[PSO2:NGS] The "Pure Bow" Braver Solus Solo Clear;

It's peak cursed, yet somehow worked out in the end. 2kino5me
Tbh, Phase 1 was an absolute clown of me cuz some tactics were either retarded, misplayed, or borderline insane. P2 aggression from Solus was out of pure luck, but ANY hard mistakes from me will instantly kill the run right there. AND, thank god I don't run out of PP at the start of P3.
This could have been more manageable with Termina 5 Verchmelz and Level 20 Range Weapon Damage & Level 20 Photon Blast Damage from Ranger Add-on skills to reduce the time stress and make P2 more open to unlucky AFK chain.
And yes, feel free to call it "invalid pure bow run" or "you fucking cheater with FA lmao". It does zero damage for +50 PP gain, and that's just me being too schizo from failing a close run with 0 PP to start P3. Should have take more hits and trade Resta for it.
But hey, it is done. You do yours, ARKS. A less scuffed clear from someone else - the people's favorite - may satisfy your view a bit more, I guess? Still, I did I learn A LOT about how to live with new bow changes.
I still love my fucking weapon no matter what... even though I become Hybrid Braver these days.
Music Used:
Æsir - CHAOS by KIVΛMKII, Extended
It was indeed "chao-tis-tic" as hell.

[@chirai_]

and so God said to Adam, listen not to the snake and eat not from the tree of the katana, for you were made in my image, a bow user so accurate, so beautiful and so adaptive that you have nothing to fear. Bow attack impact will guide you on your path to righteousness. hold fast to cover and victory over the unclean, heathenous solus is inevitable.

[@mongrelshadow14]

Those Fearless counters to get PP back were dirty as hell. Leave it to my favorite Braver player to somehow be even more stylish everytime. Also at one point your encore jumps lined up with parts of the song and that was beautiful. Overall amazing as usual man. keep it up!

[@cyanosys8494]

Amazing!! Congrats on the bow clear!

[@flowervss]

Æsir buff, congrats on the clear.

[@iFutsunushi]

Didn't expect a pure bow run, some of the mistakes were butt clenching lol and a clear is a clear! Just wanna say because of you, I've been playing BR Bow and gotta say it's pretty fun and the recent buffs makes it even better, just gotta get use to it tho. Also love your character's aesthetics, can you share what you're using?

[@Argus_PSO2]

Yeah... I hope it could be better, but I am so worn out by the quest at this point. For my fashion, it's just black/cyan colors on Owle Athena Body, N-Solis Arm, and Svera Legs AF. Not sure how Global side do the naming though. For the other parts, you can decide. My character head ornaments w/ ponytail become her signature look at this point, so yeah.

[@matt2centerback]

​@@Argus_PSO2Olieu Athena and Svela are the official localizations. I think the AF versions are Mission Pass exclusive though.

[@grimreaper6255]

Can you tell me what food combinations and subclasses are used?

[@Argus_PSO2]

10x Crisp Meats, used in any region accordingly for maximum Weak Point Damage bonus & All Damage (ie. Crisp Retem Meat used in Retem Region). You gonna need those damage.
I went with Bouncer subclass for part break bonuses as Solus bits count for it up to a maximum of 3 throughout the whole fight and to speed up Down accumulation for proper Break timing.

[@DenisBani]

nice play !

[@byncex830]

What is your equipment? Very skilled player btw

[@Argus_PSO2]

Termina 4 Verschmelz Bow/Katana and 3x Octos Units. Range/Melee damage % is at 163%.

[@FrozenBreaks]

you fuggin mad lad

[@byncex830]

question argus, to be able to pull this with katana and bow whats my dps suppose to be at all times during the fight any idea??

[@Argus_PSO2]

If you are in a 4-man clear party, pre-organized or public party, each would need a DPS of 3101 or higher across the fight to ensure a clear. Considering level 80, Alliance MAG buff, gear upgrades, etc., as long as the death count doesn't reach the cap, it should be manageable regardless of classes/weapons.
In a SOLO run, however, it is different for Braver perspective. To simply put, your DPS should stay around 5100 or more at 3 minutes mark (2.50-3.20), while forcing Solus to transition into its final 3x3 bits phase (Phase 3).
This is to make sure that regardless of what happen during 12 minutes prior, you would have some time to clear all the bits and rush the boss to death. Final DPS when Solus dies must be higher than 5168 before the time runs out.
Try to end Phase 1 as fast as possible by any means necessary, aka, hitting 5100-5600+ DPS range (or 7.30-8.00+ on timer). With that, you should have spare time to deal with Phase 2 Solus' attacks & openings RNG, which can drop your DPS from "a lil' bit" to "seeing it getting obliterated". If whatever you do to Solus near 3 minutes mark cannot recover your DPS back to 5100-ish, feel free to reset the run. Or, just continue to practice.

[@byncex830]

@@Argus_PSO2 thank you for the tip, i wanted to try the solo as braver but i havent been going solos as of yet , ive only done quads,trios and duos, never finished a solo yet but i have a feeling i can do it thanks for the insight

[@Argus_PSO2]

@@byncex830 Good luck though. Be prepared to fail a lot. It can be extremely mentally taxing. Once you know what works and not, and have decent enough gears to boot, it just boil down to luck and minimizing mistakes.

[@Von_Craven]

IS THAT CYTUS 2 MSUIC I HEAR?

[@princecharming8125]

How it you keep perfect blocking? The enimies attack so freaking to fast

[@Argus_PSO2]

Let's say that it took me "many, many resets" alongside years of bow gameplay experience to quickly recognize and react to the incoming attacks. It's never perfect, but it gets the job done.