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Eldest of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood boss fight in the Malum District.

This was a tricky one with these restrictions. At least entering Malum District means I got access to one of my favorite blades in the game. Used weapon assembly to swap out the base handle of the weapon though as I am no fan of the default moveset. Puppet's Saver Handle moveset feels great for this fight. Weapon and amulet weights are starting to add, had to unequip all defense parts in order to not be in the slightly heavy range. But at least the Bone-Cutting Sawblade has a decent guard damage reduction to make up for it as long as I'm either guarding or deflecting, which is most of the time for this boss fight.
While I'm not the biggest fan of this fight, it's at least a lot better in terms of design than the other one. The restrictions also meant I had to get a lot more comfortable with deflecting the Eldest Brother. The only member of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood I still don't quite have a feeling for deflecting is Battle Maniac, mainly because I still struggle to feel the timings there. The quick stabs are tricky to deflect. Battle Maniac also comes out so late in the fight that I haven't gotten enough practice with it to feel comfortable with the timings. Youngest was originally tricky to deal with in a timely manner until I realized there's an opening for a backstab after each jump if you're fast enough and circle around during the recovery animation. That made that part of the fight consistent by just waiting for the jumps and then punishing. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how this fight went, the ending was also very clean.

Timestamps:
00:00 Start - Weapon Break
00:42 Wave 1 - Youngest of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood
01:50 Wave 2 - Eccentric of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood
03:14 Wave 3 - Battle Maniac of the Black Rabbit Brotherhood
04:42 Eldest Brother
06:04 Clear
06:16 Character equipment & stats

Misc timestamps:
02:22 Spear guy really needs some practice with the spear. How he managed to stab past me I do not know, but thanks to that I made it through this situation. This was honestly just luck, as I was panic dashing out of there.
03:26 Did end up finding an opening for a backstab after the third attack in this combo if one moves to the right after it, but never ended up getting the timing right to actually make use of it. But this is a possible thing that could speed up the clear of this wave.

Recorded: 2024-01-20