First encounter with Risen Shagaru Magala (Courage Hammer) - 傀異克服 シャガルマガラ ハンマー ソロ 【サンブレイク】

Difficult fight. The whole design of the majority of the monsters in Sunbreak is how they'll do really long sequences and then stop for a bit.
Shagaru does this but it's its fast taunt/recovery animation, instead of being something a bit longer. So this was really painful with Hammer, I had trouble capitalising on these short openings, at some points I could somewhat control the fight and then everything falls appart.
This is good though. This is an actually challenging encounter, I'd say Risen Shagaru is about as difficult as Afflicted Chaotic Gore. While Risen Shagaru Magala is much faster, it's compensated by its AoEs going in easier to avoid directions compared to Chaotic.
Visually this is also one of the best fights in the game. Risen Shagaru Magala looks absolutely beautiful, especially in its frenzy and Risen forms combined, with orange particles flying off of its mouth and arms, overall the clash of white, orange and purple just looks super nice, it reminds me of photography I took recently in Cyberpunk where I used this dense contrast of dark blue, orange, black and white.
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