I didn't expect to encounter the upgraded Great Filter again. Arquebus Balteus had some cool upgrades. Sometimes I wish that I could pilot the Boss's AC Unit. I would love to use that giant purple laser in battle!
Doing this fight with chapter 1 parts and taking it down first try was extremely satisfying and gave me a new appreciation for a strategy that would easily dismantle Balteus I on new game. Pulse blade, the smaller shotgun, and double bazookas is surprisingly good against both versions. The Midir laser caught me offguard but luckily my panic reaction was at AB directly towards him so I only lost half my health, and then I basically stagger looped him by making sure I had every cooldown up and breaking the shield with a single shotgun blast. Double bazookas, two-hit combo, boost kick, shotgun, wait for him to sit still then rock his world with the bazookas. Two staggers per shield break means you can two-cycle him with this setup and I nearly did that first try but needed a third shield break bc of cooldown management. Getting revenge for the hour i spent on the first version felt great, I realized how much better I'd become in between those fights.
I didn't expect to encounter the upgraded Great Filter again. Arquebus Balteus had some cool upgrades. Sometimes I wish that I could pilot the Boss's AC Unit. I would love to use that giant purple laser in battle!
Doing this fight with chapter 1 parts and taking it down first try was extremely satisfying and gave me a new appreciation for a strategy that would easily dismantle Balteus I on new game. Pulse blade, the smaller shotgun, and double bazookas is surprisingly good against both versions. The Midir laser caught me offguard but luckily my panic reaction was at AB directly towards him so I only lost half my health, and then I basically stagger looped him by making sure I had every cooldown up and breaking the shield with a single shotgun blast. Double bazookas, two-hit combo, boost kick, shotgun, wait for him to sit still then rock his world with the bazookas. Two staggers per shield break means you can two-cycle him with this setup and I nearly did that first try but needed a third shield break bc of cooldown management. Getting revenge for the hour i spent on the first version felt great, I realized how much better I'd become in between those fights.
Halfway through ng++ and this fight was one of two fights to make me have to bust out a meta build. The other being the defense of the mining ship.
Oh jeeze yea, that defense mission was a very nasty surprise.
I really wish there's a boss challenge mode where you could just fight bosses without going through the whole stage 😞
Excellent schmoovement @1:12. Otherwise a p lame showing. Good job.
Nah. Balteus is only hard the first time due to limited build options. Second time around was a first try for me.