2008-11-21, 02:21 AM
Stereo Wrote:Except there's absolutely no visual cue that he's going invincible... he just does it before every time he attacks (and when KB'd ... and partway through attacking), and it looks like he's just standing there but suddenly you can't hit him. I've tried timing my attacks but the only time I can reliably hit is while he's jumping the air during the attack, and if he's being KB'd that doesn't work.
i said "strategy plan" in quotation marks cuz though i mention it, i don't believe it.
Timing is 100% reliable. Practice on multiple bf, especially when you're solo. If he jumps in the air and you time it, you can get 3 hits in a row. When i'm solo, rushing bf into the corner greatly helps with timing. Bf will face away from you, hit him in the butt, then hit him again on his kb. After 2nd hit, there is a slight wait then he'll turn his butt to you again. Repeat. You should be able to get 2 hits in, delay, then 2 hits, etc. The only word of caution is catching your breath or rebuffing skills. Bf will start walking towards you and/or jumping. Do the 3hits in a row method when he jumps. As long as bf is in the corner he will eventually start facing away from you then you just continue hitting him on the butt and during his kb.
When partied, bf gets more dangerous. Timing still works. However i've found that with another attacker (or more) or even a priest/bishop that attacks, then you can only reliably get 1 hit in and it's only on the kb. Bf rarely shows his butt when being hunting with a party.
The bf hit box is similar to the papu shelling after papu does 1/1. Timing your hits to always contact bf saves a) mp and b) makes it faster. With papu, it's not such a big deal (i get lazy and continue spamming brandish, or i rush at 1/1 to avoid the damage.