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OK, how in the pineapple do you beat Snow Cougar EX? I've been managing everything else on hard but I can't even beat him on easy 30 levels over what I was for every other EX elite. How do I stop his 5K+ damage permanent map aoe? I managed to combo him down to about 10% HP but he automatically enters that state at that point if he isn't already in it.

Nevermind, I get it now, you have to kill the adds.