Tales of Arise - Mantis [Hard] - Shionne solo

You thought I was gonna leave the mantis be? Nah, its gonna catch these boolits.
This'll be the last video for the demo. Too much trouble to fight the special boss solo, since its only a one-time deal and building the levels takes time. Gonna remain a mystery until the full game for me =0v.
After getting used to its patterns, the mantis isn't too hard. Because of how the mantis's slash attacks can whiff, I try to evade in the same direction it attacks to get a perfect evasion. When it does its charging attack, perfect countering stops it in its tracks. It has quicker recovery time than the boar when this occurs, so I only have time for 1 arte before it attacks. Using Aqua Impact usually puts me in just the right position to aim for a perfect evasion on its next claw swipe.
At 50%, it goes into overlimit(OVL) and gets 3 bee mobs to assist in the fight. They can cause paralysis, so I opted to defeat them instead of leaving them be. As long as I keep an eye on the mantis, and perfect evade its charge attack, I will teleport towards my target, sometimes leaving me airborne to use Aqua Impact. This, coupled with Burnstrike, and Luke Divisio's homing ability, I can dispatch them quickly.
Kinda hated I got hit 4 times by the mantis, 2 due to miscalculation on distance when evading, and 1 on missed forward input(backstepped instead of stepping forward). That first OVL caught me cold though; keep forgetting about that in the heat of the moment. Not the best of takes, but I can live with this, given the resetting nature of the demo.

[@salem5167]

Pogggggg I love your Shionne gameplay it gives me life

[@salem5167]

Can I just ask, do you change anything about your camera settings when you load the demo? Or is it all the default?

[@frubam]

No, its all default. I never even though of trying the camera settings out to see how different max and low setting are D0=. But i haven't had any significant problems with it outside of bigger enemies trapping me against the wall.

[@llamatarian3913]

NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[@frubam]

my body is ready >=03.

[@datmouseb]

if you were to avoid using the counter attack and potentially breaking the enemy out of the charging animation, would it leave you with more opportunities to use burning strike while he's turning around instead having it recover from the "break" flinch and immediately charging again
I can't test this myself because I only have a pc lol

[@frubam]

Yes, that works as well, long as the attack isn't multihit(like its earth move).