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Akechi Mitsuhide not sure if bug or feature

DMHDMH
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edited November 2025 in Suggestions, Feedback, and Requests
Akechi Mitsuhide is either constantly reflecting or apparently not taking damage - not sure why. It makes for a long boring battle. And I have been getting disconnected when he is low health in the second phase (not sure why) - I think I am going to skip him until there is a fix because it feels bad to just run around the screen avoiding reflection, to hit and not have the bar move sometimes and other times have the attacks change the bar (same attacks, same buffs) and then to crash after spending more time than it should have taken (I am fine with him having more health or different mechanics - this just doesn't seem like a design - seems more like an issue).

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  • FuhreakFuhreak
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    edited November 2025
    Akechi will always start reflecting if you bind, only bind him if you can kill during that bind.
    Other than that bind is based on getting hit by him. He's a boring annoying fight for sure, but there are ways to make him reflect less often at least.
  • AchnologniaAchnolognia
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    edited December 2025
    Every boss who has the damage reflect, physical or magical nullification is simply being made annoying on purpose. It's an old mechanic that needs to be removed. Bosses who still use this mechanic I know off are Pianus, Zakum, Horntail, Pink Bean, Akechi and Chaos Queen. Though with Chaos Queen I do not mind it too much.

    To make it more fun, there's a Explorer Warrior Skill that removes these statuses called "Magic Crash". This skill does NOTHING. It doesn't remove the reflect from Akechi f.e. and has no added benefit for existing. No passive gains, doesn't remove the boss buffs, I believe it should be replaced by something else. It's outlived its entire purpose.

    So @Nexon , I would say to remove any form of reflect or nullification and rework Magic Crash for Explorer Warriors while you're at it.
    Fuhreak