How to s-rank MG Ecelsus

[Bulbariamu]

Ive no damaged this boss twice, once on hard and once on very hard, but i never got an s-rank, i am currently doing an s-rank revengeance challenge run and ive been wondering just how are you supposed to do it?
Please don't post advide that includes wigs or other extremely overpowered stuff

[his1roguenation]

Originally posted by Iron Savior:

Please don't post advide that includes wigs or other extremely overpowered stuff

....as if they actually can improve your rank all by themselves

Zandatsu is the key.

[Bulbariamu]

Originally posted by his1nightmare:

Originally posted by Iron Savior:

Please don't post advide that includes wigs or other extremely overpowered stuff

....as if they actually can improve your rank all by themselves

Zandatsu is the key.

If you use the ripper mode wig, it trivializes getting an s-rank in quite a few fights
And ive tried to zandatsu the geckos that are thrown at you after they get hit by lasers, but i always get hit by the next laser since the camera focuses on the gecko

[Canthyse]

Try to do a combo count of 80, when Excelsus its down ripper mode then blade mode the hell out of him. I think you'll have the time to do without the wig with full fuel capacity

[Miqs]

You need to zandatsu few cows.

[sebby]

To each one his own way to do it. I do it this way and i think it's the easiest one. Combo to 80 after the dual blade stomp at the very start of the fight, you won't have to do the combo count again after the checkpoint and it skips a phase (ripper into bm > a full bar gives you 50+hits with the hf blade, use an item to gain the energy back) , one zandatsu (after the 6th laser to be safe), and no damage.

For the bp count cut into as many pieces as you can his legs and get the "destroyed" bonus during the finishing sequence.

[Bulbariamu]

Originally posted by sebby:

To each one his own way to do it. I do it this way and i think it's the easiest one. Combo to 80 after the dual blade stomp at the very start of the fight, you won't have to do the combo count again after the checkpoint and it skips a phase (ripper into bm > a full bar gives you 50+hits with the hf blade, use an item to gain the energy back) , one zandatsu (after the 6th laser to be safe), and no damage.

For the bp count cut into as many pieces as you can his legs and get the "destroyed" bonus during the finishing sequence.

How do you get such a combo at the start?
And getting the Zandatsu after the 6th laser sounds like a good idea

[sebby]

Originally posted by Iron Savior:

How do you get such a combo at the start?
And getting the Zandatsu after the 6th laser sounds like a good idea

It's the very first move the boss does. Dodge > rippermode > blademode > spam + electrolyte when your energy is low. You don't need an item because you can keep your combo timer up by damaging the feet with rockets but it's far easier this way.

There are advantages for doing it this way. You don't need to bother about the combo after the checkpoint. And if in case you fail your nodamage you can reload, and as Crimson said if you reload from the checkpoint the boss gets stunned far far longer, meaning you can do insane damage with bloodlust, 3 consecutives charged hits, and he goes below 30%.