Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge General Discussion

Brute

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Van Gelfs epitomize a lot of the annoying crap in RE. Arguably my worst favorite regular enemy type.
 

CyberEvil

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The only issue I have with them is the same one I have with most enemies: they randomly ignore hitstun to grab you or smack you across the arena and because of the recovery on moves you're pretty much helpless and stuck watching your own death coming. It's gotten to the point that it rarely happens with me now because I'm pretty good at recognizing patterns and startup but it does still occasionally catch me.
 

Brute

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Yeah, but they just do it a lot more. It's like they're constantly immune to staggers, and their huge-ass size obscuring the screen also doesn't help. Sometimes they're also chickenshits and fly/hide off-screen and swoop in for that buttlord grab when you had no idea they had even respawned. They also dash back all the time just to be a pain in the ass, and sometimes they randomly won't de-limb, whereas the same attacks will often de-limb them instantly. But most importantly, RYu REFUSES to prioritize them with his auto-target, making them a high threat you can rarely ever deal with until all other enemies are dead. They also look stupid. /endrant
 

bingsoo

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Lol, Brute, that rant was spot-on. Seriously, the Van Gelfs are more intimidating than a lot of the bosses in this game when they're bunched up in crowds. Some of the Tests of Valors with multiple Van Gelfs + Gorillas + Winged Gelfs are fucking nightmares.
 

CyberEvil

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Scythe XXXXY always de-limbs them for me on MN. I've literally never had it fail on any of the different skins for the Van Gelf. Give it a shot (need level 3, naturally).
 

Fiend Busa

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ok now it was UN1 annoying me now its un7 lol

2 genshins and zed in the ayane castle fight room with the 3 mages, really?

and you got to fight them 2 times, so 2 genshins and zed same time x 2 lol....

dont get me started with un8

fiend ryu fight room with Fiend Genshin, Genshin x 2, dokus x 3, genshin x 3

the hell lol
 

Brute

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Scythe XXXXY always de-limbs them for me on MN. I've literally never had it fail on any of the different skins for the Van Gelf. Give it a shot (need level 3, naturally).
Seems like a rather long combo, like it would give the Van Gelfs a chance to dash-off mid-string.
I'll try it out next time I whip up the game, though. The Scythe has been my weapon of choice on them ever sicne I discovered it's de-limb capabilities and i-frame madness.
 

CyberEvil

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Seems like a rather long combo, like it would give the Van Gelfs a chance to dash-off mid-string.
I'll try it out next time I whip up the game, though. The Scythe has been my weapon of choice on them ever sicne I discovered it's de-limb capabilities and i-frame madness.
Oh let me be clear, if they decide to ignore hitstun you're going to eat whatever they choose to dish out. If they do start to react to the hits, though, they'll sit in it until you tear their arm off. Honestly it's no more risky than any other move since the window before you can dodge out is still massive.
 

Brute

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Oh let me be clear, if they decide to ignore hitstun you're going to eat whatever they choose to dish out. If they do start to react to the hits, though, they'll sit in it until you tear their arm off. Honestly it's no more risky than any other move since the window before you can dodge out is still massive.
And that's why I love the Falcon's Talons.
 

Fiend Busa

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Wondering if anyone here is going for plat?

Got to last wave if Un7, got greeted by 2 Alexis, 1 Alma and rocket guys
 

CyberEvil

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I might go for 1000/1000 but I haven't decided yet. I dislike grinding out achievements and the level 50 and all skills are definitely grinds.

Does anyone use the unknown ninja to level him up? Just curious..
I played a match online and got to level three if that counts...but I haven't actively started using him, no.
 

bingsoo

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g-gill24 said:
If you got a ps3 I can invite you to a chat which always has 12+ppl playing trials/boosting

So if you wanna boost and got ps3 pm me :p

Cool thanks. I mostly use the actual characters for the trials, but I'll try it out and pm you.
 

Brute

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Does anyone use the unknown ninja to level him up? Just curious..
A bit. It takes forever doing NTs though. I hear he has more skills than Ryu even in NT (which would be dumb), but I haven't gotten any personally.
 

bingsoo

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Brute said:
A bit. It takes forever doing NTs though. I hear he has more skills than Ryu even in NT (which would be dumb), but I haven't gotten any personally.

Wow... That is dumb. Love that there's so much to do in this game.
 

Fiend Busa

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Wow... That is dumb. Love that there's so much to do in this game.

I'm pretty sure UN has same moves as Ryu

And np, there is a lot of master ninjas in the chat that are well known, Critzo & Ryujuuin to name a few :p

Everyone is very nice and it's so fun reading people rage attempting UN trials, most the rage is because of genshin and Fiend Genshin

Dunno what's with team ninja and genshin, but you"ll find out XD

There's like 3+ genshin fiend genshin at least in every UN trial except 4 lmao
 

Brute

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TN loves Genshin for some strange reason I can never figure out. I always hated his character, but whatever...
 

Ghosty-J

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I only did one Ninja Trial before school, and that's it. Currently focusing on grinding out Karma in Story dring my Hard Mode run. I should have been done by now, but I like taking my time XP
 
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