same here 👍

[@ARose-ik2mi]

NG++ pre nerf completer myself.

[@unknownelite92]

@Darkwings01 same here

[@karlwikman3874]

Absolutely best video game experience Ive ever had in my life. I was stuck on Balteus until 3.30 in the morning and loved every second of it

[@johntorreto4485]

If FromSoft charged real money per death, this boss alone would out profit EAs FIFA and Madden combined

[@alecpatrowicz2940]

DOUBLE MINIGUNS!!! Those things carried me through the whole damn game.

[@edtheminecraftian]

Bricky forgetting tha hard lock on exists is a thing lol

[@cernunnos1240]

Knowing to bring the pulse guns is the biggest tip to render balteus easy

[@xQc_Enjoyer777]

1:24 me realizing after 3 playthroughs that Rusty's legs aren't even reverse joints 🤯🤯

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

This boss took me 6 hours. It felt like 2.

[@RENENENEN]

Watching this at the beginning of 2025 makes me miss pre nerf balteus. The great filter of AC6. I remember him smoking me for hours but seeing this now made me really remember how much of a monster it is

[@Mechpilot0790]

If I'm having a hard time with a fast boi, I use etsujens to keep their stagger meter close to full, so when you get close you can pop it whenever

[@cursedimageseveryday5559]

This fight pre nerf felt to me like a race against time when I realised there is almost no consistent way to avoid those rocket barrages without taking any damages. I havent played that game post nerf so I don't know how it's now

[@bthsr7113]

15:00 The show begins here.

[@4dragons632]

It took me so long to call the pile bunker the pile bunker, for the first several weeks I was calling it the stake driver

[@cmsx1016]

I feel accomplished knowing I beat the entire game (all 3 endings) pre patch withought using the Zimmerman's.

[@johntorreto4485]

What about Stun Needles and Songbirds?

[@cmsx1016]

@johntorreto4485 no stun needles (minus the ice worm bossfight) and I did unfortunately use right shoulder songbirds on my main build but I didn't know how busted they were, I just thought they were to cool to not use.

[@pepitothefrogito7372]

@@cmsx1016 Just finished my NG++ run yesterday without using Zimmers, Songbirds and Stun Needles. Definitely more challenging and fulfilling.

[@cmsx1016]

@@pepitothefrogito7372 banger

[@viggen88]

@@cmsx1016I would’t call a single songbird op tbh. 2 is incredibly strong but 1 is just a good weapon

[@Grim_Unhinged]

I forgot the Straight up BS Balt could do, but that First Missile Rain brought it all back, they fire at you, then immediately come back after missing. Took me 7 ish hours to beat Pre nerf Balt. But I did it

[@excell211]

Balteus looks like he is using one of those walking-aid for babies...

[@katamed5205]

Bricky… that lady in the pit next to the wreck was a child!

[@Maple-Gaming-z7x]

14:42 Balteus Boss fight.

[@KurNorock]

Somebody needs to tell this guy about the expanded stats page. That way he can see that his weapons have a maximum effective range. Then he might not waste 80% of his shots shooting from 300-450 meters away, doing no damage. He could also learn why some other parts are better than they seem from just looking at the basic stats page.

[@ObsidianProductionsUK]

Is it bad that I held off watching this until I had some food ready so I could then commence the BIG entertainment session

[@xboxshift_7371]

I played this game the week it released. I dont know wtf I did because I remember beating Balteus on my first try. First time playing a AC game too and everything.

[@Celatra]

prolly cannons

[@Iscreamaboutleeches]

I beat balteus first try pre nerf. I didn’t realize people had trouble with him till I watched videos after. The spider and ibis were the ones that stumped me for a bit. I wish they never nerfed the bosses. I want a harder mode for this game I love it so much.

[@Azrael-XIII]

Lightweight core and Shotgun is definitely the way to go in this game. Double Shotgun stagger kind of trivializes most bosses.

[@sindra77]

I think they over-nerfed Balteus tbh. I think the full 180 turn on the missiles was overtuned, but I also think the missiles should still always clip you unless you're focusing on dodging when he uses them. Just seems like thats exactly what the missiles are for

[@weatherman1504]

Sounds like you want people to pirate the game tbh.

