Faster Iblis

Dragoon Posts : 265 Join date : 2010-06-15 Age : 29

I like hunting for Iblis weapons and Thanathos equipment.
Iblis is a nuisance what with her blocks.
I was instructed that she only receives "1" damage when her puppet puts up it's hands.
What is the quickest way to deal with the nuisance mini-boss?

*on a side note, when sci logs in, tell him to accept my guild application thing.

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:39 am

done and done when patch is done.
And loldunno. I don't play FoA much

Dusk Posts : 1971 Join date : 2010-06-10 Age : 27

(Off topic) Is it bad that when I say the title to the thread I thought of the crappy game that was Sonic '06?

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:56 am

no not really.
When FoA was released, everyone thought of that

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I try hitting her in the back which helps. (damage wise anyways).
Not sure how to reduce blocking though, I have seen people attacking the puppet (thsi doesn't damage her).
When mid attack or when the puppet teleports elsewhere seems to be when I am able to deal the most damage.

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:13 pm

I simply attack under. Since I use Lire, I use Flame Arrow to induce burn damage on her and the puppet with the flames harming Iblis too. This also caused the puppet to constantly guard the front so I attack the back or under with Stardust Rain.

I haven't played FoA with anyone other than Lire so I can't give much advice :X

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:01 pm

Depending on your team set up, it's possible to finish her or critically wound her in one skill.

All this depends on whether

Your Stardust Rain shot is exceptionally powerful, and it's launch point.
If Athena's Sword or Provocation is available.
Did you Amp orb her.

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:49 pm

I usually use Holy Bless lvl 3, and otto shot. Of course, I have no idea if you can otto shot or not, so here's what I usually do. I attack her from behind to deal some back damage. Then, I spam Holy Bless each time I get attacked so that I can have the mana shield to protect me from damage. I repeat until she's at 1/4 HP left. After that, I just spam 3rd sill and otto shot. Nothing more, nothing less. Of course, deal with the mages first >_>

Anyways, about the block damage ordeal, I have no preference since I really didn't see it in my runs. All I can say is, that's what I do, and I bid you good luck.

Subject: Re: Faster Iblis Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:07 pm

Do note that the first few attacks do not prompt her to defend herself as it's not part of her action script.

Ergo, depending on the team build up, 3 critical attacks work very well here, and often so very destructively if timed in sync.

1) Stardust Rain
2) Firestorm (If avail from the cashing Mage)
3) Raven Walker (However do note that after the kunai flailing sequence, she HAS a chance to defend immediately)

I do not recommend waiting for Ronan's blessings because by the time you're up to Lv3, she is already in combat sequence and defense prone when you get there.

It is critical that no one should touch Iblis if any setup is planned with the 3 listed skills. (Do worry, there will always be premature players thinking their skills are more hard-hitting than the 3 listed) I jest.