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The Yoshimaster007 posted...

I would like to know how to exactly play Alphen the "proper way".

For bosses I'm finding the best Alphen flow to be one or two fast artes into Reigning Slash, followed by a Blazing arte if there's an opening. Does pretty stupid damage while also keeping you safe if you read the room right.

For normal fights you're definitely right that Alphen is just a straight up infinite machine, though I might add that - with skills - enemies do take more damage (and consequently, boost build-up) while in the air so you'll ultimately kill faster by doing ground-air-ground combos than just sticking to a shorter infinite loop on the ground.

This game is a candidate for my overall favorite playable cast in combat, so if you love diving into mechanics I'd definitely recommend giving the others a firmer shake if you ever come back to the game. Rinwell is an aerial goddess, Law has truly ridiculous damage while being able to combo nearly as well as Alphen, Dohalim is a ridiculously flowy hybrid character, Shionne is carpet bombing incarnate and Kisara (while not nearly as wombo as the rest) is a very interesting take on a parry-based fighter in a Tales game.

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