Game:

Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

Duration: 13:17

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Full run playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX5QeKJZun4HOLLB0GX30TgnWFQOoEJ1z

The rules used for this run were:

No Skill Points used
No Coils/Weaves used
No Weapons or Armor above level 0 used
No rewards from Side content used
No Pouch upgrades
No Food Items consumed
No Shard farming

I don't know if this video adequately captures how difficult this is, as there are so many ways to die suddenly. The issues with activating slide on uneven terrain cost me dozens of winning runs. You'll notice I'm relying heavily on roll, which was a gradual adjustment I made since slide wasn't worth the risk. I like to slide if I can stay in the middle area of the arena, but toward the outer edges it's likely to get me killed.

I need Tilde to cooperate with me on her attack choices. If she chains lightning orbs with flame missiles with Divine Wrath, she can set up a battlefield where there is no safe direction to go. Getting this run took about five days of constant attempts, though I had at least one attempt every day where she was nearly dead.

0:01 I start off by using two Elite Acid Traps for early damage and Acid buildup. Note the black splotches she puts on the ground with her melee attacks. These build up a status effect that causes three others, removing your ability to use Potions and reducing your damage output. This is a nuisance but one you have to learn to live with, as you can't easily dodge all of the splotches.

0:15 I start using the Ironeater Shredder Gauntlet. This weapon is purchased at the Bulwark and will do the lion's share of the work for this fight. The Ancestor's Return would excel here, but I'm sticking with purchasable gear only.

0:35 Once Acid is applied the Nano Plates become extremely weak to Impact damage. I try to land as many hits with Advanced Precision Arrows as possible. Due to limited Volatile Sludge, I only get 8 chances. Specter Prime has about 25K HP, so if I could knock the full 8K off with these arrows it would speed things along nicely.

1:20 As Acid expires I use one of my two Smoke Bombs to set more Elite traps, one Acid and one Blast.

2:15 This is one of the easiest attacks to avoid, just use a very late dodge. The damage is massive if you miss, though.

2:25 This attack is special. While Tilde is charging, the lancers lock onto your location at different times, reading your input and predicting where you're going. Once you see her crouch you want to immediately start running a specific direction and do not stop until the lancers launch. This will corral them to one side of the battlefield, allowing you to change direction and run to the other. If I get surrounded by these it's essentially a game over.

2:32 This attack is rough. I need to run, slide, then roll to try to get out of its range, but if I notice it too late I'm unlikely to make it out in time. I use Large Health Potions to allow me to take a hit from this, but I'm trying to save them for the second half of the fight.

2:37 This fiery landing attack isn't terrible, but when she spams it repeatedly it can really wear on me. I'll also take chip damage from the flames, which is annoying when trying to preserve the bonus from a Health Potion.

3:20 I use my last Advanced Precision Arrow here, so I drop down to normal Precision Arrows using the Glowblast Sharpshot Bow. These will still do 500 damage apiece with Corroding.

3:50 TIlde enters Phase 2. She now has access to Divine Wrath, and she'll always fire her flame missiles twice back to back. Divine Wrath is tricky. You want to be behind Tilde when it erupts, but she'll track you and try to prevent that. I try to catch the initial explosion with iframes whenever possible, but sometimes I still just take full damage and I'm not always sure why.

4:07 Final Smoke Bomb and my final two Elite Blast Traps.

4:25 Since I'm into Phase 2 I use a Large Health Potion to buy room for mistakes. There are two additional ones in a chest at the back of the room I want to be aware of.

5:20 I grab this chest here to refill my Berries and some Machine Muscle. The attack Tilde uses here might be my least favorite. You need to start running as soon as it begins or you will take massive damage from spikes with way too unfair of a hitbox. If I don't recognize the attack in time, I roll twice and sometimes that will get me out of trouble.

6:15 This is a bad setup here. Tilde uses the shock orbs and hits me, draining my Health Potion, then goes into Divine Wrath. This is a setup I often die to and was shocked to come out of it alive.

7:40 Tilde's sparking here so she's at critical health. At this point, it seems like she starts to use Divine Wrath a lot more frequently, often back to back.

9:30 This is an example of a Divine Wrath where I don't really understood why I took damage. I don't feel like I'm any more "in range" than I was on the previous ones, or the next one for that matter.

12:10 After my stats check I show the contents of the remaining chests.

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