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Epoch of Pain Tips/Strategies/Counters

Was looking into trying this but gonna need some help 😂, feel free to post your best results.
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Yeah death by debuffs is pretty straightforward. Just a random test run and I’ve done the first 3 fights with no items or really any difficulty. Only fight I’m worried about is Adam since I have to do him with Red Skull due to buffed up.
I am planning this team
Ironheart, Ironman and silk
Nebula - ironheart
Northstar - ironheart
Photon and destroyer - silk
Adam - Ironman.
Aegon - idk who should I use here? Silk?
Should I switch sentry instead of Ironman for Adam? He could help at nebula as well.
6 revives spent, made it to Ares. He better show me a good time after all the fear he’s inspired in others.
Sp1: dex, parry, parry, L, dex
Sp2: parry, parry, L, dex, dex, swipe up
it doesn’t seem to slow down but get faster as the fight goes on
It is done.
Did Ares kick my ass? Yeah. Was it fun? Others will probably disagree, but I had a blast with him. Took me 15 solo revives and 2 team revives to kill him, but a lot of those were very quick deaths as I learned how to deal with his specials. I’m looking forward to seeing how few revives I can take him down with in future runs.
Some general tips:
• In phase 2 and beyond, Ares will randomly throw either Sp1 or Sp2. Paying attention to his weapon will help. If it’s Sp1, the first weapon Ares will pull out is his Axe, which is helpfully big and thus a relatively obvious tell without resorting to colors (I didn’t pay attention to colors at all).
• Sp1 and Sp2 actually have very similar patterns. Sp2 just moves the starting Dex to the end and then throws in a minigun hit afterwards. See the above commenters for what actions you need to perform.
• Ares’s damage isn’t too high so you can afford to take a hit if you have decent health. This becomes less effective later on as the degen kicks in but you can afford mistakes as you learn the fight.
• You can hit Ares after the first hit of his heavy and still have time to dex the second hit, similarly to the Heimdall fight. This refreshes Ares’s haste (unstoppable dash) cooldown in phase 4, so it’s a useful thing to know. This is also true of phase 5 but he can’t be blocked during then so it’s hard to bait a heavy.
He's definitely not that bad.
Sword = PP
Axe = DP
A naughty trick to start the special part.
Sentry is goat for this path. If you got him definitely use him he'll be great for everyone out there.
i have him as a 7 star