I dont get the wolf boss fight.

[TheStratovarian]

Is the cleaving matter just play dodge each time?

As theres no seeming safe spot in the matter of dodging it. Clear spot, gets hit, outside, yeah, ko.

its very frustrating. I want to like this game, but its just frustrating to just get chain hit because of visual spam, and the more options just don't help.

[MrKarato]

What part exactly? If you're playing with multiple people, she can assign the cleaves to people's position, so you have to move the cleaves so only the target gets "hit" (You don't take damage from your cleave if you're the target). I've gotten no-hit on it multiple times, but I'm gonna need more specifics if you can give them.

[TheStratovarian]

Im playing solo, no friends have this.

But the slow charging side to side attack it goes into later into the fight.

[MrKarato]

The slow motion? The projectiles only count as hitting you. The lines are there just to tell you where the next set is coming from. The little circle in the middle of your character is the only actual hitbox you have. Use the slow movement hotkey (Left click on mouse I think, L1/Left Bumper on a controller) to do fine movements to dodge all of them.

[TheStratovarian]

Okay, so its a 'you get to keep playing the slow mo fight' is the intended mechanic. The fun of playing the part of 'you get sent to shadow realm to play dodge ball' is great...

Lovely design.

[Tomo Aries]

It's like especially ♥♥♥♥♥♥ that there isn't a way (at least that I've figured out) to just practice one individual mechanic, so in order for me to try it again, I have to waste my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time redoing the entire gauntlet that leads up to this fight. It really is the FFXIV experience: e.g. a waste of my precious time.