[@ionutalexandru3645]

The missiles weren't really a problem unless you were staying still. You would take like 200-300 dmg sure but it will still be fine. People overstate how much he was nerfed. What actually happened is Balteus was a wall boss that made people get good. Same thing happened to me in DS3. NK was my wall, I spent an entire Sunday afternoon trying to beat him. Was the hardest thing ever. My next playthrough of DS3 I beat him first try and I swear to god his moves where in slow motion. He was the same boss, but I just got better.

[@NECUVAH]

The problem is when you know boss weakness and almost defeated it, and always you near to death with 0,01 AP lol

[@VegetaIsMe23]

Also by the time you get to this boss you dont have alot of gear so its almost impossible to cheese on your first playthrough

[@badmanmarcelino2532]

Not mentioned in the title, "Bricky's first pilebunker nut"

[@VegetaIsMe23]

When i beat this guy i yelled out just like you. Almost scared my wife to death😂

[@Winter_Solstice_Nomad]

Bricky be like: "the electrical weapon skrews up my lock on" My brother in christ, you manually turned the lock on off!

[@spamhere1123]

True, but to be fair, the lock on is never really explained right. If you touch the right stick, it turns off, or at least you will lose lock. I went into it thinking even the hard lock would be maybe a 180 degrees sort of thing, and I'd have to manually re-aim if a target got behind me, but no! You just take your thumb completely off the stick, and it works.

[@DeanVarney]

For the best. Manual lock reduces accuracy anyway.

[@HiroTeaShi]

​@@DeanVarneybalteus is a big target so accuracy didn't matter here. What matters here was that Bricky kept getting decked because he couldn't keep balteus on screen to see incoming attacks

[@spamhere1123]

@@DeanVarney For guns, yes, by a small amount, but melee can struggle to track a target while manual aiming. And his pulse blade was his best weapon in that fight.

[@ionutalexandru3645]

@@spamhere1123 it legitimately took me until Ibis weapon to understand the lock on. Granted I was used to the older ACs soft lock on so it wasn't that bad, but Ibis was malenia 2.0 so yeah I struggled

[@hiaalways]

Balteus fist phase: Normal Balteus second phase: Lord of Cinder

[@DeanVarney]

I never had this experience. And had no idea this boss was supposed to be hard. I had stumbled into using all plasma weapons and they CHUNKED him pre-nerf 😂

[@solomon9655]

When discussing the nerfs I think everyone is forgetting about the OST Chip upgrades, which add up to making your AC incredibly strong. Without resetting your file, creating a new file, or resetting OST upgrades, you’re not actually able to test the challenge of early bosses as if it’s your first time. You are literally stronger than when you first fought something like Balteus. Not downplaying the nerfs (which are still dubious besides vague tracking and behavioral changes) but more so pointing out that the flat stat buffs under OST tuning might be actively hurting the game since they make a game with otherwise great balance a little too easy after a certain point, especially upon replaying levels.

[@weatherman1504]

Honestly, I feel like the people complaining about the nerfs want others to pirate the game. It's definitely the feel I'm getting.

[@burnttoast.2017]

​@@weatherman1504that's not the feeling your getting, that's the excuse your using for letting your emotions own you. Seriously, I swear is see you replying to every single comment in here that talks about how they didn't like the nerfs.

[@stormblaze9122]

Bricky discover the power of BIG Metal stick

[@Jamesotronart]

I thought Balteus was the worst thing that could happen to me in this game, then Ibis showed up...

[@vexelicious]

Those cloaked MFs are more annoying than a bunch of big ass tetrapods with sniper cannon or 6 bazookas.

[@ianchoi7142]

"I'm gonna go with a revolver." Bricky says, as he selects a pistol. On that note, I don't think there even is a revolver in the game.

[@weatherman1504]

If there were, that'd be very cool. Then we can all be proud creatures.

[@KurNorock]

"I'm gonna go with the revolver." As a gun enthusiast that statement ignited a rage so deep in my soul...

[@ferro9926]

This really piles my bunker

[@sandhiwistara9128]

It feel like fighting a German Shepard got mauled and then you go for the rematch the dog turn into Chihuahua

[@ScienceRules118]

Why did so many people not think to go back and get the pulse gun for this fight? It’s expressly called out as a gun for breaking pulse armor.

