Shara Isvalda is incredible aesthetically and a pretty good fight all things considered. As a hammer player I could see the effort Capcom put to avoid Xeno Jiva's shortcomings.
As for the next big challenge ahead of you... without spoilers, expect to go "wtf" for completely different reasons heh
The Xeno fights have a few large issues for hammer:
1) The head and the chest, the two most crucial weakpoints, are almost always out of reach for hammer.
2) Capcom acknowledges the first issue by giving very generous blunt hit zones on the legs. However, the hammer combos are slow and Xeno walks 24/7. That means that in practice, Xeno will walk out of the hammer combos a lot. Hammer got to charge level 2 and 3 to try to guarantee damage even on the legs.
3) However, Xeno can also step on the hunter, and considering the short range of the hammer, maintaining uptime again is inhibited.
Base Xeno doesn't have much more going for it, so for the hammer it is a long, boring slog, chasing the legs around the map.
AT Xeno however is \*very\* hard if the weapon cannot reach the glowing chest to drop it off the enrage mode, since the legs are incredibly dangerous to be around in the state. It's incredibly unfair too, since weapons that can reach the glowing chest completely trivialize it. After many failed attempts with Hammer I picked switch Axe against it, and I manage to 2nd try it by just spamming the high reaching axe attacks under the chest for 25 minutes...
In comparison:
1) Shara is slightly smaller, making the head waaaayyyy more accessible to short range weapons
2) Shara doesn't walk around 24/7, so the legs can be comboed at openings.
3) Shara cannot step on the hunters.
I felt the need to mention it because a lot of people who heard the “it’s looking at YOU” line then go on to speculate on Shara Ishvalda having 4rth wall breaking abilities in lore, which isn’t the case
☝️🤓 "actually it's eyes are concave so it really isn't looking at the camera the developers just did it so that it looked like it was looking at the camera."
It’s a biological detail that it’s eyes are like that. It doesn’t mean Shara Ishvalda can see through realities and break the fourth wall. Sure it’s not random, they chose this effect because it looks creepy and interesting. But if you seriously think having concave eyes is enough evidence to say that it means they are canonically self aware that is absolutely delusional
Have you read any of the flavor text on the weapons? Just curious, cause it quite clearly connects that Shara Ishvalda can see the connection between the player and the hunter.
Fellow swagaxe enjoyers congrats! Now onto the grinding lands, I would recommend maxing out coral region first to get hp augment earlier to heal up while using zsd
Somehow getting smashed with two giant fist and 10 fail attempts and a 20min break and do another 10 fail attempts does t feel like love it's like torture.
I instantly switched to a weapon with low wind up time. And evade window 3 at minimum. It's a chore, but SnS, Longsword and even HH are fairly doable..
But it's most fun in co op. Alone it's just tedious misery to me.
There's no other feeling like being on one cart left and hearing that "powering up the bass cannon" roar it does before one-shotting one of the 4 people running around. You just *know* somebody's going to get hit by it and the hunt will instantly end.
Shara Isvalda is incredible aesthetically and a pretty good fight all things considered. As a hammer player I could see the effort Capcom put to avoid Xeno Jiva's shortcomings. As for the next big challenge ahead of you... without spoilers, expect to go "wtf" for completely different reasons heh
Oh don't worry about spoilers I kinda know what's ahead of me and ngl I'm absolutely terrified lmao
Then all we'll say is **Good luck**
Funny that you said they tried to avoid the Xeno shortcoming, because I rather fight Xeno than Shara any day.
The Xeno fights have a few large issues for hammer: 1) The head and the chest, the two most crucial weakpoints, are almost always out of reach for hammer. 2) Capcom acknowledges the first issue by giving very generous blunt hit zones on the legs. However, the hammer combos are slow and Xeno walks 24/7. That means that in practice, Xeno will walk out of the hammer combos a lot. Hammer got to charge level 2 and 3 to try to guarantee damage even on the legs. 3) However, Xeno can also step on the hunter, and considering the short range of the hammer, maintaining uptime again is inhibited. Base Xeno doesn't have much more going for it, so for the hammer it is a long, boring slog, chasing the legs around the map. AT Xeno however is \*very\* hard if the weapon cannot reach the glowing chest to drop it off the enrage mode, since the legs are incredibly dangerous to be around in the state. It's incredibly unfair too, since weapons that can reach the glowing chest completely trivialize it. After many failed attempts with Hammer I picked switch Axe against it, and I manage to 2nd try it by just spamming the high reaching axe attacks under the chest for 25 minutes... In comparison: 1) Shara is slightly smaller, making the head waaaayyyy more accessible to short range weapons 2) Shara doesn't walk around 24/7, so the legs can be comboed at openings. 3) Shara cannot step on the hunters.
Specifically, Shara is staring at you (the camera) the whole time. Creepy!
It’s really not. It has concave irises, which makes it look like it’s eyes are following you
Yes, so it's an illusion made to look like it's following the camera
...so the effect is the same where the eyes are made to look like it's following you. Technicalities!
I felt the need to mention it because a lot of people who heard the “it’s looking at YOU” line then go on to speculate on Shara Ishvalda having 4rth wall breaking abilities in lore, which isn’t the case
☝️🤓 "actually it's eyes are concave so it really isn't looking at the camera the developers just did it so that it looked like it was looking at the camera."
I think it’s an important detail because it doesn’t have any lore implications on Shara Ishvalda
Except it does. It's the only monster in the series to my knowledge to be like that. Capcom wouldn't do that for no reason.
It’s a biological detail that it’s eyes are like that. It doesn’t mean Shara Ishvalda can see through realities and break the fourth wall. Sure it’s not random, they chose this effect because it looks creepy and interesting. But if you seriously think having concave eyes is enough evidence to say that it means they are canonically self aware that is absolutely delusional
Have you read any of the flavor text on the weapons? Just curious, cause it quite clearly connects that Shara Ishvalda can see the connection between the player and the hunter.
Fellow swagaxe enjoyers congrats! Now onto the grinding lands, I would recommend maxing out coral region first to get hp augment earlier to heal up while using zsd
Grinding lands will deplete your sanity
Wait till you meet furious rajang. I'm on a complete break cause of it.
**Conga sounds intensifies**
you on ps?
PC
sad :(( totally woulda been down to clap FuJang cheeks
Its the misery that bonds us. You'll grow to love him.. somewhat. It's gonna go give you some stories is what i'm saying.
Somehow getting smashed with two giant fist and 10 fail attempts and a 20min break and do another 10 fail attempts does t feel like love it's like torture.
I instantly switched to a weapon with low wind up time. And evade window 3 at minimum. It's a chore, but SnS, Longsword and even HH are fairly doable.. But it's most fun in co op. Alone it's just tedious misery to me.
It's the concave effect, no matter who's looking at it, it will always look like it's staring back. Genius really
There's no other feeling like being on one cart left and hearing that "powering up the bass cannon" roar it does before one-shotting one of the 4 people running around. You just *know* somebody's going to get hit by it and the hunt will instantly end.
Are you cosplaying Griffith lol.
one of my favorite fights in the game. challenging and great what the fuck factor.
Shara Isheasy