Is there a way to heal during ascension part of Absolute Radiance fight? Shape of unn? Baldur's shield? Anything?

[Doctor Fetus]

I spent hours practising against AR and I can consistently reach ascention at full hp, as well as beating the final phase taking damage just one or two times maximum but for the love of God I just can't reliably do ascention part. Moreover I don't feel any improvement there, it feels just above my general reaction time to dodge these lasers.

I can make it and I beat AR in the Hall of Gods like one out of three times but it always feels like I just got lucky at ascension part. And no way I would try PoH if there is a risk of dying there after an hour of a boss rush.

Are there any possibilities to heal while ascending? Has anyone tried that? Any charm setups that are good for this particular phase?

[Watermelons]

Shape of Unn and Quick Focus. Fake out a bit of movement on one of the wider platforms and make her aim too far to the side, begin a heal on one end of the platform and crawl to the side if the next laser aims at you

[Doctor Fetus]

Originally posted by Something Something Watermelons:

Shape of Unn and Quick Focus. Fake out a bit of movement on one of the wider platforms and make her aim too far to the side, begin a heal on one end of the platform and crawl to the side if the next laser aims at you

What do you mean by faking out a movement? Do you mean I need to move or do a small jump and then quickly return to a starting position and this will force her to aim away from me?

[Watermelons]

Yes.

Also it's better if you try to heal before you climb higher, since AR's accuracy gets progressively better and more aggressive.

[Doctor Fetus]

Originally posted by Something Something Watermelons:

Yes.

Also it's better if you try to heal before you climb higher, since AR's accuracy gets progressively better and more aggressive.

I always thought she aims randomly around me and as you said she is more and more accurate as you climb higher. Didn't know she reacts on your moves and tries to predict them.

[Watermelons]

Originally posted by Doctor Fetus:

Originally posted by Something Something Watermelons:

Yes.

Also it's better if you try to heal before you climb higher, since AR's accuracy gets progressively better and more aggressive.

I always thought she aims randomly around me and as you said she is more and more accurate as you climb higher. Didn't know she reacts on your moves and tries to predict them.

You can test it by fighting the normal Radiance who fires the lasers and in general attacks more slowly. Moving in a direction as a laser is about to begin to fire will make the Radiance try and lead her shot. It's the same but much faster for AR.

[Syndiciate]

Dude. I'm having the same issue.

[Boksha]

Healing during this phase without Shape of Unn seems like a crapshoot. It might be possible to do it reliably, but I haven't found out how. Bringing Shape of Unn just for this seems like a waste.

The climb itself is pretty doable though; you just have to time it so that you're at the top of your first jump when the next beam appears. If it doesn't block your way to the next platform: great, just proceed. If it it's straight on you, you might want to double jump and move away from the next platform, or maybe shadow dash through it to land. It's all about getting in the right rhythm and having a plan for where to dodge for each place the beam can end up.

[Doctor Fetus]

Originally posted by Boksha:

Healing during this phase without Shape of Unn seems like a crapshoot. It might be possible to do it reliably, but I haven't found out how. Bringing Shape of Unn just for this seems like a waste

My current goal atm is to beat PoH, and I want as much consistency against AR, as I can afford. Being able to heal at the end of a fight for a two notch charm doesn't seem like a waste for me. Dying at the very end of a fight and starting the entire pantheon from zero would be devastating.

[Boksha]

I can see what you mean. Still, I feel the two notches could be better spent on something that helps having high hitpoints by the time you reach the beam phase. Once you've got the knack for dodging those beams, they should be pretty easy compared to the rest of the fight, where you have much less control.

[Doctor Fetus]

If someone is interested i just tried shape of unn and it worked really well. I just beat AR three times in a row in the hall of Gods with healing based build featuring deep focus, quick focus, shape of unn and fragile heart. Low dps but as an exchange you have a massive heal support giving you consistency that i value a lot for my future PoH run. Most notably i got hit by laser multiple times on one of those runs (God, my reflexes are so bad) but with shape of unn i healed my hp back to almous full. Also I am using nail arts for the very last part of a fight so having no dps charms doesn't hurt me there.

Also shape of unn is usefull agains PV, as you can safely heal every times he does focus attack (and he does it a lot) what means this build suits him as well.