Personally, I thought the tips from this video were better, though not nearly as encouraging.
- After using his doom lock attack (the one with the timer), he is stunned for a small amount of time, allowing for 1, maybe 2 attacks.
- The MF's pendulum grab (goes into the air and grabs you with his weapon), is completely impossible to get out of, and you cannot recover after the attack, leading to death.
- His tornado skill is the move you want him to use, as it's the only move that leaves him wide open.
- His X-Slash seems to only be used on Ven, or a deck filled mostly with attack commands, but I can't be too sure (It seemed like the case with Masablade's stream).
- MF summons his "lasers" after you use a shootlock, and they do not shoot unless you stop dodging (these are different from his normal lasers).
Do NOT use fully targeted shootlocks (filling the lock-on number), as it allows the MF to have more oppurtunities to heal himself with Heal Guard (X_X)
- When attacking the MF, do not mash the X button, because of the possibility of him reversing time. If you do, he'll jump in the air, causing your next attack to miss, and you'll be countered (although sometimes he uses the x slash, which is interruptable, or the tornado.
- His main combo attack cannot be interrupted, I think. Just spam dodge.
- His raging storm attack can be interrupted by projectiles and surge attacks, but he can guard during it, so it's not worth the risk. Dodge, dodge, dodge.
- He clones himself 4 times, seriously. This move WILL kill you if you let it happen. The start-up for the cloning looks like the beginning of the tornado move, so pay attention.
The clones have seperate HP bars from MF (although it appears to be the same amount). This doesn't do anything but intimidate, as the clones dissapear in one hit. Equip zero graviga and set a shortcut to it (use square on a slot in the deck menu) and use it when the clones are summoned. It's large range quickly wipes them out.
- The moves the MF uses all depends on your deck setup, your character, and the moves you use. He's always going to react to an input, and counter it. Aggresiveness is not the way to go.
- Once More and Second Chance are vital to the battle, but it is merely a delay to your death. MF likes to wait to the last frame of the SC and OM before attacking when your'e at 1 HP, and his moves are set up to do that.
- I don't know why SE enabled D-Links for this battle and not for the VS battle, but it's not very helpful (unless for emergency healing, which happens right as you summon a link). MF will counter with vanish, and will continuisly use it until the D-Link runs out, so just use it for healing, and not for those extra abilities.
- Using Aqua's D-Link does nothing. Auto-Life just makes you rage more when you die, since you'll probably die and revive in the middle of a combo, and just die again.
Go watch Masablade's and Cyberman6's streams. Their fighting the MF there as well.
Well, not really.. but I thought they made the boss fight even more epic and tough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1F-zrf1gjA