The sheriff is Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi's brother. He's been in a few things.
Focus Points, ie mana for skills and spells. It might be worth keeping fire on the mail breaker in a second slot for versatility and putting magic weapon on a dagger, or maybe even a rapier to avoid the slight per hit damage reduction using the spell
. I might respec for it (still haven't ever done that) to try it out somewhere else., anywhere else the game is challenging but not impossible.
I both love and hate legend of mana. OST and art are both A+ and the story, as a sort of anthology work, can go in really weird and unexpected direction. But mannnnn the gameplay is so boring, the optimal strategy is just to basic attack and... thats it. Such a disappointment.
I respec’d to beat Malenia with RoB the first time, like most probably. Fire Giant, is somewhat weak to slash so if you don’t want to respec a katana with spinning slash, double slash, etc. ashes works well. His leg is a weak spot in phase 1, and his wrists/eye are in phase 2. Kinda like Radahn rot is effective, so either slap grease on a sword or use the incant. I’ve also done it with rotbone arrows. Pest Threads or Swarm of Flies are effective. Try dismounting off Torrent to dodge the opening avalanche attack. Iron Jar Alexander is available to help if you’ve been doing his quest. There’s always an easier way so don’t lose heart. For example if all else fails,*sigh* More Elden Ring.
Despite my resolution to beat it after playing it nigh exclusively for over a year, I think I might have hit my hard stop: the Fire Giant. Look, I know FROM loves their bigger-than-life bosses, but this is just absurd. I'm a melee character; on my 65" TV, when I'm within striking distance, all I see is his foot, and estimate his head to be a solid 4-5 FEET above where the screen ends. When one of his ankles takes up my ENTIRE screen while his attacks are 95% telegraphed by his hands and upper body in general, how the fuck am I supposed to deal with that?!? I literally can't see his attacks coming unless I'm far away... where I can't attack!! And he easily two-shots me. Despite him being probably the slowest, most plodding boss in the game, he's thus far been the hardest to dodge, y'know, since his attacks cover an entire fucking area code and usually knock me down leaving me vulnerable to a second attack. It feels like I'm trying to give Godzilla a pedicure while he's actively trying to kill me, i.e.: soul-crushingly not fun.
I just got the Rivers of Blood, so that's cool. Thank God I've not put a single point into Arcane to use it
I'll give it a shot. Like I said, I've never respec'd, but I might for RoB, and maybe try something ranged for the Fire Giant. It was just really disheartening having so little success with my current build. I wasted about 8 rune arcs before deciding he wasn't worth it anymore.
Tekken 8 Story Mode completed. The next to last boss fight has some bullshit regen health and input reading. I had to bump it down to easy to finish that section. Then back to Normal during the final fight. Excellent story mode all around and really innovative in how gameplay blends into cut-scenes. Now for the arcade modes.
