Octopath CotC: Tikilen EX2 (Adversary Log)

[@paul_tomate1612]

21:53 the speed up roahr from linde sounds so silly 😂

[@BruniPlaysOctopath]

I say it's because the videos would be too long otherwise, but honestly I also just speed up my videos because the chipmunk voices and sound effects make me laugh every time lmao

[@jonathancook1731]

Man that took a long time even at chipmunk speed. Imagine how bad an EX Largo fight is going to be going through all his adds. Yunnie will be tough too. Oh! And Yan Long last phase!! Sacred Flame help us!

[@BruniPlaysOctopath]

Oh man I don't even wanna consider Largo yet, that's definitely gonna be the worst. That last wave of adds was almost impossible to survive even in the normal arena fight, imagine EX level for that 🥲

[@mellontanamar7950]

You know, for as tedious as these refights can be I'm actually kinda glad skipping phases isn't that much of an option. Nice to see the actual arena mechanics again yknow? Finished EX3 Ritu and only had a mild heart attack in the end when I realized she had a lightning AoE with 3 turns of paralysis attached to it (my EX Fiore did not have the ailment dog as keeper). Luckily it didn't matter

[@BruniPlaysOctopath]

Agreed, it hit those good old early cotc vibes for me! I remember how I struggled with the initial arena fights on release, so seeing the mechanics back here definitely made me a bit nostalgic or something haha. It's a slow going due to the huge hp pools, but that's the only gripe I have with it. Grats on beating the EX3! How bad was it, turn count-wise? I assumed this one would take me over 60 turns so I didn't even try, but if they're not that far off from EX2 then maybe...

[@mellontanamar7950]

Well like always it depends on the team but my EX1 attempt was 43 turns, EX2 was 41 turns (must have really gamed here or fumbled EX1) and EX3 was 52 turns. I never quite managed to perfect break as I always forgot to check turn order during Divine Beast break (Sofia EX was my WindRes down breaker and she was always in the front taking the lowered speed AoE) Funnily enough my max damage in 1 turn went up with every EX though (968k on my EX3 fight), although I assume that just comes from a really good AoE break turn early in the fight.

[@BruniPlaysOctopath]

@@mellontanamar7950 that seems on track for me as well, I had 41 turns on EX1, EX2 47, so EX3 should be a bit longer. That's not too terrible, maybe I'll give it a try anyway. I'll beat them all up to EX2 first though, I want my accessories :D

[@TrefleeFL]

The most annoying part to me isn't the fact that it takes ages, nor that the crit phase is annoying (easily manageable with Ditraina). No, the most annoying things are the random crits on the sword AoE. :/ They deal a little over 4000 damage if I remember correctly, which is unfortunate as the Ditraina I use has a little less than 4000 HP. I think these fights are mostly fine, but they really should have nerfed the AoEs. It's not really fun to get one shot because of an unpredictable crit on turn 40. xD

[@BruniPlaysOctopath]

Yeah the damage output can be pretty brutal. It's why Tatloch and Rinyuu are on pretty much all my adversary teams, 30% def up from Tat's passive and Rinyuu's prayer is verrrry welcome. But they are supposed to be hard so I guess it's only fair for them to force us to teambuild around the dmg output haha.