How to use Ghost
PantherusNZ
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I've got 5* Ghost sitting at Rank 3. I also have a Tech Awakening Gem courtesy of the Summoner Appreciation Calendar and just replenishing the T4B required to take her to Rank 4. I have Wasp at 5/50 and both Ant-Man and Hood as unawakened 5*, 2/35 and 3/45 respectively.
But one thing's holding me back from either the awakening or the rank up...I suck with her.
I understand the THEORY of how to utilise her phasing - both to cleanse DoT's for Fury, getting the crits in regular attacks and especially with her specials (made easier with Wasp) - but I just can't consistently put it into practice, especially in difficult content. I tried to use her v Claire Voyant last EQ and I think my best effort only took 50% of her health.
I'm an average player - capable of some solid fights here and there, soloing Mini-Bosses and bosses etc, but can also die to an equal-rated opponent in Arena and couldn't manage to get through the latest Boss Rush.
When I try using her my phase-attack attempts are constantly either blocked or even intercepted so I'm clearly getting the timing wrong.
To that end, any guidance or links to guides would be much appreciated, as well as specific tips on how I can improve this (other than "git gud" of course, cause that's a given
)
Also would you consider it still worthwhile pumping the awakening into her (got enough sig stones to get her to about Sig 50 with tech stones and even to 100 if I used generics) right away while I practice, or wait to see IF I can get better before the investment
Finally - any recommended training opportunities to get better with her? I've heard RoL Winter Soldier isn't a great training dummy for her because he's not aggressive enough?
Much appreciated.
But one thing's holding me back from either the awakening or the rank up...I suck with her.
I understand the THEORY of how to utilise her phasing - both to cleanse DoT's for Fury, getting the crits in regular attacks and especially with her specials (made easier with Wasp) - but I just can't consistently put it into practice, especially in difficult content. I tried to use her v Claire Voyant last EQ and I think my best effort only took 50% of her health.
I'm an average player - capable of some solid fights here and there, soloing Mini-Bosses and bosses etc, but can also die to an equal-rated opponent in Arena and couldn't manage to get through the latest Boss Rush.
When I try using her my phase-attack attempts are constantly either blocked or even intercepted so I'm clearly getting the timing wrong.
To that end, any guidance or links to guides would be much appreciated, as well as specific tips on how I can improve this (other than "git gud" of course, cause that's a given
)Also would you consider it still worthwhile pumping the awakening into her (got enough sig stones to get her to about Sig 50 with tech stones and even to 100 if I used generics) right away while I practice, or wait to see IF I can get better before the investment
Finally - any recommended training opportunities to get better with her? I've heard RoL Winter Soldier isn't a great training dummy for her because he's not aggressive enough?
Much appreciated.
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The sigs help with her power gain and allow her to phase at the start of the fight to phase, so if she's anything above a certain sig level you can phase and not move from a 5 combo to instantly to get about half a bar of power.
Ghost is fantastic for stun/debuff immune if you suck at intercepting (I suck) because you don't need to parry, punish their heavy with your own if you want to build furies.
I haven't watched any you tube vids of her gameplay so I could be way off, my 5r4 is unduped, no suicides.
When you are phasing hits you have to retaliate right after the hit has finished but before the next registers, while learning her I’d suggest doing this after the first missed hit, as it’s easier to react to, and it’s generally a medium so they have a higher recovery time
Never finish combos unless there’s a specific scenario such as a bane transfer or it finishes the fight, finishing a combo pit you in a bad position to get your next phase intercept, as you have a long recovery time before you phase again, and you often end up not being able to retaliate easily
Specials and phasing recoil takes practice, to phase and get the unblockable special land your normal phase intercept, and at some point in the combo dash back with your right hand and activate the special with your left, you have to trigger the special quickly after dashing back but not at the same time, as the phase won’t register. For phasing recoil if you run suicides there are 2 methods, easy and inconsistent is to just spam dash back, if you swipe at the right time in the spam you will phase it, if you’re a bit late you won’t, however with a bit of practice you can learn the exact time she recovers and you can dash back to phase it with consistency
Getting into more advanced stuff now, what separates a top tier ghost player from a good one, learning which specials you can punish with heavies. Ghost’s heavy is surprisingly useful, since all her damage is from boosted crits rather than attack increase furies do a lot of work, it takes a lot of time to learn, but a lot of specials where the opponent finishes next to you you can phase through and counter with a heavy, the heavy also pushes the opponent back putting you in great position for restarting phase intercepts
I hope this helps you out, pandaman pete will give you the visual representation of this which will help you learn the timing, also she’s a champ who takes a long time to master, when you awaken her, you will have to learn phasing multiple hits and punishing, which is a smaller time window than taking 1 missed hit and phasing, but once you learn her you will go very far with her
How do you know whether to go in after the first hit or wait for the defender to finish the full combo before retaliating?
You want to start the medium just when the enemy is hitting you. If the enemy is close and uses a light you need good reflexes to do this.
When the enemy is far away and dashes it is much easier to get the timing right.
I use ghost in AW at plat and can assure you you can get it right every time.
Some animations like domino's can screw you so learn with RoL winter soldier for consistency
Learning how to use ghost has been one of the most fun and rewaeding times in this clown fiesta of a video game. She almost single handlendly cleared v3 without hardly any potion