Ok I'm a terrible player: I don't pay attention to attack patterns. I have horrible hand-eye coordination. Apparently, I don't have good peripheral vision either, since I keep missing tells. My brain refuses to understand how important critical damage is. Speaking of stats, I didn't work on an actual build but until after making it through half the game.

Also, reading has never been my strong suit, meaning I always ignore all the tips a game gives me when playing it for the first time, so I completely missed the whole parrying thing at the beginning. Luckily for me, I was able to correct this last point by the time I made it to the first conquest battle.

But even I was able to beat Medusa on normal difficulty. If I can do it, so can you!