The bosses this time around were slightly more challenging and some were super fucking annoying. There were some notable ones ill go over here. Before that i would like to describe my general team setup for the fights ill go over:
Lloyd: Evasion Tank
Tio: Mage Dps/ Off healer
Elie: Dps/ jack of all trades
Randy: Full dps?no arts damage whatsoever
support changes but for general: Noel and Dudley
For starters the scarlet Ogre, the first encounter with the timer. Holy fuck that man hits hard and although i know youre meant to survive and not win(ill assume you get DP if you do)it gave me a preview of how his real boss fight was gonna play out. Now the real Scarlet Ogre fight was a test of the pain tolerance of my team, real hard hitter compared to the others and their domains. Noel(CDF) that fight was tedious because at that point i had committed Llyod to full tank so had no real damage, on top of that her fucking s-craft would almost one shot me and at times she would take 2 turns back to back which would spell defeat since usually was craft + S-craft. The only saving grace is that Lloyd was avoiding most of her attacks so that would give me time to heal/buff. Wazy is a bitch as a normal human and as a demon, but his sword hit like a truck although doesn't matter since i tend to have my team spread when its just a single boss. Special shoutout to Aeolia and Lynn for making me sweat despite being a fucking side quest. Lynn when she goes Xinglong or whatever the fuck makes later bosses hit like a wet noodle and Aeolia on support...holy fuck where were they during Liber Ark, they could have solo'd Weiss, loewe and the enforcers. Arianrhod(My beloved)was an experience to fight both mechanically and story wise. She is in my opinion the best boss in the game and maybe stands as one of the best in the franchise. So as a fellow kiwi pointed out, her mask has its own health bar, i found that the hard way. She hits hard and her S-craft is basically a game over unless you're buffed or have immunity. i had to get creative and use Lloyd to isolate her while i had randy hitting her and tio and elie using arts and being support and with A-reflex, Adamantine wall and alot of evasion i managed to "win"(ill assume if you actually beat then youll get DP) Now funny story happened with that fight. i have gone in blind when going against bosses so i take every fight like i have to win, even if the condition is to lose. That said after getting pounded by Aria(My beloved) the first time i actually broke her mask i thought the fight would finish, yet i saw that health bar fill up completely and i felt dread, despair, sadness and helpleness. so much that i straight up closed the game and went out for a walk, now i didnt know that after breaking her mask if you were defeated the game would continue so imagine how i felt after that realization. Arios as a boss was challenging because he had a repertoire of moves to fuck me over and his minions were annoying because i had to juggle them while dealing with Arios and A-reflex did jack shit because the magic reflected had ATT GUARD. I would try to isolate him but he had this hate boner towards Tio and Elie so it made the fight annoying.
