some strategy explanation: - sprint/roll/backstep/landing shot does more damage than normal shots and has great tracking, so it's good to use in general, but being basically always sprinting also makes dodging easier. - if hit during the startup of some attacks malenia will do a retreating leap which is a free punish, so i try to time my shot after some moves (i.e the spin kick) to make this happen, at least in phase 1. - i use throwing daggers to bait malenia into dashing around, which is usually followed by the kick for a free punish. i typically do this when at range as running in for a shot is risky. - she dodges arrows but when close enough she doesn't have time to dodge a sprint shot. this can be risky, so do it just close enough but no further, and be ready to buffer into a dodge. - alternating frost and bleed arrows is ideal as it doesn't waste frost on moments when she already has the status. - saving frost procs to use pots to stop waterfowl is probably ideal. even here i didn't have space/miscalculated and got clipped by one a little bit, but if you pay attention to your positioning you can usually do the easy sprint dodge method. sometimes you just get unlucky though, and either have to know the melee range dodge method (which i don't) or just lose lol. - i also got pretty lucky with the divebombs in phase two, but thats what barrage + jar shard is there for so i'll take it. probably more moments you could squeeze barrage in tbh but it's hard enough to not mess up as is.
some strategy explanation:
- sprint/roll/backstep/landing shot does more damage than normal shots and has great tracking, so it's good to use in general, but being basically always sprinting also makes dodging easier.
- if hit during the startup of some attacks malenia will do a retreating leap which is a free punish, so i try to time my shot after some moves (i.e the spin kick) to make this happen, at least in phase 1.
- i use throwing daggers to bait malenia into dashing around, which is usually followed by the kick for a free punish. i typically do this when at range as running in for a shot is risky.
- she dodges arrows but when close enough she doesn't have time to dodge a sprint shot. this can be risky, so do it just close enough but no further, and be ready to buffer into a dodge.
- alternating frost and bleed arrows is ideal as it doesn't waste frost on moments when she already has the status.
- saving frost procs to use pots to stop waterfowl is probably ideal. even here i didn't have space/miscalculated and got clipped by one a little bit, but if you pay attention to your positioning you can usually do the easy sprint dodge method. sometimes you just get unlucky though, and either have to know the melee range dodge method (which i don't) or just lose lol.
- i also got pretty lucky with the divebombs in phase two, but thats what barrage + jar shard is there for so i'll take it. probably more moments you could squeeze barrage in tbh but it's hard enough to not mess up as is.
This was crazy fun to watch! Nice job!