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Kittens :3 · 10-30-2008

Ecclesia Boss: Barlowe "The Old Fucker"

BARLOWE GETS HIS OWN POST.

Barlowe is a fucking giant piece of slut, okay. He is so much harder in hard mode, it's not funny. All his moves are vastly improved except for Globus. Ascias are probably your best bet, since they let you stay on the ground and it makes it easier to steal a Globus for extra hearts. Use only as many crushes as to keep your hearts below maximum so when you do steal a Globus, the hearts aren't wasted. When he enters his second phase, go nuts on the crushes and bring him down asap, his second phase is ridiculous. Also like Albus his hitbox doesn't damage you since he's a Hume.

Dodging Globus: Run to the opposite wall that he fired them from, time it and double jump, the Globus' will hit the lower wall somewhere and miss. Stay on that side until they dissipate.

Dodging Fireballs: Compared to normal mode, he fires twice as many fireballs in the same amount of time, ten in total. Dodging them is really tough. If you see it coming, run in front of him, and double jump just as the first one shoots. Land and run straight towards and under him, if you run straight you'll stay barely ahead of the fireballs, and you hold off your jump until the tenth one. If you get caught by surprise, try to be in front of him even a little bit when he starts firing. Run behind him and you need to double jump. Time it properly and you'll slip between two fireballs, once you hit the ground, duck immediately and slide back towards him.

Dodging Elecritcity Sphere: In hard mode, he does a second pass during this move, so it lasts twice as long. Run to the closest wall, he won't move in that direction first. Time it properly and double jump, he'll smash somewhere into the lower wall. Once you hit the ground, duck, he'll come back and hit the middle wall. Once I have been hit ducking on his second pass, so occasionally by some wierd motion, he flies a lot lower, on his second pass. I've been completely unable to predict this so I stick with the above plan. He does fairly often fly a lot lower on his first pass though, so jump over that, but you don't have enough time to get that high again for his second pass before he hits the wall, so if you try to jump both you'll get smacked in the face.

Dodging Glacias: Oh gods. In normal mode, you can double jump over the duration of the frozen floor easily, in hard mode, it lasts twice as long, so double jumping over it is out of the question. However it is still possible to dodge this, albeit extremely difficult. before the floor freezes, jump. Now, you need to jump a second time as soon as one of Chanoix's legs touches the floor, this will count as a regular jump, that you can double jump from. Be warned if both of Chanoix's legs touch the floor, you get frozen, the window is only a few frames, significantly less than a half a second. If you successfully dodge Glacias he'll immediately chain a Globus from the floor, so be ready to absorb that.

Dodging fire punches: He starts this in his second phase, and it is a huge slut too, they come twice as fast, so if you get hit by one, he horizontally juggles you until he finishes the combo, if you get hit early you're instantly dead. When he shouts "Die Chanoix!" be ready, and watch which direction he comes from. Run the opposite direction and short hop over the punches. Reverse direction as soon as he fades and continue doing so until he ends the attack. Remember that Barlow's hitbox doesn't damage you itself, only the fire punch does. Also don't jump too high, you'll lose too much vertical control and get nailed by his next punch. Also recover frames from landing a high jump will fuck you.

Blow all your crushes and go crazy on the damage once he enters his second phase, and you shouldn't have to dodge more than two fire punches, GL~

10-30-2008	#2 (permalink)
Name: Kittens :3 Fou-Lu Fangirl Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 157	Ecclesia Boss: Barlowe "The Old Fucker" BARLOWE GETS HIS OWN POST. Barlowe is a fucking giant piece of slut, okay. He is so much harder in hard mode, it's not funny. All his moves are vastly improved except for Globus. Ascias are probably your best bet, since they let you stay on the ground and it makes it easier to steal a Globus for extra hearts. Use only as many crushes as to keep your hearts below maximum so when you do steal a Globus, the hearts aren't wasted. When he enters his second phase, go nuts on the crushes and bring him down asap, his second phase is ridiculous. Also like Albus his hitbox doesn't damage you since he's a Hume. Dodging Globus: Run to the opposite wall that he fired them from, time it and double jump, the Globus' will hit the lower wall somewhere and miss. Stay on that side until they dissipate. Dodging Fireballs: Compared to normal mode, he fires twice as many fireballs in the same amount of time, ten in total. Dodging them is really tough. If you see it coming, run in front of him, and double jump just as the first one shoots. Land and run straight towards and under him, if you run straight you'll stay barely ahead of the fireballs, and you hold off your jump until the tenth one. If you get caught by surprise, try to be in front of him even a little bit when he starts firing. Run behind him and you need to double jump. Time it properly and you'll slip between two fireballs, once you hit the ground, duck immediately and slide back towards him. Dodging Elecritcity Sphere: In hard mode, he does a second pass during this move, so it lasts twice as long. Run to the closest wall, he won't move in that direction first. Time it properly and double jump, he'll smash somewhere into the lower wall. Once you hit the ground, duck, he'll come back and hit the middle wall. Once I have been hit ducking on his second pass, so occasionally by some wierd motion, he flies a lot lower, on his second pass. I've been completely unable to predict this so I stick with the above plan. He does fairly often fly a lot lower on his first pass though, so jump over that, but you don't have enough time to get that high again for his second pass before he hits the wall, so if you try to jump both you'll get smacked in the face. Dodging Glacias: Oh gods. In normal mode, you can double jump over the duration of the frozen floor easily, in hard mode, it lasts twice as long, so double jumping over it is out of the question. However it is still possible to dodge this, albeit extremely difficult. before the floor freezes, jump. Now, you need to jump a second time as soon as one of Chanoix's legs touches the floor, this will count as a regular jump, that you can double jump from. Be warned if both of Chanoix's legs touch the floor, you get frozen, the window is only a few frames, significantly less than a half a second. If you successfully dodge Glacias he'll immediately chain a Globus from the floor, so be ready to absorb that. Dodging fire punches: He starts this in his second phase, and it is a huge slut too, they come twice as fast, so if you get hit by one, he horizontally juggles you until he finishes the combo, if you get hit early you're instantly dead. When he shouts "Die Chanoix!" be ready, and watch which direction he comes from. Run the opposite direction and short hop over the punches. Reverse direction as soon as he fades and continue doing so until he ends the attack. Remember that Barlow's hitbox doesn't damage you itself, only the fire punch does. Also don't jump too high, you'll lose too much vertical control and get nailed by his next punch. Also recover frames from landing a high jump will fuck you. Blow all your crushes and go crazy on the damage once he enters his second phase, and you shouldn't have to dodge more than two fire punches, GL~ __________________ Snorlax is what you might call a motherfucker "Kittens, your asshole will soon feel the fury of five thousand dicks, and yet! It shall be the work of but a single dick. Mine." ~ Kain Last edited by Kittens :3; 10-30-2008 at 02:48 PM.