[@spatz2219]

The pulse blade is also really good against his shield, if you look into the details, it has a really high pulse armor modifier

[@kmdgaming6039]

No joke, I beat Balteus with a heavy biped with double VMLs, a burst rifle, and a grenade cannon with Pulse Armor. It felt amazing finally beating him after he clapped my cheeks for HOURS.

[@claptrappington5895]

Did you know, that that's an autonomous craft called balteus

[@nunuonroad9969]

Why is that that nobody uses hard lock lol especially fighting single enemies.

[@Slayton1978]

Glad to have experienced the same punishment as Bricky.

[@h0ll0w0ne]

I can't wait to see him face the Ibis Weapon

[@Hunter-gj9yq]

Simply put, FUCK the juggernaut, the fight took me over the course of day to beat.

[@217adaptiveperspective]

I beat Balteus on my first try earlier today during my first playthrough, so maybe the Nerf is as bad as people say

[@Reviitox]

He was hard, but I didn't get stuck on him like most people. Which is balanced out by getting stuck on Sea Spider for 2 hours

[@durandus676]

NG+ Balty needs to be unreasonably buffed

[@cethapplegate594]

I have a physical need for the pilebunker.

[@judgem0rt1s23]

I am so glad that I chose to get into Dark Souls. Ever since then, I have found a deep appreciation for From Soft's boss designs. They are hard, and make you think and even piss you off, but when you finally defeat them the rush you get feels so rewarding.

[@jairdinh7563]

This was the moment in the game I realized how bad ass this game really is.

[@1990loulou]

Bricky hasn't learned the glorious art of dual shotgun to the face and when Bricky saw the pile bunker all I heard was SpongeBob's I don't need it I don't need it.... I NEED IT!!!!!!

[@silveredbullet802]

Glad to have experienced Balteus pre nerf, because i can be proud to say I was not filtered.

[@weatherman1504]

You want people to pirate the game then. That's what I'm getting from all of these "pre-nerf" comments.

[@faze_chebbz]

@@weatherman1504you must be a lobotomite to assume that then

[@weatherman1504]

@@faze_chebbz Nah, I'm not the one lording the pre-nerf fights over everyone.

[@SpecterOfSide2]

i beat this pre nerf and now ill get to do it post nerf to get my all s rank stuff

[@the_frenchiest_fry6577]

I have no idea if i beat him before the nerf, but I hope I did

[@harrymcgrory2531]

God these can't come out often enough

[@WordoftheElderGods]

There’s not much of a difference pre or post nerf.

[@dragonspit77]

I'm sad I wasn't able to beat Balteus before nerf, I only just started playing.

[@Mare_Man]

It's not nearly as significant a change as people make it out to be, don't worry.

[@thesaucyprophesy2939]

It’s really not a major nerf, people just have no frame of reference for his difficulty anymore bc they beat him seventy times already

[@TheLocalPigeon2024]

Space AK and Space Spaz-12 go brrrrrr

[@codyskull2594]

Oh, so I wasn't the only one who had a problem with Maeterlinck?

[@mixsys4045]

Might help if you actually used the lock-on function instead of relying on shooter dual-stick controls. lol

[@phoenixx913]

I beat him pre nerf and what did it for me was the Laser blade and boost kick.

[@weatherman1504]

Do you also want people to pirate this game?

[@RubberSpatula]

Hey Bricky, hard lock can really hinder your weapon tracking.

[@azevol216]

Fighting pre-patch balteus for the first time do be like that

[@weatherman1504]

You sound like you want people to pirate the game.

[@Deathven1482]

I managed to beat Balteus pre nerf. But man I couldnt do the Ibis fight before that.

[@weatherman1504]

Do you want people to pirate AC6?

[@encoded3906]

I beat pre-nerf Balteus... I raged for nearly 2 hours but finally found the right combo.

[@weatherman1504]

Would you advocate for pirating this game then?

[@Last_Freelancer]

After Watching this I am simultaneously glad and sad that I only decided to Pirate the game after Balteus was nerfed (i ended up with v.1.04) Also, don't worry I have actually bought the game now. Total playtime 33.3 Hours on Steam, completed all three endings and working on S-Ranks