Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Note: Most of the following was written BEFORE I actually won the fight to soothe my frustrations, hence the length. I could rewrite things, but I'm keeping it for posterity purposes =0p. Also string of losses here:
youtu.be/LVBUCbXzmmg
Sorry for the quality; I guess I forgot to re-encode at better quality with better editing. This'll have to do as a sample of the difficulties of the fight.

Hoo boy... this fight. I'm going to be frank. This fight is b***s*** unless you cheese. Muzet is b***s***. I hate this fight. Took me probably 1000+ tries; days... I lost count.

First her normals. She uses a number of them, and I could not see any pattern in which she uses them. Their range varies, but the one where its super long and the anti-air/aerial ones are the most annoying. Pretty much can stop me right in my tracks if I use Eagle's Rage. The one where she swings laterally can catch me too. So I can't always just double jump ER unless I can break her Iron Stance with the first 2 projectiles for free, like other bosses.

Then the Four.... When they materialize, they create an aura around themselves that will deal damage. If I'm not staggering Muzet right as she uses it, and I'm close, its game over.
- Efreet. She uses it at such a distance and the animation is long enough where I can just sidestep 3 times, Darting Claw, and be in range to use ER. It's materialization is above Muzet, so it'll only hit me if I'm in the air or am close. This is her most used counter if she's grounded and I'm attacking into her(usually with ER).
- Undine shoots a water jet in front of her. Easily dodged with a single sidestep. I usually sidestep, DC, jump forward, then ER against this move. She'll sometimes use this if I'm close and in the air. It materializes in front of Muzet, so I get killed by this sometimes if she uses this after she gets close with her normals, and I'm sidestepping.
- Sylph... I HATE this guy )=0[! Its materialization range is stupid, its hitboxes are stupid. Its why I constantly try to backstep as she approaches because you can't dodge it by just mashing sidestep; I have to preemptively backstep THEN sidestep. Its materialization is an instant slower than the others, but its animation is fast, so there isn't usually time to sidestep it properly and ER. I still try to sidestep, DC, and bank on ER's invulnerability on startup to bait a move from Muzet to open her up. She will sometimes use this after Elemental Hymn during OVL; that's an instant game over.
- Gnome is the easiest of the bunch. Pretty much only has a hitbox if you are really close to the ground. It doesn't have a large materialization field like the others. She mostly uses it during Overlimit though, and sometimes on wakeup counters and/or after-Emergency Warp counters. Free damage for me if I'm in the air close to her.

If I'm hovering in the air, or close to her, she will use them much more liberally. Otherwise, if I stay on the ground and quick step, she is more likely to only use normals at a distance, but getting close, she may use the Four.

Emergency Warp is what it is; I deal with it. I expect to proc it if I use Soulstoke Spin to stagger her. If she does, I jump toward her direction and ER, hopefully coming down with the IS-breaking last hit. She'll sometimes counter immediately after warping with no "warp" animation, that's a gg right there.

Shock Sphere is still annoying, but the current strat can deal with it. Comes out more liberally if I attack her superarmor when she recovers, or, move into its range with an arte.

Gravity Well. Being at "mid-distance" from Muzet makes sidestepping it consistent. Usually 4 steps, DC, then another sidestep to get behind her. GW field expands and can tag Leia's hurtbox using SsSpin. It's free damage when Muzet is in her counter-retreat phase, but dangerous if she's in her counter-attack phase; I try to time ER to avoid the latter scenario. She will also occasionally counter with this if she is countering on the ground, and I'm far enough from her.

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Music: Final Fantasy XIII-2 - Eternal War