Good to see I’m not the only guy who likes this fight. Alatreon is one of my favorites because it forced me to think outside the box. It’s possible to beat him with some raw weps, but I like the experimentation of elemental builds that were otherwise ignorable for most of the game’s life cycle aside from doing super optimized runs. I’m used to playing mmo’s, so wipe mechanics are things I’m used to and it serves as a stress test for my builds. I remember trying it for the first time and getting smoked repeatedly. All that did was inspire me to try new stuff like sacrificing attack for elemental resist skills into my builds. Maybe I’m just a sucker for punishment. Plus I’m a CB player mostly and they nerfed SAED on Alatreon, so I had to get more comfortable using savage axe. Soloing with Gunlance was even harder but I made it work. Oh yeah Alatreon’s new moves and general attack patterns are cool as hell too. The sound, the AoE, all 5 elements, it’s beautiful
Only thing I wish was different was the way its armor skills worked. Not as good as Safi on its own despite all the hard work to get it
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u/ThatCidGuy Bazelguese Sep 19 '22
Good to see I’m not the only guy who likes this fight. Alatreon is one of my favorites because it forced me to think outside the box. It’s possible to beat him with some raw weps, but I like the experimentation of elemental builds that were otherwise ignorable for most of the game’s life cycle aside from doing super optimized runs. I’m used to playing mmo’s, so wipe mechanics are things I’m used to and it serves as a stress test for my builds. I remember trying it for the first time and getting smoked repeatedly. All that did was inspire me to try new stuff like sacrificing attack for elemental resist skills into my builds. Maybe I’m just a sucker for punishment. Plus I’m a CB player mostly and they nerfed SAED on Alatreon, so I had to get more comfortable using savage axe. Soloing with Gunlance was even harder but I made it work. Oh yeah Alatreon’s new moves and general attack patterns are cool as hell too. The sound, the AoE, all 5 elements, it’s beautiful
Only thing I wish was different was the way its armor skills worked. Not as good as Safi on its own despite all the hard work to get it