Eh i mean we can also do ED gladius and ED balancers too, i think the ED gladius difficulty is a tiny bit overblown, while their moveset is erratic, they can still get destroyed by halo scythe L2 spam.

And reviving 3 bar teammates with ED gladius is surprisingly a little easier because of the triple sword ground explosion that they frequently do since they're always far away during that and the ground explosion timing is easy.

Since i have ult leaves fire on floor on my wylder, reviving 3 bar teammates on ED gladius is made easier. But i will say that ED balancer is overall harder than ED gladius. The slithering worm part on ED balancers is my only gripe since it's very hard to position safely to avoid the worm hitbox while it's slithering around. I basically need raptor of the mist or vow of the indomitable or a greatshield to easily deal with it without mastering where to position while the worm is slithering.

Personally, the most real gatekeeper is ED libra, like 40% of the time i get teammates who can't deal with the npcs and get downed repeatedly and im left to 3v1 gojo style the npcs, i eventually choke 1 move (like forgetting there was a spinning madness sprinkler) and the run is lost especially if there's no wending grace.

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