Tales of Graces ƒ - Mercurius [Richard Solo/No Damage/Chaos Mode]

I had this fight recorded since July but never got the chance to render it since my computer decided to remove all my softwares and drivers -_-
Mercurius is quite an heavy opponent, and his hurtbox is very annoying. Thankfully its stagger mitigation is pretty low and it's generally easy to find out different combos.
The goal here was to whiff my attacks to minimize the number of hits from both Sword Rain Alpha and Hurricane Thrust. That way, only the last hits of Unbridled Scorn would trigger dizzy and I can chain with Holy Lance.
Vertex Rose is perfect to recover some CC and get time to trigger another dizzy. However, only a left 1CC Arte can chain to it properly and you still need to time it right.
I decided to record 2 takes here. The first one doesn't use MAs for any strategic purpose though I use Accel mode. The second one uses the MAs and Antidote but I don't use Accel. Stats are /8 in both takes
I could have done a longer spell chain during that first take but I didn't really care to record it again. I still don't plan to do a full Richard run so I won't ever take much time with him.

[@KratosAurionPlays]

Why are videos like this so awesome to watch? I wish I was that good at these games XD

[@CrystalSpire]

" don't plan to do a full Richard run" Oh you know you won't resist~~~

[@TheTj334]

Whoa O:

[@Tsanshi]

so vampiric

[@gdastray]

TBH I have a fetish towards Holy Lances...

[@Muctales]

+gdastray Because it reminds you of Nibelung Valesti :p ?