#when I hear the PWING of Tulin headshotting something in the midst of the scrum it always bucks me up immensely

[airandangels]

Just hit a confidence roadblock in Infinity Nikki - I was doing so well going through the Swordsmith Ruins, I met the glowing lady knight, Giroda got some magical validation, and now we have to go and fight Chigda the Wish Master who is less Weekend at Bernie'sed and more possessed (the corrupt fascist Paladin faction has been covering this up/grooming him to become their new god - these little floating smurfs are fucking deranged you know), and I look up a guide and it says he's the hardest boss in Infinity Nikki. Friends, you know me. I barely beat Bouldy. I was able to defeat the Caged Greed primarily because I am surprisingly decent at punching a giant baby bird in the brain. My skills have not significantly improved since then.

Apparently I'm going to have to dodge (suck at dodging), jump to avoid attacks coming through the floor (suck at timing and have been traumatised by this sort of thing from Arceus), and after scoring a hit that lowers his shields, quickly shrink down and ride Momo through the gap in his shield then presumably unshrink and aim and fire to hit him in the goolies before the shields come back. I constantly get confused between the shoot and jump buttons in mid-battle, so introducing a third one to deal with (and quickly) feels doomed. And I have to execute all this three times in a row without dying.

To all the people I read on the internet saying the combat in Infinity Nikki is so easy and basic it's a letdown, I would say HA and also No.

I mean, I'm going to try, I just really don't wanna. I'm afraid it will be hard and make me feel stupid and clumsy.

Is Giroda even going to help me? He just got a sword! He should at least distract Chigda or ping him sometimes like the Sages in Tears of the Kingdom!