Simon Manus, Arm of God NG+ (Lies of P, PS5)

[@gaelnier4571]

I throw fire at it and fable arts his ass. WTF were they thinking with this: literally elden beast spamming shit in phase two and the delay... oh my....

[@Turtlesism]

I don't know TBH. There are parts of this fight that are simply nuts. Like he can fully do a certain combination of spells and then spam melee attacks that are simply impossible to avoid, dodge or do anything about as each one needs a different reaction to avoid but you can't do all three at once (running from the orb of disruption shots, parrying the melee attacks and dodging the wave spam). My goal always becomes get him down low enough to spam him down with throwables, especially remembering the shotput can break stagger.

[@zerothehero3426]

Hi, first of all congrats on the avhievement! I breezed my way through ng+ and melt it in first phase just to get overwhelmed by all the bs it throws at you in the second one. For the first time in my life its a challenge I think I cannot overcome. Do you have any suggestions in regards of P organ quarts placement?

[@Turtlesism]

I recommend the upgrades to stagger, pulse cells and such obviously. In terms of abilities, the dodge ambush is actually really good, because you can quickly attack immediately when sprinting or dodging, which you need to do a lot of. It improves the attack of both of these letting you hit pretty hard while still being defensive. At the same time, I also recommend the throwables upgrade to just toss shit at him and try to blitz him if you get him low (he's really easy to hit with a lot of throwables). Otherwise always focus on stagger and anything that improves attack. Another useful upgrade is the one that gives you one fable slot even after dying, which can be important for a few weapons. Edit: In NG+ the Black Market merchant in the Malum district sells all throwables in infinite amounts, so don't be afraid to grind the Chapter IX Ergo spot (it's on my channel too if you need the location) for a bit and then just stock up. You can 100% cheese every boss in the game by spamming a shit ton of throwables if you get truly annoyed.

[@laizerwoolf]

Why not use the aegis? I think its pretty OP especially in this fight.

[@Turtlesism]

It's pretty decent but you screw up the timing you'll eat shit sadly. This was basically safe and I wanted my platinum trophy, so I made 100% sure to rely only on what I was confident in.