Phantom Form not that good?

[VideoJones]

Feels like if I get hit once by a boss I lose at least half the gauge and barely get a chance to use it. It seems, at best, a get out of jail free card to save you from dying once. Is it not supposed to be a Yokai Shift equivalent?

Edit; I've tried with it fully upgraded.

[ZexxCrine]

it depends on what it scales with. I havent really tested it yet but I plan to try and make a phantom form build. I assume heavy use of reflect and using the fully upgraded phantom makes it quite good but I don't know for sure.

bare minimum though you can dip in and out of it. the phantom brutal attack is very strong so you can change into phantom for the brutal attack and then swap back out and that fully replenishes your stamina. that said I think its supposed to be more like a 4th weapon. yeah you can poise through everything but you would be better off using brink guard and parrying. I also noticed that doing back dash attack into forward dash attack seems like pretty high damage output on bigger enemies who get shotgunned by the arrows

[Kashra Fall]

Immediately removes status effects. That's more or less my only use of it, also obliterates undead by simply transforming around them.

[Hormesis]

my entire build revolves around it. it broke the late game for me.

[Mike]

I'm very much disappointed in the Phantom form as its designed for you to just mash buttons and tank damage as you can't see anything when your in that form. Also it does not really feel good to control. The only time I use it is in a boss fight when I;m low on heals and don't want to deal with some dumb gimmick lol.

Also why is the other phantoms stat buffs and nothing else? I was expecting maybe something like in Wo Long with the guardian spirits that each have unique moves, but they are simply simple stats added to your character ;(

[Naecabon]

Its not very good until you can put all the pieces together to make it good.

Then it's OP.

[Retsubty]

it's good even baseline. It's just a free get out of jail card that lets you do a little free damage too which could be just enough to finish off a boss.