Commander gaius chrage attack inconsistency

[Walter Weight]

Hello just wanted to see if it is just me or has anyone else noticed how inconsistent Commander Gaius's charge attack is. it seems to have a mind of its own. i tested this and noticed that dodging the attack sometimes still nets a hit on you and sometimes it can do 2x damage/hits even when dodging ( tested it and standing still and not dodging does less damage than trying to correctly dodge it sometimes). and so i just wanted to ask if anybody else has or had this issue?

[Knavenformed]

The dodge on it felt really strict yeah
Didn't test out side dodging too much

Scadutree has a much smoother dodge into charge attack, so I feel like you're not supposed to go into the boar even if it is possible

[Walter Weight]

dodging to the side has the same problem

[Yuki Terumi]

If you dodge at an oblique angle from the head right before the tusks touches you'll never get hit by the charge again.

The high damage variant is due to getting hit by two hitboxes (head, body). If you dodge too early or at a bad angle you can get clipped by one of the two hitboxes.

[5chneemensch]

Originally posted by Yuki Terumi:

If you dodge at an oblique angle from the head right before the tusks touches you'll never get hit by the charge again.

The high damage variant is due to getting hit by two hitboxes (head, body). If you dodge too early or at a bad angle you can get clipped by one of the two hitboxes.

Multiple hitboxes even. See any spirit that cannot be knocked down easily, like Hugh.

[Climhazzard]

I try to dodge over the horn. It works, except when I'm bad.

[Rando the Crit Clown]

I find most success by dodging towards him and to the side right before impact, but the timing is really tough and if he isn't going perfectly straight you also have to account for his turning direction.

[Lu2]

use perfect dodge or heavy shield . i think you can avoid boar fangs with jump but not sure

[A]

I use raptor of the mists and sometimes I still get caught even if I dodged it. Although when I use the move I do it near the fog gate because he doesn't move further and I can punish him then.

[Nauct]

I move to my left while he's charging and then dodge left just before the tusks are about to make contact. Makes it consistent

[Grymz]

it was my understanding that you can take damage from:
1. the tusks
2. the left hoof
3. the right hoof

so i presumed that the damage inconsistency was actually just you getting hit by 1-3 different hitboxes

[Walter Weight]

it seems the hitboxes can stack on the backwards kick too, doing 2x damage

[Anatolius]

Yeah, whole boar is basically a hitbox during the charge, so dodging is just asking to get hit - use the shield.

[Sham!]

Originally posted by Grymz:

it was my understanding that you can take damage from:
1. the tusks
2. the left hoof
3. the right hoof

so i presumed that the damage inconsistency was actually just you getting hit by 1-3 different hitboxes

possibly right about the hooves cause the back-kick attack of the hog sometimes did reasonable damage and some other times dropped me to 20% of my hp to full

[Senki]

yep it's definitely bugged and does double damage sometimes

Randomly getting oneshot by it while every other time it only does half my health happened to me multiple times

[[H34D]L3SSH3D(0f)ST4T3]

Getting hit straight on by a tusk will kill you.