by Kale » Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:13 am
Yeah, there was some confusion with bang burn overall. I think what might have happened, was the forum version of the walkthrough was updated with the freeze/death strategy, but that strategy may only work on the (optional) third encounter with Bang Burn. So players were trying to use that strategy the first time you encounter it, or the second time you encounter it, and it just doesn't work in either case.
Regarding the "don't use Ice Coffin' bit of the walkthrough; I think the second encounter with Bang Burn at the palace, will immediately flee from battle if you inflict ice coffin/paralysis/(ground lock?) on it. This would require the player to chase it down and fight it a third time, where they can finally beat it. A strong enough party could just beat it outright during the second encounter, without the extra effort of tracking it down again.
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All things considered, I think chasing it away with ice coffin and then beating it later is your best bet. It's probably faster than spending several hours leveling Random to 80+(?) where he can solo it with Fury. During that third encounter, the Ice coffin into death or ground lock into death strategies should both be effective.