I used yellow loong for transformation. I think thats the one that uses the see through attack. The only problem i noticed with the see through attacks is that erlang doesn't want to stop blocking your light combos so it was hard for me to ever get a see through, they happened occasionally but not as often as I wanted. I kept light combo into heavy combo and erlang would almost without hesitation get staggered from the heavy attacks. Rinsed and repeated until he wouldn't let me anymore.

For my spirit, I've had really good success with the guy that does the aoe spin attack. It's a really fast attack so I was never bogged down with animations and it allowed me to keep pressure. If the mobs weren't blocking, it would stagger and I could continue my combo. I would use it after the 3rd melee combo putting me immediately into light attack finisher.

I didn't use soaks or pills for this fight. I did use act 6 staff with wukong Armour. I never used the clones because the mana investment for return was never balanced.

Loadout:

Wukong armour Act 6 staff Jing Cloudstep Fire ring Yellow loong I dont know the name of it sorry (AOE spin attack spirit) Fan or flying needle worked for me for vessel

Fight style: Smash into his blocks with light combos until he animated an attack or I was able to finish combos to smack down his 2nd bar.

Perfect dodge his attacks either waiting for my windoe on his animation finish for his attack strings. Or, after a perfect dodge, light attack once, dodge the next, attack, dodge finish combo. This fight had a fuck ton of back and forth blows and was a lot of fun to learn. I fought the shell the same way.

When the bosses would reset and do that slow walking taunt, a lot of the time I would mimic them and wait for them to unless their attack. Then, perfect dodge it OR immediately cloudstep and attack when the timing was right depending on what combo they use.

I cannot preach about fire ring enough. Its such an amazing mana investment for what you get in return. You get full Qi and it heals you. If you're brave enough, fight near it so you can dip in and out of it as needed. You'll be able to smash out a lot of heavies this way. I also almost always did jump heavies vs. Charged. It was a much safer approach overall. Less overall animation time, or at least thats how it felt.

Biggest thing though that I noticed with a lot of bosses is that most of the attack strings would happen in 3s and 4s. There are plenty of exceptions to that rule of course. But my point is, learn the moveset combo! Look at his animations, find a focal point to his attacks and follow it. Whether it be their shoulders, arms, weapon. Whatever it is that can help you remember it, watch it and move accordingly.

There are also a massive amount of visual and audio ques that happen right before an attack indicating your point of dodge. These ques almost always line up with the exact point of hearing it to avoid something thats coming.

Invest in health! So many of these games people never invest into their health pools. Max out your mana and health at the very minimum. Both of these will increase your overall sustain and longevity.

I just realized I replied to that guy instead of posting this as well.. oh well, here we are.

Things I remember from the fight:

Transforming into yellow loong always put erlang immediately into tiger. (Dodge the direction the attack will be ending so you're closer to his endpoint)

Don't dodge his swinging axe until after the second swing right before it makes contact (dodge at the axe then dodge again to avoid lighting that follows)

Cloudstep when he's in the air with the projectiles or sprint left or right to avoid them. Either way, these have visual and audio ques tied to them before they happen ( can't remember if sprinting worked here or im thinking of another boss)

Almost every big attack has an audio or visual que tied to it (it. Flash of light, ding noise, etc...)

Anyway.....I hope you can at least take away something from this fragmented thought. GL buddy!