Armstrong NG+ Easy

• Final Polearm Jump
• Excelsus
• Armstrong

• Start with some movement towards the last Polearm Jump
• It can be bHopping or LSC’s
• Come to the very far right wall, then

Secondary Weapon: Pincer Blades - Polearm

• Then you do a Polearm Jump
• First one can be early or late, since the first pillar is just the start
• The second jump, however, requires a really precise jump
• Looking at the right barrier can help a little bit
• setting the jump just as you would’ve set up a Factory one

Secondary Weapon: Polearm - Pincer Blades

• Either way, fall down after getting a jump
• LSC your way out of OoB
• Be wary of the objects around, since they still have collisions and will block your LSC’s
• Hit the Blade Wolf trigger at the end of the section to proceed with Excelsus bossfight

• Start with going to the left leg
• Start with RHCP1
• Release CP1 right after EXCELSUS will start attacking
• Proceed with CP2 and P3
• Then, charge CP1, and (C)P2 will give you the first Zandatsu prompt

General rule of the thumb: Don’t Ninja Run all the way up, it loses a ton of time.

• On getting down, get to the center of the arena, and then set a RM + CP2 to the head
• Try to get P3 in too, though it’s not mandatory
• Either way, autoscroller will start
• Before Ray starts to shoot the lasers, get to the right leg
• and start charging CP2
• When Cows kindly appear out of nowhere, release CP2 and hit the right leg

During this autoscroller section, we have to do a setup for the Armstrong fight later

• Our goal is to lower your health to ~40%
• With 170% as our default health to work with, it won’t be that hard to do
• You can use Pincer Blades hyperarmor to tank the hits after near the threshold

When you’ll get the setup

• safely get back to the right leg, and charge CP2
• When Armstrong will say “like my ride, worth every penny”, release CP2 at the end of the “penn[y]”
• Zandatsu, run, 2x Mash, 3x QTE, Mash, Zandatsu

(assuming you have ~40% HP)

• Start with RM Dodge + CP2. Immediately dodge out of it twice.

• Jump directly at Armstrong and prepare to mash
• Mashing is mandatory to go through this section fast

• Heavy → Light, then 4 Light
• Dodge the attack, then immediately Sky High, into another Dodge
• Wait until Armstrong will start charging an attack
• spam your Light attacks until you hit ~140% HP
• Proceed to Sky High, until the healing patch comes on
• Cut it down, then do more Sky High
• Prevent Armstrong from going upwards by doing a Falling Lightning.

• Heavy x3 → Sky High + Dodge
• if Armstrong does two attacks instead of one, dodge another time
• Sky High until healing patch, cut the patch
• Sky High until <20%
• cancel upwards with Falling Lightning

• RM + Lightning Strike
• Cancel out of LS as early as possible
• Sky High Cancels, until Armstrong gets launched
• Small pause, then SHC’s, until Armstrong goes into healing phase
• Cut the healing patch, Sky High x3, then Falling Lightning
• SHC’s until Armstrong stands up
• Time your Falling Lightning to prevent Armstrong from going upwards, RM can help you with that

• If Armstrong had less than 20% HP before he started to wake up, final QTE will start
• If Armstrong had more than 20% HP, you’ll be forced to cut another health patch, then knock him back
• Final QTE will occur right after he stands back up

• EXCELSUS is a consistent fight, but getting to 40% HP might pose a problem at first.
• SHC’s on Armstrong is the fastest way to kill him, but it requires a ton of practice, which can be a problem.
• Therefore, refer to two easier strategies listed in a guide, until you feel like you’re ready to do SHC’s.
• Doing SHC’s is very taxing on hands, get a proper grip on your gamepad/keyboard, or the efficiency of this method will be drastically lowered.

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