random games

The first phase of the Sword Saint fight is easily the hardest. His attacks become so much more readable when he has the spear out, and then in phase 3 you get free damage off of lightning reversals. When he's only using his sword, his attacks have this weird rhythm, and he's also got that one thrust that's the fastest thrust in the game. He put me through my paces tonight, but as soon as I got to his second health bar, it was over.

I think I'm going to do the first gauntlet of strength and then start NG+. I was thinking about doing a Shura run, but maybe it makes sense to do another full run to max out the upgrades first? Rather than waiting until NG++ to do that?

The only main ending I have left is the one where Kuro dies. What order did you do things in, Youef?