I can't complete the Alfheim portal in Chapter 6 (after the two serpents and spike traps)

[Plato Karamazov]

Grace & Glory and Fairness & Fearless are annihilating me. I finished the level and got Odetta. I equipped the Onyx Roses and Odetta, but I can't make any progress. Is there anything I can get later that will help me out? (Playing on Normal)

[JH1000]

I don't remember normal mode well, but I think that's the torture attack Alfheim.

The key is to taunt them a lot to fill your magic. If you still can't beat it then simply equip the Gaze of Despair accessory and scarborough fair (hand and feet, or hands at least). Just hold L1 to keep taunting to get magic and wait for an attack and get witch time from it, do a PPPPKK combo or something similar, and you will get a lot of magic. If you don't want to use Gaze of Despair then just taunt and dodge a lot to fill your bar as usual.

And no, nothing you get later in the game will make this easier since you don't want to deal too much damage to them. So it's actually harder to do with stronger weapons. That being said, with scarborough fair and gaze you can get your 5 torture attacks (I think it's 5?) after the first two waves, so you can take of the gaze for Grace and Gory and Fairness and Fearless.

[Jelly Belly™]

Do scarborough fair PPPPKK combo (hold each button for maximum magic) since its doesnt deal a lot of dmg. My suggestion is dont wear Gaze of Despair! It will make the enemy more aggressive lol. Using the combo above is enough.
For easy burst damage after finishing torture attack, just wear shuraba (sword) and use PKP combo to finish those Grace & Glory and Fairness & Fearless

[JH1000]

Originally posted by Jelly Belly™:

Do scarborough fair PPPPKK combo (hold each button for maximum magic) since its doesnt deal a lot of dmg. My suggestion is dont wear Gaze of Despair! It will make the enemy more aggressive lol. Using the combo above is enough.
For easy burst damage after finishing torture attack, just wear shuraba (sword) and use PKP combo to finish those Grace & Glory and Fairness & Fearless

There is absolutely no reason not to wear Gaze of Despair. On normal and hard it doesn't matter at all how aggressive the enemy is because you can just initiate witch time and build up your magic, then get out before the enemy can even attack at all. If he struggles with this challenge it's simply the most effective way to make it easier.

As for building up magic, PPPPKK combo isn't very good. PPPPPP is much better. I only suggested PPPPKK because if you use Gaze of Despair you will get tons of magic anyway and PPPPKK deals more damage.

[mcphersonator]

Another good reason for wearing the Gaze of Despair is that you earn 50% more magic from damage delt.
I'm suprised nobody has suggested the Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa accessory, though. Every blocked attack earns you one magic orb, so an aggressive enemy will fill your bar in no time.
Also important to remember is that a torture attack only counts if it kills the enemy! So make sure you've done a good bit of damage to those more powerful angels first.

[Kuda White]

Use Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa if you intend for Full Parry, otherwise magic orb gain through Normal Parry is slower than Taunting even you receive almost non-stop hit.

[mcphersonator]

I would normally do both. Taunt until they attack, parry, taunt until they attack, parry etc. It's a great way to stock up on magic against a weak enemy in preparation for the strong enemies spawning.

[Jelly Belly™]

Originally posted by Kuda White:

Use Moon of Mahaa-Kalaa if you intend for Full Parry, otherwise magic orb gain through Normal Parry is slower than Taunting even you receive almost non-stop hit.

Lol, that accessory is only effective if you're good enough with timing.
Even dodging an enemy can be challenging for some player.
Sure its effective, but not possible for all player.

[Plato Karamazov]

I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DID IT!!!!!

I got 5 TAs on the first and second phases (Affinities & flying jellyfish things), and proceeded to wipe out G&G/F&F with PKP with Shubara. FINALLY!

[Forblaze]

I guess this doesn't help now, but what I found really helpful for these TA alheims was to use Durga on both my hands and feet and dodge fish to activate witch time, then hold RT near the biggest group of enemies. I haven't tried taunting, but this seems to build magic really really quickly.

[md2501]

Get used to holding down the attack buttons. A lot of people ignore the charge properties of your weapons but most of your damage output comes from these. Hold down the attack buttons and see what the weapons do, some are trickier to use than others (I wouldn't recommend charging every slash of Shuraba, but I see no reason not to charge every attack with the pistols).

Once you get comfortable with the charge properties experiment with dodging in the middle of doing combos. You will find that if you dodge with the attack button held the combo carries over after the dodge. This way you will stop dropping combos, which will amplify your damage output even more since combo finishers are very powerful in bayo.

This may not be obvious to a new player, but holding down the attack buttons in bayonetta is a game changer. There are alfheim portals that give you limited amount of kicks and punches to work with, their sole purpose is making sure you are using the charge properties of your weapons.

[Starbug]

Originally posted by Paul-Dude:

I'm trying to do the alfhiem portal on chapter 6 verse 4 where you have to do 7 torture attacks & I can't finish the dam thing. I got close with the joys on time where one of them was dead & the other two has a small amount of health left but they still killed me. I'm using the eternal testimony with a golden moonpearl to expand the restoration effect a bit & bracelet of time (through the cheat) but when I make some headway the game gets all NOPE, NO WIN FOR YOU! I'm using the sword as well as taunting & dodging to fill up the magic meter but I just can't do it. If anyone knows something that could help please le me know. (Hell I'd even pay someone to do it for me if I could.)

I assume this is on hard? Sounds as though it must be as joy's aren't in that normal mode alfheim I don't think. If you've done the seven attacks already and are just running out of time use the Durgas instead. The final skull bomb thing in a charged combo does a serious amount of damage.

[The Dastard Highwayman]

Originally posted by Starbug:

Originally posted by Paul-Dude:

I'm trying to do the alfhiem portal on chapter 6 verse 4 where you have to do 7 torture attacks & I can't finish the dam thing. I got close with the joys on time where one of them was dead & the other two has a small amount of health left but they still killed me. I'm using the eternal testimony with a golden moonpearl to expand the restoration effect a bit & bracelet of time (through the cheat) but when I make some headway the game gets all NOPE, NO WIN FOR YOU! I'm using the sword as well as taunting & dodging to fill up the magic meter but I just can't do it. If anyone knows something that could help please le me know. (Hell I'd even pay someone to do it for me if I could.)

I assume this is on hard? Sounds as though it must be as joy's aren't in that normal mode alfheim I don't think. If you've done the seven attacks already and are just running out of time use the Durgas instead. The final skull bomb thing in a charged combo does a serious amount of damage.

I accumulated enough halos to get the climax bracelet through the cheat & I used it along with the bracelet of time to get in a load of hits on the joys which I went back for purely for revenge & my god was it REALLY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SWEET!