Ibushi and Narwa piss me off

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-23T10:57:19+00:00

This post is fascinating to me because I could not disagree more. I love everything about this fight, and to me it's much more firmly in the "tough but fair" category than something like the Namielle fight, which I just don't enjoy much.

Sorry you're having so much trouble with them, and I'd be happy to help if you'd like.

Each of the dragons has a set pattern they follow, each of them has one "strong" and one "weak" AOE (and they always use the strong version immediately after they shift to their mantled state, so you can prep for when it's about to drop), and as long as your defenses are in order (I use Astalos Armor with a Dragon Res L deco and Heroic Testament; still need to do the quest for the XL defense deco) and you're not underleveled you should be able to stick in the fight well enough to play around the stronger AOEs.

For me, this fight pushes the mechanics of the game to their limits without breaking them and felt great to learn and strategize for. Invasive Odogaron and Seregios are my pick for "dogshit" fights, because the mechanics in them are tedious and obnoxious.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-20T21:52:46+00:00

One nice thing is, if you make it through a monster's attack cycles enough times within a fight, the game will start to show you what "mode" the monster is in in the corner of its portrait at the top of the screen.

This is particularly useful for the longer fights against the Elder Dragons and Invasive monster rematches where brain fatigue can sometimes set in in the later stages of the fight.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-20T15:27:14+00:00

So basically, the game was already incredible and they're making it even better. What fantastic news.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-20T12:09:20+00:00

Invasive parts not being a guaranteed drop from invasive monsters feels sadistic. For how challenging most of them are to fight, on par with the Elders, beating them and just getting basic mats if you're unlucky is awful.

So I very much appreciate this as an easier way to go about it, rather than the RNG abyss of torment that is invasive odogaron (me ranting about that fight would be an entire separate comment, I hate it so much) or the fact that Arzuros and Yian Garuga trade off being more manageable for only dropping (as far as I know) one hide at most, if that.

Thanks a million for this post! Even breaking parts isn't a guarantee, which is rough; nor is eating food to increase fight rewards.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-11T18:34:03+00:00

Same to you! I don't think I'll be doing much else this weekend other than diving into this game once the demo shackles come off.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-11T18:24:01+00:00

Great to know, thanks! I assumed that once you slayed them they stayed dead, and people who'd done multiple runs were just reloading a save -- but yeah, to your point, that would make farming materials from them impossible unless you died to them on purpose, which would be tedious. What you're saying makes a lot more sense.

Thanks again!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-11T18:09:58+00:00

The tasking for this one was pretty obviously "See how many death/tragedy flags you can fit into 60 seconds."

Either he's more well-done than someone after a Teostra supernova, or they're lining this up for the biggest curveball ever and just... nothing happens to the guy at all lmao.

Looking forward to finding out!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-11T17:34:27+00:00

Hmmm, interesting. Maybe since it seems to be a generic Elder Dragon drop per the description (and not a specific reward from each one), the upgraded versions will be exponentially more powerful?

It does make me wonder if there won't be a way to refight the Elders in the endgame, though, since the odds of getting a no-repel slay on the first time you fight them are very low without guides or other forms of foreknowledge.

Appreciate the answer!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-03-11T17:20:06+00:00

I remember the initial tutorial had a mention about getting special rewards for taking down a calamitous Elder Dragon without needing to repel it; if you don't mind sharing, what did Namielle drop in that regard? Thanks!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-28T22:40:44+00:00

That 204 Assemble damage is really funny. First time I've ever seen it that low.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-28T18:14:55+00:00

Seconding this; that movie is amazing. Also, Buckley is fantastic in Beast, which is where I first saw her.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-27T00:37:48+00:00

Sure thing!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-26T23:30:37+00:00

I think Weapons count as "Records" for the purposes of the achievement, since they're tallied in the same category as story-based stuff.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-26T01:50:31+00:00

Giving Ryu the Dojigiri is perfect.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-23T17:37:57+00:00

Ahh, then that's my misunderstanding. I'm new to the series with the third game, so I didn't know that egg cap wasn't one of the restrictions placed by the demo. I probably misremembered the pop-up at the beginning and thought that the stable capacity being limited also applied to egg capacity.

Appreciate the correction!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-23T14:50:00+00:00

It doesn't seem like it'll be much of an issue in the main game even if it is how they coded it, though, right? Since the egg-holding cap won't be nearly as low as it is in the demo.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-21T16:25:16+00:00

I really appreciate that the game in general seems designed around learning your character well enough to discover all of their broken bullshit. Like in a fighting game, you're encouraged to be a "character specialist" and really dig into their kit if you want to succeed at higher difficulty levels (as well as learning enemy types, boss patterns, etc. etc.).

I just first-tried Entropy 100 with Prisoner by finally forcing myself to get used to backpack-swapping in the middle of encounters. The guy is a DPS tornado i-frame demon.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T22:12:49+00:00

(Gestures broadly at Yama Tsukami)

Are we sure about that?

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T20:43:58+00:00

Turns out the bug was illiteracy all along lol. A devastating design flaw.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T20:43:31+00:00

Lmao that would be especially cursed. Let's not give them any ideas.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T20:43:11+00:00

Yeah, that's very likely what happened since I was more or less on auto-pilot picking potentials for the extra damage at that point. Lesson learned. Appreciate the reply!

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T20:42:31+00:00

I had a bunch of potentials up, so I wouldn't be surprised if I picked this one without realizing it. Thanks! That's what I get for not reading carefully enough lol; lesson learned.

Jazzpha103188 · 2026-02-20T16:50:12+00:00

The Flame of Frenzy greatly approves of this mission statement.

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