omg pls help. i can’t beat noctis des please help me

destiny-islanders:

I’ve only beaten Noctis once and there are probably better strats but here we go:

• Don’t even bother trying to use Ignis’s special moves to deal damage, especially not High Jump. 
• The chances are that:
• Noct will dodge
• Noct will warp to the next fucking continent over while you are in the stratosphere and will be nowhere near where you left him when you land
• It will hit, but Noct will counterattack your ass into FFXVI
• This is especially true for once you enter Noctis’s second phase. You will need your special gauge and I’ll explain why!!
• On my second try at this fight, I got Ravus. I tried to spam his special attack since it did a lot of damage, but that left me wide open to the armiger and I died -__- Thanks @Ravus 
• There are two ways to deal damage to this veggie-resistant little tire fire Noctis:
• To let him hit you and counterattack
• Counterattacks honestly do the most damage, so they are the most effective way to hit Noct– and they recover HP, so it’s a win-win
• (Tbh I never went out of my way to let Noctis hit me because I’d usually end up with such low HP that I’d either have to blow through healing items or end up in the danger state)
• To exploit Noct’s counterattacks and chip away at his health
• This was the strategy I used and honestly I recommend it
• The idea is to get right up in Noct’s face, hit him until he blocks your attack, and then dodge roll when he counters. But don’t go anywhere– as soon as you dodge around behind him, start hitting him again. Usually, he’ll block your attack again, and counter, allowing you to dodge, get behind him, and hit him some more. It doesn’t do nearly as much damage as Ignis’s counterattack, but Noct’s counters are predictable and easy to dodge. It’s much safer than risking missing a counterattack prompt and ending up with half HP
• The idea is to trap him in a loop of blocking, then countering. You’ll end up in a rhythm that’s predictable, easy, and safe
• Be careful when Noct has the shield, though. He completely blocks damage and his counter is fast and hits really hard. I’d usually stay out of his way when I saw he’d equipped the shield
• You’ll quickly learn what each of Noct’s counters looks like depending on his weapon of choice, so you’ll learn which way to dodge as you play 
• When you’re first trying to trap him in the loop, keep your finger on the dodge button; it might take a couple of tries before he blocks
• When Noctis performs an armiger chain:
• HIGH JUMP INTO THE CLOUDS, MY FRIENDS. NOCT WALKS TALL AND YOU HAVE TO BE TALLER
• Honestly it’s your best hope. As soon as you see Noct shift into dead ancestor turbo, mash the appropriate buttons to get Ignis to wiggle his ass and peace on out of there. It takes Noct the equivalent of two High Jumps to complete the armiger chain attack, but if you took my advice from earlier, you should have a full special meter anyway to make three jumps if you need extra time to kinda cheat??? dodge
• This is probably obvious but just in case you didn’t know, grappling up to a higher level is the best way to get away when Noctis pretends to be Prompto for a minute casts Gravisphere
• What to do when Noct starts to use the Ring to turn Ignis into a bespectacled spaghetti man:
• YOU GET IN THERE AND BEAT HIS ASS
• No seriously don’t try to run away because your speed is reduced to that of an FFXV loading screen
• Once you stop him from using the ring, he kind of stands there for a few moments. YOU PUT THE FEAR OF GOD IN THAT BOY DURING THIS TIME. GET IN AS MANY HITS AS YOU CAN

Good luck, Anon!! You got this!!!