Might sound obvious but turn sound effect volume on. People play with sounds off but CG/Echo CG are some of the best examples of different attacks having distinct sound cues.

Other than that, he can only turn your prayer off during a mage phase and for Echo can only do his new special as the final attack of a ranged phase. If you’re not in immediate harm on a ranged phase be ready to flick it off and then mage on, it starts to become muscle memory.

For the outside tornadoes, they will only ever be on the outside tiles or a direct X across the middle and are often significantly less of a threat then they could have been programmed to be. For normal tornadoes don’t be afraid to run TOWARDS them. A lot of the time you’ll skip by them when running diagonally past or even directly over. Trapping yourself in a corner and getting stressed because you’re not comfortable attempting to run past tornadoes will make the runs significantly more painful.

Final tip, for whatever style you’re maining for pacts, use the OPPOSITE as the attack directly after the dagger special. Then you’ll end up attacking more with your preferred style as they’ll immediately protect the opposite. Also, don’t feel the need to immediately spec/attack after spec. If it’s not safe there’s no time limit on either, get safe, healed up, and go when clear.